david: again, dan hoffman was a cia bureau chief. he knows whereof he speaks. it seems clear that swalwell has been compromised. does he deserve to be on the intel committee? >> look, that's ultimately up to pelosi and the democrats to decide whether or not he's going to be on next year or not. then if that's the case, we republicans will have to conduct an investigation. look, i think what dan hoffman is saying, i'll take it one step further, there are no surprise that spying's going on in washington and out of consulates, especially out of our adversaries. the question here is though, you know, why did this, for four years, trump get accused and any republican including the republicans on the house intelligence committee, you know, being called russian assets, but the media hasn't been held accountable? so i think this goes much deeper. it's not just about the pocket of the spy ring dealing with the democrat progressives in san francisco. it also is what power do they have over the media. like, for example, another example that you didn't use, david, the nba.

dan hoffman, thank you so very much, we will bring you back. appreciate your perspective on this. >> thanks. >> harris: more than a dozen states are now backing a lawsuit to throw out the election results in four battleground states won by president-elect joe biden. a key deadline is now just hours away. also this. >> you were arrested for obstructing police in the arrest and the child abuse investigation, can you tell me the nature of this child abuse? >> harris: senator kelly loeffler and rafael warnock getting personal in the race for a key georgia senate seat, the latest on their heated back and forth. ♪ es have record lows. one call can save you $3,000 a year. newday's va streamline refi lets you refinance without having to verify your income, without getting your home appraised, and without spending one dollar out of pocket to get it done. it is the quickest and easiest refi they've ever offered. pÑfsråpb if ththen i'm not a real potato reciidaho potato farmer.shes, genuine idaho potatoes not just a side dish anymore. always look for

david: dan hoffman was a d bureu chief, he knows where hee speak. it seems clear that swalwell has been compromised, does he deserve to be on until committee? >> that's going to be ultimately up to nancy pelosi and the democrats to decide whether or not he will be on next year. if that's the case we republicans will have to conduct an investigation. i think what dan hoffman is saying i'll take it one step further, there is no surprise fine is going on in washington and spying going on at a consulate especially out of her adversaries. the question is why for four years did trump get accused in any republican included the republicans on the house intelligence committee being calledei russian assets but the media has not been held accountable. i think this goes much deeper, such as about the pocket of the spy ring dealing with the democrat progressives in san francisco. it offers what power they have over the media and other example that you did not use, the nba, they are all for doing good all over america but when it comes to talking about the devast

we bring in former cia dan hoffman with us now. dan, one would imagine if intentional act involved in an explosion, major american city christmas morning, there is a lot of people in your former line of work and job getting calls right now. >> yeah, there are pure there were three things going on, first technically at the same forensics. you have a car that blew up. that car presumably registered somewhere. there may be prints on that car. that can lead the police to determine whether those who committed this crime, this horrific act christmas day are still at large. are they planning follow-up attacks. third, where my former colleagues come into play cia, intelligence community at large, they are a component here and you can bet we can go out full court press with their sources, foreign lead to determine if that is the case. >> leland: what do you make of this. this is one of the local reporters they are with quoting a police spokesperson before 6:00 a suspicious vehicle on second avenue outside of the at&t building. the officer r

arthel: dan hoffman, thank you very much. eric: yesterday was his birthd birthday, he would've been 26 years old but you know his legacy lives on. as you know otto was a university of virginia college student from ohio who was falsely arrested in north korea in 2016 while he was on a youth educational to her, he was on prison for a year end a half brutally tortured say officials only to be sent home severely brain damaged and in a vegetative state, he died in a cincinnati hospital and he was 22 years old. in his name his parents cindy and fred have waged a global legal battle against the regime human rights advocates for their son in the north korean people by targeting the regimes financial network around the world to get justice. earlier this year they prompted a german court to close the north korean hotel in berlin officials said and illegally funneled half a million dollars a year into kim's coffers and was finally put out of business after u.s. ambassador to germany ric grenell and warmbier joined together. the strategy

. >> dana: let's bring in dan hoffman former cia station chief and fox news contributor. dan, this is very eye-opening and wake-up call. how pervasive do you think this operation is? i think china is flooding the zone and running lots of these operations. i'm sure chris stein phang was not the only chinese intelligence officer trying to infiltrate the social networks and different political campaigns. and infiltrating our candidates and their staff. it's obviously of great concern. for me the greatest concern is that this happened in 2015. that's when she went back to china. and it's taken five years for us to know something about it when we could have been warning state and local elected officials that this is what china is doing. remember that representative swalwell was first in contact with her when he was a city council member. he was spotted early in his career. >> dana: yeah. i wondered about this and thought you would be a good person to ask. is it possible that our intelligence community is doing more to combat this than we are allowed to know, perhaps is it you

