Into that. Senate Judiciary CommitteeLindsey Graham says the Justice Department should appoint a special counsel to investigate hunter biden over concerns involving his business dealings in china. As a growing number of House Republicans are calling for Eric Swalwell to be removed from the intelligence committee. We have a guest here to discuss that and much more. As new york faces the prospect of a full shutdown a huge winter storm hammers the northeast. How much is too much for the big apple . Well examine that. Hello and welcome to fox news. Im Shannon Bream in washington. We begin tonight with that massive cybersecurity on government agencies. The White House Correspondent is digging in. What have you learned . On sunday you may know it was revealed that the treasury and the Commerce Department had been victims of a sophisticated hack. The breach which experts have linked to the russian government is said to have compromised numerous systems including email communications at several agencies. It appears to have been made possible after a breach of solar winds. Thats a texasbased i. T. Company that provides services to numerous federal agencies. The fed is announcing a whole government response to this signature cyberincident. They also say, this is a developing situation, and while we continue to work to understand the full extent of this campaign we know this compromise has affected networks within the federal government. Now, all of this is happening as at least one republican lawmaker on capitol hill thinks its high time the hunter biden situation also gets a bit of special attention. Im absolutely calling on a special counsel to look at all things hunter biden to see if he presents a conflict for the Biden Administration regarding his business dealings in ukraine, which is overrun with russian agents, and any activity he had with the chinese government. Chairman Lindsey Graham convinced that bidens past business dealings warrant a closer look, today called for a special counsel to look into his affairs. If you believe a special counsel is needed to look at the trump world regarding russia how can you say there is no need for a special counsel regarding hunter biden. A rigorous review of his Financial Affairs says its needed because of his possible connection to the Chinese Communist party. For instance, fox news obtained email in which hunter biden extended best wishes from the entire biden family to the principal of a Chinese Energy concern called cefc, and urged ming to quickly send a 10 million wire to properly fund and operate the biden joint venture with the company. Cefc, which claimed 263 billion in revenue in 2015, has since gone bankrupt. Speaking at an event in delaware the elder was asked about his son. Im confident mr. Chairman, this is not about airing your grievances. I dont know what habit hole youre running down. This is simply mean while on capitol hill a Fiery Exchange between senators ron johnson of wisconsin and gary from michigan accentuate add hearing on election irregular later. A chairman accusing the panels top democrat of spreading russian disinformation. Mr. Chairman, ive got to respond to that. You say im putting out information. One, i had nothing to do with this report. You lied repeatedly to the press. Spreading russian disinformation and that was an outright lie and i told you to stop and you continued to do it. If you saw that hearing obviously quite heated and President Trump has made no secret about his belief that the election process in 2020 was deeply compromised and his legal continue continues to pursue all avenues to send the final certification in at least six swing states to their respective legislatures. This is all happening even as the investigation into those voting irregularities continues. I see some of those cases. Were tracking them. Ive got to say for the senate thats about as testy as it gets there. Great reporting. Thanks, kevin. A growing number of republicans calling for the removal of democrat Eric Swalwell from the house intel committee. The california congressman is under fire for recent revelations about his past ties to a suspected chinese spy. We have the latest on that tonight as it builds, good evening. Swalwell is facing mounting calls to step down from his post on the intelligence committee. This is following new reports about his ties to an alleged chinese spy. What hypocrisy. This is a guy that was hurling stones and accusations, all kinds of false accusations of trump, he was the most over the top critic of President Trump on russia collusion. Republican senators arent stopping at calling swalwell hypocritical. They also say there is a double standard at work. I think if a republican had done this, swalwell would be the first person to call for them to be booted from the intel committee. They are also taking opportunity to criticize democrats as naive when it comes toll real threat china poses. It seems to me the California Democratic party has a major spy problem. You look at the reports. You look at how she worked her way into the apparatus, different figures who have been compromised, at feinstein. Whats going on with the Democratic Party . Swalwell insists he did nothing wrong and claimed the fbi actually thanked him for helping with the investigation. His democratic colleagues