Protection program is open again, giving Small Businesses a renewed lifeline. But today we are watching the house voting on sending 2,000 checks to americans and override the veto of the defense spending bill, all of this comes as the United States is entering a pandemic. Consider this data point as well. Nearly 1. 3 million americans pass through airports on sunday. Thats the highest level for air travel since the whole pandemic began. Well have more on science and data in a couple of minutes. First, lets go to kaitlan collins, live from west palm beach, florida. Kaitlan, is there a strategy to the president s decision to sign the stimulus . Reporter i think if there is, brooke, even the president s own staff doesnt know what it is because when we were talking to white house officials yesterday as the president tweeted, good news is coming, that was the tweet a few hours before he did finally sign this deal, white house officials werent sure what he was going to do. A lot of it had to do with not being confident in him saying it because of what happened last week. He released a video that a lot of staff didnt know he made, threatening to derail the bill after his treasury secretary was negotiating it with democrats. Mark meadows playing a role also in all of that. I think theres a lot of question what the president gained if anything from this. A lot of people, including his own allies, saying he only made things worse by doing this. He didnt get 2,000 checks he wanted. Senior white house official pointed out, if he wanted to look like he was fighting the 2,000, he could have been involved in negotiations earlier which he was not, he was absent from those. He didnt put up much of a fight. A few days where the president wanted the 2,000 checks, then relented, signed the bill as it was with a 600 check last night. The only thing happened from that, theres a lapse in the two government unemployment programs which means theres a lapse and delay in benefits for millions of americans. So if it was the president trying to accomplish something or look like he was fighting for the American People, they dont seem to have gotten that message from what he did the last several days of the crisis of his own making. Kaitlan collins from florida. For more, melanie. I want to read this to you. Quote, what a bizarre, embarrassing episode for the president. On what concessions he got, zip, zero, sil much, if he was going to give up this easy, he should have kept quiet, signed the bill. Do you have sources whether he decided to sign it after almost signing it Christmas Eve . Sources i talked to said Kevin Mccarthy and several other Top Republicans had been working all weekend to try to convince him to sign the bill, and he dug himself in a hole, finally climbed out last night. But theres tough consequences for the American People. Not only have benefits lapsed saturday which means a week of benefits might not get out to the American People, also the checks may not get out to the American People as quickly as they would have been. On top of that, there are political consequences for the gop. It is now Crystal Clear it was the gop standing in the way of the higher checks. Democrats wanted higher checks all along. Every single House Republican will be forced to go on record about where we stand on the issue. Essentially theyll be asked to go against the president or go against the millions of americans who are suffering and could have really used higher stimulus checks. Two of whom i am talking to later this hour, i am sure theyll have choice words for this congress and this president. I mentioned at the top of the show, a critical vote later today on the National Defense authorization act, overriding the president s veto. Which way do sources tell you the vote is leaning . Right now, everyone i talk to on the hill is confident that commerce is going to overturn the veto, both in the house and senate. And that would be a very big deal. Commerce has yet to do that under trumps four years. Also significant to see republicans that are finally willing to stand up to this president and rebuke him in such a dramatic way, brooke. It is important to understand that this is a bipartisan bill that passed annually the past 60 years, includes money for pay raise for the troops and theyre starting, some republicans are starting to look ahead to a post trump gop. No doubt, this is going to be a huge week on capitol hill. One of the final acts of the 116th congress. I think trumps loyalty is going to be put to the test. Speaking of members of congress, i am fascinated about the other piece you put out. You report on the republican push to form their own version of aocs squad. Remember to 2018, the women wave and Democratic Women were elected. In 2020, so Many Republican women were elected. Their names, congresswoman elect nicole talk us, carlos jimenez, victoria sparks make up the core of the group, they dubbed themselves the force. You say their message already has resonance on the hill. Whats their plan here . Yeah. So they saw the democratic squad led by alexandria