Lives lost by Christmas Day and still accelerating at 3,000 deaths a day. It seems clear that hes not going to read the bill, sign it or veto it. If he doesnt sign the bill by the end of the day, then actual Unemployment Benefits will cease. Good morning and thank you so much for joining us. Im boris sanchez. Victor and christi have the morning off. Following breaking developments in a Christmas Day explosion in nashville, but before we take you there for a live report, we must mention the growing dread. Another surge in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths. And an even larger surge that were expecting after millions of americans gather for the holida holidays. Southern california is one of the areas hardest hit right now. In Los Angeles County the Public Health director says someone dies from coronavirus every ten minutes. Were going to bring you the latest on the virus and vaccination effort in just a moment. As for that explosion in tennessee, investigators have found what might be human remains near the site of what appears to be an intentional bombing. The blast damaging dozens of buildings and injuring at least three people yesterday morning. We also now have sound of a recording that warned people near the rv that exploded to evac cue wait. Listen closely to this. Evacuate now. If you can hear this message. Evacuate now. Bizarre. Natasha chen joins us live from nashville. Natasha, whats the latest youre hearing from investigators . Boris, investigators are still working on a very large blast radius and thats why we are so far back from the perimeter. This is where media is allowed to be. We are on Second Avenue and that is where the explosion happened. Its several, several blocks away from where we are. The mayor last night did say 41 bhiss were damaged in this blast. People who lived near where the explosion happened. Witnesses telling cnn how scary that was. City officials tauted the efforts of six metro Police Officers. When they arrived on scene, they heard the message you heard playing from the rv and helped people evacuate. When i asked the mayor what message he has, heres what he told me. My message is expect a knock on your door. It will be a puzzle for a period of time, but i expect theyll solve it. This should not be in america where you have violence on the street. Reporter he said that this was done to create chaos on Christmas Day but that the city is resilient and will rebuild. Just a note on the three people that are hospitalized, those are civilians and the police chief told me those are not life threatening injuries but, still, they were first relieved, the city officials said, there wasnt more damage to human life, no more injuries than there already are. However, there is a bit of anger now in trying to figure out why this happened and, of course, there is a curfew that this downtown area is under at this moment. That started the afternoon of Christmas Day, 4 30 p. M. Local time and will extend into sunday afternoon to try to keep people away from this area as investigators do their work, boris. Were glad those victims are going to survive their injuries. Of course, well keep coming back to you as we get more news. Thank you for the latest. Natasha chen reporting from nashville. Despite repeated warnings, millions of americans traveled over the holidays raising concerns that america is weeks away from yet another devastating new spike in covid19 cases. Cnns alison kosik takes a look. Reporter starting monday in the u. K. , all passengers must have a negative covid19 test within three days of boarding a flight to the u. S. New york governor Andrew Comeau praised the decision by the cdc for passengers to be tested who are flying from the u. K. Testing people for covid19 before they get on planes is common sense. We cannot repeat the mistakes of the past and we must continue to do everything we can to keep new yorkers and americans safe cuomo said in a statement friday. The u. S. Centers for Disease Control announced the new testing requirements for travelers but research by the agencys own scientists shows it may only have a small impact on the spread of the new u. K. Strain of the covid virus. According to them, testing three days before a flight might reduce the risk of spreading the virus by just 5 to 9 . Pfizer and moderna are testing to see if their vaccines work against the new variant which thus far has not been detected in the u. S. Southern california is grappling with surging covid19 hospitalizations and deaths as the state passes another grim milestone reporting more than 300 new covid deaths for a Third Straight day. In Los Angeles County, a person dies every ten minutes from covid19 the countys Public Health director says. I think people dont think coronavirus will happen to them. They think coronavirus will happen to another family but there is no safety other than those Public Health measures that we have been preaching from the mountaintops. Reporter as christmas comes to an end and we head into the new year, experts say the safest way to celebrate is at