gary peters doesn't deserve to sit on that committee. show what senator peters sent out with ron wyden in september please. he did say this hunter biden report and probe that chuck grassley and chairman ron johnson was russian disinformation. but now, sol, now we've got senator gary peters accusing ron johnson dropping down rabbit holes when this guy is even lying in his answer to ron johnson. >> senator peters is certainly was in the alone in labeling the biden information, hunter biden information before the campaign as russian disinformation. elizabeth: but the point is he is lying. wait, wait. hang on. sol, the point is, forgive me, he lied in his response to senator johnson because he put out a press release saying i had nothing to do with calling your probe russian disinformation he put out a press release with ron wyden, yeah your probe into hunter biden was russian disinformation back in september, sol. >> the point is a politician lied. i mean right? dewey took manila. dog bites man. yes i agree with you and it is one of many li

governor gretchen whitmer, senator debbie stabenow and senator gary peters are elected as honorary chairperson os they have 2020 electoral college. the electoral college convened it is now in nominate. i recognize michael kerwin for the purpose of a nomination. >> i nominate joe bide northwestern office of president of the united states. -- joe biden for the office of president of the united states. lt. gov. gilchrest: thank you, mr. kerwin. i recognize robin smith of the eighth congressional district for the preponderance of seconding the nomination. >> mr. chairman, i second the nomination of joe biden for the office of the president of the united states. lt. gov. gilchrest: thank you. are there any other nominations for the office of president of the united states. hearing none, the electors will vote by ballot. to facilitate this voting i would like to call upon the sergeant at arms to please step forward and distribute ballots for the office of president of the united states to the lectors. please indicate your vote by signing in the space provided. lt. gov. gilchrest: the sergeant at arm

senator gary peters. he is the ranking member, meaning the top democrat on the homeland security committee in the senate. senator, it's really nice of you to make time for us tonight. thanks very much for being here. >> great to be with you, rachel. thank you so much. >> i say in part that it's nice for you to be here because i imagine if i did what you did all day today i'd be wiped. it was -- i could see your exasperation watching this today. sort of trying to not necessarily wanting to engage and try to rebut all of these claims that there was something radically wrong with the election. but yet to keep people focused on the fact that the election was fine. >> absolutely, rachel. and that was the challenge. because the witnesses that chairman johnson brought before us, and there were several of them. next to my one witness. but basically, what they were saying, the statements they were making, the allegations that they were making were the same statements and the same allegations that they made in near

the committee's top democrat, senator gary peters, said new talk of electoral fraud is helping -- are you ready for this? -- russia. that accusation leading to this explosive exchange between senators johnson and peters. >> 50 people associated with the intelligence community during the the, after our hunter biden investigation and the revelations of the hunter biden computer said, oh, this is, you know, this is russian disinformation. now we find out it's a real investigation by the justice department. so it's just galling, and i i have to point out that the purr view yours of russian disinformation, hillary clinton's campaign, the dnc, the steele dossier, the ranking member peters accusing senator grassley and i of disseminating russian disinformation, that's where the false information is coming, the lies, the false allegations. i can't sit by here and listen to this -- >> mr. chairman, i've got to respond to that. you're saying i'm putting out -- >> [inaudible] >> well, one, i had nothing to do with this -- >> you lied repeatedly in the press that i was spreading russian disinform

peters led to the reauthorization of the american legislation to keep the united states competitive in science and engineering to get more women and minorities into the field and advance the scientific research discoveries. the prevention bill that we were able to pass into law represents the first bill in history to pass the senate and house unanimously with specific language. this bill will save lives. i was honored to move the headquarters to colorado and finally get funding for the construction of the arkansas and helps to complete oural va hospital in colorado to advance our cyber security and foster our relations with taiwan, south korea and beyond and it was an honor of my time in the senate to work on the great american outdoors act, the holy grail of conservation legislation. and my first remarks on the senate floor i spoke about how no matter where across the four corners you live where across this great nation we hope for the same thing for our children to live in a loving home that values every citizen that they learned the valulearn the valued perseverance and where it'

