rig from the from now there was a last ditch effort to try and to try and you know win the white house for trump in the supreme court we saw the state of texas file to have the results in the state of georgia in pennsylvania michigan and wisconsin overturned based on allegations of fraud the supreme court opted not to hear the case they threw it out of court and as a result today's electoral college voting proceeded and there was a vote and it joe biden has pulled ahead as the clear winner of that vote with a clear majority now in the aftermath of the supreme court turning down trumps trumps proposal and trumps case and the texas intervention we saw leaders of the texas republican party talk about the need to form some kind of union of what they're referring to as a law abiding states to the supreme court and tossing the texas lawsuit has decreed that a state can take unconstitutional actions and violate its own election law perhaps law abiding states should bond together and form a union of states that will abide by the constitution now divisions in the united states are intensifying there have

it now goes to the white house for trump's signature. the relief bill includes that so-called three martini lunch tax deduction. businesses can deduct meal expenses. the president believes that will help restaurants. how will that help when people are afraid of eating indoors? >> the reason why executives are not wining and dining clients is not that the tax break is insufficient. it's that they don't want to get sick. and the clients don't want to leave their homes. it seems highly unlikely that an expansion of the tax break, that already exists, by the way, will convince a lot more people to do more in-house dining. and even if it did encourage a little bit more business, it's probably not going to help the vast majority of restaurants. your local diner and pancake house, they're probably not getting a ton of revenue from expense accounts. if we want to help restaurants and restaurant workers, we need to pay them directly. that makes a lot more sense than this rube goldberg machine-like contrapti contraption. >> as always, catherine, t

. >>> i live look at the white house for the trump administration is withholding $200 million in medicaid funding from california for the first quarter of 2021. it's due in part to the states mandate saying health insurance providers must include coverage for elective abortions. the human health secretary says additional funding will be held for each quarter in which the state continues the policy. however the biden administration is taking over and could move to restore the funding. >>> taking a live look added san francisco city hall. they will endure another round of budget cuts to make up for a $650 million deficit over the next two fiscal years. maryland and breed has ordered city department heads to shrink their budgets by up to 10%. the mayor said that the shortfall is the result of weaker than expected city revenue, increased cost needed to respond to the covid-19 pandemic and a ballooning city budget. one contra costa county city has reportedly voted against school resource officers. the antioch city council opted not to accept the $750,000 federal grant that would have helped pa

for 2021. >>> we begin though with senator josh hawley's announcement today to back president trump in the battle for the white house. it will be popular, certainly, among the president's supporters. take a look at this, a new rasmussen poll finds that 72% of republicans believe that president trump should be the model for the future of the party. only 24% think the average republican in congress is the better model. and there's yet more developments today in the battle for the white house.

it now goes to the white house for trump's signature. and the relief bill includes that so-called three martini lunch tax deduction meaning businesses can deduct meal expenses. the president believes it's going to help restaurants. how will that help when restaurants are either closed due to restrictions or people aren't even eating indoors because obviously they're afraid of getting covid? >> yeah, i think you hit the nail on the head here. the reason why executives aren't whini wining and dining clients. they don't want to get sick and their clients don't want to leave their homes. it seems highly unlikely that an expansion of this tax break that already exists, by the way, is really going to convince a lot more people to do in-house dining, if we even want there to be more in-house dining. and even if it did, on the margin it did encourage a little more business, it's probably not going to help the vast majority of restaurants out there. it will help steakhouses. it will help pie and sushi restaurants, sure. your local diner and panca

similar procedure will take place that is expected to pass as well and finally to the white house for president trump is expected to sign this bill into law but with this president you never know what you may get now but what this bill contains it's nasty of really i know we're focusing on the cool video element but this of course keeps the government running for the next fiscal year there's also many measures unrelated to cohabit unrelated to federal funding that have all been thrown in there in this lame duck session but on the scope and pace we're looking at $900000000000.00 worth of economic stimulus that's going to be in the form of direct payments to americans extending unemployment benefits helping with rental assistance food assistance things that american families are desperately needing right now there has been as you say lol lol way to get to this point just just how desperate some people how will this be. well the researchers are saying that just since may there have been more than 8000000 people in the united states who have fallen into poverty mostly due to this pandemic that is an astr

