Jackie deangelis are both in new york. Speaking in new york laura engle is on Staten Island where a local Business Owner continues to defy shutdown orders. Well get to that. Start with you, blake, new developments on covid relief. What is the latest . Reporter i believe Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is on the senate floor or headed there. If we have the video and take it connell that would be fantastic. If not literally it is happening as we speak. We of course wait to see what eventually come of this. Live look on senate floor, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. Just got there. So were still trying to see exactly what he says Going Forward on a pathway potential covid relief bill. We do know, connell that tomorrow the Bipartisan Group of lawmakers put forth this 908 billiondollar plan will actually release their legislative text. That should have an impact on how washington views that proposal. The president s top Economic Advisor larry kudlow was asked about it earlier today. Whether or not President Trump would support that possibility. Listen. I stress its not the aggregate number so much as it is the specific policies would be discussed and proposed. So i would say there is a likelihood he would sign it. He has indicated he has not endorsed that but he has indicated as i said before, before election and now, he has indicated a willingness to provide additional assistance. Reporter want to show you what steny hoyer, who is the number two House Democrat said today, connell a it relates to a possible Government Spending deal. Remember that has to get hashed out by the end of the week. He said quote im disappointed we have not yet reached agreement on government funding, the house will vote on one week continuing resolution keeping everything flat line while negotiations continue. Back to mcconnell on the floor. He said, connell, the very same thing they will take up the Government Spending deal so that essentially they have another week to go forward and hash out a covid relief deal. Bottom line, covid relief still negotiating. Government spending deal going to get kicked another week, so potentially they marry these two things together a lot going on. Probably will be that way until december 18th, connell. Connell blake burman with breaking news from washington. Well take it up with republican senator bill cassidy in a few minutes. He is one of those pushing the bipartisan 908 billiondollar covid bill. He is joining us moments from now. Looks like they have another week to work on it. To the virus with Top Health Officials warning that the worse could be yet to come. The u. S. Reporting one million new covid cases. It is the first time that weve seen that. For perspective it took almost 100 days for us to hit a million infections after the first cases were confirmed back in january. You look at hospitalizations there too, at and alltime high. Intensive care units are under increasing pressure with number of patients in icus topping 20,000. That is the first time that has happened. These are all terrible numbers. Total forcing new restrictions to be put in place for americans across the country, more recently for tens of millions out in california. The economic toll from all of this is starting to build. Jackie deangelis is following that part of the story in the newsroom today. Reporter good afternoon, connell. In california as you mentioned 33 Million People under new restrictions. In Southern California and san joaquin valley. Lockdowns put in place because the capacity you mentioned at the icus, it is really low, 12. 5 . So were talking stay at home orders. Restrictions for people and businesses for up to three weeks. Things like hair salons will close. Personal care, playgrounds, on sight dining, even outdoor will be shuttered. Library i ares, museums, zoos, aquariums are closed. Gyms outdoor. Places of worship can dot outdoor. Neil cavuto did interview with Angela Marsden owner of the pineapple saloon and grill in los angeles. She is beyond frustrated. I continue to say to mayor garcetti, please call me in, i will sit down and talk with you. I will bring people from our industry. Well come up with a workable solutions. Small Business Owners we care so much about our community and our people. Were willing to do whatever it takes to keep them safe. But if were not here when you come out of your door you know in two months, the community is going to be destroyed. Reporter thats the concern of course here in new york city. Were watching things too. Connell, Governor Cuomo says if the hospital saying rate doesnt decline in five days he will shut down Indoor Dining. This as new york city opened its Public Schools today after closing them when we hit at that 3 threshold. A lot of questions damage going to be inflicted on the economy right now. After back to you. Connell the health said to you. To your point the economic side. A lot of people to handle. Jackie, thank you. Emotions running high on streets of Staten Island in new york. After the owner of a local bar was arrested. Ran over a sheriffs deputy in his car. This story is symbol of clashes around the country between the local authorities and small Business Owners. Foxs laura engle reporting live this afternoon from Staten Island. Laura. Reporter we want to tell you moments ago as actually you were coming to us we did get some video released to us from the attorney of the coowner of this bar showing the incident in question. Now it is right now alleged that he, danny presti, the cokohner did hit a new york sheriffs deputy with his car. The attorney of course tells a different side of the story saying that these guys that approached the coowner did not identify themselves. He actually thought he might have been getting robbed which is why he was trying to get away in his vehicle. Nonetheless that video is going to be viewed here shortly and you know, it is going to be looked at by law enforcement. On to the matter of the business, whats happening here. This bar now will be closed. It was closed officially by a local officials and by state officials last week saying you cannot operate, you cannot serve people indoors but after everything that happened over this weekend with this incident with the sheriffs deputy the bar owner and attorney said, you know what . We are going to go ahead to shut things down. We need to get our legal ducks in order to move forward to decide how to get this bar open safely. After the bar was ordered closed last week the new york sheriffs deputies also found customers inside over the weekend. That is what led