Additionally, the president wanted to take away Legal Protection for social media companies. That is not in the bill. He wanted it in there. Now how Speaker Pelosi said the house will convene in five days to try to override that veto. Now, this comes on the heels of the president and congress and has to amend 900 billion covid19 relief part of a spending bill, saying instead of 600 to most americans, that should jump to 2,000 cash payment. But many lawmakers are worried tonight that the whole thing could fall apart after weeks of complex negotiations that included the president s treasure secretary Steven Mnuchin. The Fox Team Coverage tonight, correspondent davids font with inventing that stimulus and where that stands but Mark Meredith on the president s surprise announcement today, good evening, mark. Good evening to you, bret within the hour President Trump winning in florida to kick off the holiday vacation. He didnt talk to reporters on the way to d. C. But has made plenty of news the last several hours and also making it clear possibly that congress will have to rewrite that massive economic stimulus package within days. Mr. President , what about before leaving for holiday vacation, President Trump surprise lawmakers from all of his staff in washington when he announced tuesday in a video hes not happy with the 900 billion stimulus bill negotiated by his own treasury secretary. Its called the covid relief bill, but it almost has nothing to do with covid. Im asking congress to amend this bill and increase ridiculously low 600 to 2,000 or 4,000 for a couple. Speak with the president s unhappiness can translate to have veto of the bill already passed by the house and senate. Democrats appeared thrilled with the president s demand to increase direct payments to americans. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tweeting at last the president has agreed to 2,000. The democrats ready to bring this to the floor this week by unanimous consent. Lets do it. The motion is agreed to. The economic stimulus packages tied to a massive government funding bill which includes money for foreign aid. Something the president repeatedly lashed out against in his video message. Congress found meant gnomic plenty of money for foreign countries, lobbyists and special interest while sending the bare minimum to the american people. If the president vetoes the president faces a Government Shutdown next week. This afternoon, the president did veto the bipartisan black National Offense act a bill with pentagon funding and priorities. The veto was expected after the president have made it clear he was upset the bill did not include language to repeal Liability Protections for social media companies. Speak with this tremendous moment for myself and my family. Tonight former Trump Campaign George Papadopoulos thinking many people for a bargain. Both convicted of lying to investigators and the Mueller Probe and also on the pardon list, to go early supporters of president. Former congressman Chris Collins and duncan hunter. I had no idea what was happening. It just came through. Hunter set to report to prison in january after pleading guilty to using miss using campaign money. Inside trader charges and behind bars. Former blackwater private security contractors are also parking. The four man convicted in 2014 after shooting baghdad sour square left them dead. Speaker pelosi said late today the house will be meeting on monday with a vote to override the president s veto. We are hearing from Senate Republicans that indicate they will do the same ones that reach as chamber, but this is also a bell that had passed by the majority in both chambers. Bret, it is looking likely it is an uphill battle for the president , bret. Bret the political implications for the georgia runoff factor in as well. Mark, the president might warning iran on twitter. What do we know about this . It has been an incident over the weekend where multiple rockets landed in baghdads green zone. No one was hurt, that is the good news but the president is blaming iran and we hear from the Iraqi Military they believe it was other militia groups. While the president on air force one making his way down here, quite the tweet about this writing some friendly healthy advice to iran. If one is killed i will hold iran responsible. Think it over. In the last week the resources to the middle east that includes the uss georgia, one of those missiles, submarine that covers missiles on its way there. We will see how iran may respond to all this. The president touches down within the hour, bret. Bret Mark Meredith from florida, thanks. House democrats will try to approve those 2,000 Cash Payments that the president talked about tomorrow and on the house floor. Essentially during republican members to object to the measure, the increase. It is shaping up to be a busy Christmas Day on capitol hill. Correspondent david spunt is covering it all. In washington, the congressional clock move slow and that may make for a bumpy two weeks ahead. Some of President Trumps fiercest opponents say sending 2,000 checks will be a breeze. New york congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez tweeting lets do it. We Company Limited for 2,000 check so it is ready to go. Glad to see the president is willing to support our legislation. Moving from 600 to 2,000 direct payments, would increase the cost of the package by 370 billion. The ball