including speaker of the house are standing firmly behind him. It think Speaker Pelosi has addressed this issue. Shes got full confidence in representative swalwell. I have full confidence in representative swalwell. This follows 17 House Republicans writing pelosi asking her to remove swalwell. They write however unintentional they may be are an unacceptable National Security risk. We urge you to immediately remove rep swalwell. Intelligence officials are warning about the threat. The fbi says they opened a new counterintelligence probe about every 10 hours involving china and their goal is always the same. China is seeking to steal american trade secrets and americans personal data. Shannon . Thank you so much. So back over in the senate, plenty of fireworks inside and outside the hearing. Lets bring in Tennessee Republican blackburn. Senator, welcome back. Thank you. I want to go back to the hunter biden discussion. It got very heated today as there were accusations that there were people who had prior to the election characterized this as russian misinformation. That there was not anything to it. We now know there is at least one federal investigation ongoing. Heres what senator Lindsey Graham, chair of the Judiciary Committee said, about a potential special counsel. I think its a good idea. Let me say this. If you believe a special counsel is needed to look at the trump world regarding russia, how can you say that there is no need for a special counsel regarding hunter bidein . Senator, any chance that you think that happens . I do think there is a chance it will happen. Simply because there is so much thats happened around biden. Were finding out, yes, indeed, the New York Post story, everything they had in that piece was accurate. The comments made by the man that owned the mac shop, he was accurate, and, of course, you have big media, big tech in cahoots with the Biden Campaign and the Democratic National committee, and they hid all of this, and when there has been an fbi investigation going on for two years, shannon, its imperative that we have a special counsel to carry this forward so we know exactly what the bidens have done. Not evenly with the chinese, but also with the ukraine. Lets figure out what their participation with foreign governments is going to be but especially with the chinese. When you look at the fact of everything thats coming out, whether its swalwell or Diane Feinstein or the man running in georgia against david perdue, they are all involved with the communist chinese. Like the Mueller Investigation we may find out that things arent what they seem to be on the front or what the allegations are but we dont know. Well see if there is a special counsel. There are other investigations. The senate has been doing it as well trying to get to some answers. Meanwhile, i want to ask you about this ongoing conversation, first, it was defeated in the new york times, putting aside Everything Else its rare to see a woman speaking about life, kids, and an intense job. The kind of thing men arent often asked to think twice about but women are always expected to. She was referring to jen omalley dillon, a piece about her in glamour magazine. She would be part of the Biden Administration. A lot of folks pushing back, did you not remember kelly, sarah, there are a lot of women out there. Do you think the media realizes that they are glossing over people, that they cant recognize anything that would be a positive like a working mother on the front lines of very high positions within the Trump Administration, or do you think they do it purposefully . Listen, they do it. They do it purposefully and intentionally because they do it repeatedly. And the left will say, look, if youre not going to submit to the agenda we have for women, then youre not somebody we want to hear from. You cant be a part of the click or the team, and what the left will do is to elevate and glorify women on the left, and the media does this. Such as what or talking about with the article, and what they will do is to diminish and demean women that are conservative, that are prolife and profamily and pro religion and probusiness. Basically say, we dont want to hear from you. Your opinion does not count. So shannon, i have to tell you, it is so intentional, and as i have written a lot about this in my book, that i wrote about this top topic, mind of a conservative woman and how the press treats conservative women, mistreats, because were independent reminder and were not going to submit to the left and walk lock and step with them. Im a big fan of women support being each other through motherhood, through working, through whatever it is that we would cheer for each others successes regardless of political ideology, and hopefully we can do more of that. Senator, great to have you with us. Thanks so much for your time. Good to be with you. Thank you. Governor cuomos latest Emergency Powers reportedly include suspending the consent requirement for people to have their immunization information reported to state authorities. Potentially giving the state the right to track everyone who gets a covid19 vaccine. At leave in state records with or without their approval. Let us know, high wind adding to new yorks problems as it inches close to a warning about another full shutdown. Cuomo