if you went to sleep december 30th last year, to december 30th this year, the market looks fantastic. cheryl: who would have known. alex, i'm out of time. [closebell rings] we have new records for the dow. as for the s&p. i can't see it. there it is. jackie: stimulus checks are rolling out. we're at new highs in a vaccine led recovery. a record close for the dow. 73 points higher. we were looking for a 68-point close to get that record. the s&p was teetering in that area. the s&p only up five points. not making quite there. the nasdaq closing shy of record territory with only one day left in 2020. i'm jackie deangelis in for connell mcshane. welcome to after the bell. time for the news happening at this hour. fox team coverage. rich edson with president trump in west palm beach. jeff flock at chicago's o'hare

airport. edward lawrence in washington. benjamin hall in london. a lot to get to. rich we'll start with you. reporter: good afternoon, jackie. what we're looking at right now is the congress overriding of the national defense authorization act veto that president trump vetoed. he did so over a number of different positions but you now got the top democrat and the top republican in the u.s. senate saying congress will deliver president trump soon his first veto override. >> the senate will not let our national security be shoved off course, certainly not by senators who have spent years, literally years trying to gut america's capabilities while our adversaries continue ramping up. the senate will stay on this important bill until we complete it one way or another. reporter: now the senate has also, the top democrat in the senate also basically said the same thing. that the house and senate will

sync up on this one, deliver 2/3 majority necessary to override the veto from the president. this is the national defense authorization act. it authorizes $740 billion worth of spending, everything from military construction to pay increases. president trump vetoed it over several reasons. one of them being he wants congress to repeal section 230. that gives tech companies certain liabilities when it comes to lawsuits. the second issue or one of the other issues that the president vetoed this all over was the the ndaa has a provision in it that allows the u.s. to scrub confederate names off of military bases. so looks like congress is moving ahead anyway within a matter of days. the ndaa will pass, jackie? jackie: rich, before i let you go can we get the latest on stimulus as well? reporter: sure the $600 checks

are going out but president trump is tweeting to urge republicans to increase payments to more than $2,000. the house passed it quickly. the issue rests with the senate. the problem with this all, you have a number of senate republicans have a problem with additional half trillion dollar price tag associated with all of this. so the senate majority leader, republican mitch mcconnell packaged the 2000-dollar payments up with a number of other issues like the section 230 appeal and a commission would look into voter fraud. that makes it much less likely to pass. even democrats are acknowledging seems now that senate majority leader managed to manuever this out of possibility and appears as though $2000 checks at least for now will be unlikely. jackie: we'll be watching. rich edson, thank you so much. meantime the uk approving a third covid-19 vaccine as virus cases pass the spring peek. another lockdown may be on the table.

benjamin hall is live in london with those details. reporter: jackie, good news and bad news out of the uk. i will start with the good news. the oxford astrazeneca vaccine has been approved. it is more hardly and transferred at fridge temperature and 10 times cheaper than the moderna vaccine and seven times cheaper than the pfizer vaccine. that will start rolling out in this country on monday. the oxford vaccine offers 70% efficacy 22 day as of the first dose. that rises to 80% after the second dose. the pfizer and moderna vaccines by comparison are 90% effective after two doses but they need to be transported at negative 70 and negative 20 degrees. the u.s. ordered 200 million doses of the oxford vaccine as part of the "operation warp speed." the fda made it clear they will not rush approval. there are still questions about the trial data much of which remains confidential within the company.

