Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Special Report With Bret Baier 2020

FOXNEWSW Special Report With Bret Baier December 17, 2020

We have fox news coverage. Jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. Starts us off tonight live. Good evening to you. New comment so far from President Trump on what is shaping up to be possibly the worst in years. Removing this threat after from compromised environments will be highly complex and challenging for organizations. The latest federal bodies to apparently fall victim to the ever widening hack attack, the department of energy and the agency that maintains the u. S. Nuclear weapons stockpile. A breach of their computer networks. In a new alert today, the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency warning that it poses a great threat and state local and tribal other private sector organizations. Agencies also believed to be affected, System Monitoring Software include the agriculture departments as well as the department of Homeland Security. The system also used by the state department doj nsa all five branches of the military. The pentagon today is offering reassurance of the statement saying today we have no evidence of compromise of the dod information network. As for who was behind the attack, fingers are being pointed at russians foreign intelligence service, the scr. This is nothing short of a virtual invasion of the russians into critical accounts of our federal government. Russia not surprisingly denying any involvement. The Russian Embassy saying we have paid attention to unfounded stamps of the u. S. Media to blame russian hacking attempts on u. S. Government bodies. Russia does not conduct operations in the cyber domain. It is used widely across the u. S. Government and in many fortune 500 companies. Cyber experts say hackers broke into servers and corrupted a legitimate update of orion that was then sent to some 1800 users between march and june. Installing the update left the back door wide open for intruders to get in. From the senate today, a bipartisan request for more information. Republican senators, Chuck Grassley and democrat demanding an immediate briefing. The president elect joe biden following on his watch m malignd actors will be punished i will not stand idly by in the states of cyber assaults on our nation. I have not ever seen joe biden hold one actor anywhere around the world accountable for anything. And today, new alert from Cyber Security. Infrastructure security agency. They warned that it may have been just one tool that hackers were using to attack the u. S. Government but there may be other ones out there that are undetected. Cyber Security Experts say it could take years to finally get to the bottom of all of this. And in some other places around the world too. Bret. Bret just getting a scope of this. John, thank you. Lets find out what they are saying about it at the pentagon about the hack on the threat. Here is National Security correspondent, jennifer griffin. Good evening. The Services Committee has not yet been briefed on information emerging that that the department of energy is responsible for the Nations Nuclear weapon or breach as part of the solar winds hack which began last march. Cyber experts have linked it to a wellknown branch of the russian secret service. They have not officially designated attributions. The Homeland Security committee is expected to be briefed tomorrow. The department of energy appears to have found suspicious activity. The nations premier Research Facility as well as the laboratory in new mexico as first reported by political. The department of energy issued the following statement. At this point, the investigation has found that the malware has been isolated and has not impacted the Mission Essential National Security functions of the department including the National Nuclear security organization. When d. O. E. Identifies software, immediate action was taken to mitigate the risk and all software identified as being vulnerable to he this attack is being there is still work here at the pentagon and they are having meetings about the scale of this attack. Earlier in the day, the pentagon said there is no evidence of compromising the attempted hack of the department of defense Computer Systems but a new alert tonight said this is a patient wellresourced and focused adversary that has sustained longduration activity on the network. The supply chain compromised is not the only threat that he had leveraged. At the pentagon tonight, there is great concern that they dont know what they dont know about how brought this attack on the u. S. Government agencies has been. Bret. Bret unknown unknowns. Jennifer at the pentagon. Jennifer, thank you. Also breaking tonight, an fda panel of Government Experts is endorsing a second Coronavirus Vaccine tonight that clears the way for the full food and Drug Administration to approve the formula for a emergency use. It has passed for 17 million mark for covid19. Infections, the death toll stands at about 310,000. Wednesday set a new record with almost 3700 totalitys. Correspondent casey has the latest tonight from dallas. A little less than a week after perusing pfizers emergency use operation for its Coronavirus Vaccine we have verified Clinical Data integrity and the integrity of materna over 6 million doses will ship ove. Al although i have been a frequent critic, i want to give them credit. He praised the white house and help them play a role of getting successful vaccines to market so quickly. Vice president mike pence, the second lady and the u. S. Surgeon general will roll up their sleeves on a public event on friday to help quell fears over the vaccine safety. Right now, we are in life saving mode. While a handful of states are seen slight decline in the coronavirus cases, all 50 are reporting records for both covid hospitalizations and death. Nearly one week before christmas, nearly 113,000 americans are hospitalized. There will be a point where our hospitals, hospitals, icus, clinics are going to be overwhelmed. Of the situation described to be so dire in california. Covid deaths are overwhelming the system. Meantime, you can add the governor of rhode island to a growing list of democratic lawmakers not practicing what they preach. Days after discriminating, he wd at a wine and paint party. The governor, by the way, has not yet responded, dressed or apologized for that incident. Finally tonight, pfizer says that it has millions of additional doses quoting from a Company Statement here sitting in their warehouses. But as of right now, they have not received any shipment instructions for those supplies. The white house has said that additional doses will go out tomorrow. But its not clear if those are the vials that pfizer is talking about. Bret. Bret get to the bottom of that. Casey stegall live in dallas. Casey, thanks. Congressional