gary peters along with lamar alexander led the effort in the america competes legislation to get more women and minorities into the stem fields and to advance our scientific research and discoveries. the sue idea prevention bill -- the suicide prevention bill that passed the house and senate unanimously with lgbtq-specific language. this bill will save lives. i was honored to help move the bureau of land management headquarters to colorado and to get funding for the construction of the arkansas valet conduit. i helped lead the passage of legislation to complete our v.a. hospital in colorado to advance our cybersecurity and to foster our relations with taiwan, south korea, and beyond. and it was an honor of my time in the senate to work with lamar and senators man minute, height can't, king, portman, daines and burr on the holy grail of conservation legislation. in my first remarks on the senate floor i spoke about no matter where across colorado that you live or across this great nation, we all hope for the same thing -- to live in a loving home that values every citizen, that they le

joining me is senator gary peters. senator peters, thanks for joining us on this. this is astounding to say the least. i have to say. when this news brokeov over the weekend e weekend, it was shocking. how much information did they get and it blew into nine months of hacking the systems and we're learning breaking news the energy department, the national nuclear security administration has information hackers accessed the network as part of espion e espionage. what do you know about this that you can share? >> well, what i can say is we have to learn a lot more but to your opening comments, it's shocking. this is incredibly disturbing to have such a sophisticated breach that impacted so much of the federal government, the fact they can get into these systems and be there for a period of time. it will take time to get what is the extent of the breach and what information did they gather? was their intent? we have to get to the bottom of this and do it quickly because what is at stake here. >> there is different levels of close fa case classification of documents whe

tonight we'll show you how senator gary peters lied in his response and fighting back against johnson. we'll break it down. this is about democrats deception. this is about americans not getting information they needed to do an informed vote in 2020. with us tonight, so wisenberg

. >> all right in a moment, i'm going to speak to senator gary peters, who you saw there and heard behind that black mask. there is one really important thing to say here, though, just to state the obvious, and that is that the homeland security committee today spent 3 1/2 hours investigating something that did not impact the election. instead of 3 1/2 hours on what could be the biggest ever cyber attack in american history, one that compromised the top echelons of our government. in this regard, too, they echoed their dear leader who has not taken on that cyber attack on this country and today was once again silent as thousands more americans died of the virus. trump tweeted today only about the hearing and that election fraud that didn't happen. kaitlan collins is "outfront" live near the white house. and kaitlan, you broke the news about the president's push to get special counsels appointed. how far is he willing to go, and given that he cannot do these appointments himself, will others listen to him? will it happen? >> reporter: well, that's the big question. and of course, the only

peters question if there will be enough dry ice to keep those is from spoiling in rural areas thirds of our is classified as rural we actually built a dry as manufacturing plant and we can provide that to independent hospitals in south dakota senator john thune asked of the companies will be able to quickly adapt delivery method, what's new vaccines are ready. it's going to take a high level of ingenuity that's not the really a challenge the first vaccines will be delivered to health care workers and then nursing home operation works the leaders expect 20 million doses to be out by the end of the month in washington raquel martin. >>still ahead a rare glimpse into the life of frontline workers in one hospital who ernest hemingway wrote the old man and the sea at 52 satchel paige was still dominating batters at 59. celia cruz was still winning grammys at 77 john wheeler illuminated our ideas of the universe at 70 and roger crouch was 56 when he first went into space your best is yet to come >>hospitals all across the country are sure feeling the enormous pressures the pandemic intensi

because if the democrats win the senate do you think gary peters will do an investigation? >> trace: peter doocy is live in wilmington, delaware. good day to you, peter. >> good day to you. seconds ago while that sound bite was playing we found out the f.b.i. is going to brief this afternoon at 3:00 p.m. about the swalwell matter, what they know and so we should expect some movement, some advancement in that story about four hours from right now. as for the hunter biden matter we don't know how much joe biden knows about the evidence against his son or about this investigation into his son but for now he does not seem concerned. >> you know that the people who want to make hay in washington are going to try to use your adult son as a weapon against you. how do you feel about that and what do you have to say to those people? >> look, we have great confidence in our son. i am not concerned about any accusations that have been made against him. it is used to get to me. i think it's kind of foul play. >> new text messages show that hunter biden's business partners talked about

