connell, back to you. connell: thank you, jonathan serrie.ive from georgia in early january because of the importance of these senate runoffs. thanks for watching today and every day, i'm connell mcshane in new york. we'll see you back here tomorrow. ♪ lou: good evening, everyone. the question tonight is, just exactly who is in control of the u.s. government. as i am speaking to you right now, we know that a number of countries are carrying out ongoing cyber attacks against various agencies and full departments of the u.s. government. the united states is under a full and ongoing assault but at least three nations -- by at least three nations. of russia is suspected of car arelying out the most devastating cyber attack in american history, and it is apparently getting worse by the

connell: right. because the bottom line to make it simple, i think just normal people, you mentioned the president, just normal people on the street, they can't get this type of thing or if they do they're very, very lucky. >> normal people in the country around get it. maryland set up good distribution. texas, governor abbott there really engaged with hospitals health care systems around the state to help make sure there is access with every region of the state. that is what we need to happen everywhere. connell: as always, dr. michelle lan -- mcclellan, thank you very much, we appreciate it. >>> facebook and google banning together to fight off antitrust actions. susan li joins us from the newsroom with the latest. reporter: according emails from "the wall street journal" google and facebook are teaming up in case the advertising partnership sparked an investigation. this goes back to the texas 10-state antitrust case launched against google last week. the partnership was nicknamed "star wars" inte

connell: yeah. mean it is just, this is, 2020 has been a crazy year. almost seems oddly fit technology it would end with president trump agreeing with aoc on something. brandon, appreciate you coming on with us. >>> a story about new york city, because when the census numbers came out they grabbed a lot of peoples attention. we talked for months about the so-called exodus from new york. the numbers back it up. more than 126,000 people getting out of the empire state between july 2019 and july 2020. that is the highest number, the worst number in the entire country. kelly jane torrence with us, "new york post" editorial board. boy, that backs up exactly kind of what we've been talking about. this information about whether it is something just related to a pandemic that hit new york so hard early on, everybody will come back or maybe something more permanent. what do you think? >> connell, not quite as bad as the kurt russell classic, "escape from new york," it is getting there. a big part of it was a

connell. ending up 85 points higher on the dow but not able to get to that record close. connell: it holds up,. >> beingky, i think maybe in spite of all the things you're talking about. the virus numbers are brutal. reaction from california. we'll see what happens there. pfizer announcement might be troubling. with all that economic data might not be bad with economic claims for example. reporter: absolutely. that boosted us higher earlier this morning. we kept some of the momentum throughout the day. the jobless claims was pretty good news, declining more than expected in the last week, continuing claims the lowest since march 21st. 712,000 people filing for jobless benefits, well below the 775,000 that the market expected and also well below the adjusted number for last week, 787,000. so we continue to watch the employment markets and those numbers. of course the big number out tomorrow. connell: the big one tomorrow. yeah, still so high, 700,000 people applying for unemployment. going in t

connell: yeah. as we said yesterday, we were talking about this, outdoor dining in new york, boston, other places forget about all of this going on. thank you, rick reichmuth. it's a one-two punch for the new york city restaurants. the city's hospitality alliance making a plea for relief as more closures and possibility of a full shut down still loom in the big apple. coming up we'll talk to one restaurant owner he is deciding to expand his business, not in new york. in another state. >>> with the very first vaccinations underway states and federal governments are facing a crucial task of keeping track of their progress. this hour we have a look what data is being shared around how it is being protected. >>> winter months bringing a new hit to u.s. tourism but some in florida might actually have a reason to strike a more optimistic tone. ♪ lgia. 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 customi

