Condemned the response. And those involved in operation warp speed spoke to reporters acknowledging that the number of vaccinations administered is lower than hoped for but they do hope thats going to turn around and soon. As more vaccine becomes available, and we do see, you know, very good steady drumbeat of our vaccine coming off the manufacture i manufacturing fill finish line. Then well be able to expand distribution through the local brick and mortar pharmacy chain. As vaccines become available, states determine distribution priorities. I visualize, as early as 8 and 15 of january, the expansion to the utilization will greatly increase access of vaccines to the American People. And this comes as Public Health officials, including dr. Fauci are publicly acknowledging weve missed the mark on Vaccine Administration so far. The obvious questions are why and how do we fix it . The president and the white house are pinning blame on the states. They claim theyve delivered these vaccines
Trump or stand with him on this issue that the president has really made a critical point in what his issue was with the stimulus package all along. I am told from one Republican Leadership aide it is possible enough republicans would vote for the bill to get it over the twothirds vote threshold needed tonight. Thats the threshold because the vote will be occurring under suspension of the rules. One of the key questions all along is whether or not republicans would put up some of the votes. We know in a democratic led house of representatives, theyre going to easily pass if it was a simple majority vote. But it is not. They need republicans. How many they get is a big question. I am told it is possible it could pass out of the house. If that happens, then the mess goes squarely to the u. S. Senate where the Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell has to make a decision about whether or not he will bring this to the floor as a standalone bill, brianna. We dont know the answer to that now. We kn
Hello, everyone. Im alicia menendez. Breaking news tonight. Investigators searching the home of a tennessee man in connection with the Christmas Day bombing in nashville. Also breaking tonight, two pandemic unemployment programs expiring in just hours. Will President Trump sign the relief bill that would help millions . Also tonight, Coronavirus Crisis in california. The governor says the state is preparing for a surge on top of a surge as many refuse to follow stayathome orders over the holidays. Well bring you the latest live from the golden state. This is american voices. Tonight millions of americans will lose critical Unemployment Benefits if President Trump does not sign congress 900 billion covid relief package before midnight. Trump is calling for congress to increase the stimulus checks to 2,000, a figure members of his own party are not on board with. And he is doing nothing to help negotiate a new agreement. All this comes as a Government Shutdown looms on monday. Lets bring
Hello, everyone. Happy tuesday now. The new round of stimulus checks is set to go out this week for millions of americans. This after u. S. President donald trump took a break from playing golf at his club over the weekend, as you can see there, to sign the bipartisan relief bill from congress. Mr. Trump was back on the golf course by monday. While he was practicing his swing, the democratcontrolled house of representatives passed a measure to increase stimulus checks from 600 to 2,000. The house also voted to override the president s veto of a sweeping defense spending bill. Now both the stimulus as well as the defense bills now head to the republicanled senate, and thats putting the party in a tough spot with the president. Cnns Phil Mattingly explains now from capitol hill. Reporter well, it was just two votes on the house floor, but it was also two specific demonstrations of where donald trump sits right now in the republican party. Now you dont obviously want to read too much into
Police responded to a call of shots fired found the rv blaring a recorded warning to evacuate that it would explode in 15 minutes. And then to begin counting down the minutes. The explosion destroyed dozens of buildings and disrupted Cell Phone Service in several states. Three people hospitalized in stable condition but many more lives couldve been lost if not for the six brave Nashville Police officers who immediately evacuated nearby civilians. Authorities about 30 miles away in lebanon tennessee are searching a suspicious box truck parked at a stripmall playing audio similar to what was blaring from the rv and nashville. They detained the truck driver and appears to be no threat, it is not clear if this is related to the nashville explosion. Charles watson is live in nashville right now please enter. Authorities confirming the suspect in this case Anthony Warner was killed in the rv explosion and they also say they have been able to positively matches dna to the human remains that w