Good morning to you. Im pamela brown. Jim and poppy are off this morning. And the clock winding down but the president ramping up the chaos in his final days at the white house, throwing the stimulus deal in doubt, asking for changes to the 900 billion covid relief bill already passed by congress. And negotiated by his own administration. What this means for millions of americans on the brink of financial crisis and how capitol hill is responding. And on the same night the president using his power to unleash a string of controversial pardons, including two for men who pleaded guilty in Robert Muellers investigation and military contractors involved in a deadly shooting of iraqi civilians. New this morning more vaccines are coming, the Administration Just announcing its buying an additional 100 million doses of Pfizer Vaccine as the nations daily death toll tops 3,000 for the fifth time this month. We are following all of the very latest. Lets begin at the white house with john harwood
Guilty as part of the mueller investigation, and four military contractors, convicted in connection to the massacre of iraqi civilians. Those contractors, part of the firm black water, which is run by eric prince, the brother of education secretary, betsey devos. Not a lot of swamp draining in that list. The president still ignoring the coronavirus, but its not going anywhere. More than 3,400 deaths reported on tuesday. Thats the second highest daily death toll since the start of the pandemic. And just ahead, were going to speak with the incoming director of the cdc. Lets start, though, with the fate of the stimulus bill. Our Phil Mattingly joins us now. And this news is so big and so confusing, phil, that we literally shook you out of bed for this morning, to answer what i think are very crucial questions. Look, there are millions of americans depending on this who want to know, what happens now, what the reaction on capitol hill is over this, and how we got here in the first place. Y
Good evening, everyone. Im kate bolduan in for erin burnett. People close to the president sounding the alarm, concerned about what they see as increasingly unhinged and delusional efforts to overturn the 2020 election. One senior republican close to the president telling our Jeremy Diamond tonight, quote, were watching a petulant child not getting his way throw a tantrum. The problem here is that tantrum could have Grave National security consequences for the country, something president elect joe biden called out today at his Yearend Press Conference saying he will handle the massive cyberattack against the u. S. Because donald trump has not. This assault happened on Donald Trumps watch, when he wasnt watching. Its still his responsibility as president to defend american interests for the next four weeks. Rest assured that even if he does not take it seriously, i will. It is a grave risk and it continues. I see no evidence that its under control. Ive seen none. Heard of none. Anxiety
Corona trying to breathe is to understand everything one needs to know about covid19. Shes pretty certain she got it from her daughter at a birthday party. Several other family members got it. Her 26yearold niece died. She says shes scared. Like everyone we spoke to, those who could speak, they all hope for one thing. To be home for christmas. Margaret evans says ten members of her family got covid19, she thinks at a birthday party. How tough is it to be away from family like this . Its hard. Its very, very, very hard. Reporter she has nine grandchildren shed really like to see. To see. Miguel marquez, cnn, houston. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com you are live in the cnn newsroom. Im amara walker in for ana cabrera. We start with the round of crucial Coronavirus Relief benefits that is set to expire by the end of today. If President Trump refuses to sign the covid relief bill just passed by congress. The 900 billion relief package would put 600 in the hands of many struggling america
Theyre not saying much in terms of the investigation. Theyre still going through everything, still trying to officially identify these human remains that they have found here on scene. That may take dna but what weve learned is that the rv has been the key piece of evidence, obviously, in all of this. The video, the photo of that, the fbi and police here put out of that rv led to several tips. In fact, one of the tips led fbi to another location here in nashville where they have been all day searching. They believe it is tied to this location and perhaps the person responsible. So the fbi there is on scene in this other location. So that rv, the video of the rv driving through downtown nashville is becoming a key piece of evidence here. The u. S. Attorney here spoke. He talked about how this investigation is taking place, calling it sort of like a puzzle and heres what he said. Its quite a challenge, having been up there seeing that scene. Its like a giant jigsaw puzzle created by a bo