Hello, everyone. Im alicia menendez. Breaking news tonight. Investigators searching the home of a tennessee man in connection with the Christmas Day bombing in nashville. Also breaking tonight, two pandemic unemployment programs expiring in just hours. Will President Trump sign the relief bill that would help millions . Also tonight, Coronavirus Crisis in california. The governor says the state is preparing for a surge on top of a surge as many refuse to follow stayathome orders over the holidays. Well bring you the latest live from the golden state. This is american voices. Tonight millions of americans will lose critical Unemployment Benefits if President Trump does not sign congress 900 billion covid relief package before midnight. Trump is calling for congress to increase the stimulus checks to 2,000, a figure members of his own party are not on board with. And he is doing nothing to help negotiate a new agreement. All this comes as a Government Shutdown looms on monday. Lets bring
Jillian chad program has been at the capital all day and all night and joins us now, you have a lot of breaking news to get to. Reporter we have a new president elect, it is official, congress certified the electoral college, the final result 306 electoral votes for joe biden, 232 for donald trump. Lets listen to amy klobuchar, top democrat on the Senate Administration committee on the days during the counting of the electoral votes. The report we make is joe biden and Kamala Harris will be the president and Vice President according to the ballots that have been given to us. [applause] reporter this was one of the most ignominious days in us history, the certification of the electoral votes but you had this utter chaos at the capital as marauders broke through capital security, got into the senate chamber, there was an armed standoff inHouse Chamber as they tried to protect members. It was dramatic during one of the most important constitutional processes in american democracy and the
Governments slow response to deal with and prepare for the worst Global Pandemic in probably 100 years. Dr. Fauchi said earlier this week the lag in testing was , i fact a failing. Do you take responsibility for that . No, i dont take responsibility at all because we were given a set of circumstances, and we were given rules, regulations and specifications from a different time. You said that you dont take responsibility but you did disband the White House Pandemic Office and officials that were working in that office left this administration abruptly. So what responsibility do you take to that and the officials that work in that office said that the white house lost valuable time because that office was disbanded. What do you make of that . Well, i just think its a nasty question because what weve done is and tony had said numerous times that we saved thousands of lives because of the quick closing and when you say me, i didnt do it. Point of fact he did do it. His white house did it.
Tested and tests not available in most parts of the country. When will we know how bad it really is . I would think within a week we will start seeing a real acceleration of testing. As we go two, three more weeks, it will be much, much more. So i think were going to see a much different situation than we saw just a few weeks ago. And close contact, the canadian Prime Minister in isolation after his wife tests positive, and Canadas Parliament shuts down. The president of the brazil said he tested negative after a top aide who was with him and President Trump last week in maralago was found to have the virus. Should President Trump now be tested also . Generally speaking, if i was standing next to someone who had been diagnosed with coronavirus, should i isolate myself and find a test as well. Yes. That goes for the president likely in theory at least or leave it to his doctor. I will leave it to his physician, who is a very good physician. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in wash
A National Emergency. The first healthrelated emergency since 2009. The declaration is coming as the death toll in the u. S. Stands at 41. The number of confirmed or presumptive cases around the country has surpassed 1600. In a spush uburb of new york cie governor announced starting today there will be drive through testing for the virus. A number of state legislatures are suspended. Others have already finished their sessions. Canadas parliament is suspended after the prooipss wife tested positive. The Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is quarantined. Many pro sports are delayed or cancelled. Ncaa march madness is cancelled. No division one mens or womens tournaments. Public schools are closing in maryland, michigan, new mexico, oregon, washington d. C. , l. A. , and san diego. The disney and universal theme parks in florida and california are closing. Universal is a corporate cousin of msnbc, and the Mormon Church is cancelling churches worldwide. The bicentennial of the churchs founding