Section 230 protections. An Advisory Committee that would study the 2020 election and make recommendations to congress on improving security, integrity, administration of federal elections. Democrats are calling those poison pills and want to vote on just the 2,000 checks. Mcconnell was vague about timing. Those are the three important subjects the president has linked together. We will begin a process to bring these three priorities and the focus. Was no intervening action or debate. Senate democratic leader try to force a vote today on the 2,000 stimulus checks but mcconnell objected. We should not adjourn until the senate holds a vote on both measures. The ndaa veto override on the hospital to provide 2,000 checks for the american people. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders try to force the stimulus vote today and he was blocked. Objection to the request for modification . I object. Sanders threatened to keep senators in session through the holiday to address stimulus. Working families need help now. Not next year. Right now. Senate g. O. P. Leadership hoping to vote as soon as tomorrow to override President Trumps veto of the 740 Million NationalDefense Authorization act. That could be delayed by frustrated democrats. My republican colleagues seem more interested in funding defense then in funding the defenseless. Thats what this debate is all about. A speaker democrats are hoping the political calendar might help. The critical georgia runoffs will decide the balance of power in the senate and a desire for those senators to be out on the campaign trail. Im delighted to support the president and his 1400 increments over what weve already done. I think its appropriate. I fully support the president is doing. I have stood by the president 100 of the time. Im proud to do that when ive said absolutely we need to get relief to americans now. Right now its not clear if the new mcconnell bill would have 60 votes in favor. The same is true with the 2,000 checks by themselves. Five republicans are on the record in favor of the checks. They need 12 to reach the critical 60 yes votes. Bret thank you. More on this with the panel. President trump did not hold any Public Events today but as he often does he was happy to share his thoughts on twitter. Even targeting some fellow democrats and republicans. Rich edson has details from west palm beach, florida. Two bills, several controversial issues on a present pushing divided republicans from a thousand miles away. Tweeting weak and tired Republican Leadership will allow that defense bill to pass. A disgraceful act of cowardice and total submission by weak people to big tech. Negotiate a better bill or get better leaders now. Senate should not approve ndaa until fix. President trump wants congress to wrote repeal and unrelated law to give he wants congress to remove provisions in the National Defense authorization act that would scrub confederate names from military installations and limit the president s authority to withdraw certain troops abroad. These are things the president believes we should address and members of congress and the new Administration Believe we should address. We will address them. We have an opportunity to do that. But we should not try to do that on this bill. The president is keeping up the pressure on republicans to approve a housemate her to more than triple covid relief checks to 2,000. Repeatedly putting messages like 600 is not enough. The issue has split republicans between those who want to support the president and those who say they are concerned about adding nearly half a trillion dollars to the national debt. Weve got a 27 trillion debt. Its money we dont have. The president must also decide whether to continue suspending visas for various categories of Foreign Workers to enter the united states. In june the president halted certain work visas citing concerns about the economic effects of a worldwide pandemic. That suspension expires thursday. Conservative groups advocating greater limits on immigration are urging the president to extend the order. Business groups are urging the administration to allow those groups and workers back into the country. If the president does extend the executive order and beauty needs to ban those workers he may force the issue to the next administration. President elect joe biden is promising to reverse much of the Trump Administrations immigration agenda. Bret. Bret rich edson in west palm beach. Down down wall street after setting record highs monday. Dow losing 68. S p 500 dropped 8. Nasdaq finished down 49. President elect biden said he anticipates covid tenses will spike in january and deaths will rise in february. Vice president elect and her husband joined millions of americans getting the Covid Vaccine today. Jacqui heinrich joins us from wilmington with the latest. Good evening. The president elect delivered a blunt warning. Deaths and cases are going to get worse before they get better and brighter days may not come until march. He also said the Trump Administration has fallen short on its goals for vaccinations both of which have been acknowledged by the Trump AdministrationCoronavirus Task force. With only a few days left in december, weve only vaccinated a few million so far. The pace of Vaccination Program is moving now. If it continues to move as it is now, its going to take years, not months to vaccinate the american people. Biden pledged authorized the defense production act to boost production of ppn vaccine material, promising me throughout his campaign. President trump is also used the wartime octopus pandemic response. Biden also. To facilitate