nevertheless this approval in the uk comes at a critical time because the country is seeing a major spike. the country now has more patients hospitalized due to covid that at any point so far in the pandemic. around 23,000. that is 1/5 of all emergency hospital beds in country. some hospitals are reaching capacity. there are almost 1000 deaths a day in the uk now. authorities are blaming this spike on the new, more transmittible variant of variant first identified england. as a result of 3/4 of population in uk are highest lock down, gyms, restaurants, bars, hospitality venues, shut, households meeting all forbidden. so we're entering a difficult phase as we head into january. jackie? jackie: benjamin with respect to the new strain and vaccines we're talking about, newest one on percentage basis, potentially less effective than the pfizer, moderna vaccines, do we know that even with that percent

efficacy it will prevent people getting the new strain of the virus? >> you know, jackie, experts say there is no evidence it will because they haven't had long enough to test the new strain. they believe with high certainty that it will do so. they have to wait a couple of months until they can test this new strain against the vaccine more closely but they believe that it will protect against it. we do know how transmissible this new strain is. started in the uk. it was identified earlier in the last few weeks. it is already in italy, switzerland, germany, ireland, all those countries are also following suit. also locking down. so europe in general, really heading into a difficult phase. we've seen the first few cases of the strain in colorado as well and in canada. looks like this one will spread quite quickly around the world. jackie? jackie: we're watching it closely. benjamin hall thank you for that. something we keep an eye on, georgia with less than a week until the senate runoff races, with all the candidates backing

president trump's proposal for $2000 stimulus checks this could affect the way the peach state is voting. peter doocyis on the ground in georgia. peter. reporter: republican candidates here are betting people in this state want to stick up for president trump can be motivated to go out to vote for them. >> we're going to keep fighting for this president too. but you know what? we can do two things at once. we can keep fighting for this president. we can show america that georgia is a red state. we can getth done right here in georgia. reporter: loeffler is incorporating accusations about her won't, reverend rafael warnock into her stump speech. warnock was accuse ad few days ago by his ex-wife of running over her foot in a car back in march. that was something warnock was never charged with. more recent dates he has been accused of running a camp where counselors were abusive is minors. the other democrat, jon ossoff

doesn't think that will matter. any concerns allegations of wrongdoing against reverend warnock could be a drag on democratic ticket next week? >> none whatsoever. reporter: the biden transition team does not have any concerns strong enough to shake up their schedule. they announced biden will be here on the eve of the election for an event in atlanta. kamala harris will host an event in the savannah area. >> i think we're not naive about the fact that this is a special election in early january. we're going to take no vote for granted. certainly neither are -- are the candidates running. reporter: millions of ballots have been cast. candidates are fanning out across the state to turn out for them. including this event that wrapped up for kelly loeffler in augusta, 10 minute drive from the famous golf course. back to you. jackie: peter doocy thanks so much.

here to react, steve moore, freedom works economist. always great to have you. >> hi, jackie. jackie: a lot laid out by peter. the plot thickens ahead of contentious runoff race on january 5th. your thoughts where we stand right now? >> georgia traditionally gone republican in special elections. it would be a big upset if democrats pulled this off. this is one of the most unusual special elections in modern times. all bets are off who would win. i've been talking to some of the folks at freedomworkses on the ground knocking own doors. they're feeling somewhat confident. you just don't know. it will all be turnout. the new twist in this debate has been this $2000 payments. so in the last couple of days you had the republican candidates, loeffler and also purdue who came out in favorite of the increased payments. i personally am not in favor of

that. i'm not a big fan passing out free money to people but it will be right down to the wire. it will come down to the turnout, who is, which party is able to get those base voters out to vote on tuesday. jackie: speaking of the turnout, early voting is going to cease tomorrow. >> that's true. jackie: then the in-person voting will resume on the actual day on the 5th. what we've seen in the past obviously is that the mail-in voting, early voting it didn't favor the republicans. so is there a concern here that the scales may be tipped because of the way that we've done this as a result of the pandemic, more than two million votes have been cast early already. >> so what i'm hearing, you never know what information is correct or not when it comes to how people are voting but what i'm hearing is that unlike during the general election you're seeing republicans out there, jackie that are more prone this time around to vote early. so i'm not so sure that those large numbers of early votes