ordering hospitals statewide to plan to shift into crisis mode. Eric sean is taking a closer look at the facts on the ground live from new york city. Great to see you, eric. Hello, good evening. Tonight the snow is falling heavily here in new york city. As Officials Say another type of storm from the coronavirus could engulf metropolitan hospitals. Governor cuomo says the next three weeks are critical. Watching for spikes in cases from gatherings over thanksgiving, and what could come from hanukkah and christmas family celebrations. Like other states hospitals here in new york are filling up. Some at 90 capacity tonight and new yorks Positivity Rate has been above the critical mark of 5 . If that percentage is not reduced, now shutdown like the one in the spring could kick in again. First of all, anything is possible. Second of all, you look at these increases nationally. Of course, it is possible. You already see states, other states, closing down. Big states closing down. The virus is sparking an economic shutdown. It turns out corporations are weighing the high cost of taxes and business restrictions in the empire state to locate departments down south and out west. Some of the biggest wall street Financial Firms and banks have been moving operations, were told, to texas, utah, and florida. Despite those concerns new york city has bounced back before. Job losses and corporate flight were reversed by two previous mayors. Ed koch in the 1990s and another one named rudy giuliani. Shannon . It sounds like a lot of new yorkers are itching for a new mayor change. We know youll be tracking it. Most of the Midatlantic States and northeast are expected to face a storm, predicting to dump a foot of snow. We may see over two feet of snow. Likely in the interior sections, around parts of pennsylvania, eastern pennsylvania, that is, northwestern parts of jersey, maybe around the hudson valley. The cities is a much trickier forecast. Philadelphia has a cross between rain and sleet and were seeing that same thing around new york city. We have winter storm warnings everywhere you see that down across the central appalachians. Its 28 degrees in new york city but were starting to see freezing rain move in and mix into that. Well keep the snowfall totals decreasing a little bit. This is the new york city area, reporting area, freezing rain at both laguardia and jfk. Were about to see that mix over which will keep the totals lower. Well watch this threat overnight tonight. By tomorrow afternoon this is gone out of here for everyone, at the end of our first big noreaster across the northeast of this winter season. Shannon . Good news. Hope folks stay safe and follow your guidance. The Biden Administration could soon have the first openly gay cabinet member but what about President Trumps appointee and ambassador and former director of National Intelligence . Details next. . For me . To james, from james. Thats just what i wanted. Is this a new buick . I secret santaed myself. Oh i shouldnt have. But i have been very good this year. Wow wow wow dont forget you this holiday season, get an syouv, from buick. 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Click, call, or visit an xfinity store today. Breaking tonight, Vice President mike pence and the second lady were told will get the Covid Vaccine on friday. They are hoping it will help to build confidence among americans in the safety of the vaccine. Joe biden making it official picking his transportation secretary, Pete Buttigieg. Jackie reporting on what the president s elect calls his busting appointments. Good evening, shannon. President elect joe biden touted the barrier busting diversity of his cabinet naming buttigieg as his transportation secretary but critics say hes going heavy on identity politics and has overlooked history. Buttigieg is called the first openly gay cabinet member. Technically, former acting intelligence Richard Grenell was the first appointed by trump. But he was not confidence so buttigieg reads correct that hell be the first openly gay. Biden did first characterized it accurately specifying the department. Our cabinet doesnt have just one first or two of these firsts but eight president busting appointments and today a ninth. The first openly gay nominee to lead the Cabinet Department and one of the youngest cabinet members ever. But the emphasis on firsts has caused a stir among identitybased groups president last week hispanic lawmakers pressed ms. Harris to ensure that there would be two latinos in an Important Administration place. While he doesnt have previous experience he worked hard to get biden elected. Hell be a key infrastructure messenger, but less than a year ago biden was chiding his nominee over his shorter resume. When president obama called on joe biden helped to lead the pass sang passage of the Affordable Care act. Pete buttigieg installed decorative lights under bridges. Buttigieg told a Civil Rights Group today hell prioritize transportation equity and it follows a letter to biden from 76 Civil Rights Groups asking for an attorney general with a civil rights background. Shannon . On a chilly night there tonight in delaware, thank you. Future Biden Administration continuing to take shape. Heres a look at 17 who hope to serve. At least the ones weve heard about so far. Lets