is in his court right now. I want to make certain that we have targeted relief to individuals that are in desperate need of help. The president ten days not including sundays to either sign or veto a bill. That puts the calendar passed the end of 116th congress which drenched january 3rd. If the president does not get the bill today, he could enact what is known as a pocket veto where he takes no action in the bill dies. I hope he vetoes it, but the only way i will vote for any spending or additional spending is if it came out of existing spending. Speak with this and it has vetoproof majority, but the georgia runoff is less than two weeks away. That could either expand or extinguish Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnells powe power. The strongest democrats are welcoming the president s 2,000 sticking point. Not all are so quick to embrace him. He should not be doing this right now when his own treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin was involved in the negotiations from beginning to end. He is literally trying to bring this country down on his way out. Bret for house meeting will be a brief meeting, april formants session and there will be a motion to introduced twodok it check to anxious americans in a way to block it but no indication whether any republicans may do that after all it only takes one to block that measure, bret. Bret a lot of news christmas eve, Christmas Day into the beacon, david, thank you. Stocks were mixed but dell gained 14 and rose two and three quarters and the nasdaq dropped 37. President elect joe biden continues to call federal tax probe into hunters business dealings. Russia misinformation. A new reporting hunter may have holdings in the chinese company. News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich with the story. In october 2019, then candidate joe biden promised to deliver squeaky clean Transparent Administration just hours after his son that down from the port of Chinese Private equity firm, let you know foreign tales of his father was in the white house. Nobody in my family will be involved in any foreign operations whatsoever. End of story. 14 months later, the president elect still has a 10 stake in the company hated students to himself from, hr appeared a source close to hunter said he is in the process of offloading his investments, pointing to a Washington Post article from december. The biden transition did not say whether the president elect is taking a new step to make good on his promise to keep his family free of foreign entanglements. The revelations over hunter continue over seas investment with criminal probe of tax affairs. Which biden yet to name attorney general will oversee. It follows republican led Senate Inquiry that found hunter leveraged his last name and Ukrainian Energy firm while his father, Vice President led anticorruption efforts in the country. The Senate Report did not accuse joe biden of wrong doing and just before leaving office, attorney general bill barr said, there is no need for special counsel. I think to the extent there is an investigation, i think it is being handled responsibly and professionally. Currently within the department. Biden took no questions from reporters nl secretary of education, dr. Miguel cardona, puerto rican educator in the project who biden said was brilliant, qualified and tested. The cabinet looks like america and taps an investment of america. Being bilingual by culture and as american as apple pie and rice and beans. For me to my education was great equalizer. Questions remain about Hunter Bidens federal tax probe here the wall street journal reports, hunters business affiliates want to hunt as his times to washington elites to facilitate deals and stave off legal trouble, bret. Bret thank you. Tonights nba game between the Oklahoma City thunder and the Houston Rockets has been postponed because they dont have enough players. Three Houston Rockets players have returned coronavirus test that were positive or inconclusive. Four other players are quarantined at this time after contact tracing. On covid, new york city mayor bill de blasio said every United Kingdom traveler to new york will receive the home visit from his sheriffs deputy enforcing quarantine orders. This comes as officials in britain decide whether or not to impose tighter restrictions within the country. Senior Foreign Affairs greg palkot overseas covid19 round up. Clashes in england over covid19 restrictions. Truck drivers battling with the port of dover being held there for two days when france banned travel from the u. K. Triggered by a new strain of virus here. Folks now agree truckers can travel if they test negative for covid19, but thousands of trucks backed up, he could take days for all to roll. We are protesting because we want to take the test and go home. Speak with a loud tone of the calling for broader measures st. Right now london and surroundings are shut in some supermarkets rationing items and fears they could run out. Despite vaccination since last week, Coronavirus Infections and deaths are soaring all fueled by the more contagious covid19 mutant strain which seems to affect young people more than before. In some way in which it targets children makes children more like adults. It is revealed there could be yet another coronavirus mutation this time from south africa. Two cases in the u. K. Prompting new measures and concerns. It is yet more