biden has just promised. we also have major new developments tonight on covid here in the u.s. how quickly this new variant is now spreading. and are the boosters working? what dr. fauci said today. and several universities reporting outbreaks. cornell now suspecting 900 cases of covid. it s believed the vast majority of these cases are among vaccinated college students. and the concern with students now going home for the holidays. former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin in federal court today, now pleading guilty to civil rights charges for the death of george floyd. overseas tonight, the humanitarian crisis now unfolding in afghanistan. our team is on the ground tonight. the children on the edge of starvation. a 2-year-old weighing just 11 pounds. and with the taliban now in control, now isis taking aim at them. our ian pannell back in afghanistan tonight. the major news back here at home tonight involving jfk. 58 years after his assassination, nearly 1,500
we also have major new developments tonight on covid here in the u.s. how quickly this new variant is now spreading. and are the boosters working? what dr. fauci said today. and several universities reporting outbreaks. cornell now suspecting 900 cases of covid. it s believed the vast majority of these cases are among vaccinated college students. and the concern with students now going home for the holidays. former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin in federal court today, now pleading guilty to civil rights charges for the death of george floyd. overseas tonight, the humanitarian crisis now unfolding in afghanistan. our team is on the ground tonight. the children on the edge of starvation. a 2-year-old weighing just 11 pounds. and with the taliban now in control, now isis taking aim at them. our ian pannell back in afghanistan tonight. the major news back here at home tonight involving jfk. 58 years after his assassination, nearly 1,500 confidential documents now
rising prices are the biggest issues facing the u.s. economy. government spending and the deficit come in second at 16%. and two thirds say inflation has caused them financial hardship over the last six months. 31% say it has not. now, today, the federal reserve is proposing big changes designed to try to slow down the inflation spiral. this comes as president biden s social spending bill is on life support on capitol hill. definitely in 2022 and maybe overall. we have fox team coverage tonight charles payne in new york on what the federal reserve is doing about interest rates. chad pergram on capitol hill with an update on the prospects of the build back better plan this year plus a new focus from democrats on voting rights legislation. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off live from the north lawn with the president s relentless optimism despite the numbers. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. people may not pay attention to every biden policy but they
the house committee investigating the january 6th attack voting unanimously to advance a measure holding mark meadows in criminal contempt over his refusal to testify. the resolution includes a referral on the justice department. the measure comes as meadows refused to answer questions about the documents he already handed over. when the record raised questions as these most certainly do. you have to come in and answer those questions. when it s time for him to follow the law, come in and testify on those questions. he changed his mind and told us to pile in the sand. mr. meadows testimony will bear on another key question before this committee. did donald trump s action corrupt congress proceedings to count electoral knowledge. mr. meadows persuade state officials to alter their election results. in georgia, for instance, mr. meadows participated on a phone call between president trump and georgia s secretary of state, raffensperger, meadows was on the phone when presi
are the crisis wof our generation. reporter: i m pamela brown in mayfield kentucky, one of the many communities devastated by this weekend s outbreak of deadly tornados. still hopes for a miracle here, that search crews will find a survivor in the rubble of a candle factory but still at work, the odds are long, dozens of people still missing. so much grief and heart-ache tonight but also a sense of resiliency. this town of 10,000, hardest hit. they lost their town, town square, so many people lost their homes from the factory, farmland, once quaint downdown, few buildings still standing. many people i talked to are wondering about their jobs, how will they survive moving forward. one man today said he couldn t find blood pressure medicine, lost his home, didn t know what to do. so much need here in mayfield and beyond in kentucky and the heads of homeland security and fema have been in this area today and are bringing much needed federal resources, more than 80 people, thou