ocasiocortez and saw all the success they had as freshman which as you know is not usual in washington to have any sort of influence as a freshman. Theyre trying to take a page from their play book, using social media, by trying to leverage the Grass Roots Energy that helped propel them to congress and their goal is not so much legislative and policy focused but more messaging focused. Theyre trying to hammer the left for supporting democratic socialist ideas and for pulling the party to the left and it could have a real effect. A lot of democrats are saying the reason they lost so many seats in november in the house is because of the gop antisocialist attacks. These new group of republicans are looking to use that as momentum going into the new year. The force. Thank you so much. Good to see you. Thank you. Want to turn our attention to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. As the u. S. Surpasses the grim milestone of 19 million cases, theres promising news. Today, drug maker novavax started phase three trials. The federal government paying up to 1. 6 billion in trial costs. Yes, while it trails behind other drug makers in Clinical Trials, experts say it will take more than one vaccine to end the pandemic. Senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen is with me now. Tell us about this vaccine candidate. This vaccine, it is exciting to have a fifth vaccine in phase three Clinical Trials from this company, novavax, was small, nobody expected much. This phase three trial like many predecessors has 30,000 participants. 25 over 65, 15 black and 10 to 20 latino. This one only requires refrigeration. It might be easier to get this to certain parts of the country than the other two already approved that require freezing to various degrees. Lets look at where this stands in the history of covid19 vaccines. Pfizer and moderna we know are already authorized by the fda. Astrazeneca and Johnson Johnson started theirs in august and september, those are in progress. Novavax started today. And san oef ee in phase one or two. Havent started phase three yet. I know the question on everyones mind, how long will it take them to do a phase three trial, unfortunately the fact that we have incredibly high rates of covid19 helps the trial move along at a more rapid clip, the more disease out there, the faster trials go. For pfizer and moderna, took three or four months to complete the trial. You can use that as a benchmark. Heard a phrase this morning, someone said it is not vaccines that save lives, it is vaccinations. Roughly 10 million doses of the vaccine have been delivered to states, official count says only 2 million actually administered. I want to play this. This is what a member of the White House Task force said about this today. The 2 million number is probably an underestimate. We distributed 10. 8 million doses. That 2 million number is delayed 3 to 7 days. 20 million doses will be distributed to states by the first week in january. Thats where we are. Probably another 30 million doses in january, another 50 million in february. So elizabeth, where do we stand on getting doses into peoples arms . Right, when people hear my goodness, look at all of the doses delivered, only a relatively small fraction have been put in peoples arms. I think federal officials shot themselves in the foot, no pun intended. They gave this expectation over and over again that we would have 20 Million People vaccinated by end of the year, which obviously is not going to happen. Likely not going to happen. It is one thing to deliver the product to the hospitals and Nursing Homes. It is another to get shots into arms. You dont just line people up and start to stab them, this is a process. It takes time. Hospitals, you have to stagger people. You dont want everyone having side effects, calling out of work the next day. Nursing homes, you have to get consent. That can be tough. This is not a quick and easy process, brooke. We are learning as they go. At least 2 million so far. Elizabeth, thank you so much. Still ahead, we will take you back to washington, as in Washington State to the nursing home that had one of the first covid outbreaks in the country. Today theyre receiving the first vaccine doses. 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Despite pleas from Public Health official toss stay home for the christmas holiday, air travel sets pandemic records. The tsa says sunday was the busiest day for air travel, 1. 