in 2020. that made it the worst year for economic growth in this country since the second world war. right now, this pandemic is shaping action in our nation s capitol as well. any minute, speaker pelosi will head to the podium, hold her weekly press briefing. the top question, where notions over another round of covid relief stand. what should be in a bill is dividing lawmakers. it s raising the prospect that democrats may have to go it alone to pass certain priorities. in a matter of hours, expect president biden will take action to expand health care access during this pandemic. the affordable care act, obamacare, the signature obama-era policy that he championed as vice president, will be the main focus we are told of this new round of executive orders. also right now, a senate confirmation hearing underway for president biden s pick to lead the department of housing and urban development. if confirmed, the challenge is keeping millions of americans from losing their home
you know what love is on thanksgiving? i love you so much and i m so thankful for you that i m not going to see you. this year if you love someone, it is smarter and better to stay away. we ll be alone physically, but we are spiritually together celebrating in a way that is even deeper. the story is, my mom is going to come up and two of my girls is the current plan. but the plans change. but that s my plan. sandra: and that grabbed a lot of headlines. laura ingle is tracking it for us. how long for the governor to change his tune about those plans? we crunched the numbers, looked at time codes. it was exactly 1 hour 33 minutes for him to reverse course and change his plans. as others plans go forward others move forward. he is letting folks know things are getting so bad in new york he is putting some restrictions in place for some areas where those cases are spiking, limiting the hours of restaurants and exactly how many people can gather for their thanksgiving
tonight. jonathan hunt in los angeles where the county district attorney is defending himself against criticisms of his progressive policies and practices but we start with correspondent bryan llenas in new york. good evening, brian. bret, good evening. numbers don t lie. tonight crime statistics are validating how many people feel in cities across the country. crime is up across the board and leaders are struggling to find solutions and silver linings. new york city, the safest of the top 20 big cities. no, s mayor bill de blasio painting optimistic portrait today of crime in the big apple despite startling headlines like the murder of a columbia university student stabbed to death in a city park sunday or the nypd s own statistics showing crime is up 3.4 percent in the big apple compared to last year. while murders are nearly the same, felony assaults are up about 9%. auto grand larceny is up more than 14%. and hate crimes are nearly doubled. nypd commissioner dermo
late news, fox news @ night . breaking tonight, another vicious school fight caught on camera. a student s phone video showing a sixth-grader in california being repeatedly punched in the head. the mall of that sixth-grade girl will join us live in moments. also breaking tonight, hunter biden was a no-show on capitol hill today but there was still quite a show. lawmakers continue investigating his family business deals. the senior national correspondent kevin corke is live in dc with more. reporter: former biden business partner citing a few examples of alleged perjury from hunter biden in sworn testimony last month. he accused him of a few lies saying the timeline of his business relationship with that chinese company cef seat was all wrong. he also said joe biden s interactions with his business associates, he did not tell the truth about that, he claims. he also said that hunter lied about a threatening text message he sent to chinese businessmen in which he demanded pa
schools are allowed to keep a child s sexuality a secret from their parents. the senior national correspondent kevin corke is live in dc with the breaking information on this. kevin good evening. reporter: evening trace. three monmouth county new jersey districts are being sued by the state of new jersey for passing versions of policy requiring teachers to inform parents if a student is seeking a transgender accommodation, such as using a new pronoun or bathroom. today was the first time the state publicly argued its case against the middletown, marlboro and manalapan englishtown school districts, districts whose leaders agree that the aim here, trace, is to strike a balance between care for the children and the rights of parents. i don t think that our policy is discriminatory in any way. i think we carefully crafted it to be compassionate and to actually attend to the needs of our district. reporter: meanwhile a spokesperson for the office of the attorney general in n