.>> bill lee has been on the phone with investors all day long and it looks very likely that they will be closing december 31. they were hoping that perhaps they could temporarily close and reboot once dining gets fired up again in san francisco. but what many of these restaurants say they need is for people to order take-out. they are living and dying by take-out at this point. they say they are happy to cook for you, there are multiple restaurants in chinatown that have not seen business in nearly a year at this point.>>> let's turn to kenny choi in walnut creek where the pandemic is making the economic divide worse. >> reporter: all of these stores are trying to salvage part of the holiday shopping season with year-end sales heard all of this as the pandemic has exposed the magnified the disparities between those who can spend and boost the economy and those who simply cannot. at first glance it almost sounds and looks like a typical festive shopping scene two days before christmas. >> i was hoping the stimulus would have happened a little sooner. i think that would have really help

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and tennessee governor bill lee just requesting an emergency declaration from president trump to help with the ongoing relief efforts after touring the damage. let's talk about this investigation. jonathan wackrow is a cnn law enforcement analyst and a former secret service agent. good to see you, jonathan. happy holidays, although it's not so happy in downtown nashville. so let's talk about how you see this investigation and this explosion that there would be a recorded message, you know, playing before an explosion warning people that there's an imminent explosion and to evacuate. what does that tell you right off the bat? >> well, fredricka, first of all, happy holidays to you. this is very unique. just the wording of that recording, evacuate now, there is a bomb, directionally this is indicating that whoever launched this attack, the intent was not for a mass casualty event, not to cause harm to a mass of people. but what it tells us is this was absolutely a premeditated event, and the wording is very unique here where it's actually giving a command. it's telling people to evacuat

governor bill lee posted on twitter about requesting the emergency declaration. he said on twitter that after he toured this area he found the devastation shocking. and of course, that's because there's so much debris here. it spreads across several blocks. we're on 2nd avenue where this happened, but it's several blocks away where the perimeter is. you can see some police cars in the distance with tape right there. there's shattered glass even several blocks away. there may be a press conference this afternoon to update us with the latest information from law enforcement. as you mentioned, they confirmed yesterday that there was tissue found believed to be human remains. i asked specifically where they found that on the site f that could possibly relate to whether anyone was in the rv, and the police chief told me it was too soon to answer the question, that the debris is scattered in a way that they're still working through this and more information is hopefully to come very soon this afternoon, fred. >> and then, natasha, nashville police have also identified

.>> bill lee has been on the phone with investors all day long and it looks like far east cafe will close. they hope that perhaps they can reboot once things begin to open up and once people get vaccines, but there is real concern that restaurants like the washington bakery and restaurant, they say they need help, too, they need able to order christmas take-out dinners, and they need people to order takeout from them in general in order to have any chance of surviving over the next few months.>>> turning to the weather, if you had a chance to see the sunset today, well, you were in for a treat. this is a time-lapse view from the pacifica peer and just check out the colors. >> and the radar will have color on it just in time for christmas. paul heggen is here with the timing.>> it looks like we will see a good chance of rain spreading into the bay area on christmas day. let's break it down hour by hour with the three regions we usually focus on. we look to start christmas day dry, but that will not last too long. and first of the rangers will be moving in late morning and early afternoon.

today, tennessee governor bill lee asked the white house for a disaster declaration to help withhe recovery. law enforcement officials say the bl oast, whiginated in an recreational vehicle parked on theee s was intentional. three people were hurt and are being treated at local hospitails. in addon, police said they found tissue at the scene that could be human remains. the f.b.i. is ligding the inveion with the a.t.f. and shville metro police. as people around the world gather to celebrate chrtmas this weekend, the coronavirus continues to cast a shadow. the number of people hospitalized for covid-19 in the u.s. remains near record high levels, includingn california. the state is the first to pass two million confirmed coronavirus cases, and the surge is putting re pressure on hospitals in parts of the state. in los angeles count which is home to ten million people, record numbers of covi19 patients are hospitalized and in intensive care. l.a. county is also among those testing to see if a new strain of coronavirus, which was found spreading in england, is here in the u.s. starting monday,