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connell? connell: that is what it is, risk/reward.you, garrett tenney live from chicago. >>> let's move to president-elect joe biden made it official today introducing his health team. he outlined the three goals for the first 100 days in office, asking people to wear masks, distributing 100 million vaccines, making it a national priority to garrett's reporting to get the kids back in school and keep them there. now another biden nominee is getting a lot of attention. that would be general lloyd austin. the president-elect just moments ago announced austin will be the pick for secretary of defense. fox news correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentagon with more on the general and some questions being raised about his nomination. reporter: connell, i would be make history as the first black secretary of defense. just like lloyd austin has broken barriers throughout the years. the choice is raising eyebrows on capitol hill from key democrats on the armed services committees suggesting austin may have trouble getting a waiver. austin r

connell? connell: dan springer, washington state.out all around the country in similar fashion. thank you, dan. >>> brand new start and a big job ahead, president-elect joe biden announced his picks for the white house health team in his administration, a team that hopes will include the california attorney general xavier becerra as nominee for secretary of health and hewlett-packard services. tom price joins us now. a former secretary of health and human services. dr. price, good to have you back on the show. quick thought on the biden team he is assembling. and maybe we can talk a little bit about the vaccine and the virus where things stand. what would you say about this biden team? >> well i think it is always curious to me why folks on the left, democrat presidents, often times put lawyers in charge of health care. it is never made any real sense to me but i served with becerra in the house of representatives. he is a strong, true, progressive leftist. he is a believer in that philosophy. when you elect individuals like joe bide

connell? connell: we're moving, blake thank you. speaking of moving go from washington to kalamazoo, michigan which is home to a giant manufacturing plant mike t obin is there as the country waits on the rollout of the vaccine. mike? reporter: connell, if the emergency use authorization comes tonight or if it comes tomorrow, it'll only take 24 hours for millions of doses of the vaccine to start moving out of this massive facility here in kalamazoo, michigan and there's also another one in please about prairie, wisconsin. 2.9 million doses can start moving right away. half of the supply needs to stay in storage, cold storage because the pfizer vaccine requires a follow-up shot. trials showed one shot was 50% effective at fighting the virus, a second shot proved 95% effective. officials one thing they are stressing now is although we do see a light at the end of the tunnel, we're still not out of the pandemic. >> it means we can see the end of the pandemic. it's really in our sight, with 20 million people being able to be vaccinated i

connell. connell: right. oh, boy.about that from some of the kids on social media today, one of their snow days. alex, thank you. alex hogan laguardia airport. >>> to open, not to open, even if tomorrow is a snow day for some that is still the larger question as schools around the country are struggling to plan out the rest of the year. a new cdc report suggest that children who attend gatherings are more likely test positive for covid-19 than attending school or child care. reopening plan for chicago public schools remains uncertain. a hearing is set for tomorrow that would halt the city's current plan. superintendents of country's three largest school districts, new york, los angeles, chicago, are calling for a nationwide coordinated effort for schools, up immediately, something of like a marshall plan like they rebuilt europe. we have the public school superintendent in white plains, new york. good to have you back on the show. it has been a while. this marshall plan idea is something of a good place to start with

connell? connell: trey yingst for us.t normal this time of year, christmas parties many of us would be having in the office and being around town with people we work with. to make up for what has been lost enter the upstream app and the ceo joins us right now, alex taub. that is, a lot of people i'm sure just using zoom or face time or whatever but i was reading about what you guys do with what you call the holiday mixer. this is kind of cool. if we all got together, work in the same place, you put us in a waiting room with audio and the party starts. how does it work from there? >> yeah. so you sort of come in and it automatically matches you up with four people for five minutes each. that is the default. you can actually mix it to whatever you want. if you want it seven people four minutes each, whatever you want to do and you get matched up one-on-one video on your phone. it automatically pulls you to the next meeting and the next meeting. it is sort of like the closest thing to real life serendipity right now when you

connell. connell: a lot of talk.e'll see, maybe talk much maybe, passing what they agree on to your earlier point, leaving other stuff for a later date. we'll see. blake burman with us. >>> new york city, meantime the two-week indoor dining ban is in effect as of today and now the very businesses dealing with that are facing at least two additional potential setbacks. a major snowstorm is on its way in and a new warning from mayor bill de blasio today. >>> a senate showdown entering its final weeks. early voting beginning in the state of georgia for the crucial senate runoffs with the balance of power and president-elect joe biden's future agenda all at stake. >>> testing the idea of quote, a flexible work week. one major silicon valley player is delaying employees moving back to the office. why that move could have implications across the country. we'll have that later in the hour. berty mutual customizes your home insurance, here's something you shouldn't try at home... look, liberty mutual customizes home insuranc

