Breaking news out of nashville this hour where authorities now believe yesterdays explosion was the likely result of a suicide bombing. The motivation. That is where investigators are now. Good morning, and thank you so much for joining us this sunday. Im bories sanchez. Victor and christie have the morning off. Tough news for the millions of americans who relied on an economic lifeline from the government to get through the coronavirus pandemic. The darkest days may still lie ahead. The president declining to sign a relief bill by midnight causing vital assistance like enhanced Unemployment Benefits to expire. To make matters worse, a Government Shutdown is looming early this week. And eviction protection for struggling tenants end on thursday. Meantime, another grim milestone. December is now the deadliest mont month of the pandemic. 63,000 americans have died this month alone. The tlagauthorization of two vaccines has offered hope that the end of the pandemic might be near, but with
Like treading water from 100 feet below the surface. Youre already drowning but you have to keep trying because thats what you can do. Wow. Look whos up and at em with us this morning. Good morning to you this saturday, january 2nd, 2021. Just feels good to say 2021, doesnt it, mr. John after lan. Im filling in for victor. Its great to see you. Lets do this. You, too. Yes. Lets start here because starting a new year together and it brings a lot of new challenges this morning when were talking about overcoming the coronavirus pandemic. The u. S. Is nearing, listen to this number, 348,000 people who have died because of covid. And weve now topped 20 million cases as of yesterday. There are more than 125,000 people starting 2021 in the hospital and the new concern this morning is this more easily transmitted variant of covid19 first seen in the u. K. Its a strain thats been detected now in california, colorado, and florida. Meanwhile, President Trump is focused on lashing out as he sees h
Aym ayman. All eyes on georgia today as the u. S. Senate Runoff Election there will determine which Party Controls that chamber. And how much president elect morning joe will be able to do once he does take office. The Georgia Bureau of investigation says its loorking into a threatening email sent to several connecticuts this past weekend. And as she fights to keep her seat, Georgia Republican senator kelly laef lettoeffler will obj the counting of the electoral votes with hundreds of Trump Supporters gathering in washington one day before Congress Counts the Electoral College votes. And one lastditch effort to try to overturn the results. This as the fallout keeps growing from the president s weekend phone call with the secretary of state. In which the president pressured him to reverse bidens win there. Well take a look at these stories with democratic senator tammie baldwin, democratic congressman rice, and hank johnson. The drama unfolding in washington comes as the total number of
Conversation. Well speak with georgias secretary of state. So stick around for that. First, we have Fox Team Coverage of peter doocy in atlanta and john robert at the white house. We begin with peter doocy. Hi, peter. Martha, good afternoon. 3 1 2 minutes ago, we got word that the press pool travelling with the president elect is on the ground. They travel a minute or two or ahead of joe biden. We expect him to be here relatively soon in the next 15 or 20 minutes if everything is on schedule. Biden is coming to try to secure a Democratic Senate that could make it easier to make his multitrillion dollar progressive ideas a reality starting in three weeks. That is something that republicans are very aware of. Theyre making that a big part of their closing argument. Were literally the fire wall to stopping socialism. And Raphael Warnock is a rubber stamp on that radical agenda. Youve seen him in his own wards camming our Police Officers gangsters, thugs, bullies, a threat to our children.
Threat to the nations already overwhelmed health care system. In the final days of this tumultuous year, the country continues to set sobering pandemic records. Yesterday alone more than 124,600 americans were hospitalized with covid. That is the highest number yet. The country is reporting 3,700 deaths, that too a record for the most fatalities in a single day. Among those killed, newly elected republican congressman luke letlow, just 41 years old and days from being sworn in to represent louisianas fifth congressional district. I want to get right to cnns senior medical correspondent for details on the first known case of the new covid variant here in the use. Elizabeth, what more can you tell us about this strain . Bianna, lets talk a little bit about this colorado man. We are told hes in his 20s, he had no travel history. Thats really important. He didnt go to the uk and get this. He got this from someone else here in the United States, and that there is an additional suspected cas