Doubt that it happened. What we do know from Marjorie Taylor greene is she said it was a great call. She was grateful to have what she called the former president s support, and she also said that democrats are now attacking her in the same way that they used to attack donald trump. So, assuming that call happened, it is significant just because it shows how the former president remains in the background pulling strings, despite the fact that he does not is a twitter megaphone even as his own party up here on capitol hill continues the identity crisis, the blood letting, if you will. Theres another example of that, as you mentioned, that is the back and forth between Marjorie Taylor greene and senator mitt romney of utah. Romney tweeted out talking about the lies Marjorie Taylor greene has told and her claims that the election was stolen. She essentially shot back that romney cares nothing about what she called the peoples number one concern, and then, there was this, please grow a pai
mitch mcconnell says more relief is two, three weeks ago, hopefully. the house speaker nancy pelosi says she s been anxious to negotiate for more than two months, and congress can t go home until a stimulus deal is reached. let s begin this hour in california, which currently leads the nation for the most confirm coronavirus cases. more than 448,000 and counting the surging case numbers having a huge impact on some businesses like restaurants, especially in the los angeles area, where paul vercammen joins us now. reporter: extremely hard at this time. trois mec is a favorite of the foodies and of the critics, this is a chance to come in here and sample, the le febvre family said the food industrial is in a true crisis. we talked to another restaurant tour, dustin lancaster, he owns 13 restaurants in the lajs area and bars. three have already closed. he hayes laid off 250 employees, only 30% of those have come back. this is something that absolutely haunts lancaster. if yo
at white house and senate republicans near a stimulus deal. we will tell you what else is in that plan. and racial justice protests in portland stretch into another night while federal agents presence is legal, their actions there may not be. we ll take a look. good to have you with us. the united states is zeroing in on testing as the coronavirus accelerates in many parts of the country. 23 states reported an increase in new cases in the past week, compared to the previous week. that is according to john hopkins university. the data also shows the five-day average of new cases is trending up. with more than 4.2 million people infected, the u.s. has more than 1/4 of the world s 16 million confirmed cases of covid-19. the trump administration says it is working to get the hot spot states under control, but testing is still an issue. the u.s. official overseeing testing conceded sunday to cnn that turnaround times are still too long. we are never going to be happy with t
works. and the u.s. consulate in the chinese city of chengdu is officially closed as tensions worsen between washington and beijing. thanks for being with us. the united states is fighting an accelerating coronavirus as lawmakers consider a knew relief pack wage to help americans. john hopkins university reports there were nearly 60,000 new cases confirmed nationally on sunday and at least 470 americans died from covid-19. with more than 4.2 million people infected, the u.s. has more than 1/4 of the world s 16 million confirmed cases of covid-19. florida, for example, reported more than 9,000 new cases sunday and 77 additional deaths. this marks the 23rd day this month that the state has reported more than 9,000 new cases in a single day. the trump administration says it is working to get the hot spot states under control but testing is still an issue. the u.s. official overseeing testing conceded sunday to cnn the turn around times are still too long. anyone who needs
the biden transition, despite zero cooperation from the white house s happening. if you re waiting for the dam to finally break in the republican party, if you re waiting to hear sensible clear gop official it is admit the facts, accept the reality en masse, accept their constituents votes, you ll have to keep waiting. cracks are beginning to appear in the republican wall of denial. i give you exhibit a, chris christie. what s happened here is, quite frankly, the confidence of the president s legal team has been a national embarrassment. i ve voted for him twice. elections have consequences. we cannot continue to act as if something happened here that didn t happen. the country has to matter the most, as much as i m a strong republican and i love my party, it s the country that has to come first. chris christie, a strong supporter of the president s, as he said. he s been at the president s side throughout his term. he even helped mr. trump prepare for this year s presid