home with the people you live with or online with friends and family. Those that host a new years celebration, the cdc suggests staying outside, limiting the number of guests, wearing and making extra masks available and keeping background music low to avoid shouting. What weve just seen these amplification events and thats whats happened at the end of this year in the u. S. We had, you know, thanksgiving, we had labor day, we had halloween and each one of these events brought lots of people together and just gave the virus more fuel to move through the population. So christmas is going to do a similar thing. Reporter and the tsa says in the days before christmas, more than 1 Million People pass through security checkpoints at airports across the country. Its stoking fears from Health Experts that we could see a spike in coronavirus cases on top of what were seeing now. Boris . Expected to be a very, very bleak winter. Alison kosik, thanks for that report. A new wrinkle in the back and forth over the Coronavirus Relief bill this morning. As millions of americans are waking up, checking their Bank Accounts and seeing zeroes. Reasonable is how one republican ally of President Trump is framing his latest demands to toss out the deal over a demand for bigger paychecks to americans. The deal is part of a package that would fund the government and its physically parked at maralago right now waiting on the president s signature as millions of americans are set to lose Unemployment Benefits today. But if you look at senator Lyndsey Grahams tweets, theres little indication the president is actually going to sign it. Lets get right to cnns Sarah Westwood in West Palm Beach, florida. Good morning, sarah. Senator Lindsey Graham now opting to back the president s point of view instead of mitch mcconnells. He hes saying 2,000 checks are reasonable. He said this package provides a lot of relief for people who are hurting and should have been done months ago, end quote. This pivot from graham, a sign of the power that trump still holds over the republican party. Reporter yeah, boris. And a sign of the reversal trump is essentially asking republicans to make on a bill that they voted for believing at the time that they had the white houses backing on this. Remember, that 600 figure for the individual checks was something that trumps own treasury secretary brought to congress as the white houses proposal. So its been sort of a stunning reversal for President Trump to come out and oppose it now. Senator Lindsey Graham was down here in West Palm Beach yesterday and played a round of golf with the president. Before that, republicans on capitol hill had no clarity as to just how seriously trump planned to challenge the bill, whether his opposition appointed to a vote tow threat or whether he was trying to put pressure on republicans. Graham gave a little bit of insight into that yesterday. I want to read you what he tweeted after he got off the course with President Trump. After spending time with President Trump, i am more convinced that he is wanting to give americans 2,000 checks. And challenge section 230 big tech liability protection. That was why trump vetoed the Defense Authorization bill. The relief bill also was initially supported by a veto proof majority although its unclear how republicans will react to increased pressure from trump. Yesterday the president doubled down on the calls to increase the individual payments saying made many calls and had meetings at Trump International in palm beach, florida. Why would politicians not want to give them 2,000 rather than 600. It wasnt their fault, it was china. Give our people the money. Now the relief bill was bundled with the spending bill that would keep the government open. That bill needs to be signed by monday for the government to stay open. So a lot of pressure on President Trump as people wait to see whether they will actually get checks this next week as they were promised when the relief bill passed, boris. Yeah, sarah. Its almost as if the president wants people to think he had no input in this and mark meadows, Steve Mnuchin and his negotiators played no role in advancing his agenda when it came to this bill getting through congress. Sarah, quickly i want to go back to the national explosion. We know the president was briefed on the incident. Do we have any idea if the white house has any plans to address it . Reporter boris, thats not something the white house has answered or indicated at this point. The president was briefed on it yesterday, as you mentioned, but we did not hear anything from him yesterday, even though as we saw he was tweeting about the stimulus bill, tweeting about other unrelated things and not tweeting about the national bombing. Its unclear hes continuing to receive updates or whether well hear from him about it today. Sarah westwood reporting from West Palm Beach. Thank you so much. Still to come. Today millions of americans will lose their extended Unemployment Insurance and a partial Government Shutdown next week is still looming. Details on that ahead. Plus, new years celebrations are just around the corner. Find out how you can help prevent post holiday covid surge. Next. soft chimes [announcer] forget about vacuuming for up to a month. 