billion per day and drive inflation even higher. todd: kevin cork e has the lost. kevin: on the virge of striking across america as result some freight and passenger train companies have already begun reducing services. from the international association of machinists and workers, the tentative agreement has been rejected and strike authorization was approved by members and extension has been agreed to until september 29th to allow us to negotiate changes with the nccc, in hopes of an agreement. what that means is most unions involved well, unfortunately, most have agreed, but two major unions are holding out. so a 30-day cooling off period, we ve been talking about for weeks, ends on friday. that means a strike could begin later this week and that would be devastating. in all, talking about a dozen unions in dispute with six of the largest freight rail carriers in the country and a strike could be economically devastating with 60 s,000 workers holding out for better wo
our economy and the american people, a win for tens of thousands of rail workers who work tirelessly through the pandemic to ensure american families and communities got deliveries of what has kept us going during these difficult times. so big news there, crisis avoided, that rail strike would have cost $2 billion a day. todd. todd: now to a fox weather wildfire alert. crews in california fighting the state s largest wildfire of the year. the fire burned 63,00 0 acres since last week. carley: responders shares this video, the fire is 20% contained. senior meteorologist janice dean is here with the fox weather forecast. going in the wrong direction
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causing it to slide and spin around coming to a stop in the opposite direction. no one was injured, though, frankfully. no rest for the weary. crews in california battling the thomas fire, the largest in state history. it s 86% contained but don t expect full containment for at least another two weeks. 1500 fire personnel are on the front lines and have been working through christmas holiday to get the up per hantd. and according to mastercard spending polls, shoppers spent almost 5% more than last year. biggest sales rise since 2011. the firm said shoppers spent more because of a robust job market. tomorrow is another huge shopping day. it is boxing day for millions of people around the world and in my native canada. rooted in the tradition of christmas boxes, gifts or money given to the poor. all right. president trump promises to put more money in our pockets with his tax cuts. but critics say the relief he s
her trustworthiness numbers and people who say they believe she s honest but so far i think, you know while these are very important questions to be raised, i don t think it s necessarily hurting her on the ground. okay alex seitz-wald thanks so much for the report. appreciate that. up next boy scouts officials are now considering a call from the group s president to end the ban on gay troop leaders. up next, new reaction from a former boy scout leader who was ousted because he s gay. also ahead in washington during my brother s time republicans spent too much money. jeb bush offers the toughest criticism yet of his brother s presidency. more on his comments. they are part of today s first read coming up. and developing now, crews in california are working 24 hours a day to clean up that huge oil spill. why it could take months to determine what happened. it s one of the stories we re following around the news nation. join our conversation online. you can find the team