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- Well, welcome to "The 700 Club."

Well, the electoral college has spoken,

but that's not the end of the game.

We'll tell you why not.

But electors from all 50 states

and the District of Columbia formalized

Joe Biden's victory yesterday.

So does that make it officially?

No, not really.

CBN's Jenna Browderreports from Washington.

- Joe Biden received 306electoral college votes,

making him the president-elect.

Last night he blasted President Trump

for continuing to challengethe election results.

- The court sent a clearsignal to President Trump

that they would be no partof an unprecedented assault

on our democracy.

- [Jenna] The president-elect calling

for a spirit of unity and healing.

- The integrity of ourelections remains intact.

And now it's time to turn the page,

as we've done throughout our history,

to unite, to heal.

- [Jenna] One leading Republican Senator

reaching the same conclusion.

- [John] At some point youhave to face the music.

And I think that oncethe electoral college

settles the issue today,

that it's time for everybody to move on.

- [Jenna] President Trumpand his team, though,

have yet to concede, as they continue

to pursue their case in the courts.

- The only date in theconstitution is January 20th.

So we have more than enoughtime to right the wrong.

- [Jenna] CBN's ChiefPolitical Analyst David Brody

says even though theelectoral college has voted,

it's still not technically official.

On "Faith Nation," he explainedthat state legislatures

can send their own listof electors to Congress.

- Technically, the U.S. Congress has

to certify the vote on January 6th.

That's what the Trump campaignis hoping will happen,

that the state legislatureswill send dual electors

and that at that point the House

and Senate will have to figure it out.

- Monday, some legislatures did send

a separate slate of electors.

In several contestedstates, Republican electors

casting their ballots for Trump

in case he wins his cases in the courts.

So far, few Republicans have conceded

that Biden won the election.

President Trump's defenderssay his voters deserve

to have their concerns taken seriously.

In Washington, Jenna Browder, "CBN News."

- Thanks, Jenna.

I want to ask you, what would it take

to keep Congress fromcertifying those electors?

What if the president-elect was guilty

of high crimes and misdemeanors,

the kind of thing thatwould have him impeached

if he were elected?

And well, let's take a look at it.

Hunter Biden is under investigation

over his business dealings in China

and questions about hisearnings in Ukraine.

And that's buildingpressure on Joe Biden about

whether he knew moreabout his son's activities

than he admitted, and didactually lie about it?

National Correspondent EricPhilips has a detailed report.

- The investigation of Hunter Biden began

in 2018 as a money laundering probe,

but has morphed into much more,

including business dealings in China

and potential tax law violationsfrom earnings in Ukraine.

It's also expanded toinclude Hunter's uncle,

the president-elect'syounger brother, James Biden.

- Biden and his son arestone, cold crooked.

- [Eric] President Trumptried to make that connection

throughout the 2020 campaign.

New revelations indicatePresident-elect Biden

is not a target of thiscurrent investigation.

Last week, Hunter Biden announced

that he is under investigationfor possible tax fraud.

Reports indicate thatstems chiefly from $400,000

in unreported income hereceived in 2017 while sitting

on the board of UkraineNatural Gas Company Burisma,

a year Biden reportedlynetted 1.2 million in income.

In a statement, Hunter Biden said,

"I take this matter very seriously,

but I am confident that a professional

and objective review of thesematters will demonstrate

that I handled my affairslegally and appropriately,

including with the benefit ofprofessional tax advisors."

Biden held the position at Burisma

while his father was vice-president

and in charge of Ukraine-U.S. affairs.

Back in October, the "New York Post"

first reported emails emergingon a laptop in Delaware,

suggesting Joe Biden had metwith the Burisma executive

at his son's behest.

- I want to get to the heart of it.

Did you and your fatherever discuss Ukraine?

- No.

- If your last name wasn't Biden,

do you think he would've been asked

to be on the board of Burisma?

- I don't know.

I don't know, probably not.

- The only qualificationthey had was the Biden name.

- [Eric] Former businessassociate Tony Bobulinski

told "Fox News" Hunter andhis uncle, James Biden,

used their name to also help broker deals

with a Chinese company,

another subject of the investigation.

"ABC News" reports investigatorsare specifically focusing

on a 2.8 carat diamondHunter received in 2017

from Chinese businessassociate Ye Jianming,

the former head of CEFC China Energy,

as well as multimilliondollar wire transfers

between the two.

Bobulinski tells "Fox News"Hunter set up a meeting

between him and thenVice-President Biden to try

and solicit his help inbrokering a China deal.

- There was no other reasonfor me to be in that bar

meeting Joe Biden than to discuss

what I was doing with hisfamily's name and the Chinese CFC.

Jim Biden sat and HunterBiden participated in it.

They knew exactly what they were doing.

They were dealing with aChinese-owned enterprise run

by Chairman Ye, CFC, thathad strong financial support

and political support fromthe Chinese Communist Party.

- [Eric] A recently-emergedemail also coming

from that Delaware laptopindicates Hunter asked

for extra keys to hisWashington, D.C. office

for his new office mates,including his father

and a representative of thatsame Chinese-owned enterprise.