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The owner of mannys deli. Im not done changing it. The only thing thats constant is change. It was started by the ras kin brothers before the u. S. Entered world war ii. I am dan raskin. I am the fourth generation Owner Operator at mannys. Weve been in business for 79 years. Mannys. Old traditional delicatessen that you cannot find in many cities in the world. For 44 years has been the place where i go to clog my arteries and clear my head. Mannys closing its doors for good because of covid19 would be like someone you loved dying. I think a lot of people would cry. A nostalgic place would be gone and were losing enough of them. Inside the walls hold history. I definitely think my favorite memory was when president obama came in. Days after obama was elected in 2008, his first public stop was at mannys. He wanted to come in and get a corned beef sandwich and cherry pie. Best corned beef youll find sliced by the best corned beef man behind the counter youll find anywhere, gino. The kitchen is 70yearold ginos second home. Its like coming to work and being with your family. You know, especially now its important, more so than ever, you know . The empty chairs and declining revenue are reminders of what the pandemic has stolen. Its been hard, especially businesses downtown. Theres not a lot of people working in the city. This is just manny checking out a customer. Memories cant protect mannys from the pitfall of the pandemic. On twitter dan asked for help and customers came to the rescue. At certain times during the pandemic there have definitely been low lows. Decades before covid, mannys faced challenges. The riots in the 60s. That was following the assassination of dr. Martin luther king jr. It forced the company to pivot. Dans father ken shared stories about cutting hours. He said, when the riots started then, he said that they decided to close because it wasnt safe and there was curfews. Extra bread. Fast forward to 2020. It was heartbreaking. Reporter unrests following the Police Killing of george floyd forced mannys to adapt again. The last eight months when you look back at all of the events, its not just covid but its the rioting, everything that compiles on top of each other and happy to survive it. Reporter survival is in dans dna. He found a way to keep business going by delivering to chicagos suburbs, a model involving more labor to pack everything up and go, and it costs more but means 43 employees continue working. And with each meal, dan delivers hope. We will survive and well get through it so were very fortunate we have had some great support and people are understanding that were working under different conditions and were here for people to place orders. Thanks to adrian brodus for that report. Covid vaccines will be administered in more European Countries starting tomorrow, but a new and possibly more infectious strain of the virus continues to spread from brittain. It was just detected in france. 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It was very humbling to be able to help out all those people. Its my dream now to go into clean energy and whatever the next new fuel source is, thats where i want to be. I want to be on the front lines of implementation. Welcome back. Were continuing to monitor the breaking developments in nashville, tennessee, where police say someone intentionally detonated a bomb near the tourist district. Investigators have found what might be human remains near the site of the bombing. The blast damaging dozens of buildings and injuring at least three people yesterday morning. Fortunately they are expected to overcome their injuries. Heres the weird thing, for 15 minutes before the explosion an automated audio recording warned people to evacuate the area. Six Police Officers rushed there responding to gunshots. Theyre being credited with getting people out of harms way. Authorities say there were no Credible Threats signaling an impending attack before christmas. Now the fbi is asking anyone with information to please come forward. Covid vaccinations are set to begin across several european nations beginning tomorrow as a new, faster spreading variant of the coronavirus continues to pop up around the world. France, the latest country to detect a positive case of that variant that was first identified in the united kingdom. By the way, the cdc has issued new guidelines requiring a negative covid test from all passengers traveling to the United States from the u. K. And due to the new strain, england has moved more parts of the country into tier 4 lockdown, their toughest restriction. Lets go live to cnns cyril vanier. Cyril, france going to distribute vaccines tomorrow. Give us a sense of what youre hearing from people there on the ground. Yeah, boris. Its an absolutely massive undertaking because it is common to the