joining us this morning, tennessee governor bill lee. as bad as this was you must be breathing something of a sigh of relief this morning, nobody aside from the bomber was killed and there was no huge loss of life. this thing wasn't worse than it is. >> thank you. it's devastating when you walk the streets down there and see what's happened. we are very grateful. the law enforcement you just saw, the incredible work, and a day when they need encouragement, they have given us encouragement by saving countless lives down there. the livelihoods have been lost significantly. small business owners have had a difficult year to start with. when you see the damage down there you see, i see business owners with a new struggle, but we are starting today, we are beginning to determine ways we will rebuild. we will talk about that in a moment. >> you mention those heroic police officers and i want to put their names on the screen because americans need to remember and recognize them. amanda, james, and timothy miller. and here is a little bit more o

he pleaded with owner bill lee to wait on closing. >> bill, i beseech you and your investors and your landlord to hang in there a little bit longer. >> lee didn't make any promises, but peskin's office tells abc7 that lee may stay open until supervisors vote on the aid package in january. >>> the albany bowl is another economic casualty of the covid-19 crisis. it's been a fixture in the east bay for decades and is now closing for good. the billiard room, restaurant and sports bar was a popular spot for uc berkeley students and high school kids. the east bay times says the owner spent $700,000 out of his own pocket since the shutdown and can't keep going. >>> foster farms must provide workers with masks after a deadly coronavirus outbreak. it happened at a chicken processing plant in california. a judge ordered them to comply with a number of covid-19 health rules. the breakout at livingston facility killed nine people and hundreds more were sick earlier this year. foster farms says it is following safety rules and repeatedly testing employees. >>> this morning we have a remarkable sto

he pleaded with owner bill lee to wait on closing. >> bill, i beseech you and your investors and your landlord to hang in there a little bit longer. >> lee didn't make any promises, but peskin's office tells abc7 that lee may stay open until supervisors vote on the aid package in january. >>> the albany bowl is another economic casualty of the covid-19 crisis. it's been a fixture in the east bay for decades and is now closing for good. the billiard room, restaurant and sports bar was a popular spot for uc berkeley students and high school kids. the east bay times says the owner spent $700,000 out of his own pocket since the shutdown and can't keep going. >> so tough. >>> glide in san francisco is continuing its annual prime rib christmas eve luncheon today. this is the 27th year that glide and house of prime rib have teamed up. 3,000 pounds of prime rib will be donated. the meals will be boxed up and handed out by glide. they will hand out 1,400 meals today starting at noon. >>> the winner is -- fire station 38 in pacific heights. san francisco fire crews received a 70-year-old contes

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meanwhile, governor bill lee asked for federal aid related to this disaster. so far we have not heard president trump speak publicly about that. >> the mayor so right to laud the police officers able to prevent further harm done to civilians there and residents in the area moments before the blast went off. natasha chen, thank you so much. >>> this just in to cnn, actress lori loughlin has been released from federal prison in california. she served a two-month sentence for her role in the college admissions scandal and also has to perform 100 hours of community service and pay $150,000 fine. >>> the "new york post" endorsed president trump two months ago. today, the newspaper's editorial board telling him straight up, you lost. move on. research shows people remember commercials with nostalgia. so to help you remember that liberty mutual customizes your home insurance, here's one that'll really take you back. wow! what'd you get, ryan? it's customized home insurance from liberty mutual!!! what does it do bud? it customizes our home insurance so we only pay for

the governor here, bill lee said people's thanksgiving choices are catching up to them. the vaccine is a good thing it's rolling out but it will take time to have impact and the vaccine will not solve people's selfishness or foolishness. he's asking people to wear a mask, not gather for the holidays. but there's still no statewide mask mandate. according to the tennessee health department they put out yesterday that the positivity rate for their test is more than 21% right now and the icu beds across the state only 8% of them are available, kate. >> dan, let's bring you in on this as well. by comparison, what's going on in california? >> reporter: well, kate the state is in the midst of this unprecedented surge. yesterday you had 52,000 cases. in the last 48 hours you had more than 100,000 cases and that is putting a severe strain on the health care system, as you alluded to, icu beds really getting low. statewide it is at 3% in southern california it is at 0%. the state set up alternative care sites, there's 11 of them, five of them have been activated and they have pat