is simply not -- >> on capitol hill a fiery exchange between senators ron johnson of wisconsin and gary peters of michigan a hearing on election irregularities, the chair of the senate homeland security committee accusing the panel's top democrat of spreading russian disinformation. >> i got to respond to that. i have nothing to do with this report. >> you lied repeatedly in the press that i'm spreading russian disinformation and i told you to stop lying and you continued to do it. >> that hearing quite heated and donald trump made no secret of his belief the election process in 2020 was deeply compromised and his legal team continues to pursue all avenues in six wing states to their respective legislatures. this is happening even as the investigation into those voting irregularities continues. >> i got to save for the senate that is as testy as it gets. growing number of republicans calling for the removal of democrat eric swalwell from the house until committee. the congressman is under fire for recent revelations about past ties to a suspected chinese i. good evening. >> reporter: de

gary peters latching on and called it out. >> whether intended or not, this hearing is a platform to conspiracy theories and lies. it is a destructive exercise that has no place in the united states senate. i can't sit by here and listen to this and say that this is not information hearing today. this is getting information we have to take a look at to restore confidence in our election b election integrity. we'll not be able to move on without bringing up these irregularities and examining and providing explanation and see where there are problems so we can correct it moving forward. >> mr. chairman, i got to respond to that. >> try. >> i had nothing to do with this report. >> you lied repeatedly in the press that i was spreading russian information and that was an out right lie and i told you to stop lying and you continue to do it. >> this is not about airing your grievances. i don't know what rabbit hole you are running down. >> and here we are. again, without any evidence of rabbits. allegations demand evidence and that extraordinary ones demand more. yet time and again in court

one democratic senator, gary peters of michigan, calling out today's hearing for what it was, a sham. >> whether intended or not, this hearing gives a platform to conspiracy theories and lies and it's a destructive exercise that has no place in the united states senate. >> they were mad about that. meanwhile, you know what they didn't talk about today in that hearing? the massive attack on the united states by russian hackers. the united states still has real enemies and foes, and the more the leadership of this country focuses on fake conspiracies the happier they are. joe biden moving ahead with his cabinet announcements, as for president trump he's having what one adviser describes as a f-ing temper tantrum. from our expert technicians armed with state of the art tools and technology, to genuine parts made for the perfect fit. whether it's our place... ...or yours. we're there. rain or shine, day or night. no one knows your vehicle better. to learn all the ways we can be at your service, call, click or visit a dealership near you. latonight, silence it with newd byzzzquil night pai

we only heard from the top democrat on the committee, senator gary peters, and he blasted republicans for essentially giving what he calls a conspiracy theorist a platform today. >> the minority was not consulted about the scope of this hearing before it was noticed. the panelists have been selected for their political, not medical views, and for that reason, the composition of the panel creates a false and terribly harmful impression of the scientific and medical consensus. i welcome diverse perspectives, but we have a responsibility to follow science and facts, not conspiracy theories, and not disinformation. >> very notably, not just the democrats on the committee are opposed to her testifying today. senator mitt romney, a republican here in the senate, someone who sits on that committee did not attend the committee hearing today. when he caught up with reporters a short time ago, brooke, he talked about her testimony and said, quote, i think it's nuts to bring that into the senate. brooke? >> sunlen, thank you. >>> some breaking news in the world of sports. one of the biggest riva

speed to things getting personal between committee chair ron johnson and democrat gary peters on the issue of russian disinformation, take a look. >> i just have to talk about russian disinformation because people peddling and are not on my side of the aisle. senior democrat leaders, including ranking member peters accused senator grassley and myself of accepting and disseminating russian disinformation. i had nothing to do with this report. >> you lied repeatedly in the press. >that was an outright lie and i told you it was alive but you continue to do it. >> mr. chairman, this is not about airing your grievances, i don't know what rabbit hole you are running down. >> jesse: greg, that's the kind of senate hearing that we like. >> greg: yes, and anyone who dismisses the topic or this hearing in general were likely drooling over the impeachment hearings and all those other hearings that were happening that robbed us of the essential mental space that was necessary to address things like covid. that's why you can't handle the hypocrisy, the famed philosopher peter marshall of the grea