connell: right. we could see that as you say the recommendation within an hour or two then the actual apositively soon after that. final question, is this start, peter, your view, a new way, new era way we approve vaccines? we moved so fast or hopefully once in a lifetime type pandemic, is this once in a lifetime way moving vaccines as well? >> the bad news this is not one and done with pandemics. we'll have more. we've learned so much. this isn't discuss so much about the science of developing vaccines which has taken huge leaps forward but how to manufacture them them. the messenger rna technology is spectacular. it is safer. no live or dead vaccine. you can't get the virus from the vaccine as you can from some others. it is cheaper to manufacture. quicker to manufacture. you can scale up globally more quickly. we learned a lot so when this comes around next time, hopefully not in my lifetime we'll be able to deal with it much more quickly and effectively. connell: peter pitts, former associate com

connell? connell: i'm sure it is. where do they stand, our nato allies on the drawdown? reporter: yeah, good question because nato for a while has said that they're not in favor of this drawdown. they said we came here together, we should leave together. there still will be 6500 other nato troops here. they will re-evaluate their place here in february. for the moment the conditions are not right. the peace deal hasn't moved forward enough for us to warrant pulling troops out. a little bit of friction there. certainly will be a larger nato presence here even though the u.s. drawdown is taking place. connell? connell: benjamin, thank you. benjamin hall giving us perspective what is happening in afghanistan. remote workers bracing for what could be a tax headache, a major hit to their wallets. let's get to the story from gerri willis. reporter: connell that is another nasty surprise, awaiting for taxpayers who worked from home in a different state from where their office was located, they could get an unexpected tax bil

connell? connell: all right. long time in coming but that will be welcome news to a lot of people around the country. blake burman live in washington next up is fox news correspondent greg palkot reporting from london with the latest on the new strain of crone cron we keep hearing about today? reporter: very disturbing, just in time for christmas. a big new covid-19 problem for the uk, maybe for elsewhere. yes, as you said it's a mutant strain of coronavirus t was revealed over the weekend. it has been detected recently in and around london. officials here say as many as 60% of the new cases exhibit this strain and the strain they claim could be 70% more contagious than the old strain. so they have issued a tough new lockdown for london and the surroundings. a ban on foreign talf by brits. that triggered as you can imagine a rush by thousands and thousands to get to trains, airports to get out as other countries followed suit. right now the number over 40 countries many in europe, canada, india, russia, banning a

connell: yeah.at the statement, like i said moderna is putting out in the last few minutes. they're basically saying as much. they think their vaccine will be effective against it but they will do more tests and perform additional tests to confirm all that. that is good news. the idea that you have another strain. you have mutations of these viruses this one in particular all the time, that might be more contagious should we do anything differently? some suggest in the u.s. we should test in the hospitals for particular strain. does that make sense or would it not matter? >> that is excellent question. more knowledge is more power. what will you do with the information. will it change anything we're currently doing? based on the new variant discovered in the uk and probably highly more globalized give how community transmission all over the united states and all over the world will it change anything we're doing right now? is it changing mitigation or prevention measures we're taking? the answer is

connell? connell: all right. blake, we'll back to you for that. once the cdc has its day or this group does, much of the execution will be left up to the states. a doctor joins us now head of the nashville coronavirus task force. good to see you, doctor, thanks for coming on. what role will not only but other folks in similar positions to you, local task force play in all of this once you get the recommendations from the cdc? how do you anticipate it working? >> thank you for having me. here in tennessee, the state of tennessee has been coordinating for several months with municipalities such as nashville and what we were going to do here in nashville is, the state will get allotment of tests and excuse me, vaccines. we'll provide those to health systems for the people, primary health care workers and so forth but then the city will then work and public health department will work to provide those to first-responders, to the staff of nursing homes, perhaps to school nurses. we will have active role with municipality as well as health systems withi

