Jasper, boone, story and marshall. Travel is not advised on i80 east between mitchellville and grinnell. Kccis Laura Terrell starts our team 8 coverage from along i80. Laura a snow covered interstate. Is leaving several cars scattered in the ditch along i 80 east, like this fed ex truck near mitchellville. Things were going too slow and i just didnt want to cause an accident or be in an accident. Laura truck driver jacob benson decided to just park it for the night. I parked here just for my personal safety. I found a place where i could park so i figured i would stop for the night. Laura Michael Morton and his family are only stopping for a quick rest stop break on their trip from sioux city to ohio. Weve seen six semis jackknifed. Weve seen two of them tipped over. Weve seen about four or five cars in the banks. Laura even though travel is not advised theyve decided to keep going just at a slower pace. We are doing about 40. And then with the truckers around, we drop down to about 30
Appreciate you spending it with us. Lets begin here, democrats are expected to try stimulus checks to 2,000 but republicans arent likely to play ball, some pork is stripped from the bill. Reporter doug luzader joins us with the latest. We dont think this is going to get very far today, democrats trying to put republicans in something of an awkward spot but nancy pelosi is going to put forward Donald Trumps ind he outlined in a twitter address earlier this week to bump up covid19 relief payments to 2,000 as he real against this covid19 package that passed congress. It really is a disgrace. It is called the covid19 relief bill but it has almost nothing to do with covid19. I asked congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low 600 to 2,000 or 4,000 per couple. Todd nancy pelosi said great. House democrats will increase the measure to bump checks to 2,000 each for most americans and in the letters of our House Democrats pelosi rights if the president truly wants to join us h
Didnt have trouble getting on the naughty list. Lisa when was the turning point to the nice list . Griff once coal stopped come in my stocking and presents under the tree wow, i turned over a new leaf. Todd we are definitely nice here this morning. We have so much for you. If you are just waking up after a long night. We have paula deen. We have amazing music and amazing food. Lisa you get to see todd and us try to damages with the rockettes. Todd can you go make some coffee,. Lisa if you need a bathroom break, please take it then. Todd it present pretty. Lisa im not the best dancer. Griff we have a test. If you are waking up and going down to the tree pinnacle moment. Take pictures and send them in to us at friends foxnews. Com. We want to share your Christmas Morning. Lisa or videos. Videos are better than pictures. We would love to share them with everyone else. Todd drone video would be the next level. Lisa i mean that would be great. I feel like you are taking it up and raising th
Reelection, a looming battle over gun control, growing fears about domestic terrorism, and the like, the president , eager to avoid all of those topics today chose russia and chose today to signal new support for russia and Vladimir Putin. Trump renewed his call for russia to be welcomed back into what is known as g7 the leading nations due to meet this weekend in france. The United States, canada, united kingdom, france, italy, germany, and japan are all members. Russia was suspended from the group when it was known as g8 when they invaded the crimea portion of ukraine. Trump said it is time to let russia back in while taking a not so veiled swipe at his predecessor. Ive gone to numerous g7 meetings and i guess president obama because putin out smarted him thought it wasnt a good thing to have russia in so he wanted russia out. But i think its much more appropriate to have russia in. It should be the g8 because a lot of the things we talk about have to do with russia. So i could certa
Get safe water to its citizens so they have to line up for it and carry it home, all of it as the 11th hour gets under way on a tuesday night. Good evening once again. From our nbc news headquarters here in new york, day 943 of the Trump Administration. And in the midst of an economic slowdown that could threaten his reelection, a looming battle over gun control, growing fears about domestic terrorism and the like, the president , eager to avoid all of those topics today chose russia and chose today to signal new support for russia and Vladimir Putin. Trump renewed his call for russia to be welcomed back into what is now known as g7, the group of leading industrialized nations due to meet this weekend in france. The United States, canada, united kingdom, france, italy, germany, and japan are all members. Russia was suspended from the group when it was known as g8 when they invaded the crimea portion of ukraine. Today trump said its time to let russia back in while also taking a not so