With all that is going on, it was the bidens who got three and a half Million Dollars from moscow. Business deals in china. Maybe the fbi is going to do a good job in the doj is going to do a good job, but i highly doubt it, and so do you millions of americans. Molly meantime, we are also learning that hunter biden still has a stake in a Chinese Private equity firm. Jacqui heinrich is live from delaware with more on all of this. Jacqui. Good afternoon, molly. Jeffrey rosen refused to say whether he would name a special counsel after his predecessor, ag bill barr, on his way out the door, so that he did not find it necessary, but two highlevel officials tell fox news that the door is not shot on this, and some believe it is warranted, citing the statute, saying it would pass the potential conflict of interest with the attorney general or president of the united states. Coming in for his appointed attorneys will be investigated. That is textbook conflict. Overseeing the case is david weiss, trump appointee, but they say it is unlikely that he will fire and replace them. He is not a polarizing figure politically. And by then it is also creating the appearance of interference. He is reluctant to mention the case with his ag candidates. As the investigation continues, including, we are told, deals involving china, a lot at stake in the Chinese Private equity firm. A source close to hunter indicated that it is still in motion. And the wall street journal reports that the International Scrutiny over hunters involvement has limited the companys dealmaking, complicating his divestment. Hunter stepped down in october 2019, promising not to do any foreign work of his father won the white house. Hours after that announcement, then canada joe biden made a Campaign Stop and i. He promised that no one in his family would be involved in any foreign deals if you went to the white house. Now 14 months later, just 27 days until inauguration. And Hunter BidensForeign Investment at this point, lives on. Molly. Molly jacqui heinrich, thank you so much. Merry christmas to you. A standoff in the house over the bill. Republicans locking democrats request for 2,000 stimulus checks while democrats liked republicans request to revisit the foreign aid and spending. It is still up to President Trump to decide if he will veto the bill in its current form. He criticized the package after it passed, and some republicans say he shouldnt back down now. I think what the president should do now is he should veto the bill, and if pelosi is unwilling to cut the waste out and start all over, because 90 of the bill, i think, has bipartisan support, but the problem that the American People saw is that process, including lots of different bills into one vote. And then, no debate. No amendments. Not enough time for everyone to completely digest the bill. That is not what the American People want. That is a broken congress. That is because of nancy pelosi. Molly a lot of work left to be done in washington. Davids fund is live there now. Good afternoon. Republican senators from missouri, roy blunt totally contradicting the congressmen there from kentucky. Saying that he believes that President Trump should not view now and pass it as it is because it will be too difficult to take things apart, but ultimately, hows my wrist today, specifically democrats went in. They wanted to do this 2,000 direct payment measured during whats called a pro forma session. Very brief session that lasted about 12 minutes, hoping to bump up the number from 600 to 2,000 for direct payment. That did not happen. The reason that did not happen was House Minority leader kevin mccarthy, who was not present. He gave in order to make sure that did not happen. Then you have republicans on the other side you say that democrats blocked them from taking a certain parts of spending out of the bill, so certainly, washington is gridlocked, even on christmas eve. Democrats are serious, molly, with republican leadership, most notably the president. Listen right here. Thats what people need. Hope you to be able to continue to work on this in january. He doesnt give a damn about people. He threw kerosene on a fire. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi put out an announcement. Republicans cruelly deprived people of the 2,000 that the president agreed to support if the president is serious about the 2,000 direct payment, you must call on House Republicans to enter their obstruction. Kevin mccarthy, he released his own statement. Democrats appear to be suffering from selective hearing. They have conveniently ignored President Trumps call to reexamine tax dollars wasted overseas while so Many Americans are struggling at home. Right now, molly, as it is, the covid really bill is tied together to a 1. 4 trillion bill that would fund the u. S. Government. Funding runs out on monday. The clock is ticking. Some of those foreign aid demands that republicans are complaining about were actually made by the trump state department. House fo 600 to 2,000. Again, roy blunt, i mentioned, he wants President Trump to approve things as they are. Some republicans believe at least 600 is somewhat of a down payment. When asked if he believes that there would be 60 senators voting yay on 2,000 direct payments, he said not at this time, but many people believe of course 600, while it is not enough, some republicans and democrats saying that it is a down payment. Past that. Then pass another relief in just a few weeks. Molly there will be a lot to watch in washington next we week. He joins me now. The editor and chief of the washington examiner. We have a lot of ground to cover right now. Thank you for joining me on this christmas eve. We really appreciate your insight. I think that david spunts report laid things out rather plainly. Some of that headlines from the democrats that they would want you to look at, that this 2,000 came to an agreement between the president and democrats, but republicans shut it down. So, it really goes both ways. Now we see these dueling efforts going back and forth between republicans and democrats. How do you think it will ultimately shake out next week when we get past the holiday . This is a really interesting one, molly. I think that the president to some extent has the upper hand here. By not viewing it, he is just letting it sort of hanging out to dry. If he vetoed it, then the house and senate could try to override his veto, and that would be possible. But by not vetoing it, just letting it sit there, the congress is really up against the deadline because there is a new Congress Starting on the 3r. If there is no bill passed for spending next year, and we just have temporary ones, you know, up through january the 3rd, then that bill just and has to start all over again. So i think that President Trump has the upper hand here, and the most likely thing is that there will be amendments which will come out some of us 25 billion or so in foreign aid. Do something towards what President Trump was calling lori. But as i dont think hes going to be sent into thousand dollar checks out. That would add 400 billion to the cost of this thing, and we are already running up deficits like three or 4 trillion. I dont think that the republicans are in any mood for that. Molly a lot of this aid that has been coming, set to write out the day after christmas. And the eviction moratorium. That is also expected to run out before the end of the year. There are a lot of folks looking to congress to get the job done and come up with something that the president could potentially sign. Shifting gears just a little bit, there was an interesting subject raised on a socialist website. It was an article titled where in the world is Kamala Harris . There is an argument that they are going after is that she came out on the strong socialist side of things of your programs that they very much agreed with. For instance, months before she became the running mate, she introduced legislation. 