and it is, i think gerri willis put it very well. this company is so well-positioned in terms of their logistics to deal with a crisis like this. connell: talk about amazon trying to wipe out fedex, ups, what about one of those companies wiping out the postal service at one point? there is plenty to go around the way things are going right now. >> well, yeah. postal service is facing some pretty stiff competition now from all of these delivery services that are much more efficient. we'll see whether the postal service survives. as you know, you reported it, the postal service as major, major financial problems right now. lord knows whether they will be aable to come out of this without a major bailout. but you know i have not had a chance, yet, connell to read those hundreds of pages of this new stemlous bill that blake burman was talking about but it does look as though we're talking about near trillion dollar deal. i remember when a trillion dollars was a lot of money. we used to talk about 100 billion-dollar stimulus bills. this i

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gerri willis there.e bell" from washington as the 11th hour approaches for an agreement on coronavirus stimulus direct payments really are becoming a big issue now on both sides of the aisle. the missouri republican senator josh hawley saying he will fight for more money to go to americans because, quote, people are in trouble right now around they need help. >>> a battle within the democratic party is shaping up. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez calling out nancy pelosi and chuck schumer on their leadership. let's take a listen. >> i do think that we need new leadership in the democratic party. that is i think the result of just many years of power being concentrated in leadership with a lack of you know, real grooming of the next generation of leadership. connell: we also have more progress in the fight against covid-19. an fda advisory committee is expected to meet tomorrow voting on a recommendation of moderna's vaccine for emergency use after claiming it was, quote, highly effective in its cli

gerri willis.om the bipartisan news conference we covered earlier in the hour on stimulus and what is on the table in that bill. the group indeed has split its 908 billion-dollar proposal we were talking to dan heninger a few minutes ago into two parts. the first is 748 billion, would include pp money, employment assistance, testing, money for that and funding for vaccination. the second part would be more difficult to pass, 160 billion, state and local and liability protection. we'll see if this does the trick. still speaking senator rob portman on capitol hill. they're trying to get this stuff to get the so-called easy stuff passed first. don't goo away key portfolio events, all in one place. because when it's decision time, you need decision tech. only from fidelity. you need decision tech. unlike ordinary memory want supplements-ter? neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try our new gummies fo

we have more on the story today from gerri willis. reporter: hey, connell, that's right.already a third to 2/3 of the 401(k) matches that were suspended earlier this year because of the recession due to the covid-19 pandemic, well they have already been reinstated. among those companies flipping the switch, best buy, quest diagnostics, pittsburgh manufacturer among others. meanwhile hewlett-packard is already announced it will reinstate its match december 31st. look, just 1.5%, roughly a million of all 401(k) holders experience a match loss this year. that compares to 5% during the great recession. big difference says center for retirement research at boston university. listen. >> i think that the big news here is that people really haven't been taking that much money out of their 401(k)s and that, not that many participants have been affected by the suspension of the match. reporter: ironically the reinstatements while good news for employee retirement portfolios, it comes as the biden administration may choose to extend temporary rules set by the cares act that allowed

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gerri willis on that. that is a big story for a lot of people around the country.ve more on the new strain of covid that sparked a lockdown in the uk. and now there are additional calls for more travel restrictions here in the u.s. to prevent what one official is calling a quote, disaster waiting to happen. so we'll have that. how about this, be on the lookout for the christmas star. tonight for about an hour after sunset, jupiter and saturn will appear so closely aligned in the sky they will look like a double planet. it is the so-called great conjunction. this has not happened in nearly 800 years. take a look if you can. we'll be back. worked like that. well have you tried thinkorswim? this is totally customizable, so you focus only on what you want. okay, it's got screeners and watchlists. and you can even see how your predictions might affect the value of the stocks you're interested in. now this is what i'm talking about. yeah, it'll free up more time for your... uh, true crime shows? british baking competitions. hm. didn't peg you for a crumpet guy. focus on

gerri willis waiting for costco to report earnings. jackie deangelis on day one of airbnb of a public company. hillary vaughn has news on hunter biden from wilmington, delaware. blake, we start you. reporter: we expect a vote coming up in the next couple hours, they will recommend or conversely not recommend that the fda grant emergency use authorization for pfizer's covid-19 vaccine candidate. this meeting has been going on the better part, what is it, about seven hours. at one point earlier this afternoon we heard from pfizer's representatives. they laid out the case as to why this vaccine should get emergency use approval. listen here. >> as you can see observed efficacy was high regardless of age and consistent with overall results. comparable high efficacy across black, african-american and other racial groups and across hispanic and non-hispanicth necessarity. reporter: if the panel does recommend approval that is not the end all because the fda will still make the final call. here is fda commissioner dr. stephen hahn what would

