Plan, a meeting of that magnitude was essential to secure an agreement and marked the biggest breakthrough since the talk started back in july. We made major headway toward hammering out a targeted pandemic relief package. That would be able to pass both chambers with bipartisan majority. Extra Unemployment Benefits for four months, those off the job get an extra 300 a week in the bill includes direct stimulus checks to Many Americans likely around 700. Independent vermont senator Bernie Sanders push for 1200. They werent even discussing direct payments last week, and says this is a step forward. My hope, very sincere hope, is that when the Biden Administration comes to office but their very First Priority will be to address the deficiencies and inadequacies in this building. Speak of the measure also reloads the paycheck productio n program that helped many busine. California governor gavin newsom get in trouble for dining at the napa valley restaurant, the french laundry. Its meal prices start around 350. It received nearly two and half Million Dollars in ppp funds, 17 times would average bay area restaurants afford. Its unclear if the new bill and includes that the money goes where its needed most. The race is on on. This could be a much more happier christmas for sure when we all go home and look at our constituents and say weve done everything we can to get you through the most challenging time. Congressional leaders must see if they have the votes to pass the bill. No one is Better Congress than whipping about then House Speaker nancy pelosi. To some liberals whether pelosi is the right leader. I do think that we need new leadership in the democratic party. No one challenged pelosi and democratic leadership elections last month including alexandria ocasiocortez. She says shes not ready for the job, but pelosi can only stand to lose a handful of democrats and the vote for speaker on the house floor come january. Bret. Bret quickly, it could come t tonight, could come tomorrow. Do we have any. They dont think that the House Rules Committee will meet tonight, the indication that they are not going to have paper tonight because you have to go to the rules committee one day before you put the bill on the floor. The rules committee is not going to meet tonight. So this is probably a thursday, friday, weekend or next week project. Bret always the inside scoop from chad, thank you. Stocks mix today on this soso news. The dow lost 45, the s p 500 gained 500. Also, breaking tonight, a wintry blast. Residents of the northeast bill in the first effects of the first major winter storm tonight, forecasts predicting up to a foot of snow in some places and of course some cities handled that better than others. Corresponded David Lee Miller is in new york right now with the latest. Good evening, david. Hi, bret. It started snowing about three hours ago here in new york city. Most of the commuters, the drivers, heeding the advice of authorities have told them repeatedly to stay off the roads if at all possible. The stories expected to wreak havoc from california to new england. The biggest storm since 2060 and on of the snowfall over the next several hours could surpass what we saw out of all of last season. With freezing temperatures, and many locations the snowfall is not expected to melt away anytime soon. Janice dean warns not to underestimate the storm. The cold air is in place, we have winter storm warnings for all of some of these big cities where, in some cases, over a foot there may be feet of snow and blizzard conditions. In anticipation of the northeast storm, shoppers have been hitting the stores. Even before the storm hit, new york city sanitation crews had salt spreaders and deicing equipment on the road. More than 2,000 plows have been ready. A major obstacle are those temporary Outdoor Dining structures set up because of covid come out of city allowed them to remain in place, they could not remain operational. Crews have been prepping for this since the summer. Listen. To understand where these structures are, weve done some outreach to make Restaurant Owners aware of what they can expect while we are plowing. Another storm is also disrupting air travel at least 700 flights have artie been canceled, some airlines have suspended and changing an itinerarys. Amtrak is operated on a modified schedule until friday. School tomorrow will be closed in boston and new york city. For all students there its going to be back to remote learning. And lets go back live here to the streets of new york city, madison avenue. You can see this is a wet, heavy snow. It is sticking. That combined with high winds creates great concern that there could be power outages. The storm is expected to continue until early tomorrow morning. Bret. Bret David Lee Miller, thank you. Washington, d. C. , doesnt head up the snow too well. President trump, the meantime, is insisting the massive fraud, massive fraud that took place and last months election. As of yet, his legal team is not managed to convince a judge that it happened door that is to require his overturning and he states votes. We havent seen that in court. If the today brought some of the claims before lawmakers. But there was also testimony from a man the president fired for disagreed. Corresponded Kristin Fisher reports tonight from the north lawn of the white house, a snowy white house tonight. Good evening. Good evening, bret. President trump held its first Cabinet Meeting since may. He also spent quite a bit of time watching that Senate Committee hearing on election irregularities and praising the committees chairman, ron johnson. There was fraud in the selection. I dont have any doubt about that. There was fraud. We still dont know the extent. Ron johnson defending his decision to hold todays hearing. To speak of the follows is whether the level of fraud would affect the election. They called the hearing dangers, fusing republicans of giving oxygen to claims that have been repeatedly tossed out in court. The 50 lawsuits they have lost since november 3rd. Whether intended or not, this hearing as a platform to conspiracy theories and lies. And it is a destructive exercise that has no place in the United States senate. Because i help you god. I do. On the witness stand, the trump administrations former top official, christopher krebs, who said today that he stands by the statement that got him fired by the president calling the 2020 election the most secure in history. I think were past the point where we need to be having conversations about the outcome of the selection. The trick about elections is that, you know, youre not so much trying to convince whether they won, its the loser that they lost. If he had not been fired, he wouldve been at the center of the governments ongoing response to the russian cyber attack on at least five u. S. Agencies. The cyber insecurit security orl federal civilian agencies to disconnect or power down solar winds of ryan products immediately. That is the Network Software that is compromised close to the kremlin. The breach is bad enough the National Security advisor Robert Obrien cut short a trip to europe to lead a meeting of the National Security council this morning. We are taking a hard look at this and obviously taking any sort of cyber hack very seriously. And the full scope of this highly sophisticated attack could take years to dissect. The department of Homeland Security and