Be meeting with bar owners in the coming days to see how they can actually safely reopen in the state. While cases are rising across the country, millions of americans are also hurting economically. This week a 600 weekly unemployment benefit, one that some 20plus million americans are depending on, is set to expire. The white house said a new stimulus bill is being finalizeds, delivered to Congress Tomorrow and Mitch Mcconnell says it could be weeking before its ready for the president s signature, having to pass the senate and house as we know. Differences between democrats and republicans continue. Straight to florida to begin our coverage kniss hour. Police there cracking down on people not Wearing Masks in public as cases are continuing to rise dramatically. Randi kaye is in palm beach county. Rainl randi, set the scene. Whats the latest where you are . Reporter wolf, another 9,252 cases, 77 deaths and more than 5,800 floridians are dead. Look at the scene behind me, plenty of peo
Has killed more than 278,000 people in this country. It cannot always relate to the numbers and statistics that we report day in and day out. To them, its about the individual people for whom they care, living, breathing, human beings having their lives extinguished by something we didnt even know about one year ago. Those workers are pleading with their fellow citizens. Stay vigilant. Do not let your guard down. I can tell you theres a lot of people suffering and its not just about dying. Those numbers are the people that are dead. There are countless more that will have lifelong disabilities from this. Not just physical or mental but also financial and theres a lot of Us Health Care workers that will never forget the things that weve had to see and do, and i just ask that you try to think beyond yourself and beyond those numbers and really think about the lives and what you can do to make sure youre not the next number, youre not the next life that we put in a body bag. While the out
Coronavirus variant. The white house this morning discussing requiring travelers from the United Kingdom to present proof of a negative coronavirus test before arriving in the United States. Dozens of other countries have banned or restricted travel from the uk. This is what dr. It Anthony Fauci said about this just moments ago. Travel bans are really rather draconian things to do. Thats not really in the cards right now, but i wouldnt be surprised if the requirement of testing is something that is being actively considered right now. This morning hospitals are overwhelmed in the United States. More than 150,000 people now hospitalized, that is a record high. Meantime, there is growing anxiety at the pentagon over what President Trump will do next as he continues his push to overturn the election. Attorney Sidney Powell who of course was dumped from trumps legal team after pushing conspiracy theories, one after another, is spotted at the white house again on monday. If you are keeping
It is already here. Fauci also is set to receive his first dose of the vaccine in just about an hour from now. So you will see that live on camera. This comes, though, again, with devastating news in terms of the cases rising across the country. 190,000 new covid infections yesterday alone and nearly 1,700 people in this country died yesterday from covid. This just days before christmas where icus like this one in california are still at a breaking month. And in washington just days before millions of americans were set to lose key benefits, congress has finally acted on a relief bill set to be signed by the president. But we do begin this hour with more on this covid variant. We have team coverage, Fred Pleitgen is in moscow. First lets begin with our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. Walk us through the latest. What have we learned about this since yesterday . Good morning, poppy. This is moving so quickly. Lets get sort of a grip on what we know who far about this varian
Raises for soldiers, provisions for cyber security. A version of the bill has become law for 59 years. In this letter to congress, President Trump claimed it is a, quote, gift to china and russia. And it is just the latest in a series of chaotic moves by President Trump as he approaches the end of his presidency. Plus, any moment President Trump could leave for maralago. Though the president right now is so unpredictable, it is possible the trip could be cancelled. We will have to wait and see. The president specifically mentioned in this letter to congress that he doesnt like that bill included requiring the renaming of bases. Writing i have been clear in my opposition to politically motivated attempts like this to wash away history. I want to bring in cnns phil mattingly. Phil, this was a sweeping defense bill that overwhelmingly passed the senate and the house. What happens now . Lets contextualize first what this is. You know it quite well. This is the policy authorizing bill that