Jillian star quarterback, Patrick M Aholmes and tom brady going head to head, Fox And Friends First starts right now. But i love it todd a couple times. One, we are about to go into the weekend. Seconds. He is going to be the performer at Super Bowl Lv. Jillian ive not paid any attention to the Halftime Show in a while. I am wearing the colors. Todd cant put anything past me at 4 0 one. You are watching Fox And Friends First Kicking Off Super Bowl weekend. I will do that all morning. Jillian overnight votearama, and hours long session on a critical measure that could pave the way for President Bidens relief package. Todd Griff Jenkins live in washington with the breakdown of the marathon voting process. Reporter happy friday. Lets bring the live shot of the senate floor. What you are watching here is a time honored tradition of the Reconciliation Process where the Minority Party gives the Majority Party to indoor and this amendments, all my lawn, no end insight and put senators on the
santos is facing scrutiny after admitting he lied. and now federal prosecutors are getting involved. plus, more troubles for southwest airlines. the airline cancelled thousands of flights again today. also this morning, a new round of russian missile strikes targeting ukraine s energy grid, officials say it appears to be one of moscow s largest attacks to date. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, december 29th. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. congressman-elect george santos is now under investigation by law enforcement for the lies he told regarding his background and experience. an essex county district attorney who is a fellow republican called revelations about santos is nothing short of stunning, quote, if a crime is committed in this county, we will prosecute it. santos lied about his college or personal life that could land santos in hot water. dan coleman is calling for investigation into campaign fraud after a business that s
able to achieve without also acknowledging the cataclysmic situation american women find themselves in today. one that threatens to wipe away many of the advancements we re supposedly celebrating. let s start with the unemployment crisis. the latest jobs report reveals that overall unemployment rate ticked down slightly to 6.2%. that number doesn t tell the whole story. for example, since the pandemic hit, the retail sector has lost nearly 363,000 jobs, 98% of which belong to women. pandemic related job losses are hitting women of color especially hard. we talk about that a lot. compared to this time last year, total employment for white women is down just over 5%. for black and latino women, that rate is nearly double. a bunch of factors continue to contribute to the disproportional impact on women of color, including an overrepresentation in industries that have been hit hardest such as hospitality and leisure. in addition, the coronavirus crisis is forcing an impossible ch
Tonight, developing news on coronavirus in the u. S. In texas, the governor now saying the rate of increase is unacceptable. Florida tonight surpassing 100,000 cases. And president Trumps Campaign staff, two more members testing positive following his rally in tulsa. Coronavirus now spreading at an alarming rate across the u. S. More than 120,000 american lives lost. A dozen states reporting Record Numbers tonight. Hospital workers overwhelmed in california and arizona. Florida and that grim milestone. More than half of new cases are under 35. Tonight, miamis mayor Making Masks In Public mandatory. Arizona setting up tents to handle the overflow of patients. And in texas, the governor now urging everyone to wear a mask. Meantime, after the president s rally in tulsa, those two additional members of
his advance team testing positive. At least eight Campaign Staffers now infected. And President Trump is questioned about what he said at the rally, telling supporters he wanted a slowdown i
deaths week over week, mid-january onwards. covid cases and hospitalizations i think the worst unfortunately is ahead of us for the winter. flu and rsv have plateaued at the very high level. going, piggybacking off that video intro that we saw about children s hospitals being overwhelmed in terms of their infrastructure, do you have similar concerns, with shortages in nursing in this country, especially as you say, heading into the surge in covid cases for the winter? you know, sam, i m in an icu in seattle. most of the nurses i work with here in the icu are traveling nurses. it s proved that the nursing field, such as ic nurses, pediatric or adult, there s always been a chronic shortage. covid has really shined a light on that. we had about a 20% nursing shortage. it s gotten worse and going to continue to get worse. to your point, where are we