auger poorly for the republicans. we just don't know. we're seeing an increase in early voting by republicans. jackie: i want to go back to your point on the $2000 stimulus checks. that is highly debated at this time. people will start to get the 600-dollar checks. you talked about passing out free money. for a family of four it is $8,000. it does seem like a lot. so your theory we should wait and see? also remember joe biden said he will pass more estimate us. >> i hate the stimulus bill. i don't think there is anything in it that is positive. casey mulligan and i, you know casey mulligan, he was trump's chief economist at the council economic advisors and university of chicago professor, he and i come up with numbers. we estimate over the next six months this bill loses 4 million jobs. it doesn't create jobs, it loses 4 million jobs. there are some welfare programs, unemployment benefits, increase of food stamps which pays people

money not to work. it will be harder, i predict, you will see in january, february, march, as the economy really starts to pick up it will be harder to get workers back on the job. remember jackie, we saw that in the summer, when the 600-dollar benefits were provided. we had a lot of unemployment workers but employers were having a hard time getting people back on the job. they were getting paid more not to work than go back on the job that is the same thing with 300-dollar benefits. go back to the obama stimulus plan. remember that plan in 2009. that provided $25 a week benefits additional. this week, $300 a week. that is a lot of money. jackie: steve, if the democrats were to win in georgia it gives president-elect biden more leeway in his policies. the people in georgia have to realize, you put out a new piece on this, biden's policies do not benefit residents of georgia. >> we estimate that the average georgian will lose about, georgia family will lose about

$4,000 of income per year for the next decade because so many policies are or river ended taking money from southern states, texas, georgia, redistributing money to new york, california, illinois. that includes the 500 billion-dollar blue state bailout, resumption of the state and local tax rededuction from california and new york. right to work law. georgia is a right-to-work state. workers there are not required to join a union if they don't want to. that is very typical policy in blue states. most red states are right to work. under biden every single state would have to be right to work. that hurts the right-to-work states. every state would have to be forced union. that is very harmful to the competitive advantage of states like georgia. so georgians would be voting against their economic self-interests if they voted for the democrats in the senate

race. jackie: steve moore, thank you so much for laying that out. >> thank you, jackie. happy new year my friend. jackie: happy new year. there is one more thing to remember, if you're heading to the airport in chicago. jeff? reporter: what do we need? we need an i.d. we need a ticket. we need a mask. now we need a passport but not the one you're thinking about. tell you what in a moment.

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♪. jackie: earning the right to travel and more. as the pandemic continues to rage on some companies working on a covid-19 passport apps that can show your results for the virus, the test results and also your vaccination information. our own jeff flock live in chicago o'hare's airport. jeff? reporter: they're hoping, jackie, to make it more comfortable for travelers to make them think, everybody on the board they have been tested or have the vaccine. companies doing this are working with the airlines. one of them is a company that has put out something called common pass. what it is it is an app on the smartphone that will link to your record of whether you have been vaccinated or whether you have had a test. you know there are other apps out there for people in the work

place. i have got one on my phone right here. you check in every day, you say, do you have symptoms, is there any problems, have you been tested, what every? if you answer all the right questions you're okay to go to work. those though are based on date that that you provide. in other words if you want to lie to them, you can. these would be actual links to reality and would prove you've been either tested and are negative or you have gotten the vaccine. airlines want to get passengers in the seats. if you look at the numbers, lately they have been better, ticking up since the beginning of the pandemic but still far below what they normally are. a million travelers yesterday through the nation's airports. usually about two million, two million plus. the other thing i would add in addition to the critics about this, this could be something that would be used in other venues, maybe theaters, maybe live concerts, that sort of thing. critics though, what if i don't have a smartphone?

what if i don't want to give them my medical data? what if i don't want to have a vaccination? what about that? do i then get to fly or do i get shut out of football games and airports? i guess those answers are yet to come but technology marchs on. so does the virus. jackie. jackie: there has been a lot of question about that, right? can tests be mandatory that kind of thing. do you think the airlines have the power? is it part of the discussion to make these passports mandatory if you want to travel? reporter: i would only point to the thing i'm wearing right now. well a lot of people said you can't make me put a mask on. yeah you can, if you want to fly on the airplane. now you have to, if they want to say you have to get a test, vaccinated before you get on the airplane, i think that will probably wind up in court but i suspect they can do it. jackie: jeff flock, thank you so much as always. reporter: thanks, jackie. jackie: on the eve of the deadline, uk lawmakers voting to approve the historic brexit

trade agreement which will take effect on new year's day, four years after the uk voted to leave the european union. the bill heads to the house of lords. it is expected to pass there before receiving royal ascent.

