Democrats worry about calls to completely defund the police. Good thursday morning everyone, im sandra smith. Hello john. Good morning sandra and good morning to you, im jon scott. The Presumptive Democratic nominee has said before that he does not believe in defending the police. Surplus for Law Enforcement, they dont need that. The last thing you need is an up armored humvee coming into a neighborhood like the military invading. They dont know anybody. We agreed that we can redirect some of the funding . Yes, absolutely. Meanwhile Bernie Sanders is saying biden could be the most progressive president since fdr. As a task force set up by two former rivals released a sweeping set of recommendations. Biden will unveil his economic plan later today. Good morning. That might be kind of surprising compared to the biden and sanders supporters who released a 110 page document detailing the ways that biden and sanders supporters could merge their two philosophies because in 110 pages, the wor
Im jon scott. Saying he cant wait for them to meet on the debate stage of this after the former vp unveiled a 700 billion economic plan that critics say look a lot like President Trumps in America First sandra pulling no punches telling sean hannity that biden has been brainwashed by the far left. You look at the deal they made and its all crazy radical left stuff and joe will never be able to fight it even if he disagreed with which i dont think he does. This expression was used badly a long time ago in politics, i think they brainwashed him. He doesnt know where he is or what hes doing and our country will suffer, our stock markets will crash, bad things will happen, they will defund the police, they will abolish the police, may be a backlash or maybe it will go to like venezuela. Sandra Kristin Fisher is live at the white house with more on that. Good morning. Good morning. Republicans have been really pushing President Trump to detail his second term agenda ever since he didnt real
Nursing home residents and then some combination of healthcare workers and those of high risk for a poor outcome. The centers for Disease Control is urging people to stay home but not many people heed pg those warnings. Sandra the u. S. Now seeing 2 million new cases over just the last two weeks. New york city adding checkpoints at bridges to enforce quaur an teens. Los angeles banning Outdoor Dining starting tonight where the mayor is calling on residents to cancel all nonessential travel. David lee miller is following this from new york city for us. David lee, the u. S. Hitting more grim milestones. Indeed. Sobering statistic to start things off. The death rate continues to rise. It is now the highest it has been in the u. S. Since may. On tuesday alone more than 2100 people lost their life to the virus. At least 10 states have now set a Record Number of deaths. Here in new york city which was once the epicenter of the pandemic, officials are trying to control its spread. The day aft
Struggling. While Chuck Schumer says the president needs to turn up the pressure on his fellow republicans. Its up to the senate. Every Senate Democrat is for it. Unfortunately we dont have the republicans on board. Today im telling donald trump, dont just talk about it, act these Senate Republicans have followed you through thick and thin, get them to act and support the 2,000 check. Sandra rich edson is live in west palm beach, florida, where the president is spending the holidays. The president has leaned on skeptical republicans here, whats the next move . Good morning, the president is upending congressional politics by trying to triple the amount of those direct payments. In that boat yesterday in the house the democrats voted to 312 to increase the direct payments, 44 republicans join them. When Congress Passed the 900 million bill, leadership said the size was appropriate and that they would consider more later if it were necessary. There is a significant opposition among repub
Carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosis lectern. A retired pennsylvania firefighter accused of throwing a fire extinguisher that hit Police Officers. One man parading the Confederate Flag inside the halls of congress and the qanon person for his face paint and hornd hat sandra security ramping up in d. C. 20,000 National Guard troops deployed to the Nations Capital as washington goes on lockdown. Jennifer griffin is live on capitol hill for us. How seriously are they taking these threats ahead of Inauguration Day . Good morning. Good morning, sandra. They are taking them very seriously and the online chatter the f. B. I. Director referenced has been flying around the internet since before that angry mob stormed the capitol behind me on january 6. What has National Security officials and secret service and others very concerned here in the capital is that there have been open calls to bring weapons to washington, d. C. And to state capitals for an armed protest this sunday at noon. The fly