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connell: 4 - 5% ready to roar next year? >> there's a big word, if, if the term policies are continued, to things stand in the way the georgia election on january 5 and the democrats get control of the senate with a massive tax increase in place, forget about it, another big thing how many new regulations is the biden administration going to impose, they did it during the obama administration which is severely slow down the economy especially for small businesses and the final thing, why has the federal reserve going to behave, will they go for an inflationary policy, nobody's worried about that now but one reason you see bitcoin and gold starting to rise is that the federal reserve is going to blow it. the big word is if if they continued on the present course, no doubt next year will be again buster year that we have the three obstacles, georgia, the federal reserve and regulation coming back again. connell: good stuff, steve forbes, have a great weekend, always good to talk to you. meantime it's about to shake things up,

connell: it's crazy, it really is.to your ipo price up 80% right now, it just, you know, there's so much demand for these technology companies in general, gig companies in particular and overall, ipo's have been huge this year $140 billion raised in 2020 record year, even more than 99 so you have a lot of that and you also, i think, have some of the trends that we've established in covering the pandemic kind of really coming into play with doordash, obviously, big economy, ordering food from home, establishing itself in the suburbs which is really what doordash has done. there's so many people that has been working and moving and, you know, day-to-day commuting into cities, on a day-to-day basis they're just stopped doing that they are at homeworking from home and they realize they haven't eaten lunch so they order doordash in the middle of the day and that's this huge explosion. now to your point about expanding from here we'll see. they've already gone into delivering groceries and there might be more but you need to

connell: indeed. ashley thank you very much. ashley webster. ashley: my pleasure.lking about the solar winds hack where they were able to access the treasury department, commerce department in a widespread hack. who is they? possibly the russians. you know how they tell you to make the passwords gibberish so no one guesses them. this was server password choice. are you ready for this, solarwinds 1223. 123. that was the password, solarwinds123. a security expert warned the company about the password before the hack happened. that is company that got hammered. it is moving at the moment. [closing bell rings] down another 2 1/3%. up, dow, s&p, nasdaq and the russell appear to be closing at record highs. time for "after the bell." connell: we're at all-time highs here. stocks riding high on the vaccine rollout. stimulus optimism. an fda panel is meeting to decide to approve moderna vaccine for emergency use. if approved it would be the second vaccine approved in the u.s. hype pfizer. on capitol hill we do have lawmakers getting close on a 900 billion-dollar stimulus. y

connell mcshane. take it away, sir. connell: looks like we are.l day long to stay in record territory, cheryl, up and down all day on wall street. any gain at all for the s&p 500 would mark a record close. looks like we have any gain at all, up six 1/2 points. second record in a row. nasdaq falling slightly from the record close in the books yesterday. dow struggling off early losses ended up on the day by 61 points. that is where we stand. i'm connell mcshane. this is "after the bell." time for the news that is happening at this h

samet better connell today said he acknowledged abiding will be president. i am told he also at his lunch with some others urged members to just go forward pray not to mess around with the electoral college or any shenanigans. i hope very strongly that that happens. it's over. electoral college has said joe biden will be the next president. every republican should acknowledge that and stop the games. and those in the leadership should encourage their fellow republicans to do it. yes. reporter: is the $6 billion in the bipartisan proposal for a vaccine distribution enough? are you willing to set apart state and local? >> on the first one, without talking about will happen in that room, i think we need more for distribution. on state and local, everyone knows my position. it has broad bipartisan support. i'm not getting into negotiations in any way that will occur at 4:00 o'clock. yes. reporter: there some last week to study the sideline protections and setting aside local. last week you criticize that. isn't that where the talks are going? samet kissimmee i'm

connell: i'm looking forward to sitting in a movie theater though.'m one of those people loves to be there listen to the crowd and say shhh, be quiet. reporter: popcorn. liz: that's okay i'm full on extra butter. not just the large caps. the russell 2000 index is hitting a record high at this hour. small caps showing muscle as the economy slowly recovers but today's "countdown" closer says you know what? aim for right between the big and the small, the mid-caps. lisa ericsson, head of traditional investment group at u.s. bank wealth management, 218 billion in assets under management. lisa, why aim for the middle lane? >> we really think it's a great middle ground between large and small cap as we look forward into 2021 there are good prospects of economic recovery what we see the economy holding its own as well as the vaccine. the reason we picked mid-cap a great way to play it over time historically shown to have better returns and not quite as volatile as the small cap names. in terms of great return risk rate tradeoff we think it's a sweet spot. l