jackie: "fox business alert." governor gavin newsom confirming first case of the new covid strain in california. the governor told dr. anthony fauci during a virtual conversation moments ago. the newsom said the case is in southern california. picking up the pieces in nashville. police are searching for a motive behind the attack as business owners are slowly returning to assess the damage. fox news's mike tobin is on the ground with the latest there. mike? reporter: jackie, starting out we have new visuals from security cameras inside the buildings when the blast rocked downtown nashville. business owners from blocks away

talked about doors and locks being blown open. 911 calls, witnesses describe hearing gunfire before they heard the warning come out out f the truck. that is still unexplained. they heard the warning. you heard petula clark's 1966 hit, "downtown." finally the blast. we know police receive a warning that anthony warner was building bombs. a woman in 2019 identified as a girlfriend from warner made statement that her boyfriend was building bombs in the rv trailer at his residents. he talks about the military and bomb making. police knocked on the door and didn't get an answer. they saw the rv but didn't see inside. prior to the incident report from last year police said all they knew of warner was a pot charge from 1978. >> he was not on our radar. he was not someone that was identified as a person of interest for the bureau. and so we were not familiar with

this individual until, until this incident. reporter: the hazardous device unit followed up that incident report but acting on advice from a lawyer warner denied investigators access to his property. jackie? jackie: mike, thank you so much for that. the nashville bombing also revealing security weakness in the united states communications officials saying that it will take days for internet air traffic control systems and 911 services to be fully up and running. edward lawrence here with the break down. heedward, over to you. reporter: the blast from downtown nashville you saw pictures from mike tobin it highlights a achilles heel that can be exploited by enemies and outside of it. vanderbilt professor of computer sciences douglas schmidt says companies need to avoid all communications lines from one

region through a building. the explosion on christmas day in nashville took out at&t communications hub. knocking out internet lines, 911 system, maybe phones and hospitals from kentucky to georgia. the nashville international airport even had to issue a ground stop because it lost internet access. >> people probably didn't realize the 911 service was somehow associated with the telecommunications equipment and connections that ran through that building. what we learned from this the dependencies ran through a single point of failure and the fact that most people, perhaps even parts of at&t didn't realize the extent of the dependencies as well. reporter: it took four days but now at&t communication lines are fully restored. doug fleishman represents eastern tennessee and parts of his district were affected by outages. fleishman says says this shows we must protect the grid from a software attack and a physical

attack. >> what i mean by that civil to make sure the structures that would house the critical infrastructure would be protected as well. utilities need it. we saw that the private sector needed it. maybe this will be awakening for us as legislators to make sure that doesn't happen again. reporter: fleishman plans to bring this up in the next congress. the tennessee emergency communications board announced a emergency meeting on monday to address this issue. back to you, jackie. jackie: edward, with quick question for you, any movement on capitol hill about doing something to remedy this? reporter: right. right now, no. they're getting ready for the next congress to come in. they're talking about the $2000 stimulus checks but the representative there from tennessee plans to bring it up. he is the ranking member on the subcommittee over homeland security in the house. that is controlled by democrats

not republicans. but he plans to push this the beginning of next year. jackie: so much to do in the beginning of next year. edward lawrence thank you for that. coming together in times of crisis, one doctor taking matters into his own hands making sure his community receives covid-19 vaccines in time. we're on the scene in mac's pub, the staten island bar that became the voice of businesses across the nation. what owners plan to go next month. there is an agreement with the buffalo bills and nfl to allow 6600 fans to attend the play-and-a-half game. the fans must wear a mask and must practice social distancing ? this is totally customizable, so you focus only on what you want. okay, it's got screeners and watchlists.

