Of the United States. Its kind of our way, or the highway. Mississippi senator roger wicker on all of that very shortly, In The Meantime, to Mark Meredith on how this is all going down, fueled by not only the president stating that this is the only way to do it, republicans, at a jobs report which might have helped his argument. Mark . Reporter neil, good morning to you right that jobs report is having an impact on the discussions. President biden counting on house and Senate Democrats to pass his 1. 9 trillion Stimulus Package. Republicans want the president to reign in spending but the president made it clear yesterday that hes willing to do this on a Party Line Vote if necessary to fund a few priorit ies like the 1,400 round of stimulus checks that he wants to see go out, more money for Food Assistance programs, as well as extending those enhanced federal Unemployment Benefits. The president making it directly in a speech on friday. Others think that things are Getting Better and we
Disease control says, though, that vaccinations for teachers, in her personal opinion, are not a requirement. This as the Obama Administration says decisions should not be made immediately. Also want to make it clear that there is increasing data to suggest that schools can safely reopen and that that safe reopening does not suggest that teachers need to be vaccinated in order to reopen safely. The doctor spoke to this in her personal capacity. Obviously, shes the head of the cdc, but were going to wait for the final guidance so we can use that as a guide for schools around the country. Eric so what could that final guidance be for parents across the country who have been home schooling their kids on zoom and all of that . Lucas tomlinson In Washington with more on what we can expect. Reporter good afternoon. Chicagos democratic mayor, lori lightfoot, says shes had it with the teachers and wants them back in the classroom as quickly as possible. My patience is up. We cant wait hours an
Called in around 5 45 p. M. , and was well underway with flames shooting out of the multistory Apartment Building under construction in the 2000 block of University Avenue near shattuck. A nearby restaurant worker watch build inning get swallowed up in flames shortly after the fire broke out. The fire flames, too much fire flames, middle part of the building. Its, like, going higher and higher. The entire middle of the building was up in flames. Reporter mutual aid from at least half a dozen departments were called in to help wrest the flames down. We saw a bunch of firefighters coming down the street, blearing away, and we looked out, and it looked like just the top of the billing was on fire for a minute. Reporter firefighters garden evacuating businesses. We had fire threatening the buildings around it, multiple apartments and businesses, all of which have been evacuated. Reporter unable to again access inside, firefighters were forced to play defense, attacking the flames from outs
Washington, and with that, welcome to americas news headquarters, im leland are visit earth. Kristin and im kristin fisher. The president also signaled that he has no intention of conceding even as the president ial transition moves ahead. David spunt joins us live at the white house where the just returned from camp david. Reporter hey, kristin. The president said pointblank about the election that his mind will not change in six months, so for his supporters, for those close to the president hoping that maybe he might concede, that he he might accept joe biden as the next president of the United States when he gets sworn in on january 20th, there is your answer when he says that his mind will not be made up in six months. Now, he doubled, tripled, even quadrupled down on his claims that the election was fraudulent, though no indication that is the case. Joe biden is the President Elect. He took 306 electoral votes. The president 232, the same spread, actually, that trump and secretar
Near levi stadium. This started when an underground 12inch recycled water pipe started leaking. The city water and utility staff shut off the supply but the street was flooded. The leak created the sinkhole, an estimated 25feet wide and four feet deep. This is the scene here. About 5 15 this morning. You can see the waterflooding the area outside of levi stadium after the pipe started leaking last night. Well continue to follow the story in south bay here on air and online at www. Ktvu. Com and bring you the latest updates. Nationally, more than 242 know thousand people have died from the coronavirus. Hopkins University Reports more than 1,000 patients are dieing every day. 49 states in washington, d. C. , are currently seeing spikes in the number of new cases. Only louisiana is seeing the number of new cases hold steady. The number of u. S. Patients needing hospitalization continues to grow. Health officials across the country are urging the public to get back to the basics. They say,