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this is a real setback for the trump administration, right, for this trump white house which has beenng for a very long time to end the program. is there any expectation that they could refrain from honoring this judge's request or will it comply? >> reporter: we reached o reachreached out to the department of homeland security and did not return for comment. we anticipate they'll appeal as they did with previous rulings. there's a short amount of time between now and inauguration day when biden who is coming in said he would expand or restore the program as well. unclear what will happen next. what we'll be watching for to see if they do appeal and again on monday, whether they do post but restoring on their web site. >> priscilla alvarez, thank you very much for bringing that to us. appreciate it. >>> breaking news out of the white house. president trump called brian kemp, convincing him to push state legislators to overturn the election which president-elect biden won. details on that straight ahead. (♪ ) keeping your oysters growing while keeping your business growing has you swam

christmas for the trumps in the white house is "america the beautiful." she credits volunteers from across the country with helping her make the choices. there's a nod to first responders and health workers. >> it comes weeks after the first lady was heard on a recording using expletives to complain about holiday decorating. >>> next, a holiday tradition going online. >>> for the first time since its debut in 1954 the new york city ballet will not perform "the nutcracker" on stage. >> they said the ballet's 2019 production will be streamed online beginning next friday. >>> a man enjoying the water in florida got some unexpected company. >>> check out the video near naples. a dolphin joined him on his board. >> but he didn't see it. he was too busy riding the wave. his friends though freaking out. >> the dolphin was like, i can do this much better than you. ough freaking out. >> the dolphin was like i can do this much better than you. ♪ merry christmas! ♪ rich chocolate layers sprinkled with festive peppermint. with love from san francisco.

even gathering in large numbers of the white house in august for trump's republican nomination after rose garden event to announce trump's new supreme court pick in september corona virus spread throughout the white house and then chile infecting the president himself he spent 4 days in the hospital until he returned removing his mask upon his arrival as he recovered many members of his staff tested positive for the disease even now as the vaccine is finally being distributed many americans say they won't take it facts became something that were highly debatable and i think the region environment in which a lot of innocent and naive people are going to be misled about whether or not it's a good idea to get this vaccine us president elect joe biden will soon inherit addressing coronavirus misinformation while also managing expectations given widespread relief is still months away kimberly health hit al-jazeera washington south africa has announced a record daily increase of nearly $18000.00 cases a variant strain of corona virus is thought to be behind this which started at the end of

for pardon scheme. they show an investigation into payments made to the white house or political committees for a trump pardon. the documents do not name anyone involved in the scheme. speaking of pardons, sources tell cnn president trump is talking to aides about pardons for his children and his lawyer rudy giuliani. the pardons would be preemptive because none of them are charged with a crime, something that's highly unusual. >>> be sure to tune in to cnn as jake tapper sits down with u.s. president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala harris. their first joint interview since they won the white house. you can see it thursday at 9 p.m. on the u.s. east coast. that's friday at 10 a.m. in hong kong and 2 a.m. friday for you night owls in london only here on cnn. >>> a georgia election official has had enough of violent threats and is calling on republicans to put a stop to it. >> all of you who have not said a damn word are complicit in this. >> more on his emotional plea when we return. robinhood believes now is the time to do money. without the commission fees. so, you can start investing

trump isn't overly keen by this time 4 years ago barack obama had invited donald trump to the white house no invite this time for joe biden and also we know that hillary clinton it conceded the election no concession this time from donald trump joe biden is not bothered that he hasn't had an invite to the white house he spent 8 years as vice president here so he kind of noise his way around but certainly there's growing pressure on donald trump and his administration to be more open and more transparent you know donald trump doesn't want to acknowledge he lost the election here's the reality he did and so he's got to get over it particularly when you start talking about problems in the defense department and you talk about the safety of americans both here and abroad or out and thanks for that sound official there in washington d.c. a global aviation data firm says the coronavirus pandemic has wiped out 21 years of industry growth serum and line insights review for 2020 notes that the number of passengers worldwide has dropped to 999 levels is forced airlines to cut the number of flights by half in relation to t