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♪. jackie: traveling hundreds of miles to deliver vaccines, that is what one michigan doctor ask doing to make sure rural hospitals with spiking coronavirus cases received doses in a timely fashion just like major cities. joining me now is dr. richard bates, a physician at mid michigan health. dr. bates, great to see you. this is a problem we've been reporting here on fox business. my colleague jeff flock is at a nursing home at a rural area the other day. they're waiting, they're worried, that they are not being prioritized in the way that the urban centers are. >> yes. that's, i think that was the

main impact for us to make this effort for our rural communities and rural hospitals is, and was, to make sure that they were seen and they felt that they were cared for. jackie: what happens next when it comes to the distribution of the vaccine? astrazeneca's product got eua in the u.k. we got it here as well, three candidates, three vaccines on the market and more doses as we're going to ramp up in time. how do we sort of manage this as a country to make sure that the vaccine gets to the people that need it wherever they might be? >> it takes a team. here in michigan we had numerous people from the pharmacy team, employee health team, clinicians all working together to sort through all the complexities and it is very complex. each vaccine has its own

charactertics. the -- is complicated and all sorts of those things have to be carefully planned out and constructed so that we can make sure that people receive the doses as they need. jackie: what other hospitals are you planning to visit yourself? >> well very seven hospitals or seven places that we go. so as far north as alpena, 3 1/2, two hours pro here, west branch, small hospital an hour from here. glad win, critical access hospital, east from midland core hospital from the east. the hospital in alma, mount pleasant as far as north as claire. so we have quite a 23 county spread of hospitalizations that we work with. jackie: there are a couple of issues with the vaccines. one of them is freezer storage. that is a little bit difficult. harder to transport.

vaccine, astrazeneca one would have to be refrigerated. novavax's candidate as well would have to be refrigerated. that would make the distribution process easier so people can get the vaccine in the most timely fashion possible? >> i think it will make a huge difference. the freezer capacity, the thawing that is required by pfizer. it just takes more logistical maneuvering to work with that. i think the astrazeneca, even moderna's vaccine which will not require a deep freeze will be more amenable to clinics and smaller centers being able to disperse the vaccine than we're having to do with the pfizer vaccine which we're dispersing in large clinics because of the thawing and allotments and vials we have to use. jackie: when it comes to the elderly population, in these areas, these harder to reach areas, it is important obviously they get the vaccine because they're the most susceptible to

catching the virus and having complications with it. potentially even dying as well. so i imagine that would be top of list, top of priority for you? >> it is. one of the big parts of this pandemic is these patients who are very susceptible coming into our hospitals and, then, having the capacity to care for them. and so, if we are able to get the vaccine to care homes and skilled nursing facilities, hopefully those patients will not need hospitalization and therefore alleviate some of the stress on our acute care centers. jackie: how long do you think it will take for the vulnerable populations for all to be vaccinated, for the vaccine available to the general public. timeline for everybody else might not be until next june? >> we're moving as fast as we can. we are working with through our

many employees. we're well over halfway through our employees. we're looking and collaborating with our health departments to see where we can come alongside them and vaccinate our health care providers as well. and our communities. we anticipate moving into what is 1-b, which would be critical people in our community and those over 75 as soon as we can. jackie: dr. bates, of course we applaud all the health care workers that have been on the front lines in this. it is amazing to see how people like you are getting involved in this way to help as we move forward. it is has been such a difficult year to say the least for this country. we wish you a happy new year. we hope to talk to you again soon. >> very good, thank you. jackie: your questions answered. charles payne, he is going to host a virtual town hall, "the future of capitalism." it will be wednesday january 13th, 2:00 p.m. eastern time. many businesses right now are hitly lockdowns as the incoming