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connell: i'm sure she does. we do too at our house. thanks for joining us as we report the news "after the bell." see you back here same time tomorrow. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. today marks the beginning of a critical week in the battle for the white house. and the president's lead attorney, rudy giuliani, is tonight in the hospital with the china virus. we first want to wish him a quick and complete recovery. and now the question is who will lead the president's fight for a free and fair election. at his rally in valdosta, georgia, over the weekend president trump asked for a hero to step forward in his fight against those who have conspired to defraud the american people and steal the election from him. today president trump's request was answered by none other than senator ted cruz. cruz announcing that if the u.s. supreme court decides to take up the pennsylvania mail-in ballot case, he stands ready to make the oral arguments on behalf of the petitioners, congressman mike kelly and republican congressional candidate sean parn

thanks for watching today and every day, i'm connell mcshane in new york. we'll see you back here tomorrow. ♪ lou: good evening, everyone. the question tonight is, just exactly who is in control of the u.s. government. as i am speaking to you right now, we know that a number of countries are carrying out ongoing cyber attacks against various agencies and full departments of the u.s. government. the united states is under a full and ongoing assault but at least three nations -- by at least three nations. of russia is suspected of car arelying out the most devastating cyber attack in american history, and it is apparently getting worse by the day. the director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe, believes russia, iran and china interfered in the november election as well. fox news is now told a number of senior intelligence analysts adamantly support the director of national intelligence's assessment that china did, indeed, seek to influence the presidential race. but there is also resistance within the deep state and the intelligence community in partic

connell. connell: all right. so no surprises. bryan, thank you, my friend. bryan llenas on that. getting more attention as president trump has refused to admit that the he lost the election, which he did. thanks for watching us, we'll see you psalm time tomorrow. muck. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. we begin with historic events in our nation's fight against the china virus pandemic. hospitals across america administering the first doses of pfizer's china virus vaccine to front-line health care workers. critical care nurse sandra lenzi, who has taken care of they e that virus patients on long island, new york, among the first in the country to be vaccinated. today's historic achievement the result of president trump's operation warp speed, a program that has produced two remark by effective vaccines just 329 days after the first case of the i china virus was documented in the united states. president trump today cheered his administration's efforts and the nation's great success tweeting this, quote: first vaccine administered. congratulations, usa. congratulations, world. ope

which connell understands tha to give democrats something they were demanding, he wanted to get somethingreturn. it's not that he will prevented from ever happening, what he wants a liability shield for businesses perhaps repeal of to the tech platforms from being one of those two things is the likely trade-off that he is going to require to pass this through the senate. you are seeing some senate republicanslu ing marco rubio from florida and others joininghe president trump and the democrats to say that these payments need to happen. 's known question whether mitch mcconnell can get another addition to it. >> can the higher payout be passed anyway in the senate with democrats and republicans coming together, despit leader?ublican >> the senate general takes 60 votes to do anything. i think it is 52t the moment. we will see how the georgia runoffs go. you have a handful of days that main. they want to override the president's veto and the national defense authorization act, and ty've got the government funding and stimulus bill passed which the president reluctantly signed into law. can

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connell talked about, personal income spending swoon. another 800,000 plus americans filing for initial jobless claims. the stakes are high for the economy and the stock market. political stakes are high as well, with nancy pelosi quickly jumping on board with $2000. we'll have reaction from tennessee congressman mark green. i will ask deneen borelli about president trump's pardon spree. we have a big show for you own "making money". ♪. charles: all right, folks, the markets for the most part trading at a narrow range last couple days that can be considered consolidation after big move to the upside. keep one thing in mind, see it today. one saved an done the bias remains to the upside. it seems gotten a boost or threat president trump vetoing gargantuan spending bill. it is a beast combining government funding and emergency covid-19 relief. the news this morning only adding to the notion this bill should be revamped. could ultimately add larger payments to american households. it is clear why wall street is cheering on the president. th

