Corona trying to breathe is to understand everything one needs to know about covid19. Shes pretty certain she got it from her daughter at a birthday party. Several other family members got it. Her 26yearold niece died. She says shes scared. Like everyone we spoke to, those who could speak, they all hope for one thing. To be home for christmas. Margaret evans says ten members of her family got covid19, she thinks at a birthday party. How tough is it to be away from family like this . Its hard. Its very, very, very hard. Reporter she has nine grandchildren shed really like to see. To see. Miguel marquez, cnn, houston. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com you are live in the cnn newsroom. Im amara walker in for ana cabrera. We start with the round of crucial Coronavirus Relief benefits that is set to expire by the end of today. If President Trump refuses to sign the covid relief bill just passed by congress. The 900 billion relief package would put 600 in the hands of many struggling america
The country is grieving from another day of over 3,000 deaths from coronavirus, an appropriate time for a message of national healing. Instead in the words of cnns kevin liptack, there are no silent nights in the trump era, one lump of coal after another creating unnecessary uncertainty and anxiety for millions of people as the president wakes up from his maralago resort. In the last 24 hours, not a word from the president about the pandemic, but trump did veto a defense bill that would pay american troops. He vetoed it because hes unhappy about the way twitter mishandles the misinformation and lies he frequently puts out. The president leaving millions of struggling americans in limbo this christmas with expanded Unemployment Benefits set to expire within days. Trump also threatening iran on his way out the door. Well have more on that in just a moment, but overall, the president stirring chaos, and seemingly unable to cope with the idea that he is about to lose his power. And yesterd
Ends a stimulus deal negotiated by his own administration. The president s relief bill threat comes as millions are just two days away from seeing benefits expire and as we learned the u. S. Just had its third highest single day death toll in this pandemic. Look, 3,359 lives lost because of coronavirus. That is the number of americans who died just yesterday. That was reported yesterday. Hospitalizations also now the highest we have ever been as Holiday Travel ramps up. But we begin with the chaos in the final days of trumps presidency, Suzanne Malveaux is on capitol hill, joe johns just outside maralago for us. What are we learning about these pardons . Reporter pamela, First Impression is so much for draining the swamp. The president once again showing his willingness to make good on what was essentially a promise you can even say a get out of jail free card to people who were involved in the russia investigation. 26 total pardons last night, but the focus this morning is on some of
Unemployment benefits, and 12 million of them are about to lose those benefits after christmas if the president doesnt sign the covid relief bill, as he is suggesting. That is creating chaos. That is not working tirelessly. And president elect joe biden will soon be facing clearly a mess to clean up, a fact that he seems concerned about right now, telling journalists according to the Washington Post this many of the people with the competence to be able to tell us what exactly is going on in the Justice Department or the energy department, theyve either been fired or they left, but they are not there. And so i think its going to take a while to find out where the intentional as well as unintentional land mines are. They seem more and more intentional by the day. Jessica dean is outfront in wilmington, delaware covering president elect joe biden. Jeremy diamond is outfront near the president s maralago resort in florida. Any indication, jeremy, that the president is planning to give the
Just run out. Eviction moratoriums are expiring. Having the basics, food and rent are serious concerns for many impacted by the pandemic. The bill that would have provided at least temporary relief is stalled at maralago waiting oen a president ial signature that seems less and less likely to come. The president called the bill a disgrace this week up ending months of careful negotiations and introducing a demand for 2,000 checks stretching well beyond how far republicans said they were willing to go and even beyond what the white house had its own negotiators asking for. Cnns Sarah Westwood is in west palm beach. Good morning. Senator Lindsey Graham played golf with the president yesterday and even though he voted for the bill and said it should have been passed a long time ago, now hes apparently come around to the president s view. Reporter yeah, boris, thats the kind of reversal President Trump is asking all republicans to make, to abandon the support of the bill they voted for wee