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of max, dismissing them outright. so they, one of the owners spoke and said that they believe this is going to give them momentum. he also spoke about the frustration that these restrictions have given all of these business owners. >> keep on moving the goalpost on these guys. every single time they do something to adapt, they try to provide for their families they change it because they do adam. they are survivors. and then the next thing you do, you change the goalposts on these guys and you end up slamming them with threats of taking their licenses away and everything. it is completely frustrating. >> go back to the 1930s. reporter: mac's is become a rallying cry for restaurants who feel the covid-19 restrictions are chaotic, unnecessary and destroying their livelihoods. mac's public house remains shut down by the state health department. the liquor license suspended by the liquor authority. the sla saying in part, quote,

mac's public house is a threat to new yorker's health. as such their liquor license has been suspended. mac's not sued to overturned the state liquor authorities action and has not ruled against the sla's enforcement action. that co-owner getting a lot of press is danny presti. he was arrested in early december for defying covid-19 restrictions. he was arrested second time days later when he allegedly hit a new york city, a new york sheriff during an attempt to arrest him. he vehemently denying those charges, jackie. bottom line, a lot of frustration to a lot of business owners. they're looking at max for a beacon of hope for defying restrictions. jackie: what happens with the pending court case? reporter: there is a pending court case february 2nd in

new york state supreme court. new york city trying to declare mac's public house a public nuisance. they will go up in front of a judge, and a judge will decide. if a judge decides they ever a public nuisance. they could shut down mac's up to a year and fine them $1000 for every single day they violated restrictions. jackie: wow. thank you so much for that. bryan llenas thanks for reporting. speaking of businesses hit with hard times and dealing with the pandemic, the movie industry is hit a big toll but the small theaters is big blow to america's cultural life. they are a source for independently produced serious art films. one film in northern virginia, cinema that art center sighing s plunge0%. we have mark mcnamara owner of the theater. mark, this is such a terrible time. you're feeling the brunt of this. the pandemic literally created a

situation where people even if they were allowed to come to the theater are scared to. >> thank you, jackie for allowing me to join you today. i really, it is very strange. we can do in virginia up to 30% of our fire code capacity. we haven't come anywhere near that so far. in the art house business audiences typically older and at the don't quite feel safe enough to go out. i don't blame them. i'm not blaming anybody for any of this. we've been closed since march march 17. opened up august 28th. we're dog a lot of different things trying to survive. but i don't blame anybody. if you're not comfortable don't come. we do a lot. we're working very hard to keep the place clean. we have good air-conditioning, hvac that recirculates the area. ticketing spacing, show times that don't let people mingle in the lobby very much. jackie: how are you keeping the doors open? how is it that you have funds to sustain the business at this

time when so many are struggling? have you gotten ppp help? are you tapping into savings? >> keep going. jackie: all of the above? >> all the above. we were very fortunate. we got some publicity early on about our curbside sales, popcorn sales and concession sales. had a flat price for everything with three bucks. it has been pretty, very steady. we've had donations. i can tell you a story about a lovely woman who came in. she is retired. she and her husband will get the check back. this is back in april. and wanted to help us out. they want to give us one how dollars. i'm like, i don't think so. she said well, take it. okay, i will take it. what is your name? i'm not telling you. she left. we have had such great fans. i'm so humbled by this. jackie: wow. >> i do need to point out thank you to our senators cornyn, klobuchar schumer getting the

sos going. that is huge. it will help little people like me. jackie: there are two aspects like this. there are independent productions but also mainstream productions. for example, the new "wonder woman" film, when so many companies now are doing theatrical releases, big releases and also streaming them, giving the option to people to stay home to be able to watch it obviously that deters them from coming to theaters. what are your thoughts how the industry is evolving right now? >> oh, yeah, we got a lot of time here? we could have a lot of fun discussing that. basically people keep coming up, telling me they can't wait to come back to the movies on a regular basis. i'm a glass half-full kind of guy. i think it is going to happen. i think we're at a point right now where we can't get people confident to go out anywhere. i talked to people that said, they came to the movie the other day. they said they hadn't been out of their house since march but