connell: you have tensions between the u.s.a, and nasdaq closing at another record high, third day in a row. this is the 49th record close of the year 2020 for the nasdaq composite up 56 points. with that i'm connell mcshane. welcome to "after the bell." it is time for the news happening at this hour. fox team coverage, blake burman at

connell didn't indicate why he did say that president trump in calling for that $2,000 smulus check calledn greater regulations or tech companies as well other initiatives in terms of investigating the 2020 lepresidentialion purchase saying without evidence there esdence of voter fraud. we know that is playing into mcconnell as decision but lots of drama on capitol becau know senator been sanders said he will block the senate's move to override the defense spending bill veto this president trump put forth in the senate if they do not vote on the $2,000 stimulus check. >> let's askhe question. if it is $600 how quickly will they get it? >> we are expecting americans will start it get them by the end of the year so inhe next couple of days and in connection month. we know the government will be trying to get that to americans considering we are starting off the year in aery dire economic ste. americans over t holiday season many didn't have the normal holiday season due to this kick downturn so there is going to be a rushar but seeing that alarms on capitol hill as this congress wraps up is

see you next week on i'm connell mcshane in new york.ou back here monday. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. the battle for the white house has a new, intensified focus. damaging evidence has brought georgia's election results into further question, bolstering president trump's assertion that the radical left tried to steal this election from him. torns for president trump -- attorneys for president trump also today ramping up their legal challenge against georgia's election results. a new filing claiming georgia's election laws were violated thousands of times, rendering the outcome invalid. surveillance video released in front of georgia ste

eastern side of england, a fairly brisk wind here, one or two showers because of and the west of connellertainly northern ireland and scotland things will be clouding over and some rain into western scotland. windsor strengthening here but that is where we will the highest temperatures, a pretty chilly day. as we have three christmas day night into the early hours of boxing day you can see generally more in the way of cloud, outbreaks of rain, more ofa cloud, outbreaks of rain, more of a breeze so not such a cold start of the day on boxing day, most start of the day on boxing day, m ost pla ces start of the day on boxing day, most places well above freezing. but boxing day will generally be a cloudier day. some bits and pieces of rain around and some quite heavy and persistent rain getting across western scotland into northern ireland later as well. the winds really starting to pick up winds really starting to pick up here. it is going to be a milder day for most but this will be taking us into actually quite a rough spell of weather through saturday night. it comes courtesy of this area

i'm connell mcshane in new york.end, see you back here monday. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. the battle for the white house has a new, intensified focus. damaging evidence has brought georgia's election results into further question, bolstering president trump's assertion that the radical left tried to steal this election from him. torns for president trump -- attorneys for president trump also today ramping up their legal challenge against georgia's election results. a new filing claiming georgia's election laws were violated thousands of times, rendering the outcome invalid. surveillance video released in front of georgia

in graham isn't donnan connell. two dollars to $31, why is that?s really investors looking for companies that are disrupting the big markets we were talking about. more importantly, looking at the right factor for a mode of application. that, they are in warehouses, what are we going to see in terms of application strategy and? technology at this point, major plants are producing free hydrogen. that company is something that has all of the key elements. we see them executed well over the next number of years. lisa: thank you so much. thereg about tactless and -- tesla and their inclusion in the s&p. i got called out for saying it was pocket change. tom: you are correct. lisa: it highlights the volatility of this massive stock, entering one of the main benchmarks around the world. tom: i did do a standard deviation. i take your point. it's going to have a more inherent volatility than stuff we follow. s&p futures are negative. that's a lot better than two hours ago. that thehave the sense news has changed slightly, not enough to change the backdrop.