. >> i am worried about bill lee and the far east hanging on. an imperative to do that together. without saying too much more, i beseech you and your investors and your landlord to hang in there a little bit longer. >> the relief plan would pay far east cafcand other restaurants to cook meals for people living in single room occupancy hotels as part of the chinatown feed and fuel program. >>> and historic piano bar in grand lake. the neighborhood is also on the verge of closing down. the owner said restrictions are making it nearly impossible to pay bills. how people are stepping up to keep the music playing. >> it has been such a landmark for such a long time. >> reporter: adele lee is a bartender at the alley on grand avenue in oakland. and historic bar with wallpaper mita business cards. >> there is something magical about it. >> it is at risk of disappearing for good. the owner said the pandemic forced the bar to close in march. then tenants living upstairs could no longer pay rent. >> i depend on that for my mortgage. i got really behind. >

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tennessee governor bill lee tweeted we will supply all of the resources needed to determine what happened and who was responsible. cnn's evan perez joins me with more on this. evan, we know the fbi is now involved in the investigation. what more can you tell us? >> bianna, the fbi field office has taken over the lead of this investigation. i'm told that's an indication, not necessarily that they've decided what this is. the fbi has a lot of resources available that perhaps local authorities don't have, so that's one of the reasons why they took over the investigation. still very early. there's very little known. we saw from earlier briefing the police gave on the scene there that they said there had been reports of gunshots before the emergency responders arrived on scene and it appears those responders were there when the explosion happened. it appears it was an rv that was the source of the explosion. what exactly caused it is still very much a mystery. you can see from pictures that we are getting from the scene that the destruction, that this was an explosion that caused a lot of dest

we know that the tennessee governor, bill lee, has asked this be declared a federal disaster area, looking for federal resources, yet not a peep from the president. what's happening? >> reporter: no, we have yet to hear from the president directly on this explosion that took place yesterday early morning in nashville. the white house did say in a statement yesterday that the president was briefed on this. he sends his thoughts and prayers to the first responders and those impacted by this explosion, but we haven't heard from the president either on camera or on twitter where he has been otherwise active today tweeting attacks against his own justice department and senators in the supreme court. in nashville, tennessee. we also don't know whether he has approved the emergency declaration requested by the governor of tennessee and we're not expecting to hear anymore from the president today either. the white house gave us a lid which means that we are not expecting to see or hear from the president directly. though, of course, he is continuing to tweet, but as of now, nothing directly about

and i think he's also talked to our governor bill lee. >> but nothing to you? >> well, not so far.need to call me. we just need him to support a federal help for rebuilding. we need to make these businesses whole after covid has really strangled them. unfortunately, for them to be blown up and put out of business at least for a little while is especially unfair. and again, like tornado relief we need a little bit of blast relief here in nashville. >> all right, and we hope you get that as soon as possible. mayor john cooper, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. hope you get back to normal very soon. >>> and breaking news next. new details about when individual stimulus checks may be going out, and what the pandemic relief bill means to millions of struggling americans. for veteran families, when it comes to finding and buying your dream home, we'll be there to make it happen. we'll be there when you want better rates too. or to get money for retirement. we'll be there because we work only with veteran families like yours to help you get the most life out of a home fo

still have to be answered, the type of explosives are still being investigated, meanwhile, governor bill lee asked for federal aid related to this disaster, but we have not yet heard from president trump about that. jim? >> not a single comment from the president yet about that bombing. natasha chen, thanks very much. >>> we'll get the latest on the investigation from the mayor of nashville, he joins us right after this. >>> police have released new surveillance video that captures a nashville police officer walking out of frame right before a bomb detonated in downtown nashville on christmas morning. authorities have now identified the suicide bomber who died in the blast, but his motive remains a mystery. three people were injured in this bombing and dozens of buildings are damaged in downtown. joining us now is nashville mayor john cooper. mayor cooper, thanks so much for being here. tell us what went through your head when you saw that surveillance video. >> well, we're celebrating the year of first responders in nashville, how brave our police officers are, all our first responders but

tennessee governor bill lee just requesting an emergency declaration from president trump to help withrelief efforts after touring the damage. we just learned investigators are expected to give as an update sometime this afternoon. natasha chen is live for us in nashville. natasha, what are you hearing from investigators? >> reporter: this is very much an active scene.