transmissible, and it appears to have been taken further than the one discovered in the u. K. At the covid variants showing up in other countries, including possibly the u. S. New york Governor Cuomo demanded airlines test passengers from the u. K. Now new york city mayor de blasio with ordering quarantine checks with travelers. We cannot take chances when anyone travels particularly traveling in from the u. K. Still travel around the world is expected to spike during the upcoming holiday, spiking also afterwards is feared covid19, bret. Bret greg palkot in london, greg, thank you. Up next President Trump plans to modify the covid relief bill or complicating those runoff spirit this in the wrong office in georgia and we may head there. The pandemic is changing the way you and your coworkers are celebrating the holiday season. In the online world, it still can be very personal. If somebody does talk too much, we have a mute button sanctuary music kids laughing dog barking sanctuary music its the final days of the 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. And a complimentary the only thing a disaster cant destroy is hope. Donate now at redcross. Org if you have postmenopausal and a high risk for fracture, now might not be the best time to ask yourself, are my bones strong . life is full of make or break moments. Thats why its so important to help reduce your risk of fracture with prolia®. 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Bret to date a federal judge blocked a lastminute Trump Administration rule and occurring drug prices to take effect january 1st. The rule was challenged by drug Industry Trade groups. The judge ruled the administration had rushed the rule without giving the public a chance to comment. Today marks the last day of bill barrs tenure as u. S. Attorney general under President Trump. In a statement, barr called serving a great honor and praising the work of the men and women at the justice department. Barr previously served the same role under george hw bush. President trump has already named a pretty attorney general Jeffrey Rosen to be acting ag. We are less than two weeks away from the Georgia Senate runoffs. January 5th. That will determine which Party Controls the chamber. And each day closer to election day, it seems the more complicated this campaign becomes on the issues. Correspondent Jonathan Serrie explains tonight from atlanta. The motion to concur it is agreed to. After celebrating the passage of Coronavirus Relief bill, georges republican senators now have to respond to the president s demand lawmakers increase payments to individuals. I will certainly look at supporting it if it repurposes wasteful spending towards that, yes. In an ironic twist, kelly loeffler, her challenger Raphael Warnock said donald trump is right. Congress should swiftly increase payments to 2,000. But republicans are attacking Raphael Warnock over police video over domestic call in march in which his now exwife accused him of driving over her foot during an argument over divorce papers. I tried to keep the way he acted under wraps for a long time, and today all of a sudden she is screaming i ran over her foot. I dont believe it. Medical profession nurse found no injuries and no charges. They spoke with reporters shortly after it happen and republicans revisit the case, a Warnock Campaign spokesperson said this is desperate and shameful. Kelly loeffler has spent her entire campaign attacking reverend warnock and stooped to a new low of the tech and his family early voting in the second week, the top Election Officials told the legislative hearing on pellet security that he wants the authority to hold county Election Officials accountable. I need to have the ability to fire Election Officials and boards that consistently fail they are voters. To better secure future election secretary brad rest vince burkert with signature qualification with a state i. D. Requirement. And bret in future elections, he also wants to require those with absentee ballots to provide a reason he says the current no excuses absentee Voting System is overwhelmingly election offices which required to provide three weeks of early voting. He said that three weeks is plenty of time for most georgians to find a way to get to the polls, bret. Bret jonathan and the Defense Industry a big deal in georgia, the military. Will both g. O. P. Senators override President Trumps veto of the nationals spending bill . I reached out to both campaigns, and im still awaiting a response. You know senators loeffler and purdue have to walk a fine line in this situation while the defense bill is crucial to georgias military family. President trump remains hugely popular among Republican Voters here in georgia. Bret, as you can imagine though, georgia democrats have wasted no time plaguing up this dilemma in their campaign messaging, bret. Bret very complex, Jonathan Serrie live in atlanta, jonathan thinks. Up next progresses fuming at president elect joe biden. We will explain why. First the box of bullets around the country are covering tonight, fox 2 in detroit a lawsuit filed against black lives matter activists stemming from violent protest throughout the year. The city claims Group Members participated in civil conspiracy, defame the mayor and the police, and it contends the city should be awarded damages from black lives matter. Fox 28 in columbus, ohio, where ongoing fallout about Police Officer shot and killed. A black man holding his cell phone early tuesday. The officers body camera was not activated before the incident, but because of a look back feature that shooting was capture without audio. The officer has been suspended pending an investigation. And this is a live look from the file that fox 5. The big story and more residents left the big apple over the last year than any other state, leaving new york city and new york state. According to preliminary census data, 25,000 people left new york city. If numbers hold, new york could lose a seat in the house of representatives, dropping it to 26. That would leave the empire state with fewer seats than florida for the first time ever. 