Again, Joe Biden maintainshe had no involvement

in Hunter's business dealings with China.

- That's a blatant lie.

When he states that,that is a blatant lie.

- [Eric] Another focusof the investigation,

Joe Biden's younger brotherJames Biden and his role

in a bankrupt hospitalbusiness in Pennsylvania.

Senate Homeland SecurityChairman Ron Johnson

has been investigating the Biden family

for more than a year.

- We are finding it moreand more of how involved

not only Hunter Biden was, but also James,

as well as Joe Biden, andhe has not been truthful

with the American public.

And it's about time the pressstarts asking questions.

- [Eric] The Biden transitionteam released this response

to the investigation.

"President-elect Biden isdeeply proud of his son,

who has fought throughdifficult challenges,

including the vicious personalattacks of recent months,

only to emerge stronger."

The broader investigationhas been ongoing since 2018.

Attorney General Bill Barrdid not call attention to it

during the election in keeping

with Justice Department policynot to influence elections,

a decision roundly criticized on Saturday

by Barr's current boss.

- Bill Barr, frankly, did the wrong thing.

Bill Barr, I believe, not believe, I know,

had an obligation toset the record straight.

- It would be up to a new attorney general

to carry this investigation forward,

a cabinet choice likelygetting renewed attention

by Joe Biden and his advisors.

And once again, the president-electhimself is not a target

in these investigations intohis family's business dealings.

Biden has said going forward his family

will not be involved inany business that conflicts

or appears to conflict withhis duties as president.

Eric Philips, "CBN News."

- Well, the tax people are going after,

they have a criminalinvestigation against Hunter Biden

and Jim Biden, Joe Biden's brother,

for various fraudulent activities.

But, ladies and gentlemen,the thing we want to realize,

if somewhere along theway there's some kind

of an indictment against Joe Biden,

the electors have a perfect right,

or at least Congress has a perfect right,

not to certify the electors and to go

with other electors or to gowith the sitting vice president

or to do a number of thingsinstead of certifying these.

So the game isn't over yet.

And there's a mound ofcorruption taking place.

And again, the tax peopleare going after Hunter Biden.

He definitely is a targetof a criminal investigation

for tax fraud, money laundering,and all those other things.

If the president-elect wasinvolved at all with that,

and if that probe would beexpanded to include him,

it's highly unlikely thatCongress is gonna certify

those electors and put him into office.

So, yeah, we'll see what happens, okay?

Well, in other news,Attorney General Bill Barr

announced he will bestepping down next week.

Is it because he kept quiet

about the Hunter Biden investigation?

John Jessup has more.

- That's right, Pat, revelations

that Attorney GeneralBill Barr did not disclose

the Hunter Biden investigation may be

among the reasons whyhe's resigning next week.

Through much of his term, though,

Barr staunchly defended the president

and actively pursued his policies,

but the AG fell out offavor in recent weeks

after first announcinginvestigators did not find

enough widespread fraudto change the outcome

of the election.

Then came the news about theHunter Biden investigation.

In a Monday tweet,

the president announced Barr's resignation

and said he's done an outstanding job.

Deputy Attorney GeneralJeffrey Rosen will take over

when Barr leaves December 23rd.

Well, in a bid to rallysupport for coronavirus relief,

turning to the pandemic and the vaccines

that are bringing hope to millions,

hundreds more hospitals will start

to vaccinate their workers today

as the Pfizer BioNTechCOVID vaccine rolls out

across the country.

Distribution began Monday with FedEx

and UPS delivering thevaccine to all 50 states.

The first three millionshots are being limited

to healthcare workers andalong the front lines,

and also older patients, withhundreds of millions more

expected in the months ahead.

The vaccine distributioncomes as the United States

now has officially crossedanother grim milestone.

300,000 now dead fromthe coronavirus outbreak.

- That's the worst publichealth catastrophe in 102 years,

since the 1918 pandemic.

- Polls have now shown a growing number

of Americans are now willingto take a coronavirus vaccine,

and the FDA could approve a second vaccine

from Moderna by the end of the week.

Well, in a bid to rally supportfor coronavirus relief aid,

the $900 billion planbacked by a bipartisan group

of lawmakers is getting carved up

into two separate proposals.

The first part, totaling $750 billion,

includes popular measureslike another round

of small business loans

through the Paycheck Protection Program,

as well as unemploymentbenefits, along with funding

for vaccine distributiontesting in schools.

The second more controversialpiece would separate

160 billion for state and local funding

and legal protectionsagainst COVID lawsuits.

However, it appears more Democrats, Pat,

are now willing to forgobailing out the states for now

in order to get immediaterelief to the American people.

- Well, you know, ladiesand gentlemen, it's amazing.

The State of New York andthe State of California

have decided to shut down restaurants.

They have no credible medical evidence

to back up those claims.

But one of the officials inCalifornia gave the game away

when he said, "What wereally want to do is

to have people stay at home.

And we feel if they go to restaurants,

that can't go to restaurants,they'll stay at home,

which is what we want them to do."