entire european union. Thats 450 Million People across 27 countries. Now france, french authorities, theyre starting the vaccination tomorrow, on the side of the authorities theres cautious optimism because they know this is the closest thing they have to a Silver Bullet against this pandemic even though theyre aware, of course, of major logistic call challenges. The only thing they have is the Pfizer Vaccine which has to be kept at minus 90 degrees celsius. Thats hard on the cold chain and supply chain. On the side of the population, theres a bit more hesitancy. At the beginning of the month according to our estimates, about a half of the french population intended to get the vaccine, that leaves roughly half of the population that doesnt believe in it, doesnt want to get the vaccine. For a vaccine sfleld ten months, they have questions about it. Having said that, there is also the case anecdotally of people who are not sure theyre going to get it themselves but have approved for their elderly parents in Nursing Homes to get it. So within the subsection of the population that is more vulnerable to the virus, theres a little bit more acceptance of the virus beg your pardon, of the vaccine, boris. Cyril, what do we know about the positive case of the virus that was found in france . Reporter worrying news in france. This is a French National who lives in the u. K. And traveled a week ago, saturday. Same day i traveled from the u. K. To france. So i know exactly what the timing was. At the time the u. K. Had not hit the panic button on this new variant and moved the country into the toughest tier 4 restrictions so travel was free at the time. And it was freely available, i should say. That person arrived in france, in the city of toor, then tested positive for covid19. Because he traveled from the u. K. , his test was sent for dna sequencing. We found out on Christmas Day that it was, indeed, the new variant, more transmissible variant of covid19. Its quite possible there are already more cases because we are told that other positive tests have been sent for dna sequencing that present clues that perhaps they also belong to this new variant, boris. Yeah. Notably, cyril, some experts believe that variant is already in the United States but because that dna sequencing isnt being done, its difficult to detect. Cyril vanier reporting from paris. Thank you so much. Several countries in asia are seeing a resurge against. South korea finding more than 1100 cases on friday. That was a day after it hit a record high of 1200. Japan also seeing its highest number of new cases on friday. More than 3800. Thats the Third Straight day of recordbreaking numbers for japan. Cnns celina wang joins us now. Theyre seeing restrictions to slow the spread. Do we have any idea why . Well, boris, whats interesting is actually japan and south korea had been praised for handling the pandemic rem k remarkably well without using the type of strict lockdowns weve seen in other parts of the world. In japan, for instance, the government doesnt have any legal means to force covid restrictions, but experts credit a culture of mask wearing as well as people generally add hearing to guidelines. But it is clear if you look at the data that covid is gaining momentum here in japan. In the first nine months it took more than 9 months to reach 100,000 but it took less than two months to double that figure to now more than 200,000. I have spoken to Infectious Disease experts who are critical in what they see with the prioritization of keeping the economy open. In fact, the japanese government had been encouraging people to go out and travel and eat during this Domestic Travel campaign which the government has only recently temporarily halted. Boris, if we look at the case of south korea, it had been the pinnacle of tackling covid19 due to the tracking system. Its ordered Tourist Attractions to close down but its yet to enter any lockdown. The challenge south korea is facing now is the previous waves of infections were concentrated because of large clusters in churches and nightclubs. Now theyre harder to trace because theyre coming from places like restaurants and offices. Even though this new surge were seeing in asia may pale in some of the other increases and its hard to obtain these outbreaks especially during the winter months when the cold weather is driving people indoors. Boris, quite frankly everyone is dealing with covid19 fatigue. Boris . Yeah. Even the countries that have served as models to the world to containing this virus. 