President ial election. Here is President Trump and his director of National Intelligence, john ratcliffe. Secretary pompeo said that he has strong evidence that it did come from the virology lab. Weve been reporting this every sunday by the way from early on. You also said that you saw evidence. Can you tell us anything about the intelligence . No, no, but we have a lot of information, and its not good but you know the worst of all whether it came from the lab or came from the bats, it all came from china, and they should have stopped it. They could have stopped it at that source. I call it the source. Right there. Maria they made a decision to allow it to escape its borders. President trump i dont know if they made the decision but it got out of control. I think more likely it got out of control. They intentionally and deliberately downplayed it in their country, pressured World Health Organizations and allowed it to spread to the rest of the world, and that didnt just have the affec
Wildfire. Violent carjackings surge across parts of the country. Is it a side effect of the pandemic . Police departments across the country are struggling to deal with this violence. Diaz and later, a mysterious lenolith delights San Francisco, this one made of gingerbread. Will the big Cookie Crumble . This is the cbs weekend news this is the cbs weekend news from chicago. Heres adriana diaz. Diaz good evening. There is breaking news from nashville. Tonight the authorities named the bomber behind the violent Christmas Day blast in the citys downtown. He is identified as 63yearold anthony warner. Cbss mola lenghi is in nashville with the fastbreaking developments. Mola, good evening. Reporter adriana, investigators say they were able to match d. N. A. Samples obtained from the blast scene with examples from warners property. Cbs news learned they also matched the samples with d. N. A. They gathered from warners mother. Now, as far as a motive goes, Authorities Say they are still looki
This despite having shown little interest in the bill at all until after it passed congress. As a consequence, jobless benefits are now expiring for millions of americans. People like megan mayer a single mother in lincoln, nebraska with two teenagers to feed. I go to a Discount Grocery store and spend maybe 50 for the week for three people. Its been a really rough time and adjustment for my kids. Ive just been trying to plug through it and get through it the best that we can and just been holding on for Something Better to come my way with help from the government. Now she has to hold on longer. And it is a fact. This is because, a direct result of President Trump and his 13th hour games. Many will lose out on one weeks worth of payments because of his actions and will never get the money back. Some may have to reapply for benefits and that takes time and has overwhelmed state systems. If the president truly wanted to help people, not just the unemployed who are counting on the cares
Hello, everyone. Happy tuesday now. The new round of stimulus checks is set to go out this week for millions of americans. This after u. S. President donald trump took a break from playing golf at his club over the weekend, as you can see there, to sign the bipartisan relief bill from congress. Mr. Trump was back on the golf course by monday. While he was practicing his swing, the democratcontrolled house of representatives passed a measure to increase stimulus checks from 600 to 2,000. The house also voted to override the president s veto of a sweeping defense spending bill. Now both the stimulus as well as the defense bills now head to the republicanled senate, and thats putting the party in a tough spot with the president. Cnns Phil Mattingly explains now from capitol hill. Reporter well, it was just two votes on the house floor, but it was also two specific demonstrations of where donald trump sits right now in the republican party. Now you dont obviously want to read too much into
Massive stimulus deal after days of signaling he might not. But the delay means a lapse in benefits for many jobless americans. The president s final strategy is clear, create chaos as his time in the white house runs out. Also running out, 2020. But as we close out december, a tragic fact. This has been the deadliest month in this pandemic so far. And sunday was the highest day for air travel. Now Health Officials are bracing for case numbers to surge again. So lets start in washington, john harwood joins me now. John, the president is still pushing for a vote that increases checks to 2,000, repeals section 230 and start an investigation into voter fraud. Is this just falling on deaf ears at this point now that the bill is signed . Reporter just keeping it real here, what the president is actually pushing is the go button on his golf cart in florida. What he has written down on this piece of paper and issued in his signing statement are things he says he is pushing. What are those thi