stir it with celery. >> leland: that wouldn't be bad right now, some bacon, some shrimp. >> molly: happy birthday to the bloody mary. great anchoring with you, leland. happy new year, everybody. "outnumbered" starts now. >> gillian: this is a fox news alert, dabbling back into session this hour, congressmen battling over whether millions of americans will get $2,000 checks. we are expecting to hear from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, effectively slamming the brakes on an increased payment from $600 to $2,000. we will bring you baking development as they happen. there is a new drama in next week's georgia runoffs which will decide control of the u.s. senate, and the balance of power in the entire congress. days out from the election, in quarantine after exposed to coronavirus. the other is facing questions now about ties to china.