a massive Vaccination Campaign including mobile testing sites and hardtoreach communities. Kamala harris received her first shot today and biden pledged the vaccine would be delivered free and equitably and called on americans to wear a mask. Praising Chris Christie for encouraging that. Urging President Trump to do so as well. I give former governor Chris Christie credit. He and i have disagreed on the number of things but im thankful hes now encouraging people to do the right thing. I hope that President Trump will listen to him. The Trump Administration vaccination effort is one area the biden team is encountering obstruction. After biden warned yesterday his team was being sidelined by Political Leadership the department of defense and the office of management and budget. Im told bidens team couldnt get a meeting with the dod for the last 11 days. Pentagon officials denying dozens of request and critical blind spots include operation warp speed, the barg budget andr security. Bret thank you. As the transition continues, the Trump Campaign continues to fight the election asking the u. S. Supreme court to take up the challenge. Over 50,000 wisconsin absentee ballots the Wisconsin Supreme Court allowed. The lead attorney Rudy Giuliani wants the consideration to occur before the january 6 congressional review of the Electoral College votes for the the court has so far denied the appeal. We now know more about the actions of the suicide bomber in the days leading up to the christmas attack and the moment itself. Senior correspondent mike tobin is a nashville where the police have just released video of what the officers saw and heard that the blast site the ominous message blares from anthony warners recreational vehicle ae officers body cam documents that evacuation. After the blast, glass team goals to the pavement. Officers run to the danger and assist. Are you okay . Warner had allegedly hinted to a neighbor he was about to do something big. He said im going to be famous. Nashville and the world is never going to forget me. No red flags, and nothing but a pot charge for decades old to put him on police radar. Investigators from the fbi, atf and criminal investigation of the tennessee Highway Patrol combed through the debris of the blast to find enough pieces of the rv to produce an intact vehicle identification number. That led them to the name of anthony warner. Reports that he had been giving items away, transferred his house to a california woman in november for no money. Warner had given away another car, telling the recipient he had cancer. In that car investigators found a hack and gloves that match the dna on the items to tony warner. In the year when retailers struggle, nashville businesses were hit with one more unexpected difficulty. After opening in 2019, the desert shop endured a tornado and covid and he had planned a a new chapter. We are ground zero. We cant recognize our store anymore. Nashville police state evidence at the crime scene processing takes place through tomorrow and then public works will clean up and test the Structural Integrity of the buildings. Bret mike tobin in nashville. U. S. Transportation Department Said positive Train Control Technology is now in operation on all required Railway Sessions ahead of the december 31st deadline set by congress. The speed control technologies and place on more than 57,000 miles of track. The ntsb says he couldve prevented accidents like the 2015 amtrak crash that killed eight people, injuring more than 150 in philadelphia. The Colorado State laboratory has confirmed the first case of the coronavirus strain discovered in the United Kingdom that scientists warn a significantly more contagious. The individual is a male in his 20s with no travel history. Pfizer and biotech are confident their vaccine will work against this strain but say that studies are needed. Vaccines continue to be given around the world that there is concern over whos getting the shots and whos not and how fast all of it is happening. Correspondent brian yanez has the pandemic news from brooklyn, new york. As vaccinations continue, new york state is cracking down on vaccine fraud. The attorney general Letitia James launching an investigation. Over allegations that it committed fraud in obtaining and wrongfully distributing 2300 vaccine doses to clinics in brooklyn and administering shots to the general public ignoring state rules specifying the first round of vaccines go to Frontline Health care workers and longterm care residents. Now the clinic could face falsifying Business Records charges for allegedly misrepresenting itself in order to receive vaccines through the state of new york. We provided the vaccine because they fraudulently filled out a form that said they were a qualified health center. That was incorrect. They deny wrongdoing. This shows they receive the vaccine legally through new yorks department of health. Governor andrew cuomo signed an executive order making that fraud punishable by a milliondollar fine, loss of licenses and potentially prosecuting patients. If you received the vaccine and you knew you werent supposed to receive the vaccine and that was a fraudulent act by you. The u. S. Treasury warrants Financial Institutions nationwide to stay alert to covid19 vaccine related scams and cyber attacks. So far more than 2. 