up to this weekends incident with the coowner. The new york sheriffs deputies say, that after he left and was confronted with the deputies, he actually hit him, the deputy, got the deputy on top of the hood of the car. Now the deputies are saying that the guys legs were broken, fractured, some kind of injury. The attorney for danny press at presti saying that is not true. It was presented to us we can only hurt his ankle. I can assure people he did not break his legs. I tell you why. Mr. Presti was released with no bail. If he ran after, ran over a sheriffs deputy they would asked for half a Million Dollars in bail. Reporter this is the second arrest for presti under a week. Sunday mornings incident resulting in 10 charges, some of them felonies which could get him 18 years in prison if convicted. The bar is sight of a large protest last week a huge crowd gathered to denounce prestis original arrest. That this bar and other Small Businesses be allowed to operate. Andrew cuomo said he understands the frustration but the steak has to take measures in covid hot spots. Staten island has gone from the lowest death rate in the city to the highest death rate in the city. So all these local officials who are saying thats right, we dont have to do any of this, forget this. Dont comply, freedom. Yeah, freedom to die. Reporter there was supposed to be a march and protest here tonight but the attorney for the bar says well call that march off. We want to instead focus on the legal battle ahead, what they need to do to get this bar reopened. Back to you. Connell some story. Thank you, laura engle live on Staten Island. Reaction from the wall street journals dan henninger. Also a fox news contributor. Put that together with the woman out in california we heard from a few minutes ago as well and the covid numbers reported before that, its a collision course of sorts. Seems like were at, very close to some sort of a breaking point here, dan, what do you make of it all . Reporter looks like it, connell. Were at the breaking point where acts of civil disobedience are being routinely enacted as on Staten Island. We know that was happening elsewhere around california and places where the lockdowns have been the most severe. You know, i have so much sympathy with the woman in california representing the Business Owners, pleading with mayor garcetti to allow them to come in and work out a gameplan that would accommodate both the needs of Public Health and the needs of the economy but somehow whether it is mayor garcetti in los angeles, Governor Newsom in california, or andrew cuomo here in new york the default is always to punish these owners and their workers. They will not invite them in to work out a gameplan and so it is no surprise to me that there are only recourse is to actually refuse to obey. Youre seeing knit a major way in california with many of the county sheriffs out there saying would either not comply with Governor Newsoms orders or would simply allow people to comply with them voluntarily. Yeah, we are heading toward as crackup right now if these elected officials dont find a way to try to accommodate some of these Business Owners who are being destroyed by these policies. Connell in the middle of all this we have the debate whether we get more stimulus. Senator cassidy will join us to talk a few minutes. To go back live to the senate floor, senator mcconnell is speak. Not a great headline crossed moments ago. He said, senator mcconnell, he sees no reason to believe disagreements with democrats on covid relief will evaporate soon despite the recent signs of engagement. So you know, if you were thinking that covid relief bill in the next week might bridge the gap, bail us out of this im not so sure. Looked like we were making progress. That doesnt sound like it. What do you think ends up happening on the senate side of things . Well i think ultimately there probably will be a bill, though looks very difficult indeed. I do, getting to the point, connell, where i believe that some of the governors running the strictest lockdowns, such as Governor Newsom in california, cuomo in new york, as opposed to say Governor Desantis in that who has not been so strict, these governors, many of the democratic states are operating in the expectation that somehow the worse the better. Eventually they will simply force the senate to use federal money to bail out all of the problems that have been caused by the pandemic. That includes bailing out those blue states and somehow making whole people who have been damaged by their policies in those states but understand, you know, we have had data, i think you reported on it on your program coming out of harvard, upwards of 30 of Small Businesses in new york state and new jersey have already closed. 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Were the only bilby partisan in both in the senate can become bipartisan. Schumer and pelosi said they would adopt our approach. Biden came out for it. President trump said he would nine a 908 billiondollar bill. So weve begun to move. We dont want something that makes a point. We want something that can become law. I think were the only game in town in terms of something which could become law. Connell let me dig in, two, three major issues were told are possibly sticking points. Where are you guys, how is it going on Liability Protections for businesses . Is that going to make its way in there . Is there cooperation on the democratic side . Where does that stand as far as you know . A lot of back and fourth on on Liability Protections. At the beginning of the pandemic there were no regulations and first were told you dont need to wear a mask. Then were told to wear a mask. There werent enough masks but were not the right kind. We wore the mask whatever the mask was. You could catch people coming and going. Im told the process of establishing causation and safe harbor could bankrupt a business, particularly a small one. So were trying to find a way to address those kind of episodes which are egregious. Everybody could recognize were wrong. At the same time not allow it to be something a Trial Attorney could almost extort money out of somebody by the fear of the costly pretrial proceedings. So well see. We obviously have to, we have to figure that out. Were working hard to do so. Connell state and local aid is other one we heard so much about. Saw research earlier today that maybe the most dire predictions that we had back in the spring on state and local governments were things wouldnt be as bad as we thought and that means that the money you have in this bill i thi