let's get to the story from gerri willis.urprise, awaiting for taxpayers who worked from home in a different state from where their office was located, they could get an unexpected tax bill. 1% -- 71% of americans surveyed they doesn't have any idea their tax bill would be higher because they work remotely. bottom line, taxes are based where they work and not where they live. 17 states will not tax people because of covid-19 working remote live. states are trying to snap up much-needed revenue. first off, check the state tax department's website where you're living and working to figure out if you're on the hook. listen. >> should try to track how long they have been working in the different locations and have a record of that and then they should see their cpa and their tax practitioner, to get advice where they will need to file. reporter: remember, these guys can audit you. if you thought you would try to hide this information, well it may not work. connell. connell: all right, gerri, important stuff as always. i picture p

gerri, thank you, gerri willis with the reporting today.ays, for joining us as we report the news "after the bell," a little extra help from jackie deangelis. i'm connell mcshane in new york, see you back here same time tomorrow. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. the battle for the white house is now a full-fledged struggle for the survival of this constitutional republic. there are less than two weeks to go before the electoral college is set to cast their votes for either president trump or joe biden. president trump's legal team have made significant advances in six battleground states, and american patriots this those states are coming -- in those states are coming forward with allegation after allegation of election abuse, irregularities, anomalies, outright fraud and raw intimidation. ie

gerri willis, thank you. real quick, we started by telling you the dow sold off today.one with on wall street, that we'll see more travel restrictions as this coronavirus strain spreads across europe. thanks for watching us reporting the news "after the bell." see you back here tomorrow. ♪ ♪ gregg: good evening, i'm gregg jarrett sitting in for the say cautioning lou dobbs. -- vacationing lou dobbs. president trump has made it abundantly clear he is not backing down from the battle for the white house. the president and his allies in congress have been talking about the possibility of challenging the electoral college votes when congress convenes january 6th. and today some of those congressional allies began pressuring u.s. senators to stand with the president and demand that the integrity the of the election is insured. the president calling in to a conservative conference today, also calling for the republican party expect department of

we have fox team coverage blake burman at the white house, gerri willis in new york, mike tobin in kalamazoo, michigan outside of pfizer's manufacturing plant and chad pergram coming up with capitol hill but blake let's kick it off with the latest on the vaccine? >> well the optimism, connell of the immediacy of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine continuing on this day as the top leaders over at the fda, dr. steven hahn and dr. peter mark said the following in a statement today saying they have informed the sponsor that it will rapidly work towards finalization and issuance of an emergency use authorization. the agency has also notified the cdc and operation warp speed so they can execute their plans for timely vaccine distribution. now, a source familiar with the process told me earlier today that there is a belief that the fda could give emergency use authorization on saturday, meaning tomorrow. now the fda, we should note, has not yet set a timeline for an announcement, but the h hs secretary alex azar said earlier today that the first doses could potentially be going into the arms of americans on

news happening at this hour, reporters with fox team coverage, blake burman at the white house, gerri willis in new york and edward lawrence and the latest vaccine news in washington, d.c. >> them under no vaccine in the final step right now waiting the stamp of approval from the fda for the emergency use off the racing, the fda has been talking about this emergency use authorization for most of the day and it could come any time, the approval will have a similar process to the pfizer vaccine but this time mckesson will be in charge of logistics, the use fedex and ups for delivery and by this time 5.9 million doses for my moderna adding to the vaccine that is already out there, the educational push begins. his. >> we will continue to make sure that the healthcare providers have all the support resources they need to meet the moment. but vigilance and the vaccine is our way through and building confidence in the vaccine is what brings us here this morni morning. >> mike pence got the first dose of the pfizer vaccine today, so did his wife in the u.s. surgeon general, pinned saying this is the

connell: nothing easy about it, right about that, thanks, gerri willis on that. we'll have more in a moment on that lost jobs report of the year 2020. brian morgenstern is set to join us, white house process success tower with the oval office view. plus, the rise of noncompliance when it comes to contact tracing as some americans fear is putting their personal information at rusk. and revamping the covid tests and possibly making those uncomfortable swabs up your nose a thing of the past. a new way of doing it. more on it later in the hour. ♪ hi, my name is sam davis and i'm going to tell you about exciting plans available to anyone with medicare. many plans provide broad coverage and still may save you money on monthly premiums and prescription drugs. with original medicare you're covered for hospital stays and doctor office visits, but you have to meet a deductible for each and then, you're still responsible for 20 percent of the cost. next, let's look at a medicare supplement plan. as you can see they cover the same things as original medicare, and they also c

gerri willis is live in new york city with this. gerri?, that's a big headline that you're one of them. but here's the exact number. 126,355 people high-tailing it out of new york between july 2019 and july 2020. that is the biggest loss of any of the u.s. states. this is a small proportion of the state's total population. to be sure, it's a little more than a half a percent. but it marks the third year in a row that the state's population has declined. that's a big deal. the ramifications very big here. it looks like the state will lose a seat in the house of representatives and that is not all new york is experiencing here. the city also losing stores, retail stores. more than 1,100 chain stores have pulled up stakes in the last 12 months with half of them occurring in the big apple, m manhattan. this is 14% of all chain stores. what are we talking about here? 54 starbucks and lots more. to be sure, you don't need a greeting card store to be a great city it does help with the tax base. people are now talking about why this is happening.