gary peters didn't care about the treat. he didn't tell the truth. he is one of the biggest collusion truthers in the entire country. just like the mob and the media. in fact, prior to the election, he accused senator johnson of spreading russian disinformation because senator johnson dared to issue a factual report about what is the biden foreign family. well, let's say corruption, international pay for play schemes. just another russia, russia, russia lie to dismiss truth about how the bidens conducted themselves. it is a syndicate, really. the johnson/grassley report turns out to be 100% accurate. it is true. zero experienced hunter biden now under a criminal investigation for tax evasion. that's the information big tech companies didn't want you to read about. as the johnson/grassley report laid out, hunter biden raked in millions and millions from sketchy foreign oligards, russia, during and after the time his father was serving as vice president. he raked in millions more in cash and equity from well connected members of china's ruling communis

peters question if there will be enough dry ice to keep those it from spoiling in rural areas, thirds of our is classified as rural we actually built the driest manufacturing plant that we can provide that to independent hospitals in south dakota senator john thune asked of the companies will be able to quickly adapt delivery method, what's new vaccines are ready. it's going to take a high level of ingenuity that's not the really a challenge the first vaccines will be delivered to health care workers and then nursing home operation works the leaders expect 20 million doses to be out by the end of the month in washington raquel martin. >>the state of california is expected to get 327,000 doses of the pfizer covid vaccine. bay area, public health departments are expecting the first batch to arrive by next tuesday, possibly as late as friday, here's a breakdown by counties of the distribution of the first vaccine shipment nearly 14,000 doses to alameda county 10,000 to contra costa county moran and napa counties will each get just under 2000 doses, 12,000 doses for san francisco county j

you have gary peters giving opening statements saying while he was opening to hear other views, he did think it was the committee's responsibility, especially at a time when the coronavirus rollout is just around the corner to build public support in science and not so any doubt when it comes to the efficacy of vaccines. now you saw some republicans on the committee not even participating, including senator mitt romney, a republican from utah, who said it was, quote, nuts to have one of the witnesses testify today. now orient is a known vaccine skeptic and someone who throughout the hearing today pushed hydroxychloroquine as a vaccine and what has been made clear is not a cure for coronavirus. in fact, some studies have shown it can actually hurt patients. now, i pressed senator ron johnson, who is the chairman of this committee, why he thought it was essential to hold this hearing today and i asked him to, you know, respond to some of the criticism he had received from his colleagues, including republican senator mitt romney. he told me essentially he thinks it's important to have a w

here's a clash between senator ron johnson and senator gary peters, a democrat from michigan at a hearing yesterday. >> we're not going to be able to just move on without bringing up these irregularities, examining them, and providing an explanation. and see where there are problems so we can correct it nooumoving forward. >> you're saying i'm putting out -- one i had nothing to do with this report. >> you lied repeatedly in the press. that i was spreading russian disinformation, and that was an outright lie and i told you to stop lying and you continued to do that. >> this is not about airing your grievances, i don't know what rabbit hole you're running down. >> senator paul. >> this is simply not what we're dealing with. >> mr. chairman, you can't make false allegations and drop it there. that is why this committee needs to return back to -- >> senator paul, this is terrible what you're doing to the committee. >> a number of cabinet members were missing, including the attorney general, william barr, as well as the acting defense secretary and the secretary of state. christine and laura.

here on earth one meanwhile, the homeland security committee's top democrat michigan's gary peters ethered johnson for playing trump's useful idiot by pushing claims that undermine our democracy. >> the president and many of his supporters are, unfortunately, continuing their efforts to undermine the will of the people, disenfranchise voters, and sow the seeds of mistrust and discontent to further their partisan desire for power. whether intended or not this hearing gives a platform to conspiracy theories and lies, amplifying these obviously false narratives about fraud or irregularities corrodes public trust. it threatens national security. it weakens our democracy and our standing around the world. >> joe biden on the other hand is still plugging along doing the work filling out his incoming cabinet including announcing his historic pick today. >> the biden/harris cabinet will be an historic cabinet that looks like america. a cabinet that taps into the best of america. a cabinet that is opening doors and breaking down barriers. and today i'm proud to nominate its newest member, for secre