in the meantime, governor bill lee has asked for federal aid related this disaster, but we have not yet heard from president trump on that, alisyn >> natasha, thank you very much. how will investigators figure out the bomber's motive? we look at the clues with a former top fbi official, next. introducing voltaren arthritis pain gel. the first full prescription strength non-steroidal anti-inflammatory gel... available over the counter. voltaren is powerful arthritis pain relief in a gel. voltaren. the joy of movement. less oral steroids. taking my treatment at home. nucala is a once-monthly add-on injection for severe eosinophilic asthma. not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occurred. don't stop steroids unless told by your doctor. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. may cause headache, injection site reactions, back pain, and fatigue. ask your doctor about nucala at home. find your nunormal with nucala. see every yikes...... a

sanjay, you heard the republican governor of tennessee in that piece, bill lee, saying one thing that this vaccine will not solve or cure is selfishness or indifference to what's happening to our neighbors around us. very provocative and important message, i thought whach. what did you think? >> in some ways, we've been talking about this for almost a year now, jake. we celebrate the science, and it is remarkable, but the science can't rescue us from ourselves. i mean, that has become abundantly clear to me. frankly, illuminating for me this year. just as a doctor and a specialist at that, you know, you really lean into the amazing things that science can do in terms of helping people when they're in dire straits. basic public health behaviors, basically doing things to not only protect yourself, protect those around you make a huge difference. go back and look at 1918 and you track the cases -- obviously it's three times the population now, but if you population control it, it's almost exactly the same. >> yeah. >> despite the fact that we have icus, therapeutics and all these things

governor bill lee says the state can't sustain another holiday surge like the one seen after thanksgivingcently diagnosed with the virus but he still won't impose a mask mandate. cnn has reporters covering the pandemic coast to coast. >> i'm pete muntean at a fedex facility in memphis, tennessee, where the moderna vaccine arrived only moments after leaving a distribution center just over the state line in mississippi. now this vaccine is going out to 3,000 locations across the country. the deliveries begin on monday morning at hospitals, pharmacies, cvs and walgreens, and more rural collilinics beca this vaccine does not need to be stored at super low temperatures. >>> i'm natasha chen, a cdc committee voted on which next phase of people should be prioritized for the covid-19 vaccine. we have seen health care workers, as well as residents of long-term care facilities start to be vaccinated. the next group include people 75 and up, as well as front line essential workers like first responders, teachers, grocery store workers. the phase after that will include people 65 and up, younger peop

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. >> yeah, and the governor of tennessee in the meantime, his name is bill lee, he has now requestedfederal assistance from president trump. the president was briefed on the explosion as was president-elect joe biden. but president trump has made no mention of it on twitter or elsewhere, not even on twitter. you think that he would respond and give some tennesseeans some aid by now. >> you know, in my 35 years in counterterrorism, i have heard hundreds of presidential statements, at least expressing empathy with the victims of this attack. and there were victims in this attack. people lived on that street. the businesses are devastated. if you've not seen the photographs of what happened to that street from this device, you really should. hopefully we will hear from the president at some point. maybe he is just holding his tongue on advice of counsel so that he can find out what the motivation of what this individual was. but people are hurt. downtown nashville, i know that street, i know that block. there are some fine places there. they are just going to need federal support here.

