Hes responding in a new interview this morning. And also new this morning, calls for a criminal investigation into the post master general, ahead of that emergency hearing one week from today where hes being asked to testify. Well talk to one democrat who would question louis dejoy in a minute. Im hallie jackson. It is great to be back with you on this busy monday morning from washington. Along with Nbcs Leigh Ann Caldwell on capitol hill and Peter Alexander at the white house. Leigh ann, talk through the next steps we expect to see over the coming days, nancy pelosi saying, house, you need to get back here because we have to deal with what is becoming a Postal Service crisis. Welcome back. Were so happy to have you back. Getting back to business, yes, house democrats, Senate Democrats are really starting to put a lot of pressure on the Postal Service and thats evident in a lot of actions over the last 24 hours. We heard from Speaker Pelosi who told her members they are going to come b
Breaking news. A major milestone in the race for a vaccine with pfizer announcing its ready for the big step. Fda emergency use approval for the vaccine the company says is 95 effective. That good news coupled with grim news about the spread of the virus and the new warning from the president elects team about possible delays in getting that vaccine into the hands of americans if the transition standoff drags on. You very likely can. We need to sit down immediately. Plus capitol hill erupting over what looks like a revenge firing by President Trump cutting loose his top election Cyber Security official. Many defending chris krebs who debunked false election plans. Some experts say its an opportunity for bad cyber actors to make their own moves. Republicans in one michigan county blocking approval before backtracking. All of this as President Trump refuses to take questions from reporters for more than two weeks. The longest stretch of his entire presidency, his relative silence perhaps
President elect Kamala Harris will Campaign Later today. Good afternoon, peter. Reporter there are several dozen cars lining up ahead of a visit by Kamala Harris, the Vice President elect is heading to georgia on behalf of both the democrats, Raphael Warnock and jon ossoff, and those are both candidates whose closing arguments have been heavily critical of Kelly Loeffler who they accuse of selling stocks based on inside information. She got busy making sure that she protected her own wealth. Shes the wealthiest member of congress. She dumped 3 million worth of stock, meanwhile, telling you there was nothing to worry about. Reporter we had a sound bite there, sorry about that, im not sure what happened. Basically, Raphael Warnock and jon ossoff are accusing Kelly Loeffler of getting information in congress about covid19 and then selling stocks, that is something that she denies, something that the Senate Ethics Committee Looked at as well, and she was cleared of any charges of wrongdoin
Challenge win is gaining steam, some calling for a commission to conduct an emergency 10 day audit of the results, this after missouri senator josh holly and 140 House Republicans said they plan to challenge wednesdays electoral certification. We have live Fox News Team coverage. Mark meredith in washington. First, we go to Congressional Correspondent chad pergram. Lets start with the senate. What happens there . Reporter the senate comes into session. The senate is a continuing body, Vice President mike pence is president of the senate and he is presiding and he will swear in 32 new senators. I say 32 new senators because you have twothirds of the senate, their terms continue, onethird of the senate has to be sworn in to start the new congress. Among them, Mitch Mcconnell, the Senate Majority leader. We will also have new faces like cynthia lumus, republican from way onlying wyoming. Also tommy tubberville, they have to be signed in today. There is one vacancy. Kelly loeffler, she con
Democrats expressed angerer. They claimed the Capitol Police forced them to move into the goage but the acting police chief is pushing back. Its time to send them to the parking garage. First you vet my troops and now you are going to treat them like second class citizens. Bring them home. John he will join us in a moment with his reaction. We begin with Jacqui Heinrich live on capitol. Good afternoon. Members of both parties are outraged. Its still not clear who is to blame. Capitol police denying they instructed the National Guard to vacate the complex when congress was in session. The National Guard told fox the order came from Capitol Police and a defense official confirmed it. Troops were resting in the thurgood garage sleeping against concrete pillars in 40 degrees weather. There was a single restroom with 2 stalls for 5,000 troops. Lawmakers sounded off immediately. Tweeting unreal. I cant believe they would be ordered to vacate the building. I want answers asap. They can use my