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dan hoffman with us. dan, appreciate it and appreciate your time outside the wire and behind enemy lines for us, thank you. >> thanks. leland: good to see you. laura. >> and a briefing by the fbi on the suspected chinese site is raising more questions according to a top congressional republican. this as pressure mounts on house speaker pelosi to remove california democrat eric swalwell from his intel post. we'll bring you the latest coming up next. ♪ we made usaa insurance for veterans like martin. when a hailstorm hit, he needed his insurance to get it done right, right away. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. usaa in connemara. right! connemara it is! there's one gift the whole family can share this holiday season, their story. give the gift of discovery, with an ancestrydna kit. ♪ oh, oh, (announcer)®! ♪ once-weekly ozempic® is helping give the gift of discovery, many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. a majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c u

dan hoffman may have an answer to that question. how big is it, dan? >> it's extraordinarily diverse. they're operating in washington d.c. at the consulates in san francisco, new york, chicago, los angeles. the trump administration for good reason closed the consulate in houston and they were conducting spying operations there. they used all sorts of collectors and some very creative ways of stealing our secrets. a chinese subsidiary owned and run by a chinese general bought 100,000 acres of land in texas. this company g.h. america bought the land to build a windmill farm but they are plugging into our electrical grid an conducting espionage against the air force beige. they are ruthlessly focused on conducting espionage in this country. >> sandra: you have strong thoughts how it was handled. talking to members of the intel committee who have said. republican members who joined us saying they were not privy to this information and not briefed on this happening. nancy pelosi says that happened but these lawmakers told us that did not include brad wenstr

dan hoffman said be careful of such act sayss as that. based on what we know this morning congressman jason chaffetz joined us and said these are the questions he has. listen. >> i want to know exactly what speaker pelosi knew. she and she alone is the person that appoints people to that select committee. why do they have to have him in that committee when they know he has potentially been compromised? >> sandra: lindsey graham speaking out. several things to keep in mind. it shows the depth of the effort by the chinese to infiltrate america's political system. he goes beyond that and points out the difference in how the president was treated with something like this compared to democratic congressman eric swalwell. >> that's right. i think what kayleigh mcenany said is so on point. the fact that this was targeted at him and from the very point you mentioned the quote earlier that this operation was going down even to the mayoral level. it is interesting that that was the subject of the collusion narrative about russia. it led to all of t

former cia chief, dan hoffman on what he makes of all of this and what investigation is headed next. ♪ investigators continue to come through rubble covering multiple blocks in downtown nashville. checking out more than 500 that have come in yesterday morning's explosion. an rv detonated after blaring a recorded warning that it would explode minutes. david has more including the chilling video on the rv. reporter: fbi special agent in charge says the bureau has yielded 500 tips about this crime. right now, fbi and atf farm techs are on the scene. they been there all day problem assisting the scene and they will be there for the foreseeable future. authorities seen in nashville at a press conference this afternoon made it clear there no other threat at this time you put in the city of nashville can feel safe. authorities have zeroed in on this rv is the catalyst for the explosion who owned it, drove it, read it with explosives, all part of the investigation led by the fbi. >> a giant jigsaw puzzle created by a bomb during evidence across multiple city blocks. they got together it, c

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. >> reporter: earlier this week former cia station chief dan hoffman cautioned against a rush to judgment. >> there's no evidence whatsoever that christine fang was able to acquire, steal any classified information from him. so i think we have to be careful about rushing to conclusions. i don't think we should necessarily be rushing to penalize people just because the chinese are targeting. the question how did he handle it. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi did not comment idea, the fbi also holding comment. eric? eric: lucas, thank you. molly? molly: the district attorney in los angeles county now doing an about face after getting criticized from victims of violent crimes for sweeping policy changes. what he's doing, that okays e next. -- that's next. ♪ if your dry eye symptoms keep coming back, inflammation in your eye might be to blame. looks like a great day for achy, burning eyes over-the-counter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. ha! these drops probably won't touch me. xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that ca

former cia officer dan hoffman says there are likely thousands of operations like the one that targeted will swalwell and the horny midwestern mayors. >> it's extraordinarily diverse and ubiquitous. chinese intelligence officers operating in washington, d.c. and consulates in san francisco new york los angeles. they use all sorts of collectors and some very creative ways of stealing our secrets. they are, you know, ruthlessly focused on conducting espionage in this country. will. >> geraldo: china's sphere of influence is coming into focus hollywood, big tech, multinational corporations, professional leagues, the nba, lebron james, remember that? and even american colleges as we have seen all facing new scrutiny over examples of them bending to beijing's will. why? money, who knows what else. but, dana, are you afraid ever? i mean some of my -- our friends, erika and our friends asian, i worry about racism, you know. isn't that a concern as we are legitimately concerned about the big issue of espionage and stealing secrets? >> dana: yeah. i think that -- sure. we have to be aware that w