3 million passengers screened. The increase in air travel stoking new fears of another jump in covid19 infections, similar to the spike reported following the travel records around thanksgiving. Adrian broadus is live at ohare. I see folks behind you. Why are people traveling. What are they telling you . Reporter hey, brooke, theyre traveling for a number of reasons. One family i spoke with said for them, it is essential. Theyre traveling to guatemala to be with a grandfather thats seriously ill. Another family told me back in the spring, the pandemic forced them to cancel their family vacation, so theyre making up for lost time. Another woman said i need an escape. She and her friends are traveling to jamaica. She said she feels safe traveling to jamaica because that country requires you to have a negative covid test at least 10 days prior to boarding the airplane. Then i spoke with another High School Student who was traveling with his father. He said just because were getting on a plane doesnt mean were not listening to the advice of health officials. Listen in. It is a good activity to go outdoors, good for social distancing, you can stay safe with covid and we have gone to utah in the past to ski. So it is a good idea to try to get out of the house. Reporter bottom line, so many people we heard from are dealing with pandemic fatigue. Meanwhile, december has been the deadliest month so far, linked to covid deaths. The virus killed more than 63,000 people. Adrian, thank you so much in chicago ohare. She said it, december has been the deadliest during the entire pandemic. More than 60,000 americans have lost their lives. For 26 consecutive days, hospitals nationwide recorded more than 100,000 covid patients. Yet dr. Anthony fauci told dana bash he believes the worst is actually yet to come. We very well might see a host of seasonal in the sense of christmas, new years surge, i described it as a surge upon a surge when youre dealing with a baseline of 200,000 cases, new cases a day, and about 2,000 deaths per day. With the hospitalizations up over 120,000, were at a critical point. To that point, lets go to cnn contributor, professor of biology, specializing in immunology at the university of massachusetts, dartmouth. Professor, welcome back. Listening to dr. Fauci, do you agree the worst is yet to come, can we even wrap up what the worst will even look like . Yes, so dr. Fauci is very much right in what hes saying. The infections that happened post thanksgiving are only just starting to roll into hospitals now, coming up as deaths now. Weve had months, like a month of 200,000 cases per day, theyre still yet in the icu and in hospital. Were looking at pretty dark days coming into early january. Then you have to look at what the infections, were seeing a lot of travel. Travel by itself does not necessarily indicate infection, but mobility is a good indicator that infections will rise. If we get 200,000 now and get a surge on top of that, we could be rolling into february with events of christmas still impacting us, even with the vaccine coming out. So thats still reverberating in february. Then add the potential complication being a coronavirus variant. I was reading about this, at first it was the uk based variant. Now it is in so many other countries. I was reading according to this one study, 56 more contagious. Doctors say this current vaccine inoculates against it. Since we know so little about the variant, how do scientists know that for sure . Yes, we have to tread really lightly with the data. It is very interesting. It is indicative something is going on, but we really dont know, were not scientifically sure it is more transmissible. It appears to be but just because we throw more money and attention at it, we dont get results as quickly as people would like. So we need to keep an eye on whats happening there. It certainly is becoming the predominant variant in london and around uk. We are seeing it around the world. But a great study this morning showed that it was in the uk late august, early september, so it has taken awhile to get to this point in london particularly. Now, in regards to the vaccine, were only looking at one point change. One mutation thats happened on that spike protein. So if you think of your hand as being a really important part, it is just like the thumb changed a little bit. So the other fingers are still there, look the same. The vaccine should recognize the other four fingers and be just as effective. We still need to demonstrate that thats the case, but the way we look at it at the moment is the vaccine as well as prior infection should be enough to protect you from the new variant. I understand. Appreciate the explanation. Last quick question before you go. Whats your advice to people watching who want to celebrate new years eve but do so safely . Really is that, do it safely so we know outdoors is better than indoors, distance as much as you possibly can. Ventilation where you cant get the distance. Masks always. If we can just do those or do two out of the three, were going to have a safer new year. We wont see the surge we are going through now. Really the future is up to us, the next month is up to us, not up to the vaccine. Make smart choices. Great to have you on. Thank you so much for your wise words, sir. Appreciate it. Coming up next, we are live in nashville. Police are trying to figure out why the 63yearold man would want to blow up this rv in the middle of downtown nashville in front of the at t building. Also ahead, Lori Loughlin released from prison after serving two months for her role in the College Admissions scandal. More on that coming up. Talgia. So to help you remember that Liberty Mutual customizes your Home Insurance, heres one thatll really take you back. Wow whatd you get, ryan . Its customized Home Insurance from Liberty Mutual what does it do bud . It customizes our Home Insurance so we only pay for what we need and what did you get, mike . I got a bike. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Want to sell the best burger add an employee. Ode . Or ten. Then easily and automatically pay your team and file payroll taxes. That means. World domination or just the west side. Run payroll in less than five minutes with intuit quickbooks. The only thing a disaster cant destroy is hope. 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Neighbors and Business Associates tell federal investigators what they know about the 63yearold computer consultant. Cnn crime and justice reporter Shimon Prokupecz is live in nashville. What are authorities telling you . Who was this guy . Reporter theyre trying to figure this out, brooke. Theres no clear motive. There isnt that note someone would leave behind saying this is why i did this. They dont see an ideology at this point that he was following that would have made him do Something Like this. So for them, it is still a mystery. What theyre doing as officials here said, theyre trying to put as much together as possible about his life so they could perhaps try to figure out the motive. Today the Tennessee Bureau of investigation spoke about how theyre going about that. Heres what they said. Basically whats happening is were all going and doing interviews with various subjects that either knew the individual specifically or neighbors, some of that is taking place. Our agents specifically are questioning neighbors and around Family Members, trying to get some history. Reporter and the history seems to be the key, brooke, for authorities because they dont have a clear motive. It could be a combination of things. Certainly there was a lot going on in this individuals life, he was having some problems. Thats something that authorities are looking at. The other thing for them really is going to be about going back now. They have to go back in this persons life. And it could be, brooke, that we may never learn clear motive. There have been other clear incidents, mass casualty incidents like in las vegas where authorities never learned the clear motivation. That could happen, brooke, in this case as well. I know theyre looking at cell phone, computer, talking to coworkers, neighbors, hoping to get to the bottom of it, shimon, thank you so much. I want to stay in nashville. That blast sent eight to the hospital, damaged more than 40 buildings. The explosion so huge it knocked out Wireless Service in and around the city. Cnns Parent Company at t says most services have been restored, but now just imagine people are totally displaced from homes and businesses, forced to close, and all of this comes as nashville businesses are already suffering having been hit so hard by the pandemic. With me now, the owner of nashville downtown hostel. I am so sorry this happened to this beautiful city of yours, welcome. Hello. Let me show, you sent the producers this closed captioning video you sent from inside the hostel at the moment of impact. I care about you, your employees, people staying at the hostel. Is everyone okay . Yes, we had 20 guests staying and a staff at the moment of the blast and theyre all comfortable and safe. And your reaction to the fact this even happened on Christmas Day . I mean, im shocked, im baffled. It has been a really difficult year and it has been devastating. I know you were waiting for the fbi victims unit and red cross to help you figure out how to help the people who were staying at the hostel. What have they told you . Well, the building in the area is cordoned off by the fbi and the city because were right in the impact area. We wont have access to the building for weeks unfortunately. And most of the guests have left the building in pajamas, without shoes, glasses, medicine. Their biggest concern is trying to retrieve their items. A lot of them, they left without their phones and thats their main communication source. So thats the only challenge. After the first day, red cross and fbi Victim Service group talked to us and theyre being serviced at the moment. I heard flooding was a huge issue. Yes. So our building stretches from first avenue north side to Second Avenue north side and fortunately for us, the north is on the back side of the u. S. Exit shared with nashville fortunately that site does not get as much traffic as first avenue north. We literally had guests leave the building two minutes before the blast to the north side. So yeah. That was the fortunate part of that. I forget your question, im sorry. No, no, i imagine you have not slept much the last couple of days. Im going to keep it quick and easy for you. Next hour, i talk to an investor and entrepreneur who is offering help, financial help to businesses like yours in nashville, so when i talk to him, what shall i relay . What can he do to help you on . You know, actually at the moment were just trying to get a