gary peters of michigan, ranking member of the senate homeland security committee. thanks so much for coming on. let me get your reaction to senator hawley's political stunt. he knows this will go nowhere. i can only imagine what his yale law school professors must be thinking. for millions of voters who fall for this farce, are you worried it could further erode faith in the electoral process? >> absolutely, i'm worried. and you're right. this is a circus. it's really unfortunate that he is going to do this and try to raise questions where there are no facts to back anything up. here in the state of michigan, we saw republican lawsuit after lawsuit. all of them were thrown out of court. there was no evidence whatsoever. those were cases that occurred all across, all over the battleground states as well. you mentioned attorney general barr in homeland security. we had chris krebs who was in charge of cyber security who said this was the most secure election. what we should be doing, we should be celebrating the fact that we had a safe, secure election in this countr

democratic ranking member gary peters laid bare the stakes of this vicious cycle of republican lies. >> by not speaking out earlier even though they knew it was wrong, that there was no evidence to support these claims and that this inflammatory rhetoric is harmful to our democracy many elected officials gave the president and his supporters license to spread damaging lies about the election amplifying these obviously false narratives about fraud or irregularities corrodes public trust. it threatens national security. it weakens our democracy and our standing around the world. >> one level again all of this is ludicrous almost clownish. it is political posturing, to stroke the president's ego and soothe the hurt feelings of the maga base and position for a 2024 primary run but we are watching the consequences of this rhetoric play out across the country through violent actions of trump supporters who hear this stuff and believe it. when we return a terrifying story of a wealthy trump supporter who financed a small army of fraud vigilantes that ended with a former police captain behin

democratic senator gary peters revealed that in that same hearing chris krebs and his family received threats for debunking election lies. in fact, special security arrangements had to be made to ensure that krebs could safely testify at the hearing. >> i would appreciate more support from my own party, the republican party, to call this stuff out and end it. we've got to move on. we have a president-elect in president-elect biden. we have to move on. these officials that are republicans -- look at georgia. brad raffensperger, gabriel sterling, geoff duncan, these are republicans that are putting country over party. they're being subjected to just horrific threats as a result. this is not america. >> this is not america. neither is this. in houston, a former police captain was arrested after allegedly running a man off the road and threatening him at gunpoint in an attempt to prove false claims of a massive voter fraud scheme in harris county, texas. that's where houston is. the harris county d.a. said the former police chief crossed the line from dirty politics to commission of a vio

democratic senator, gary peters, latching onto that, recognized the hearing for what it was and called it out. >> whether intended or not, this hearing gives a platform to conspiracy theories and lies. and it's a destructive exercise that has no place in the united states senate. >> i can't sit by here and listen to this. and say that this -- this is not disinformation, this hearing today. this is getting information we have to take a look at, to restore confidence in our election integrity. we -- we're not going to be able to just move on, without bringing up these irregularities, examining them, and providing an explanation. and see where there really are problems, so we can correct it moving forward. >> senator paul. >> mr. -- mr. chairman, i have got to respond to that. one, i had nothing to do with this report. >> you lied repeatedly. you lied repeatedly in the press that i was spreading russian disinformation and that was an outright lie. and i told you to stop lying, and you continue to do it. >> mr. chairman, this is not about erring your grievances. i don't know what rabbit ho

after senator gary peters top democrat on the panel delivered the opening statement no democrats took part. this runs an hour and 45 minutes. [silence] >> i don't see senator peters so i will just go.

but democratic senator gary peters disagreed and brought fired cisa director chris krebs to push back on the claims. watch. >> whether intended or not, this hearing gives a platform to conspiracy theories and lies, and it's a destructive exercise that has no place in the united states senate. despite the title of today's hearing, there were no widespread election irregularities that affected the final outcome. these claims are false. and giving them more oxygen is a grave threat to the future of our democracy. >> i would appreciate more support from my own party, the republican party, to call this stuff out and end it. we've got to move on. we have a president-elect in president-elect biden. we have to move on. these officials that are republicans -- look at georgia -- brad raffensperger, gabriel sterling, jeff duncan -- these are republicans that are putting country over party, they're being subjected to just horrific threats as a result. this is not america. >> joining us now, senior opinion writer at "the boston globe" and msnbc contributor kimberly atkins. kimberly, thank you so m