take a listen do dan hoffman. >> you think about chinese intelligence operators in washington d.c., san francisco, new york, chicago, los angeles. the trump administration closed china's embassy in houston for spying. >> national attention was brought to the issue when politco blow a story that an alleged spy was working directly on the payroll, on the staff for senator dianne feinstein back in 2013. >> a lot to follow there, jillian. >> you bet? a new survey showing u.s. companies are optimistic about doing business in china but more than half are not making plans. edward lawrence has that story. >> companies like the money potential. they have ignored the stealing of property. the trump administration shined a light on this issue. president-elect joe biden says the blunt way in which the president went after china should be changed. gathering consensus among allies. but it may take time to reach a consensus. right now there's warnings coming from lawmakers on capitol hill. the concerns among a few senators i've heard from is that the chinese influence will seep into a biden administra

i want to bring in dan hoffman, former c.i.a. station chief to talk about this. your reaction to business records showing hunter biden still owns 10% stake in a chinese private equity firm. >> well it is certainly something the media is tracking and rightly so. reportedly there was some speculation that he was still offloading his stake but make no mistake, he resigned from that board in 2019 and thus far there hasn't been any reason given for why it is taking this long for him to extricate himself from that company. >> julie: here is what joe biden said regarding his family business relationship dealings back in october of 2019. no one in my family will have an office in the white house, will sit in on meetings as if they are a cabinet member, will in fact have any business relationship with anyone that relates to a foreign corporation or a foreign country. so now the question is begging to be asked could hunter's entanglements catch up with the president-elect? >> that statement by then candidate biden was certainly a not so thinly veiled criticism at this admi

take a listen to former cia station chief dan hoffman. >> think about chinese intelligence officers. they are operating in washington, d.c. and at the consulates in san francisco and new york and chicago and lang. los angeles. we close china's consulate in houston. they are ruthlessly focused on conducting espionage in this country. >> g.o.p. jim sensenbrenner filed a complaint with the house ethics committee urging the panel to immediately open an investigation into the swalwell matter. the threat from china is one that lawmakers say is real and growing more dangerous. >> look, this is the tip of the iceberg. at this point. that's been a year on the china task force. and it is in our universities, students, it's research institutions. we really need to get a handle on this. >> swalwell himself is maintaining innocence. he insists the accusations about his ties to alleged spy christine fang are a political hit job. >> are you concerned that you shared any information with this person before you were notified by the fbi? >> well, i know that i didn't. >> chinese recruiting of u.s. law

. >> dan hoffman, thank you for sharing the insight, we appreciated and we wish you a happy new year. >> seem to you. >> we were sitting in the car, about to get on the highway and we heard a gunshot. i said, that sounded close to home. >> a christmas shopping trip turns deadly. this 7-year-old died after reportedly being shot while in a car with her mother and aunt in atlanta. investigators say several men were involved with an argument nearby, authorities are looking at surveillance video to see if that is where the shots came from. a $10,000 reward is offered for information leading to an arrest, contact atlanta police if you have any leads on her death. >> president-elect joe biden is pledging to restore the power of label unions, but who will his proposal help? we will take a closer look at that issue coming up next. some things are good to know. like where to find the cheapest gas in town and which supermarket gives you the most bang for your buck. something else that's good to know? if you have medicare and medicaid you may be able to get more healthcare benefits through a huma

dan hoffman, former cia station chief in fox news contributor, danna, exactly a year ago we were talking about what with the united states to do in response to these i rocky militias, outside of the embassy in baghdad and firing rockets at the embassy. does that change the iranian calculus over the last year? >> i think that strike against the leaders of the proxy militias, i think that did restore what we call escalation dominance for the united states. iran is trying to project power in iraq and the middle east at a large and they will try to take the strongest kinetic action they think they can get away with without provoking a u.s. response which would end iran's regime. >> leland: this is the tweet from the iranian foreign minister. instead of fighting covid donald trump and cohorts waste billions to fly b-52s and send our modest to our region. intelligence for iraq indicates the pretext for war and iran does not seek war but in capital letters, openly and directly defend its people, security and vital interests. interpret that for us. >> first of all it's important to note that tha

station chief and the fox news contributor dan hoffman. thank you for sparing a couple of minutes for us today on christmas day. just to start things off, i'm sure you have been watching throughout the morning to see the details unfold. your thoughts? what does the recording mean, what does the shots fired mean? your thoughts? >> a couple of the initial thoughts. first of all, the gunshots that reportedly occurred. everyone a couple of hour -- even a couple of hours before the explosion. then the recording that there was going to be an imminent bomb. both indicate that the perpetrator wanted to, wanted property damage but not necessarily to cause civilian casualties. again, we are early days. the forensics are ongoing. there is a strong effort now to find perpetrators. there are a lot of clues. there are witnesses on the very busy street who may have seen something. you have the vehicle itself. registration. i think there is a lot of the opportunities in the coming days. make no mistake it is important to find the perpetrators. they could