These restaurants are avital part of our economy,

and in New York and inCalifornia, it is outrageous that

without any definitemedical documentation,

these states are forcingrestaurant owners to close down,

and they say, "We can't stay much longer.

We can't pay our rent,we can't keep our staff.

We can't maintain our businesses."

They said, okay, itused to be they let them

do outdoor dining, now it's indoor dining

because it's too coldfor people to go outside.

But the real reason,these bureaucrats want

to exercise control and hurt people

to show that they are powerful.

It is a game of power,and the suffering people.

You see, if the restaurantsdon't buy the vegetables,

then the farms can'tsell their vegetables,

so they go broke, so all those workers

who work in the farms,they don't have a job.

And then all those people whosupply and move up the chain,

they don't have any work.

And so we're talkingabout millions of people

being taken out of work,and it is much more deadly

than the coronavirus.

The coronavirus is bad,I know it's terrible,

people are dying from it, butit's a fraction of a percent.

If we just would quarantine the elderly,

those who are sick, those whohave a terminal conditions

or any other kind of a deadly condition,

and if we quarantine them,especially quarantine

the nursing homes, thenthe rest of the people

should be allowed to go free.

College, the schools should open.

I mean, think what happenswhen they have to stay home.

The rate of suicide is alarmingbecause of this separation.

We can't do it, ladies andgentlemen, this is insanity.

And the voters in thesestates have got to stand up

and say no way, we cannotallow this to happen, John.

- Pat, in other news, theDepartment of Homeland Security

and the State Departmentare among a growing list

of federal agenciesbreached by cyber spies.

The Russian ForeignIntelligence Service is believed

to be behind a cyber offensive dating back

to early this year.

Officials fear the spiesbreached the networks

of numerous governmentdepartments and private companies.

It appears they manipulateda network management software

that allows employees towork offsite to gain access.

The extent of the damage is unknown,

and Pat, Russia isdenying any involvement.

- Well, you know, some timeago, as a matter of fact

a year ago, I felt thatthe Lord was saying to me

that Trump was going to be severely tested

after the election, severely tested,

that he would be testedby, well, think of that,

the Russians, this is a Russian attack.

This is like a war.

If they've come after our computers

and have breached ourcomputer system, it's war,

it's an act of war.

The Russians have alsolaunched submarine based

ballistic missiles, which wouldthreaten the United States.

The North Koreans, I'm sure,

have got a number of nuclear bombs.

The Iranians have clearlyput out the alarm.

They want to close offthe Straits of Hormuz.

They want to limit traffic.

And they want to bringdamage to the United States

in payback for Soleimani's death.

So we're looking at terrible strain.

And we just learned that,for example, in Turkey,

they had bought a Russiananti-missile system.

And although they're a part of NATO,

Trump was saying that they needed

to have sanctions against Turkey.

Well, Turkey's gonna respond.

Erdogan's not gonna let that happen,

so they're gonna be having trouble.

So whatever happens in this election,

Trump is still in officeuntil the 20th of January.

And so we've got all ofDecember and most of January,

and these things canbe happening right now.

The Chinese and everyone else

are gonna test the daylights out of him.

And we can be at theedge of war any day now

because of these things.

So just, if there's a timeto pray, this is it, John.

- Pat, winter storm watchesand advisories are in effect

for most of the East Coasttoday as a major winter storm

is set to move in tomorrownight and into Thursday,

possibly bringing one to two feet of snow

in parts of New Jersey,Connecticut, and Massachusetts.

Heavy snow could snarl traffic along parts

of the I-95 corridor fromWashington, D.C. to Boston.

The nation's capital,sitting right on the line,

could see snow or heavy rain.

Further down south there'spotential for an ice storm

in the Carolinas and VirginiaTuesday and Wednesday,

and the possibility ofwidespread power outages.

Pat, old man winter coming on strong.

- It sure is, and we are looking forward

to our friend Joe Bastardi coming tomorrow

to give us a little updateon what's happening.

But I do know yesterdaythere were several inches

of snow that fell in theAppalachians in Virginia.

We had some flurries here.

It's unusual, but therewere some snow flurries.

So this is gonna be a heavy, major storm.

And, of course, those of uswho like white Christmas,

that isn't bad.

If you're trying to get home for Christmas

and have to travel I-95, that'sa whole different matter.

And up into New England it's going

to be a serious, major blizzard, Terry.

- Well, I like a white Christmas too,

but the problem here is we getice first and then the snow.

- Ice, and people here,

the town where I grew up, we had ice

starting at Thanksgiving,there was heavy snow,

and it stayed on theground all the way through.

And I learned how to ride,you learn how to drive.

Here, the people have not a clue.

- I would second that.

- So you find these majorsmashups on the highway

because all it takes isa little sheet of ice,

black ice, and people don't realize

you can't drive 65 milesan hour or 70 miles an hour

in that kind of condition.

But anyhow.

We had to go over the mountain,

we did all these things, andthat was just part of life.

But if you're not usedto driving in the snow,

it's difficult, Terry.

- Sometimes you just stay home.

Well, still ahead.- [Pat] Stay home.