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FOXNEWSW FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace January 17, 2021

Trillion he covid relief package. I know what i described does not come cheaply. We cannot afford not to do what ll talk with brian deese about the pushback to the plans massive price tag. Plus, well ask our sunday panel about President Trumps second impeachment and what to expect in the senate trial and apple takes rightleaning parler after its app store. Isnt big tech restricting speech . Our one on one with the tech giants chief executive, tim cook, all right now on Fox News Sunday. Chris and hello again from fox news in washington. Three days from now, joe biden will take the oath had of office on the west front of the capitol. The same spot where less than two weeks ago a mob of insurrectionists tried to stop congress from certifying the results of the election. Now washington is locked down by thousands of military and police, amid threats of more violence. Meanwhile, President Trumps final days in office are marked by growing isolation, members of his cabinet resigning, ten House Republicans voting to impeach him a second time and losing access to twitter, his biggest political mega phone. Later this harks well discuss the power of big tech with apples ceo, tim cook. But first, david spunt reports on the effort to protect the nations capitol and cities across the country, leading up to the inauguration. Reporter chris, right now the u. S. Capitol is a fortress. 20,000 National Guard troops are on watch, more are on the way. We are committed to an orderly transition and to a safe inauguration. Reporter the Vice President s pledge one week after armed rioters stormed the capitol. Five people including a Capitol Police officer died. Every day, authorities make new arrests including jacob khans chansly who allegedly warned the vice not a note, quote, justice is coming. We are seeing an extensive amount of concerning online chatter, the best way i would describe it. Reporter authorities havent announced any specific threats but the fbi and secret service have d. C. Fortified, with more troops than in iraq and afghanistan combined. Friday, authorities arrested a man with a glock, ammunition and unauthorized credentials trying to enter a restricted area in washington, of after being released, he claimed he got lost. I forgot my firearm was in the truck. I was trying to make it to work. Reporter the nations governors layering on extra protection in State Capitols across the country. We take the threats to our capitol and to our citizens incredibly seriously. There are people in our country who want to turn peaceful protests into opportunities for violence. Reporter multiple State Capitol buildings are closed through inauguration day. Chris . Chris david, thank you. And joining us now, arkansas governor asa hutchinson. I want to start with a warning this week from fbi director chris wray. Take a look. Were concerned about the potential for violence at multiple protests and rallies planned here in d. C. And at State Capitol buildings around the country in the days to come that could bring armed individuals within close proximity to government buildings and officials. Chris governor, do you have intelligence about rallies like that this week in arkansas . And have you beefed up security to protect your State Capitol in little rock . Well, thank you, chris and the answer is yes, we have both intelligence that theres going to be activity around our capitol and capitols across the country, much of it comes from the fbi, but our own intelligence, and were taking necessary precautions to make sure that we protect our capitol and our citizens. You have to you want to be overprepared versus underprepared because we never want to see a repeat of what we saw january 6th at our of nations capitol. Chris what are you specifically being told about the threat level of the rallies in your state . Its not to the level that im bringing out the National Guard. We are using civilian law enforcement. We have Response Teams there. Well have beefed up presence at the capitol for tuesday. We actually have a rally for today and theres not we dont have any specific intelligence that theres going to be Violence Associated with those rallies, but we want to be extra pre cautious. Every state has to look at their own intelligence matrix and make those kind of judgments. I know some governors have beefed up even more than that. I think the deterrent value of what weve seen over the last couple of days has had an impact and hopefully has diminished that threat level. Chris and Richard Barnett was arrested for violent entry to the capitol. We have a picture of him up on the screen. On january 6th. Hes the man, picture on the left, who broke into speaker pelosis office, posed for pictures and stole her mail, his mug shot is on the right. Governor, is there an element in your state that you believe poses a threat to whether its on the federal level or the state level, poses a threat to our government . Well, i think there is a historic threat from militia groups, from those that i dealt with in the 1980s when i was United States attorney of neonazi white supremacist terrorist organizations thats been diminished but i would say most states have some element of that threat. It exists in arkansas as well. Let me just say that it is critical that those, including the two thats been arrested from arkansas, meet the full measure of the law, that is unacceptable conduct and we will and that serves in and of itself as a deterrent. Chris yeah, we should point out theres another who has been arrested, hes the fellow who was seen hitting a Police Officer