hospitalized after being diagnosed with the virus earlier this month and he was supposed to be sworn into office this sunday. we will have more on this in just a few moments. and i now to this fox news alert, the irs is sending out the first round of $600 stimulus checks as lawmakers battle over the $2,000 payments the president is asking for. president trump s say republicans should get on board unless they have a death wish. good morning everyone, i m sandra smith. we made it to wednesday. good morning sandra, i m jon scott. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell blocked a vote on tying those payments, he is looking at other top priorities like repealing section 2:30 which protects civil media platforms from civil liabilities. chuck schumer because of the blatant attempt to ensure the legislation never passes. if the president highlighted three issues of national significance which you would like to see congress tackle together. this week the senate will begin our pro
president trump is gearing up to campaign for the b publican candidates tomorrow, meanwhile a group of his congressional allies is preparing for a showdown of their own, 11 senators say they plan to object to wednesday s electoral college votes certification unless there is a ten day emergency audit of votes, we have fox team coverage, peter doocy is in savannah georgia, steve harrigan and dolson georgia, jacqui heinrich with abiding team in delaware, rich edson at the white house and mark meredith in washington, we began with chad alive on capitol hill. house speaker nancy pelosi returns, this will be her fourth term as speaker and probably her last, the vote she secure 216 votes compared to 209 for kevin mccarthy, there were five defections, three democrats voted present of michigan mikey cheryl of new jersey and abigail s bamberger of the democrat of virginia and to who bought it for other connor lamb in woman from maine, pelosi could only lose six but she was able to pu
votes to legalize abortion and the decision that could occur across latin america. the chinese call centers is pro-democracy activists up to 3 years in jail for trying to flee the crackdown in hong kong. and i m sorry with all your sporting news manchester united games 2nd in the premier league but there are doubts save the immediate future of the several players at different clubs testing positive for corona virus. back into the news i started in yemen where several people have been killed in an explosion in the southern city of aden. the blast happened as members of yemen s new unity government arrived at the airport the ministers have all reportedly been transferred to safety yemen s minister of information is blaming the attack on the iran backed rebels but they say they have nothing to do with it. let s join my mother who is our correspondent in the ebony capital sun i what more do we know about what seems to have happened in the circumstances around the blast. yes. acco
. jubilation in relief or knowledge until there is the senate votes to legalize abortion in a decision that could echo across and that s an america. the wheel sports news the immediate future of english premier league is in question reports out so you can suggest wednesday s match between top and then film has been possible in because of coronavirus there are also calls for the entire leak to be suspended. so we begin this news in yemen where at least 22 people have been killed in an explosion in the southern city of 8. has the blast happened as members of yemen s new unity government arrived at the airport the ministers have all been transferred to safety ministry of information is blaming the attack on iran backed rebels but they say they had nothing to do with it mohammed all the time has more from yemen s capital of sana a. according to my speak on sources on the ground the media people there witnessed that the fall down or of 3 missiles from outside of their ports so the
challenge win is gaining steam, some calling for a commission to conduct an emergency 10 day audit of the results, this after missouri senator josh holly and 140 house republicans said they plan to challenge wednesday s electoral certification. we have live fox news team coverage. mark meredith in washington. first, we go to congressional correspondent chad pergram. let s start with the senate. what happens there? reporter: the senate comes into session. the senate is a continuing body, vice president mike pence is president of the senate and he is presiding and he will swear in 32 new senators. i say 32 new senators because you have two-thirds of the senate, their terms continue, one-third of the senate has to be sworn in to start the new congress. among them, mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader. we will also have new faces like cynthia lumus, republican from way onlying wyoming. also tommy tubberville, they have to be signed in today. there is one vacancy. kelly