1 million vaccine shots have been administered. Short of the 20 million vaccine doses promised. We are not at the numbers we wanted to be at the end of the year. I believe as we get into january were going to see an increase in the momentum. Despite vaccine delays, certain members of congress, their staffs, to members and most of the staffs have been moved to the front of the vaccination line. While Police Officers working for the nypd are still waiting for their first vaccine shot. Bret. Bret bryan llenas in brooklyn. The cdc says seasonal influenza activity in the u. S. Remain significantly lower than usual for this time of year. Nationwide onetenth of 1 of those specimens tested were positive for influenza last week. The chart shows that this years reports for flu symptoms in the red triangles at the bottom. Visits are much lower than at least six of the previous flu seasons. One possible reason for the dramatic drop in cases according to Health Officials is the measures taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus could also be slowing the spread of the flu which is transmitted the same way. Up next, voters approve the measure. Many say that they have been duped as inmates convicted of crimes like indecent exposure and child pornography could be eligible for early parole. Why of Georgia Senate rally facing questions over double standards in the cancel culture era. If you have moderate to severe psoriasis,. Little things. Can become your big moment. Thats why theres otezla. Otezla is not a cream. Its a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. With otezla, 75 clearer skin is achievable. Dont use if youre allergic to otezla. It may cause severe diarrhea, nausea or vomiting. Otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. Tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts or if these feelings develop. Some people taking otezla reported weight loss. Your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. Upper respiratory tract infection and headache may occur. Tell your doctor about your medicines, and if youre pregnant or planning to be. Otezla. Show more of you. Keeping your oysters busihas you swamped. You need to hire. I need indeed indeed you do. The moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a shortlist of quality candidates from a resume data base claim your seventyfivedollar credit when you post your first job at indeed. Com promo im not letting you walk away with my phone. Bret prosecutors are investigating this confrontation ada hotel. A jazz musician says a woman grabbed and tackled his 14yearold son in the lobby she accused him of stealing her phone. Harold says the hotel told him the phone was returned by an uber driver. The california Supreme Court says inmates convicted of nonviolent sex crimes cannot be denied a chance at early parole consideration. William la jeunesse looks at it and the response from los angeles. Out of office but not the news. Former california governor jerry brown bankrolled a prop 47. This decision to exclude registered sex offenders was informed by the promises made by governor brown. State Supreme Court says otherwise. The proposition provides no indications of the voters intended to exclude from parole consideration sex offenses when the inmate was convicted of a nonviolent felony. Theres nothing nonviolent about possession of child pornography. The arguments in favor and against are not vetted for accuracy necessarily. Its possible there is something could be exaggerated or misleading. Prop 57 was one of several efforts to reduce prison overcrowding. It means up to 20,000 inmates could be released early. What are some examples of nonviolent felonies . One thing that we noted is that the measure doesnt define nonviolent felony. Voters only knew what they were told or single paragraph in the voter guide, something experts found funny. Where is that listed . That list is in a section of the penal code. Section 667. 5. B may be . Dont know. Its up to the state Corrections Department to determine which ella bill perko inmates are eligible. Officials officials put the number between 4,005,000. Spiro justice bartman says it will not bring federal criminal charges against two cleveland Police Officers involved in the 2014 killing of a 12yearold, tamir rice. They said the quality of the video of the shooting was too poor for prosecutors to conclusively establish what happened. To bring federal civil rights charges the Justice Department must prove the officer willfully broke a lot rather than a mistake, negligence or bad judgment. Prosecutors concluded the evidence was insufficient to prove beyond reasonable doubt the officers violated tamir rices constitutional rights. Up next, we look at the Georgia Senate runoffs one week before election day and how cancel culture may be impacting that race. First heres whats in our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. Fox 25 in boston. A statue of Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave kneeling at his feet has been removed from its perch in downtown boston. Workers remove the emancipation memorial this morning from a park where it had stood since 1879. In june they mirror knowledge the statue made residents and visitors alike uncomfortable and city officials agreed to the removal after a bitter debate. Fox 31 in denver. The heat is coming back on for thousands of residents in aspen after police say there was an attack on three natural gas sites as temperatures are forecast to fall near 2 degrees. Police say earth first was found written on a pipe at a natural gas pumping station near the ski resort town. Live look at miami from fox 7. The big story there, the boeing 737 max back in the air for commercial flights today after being grounded for 20 months after two fatal crashes in five months. American Airlines First flight took off from miami, landing safely in new york. Thats tonights live look outside the beltway from special repo