gerri willis with more on that. what are we learning about this? just described that apparently emanated in russia is described by microsoft president brad smith last night as, listen to this, i'm quoting here, an attack on the united states and its government and other critical institutions, including security firms. it illuminates ways the cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve and become even more dangerous. as much as anything, this attack provides a moment of reckoning. yeah. a moment of reckoning. originally the reporting on the breach focused on the hacks of u.s. governmental agencies like the department of commerce, the department of treasury, but now we are understanding there was much more thorough going, making clear in the statement released last night the attack is ongoing and that it has targeted scores of corporate players. microsoft said it has identified and has been working this week to notify 40 of those. now, the security software company solawinds has reported the malware was inserted into the company's orion products that

to add to everything else, gerri willis with fox business is here to explain, hi jerry. >> hi dana.prise waiting for work from home. an unexpected tax bill, 71% of americans out there surveyed in a recent poll say they have no idea their tax obligation to be higher just because of working remotely. a bottom line, state income taxes are based on where we work, not where we live. if the good news is this, 17 states and the district of columbia say they won't tax people working remotely because of covid-19, yet many people cash strapped states are changing their rules in the middle of the pandemic to snap up much needed revenue. what should you do? first off, check the state tax department's website where you are living and working to figure out if you are on the hook. >> they should try to track how long they've been working in different locations. they should have a record of that. then they should see their cpa and their tax practitioner to get advice on where they're going to need to file. >> chances are you may have to make a payment before the end of the year, check that. if peop

gerri, thank you, gerri willis with the reporting today. as we wrap up the hour, thanks, as always, for joining us as we report the news "after the bell," a little extra help from jackie deangelis. i'm connell mcshane in new york, see you back here same time tomorrow. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. the battle for the white house is now a full-fledged struggle for the survival of this constitutional republic. there are less than two weeks to go before the electoral college is set to cast their votes for either president trump or joe biden. president trump's legal team have made significant advances in six battleground states, and american patriots this those states are coming -- in those states are coming forward with allegation after allegation of election abuse, irregularities, anomalies, outright fraud and raw intimidation. earlier today president trump posted a message on social media stating that the heart of this democracy, our constitutional guarantee of secret ballots, is under a coordinated assault and siege. >> within days after

gerri willis, thank you. real quick, we started by telling you the dow sold off today. seems like the worry, if there is one with on wall street, that we'll see more travel restrictions as this coronavirus strain spreads across europe. thanks for watching us reporting the news "after the bell." see you back here tomorrow. ♪ ♪ gregg: good evening, i'm gregg jarrett sitting in for the say cautioning lou dobbs. -- vacationing lou dobbs. president trump has made it abundantly clear he is not backing down from the battle for the white house. the president and his allies in congress have been talking about the possibility of challenging the electoral college votes when congress convenes january 6th. and today some of those congressional allies began pressuring u.s. senators to stand with the president and demand that the integrity the of the election is insured. the president calling in to a conservative conference today, also calling for the republican party expect department of yous discuss -- and the department of justice to do more. >> we are fighting really for the count

of gerri willis joins us with that part of the story today. gerri? reporter: yeah, connell. surprise awaiting people who have been receiving these unemployment benefits this year, a big fat tax bill. for most recipients this will come as a huge shocker. according to jackson hewitt tax service, 38% of respondents they didn't know their jobless benefits would be taxed. guess what, even more of us, 61% have not withheld, set aside money to pay for this come spring tax season. how many americans could be impacted? consider right now, 10.7 million americans are unemployed. 3.9 million long term. and just last week as you just mentioned, 803,000 of us filed for first time unemployment claims. now this could result in a serious bind for many americans, especially for those used to getting a refund. listen. >> unemployment benefits are taxable, just like any regular income. so some taxpayers don't recognize that. they leave it off the tax return. the irs knows. reporter: just like your regular paycheck unemployment benefits are taxable and generally recipients are given option 10% o

gerri willis is here now with more of the numbers and a breakdown. gerri.s, that's right. you know the actual number, i will read it to you, 126,355 people leaving new york in the 12 months ended july 2020. the largest loss, that us the biggest loss of any of the 50 states according to this preliminary census data everybody is using this is a small proportion of the state's total population. a little more than half a percent, right? but it marks the third year in a row that the empire state's population has gone down. it is declining. the ramifications are big. it looks like the state will lose a seat in the mouse of representatives if this continues at this pace. well that is not all either. new york city is losing stores. more than 1100 chain stores storespulled up stakes in last 12 months. almost all in manhattan, one in seven of nationally recognized chain store branches closed their doors, 1% of chain stores. 70, that is, duane reade's, 54 starbucks, 22 papyrus greeting card company. you don't need a greeting card store to have a great city but they pa