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The last thing we need is to say we are going to stop immediately the access to a cycle of way it is being run now and end up with 2 Million People at our border. During the campaign, trump warned Biden Immigration plan would lead to a surge of immigrants. Immediately suspend removal and triggering tidal wave, really a flood, a flood all across the border. Credits accused trump up by a pourable leap but today the cdc director said bidens red rick already has consequences. As long as he maintains policies he says hes going to do, we are absolutely looking at a crisis. Its already happening. Biden has backed off promises to stop wall construction and remain mexico program. Limits refugees and attention and needling at the border. And allow asylum to entry. It is matter of setting up the guard rail to move in that direction. Biden need six months to build capacity before acting a more humane policy. The epic codes give biden a pass. Ilhan omar calls bidens move a bait and switch. Biden dilemma is this, falling u. S. Policy and any attempt to unwind trumps restrictions to overwhelm the border by encouraging ways of Central American spirit a crisis biden witnessed in 2014 as Vice President and could happen again. Bret. Bret watch this one, william la jeunesse, thank you. Two days until christmas and limitations on gatherings. Workplaces are adjusting how they show appreciation for their employees. Tonight correspondent rich edson shows us how companies are modifying their holiday parties, and how those changes affect team morale. After a year of zoom meetings with coworkers, what could be better than a Holiday Celebration . On zoom with coworkers. Though Companies Looking to enhance the typical videoconference, have options. 33 couples, they get this lovely little kids. Mark meisner said his wine and chocolate shop in charlotte sends customers a Holiday Party in a box. 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However the Company Marks the 2020 holidays, Human Resource officials recommend still commemorating the end of the year. It is definitely a morale booster. And it is healthy for an organization to be able to have a celebration at the end of the year. Zoom has announced its removing time limits on free Service Throughout the hollis ohmic holiday. Today is one of those days. Oh, someone is here. Merry christmas, oh, sorry, wrong party well, everyone else should be here soon. Bret. Bret rich, thank you. Always popping up, thank you. President trump just landed down in west palm beach. Up next, the president vetoes as we said the defense bill setting up a potential congressional override as you see the beast in front of air force one. What does that mean . And could the covid relief bill and the funding for the government actually be vetoed next . The panel weighs in on all of that. 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For example, among the more than 5,000 pages in this bill which nobody in congress has read because of its length and complexity, i am asking congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low 600 to 2,000 or 4,000 for a couple. Despite the process which i think we all believe is appalling, there was no question, this was a route for the president. My biggest worry of vetoing it, the spending will get smaller, it get larger. Bret the president wants the spending to get larger when it comes to the direct payments to americans. In fact, he has allies on the left. How Speaker Pelosi will put it up for a houseboat. Alexandria ocasiocortez tweeting lets do it. The covid amendment for checks ready to go and glad to see the president willing to support the legislation so we can pass the 2,000 checks this week if the g. O. P. Agrees to stand down. Well, heres the problem, the treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin has been involved in complex negotiations with leadership over the past few months. It came to this deal and now the president seems like he wants to blow it all up. Lets bring in our panel, byron york amy Walter National editor of the political report, and the wall street journal. Bill, let me start with you, the president s speech yesterday which you put out on social media. And kind of completed the spending for funding the government and all that is in there and the covid relief, but clearly was pushing this direct payment, which really seems like it will become complex for republicans. Its not the first time hes done that. I believe in the summer when negotiations for breaking down between mr. Pelosi and the white house, he kind of said something that he wants more money to go out. Im in an awkward place on this because i didnt even like the 600 