with an american flag. Back on november 7th, just four days after our president ial election, you issued this statement. While we await the outcome of various court challenges, it is important that we recognize the likelihood that former Vice President biden and senator harris have won over 270 electoral votes. Governor, in spreading stories over these last two months about a rigged election in the words he said to that crowd of thousands of people on the mall on january 6th, what responsibility do you think President Trump bears for the attack on the u. S. Capitol . Well, he asked all the people to come to washington for the rally and then he used a very aggressive language in the rally itself and he misled people as to, and his followers, as to what happened during the election, that it was stolen and that our checks and balances are not working. And while i do believe there can be an effective review always to make sure our systems of elections work well, the Electoral College is what is critical to our nation. I supported that. And his challenge to that was wrong and did not serve our nation well and it was demonstrated on january 6th. Chris so you had three terms in congress and in fact you served as an impeachment manager for the house in the clinton impeachment in the late 90s. If you were in congress now, would you have voted for the trump impeachment . It certainly was much more consequential than the case against bill clinton. Its very serious allegations. The impeachment is something that is both a legal equation, but is also a political equation and i did not believe that with the remaining weeks that were left in President Trumps term, that that served our country well to go through the house impeachment. Now that the house has impeached President Trump, either the house can hold the articles of impeachment there but once they send them over to the senate, the senate trial is triggered and theres no option about that. And so were going to go through a very challenging time and having gone through the impeachment before, i do think its important that the senate hear both the legal arguments about that, about what happened, but also the facts and make a judgment and i think at this point the outcome is unpredictable. Chris after the riot in the u. S. Capitol, you had this to say about President Trump. Its going to diminish that cult of personality and i think it will help bring our party back to policy and conservatism. Which raises the question, governor. Where does the Republican Party, the National Republican party go from here and how much clout do you think donald trump will have as the next president in the gop . Its a great question. And first of all, the gop had a very successful election. Yes, we did not win the presidency, but at every other level we had success and gained seats so conservatism and the Republican Party is alive and well. Right now, we are fractured as a result of President Trump and how he has handled it, the post Election Results and challenged the Electoral College and that has some division. But our party will come back together. Were going to have a tough six months or more coming up. Were going to have a lot of soulsearching thats going to be done and its going to be a fair debate as the direction of the party, both in terms of trumps influence over it, but its also going to be about policy and trade and Foreign Policy and bidens agenda. So i welcome that policy debate and i think we ought to get back to the conservative principles that have made our party the Majority Party and hopefully it will move away from that personalitydriven thats led us to where we are right now under President Trump. Chris finally, governor, i want to switch subjects on you. Arkansas has given out 46 of the Covid Vaccine doses that you have gotten so far. I want to ask you, what do you think of the trump plan as it has worked so far for getting the vaccine into peoples arms . What was your reaction when you found out that the Trump Administration in fact has no reserve supply of the vaccine, despite what had been promised to you, and briefly, to answer all of these, what do you think of the Biden Vaccine plan as youve heard it so far . Well, we want to get the vaccines out. We were disappointed that there wasnt going to be an accelerated delivery of vaccines to our state. And we were not counting on that in of our current Delivery System but we wanted more. Because right now were going into teachers, those age 70 and over and we dont have the supply to get them all vaccinated. Hopefully, that will increase with our great pharmaceutical industry and their manufacturing capacity. But its got to increase. In terms of president elect bidens plan, i met with their Transition Team a couple of times on this and theyre looking for ways to accelerate that. But the bottom line is, theyre dependent upon our manufacturing capacity and if we cant beef that up, then its going to be a tough couple of months in trying to get a limited supply out to everyone thats in need. Were doing everything we can to accelerate the delivery of the vaccines to our of population, so i expect our current percent of about 40 will go up. Were getting our systems in better place. Theres a greater acceptance of that. And its going well. We just need more supply to get it into arms quicker. Chris governor, thank you. Thanks for joining us. Always good to talk with you, sir. Thank you, chris. Good to be with you today. Chris up next, a live report on joe bidens plans once he takes office. And well talk with his Top White House Economic Advisor when we come right back. Alright, i brought in ensure max protein to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you dont. [grunting noise] ill take that. Woohoo 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. Ensure max protein. With nutrients to support immune health. Hi, im pat and im 75 years old. We live in the mountains so i like to walk. Im really busy in my life; im always doing something. Im not a person thats going to sit too long. In the morning, i wake up and the first thing i do is go to my art studio. A couple came up and handed me a brochure on prevagen. Ive been taking prevagen for about four years. I feel a little bit brighter and my mind just feels sharper. I would recommend it to anyone. It absolutely works. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Chris one of the first acts of the biden presidency will be pushing a massive rescue package aimed at boosting an economy hammered by covid. But that needs buyin from republicans in an evenly split senate. In a moment, well talk with a top biden Economic Advisor, brian deese. But first, lets bring in Jacqui Heinrich who is covering the president elect in delaware. Jacqui. Reporter chris, the inaugural theme is america united. But for the first time in more than 150 years, we will not see the outgoing and incoming president standing together, commemorating a peaceful transfer of power. No word yet if Vice President pence will replace President Trump in the inaugural procession and escort the president elect to the capitol. Trump plans to leave washington before joe biden takes the oath, punt waiting whats the most consequential speech of bidens life, surrounded by thousands of strops troops staged against more violence. The theme of the inauguration is about a determined democracy and we picked the theme actually before all of this happened, of course, and its even more meaningful now you. Reporter biden will not wait for bipartisanship to undo trumps policies, planning a ten day flurry of executive orders beginning with rejoining the paris climate accord, mandating masks on federal property. Getting his 1. 9 trillion pandemic relief package through congress will require diplomacy. Top economists aagree in this moment of crisis, we cannot afford inaction. Reporter maneuvering around a filibuster could come around just as biden launches part two of the package aimed at jobs and the economy expected to be at least as expensive as the first. Biden also told congress to expect a sweeping immigration bill, his first day in office, and urged congress to keep the business of the nation on track as they gauge timing for President Trumps impeachment trial. Chris. Chris Jacqui Heinrich, reporting from wilmington, delaware. Thank you. Joining us now, joe bidens Top White House Economic Advisor, brian deese. Brian, welcome to Fox News Sunday. Thanks, chris, happy to be here. Chris so congress has already passed over the last year, you approved more than 4 trillion of covid he relief. You are now asking, the president elect is now asking for another 1. 9 trillion in covid relief. Do you really need all that money . Well, we start from where the economy is today. And the truth is, were at a very precarious moment. We lost jobs last month for the First Time Since the spring. Last week nearly a million americans filed for Unemployment Insurance which is higher than any week during the great recession. And last week 30 million americans reported they didnt have enough food to eat. So weve got an acute economic crisis and human crisis and we need decisive shun. Thats really what action. Thats really what the president elects plan is about, its about targeting core issues we know we need to tackle. We need to get shots in peoples arms to get the pandemic under control. We need to get schools so parents can get back to work and we need to get relief to families and businesses who you through no fault of their own are continuing to suffer and the economy and the virus are spiraling downward. Now is the time to act. We no this is going to take a lot of work. But were ready to do it and as you saw the president elect is making the case that now is the time to move forward. Chris lets drill down on specific parts of the package. You are calling for another 1,400 direct payment to the vast majority of americans. Theres criticism why not target it just to those people who have kuehlly lost a job. There are a lot of people who will get the 1,400 on top of the 600 who have been doing just fine and havent been hit by covid and then there is criticism from conservatives that you have snuck in a liberal wish list into this package. Let me put some items on the screen. 20 billion for public transit. 9 billion for Cyber Security. Raise the minimum wage to 15 an hour. Whether those last items, brian, are a good policy idea or not, can you really say that they are part of emergency covid relief . Well, if you look at the core of this package, what its doing is its going at those core challenges. So about 400 billion in this package is going at the vaccination effort and getting schools reopened. Another portion is chris you will get brian, youll get used to me interrupting. Thats what i do on this show. Im asking, though, about these specific parts, transit, 15 minimum wage. I understand some parts of it. Clearly are covid relief. Why add this stuff to the bill . Sure. Well, lets look at each of those. The Cyber Security resources there are in the wake of the solar winds hack. We have seen and now understand significant vulnerabilities that are exacerbated by covid and the fact that so much federal operations are happening online. We need those resources to secure our systems now. Transit, look, our transit systems across the country are facing ac

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