came to a movie because they wanted to support us. i think the future is bright. i will just leave it at that. i'm not going to downgrade anybody. i'm not into that. we're all in this together. we're all trying to help each other out. all the big theaters, little theaters. it is about movie going. jackie: it is about movie going. and the experience. i know some people who say it is not the same to watch a movie in your home than it is to see it. people like being in the theater. mark, are you financially positioned to at this point to sustain the say, the next six month? >> oh, if i don't get the sos funding, no, i don't think i will make it six months. people keep saying why are you open? well if closed i would be losing a lot more money instead after little money every month. paycheck to paycheck. reminds me of when we were young, my wife and i were young were living on macaroni and

cheese, paying one bill at a time when we could afford to pay it. jackie: a lot of people are saying like that. it is bringing them back to struggles, facing challenges. it has been difficult. mark, we appreciate your half glass full approach to it. thanks for joining us today. >> go movie theaters. jackie: the next frontier in dining out. that is another issue. grady trimble has that story for us. grady. reporter: hey, jackie, they call it camp find a way because that is what restaurants are doing throughout the pandemic, finding a way. when we come back we'll show you the new dining experience on wheels.

♪ ♪ jackie: where there's a will, there's a way. one chicago restaurant partnering with an rv company to create private dining spaces for

their customers in a parking lot. grady trimble is on the scene in illinois. >> reporter: and, jackie, this is my rv for the day. they're trying to make this as immersive an experience as possible. they give every guest a walkie-talkie so they can have contact-free communication with their waiter. hey, mike, i would like some s'mores. and while mike does that -- oh, he heard me loud and clear. i'm going to hop out and show you what they call camp hide a away. there you go, they've got s'mores delivered to me at camper 102, so i will enjoy those in just a minute. michael, i i wanted to ask you about when your boss came to you with this idea, you're the manager here, did you think he was kind of crazy? >> when i first heard it, i had to do a double take to make sure i heard him clearly, but upon thinking about it more, you know, we're trying to figure out how to not only keach our

customers -- keep our customers fed and safe, but how do i keep my staff employed. people in the industry want to dine out, and it came to be the safest and warmest thing we could do. >> reporter: right. because as you can see here, there's about 6 inches of know on the ground, not the best -- of snow on the ground. you can fit six people, so, mike, the owner, said, hey, why don't we partner with sunny island rv. let's let our guests enjoy what we've been doing. they were going place to place trying different restaurants and getting it to go. now you have that experience in your back yard. a lot of places have ig roar -- igloos and tents. what's unique about this? >> we've got heat, we have tvs, we have music, you get the walkie-talkies, it's like a camping experience. the walk key walkie-talkie, we o

have fun and talk to our customers, and with our filterer systems in here, everything stays very, very sanitize thed. >> reporter: so this is my little rv, i'm going to enjoy these s'mores. they brought 'em out for me, so why not? jackie: that is really cute, grady. first of all, the s'mores look amazing, by the way. second of all, as i'm looking at these the rvs, they're like mini rvs. they don't seem full-sized. it looks like you could comfort write have an office space, a dining space, a living space and and be mobile. >> reporter: jackie, your imagination is running wild with this -- [laughter] kind of like the owner here. by the way, i mentioned they partnered with another rv dealership to do this. you get a discount if you do buy one of these rvs and you find it at this restaurant. and, by the way, the staff here have been trained by the rv company, so if they sell one of these things, they get a commission as well.

jackie: that is amazing. grady trimble, you always bring us the best stories. thank you for that. all right, that's going to do it for "after the bell." thanks so much for watching today. we'll see you tomorrow. ♪ ♪ gregg: good evening, everyone, i'm gregg jarrett sitting in for the vacationing lou dobbs. well, we are one week away from if congress certifying the electoral ledge votes in favor of joe biden, but today a republican senator announced that he will join more than a dozen colleagues in the house of representatives and stand up for the nearly 75 million americans who voted for president trump. many of who feel that election was stolen from the president and want their concerns about the integrity of the election to be heard loud and clear. senator josh hawley says he will object to the certification of certain states'