12 months into this pandemic are dealing with flareups and underscores what you said about this being an incredibly difficult mission. Celina wang, thank you very much. Back to the United States where despite record high numbers of covid counts, Many Americans are traveling for the holidays. For some passengers, rules are about to change. Remember the reports about the new covid strain in the u. K. . They will have proof of negative tests entering the United States from the u. K. Joining us is dr. Carlos del rio. Thank you so much for joining us early on this holiday weekend. I want to ask you about these new cdc restrictions. How effective do you think they will be in protecting against this new covid strain . Good morning, boris. Im not sure theyre going to be that effective. Theyre requiring testing within 72 hours. What i think would have been nice is to have the negative test, pcr test 72 hours before boarding and a rapid antigen test done at the moment of boarding. I think that will increase the security to ensure a person with covid is not getting on the plane. Also have Rapid Testing done at the time of landing in the United States. One test in my mind is not enough, i think you need to do two tests at least. Doctor, weve heard from some experts who say it is likely this variant is already here in the United States. Would you concur with that idea . Its highly possible. I mean, i think this you know, this virus is moving very quickly. We saw that at the beginning of the pandemic. I wouldnt be surprised if its here now. I want to stress with the public that rather than getting terribly concerned about the new strain, i think we need to reinforce the restrictions weve been talking about. Weve been talking about mask wearing, social distancing, crowded places, avoiding places with poor circulation and people, we need to hunker down, remind them about those restrictions. Very excited about the vaccines rolling out. We have to do a better job of rolling out and getting the vaccines and it is our best line of defense right now. One last question about the new variant. You mentioned the vaccines. The ceo of pfizer says hes cautiously optimistic their vaccine will work. Do you have any reason or evidence to think it may not . No, i have none. I think that the mutation is in an area where the vaccine has such a broad antibody response, i dont see why the vaccines approved, neither the pfizer nor moderna would not work against the strain. Doctor, you mentioned the need to hunker down. You know, its difficult during the holidays to tell families that they have to stay separated. Theres pandemic fatigue. Theyve spent, you know, months ostensibly separated already. Is there a safe way to celebrate new years eve with your loved ones without, you know, getting into a situation where youre propagating a surge that were likely to see in three weeks . You know, i think its really important if youre going to do that, that you stay within your bubble. That people get tested before they get together, once, maybe twice just like when youre traveling. I think to limit the gathering to less than 10 people. As much as you can do to have not a lot of people, strangers. As ive said over and over, your level of protection is as strong as the weakest link. We learned how quickly and how easily this virus spreads. We have to take all of the precautions possible. Doctor, i wanted to ask because weve been hearing a lot about vaccines, very positive news. Weve been hearing less about treatments for those already infected with covid19. What do we know about how coronavirus treatments are doing in a fight to eradicate the pandemic . Treatments have not been as exciting. There have been progresses but we dont have a magic bullet or a drug that cures the infection. The only drug being remdesivir. It really has very little effect otherwise. We have dexamethasone that decreases mortality and then we have the monoclonal antibodies. I think they need to be scaled up more. They have to be used in outpatient settings, people who have high risk of progressing the disease. I think we need to be doing a better job of getting the monoclonal antibodies ought to people. And from ending up in the icu. Doctor, we have a little bit more time with you than i expected. I wanted to present a hypothetical to you getting back to the idea of holiday travel. Say someone has already traveled to be with their loved ones for christmas and theyre trying to figure out what they should do next . What is the best course of action to try to prevent further spread if youve already exposed yourself to covid by traveling . Masking is really important. We know wearing a facemask prevents you from transmitting to others. Wearing the facemask is important. If you are inside with others, wear a facemask and remember to socially distance. If you are sitting with someone and talking, make sure youre wearing a facemask and sitting six feet apart. That will be an important way to stop spread. Go out on a walk. Dont be in a closed group. All of that will help you. Dr. Carlos delacenserl rio, tha very much. Merry christmas to you. A lot of fits and starts with sports this year. Fortunately were finishing 2020 strong. Almost too many sports to keep track of. Christmas day is usually the nbas time to shine. They had to share with the nfl yesterday and one player put up numbers not seen until the 1920s. Who dat . Your Bleacher Report is next. Mom, look are you okay . Head home this holiday with the one you love. Visit your local mercedesbenz dealer today for exceptional lease and financing offers at the mercedesbenz winter event. Birds flyin high, you know how i feel. Breeze drifting on by you know how i feel. Its a new dawn. If youve been taking copd sitting down, its time to make a stand. Start a new day with trelegy. No oncedaily copd medicine has the power to treat copd in as many ways as trelegy. 