. >> reporter: bill lee says business never returned and he must close the far east cafe. as word spread that the restaurant known for big family banquets and private booths is closing 100 years after opening its doors concern is growing. >> a lot of people they really care about the value and a lot of phone call and they feel sorry about that. they say they can help. >> reporter: this week the san francisco board of supervisors introduced legislation they hope will be a lifeline for the far east cafe and other struggling restaurants in china town. they're hoping to secure $1.9 million to pay restaurants to feed people in need in the neighborhood. >> everybody recognizes it. i'm in banquets. all the families were here. >> reporter: life-long customer hopes it's not too late. >> a restaurant like this needs to be saved because it's kind of like history. history. >> yeah, it's a hard time for me. >> reporter: lee says for now he will close at the end of the month, but plans to talk to investors about the city's plan. does he think it's enough to come back next year? >> we do

and tennessee governor bill lee says he's toured the blast site and with president trump. leland: we'll get to that with trump, but how much of downtown is sealed off. there was a curfew starting last night. the debris went about six blocks. how far away are you? >> well, leland, right now, we're about a quarter of a mile away from that blast site. there's a good portion of downtown that's still sealed off. obviously you have federal and local officers up the road trying to investigate this-- (inaudible) in the area blocked off, and of course, that curfew you mentioned goes until 4:30 sunday evening so folks are cautioned away from this area. leland: i imagine a mess for the people that live down there, as well. charles watson on the ground in nashville. back to nashville if we get a press conference in the coming hours. >> joining us now a former fbi agency who took part in the oklahoma city bombing and he authored "how to spot a terrorist before it's too late", thank you for being here. given your expertise, who or what do you feel is the target here? >> well, my concern

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governor bill lee just tweeting out this morning that he is asking the president for emergency reliefourse, he just toured the site of the bombing, said the damage is shocking. it is a miracle that no residents were killed. all right, well, here now with more information on all of this is tennessee state senate majority leader jack johnson. senator, first of all, our deep sympathies. it is a miracle nobody was killed. there were body parts found, it may be the result of the killer or the bomber, him or herself. we'll have to wait and see. nashville did come together yesterday as one and it's still doing so, but you've been hit with so much from so much to floods to the covid crisis to the lockdowns. how do you get through all this? >> well, thanks, david, it's great to be with you. you're right 2020 has been a difficult year for all of us, but in tennessee it got started with deadly tornados at that came through nashville and the surrounding areas and right after that, covid-19 began affecting tennesseans. we had a shutdown and we had a limited riot agoen looting over the summer. so i

despite his wife testing positive for covid-19 over the weekend, the governor bill lee stopped shortf issuing a statewide order on sunday. instead issuing this call to action. >> masks work. and i want every tennessean to wear one. >> reporter: heading into christmas week, the spreading concern is twofold. americans getting together for the holidays and travel involved to get there. >> united 591. a male, 61 years old. >> reporter: concern became reality for passengers of united flight 591. many now concerned they were exposed to covid after a man fellil oil their flight from orlando to los angeles. this video obtained by tmz shows passengers performing cpr on the man in the aisle. tony aldapa was one of the passengers who jumped into action. >> there were three of us that were essentially tag teaming doing chest compressions. >> reporter: the man later died at the hospital. united says all customers on that flight acknowledged they had not been diagnosed with covid-19 in the past two weeks and did not have any symptoms. aldapa says the man's wife told him otherwise. she told him he

lee? >> good afternoon, bill. just the very first flake of snow.frightful as is the impact of this storm on restaurants in new york city. the big loss for the industry is the mandatory shut down that took place an hour ago of all the temporary ventilated structures that have been set up in city streets. many provide heat and approach a level of comfort that rivals indoor life line. they cannot remain operational because they could interfere with plowing the streets. the head of the sanitation department says crews have been prepping for this day. >> we've been working since the summer to account for and try to plan our approach to the outdoor dining structures. we have augmented our training protocols, exposed our operators that are dedicated to working with small business and being there to provide the critical roadway passage and be cognizant of these roadway structures. >> despite the weather, restaurants can continue take-out and delivery and customers can still be suffered on city sidewalks but with subfreezing temperatures and heavy snowfall,

debate on a bill on marijuana that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level while leaving state laws unchanged. sheila jackson lee explaining the bill to members. tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i appreciate and find relief in the opportunity to 3884, n behalf of h.r. the marijuana opportunity reinvestment and expungement act 2020, or the more act of 2020. i am with