handle on all of this. About the sprinkler water, yes, it has been going 36 hours. They werent able to shut off the water, the building got completely flooded. Thats another part of the damage other than the exterior building damage. So if marcus can come assess the situation, see how a business like ours can get back on our feet and serve guests again, that would be helpful. I will relay that to him. I promise. Be well. Im so sorry. Well stay in touch. Thank you. Thank you. Vaccines have arrived in Nursing Homes across the country. Some of those getting shots today are those that survived the first deadly outbreak in the United States. We are live in Washington State. Who am i . I am a water bearer, but thats not all i am. Who am i . I am a refugee, but thats not all am. Who am i . I am a worker. [all] but thats not all we are. [narrator] all around the world, children are living in poverty. Theyre hungry, sick, exploited, and not able to go to school. But thats not who they are, because every child has the potential to shine, to thrive and to achieve their dreams. And you can help one special child realize their full potential right now. Please call, save the children or go online to sponsorchildnow. 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Matthew cox, father of two who lost his job and savings after the pandemic hit. Matthew, thank you so much for coming on. Honestly, i admire your courage for sharing all of this on Live National tv, but you are not alone. So thank you so much for coming on. You have been unemployed since august. You had to relocate your family, yall were down in south florida, youre now in indianapolis area, it is less expensive to live there, and youre near your wifes family to help with child care. Yes. Briefly what have the past few months been like for you and your family . You know, it has been hard. It has been real hard. After things happened, had to come home, went through my entire 401 k , went through everything i had. Now living, doing doordash, my wife is on disability. Thats all we have. What had you been doing, what had your work been. You were making a solid 90 k. Now doordash which is what, like doing takeout delivery service. Correct. I was a manager in the service industry. Now, yeah, make about 300 a week. About 1200 a month now. Going in, being in restaurants, trying not to catch covid and bringing it home. Thats all i have at the moment. I have been interviewing a lot. Hard to get anything going. Hang on. 300 a week. How far does that stretch for you . Basically nothing. It doesnt even pay the rent. So i have had to borrow money from my family, ive had to sell some stuff, take out savings and 401 k . Now i am living day to day. I have a lot of interviews, but when you apply for one job and there are 100 people applying, it makes it very difficult. When you hear, listen, i have been sitting here for so long covering congress and now especially this president , not having signed the covid relief bill initially christmas, Christmas Eve, now thank goodness signed it last night. I imagine you were following this more closely than people like me. Whats your message to those in washington and to the president of the United States as you need a little assistance. With whats going on, it is one of those we looked at 600 again, thats not going to help anybody. It is kind of insulting. Wait, why is it insulting . Because it is not going to do a lot for anybody. When the federal government says hey, this is what were going to do, this is the numbers were going to get, everyone is happy for us that are out there making less money or no money, it doesnt do a whole lot for us. What would do a lot for you . Thats a hard question. I dont know. Thats definitely something that we would a bigger payment, 2,000, thats great, thats fantastic, got excited. Talked to my friends, they were excited. Expect it, then came back with 600. So we got our hopes up, thinking hey, we can do this, do that, pay this off. Then come back with 600. Kind of like putting the carrot in front of us and taking it away. Listen, well see what happens on capitol hill with the votes and what the ultimate amount will be, and of course about to have another administration. Keep hearing president elect biden saying this is just a down payment, morris e is to come. Keeps saying it is not your fault. Keeping that in mind and matthew cox, just bless you. Were thinking about you and millions of americans in your same shoes. Thank you so much. Thank you. For sharing. Thank you. Coming up next, we are live at the Washington State nursing home that had one of the first covid outbreaks in the country. Moments ago they received the first vaccine doses. New year, new bedroom save up to 15 on a cozy casper mattress wake up on the right side of the bed this year shop the new year sale with 15 off today at casper. Com new projects means you need to hire. Gers. I need indeed. Indeed you do. The moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a short list of quality candidates from our resume database. 