christmas the night before christmas and all throughout the country, good luck for those trying to travel anywhere in the country. more than 11,000 flights cancelled or delayed in the u.s. just today. bad for travelers that can t get off the ground. bad even if you re not traveling because that package you re waiting for might not get to you. fed ex and ups say they are worried and close to 1.5 million americans are without power. fox on top of a country frozen in place with mike tobin in chicago where they re used to flight cancellations but nothing like this. madison alworth in newark, new jersey with a lot of travelers that have had it with this. max gordon in new york where major flooding worries are adding to all of this. fox weather meteorologist steve bender on just how long we re all going to have to deal with this. so forget about who will see a white christmas. the race is on for millions of americans who are having a devil of a time getting anywhere before christma
day 50 of the biden administration and exactly halfway through his first 100 days in office the president is marking two big accomplishments. today he secured a landmark bill for federal aid, and he announced that over 100 million more covid vaccines will soon be in the pipeline and then in arms across our country. this afternoon congress cleared biden s signature domestic packages, $1.9 trillion national relief package. this bill represents a historic, historic victory for the american people. the bill won final passage in the house of representatives on a straight party line vote, 220-211 with biden looking on from the executive mansion. there we go. [ applause ] the white house says the president plans to sign the legislation on friday. americans should know this aid they re about to get is from the democrats. that is not a political statement at all. only democrats voted for it. not a single republican in the house or the senate. this is the most consequential l
220-211 with biden looking on from the executive mansion. there we go. [ applause ] the white house says the president plans to sign the legislation on friday. americans should know this aid they re about to get is from the democrats. that is not a political statement at all. only democrats voted for it. not a single republican in the house or the senate. this is the most consequential legislation that many of us will ever be a party to. we said if we won those two seats in georgia we would get things done. mr. ossoff and mr. warnock told the citizens of georgia if they were elected, they would make sure that the actual promises made would be promises kept. this bill offers one of the largest infusions of federal aid since the great depression. in many ways it redraws our social safety net and thus has been described in terms of the new deal and the great society. it includes those $1,400 stimulus checks, extended unemployment benefits, funds for states and small bu
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