trump granted a pardon to his 2016 campaign chairman, paul manfort, also caught up in the mueller probe and sentenced to seven years. there's the father of the president's son-in-law. in 2005 jared kushner's father charles kushner pled guilty to tax evasion, witness tampering and making illegal campaign contributions. >>> georgia's secretary of state has joined fellow republicans in a new push to do away with no excuse absentee voting. brad raffensperger said allowing voters to request mail-in ballots without a reason opens the door to potential illegal voting but he still insists most of the 2020 election fraud claims were unfounded. >>> we turn now to the race -- to the latest on the race to vaccinate america. more than a million people here in the u.s. have taken the first dose of the covid vaccine. nearly 9.5 million doses are in the hands of health officials now. >> vaccinated or not, millions are flocking to u.s. airports ignoring warnings to stay home for the holidays. this morning, airports across the country packed with last-minute travelers. the holiday rush turning out record

and paul manfort knowing things on the president. it's unclear if the president is just making noise, trying to make himself look good while he thrashes about or whether he actu actually intends to stop the bill. he vetoes the bill, it's suggests in the videotape, it passed in both chambering with more than enough votes to override it. that would be humiliation. he leaned on republican member, maybe some of them will vote to the sustain his veto. if that happens, we don't know what effect it will have on the georgia senate races, on the trp dynamics. we know that mitch mcconnell and others have indicates that joe biden will be the next president and they have thrown cold water on things sbhsm the president did not like that. he has going off thume today, and he is calls the deal made with nancy pelosi a disgrace. it's a chaotic situation. >> you are punished when you accept reality. and you are told that trump may be canceling his christmas plans. what are you hearing about this if anything? >> not much. we believe the trip is still