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Call 1800farmers for a quote today. Tennessee sports teams are lending their support following news of that intentional explosion in downtown nashville yesterday. Coy wire joins us now. Coy, great to see you as always. Merry christmas. This is yet another instance where sports can be part of the healing process. Reporter yeah, boris, this is another thing that makes sports feel so special. Nothing can bring together a city like sports can. Nashville sports tweeting support for the first responders. Nashville has been through a lot. Well bounce back together stronger and tougher. The titans can help that on the road with the packers and they have a chance to clinch the division for the First Time Since 2008. Lets stick with the nfl now as a rare Christmas Day game, as bore rid said in the tease. Who dat. Alvin kamara who played at the university of tennessee wearing the red and green cleats. He might as well have been fan at that. He gave all of his fantasy football owners something to smile about. Six rushing touchdowns tying with earn any nevers. That record set back in 1929. Kamara setting four records yesterday. Kamara, hes going to have to give a little bit more in the way of a fine for wearing those red and green cleats, but hes not letting that get him down. Oh, definitely. They can fine me, whatever it is. Ill just match it and donate it to charity. The grinch always trying to steal christmas. Thats right. Lebron and the lakers leading the way in the traditional Christmas Day games in the nba. Its los angeless 22nd appearance on christmas, lebrons 14th. Hes rolling right now. 22 points against dallas yesterday. Even with mavs superstar luke playing incredible defense. Lebron slides into second. The lakers are getting their group blowing out the mavs by 23. Rockets star james hardin will play against the blazers tonight just days after breaking nba protocols by going to a party inside and without a mask. The league clearing hardin after testing negative every day since the party on monday. While hardin will play, six other rockets players will not due to the virus. Houston already had to postpone its Season Opener on wednesday because they didnt have enough players. Finally, dukes Womens Basketball team will not play at all. According to a school statement, the student athletes decided to cancel their season. The blue devils had been 31 under their first year head coach carol lawson. The school says it fully supports the decision, boris. Two weeks ago dukes mens team canceled the final three games. Mike krzyzewski said it was because they wanted to spend time with their family. Coach k saying College Basketball wont be able to function normally. Coy wire, thank you so much for that. Good to see you. The same. When we come back, how entertainment gave us escape, hope, heart ache and laughs in an unprecedented year in so many ways. Stay with us. Upbeat tempo sanctuary music its the final days of the wish list sales event sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first months payment. And my water broke. At only 23 weeks. Andrew we had to stay in the hospital for 10 weeks, 1000s of miles from family. Our driver kristin came along in our most desperate hour. Suzanne bringing us homecooked meals and gifts. Andrew day after day. We wanted to show you something. Kristin oh my god Andrew Kristin is the most uncommonly kind person that weve met. Suzanne thank you so much. The coronavirus pandemic up ended everyones plans for the year, but as the old saying goes, the show must go on. 2020 throwing curveball after curveball and as cnns Stephanie Elam shows, hollywood, too, was put to the test. Reporter the pandemic shuts down hollywood. Tiger king roared into our living room and the stars aligned to keep us together. As the world came to a screeching halt. Heres a look back at how entertainment gave us escape, hope, heart ache along the way. Im shaking. I did not see that coming at all. Reporter the year started out with some nostalgia at the sag awards with a public reunion 15 years in the making. This is so unbelievable. Moments after watching her acceptance speech, brad pitt and jennifer annise son responded sharing a moment backstage while celebrating their wins. Parasite became the first to win the Screen Actors Guild top prize. Mixing dark comedy, horror, and drama to create a social commentary on class and equality. It was showered in accolades and finished awards season by cementing itself in oscars history, sweeping for best picture. Breaking news, prince harry and Meghan Markle will no longer go by his and her royal highness. Theyre giving up those titles. Prince harry and Meghan Markles titles gave shock waves. I know i havent done it right. As far