This. Good to see you this afternoon. Thank you for joining us on this. There is a solution sitting on the president s desk as we speak. Any idea if hes going to sign it . Reporter well, its absolutely on his desk as we speak. After finishing the enrollment process, that bill was actually flown here to south florida, yasmin, so the president could either sign it or veto it, but theres actually less optimism today than there was even just a day ago. The way this has played out the past few days, both sides had been urging the president to drop the threat, simply sign the piece of legislation that his own negotiators had agreed to with members of congress. The president has been silent on this for several days following that initial threat he made in that twitter video before he flew here to enjoy the maralago vacation. Today he is doubling town on twitter once again talking about the need to, in his view, have the 200,000 checks that his own negotiators agreed to. The president appears
This is cnn breaking news. Youre in the cnn newsroom. Im dana bash in washington. Breaking news out of nashville this hour where authorities now believe yesterdays explosion was the likely result of a suicide bombing. Thats according to two Law Enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the investigation. The blast which happened in the early hours of Christmas Morning shook the city, damaged dozens of buildings and injured at least three people. And now video obtained by cnn appears to show the same rv at the center of the explosion in downtown nashville previously parked outside this home in antioch, tennessee. Cnn crime and justice correspondent Shimon Prokupecz is on the scene for us in nashville and shimon, the fact that this may have been a suicide bombing, how has that changed the investigation . Reporter well, for one thing its done, theres no manhunt. Theres no one to search for in connection with the bombing and at least the threat has been minimized and weve heard that fro
Distributed onethird of the vaccine its received as of friday, and some hospitals are trying to overcome the logistical challenges of administering it. They are trying to get as many Frontline Health care workers vaccinated. Were now reaching out to clinics outside the hospital to get those folks vaccinated and working with local health departments, the next level, the people over 75. New york is overperforming on the vaccination front. Friday figures showed 32 of new yorks allotted vaccine doses have already been given. That is well above the National Average 263 shots administered. But the treel crisis real cris west. One state official warned that california is on the brink of contrary. Thus new years eve crowd gathered. Its so disheartening to see some of these people that feel overprivileged having parties when so many people are struggling. I want to take a moment to thank who i consider the Unsung Heroes of this pandemic. And these are the average americans who have sacrificed t
More than 333,000 americans have died. 63,000 of americans died this month alone, making december the deadliest month yet. And more than 118,000 americans are spending their holidays in hospital beds suffering from covid19. Thats according to the covid tracking project. And now states are preparing for what could be the worst surge in new case this is country has ever seen. And that is thanks to the millions of americans who decided to travel for christmas. Lets start with the latest on President Trump signing into law that muchneeded 2 million Coronavirus Relief package. Leann is on the hill for us. Monica alba is in florida where the president is staying. Well start with leann. Bottom line, that big question, when can folks expect that check in the mail or a deposit in their account . That is the big question. Lets back up a little bit. At the beginning of last week, treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin said checks would be in peoples Bank Accounts this week. That was before the presiden
Gorgeous. Gorgeous. Cheers. You know what . That felt good. That felt eh. For real . Are you kidding . Cheers, everybody. Cheers, everybody at home. Happy new year, guys. Thank you so much. Have a great new year. Thanks, fifty. Come by the clubhouse, soon. I didnt want to explode in front of 50 cent. Oh. I was trying to seem cool in front of him. Yeah. By the way, that is the tip of the iceberg of what happened last year, because last year really was it was nice and balmy out. I just want to say. Lovely. Like, the 50s or something. We were very happy. Do you already have disgusting shots lined up, for this year . For this year . Yeah. Yeah. Tequila. Lot of tequila. Last year, we did i believe a yag yagermaiester shot. I dont want to do that again. And were doing it from times square. We are going to see what times square is like and were going to we are going to turn this around. Well, were just saying goodbye, you know, good riddance. Exactly. Yes. Lot of folks are ready for that. Wel