after gary peters was a top democrat and deliver the opening statement no democrats took part, this is one hour and 45 minutes. [inaudible] >> they mee hearing is called to order, congressional oversight in the face of executive branch and suppression in the case study the crossfire hurricane corrupt investigation, the hearing is quite a bit broader than that but we will certainly focus on that, i became chairman in january 2015 and will compete my six-year term at the end of t this month, we can all be proud than the more than 100 piece legislation we worked on together as a committee that became law, the other more than 200 bills are passed on the committee although not signed intoe law can serve as a basis for future legislation. the subcommittees have broad oversight jurisdiction and responsibilities we have not ignored, we investigated and expose problems within the system, human trafficking, national security elites and systemic violation of the hatch act within the postal service to name a few. morse recently ate hearings on the current administration response to the w coronavir

it got heated between ron johnson the republican from wisconsin and senator gary peters, the democrat from michigan because johnson said that peters went to the press, told the press that he and senator grassley were spreading russian miss information about hunter biden. listen to this exchange. >> i just have to point out that the per varie purveyors of russn disinformation. hillary clinton's campaign. the dnc, the steele dossier, the ranking meter peters accusing senator grassley and i of disseminating russian disinformation, that's where the disinformation is coming. >> mr. chairman, i have got to respond to that you are saying. >> why? , one, i had nothing to do with this report. >> you lied repeatedly. >> did i not. >> you lied repeatedly in the spread that i was spreading russian disinformation. that was outright light and i told you to stop lying and you continued to do it. >> mr. chairman, this is not about airing your grievances. i don't know what rabbit hole you are running down. >> you talked about many russian disinformation. will will brian brian let's bring be in jonatha

the senate gary peters thetop democrat on the panel delivered his opening statement . no democrats took part this runs an hourand 45 minutes . >>. [inaudible] >> morning, this hearing is called order. the title of this hearing is congressional oversight in the face of the executive branch and immediate suppression of a case study of the crossfire hurricane corrupt investigation. the hearing is quite a bit broader than that but we will certainly focus on that. i became chairman of this committee in january 2015 and will complete my six-yearterm at the end of this month . we can all be proud of the more than 100 pieces of legislation worked on together as the committee became law. the other more than 200 bills that we passed out of committee although not signed into lawwill still serve as the basis for future legislation . our committee and subcommittees have brought oversight jurisdiction and responsibilities that wehave not ignored . we've investigated and exposed problems with the va healthcare system, human trafficking, national security leaks, systemic violations of

after senator gary peters top democrat on the panel delivered the opening statement no democrats took part. this runs an hour and 45 minutes. [silence] >> i don't see senator peters so i will just go. >> good morning this hearing is called to order. title of this hearing is congressional oversight in the face of executive branch media suppression and in particular case study of the crossfire hurricane corrupt investigation. i will add that. the hearing is quite a bit broader than that but will certainly focus on that. i became chairman of this committee in january 2015 and will competeb my six-year term t the end of this month. we can all be proud of more that more than 100 pieces of legislation we worked on together as a committee that became law. other more than 200 bills that we passed out of committee although not signed into law can still serve as a basis for future legislation. our committee and subcommittees are also have brought oversight jurisdiction and response bullies that we have not ignored. we investigated and exposed problems within the va healthcare system, human traf

from his time in the house, in the senate, gary peters has -- has been a staunch advocate of the great lakes and i appreciate his efforts over there. mr. chairman, i represent 118 miles of beautiful lake heron shore line. and in congress, i'm proud to lead the bipartisan effort on this legislation to protect the great lakes. this legislation, as has been stated, would update and prioritize environmental sensitivity index maps for the great lakes. these environmental sensitivity maps are detailed guides that highlight vulnerable locations, structures, natural resources along our lake shore. first responders use these maps to respond in the case of emergency and to protect habitat , species and structures that are most likely to be impacted by an oil spill or some other disaster. if one of those disasters occurs in the great lakes, our emergency responders must have the most up to date maps and information in order to respond quickly and effectively. these maps are maintained by noaa, some maps in the great lakes, however, have not been updated in decades. that's why this legislation is