payment, because i dont think it will really do much. I understand, i understand the reason people want to do this, but let me point out two things, bret, not getting enough attention, both on the covid bill and the dia. They really put the republican candidates in georgia and opposition because senators purdue and loeffler voted for the bill earlier. They opposed the 1200 proposal for the direct payment. So now, they face the charges of political opportunism. As a switch their votes and take the opposite position because of donald trump and they dont want to get him upset because they need his support. And they will be charged with hypocrisy if they go along with it. You know, they will be charged with just pandering to donald trump. So i think it really puts them, given their past votes and past decisions in a very awkward spot at a moment that they would be better off to not be in an awkward spot. Bret right, amy, that is a great point the georgia runoffs in georgia. They are already in the tulips but President Trump and his supporters, now kind of Double Barrel awkwardness about overwriting the president s veto on the nda and the checks whether to get more money, whos not forgetting more money . Right, and they have already been fending off attacks from democrats. That they didnt do enough to bring covid relief to georgia immediately after that vote. Both candidates went up with t tbs, praising this vote that they took and the resources that will come back to georgia. Now im of course, the possibility that they will have to come up pointed out that either stick with the original vote and vote to override the president or try to go through this whole complicated dance. It seems to me, bret come at the end of the day, the fact that the president did get the one veto on on the issue that hes been talking about for a long time now, which is frustration about some of the issues in the National Defense authorization, that naming or renaming of military facilities that have confederate soldier names and some issues with social media protection. But that has been something, i think, even for purdue and for loeffler that was sort of baked in the cake. Kind of somewhat expected this to be coming. This one definitely puts everybody back on their heels. About the other thing, remember, bret, it is not just the covid funding but funding for the government, right . Which would run out. So they need to continue to keep the government and the lights on because those two issues come as you pointed out, linked to this bill. Bret we are talking a lot of things. Vaccination distribution, unemployment checks, replenished for the ppp program. Byron, everybody republican and democrat, thinks this process, i think i can say this, stinks as far as putting it all together, throwing it down someones throat, and 5600 page bill. When it happens like this, a lot of people are upset by it. However, you know, the criticism of foreign aid, for example, being in the funding of the government, the foreign spending including the omnibus bill sedan, ukraine, cambodia, israel, egypt and you are the president talk about this. The list of countries but the state department and the usai the come at the present state department and its budget request said that the 2021 president budget request 41 billion for the department f state usaid and the position continues to advance the trump Foreign Policy agenda on behalf of the american people. This is the request 41 billion in foreign aid gets overlooked with the criticism for these bills. Byron well, some of the things the president is criticizing are as you suggest his administration wanted in the bill. As far as the 2,000 is concerned, you think, why wasnt the president talking about this in october . It could have helped him. But now, now he said this. Nancy pelosi says, oh, lets do it. In the aoc said oh, lets do it and they can do it with a blink of an eye with unanimous consent. It throws the whole thing into chaos. And even no matter how corrupt the whole process was when they put out 6,000 page bill gave lawmakers a few hours to look at it and then they can vote on it. The Defense Authorization act, the president has been threatening this but they got 84 votes in the senate. They got 335 votes in the house. And these are not unprecedented, it is not unprecedented veto. Carter did it, clinton data, w bush did it come obama did it, reagan did it so its been done in the past, but with a margin like that and republicans and democrats in the mood to make a lot of changes, the president is going to lose this fight. Bret yeah, the question is, quickly, though, just the logistics how it works. If he just sits on it, it is called a pocket veto. Because when the next Congress Gets in january 3rd at 12 00, everything goes away. It wasnt done, it wasnt finished on the last congress. So this could be potentially a train wreck on some of this. He outcome it is not clear to me what the plan is. The president is certainly making it felt. I agree with byron. A lot of these are legitimate questions, but to raise them two days before christmas in just three or four weeks between a change of administration, you know, that is not the time to do it. And i would say another thing with the nda over section 230, at the Big Tech Companies and so forth, i think there are a lot of questions about 230 and i would like to hear hashed out here or there are criticisms on the right because of the obvious anticonservative bias that we see. On the left, a lot of them dont like it because they think it is a big, wealthy company. I think a lot of places we should have a debate but i dont think the nda is the place to have the debate. And the time is not right before passing the behemoth pieces of legislation. We will have a change in the white house. Bret all right, panel, thank you. Standby, President Trump has issued 20 pardons. More are coming on the way. 