A man opened fire yesterday on f. B. I. Agents attempting to serve a child pornography warrant. After he spotted them on his security camera, killing two of them, wounding more. The bureau identified those agents as 43yearold Laura Schwartzenberger and we do not yet have the photograph of 36yearold david alfin who also was killed. Three other agents wounded. A live report from sunrise, florida, is coming up. President biden is set to meet with democrat senators at the white house this hour on his covid19 Stimulus Plan after suggesting that republicans counter proposal is dead on arrival. Biden told Top Democrats he wants a big, bold package and the party is prepared to pass it without republican votes despite the president s push for unity and working together. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in The Faulkner Focus. Democrats are fast tracking a Stimulus Plan despite lacking any republican support as the president faces increasing pressure from the far left of his Political Party to act.
hello, everyone. at this hour departure boards bringing post-christmas misery to travelers everywhere. one major u.s. carrier is the big source of a nationwide headache. plus, incoming congressman george santos says he should get a pass for lying about virtually every single detail of his resume because not telling the truth is not a crime. and new cnn exclusive reporting about why you ll pay less at the pump now, but should be preparing for more pain in the spring. this is what we re watching at this hour. we begin this hour with the blame game playing out at southwest airlines. thousands of stranded travelers just want to get where they are going but bad weather, bad planning and bad systems mean more than 25 hundred southwest flights grounded today so far. that s around 90% of all flights canceled in the u.s. southwest passengers can t get through to customer service and its employees are struggling to speak to the people in charge. it s just it s frustrating for pil
a latino jew, half jewish, said his grandparents fled the holocaust. cnn learned that was conflicted by genealogy records and the republican jewish coalition says they were deceived and won t be welcome at any future events. incredible hearing that excuse that pretty much everybody else in congress does it even though that is not true as well. eva, thank you. a looming question, will santos suffer any consequences for lying to voters and his future colleagues? cnn congressional correspondent lauren fox joining us now with more. hi, lauren. so do we have any read on whether kevin mccarthy, the top house republican, will he punish santos for lying? reporter: amara, it s not for lack of trying up on capitol hill. many of my colleagues tried to ask this question to kevin mccarthy. what is he going to do about the fact that he has this incoming congressman and these incoming issues coming with him to congress and mccarthy refused to
my next guest has been breaking barriers his whole life. the youngest comedian to appear on the tonight show. the first african american to own a 24-hour news network. byron allen s story of how he went from comic to media mogul is fascinating, and that s where our conversation begins. let s start in 1979. yeah. you re 18 years old. you re still in high school, and this is what you re up to. i m on a team with my best friend. my best friend is half black, half jewish. abdullah steinberg, buys afro sheen wholesale.