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Bidens cabinet nominees appearing before Different Senate committees today as they start the confirmation process. Next hour, secretary of state Anthony Blinken is set to appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for whats likely to be a contentious hearing. Among those grilled earlier was Homeland Security secretary, being pressed on the Migrant Caravan heading toward the United States. If youre confirmed as secretary of Homeland Security, this is the message they need to hear when they arrive in the United States. This is not the first caravan that has approached the border over the last four years or the last 12 years. Theres a commitment to follow our asylum law, to enforce our asylum laws and that means to provide humanitarian relief for those individuals who qualify for it under the law. That cannot be accomplished with just the flick of a switch and turned on in day one. John we have Fox Team Coverage as we kick off this edition of america reports. We have more on the latest capitol riot arrests with ari fleisher. We begin with mike emanuel, whos live in washington. Mike, what have we seen so far from these confirmation hearings and what is still to come today . Reporter john, good afternoon. A critical one starts in an hour for Anthony Blinken. Blinken served in the Obama Administration under john kerry. Hes likely to get questions about many of the worlds difficult Foreign Policy issues likes china, iran nukes, even climate change. Blinken is expected to say well show up again day in day out whenever and wherever the safety and wellbeing of america is at stake. Well engage is world not as it was, but as it is, receiving democracy, growing rivalry with china, russia and other authoritarian states mounting threats to a stable and open International System and technological revolution thats reshaping every aspect of our lives, especially in cyberspace. Another interesting hearing for the nomination of Homeland Security. He was asked about a controversy from his previous service, accused of giving special access and treatment to the politically connected. Did you have concerns that your actions might be viewed as favori favoritism . I learned those in the Investor Visa Program and in the agency may not have full visible of all that i am involved in and all of which i do as a leader and, therefore, they make take a slice of my action and gather misperceptions of what fuels me. Reporter more hearings ahead next hour including for secretary of defense nominee. John . John what do we know about a critical meeting to take place between the Senate Majority and minority leaders . Reporter last time there was a 50 50 senate, the two worked out a way to share power. Thats expected to be one of the hot topics when Mitch Mcconnell and chuck shumer meet this afternoon. They are also going to discuss getting the nominees confirmed, more covid relief and the Senate Impeachment trial. John . John you are going to be a busy man in the days ahead. Mike emanuel overlooking capitol hill. Sandra . Sandra i think he prefers it that way. Lets bring in ari fleisher. Great to see you this afternoon. Welcome to america reports. Glad to have you kick things off for us. Glad to be here. Sandra when it comes to these picks when weve seen on the part of joe biden, janet yellen, lot of folks talking about what does this mean for change to policy as we know it today . How will they impact the average american . This is where elections have consequences, right . Its going to be 180 degrees off what Donald Trumps nominees pursued which led to the lowest poverty rate since 1959, lowest Unemployment Rate ever reported for people without high school degrees. What im afraid of, many of the biden nominees were more activist, government managed type people. They believe government can intervene and solve things. Its going to create a diminishment, a wipeout of a lot of the blue collar gains that we saw prepandemic. Its already starting with thousands of Blue Collar Workers building the keystone pipeline. Looks like all of them are about to become unemployed. Sandra fair point. Heres janet yellen saying exactly what she was expected to say, calling on stimulus to go big. Heres yellen. Right now with Interest Rates at historic low, the smartest thing we can do is act big and i believe the benefits will far outweighst costs, especially if we pair it with people who have been struggling for a very long time. Sandra janet yellen. Mid 70s, picked as the first female treasury secretary. Our reporters saying she could be confirmed in a matter of days. Ari, she is talking about spending big money at a time when we have soaring debt in this country. Shes getting support for it. Goldman sachs and other market watchers are saying if youre going to do it, do it in a low Interest Rate environment. Now is a good time. Benefits outweigh the risks. You know, every time a liberal says go big, what they mean is the government should go big. My definition of go big is open the economy. That is the best way to do it. There is a template. When i said the poverty was the lowest since 59, cant we learn from that . Dont we want to help the people who struggle the most . Redistribution of income is not how you lower poverty rate. You lower the poverty rate by giving people a meaningful job that lasts. My biggest fear about all these Biden Administration officials is going to come to global warming. Theyre going to do regulatory action of every agency, transportation, labor, energy. Theyre going to try to crack down on climate change, global warming. Thats going to result in the taking away of tens of thousand, hundreds of thousands of blue collar jobs and depress wages. Thats what i fear the most. Sandra really interesting perspective there. President trump is expected to issue 50 to 100 commutations, pardons before his term ends. Rapper lil wayne is expected to be on that list. Talk about julian asange. Listen. The entire world wants him to pardon julian asange. This is why he is president. This is his time to shine to make an impression on the world that this was freedom of speech. If this goes to trial, thats the end of the 1st amendment. Sandra you can see some of the notable pardons. Paul manafort, michael flynn, Duncan Hunter and others, ari. The president himself is not expected to grant pardons for himself. Does that surprise you . I hope not. The power of pardon is not supposed to be used to protect the circle of people around the president. I goes back to the old days when we were founded, to reverse injustices against average citizens. That was what pardons have historically been used for. In recent times, it has helped people, lobbyists, people with connections to the white house. Its become uncomfortable. I hope President Trump is not going to go out on a low note, pardoning anybody in his immediate circle, including himself, his family or political advisers. I didnt like it when he pardoned his political advisers in december. Ill like it even less if he does it now. It should be for justice, never for politics. Sandra one former question, Kayleigh Mcananey said its been a true