republican chairman ron johnson of wisconsin and michigan senator gary peters exchanging words over criticism of the hearing and a discussion on russian interference. it all ended in an ex h blow sie fiery -- explosive fiery commentary as senator peters accused senator johnson of peddling russian disinformation on his investigation of hunter biden. >> it had nothing to do with this report. >> you lied repeatedly. >> i did not. >> you lied repeatedly in the press that i was spreading russian disinformation. that was an outright lie. i told you stop lying and you continued to do it. >> this is not about airing your grievances. i don't know what rabbit hole you're running down. maria: it's been hardly a rabbit hole. hunter biden has announced he's under federal investigation, criminal investigation for his tax dealings. joe biden acknowledging the question about it yesterday. >> i'm confident. maria: this was the first time biden has responded to his son's allegations and conduct. meanwhile, progress made on the bipartisan stimulus deal, lawmakers hammered of out details on a $900 billion packag

peters of michigan. peters had accused johnson of spreading russian disinformation about hunter biden. that is when johnson really saw red. take a listen. >> the purveyors of russian disinformation hillary clinton's campaign, dnc, the steele dossier, ranking member peters accusing senator grassley and i disseminating russian information. that is the where the disinformation is coming. >> mr. chairman, i have to respond to that. you're saying i'm putting out disinformation. one i had nothing to do with this report -- >> you lied repeatedly, you lied repeatedly in the press i was spreading russian disinformation. stuart: oh, nice and feisty, was it not? senator johnson went on to say after democrats called revelations from hunter biden's laptop just russian disinformation they later learned there was really was a real ongoing justice department investigation involving hunter biden. nice verbal fireworks. stuart: you don't see it often though, you don't. i would reich to see more, i really wood. really woul

gary peters along with lamar alexander led the effort in the america competes legislation to get more women and minorities into the stem fields and to advance our scientific research and discoveries. the sue idea prevention bill -- the suicide prevention bill that passed the house and senate unanimously with lgbtq-specific language. this bill will save lives. i was honored to help move the bureau of land management headquarters to colorado and to get funding for the construction of the arkansas valet conduit. i helped lead the passage of legislation to complete our v.a. hospital in colorado to advance our cybersecurity and to foster our relations with taiwan, south korea, and beyond. and it was an honor of my time in the senate to work with lamar and senators man minute, height can't, king, portman, daines and burr on the holy grail of conservation legislation. in my first remarks on the senate floor i spoke about no matter where across colorado that you live or across this great nation, we all hope for the same thing -- to live in a loving home that values every citizen, that they le

in san jose, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news . >>> earlier today on the four, we talked with dr. peter chang, about the pandemic, where we stand with vaccines and what we see in the weeks and months to come. doctor, let me start with a basic question, are you confident in the vaccines? are they safe? will you get one? >> i am confident, frank. it is safe, as i understand now. i cannot wait to get mine. >> that coronavirus vaccine is mutated. how concerned about that? your thoughts on moderna saying their vaccine is effective against this new strain? >> i also believe the experts when they say the vaccines will continue to have efficacy against this new strain. this strain is not news per se. viruses mutate all the time. over the months of the pandemic, we have had several reports of this being more transmissible for this being more transmissible. in essence, this does not fear me. this is not like a x-men or superman that can melt through a mask. the same protections will work against these. in essence an overall, like jesse said, mask up, let's protect ourselves and you will not

that's the one thing about peter that i'm sure the listeners will remember, he had a tremendous sense of humour. and that evening two years ago, he had them laughing their heads off. great, 0k. thank you very much, days, forjoining us on bbc. large demonstrations are taking place outside the indian high commission in central london in support of a strike by farmers in india. thousands of people have congregated on foot and in their cars to block roads in the capital, holding placards and waving green and orange flags. the uk protests are part of an international show of support for a nationwide strike by indian farmers. they oppose the government's new agricultural reforms, which critics believe will reduce minimum pricing and market regulation. 36 cross—party uk mps have also come out in support of the ongoing farmers' agitation in india, asking dominic raab to raise matter with new delhi. the metropolitan police has issued a reminder to those in attendance, that strict regulations introduced by the government remain in place to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. president tru

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