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Several states rolling out the first doses of vaccines today at Nursing Homes and alongterm care facilities. In new jersey, mildred clemmants became the first longterm care resident to be vaccinated. She was just a baby when she survived the 1918 flu pandemic, and the ben ming Health Care Center in boston is one of the first to get the vaccine there. And in Washington State, the vaccine has arrived at a nursing home where we saw one of the first outbreaks of covid in the nation many months ago. The Live Care Center of kirkland. Our own sara sidner was there in february, and is there now as help has finally arrived. It feels like forever ago that you are in kirkland the first time. Tell me some stories of what its like there today. Reporter its true, brooke. You know, where im standing right now was where all the ambulances were showing up in the first week of march. We watched one after the other after the other coming and taking away patients. That was then. It was, for lack of a better word, the nightmare. One of the nursing managers sat down and told us it was like chase ago ghost to try to figure out what was going on inside. They didnt find out that it was covid until several days after their first person ended up testing positive, because the tests werent available. Now they are finally getting something, a weapon really, to fight against the coronavirus. For a long time, as nurse Chelsea Ernst told us, she was a director of nursing, and she came in because 70 of the staff had contracted covid and she came to help. She talked about how important this day was. One by one we saw six Staff Members here at kirkland get their vaccination. It really was a teary time for some of them. For some of the nurses who watched all of this happening before their eyes, who had to live with making the phone calls to Family Members to tell them that their Family Member had passed here. Now they are currently taking care of 69 patients. Back then there was more than 120 who were here. They are so unbelievably thankful this day has finally come. Nurse alice cortez is a nurse manager here, who talked about they are not only getting is but theyre giving the patients something to fight covid. I cant express how i feel right now. I didnt even feel the needle, but what i feel right now is a new life, a new beginning, but a better life. A new life, a new beginning but a better life. We heard that over and over again. We also heard a really, really troubling story. That was that one of the patients inside, you know, the residents, they get to know them. She kept asking about it. Shes been asking, hey, when is that vaccine getting here . Are we getting phi are pfizer or moderna . She was plugged in, but she ended up dying before the vaccine made it here. Brooke . Oh, that has to be so horrible for so many families to just feel they are at the precipice, and then their elder loved ones dont just quite make it. Its tragic, at least theres some hope for folks there in kirkland. Thank you for sharing all of that with us. Minutes from now the house is back in session with two big votes on the table, one to send the 2,000 stimulus checks to americans, an the other to override the president s veto of the bill that funds the military. Were back live on capitol hill, next. Its moving day. And while her friends are doing the heavy lifting, jess is busy moving her xfinity internet and tv services. It only takes about a minute. Wait, a minute . But what have you been doing for the last two hours . Delegating . Oh, good one. Move your Xfinity Services without breaking a sweat. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Xfinity makes moving easy. Go online to transfer your services in about a minute. Get started today. Japan announced the death of its first sitting member of parliament from the virus. Our cnn correspondents are all around the world following the pandemic headlines across the globe. Im barbara nadeau, where the vaccination is under way. The focus in this country is to vaccinate first the frontline workers, healthcare workers who work in emergency rooms. All of this comes against the backdrop of the continue continually rising death rate. More than 70,000 have died in italy, the highest number in europe. A chinese citizen journalist has been sentenced to four years in prison for her social media dispatches during the early days of the coronavirus outbreak in the chinese city of wuhan. She was convicted for, quote, picking quarrels and provoking trouble. Shes been on Hunger Strike while in detention her defense attorney says, who also says the authorities have been forcefeeding her with a tube down her throat and nasal passage and binding her arms to keep her from removing that tube. Thank you both. We continue on, hour two for me here on cnn. Im brooke baldwin. Thank you for watching. A dramatic reversal from the president , offering to help the economy drowning in pandemic fatigue. Another hope today, two million receiving the Covid Vaccine under estimate, says a Top Trump Health official. Scenes from airports remind us of a Public Health