honor. I had the great privilege of sharing stories of the forgotten men and women of america. Thank you for allowing me to speak on your behalf. This as the Washington Post put out a piece, get ready for reality grounded White House Press briefings. It says they spoke to jen stockey who told them she expects to hold press briefing for more than a year. You tweeted thats a nugget. I have never heard of one who has never held their first briefing announced their last one was coming. Its a hard job. I wish her well. Just is a head scratcher for her already to say shes leaving. I didnt understand that. For kayleigh, she has been a fighter, articulate savvy defender of the president. The fact is, press secretary reports to the president before they report to the press corps. Press corps doesnt like that when it comes to donald trump, but kayleigh has been a savvy fighter and highly articulate. Sandra we wish her well. Frequent guest on this program. Ari fleisher, all good to talk to you. Thank you. John acting defense secretary chris miller says there is, quote, no indication of an Insider Threat ahead of the inauguration for president elect joe biden. Heres what former acting secretary of Homeland Security chad wolfe told americas news room about preparing for tomorrow. You have to remember that National Special security event nnsd which is in place going back to last wednesday through inauguration has been held here in d. C. For over 30 different times. So the structure, the training, the battle rhythm that they have here is in place. Theyre going to do well. John miller says the Defense Department is leaving no stone unturned. He is urging Service Members to report any suspicious behavior they might come across. Feds arresting a pennsylvania woman accused of stealing a lap top or hard drive from House Speaker Nancy Pelosis office during that capitol hill riot. Brian llenas live in harrisburg, pennsylvania, for us. Reporter good afternoon. Riley June Williams turned herself in to the fbi yesterday without incident last night. She has a hearing today, her First Federal Court Appearance at 4 p. M. Here in harrisburg. The 22yearold faces multiple federal charges, including knowingly entering a restricted building, the capitol, violent entry an disordinarily conduct for her role in the capitol riot. Now, the fbi began searching for williams after her exromantic partner called the fbi tip line several times, recognizing her in online videos as a rioter. She was wearing a green shirt, brown jacket and zebra print hand bag. The exlover also alleged to the fbi that friends of williams had shown a video in which they showed williams stealing a laptop or hard drive from House Speaker Nancy Pelosis office. In this, the ex claims she intended to send this computer device to a friend in russia, who was then going to sell the device to the Russian Foreign intelligence agency. According to this act, that fell through and they dont know if she has the device or destroyed it. This is a wild allegation and the fbi has yet to charge her specifically related to this theft. But we do know, according to a tweet sent january 8th by the deputy chief of staff for nancy pelosi that there was a laptop stolen during the riot and that the laptop was only used for presentations. On top of all of that, we do know also that williams mother spoke to itv, a British Television network, saying that she believes her daughter began getting involved in President Trumps sort of politics and right wing message boards, according to her in the interview, over the last year. Its really a wild allegation, obviously, but well see if it will follow through. The mother claims that her daughter took off packed a bag, deleted her telephone number, social media, before coming to the rally which ended up turning into a riot. John . John sandra, just think about what you were talking to ari fleisher about and jen sockey. I dont think the press secretary was ever on her radar screen. I think she has a lucrative career which Anthony Blinken started. Shes probably going to put in some Public Service for awhile and get back to private sector again. Sandra there were daily briefings. Well see if we catch those. Well see when those happen. Thank you. 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Sandra secretary of state certifying the results of the candidates. The certification gives Rafael Warnock and Jon John Roberts jon ossoff. John the United States levelling perhaps the most serious charge a country can face, accusing china in the last hour and a bit of committing genocide and crimes against humanity in its repression of weaker muslims. Secretary of state mike pompeo made the announcement just a short time ago. He joins us for an exclusive interview. Let me just read from your statement. You said, quote, i have determined the peoples republic of china, under the direction of the Chinese Party has committed genocide. A significant declaration, one that china will oppose vigorously. But also one that runs counter to what President Trumps position has been for the last couple of years. John, thanks for having me on. This is a very serious and tragic set of actions that are taking place there in the western part of china. Weve been working on this for an awfully long time in the Trump Administration. We sanctioned officials. We have told businesses they couldnt bring products out of those region. We told businesses they could be too close. This is forced labor, forced sterilizations, forced abortions, the kinds of thing wes havent seen in an awfully long time in this world. We have conducted an exhaustive review of the facts and made the determination that, in fact, the Chinese Communist party has committed these crimes against humanity, continuing to try and deny these people. Not just the weaker muslims, but other faiths as well. It continues to exist to try to create an ethnic set of activities that we havent seen in an awfully long time. I have referred to this as the crime of the century. It is time to try and convince the Chinese Communist party to cease this terrible set of Human Rights Violations that have been taking place. John mr. Secretary, since you made the announcement a little more than an hour ago, it has received approval in the United States congress. This was something that then candidate joe biden proclaimed about a year ago. Now obviously when youre a candidate, its much easier to Say Something than when you are in the state department. Some of your republican colleagues are saying, what took so long . Im happy to accept that critique. What took so long, when you do Something Like this, you have to be right. This will be a bipartisan analysis that will be shared by a broad swath of americans. This is a serious matter. We didnt take it lightly. We want to continue to work. There were vigorous discussion across the United States government. We relied on facts that came from nongovernmental entities, journalists, to make sure we had everything right. We wouldnt have done this if we didnt think this determination that i issued today was proper, appropriate and would hopefully lead to better lives for people in this region. That, in t