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First and foremost, i would like to express how grateful i am to President Trump for pardoning me and correcting what i think and i think many people with overwhelming evidence would believe was a tremendous injustice. It is something that should have never happened. Not only for myself but 2016 president ial campaign and the country as a whole. Im extremely grateful. It is a tremendous moment for myself and my family. It came on the cusp of christmas so it made it even more special for me. Bret George Papadopoulos getting a pardon from President Trump. Obviously, wrapped up in the beginning of the russia collusion probe. We may learn more about all of that when the Durham Report comes to fruition whenever that is. If you take a look at some of the pardons, the new ones, duncan connor, Chris Collins, steve, former congressman pardoned. Tied to the mueller report, George Papadopoulos, alec spanish one, Blackwater Contractors pardoned as well for murderers in iraq. We are back with the panel. Amy, it seems like the president has racked up a number of pardons and commutation so far. We are told more to come. This is a right of president s to do, and they do. Betrayed they do. It is always this time of year when we have this conversation, right . A president , either at the end of the year or the christmas holidays. These things tend to be lost in the moment that everybody is focused on holidays. And at the end of the president s first term, in fact, what is fun about researching this today was to see how many pardons president s make on their final day in office with clinton having the record, i think 100 he issued on his very last day in office. We should expect to see more to come. You are right. It is a constitutional right of every president has to do this. Every single president is going to pardon somebody that is controversial. In the case of the president as you pointed out, many are people who were linked to the russia probe. And those members of congress that you mentioned, a couple of them were some of the first endorsers of the president when he was running for office. The question to me is will any of the pardons end up Going Forward the ones that really do break the norm . In other words, weve had some ideas floating about pardoning people for crimes that they may not have committed to, for example. Bret right. Amy that would be the more norm busting. The rest of this is within the president s prerogative. Bret or the protective pardon, if you will. Byron, any thoughts on that . Byron will come i think it is clear that the president wano use his pardon power to kind of erase the effects of the Mueller Investigation. He pardon papadopoulos and he pardoned a player named alex who pleaded guilty to one count of lying to the fbi. He has commuted the sentence of roger stone, and he has pardoned michael flynn. So i think the really big question Going Forward is what is he going to do with Paul Manafort . The biggest case and the whole russian investigation. All the others, papadopoulos, alex, flynn, stone, got in trouble for things that were related to russia and the russian investigation. Most of Paul Manaforts crimes and involved his own tax evasion and financial crimes, not clear what the president is going to do with that, but it is clear that he would like to wipe away as much of the Mueller Investigation as he can. Bret bill, final word. Bill yeah, it would just add that the president ial pardon power is one of the most unlimited powers of the president. So we doesnt have to give any reason. It is one of the most extraordinary powers. And the other thing come a lot of people are under the misimpression of declaring you an instant. A pardon is forgiveness in a way. A lot of people are guilty when they get pardoned. But for the president to exercise his power to temper something in a case where justice has been a little too harsh. The woman that he released from the life sentence and spent 21 years in prison. I think he was saying this is enough time. And all president s do that. I think to name a controversial one, i think originally, he should have been given a pardon simply to check on federal prosecutors. That is partly why it was there. The case should have never been brought. And you can make an argument. That is part of the use of pardons. It is not saying you are innocent. It is saying there were mitigating circumstances or the justice was too hard or no purpose keeping this man or women behind bars. Bret we will see what else comes down the pipe. When we come back the perfect stocking stopper and your final thoughts. Were going to find the perfect tree. Were going skating. Were going to nanas. Wherever you go this holiday, chevy can help you get there. Which is why were making our chevy. Employee discount available to everyone. The chevy price you pay. Is what we pay. Not a cent more. 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