Im Carley Shimkus in for jillian mele. Todd im todd piro. A vote is expected today on the 900 billion Coronavirus Relief package. Carley well talk about christmas another time. Doug luzader is live in washington as lawmakers reach a bipartisan breakthrough. Good morning, doug. Reporter good morning. Were expecting congress to move pretty quickly on this today, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell blamed democrats for the delay. When we get this done, congress will not deserve any special praise. Not with this relief having waited until late december and not with some of our democratic colleagues openly saying the reason they finally changed their tune is they finally got a president elect of their own party. Reporter this is what both sides agreed to. Its a big plan, 300 supplement for unemployment benefits, a 600 direct payments to most people depending on income, it expands the Paycheck Protection Program or extends it. It also includes housing assistance. Democrats did not get the
Notdown shifting at any point in the year 2021. We hit it march of 2020. It has been accelerating ever since. Pete, grab the steering wheel. See if we can guide this thing in a true direction. Pete that is not possible. When my wife got me a motor cycle it had a sixth gear. That is precisely where we are. Welcome to fox friends. Great to have you. We showed that shot of the white house to open the show. The president in the white house today without a single most powerful tool he used over the last decade, certainly during his presidency, twitter, in order to communicate straight to the American People. Not only his account, campaign account, potus account, anyone tweeting on his behalf, others who support him either followers diminish quickly or deleted all together as the president has been. A lot of people looking for the opportunity to speak freely are looking for an alternative. One which emerged is pardon me letter. Parler has seen massive downloads on the app store and apple as
There will be 48 democrats until we seat warnock and ossoff. Until that happens you need 67 votes. We have 19 republicans. I dont see that. This president elect could gain a lot of goodwill among republicans and democrats but among americans generally if he told everybody slow down. This president is not an imminent threat to this country at this point. Lets get through the inauguration and lets look back and make some decisions. The chief White House Correspondent john roberts is live on the north lawn. Sources are telling fox news the president is taking some responsibility for last weeks violence at the capitol. What are you hearing this morning, john . Trace, good morning to you. As the president prepares by the way to head down to the southern border in texas, we may hear from him more today about a lot of Different Things including this and what want the truth to why i wake up feeling happened last week at the rawrrr. So darn awesome . Capitol. We dont know exactly what it was th
Im jillian me le. Todd im todd piro. Security concerns prompting the fbi to vet 25,000 National Guard troops. Jillian david spunt joins us live in washington as armed protests begin nationwide. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning to you both. Security is the tightest its ever been if our nations capitol, no question about that. The capitol and the surrounding city is a fortress right now. 25,000 National Guard troops in washington, d. C. Right now, protecting our nations capitol. More expected to you arrive soon. You mentioned the fbi going to be doing some extra screening of those National Guard troops, along with the secret service. Many will be screened multiple times over concerns of a possible insider attack. Army secretary Ryan Mccarthy confirmed this in an interview with the Associated Press over this weekend and said that troops will be heavily screened over those fears. Its about guns, gates and guards at times. As a visible deterrent. Thats what you see in washington r
Bidens perseverance and calling him an incredible partner. The president said he stayed out of the race until now because he wanted democratic voters to choose their own candidate. Of course, this comes after yesterday when vermonts senator and former candidate Bernie Sanders endorsed his old opponent. Peter doocy reporting live at the details. This is the endorsement people have been waiting for a couple in it and it finally came peter. It did, dana, and you said it. 12 minute video. In those 12 minutes, president obama never once uses the words donald trump, but he does really lay into the republicans of running washington. One thing everybody has learned by now, is that the republicans occupying the white house and running the u. S. Senate are not interested in progress. They are interested in power. They have shown themselves willing to kick millions off their Health Insurance and illuminate preexisting condition protection for millions more. Even in the middle of this Public Healt