jackson lee: let me first thank the gentleman from florida for making this a bipartisan bill. i thank him for his insight. i know that we will have many opportunities to work together. i might add, if we pass the more act, we will allow veterans, hospitals, doctors to be engaged in research to help our returning soldiers and veterans who are suffering from a variety of diseases that may be impacted by marijuana use. i'm delighted now to yield to mr. jeffreys, distinguished member of the judiciary committee and chair of the democratic caucus. two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. jefferies: i thank the distinguished gentlelady from texas for yielding. the failed war on drugs first began almost 50 years ago when richard nixon declared drug abuse public enemy number one. at the time there were less than 200,000 people incarcerated in america. today there are 2.3 million. disdisproportionately black and latino. many of those incarcerated over the years imprisoned for nonviolent drug offenses, including suppose of marijuana. the united

you heard from the tennessee -- excuse me, tennessee governor bill lee who had some open frustration of a culture of indifference. he complained about people not wanting to wear a mask or social distancing. that's what we're continuing to watch. we have had the holiday weekend and now we're going into new year's and new year's eve. there's more concern that this spike will continue to happen. especially as people see the light of the vaccinations that are starting to be rolled out. when you look at those numbers, even the vaccines, the vaccinations are not happening at the pace that many people expected. so again, you have state leaders pleading with people to just follow the common sense guidelines, washing their hands, wearing the masks and socially distancing. they say that will stop the turn and make sure that the trend we saw before the christmas holiday doesn't continue once we get a fuller view of the picture. >> shaquille brewster, thank you. jon, yet more evidence of just how the politicization of mask wearing is causing so much death and so much suffering. >> kasie, 100,000

the bill, as amended, is passed. mr. lee: i ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. lee: mr. president, i rise today to honor my friend and colleague, congressman rob bishop. after 18 years of service in the united states house of representatives, he's decided that hang up his gloves and embark on his well-deserved retirement. rob bishop has served utah's first congressional district with integrity and tenacity, humility and humor, and it's my high privilege to have worked with him over the last ten years and in the process to have become his friend. born and raised in kaysville, utah, rob has been a lifelong resident of utah's first congressional district with the exception of the two-year mission where he lived in germany while representing the church of jesus christ of ladder day saints. he graduated from high school with high honors and graduated from the university of utah with a degree in political

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now, senator lee managed to pass that amendment to his immigration outsourcing bill last night throughhe senate's unanimous consent procedure in which not a single republican in the senate stood up to block mike lee. in other words, every one of them sided with the chamber of commerce and the business round table against 18 million americans who are still unemployed in this nation, sided9 with the chamber of commerce, big business and wall street against middle class men and women, working men and women and their families. now, many of those republicans have been bought off by the top recipients of h-1b visas. those include tech and social media giants amazon, facebook, microsoft and apple. senator lee himself has received about $80,000 over the past two election cycles from silicon valley. and he is a willing stooge for silicon valley. rino cosponsors of lee's legislation have also received tens of thousands of dollars from big tech including outgoing senator cory gardner -- adios, partner -- as well as senators john cornyn, roger wicker, susan collins, joni everyonest. each of you --

the company says they are making progress with restoration efforts and tennessee governor bill lee isent trump. tennessee's congressional delegation also writing to the president and urging him to approve those disaster funds, guys? griff: charles watson, nashville , charles thanks very much. you know, this story is so remarkable, so many questions remain that this could happen, but you know, the interview that is really struggling the most, will, that you did earlier this morning, was noel rasmussen who lived in that area. she with her husband getting news from the officers to quickly evacuate here is a little bit in this video by the way is from the rasmussens they shot this video but when she talked to you about what happened when those officers said to get out, it was very powerful. watch this. >> i was in my pajamas i opened the door to see what was going on and they were getting all of the residents alerted and trying to get everyone cleared from the building. all i could see were their eyes just urgent and pleading and asking the police, there was just a heart-to-heart moment w