2,000 and a Monthly Payment to americans. So they are arguing where has she gone with some of those hardline stances that she had taken a very progressive leaning. Now it seems like she has taken a step back from their perspective. Your thoughts . I am quite perhaps the last person in washington to agree with that socialist side, but they are right, to the extent that Kamala Harris has completely changed our position or at least has allowed her initial radicalism to die away. You are right. She proposed 2,000 in Monthly Payments, let alone just one off payments. She was a very weak candidate. She made it she was picked by joe biden, even though she was one of the worst performing candidates in the primary. I think that the fight and or the Transition Team has really put a lid on Kamala Harris, and she has just completely clammed up. The Biden Administration has shown that it is going to be radical on some things. For instance, its green agenda is kind of extraordinary. But it doesnt want to be radical across the board, and i think that the latest thing being put on Kamala Harris, and she is not speaking about all for her in the extreme left physicians that she had before. Molly finally, i want to talk a little bit about the nda, vetoing a defense spending bill. Not a surprise. This is what was expected. Also, talking about a lot of money here. 740 billion that will go to the pentagon. This is something republicans tend to champion. This is important legislation. Pushing back on the veto. Will we see that override of the veto, come next week . I think that the president is not on strong ground on this one. He will be overridden on monday by the house and on tuesday by the senate. I think this goes through. You are right. The republicans do not like to leave the military funding in limbo. The president wants section 230 of the Communications Decency act. That is the protections given to big tech animosities, which is nothing to do with defense. That is the kind of extraneous thing which has been tacked on. He didnt like a couple of other things, such as the provisions for the renaming of bases named after confederates, but i dont think that that is what held us up. What is happen monday and tuesday is that the house and senate will probably overwrite him, and there will be funding for the military sometime next week next week. Molly we will see. They have a lot of projects to work on in washington right now. We appreciate your insight. Thank you so much. Thanks very much, molly. Molly numerous leaders under fire again. 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The fact that this has not come too late ahead of the election, frankly, it is a disservice to the american public. Was unable to fully vote with an informed perspective about the different conflicts of interest that the incoming president son has. Molly we bring in andrew stillman, attorney and law professor. I like the holiday digs. Thank you so much for joining us here on this christmas eve. We really appreciate your insight. To kick things off, bill barrs last day was yesterday. Now it appears that there are some ongoing discussions related to whether or not there will be a special counsel. Bill barr did not think it was necessary. Will that happen . Should it happen . Reasonable minds can differ on this, but i dont think that there is any reason that is warranted. The optics of this are really, really bad, and it is potentially serious conduct. I dont know what happened. You dont know what happened here nobody knows what happened, but what we do know is that joe biden would have the potential to be placed in a very precarious position is his son has these criminal entanglements with foreign governments, so lets find out what happened, right . Lets get it on. Lets look at the sunlight. Lets see what happened. We know that the department of justice with a new attorney general coming in, that joe biden appointed, is going to be conflicted. So you need the special counsel who is independent to make certain they are now illegal foreign entanglements that could entangle joe biden. Molly jem stock he has taught just a little bit about this. Really kind of touched on this. Defending the Biden Administration as far as this is concerned. The president has repeatedly said that the attorney general will be acting independently. He will not influence the investigation into his son, but declined to clarify whether or not the incoming president would replace david wyatt, who of course is the investigator there in delaware on this case. Would that be enough . Is he left david weiss in place, would that be enough for this special counsel . Or would that be the way to go . This is not textbook reason why you need the special counsel. The u. S. Attorney in delaware, his boss is going to be the new incoming attorney general that joe biden appointed. That is as clear of the conflict as you get. Remember, when joe biden was Vice President , you had eric holder as the attorney general who literally called himself president obamas wingmen, in effect, his bodyguard. You cannot help that this incoming attorney general is going to be independent for joe biden. You just cant. That is why a special prosecutor is needed. Molly it is christmas eve. Christmas week. Talk a little bit about some of the battles that churches have been through in the course of the pandemic to gain access for their parishioners. We have seen a number of cables play out all across the country on this issue, but the ninth circuit or just requested dominic rejected an appeal to hold indoor christmas services, validating Gavin Newsoms lockdown order. I strongly object to it are failure accommodate even in a temporary fashion. The requested deadline is hardly arbitrary. The church seeks immediate action so that its members and worship on christmas day, one of the most sacred holy days and the christmas calendar. California becomes the first state to reach 2 million confirmed cases. What do you make of this latest decision . Why do you make of this decision . Its unfortunate. The assault on christmas continues. Especially in california. And it is problematic because there are steps that churches can take in order to make certain that the service is safe. They can socially distance. They can be at half capacity or a third of capacity, but these blanket exclusions on people gathering, especially in christmas, are really problematic, but it is just the latest and what we see from californias governor to a salt christmas, and that is really unfortunate. I think the judge outlines many of the opinions that many of us really has. Molly the judges, a lot of lawyers in this case, very conscious of constitutional issues here. Andrew, thank you so much for joining me. Have a wonderful, Merry Christmas. Speak a Merry Christmas to you too. Molly new york city backing down. How the city is taking it even further for people coming in from the u. K. Watch this. We dont want to cancel christmas. I want them to limit traveling to the extent possible. Molly dr. Anthony fauci urging people to stay home for the holidays, but millions of americans are not listening. What that could mean for a surge in covid cases, come january. We are the thrivers. 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