payments and demand from president donald trump the bill needs a 2 thirds majority to pass in the senate connel has attacked proposed increases outlined in that bill she had chances in washington and explains what's behind mcconnell thinking. it's all rather nuanced mitch mcconnell right now has 3 main priorities in the final days of this session of congress which runs on sunday the 1st is to override president promises veto of the national defense authorization act the 2nd is not to jeopardize the chances of 2 incumbent republican senators who are facing a very tight runoff race next week in georgia and the 3rd priority is not to pass any bills that will give 2000 dollars checks to low and middle income americans so we're seeing the 1st part of that go into. into action right now as we speak votes are beginning to take place on overriding the veto of the n.d.a. however it's a much more cumbersome process than mitch mcconnell hoped for because the independent senator bernie sanders stood in the way of a very easy override the veto and said look unless you bring that bill which was passed in the

talking about earlier he wants president trump the incoming president biden and his vice president connell harris all to take this vaccine as soon as possible a biden seemed inclined to do so the white house sent out notice last week saying that they were going to start vaccinating the people around the president the president himself in the vice president and then extended to all people in the white house but donald trump is countermanded that he says that he doesn't think it's appropriate for the white house to be in the 1st wave he says he'll get the vaccine later when appropriate but he goes out of office january 20th so it's not even clear that he will get the vaccine in time he says he'll take it at the appropriate time so there's now his push to get other people to do it and we have 3 former presidents presidents obama clinton and george w. bush all saying they're going to do this publicly but there's also a call for people of color celebrities to get the vaccine because those are the people who are most affected 100 with the latest from washington d.c. john thank you. staying in th

a fighter's chance that we pass this $2,000 stimulus check legislation if we can only to finally connell show some empathy. let's pass this bill, and then immediately work to send the billions necessary to save our state and local governments police hey fire officers, teachers, and frontline workers, which will unemploymentn more checks from us and financial ruin for those families and the serve.ties they let's rebuild our infrastructure and put americans back to work let's build back better. we can do this if we remember and we, both e democrats and republicans, recognize that outside of this fantasy land, millions of americans are desperately pleading for our help. madam speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york yields back. the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. brady: thank you, madam speaker. to the two minutes gentleman from wisconsin, mr. grothman. r. grothman: well, as i -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. grothman: thank you. while i look around the room

isn't that right, connell? connell: your whistling was a little bit off. merry christmas. wait a minute, president trump comes in, calls on congress to change the relief bill. he wants 2,000-dollar checks sent out instead of 600

i'm jackie deangelis in for connell mcshane. welcome to "after the bell." time for the news that is happening at this hour. ♪. jackie: we've got fox team coverage. edward lawrence and david spunt in washington, phil flynn in chicago but today we'll begin the year on wall street. let's bring in dan mitchell, chairman for the center of freedom and prosperity, adam johnson bull's-eye brief author. let's start with you, adam. we're looking at a year, we finished at a new record today as these markets seem to defy gravity. a lot of folks wonder what to expect as we head into 2021 as we position portfolios. some say a correction, pullback, what are your thoughts? >> two thoughts and two sides of the same coin. i think we're going to see more upward momentum in markets, jackie. there is a lot to like right now especially because this economy is coming back so much faster than some people thought possible from job growth to gdp to corporate earnings. i think earnings estimates are too low. from an investment standpoint i'm actually very excited about what is happen

i'm connell mcshane in new york.day. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. the battle for the white house has a new, intensified focus. damaging evidence has brought georgia's election results into further question, bolstering president trump's assertion that the radical left tried to steal this election from him. torns for president trump -- attorneys for president trump also today ramping up their legal challenge against georgia's election results. a new filing claiming georgia's election laws were violated thousands of times, rendering the outcome invalid. surveillance video released in front of georgia state

i'm connell mcshane in new york, we'll see you tomorrow. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody.sident trump today called the 2020 presidential election the most fraudulent in history. the president's comments in the white house today follow an absurd claim by attorney general with william barr this week. the attorney general said he has found no evidence of fraud that would change the outcome of the election. that despite dozens and dozens of witnesses who have now come forward in the face of intense pressure, harassment and intimidation by the radical left with their compelling accusations of election abuse, irregularities and outright fraud. president trump today blasted his attorney general saying he's disappointed barr has not followed up on all of the allegations and charges of fraud. >> he hasn't done anything, so he he hasn't looked. when he looks, he'll see the kind of evidence that right now you're seeing in the georgia senate. you know, they're going through hearings right now in georgia, and they're finding tremendous volumes. so they haven't looked very hard, which i