as this goes, there was no other option. This sent the royal area into chaos. The queen would prefer hem to serve as senior members but respects their decision. They went on a farewell tour across england making their last official appearances as royals as the pandemic began to take hold. Back with new developments of the coronavirus pandemic. School closures, major event cancellations are picking up all across the United States. California governor gavin newsom ordered all 40 million residents to stay at home. Reporter and just like that, hollywood came to a stand still. Movie sets went dark. Tv tapings were canceled. Live concerts were scratched and major studios went into overdrive first postponing the release of quiet place 2 and Disneys Mulan followed by a summer of blockbusters. In new york, hollywood turned out the lights and Music Festivals fell silent. We have a big show tonight. Reporter but as the world reeled, it came as no surprise that some of our favorite entertainers found out how to put on shows. Hey, jimmy. If youre at home, just want to touch my hand to you right now. Reporter by bringing music and acts into our living room. Reporter using social media to foster a sense of community while weve been apart. Stuck at home theyve binge watched series like tiger king and drooling over hamilton. While the man delorean, the crown and Schitts Creek got a lot of buzz and the possibilities were endless with hbo max and peacock launching in the middle of the pandemic. Tom hanks and rita wilson have both tested positive for coronavirus. When covid hit close to home, celebrities rallied to raise awareness. As the virus raised, more and more stars came forward. I wish it was only me who tested positive, but it wasnt, it was my entire family. This was a real kick in the gut. Sadly, they took the lives of Charley Pride and nick cordero whose long and intense battle with chronicled on instagram. Here is alex trebek. The year brought even nor sad news with the death of jeopardy legend alex trebek. He left a message for viewers. Keep the faith. Were going to get flew all of this and we will be a Better Society because of this. Also gone, shun connery, nia rivera, Regis Philbin and Eddie Van Halen and chadwick boss man. He fought a very private four year battle with colon cancer. He leaves behind a legacy. He could be the first actor to receive two post hume mouse awards. Once you walk in you may take off your mask. By summer hollywood productions picked up again with safe protocols in place but not everything has been smooth sailing. Tom cruise released a tirade on the set of the next mission impossible. Hollywood also came out in droves to support Global Social and political movements. Stars like arod and jennifer lopez, joe jonas and madonna all hit the streets to call for justice in the death of george floyd and to support black lives matter. Reporter and in the race for the white house, kanye west made the ballot in some states receiving about 60,000 votes. I first met joe biden when i was doing my show veep. But hollywood stood behind the winning ticket. Ladies and gentlemen, the cast of the office. Reporter finally, this was a year for reunion. From fresh prince of bel air, legally blond, mean girls and casts from our favorite movies met up virtually to relive the days that once were. Were living in a tough time. We dont know how to do this or how its going to turn out, but weve managed to stay okay all these months because we have each other. Reporter we made it through a tough year and to end it on a high note, the great gloria gainer will celebrate Health Care Workers and a celebration of what else . I will survive in times square on new years eve. Stephanie elam. It felt like it would never end, we made it. Say so long, 2020. Hello 2021 with Anderson Cooper and andy cohen. Starting at 9 clock right here on cnn. New details about the Christmas Morning blast in downtown nashville. The fbi is now asking for the publics health. 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The spirit of our city cannot be broken, but were not going to rest until those responsible for these outrageous and cowardly attacks are brought to justice. The most americans, even the first dose of the vaccine is still months away, but another surge may be just days out. I just never believed that we would get to 330,000 american lives lost by Christmas Day and still accelerating at 3,000 deaths a day. It seems clear that hes not going to read the bill or sign it or veto it. If he doesnt sign the bill by the end of the day, then actual Unemployment Benefits will cease. Good morning and thank you so much for joining us. Im boris sanchez. Victor and christi have the morning off. Following breaking developments this morning in nashville, tennessee. Investigators have found what might be human remains near the sight of what appears to be an intentional bombing yesterday morning. The blast damaged dozens of buildings and injured at least three people. But, first, a desperate moment this morning for Many Americans. It is the day after ch