lawmakers are trying to push a coronavirus package across the finish line tonight. It will try again tonight. Chad pergram tells us where things stand this evening at this hour from capitol hill. Good evening, chad. Good evening. Congress will likely work to finalize the covid relief package. Mitch mcconnell says tis the season for congress to finish up. Well, we and congress are no strangers to the december funding deadlines or the cliffhanger. In that respect, the situation we face now is familiar. A 900 billion aid bill days ago that details matter. Working out direct stimulus checks is complicated. One issue that remains, money for state and local democrats. Republicans warned that they could use it to refund payment through the back door. Liberals contend the bill doesnt do enough. Right now in the midst of a terrible pandemic where the economy is and disastrous shape, all we are talking about is 900 billion. That is an inadequate sum of money to do what has to be done. This could set the table for another bill under president elect biden next year. It is likely they will have to approve a bandaid spending bill to avoid the Government Shutdown again this weekend. Bret. Bret chad, thank you. Stocks hit record highs on wall street. Also vaccine progress driving that. The dow gaining 149. The s p 500 finished 121. The nasdaq dropped 107. President trump says he has nothing to do with the potential prosecution of hunter biden or the biden family. Democrats are not buying that. We are also getting new information about an attempt to get joe biden directly involved in one of the suspect deals. With the latest fallout from the ongoing scandal under federal investigation, mike emanuel. Hundred bidens former Business Associates were hinting at a push to get joe involved in a joint venture with Chinese Energy Company Making it look like a truly family business. On may 11th, 2017, hunters tony bob wilensky on texts, man, you are right, lets get the company set up. Then tell them the high stakes and get joe involved. More republicans are now saying its time for special counsel. I dont know any other way to be absolutely certain that the investigation under biden will be thorough enough. Republicans are concerned about the calendar recognizing january 20th is about a month away. Traditionally, when a new president comes in, they fire all of the u. S. Attorneys. If you want to show that this is going to be in operate outstanding Biden Administration and they are going to let the cards fall, he needs to leave the u. S. Attorney in place. Is not in his dna. Its just not in his dna. If he believes in the rule of law, and it will be done in the proper way, i feel very confident about that. I have nothing to do with the potential prosecution. A potential democra to it seems to be a distractn for President Trump. It should it be for us. Senate Judiciary Committee says he does have a concern. I just hate to see a proliferation of special couns counsel. This drip, drip, drip of new revelations could be making it more difficult for attorney general nominee. Questions about the Hunter Biden Probe will be front and center in the confirmation process. Bret. Bret mike, thank you. Still ahead, Prosecutors Say Police have caught some drug dealers at some very famous universities. We will bring you there. Plus, you can run but you cant hide. Chinese espionage scandal. We will show you that. And later [beeping]. This ones for you. You inspired us to make your humira experience even better. With humira citratefree. 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Bret we have new details tonight on a huge drug smuggling operation involving former students at three major universities in North Carolina. Chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt is calling developments from los angeles. Good evening, bret. 21 people, the majority of them linked to unc, duke face charges. And these are not just students dabbling in drugs according to prosecutors. But as they put it, 21 hardened drug dealers, dealers of cocaine, lsd, molly, human growth hormones, xanax, and other drugs. Many of the 21 facing charges were members of fraternities. Set up inside these houses. Fueling a culture. And thats why i say today is about saving lives. Because this culture bret the unc chapel hill released a Statement Today saying in part we are extremely disappointed to learn of these alleged actions on our campus. The university has committed to working with Law Enforcement to fully understand the involvement of any university individuals in our organization so that disciplinary action can be taken. The investigation apparently began more than 2 years ago and involved initially the Sheriffs Department Orange County North Carolina and then also agents. This unfolded on like any other case that i have seen in Law Enforcement. Casual use of high volumes of drugs. They say the investigation is continuing and more charges are possible. Bret. Bret thank you. Tonight, much of the northeast, wednesdays major winter storm which dumped record snow levels. Tens of thousands of homes and businesses without power. And this is not yet done. Drivers are urged to stay off the road. If you do not have to be on the roads, please dont travel today. The roads are dangerous, especially a lot of the local roads are very dangerous. More than 1,000 accidents were reported, including this collision in pennsylvania. [beeping] this is claimed at least a 60 vehicle pileup also in pennsylvania. In baltimore, maryland, and Airline Plane fell off the runway. They left Outdoor Dining options dilapidated. With them largely a thing of the past with covid, many play virtual hooky. Its amazing. Its great for the kids to see some normal stuff and experience some real winter in the city. The vague news is that the temperatures are expected to dig into the teens tonight. Several cold days ahead which means that all of the snow could be sticking around. Bret. Up next, the president elect takes another from speaker pelosis house. And another california democrat tries to take a low profile. Amd questions on china. Box 13 in tampa. 250,000 chickens were killed in dade city. The farm is said to be the largest distributor of egg shells in the country. There were no reported injuries. A federal grand jury investigators say that it was a plot by extremists who were angry over her coronavirus policies. 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Questions continue to swirl about his interactions with an alleged chinese spy named christine fang. His continued presence on the powerful select committee on intelligence is drawing intense fire from republicans on capitol hill. If people were making accusations against me that were not true, i would defend myself. I would come out and say these things are not true. In the fiveminute, the presumption of a well,

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