parts of the pentagon have all been compromised. Bret. Bret Kristin Fisher, thank you. There is increasing concern tonight about what will happen to the investigation into Hunter Bidens business dealings and taxes. After his father becomes president. This is new information and it is surfing seen almost every single day. Mike emanuel looks at that situation tonight. At a Senate Hearing focused on Election Security, tempers flared between the chairman and Ranking Member over the committees hunter biden investigation. You lied repeatedly in the press, and i was an outright lie. I told you to stop line bread and you continue to do it. Mr. Chairman, this is not about airing your grievances. I dont know what rabbit hole you are running down right now. Senator paul it separately fox news has obtained june 2017 correspondence between hunter biden and he john maine, the of cfc. Urging him to quickly send a fund to operate with the bankruptcy efc. Some allies are saying it may be time for us special counsel to look into business dealings concerned that the bite in the Administration May not be interested in a serious criminal investigation. I am absolutely going on a special counsel to look at all things hunter biden to see if he presents a conflict for the Biden Administration regarding his business dealings in ukraine. The current regulation say the attorney general, or cases where hes recused, the acting attorney general will appoint a special counsel when he or she determines that criminal investigation of a person or matter is warranted and when it is an the Public Interest closed well. To me its a last resort, but in this case, if we dont see action prior to President Trump leaving office, the special counsel may be warranted. One of the top democrat said it is not needed. I hope the selection of attorney general by President Biden makes it clear that a person of modesty and integrity can take a look at this. Democrat from bidens home state of delaware says enough already. We need to turn the page and move on. There are hundreds of millions of people in this country that need to be vaccinated. Senate chairman leading the probe on capitol hill is met with an active criminal investigation. They are not getting full access from the Justice Department to the relevant materials, so they are anxiously waiting to see what the u. S. Attorney in delaware digs up in this highprofile probe. Bret. Bret thanks, mike. Joe biden is indicating he has no real concern over the scandal hainvolving his son. Peter doocy has that part of the story from wilmington, delaware. The president elect tells fox news the federal investigation into the future for his son will work out okay. Are you confident your son hunter did nothing wrong . I am confident. Thats even though his long claimed not to know how his son operates. How many times ar have you discussed with your son about overseas business dealings . Speak i never have. Hes planning more help as president next month. Talks with the publicans could be awkward since the incoming Deputy White House chief of staff is a brick describing them as a word that we cannot say on tv. In the primary people would mock him, you think you can work with republicans . Im not saying theyre a bunch of [bleep], Mitch Mcconnell is terrible. But you couldnt wish for this bipartisan deal, he rejected that. As the Biden Cabinet fills out, progressives are pleased with the diversity, but. Equally important, or more important, is having a cabinet that stands up and fights for working people. Today biden brought aboard a millennial for the Transportation Department who will be the first openly gay nominee ever sent to the senate for confirmation. Peter budaj judge. Lots of new faces in wilmington lately, biden is still getting the hang of names for his team and their spouses. Jill hav and i have always enjoyed seeing them on the trail. Pete buttigieg is trying to appeal to his train enthusiasm. Art enthusiasts will soon have the opportunity to see brush strokes of hunter biden. A gallery in new york is going to display hunters work at a art show. Bret. Bret peter doocy live in wilmington. Peter, thank you. Up next, major concern about chinese espionage from republicans. So what is next . And still ahead, we take you to a south florida senior care facility where patience are among the first in the country to receive the Coronavirus Vaccine. Honey, i dont know how i feel about it. You know. From your walmart store. Really fast. Really perfect. Lets end the year nailing it. Experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list sales event. Sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first months payment. With zero down, zero due at signing, tech every customer has their own safelite story. This couple was on a camping trip. When their windshield got a chip. They drove to safelite for a sameday repair. 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Nancy pelosi needs to explain why she put Eric Swalwell on the house intelligence committee. Pelosi has full confidence in representative swalwell. We should always be vigilant to follow the court of ethics. November should be surprised, but we were briefed on this. Swalwell would be the first person to call to be booted from the intel committee. Bret so far, Speaker Pelosi has refused to remove swalwell. Swalwell cooperated with the fbi and was never under investigation himself. The incident happened in 2015 bread he told fox news he was willing to be interviewed with his relationship with a chinese woman, but shortly after voting he left the capital in a hurry. All of this is the latest fallout and a growing scandal in chinese appia espionage. Jennifer griffin reports tonight from the pentagon. The fbi says it opens a new counterintelligence case against china every ten hours. Their goal, to steal u. S. Trade secrets and data. The Chinese Communist party tries to cultivate americans on all levels of government. Not just democrats or republicans, but anyone who might be influential in american politics in the future. Secretary of state mike pompeo recently warned wisconsin state legislators they need to have their guard up. Know that when you are approached by that chinese diplomat it is likely not in the spirit of cooperation or friendship. You should ask whos paying for the trip. And if that person is linked directly or indirectly to the Chinese Communist party. The fbi director says that a 5,000 investigations, half involve the chinese commies government. Its because we do not want to live in a world where the Chinese Communist party sets the rules. That will be a world in which there is massive individual surveillance state imposed on all of us. Mobile Cell Phone Networks used by americans and they travel outside the u. S. Are particularly vulnerable. A study at exigent media from china conducting surveillance attacks against u. S. Mobile phone users over three and 4g networks. American tourists in the caribbean did not realize that they are cell phones were being routed through Chinese Telecom operators like unit, when they visited barbados or the bahamas. Cyber Security Experts who we spoke to say this was likely part of the statesponsored Espionage Campaign by beijing that affected tens of thousands of americans in the past two years. Bret. Bret Jennifer Griffin live at the pentagon, thank you. Fox news has just learned the 2020 Intelligence Community assessment will be delayed. I