this is a lie look at the white house for president trump is making plans to hit the campaign trail for a pair of republican senate candidates and the president will the rally in georgia for senator kelly loeffler and david perdue that are in a tight race with two runoff elections in the president tweeted the rally will happen january 4, the night before the election and republicans must win least one of those races to keep control of the senate. >>> police are searching for the gunman who killed a man near the hillsdale more mall in san mateo yesterday and it rang out and the wells fargo parking lot on hillsdale boulevard saturday morning to see a lot of detectives on the scene, a full parking lot on a busy holiday shopping day. according to witnesses the man shot the victim five times before running away on foot and detectives say it was an isolated incident and it doesn't involve the bank. >>> with the pandemic raging on and businesses have tanked all across the area especially in san francisco's chinatown, shop owners say they are in so much trouble they are asking the mayor for hel

julian a son john edward snowden these prominent whistleblowers had many people calling for the trump white house to grant them clemency mungo's who called for them were not just activists and advocates of civil liberties and for the protection of whistleblowers but also representatives of the united nations take a listen if president trump is true as well yes i think the least thing to could do is to end the suffering the purity the songs to pardon him the man who fell for it enough. the interest of the public will dwarf donald trump since your given pardons to people please consider pardoning those who at great personal sacrifice expose the deception and criminality of those in the deep state now trump still has time to grant a pardon to edward snowden and to julian a son she can grant clemency up until the moment he leaves office to do it at the very very last minute however the number of people that were pardoned today and the information about who they are seems to have many pessimistic many of the activists supporting the whistleblowers feel like this indicates the trumpet ministration is m

. >>> "the new york times" says president trump is considering blanket pardons for his own family. >> scott mcgrew, i know a lot going on at the white housemarcus, we have been talking about the trump white house for going on almost four years now. i cannot recall the time there was so much news and some it have so stunning, the pardons, investigation into bribery for pardons, republicans are warning the president his claims of fraud could get somebody killed. and the president said he may not sign the defense authorization act unless congress changes the rules for facebook and twitter. there's a lot we'll get to. we'll start with the pardons. "the new york times" reports president trump has talked to his advisers about blanket pardons for his children as well as son-in-law jared kushner and his lawyer rudy giuliani. president trump says that report is false. now we do know donald trump jr. was named in robert mueller's investigation. you recall the younger trump met. jared kushner failed to accurately disclose contacts with foreigners including russians on his security clearance forms, not once but several times, to the point where the i

white house. for now, donald trump remains a polarising force and true to form he is not going quietly.eir first deliveries of the new coronavirus vaccine tomorrow, as the country prepares to begin its largest ever immunisation programme. the firstjabs are expected to be administered on tuesday at 50 hospitals in england. jon donnison reports. in these freezers, chilled to —70 celsius, is what everyone has been waiting for. the pfizer—biontech vaccine has now arrived in the uk and is being stored in secure locations. tracking data covering every box's journey from belgium will be downloaded to check that the vials have been kept at the right temperature. around the country, nhs teams are working through the weekend to get everything ready. in england alone, 50 hospital trusts will initially serve as hubs administering the vaccine. among the first to get vaccinated, from tuesday, will be people over 80 years old. individuals will be offered a jab if they attend hospital as an outpatient, or are being discharged after a stay. others will receive calls asking them to come in. care home sta

white house. for now, donald trump remains a polarising force, and, true to form, he's not going quietly.ronavirus figures, the daily figures now thatjust been published. the uk reporting 17,272 new covid—i9 published. the uk reporting 17,272 new covid—19 cases on sunday. that's compared with 15,539, so just 2000 more a day before. the family of the renowned children's author, roald dahl, who died 30 years ago, has issued an apology for anti—semitic remarks he made during his lifetime. a statement condemning his comments has been published on his official website, although not on the front page. the statement reads... the chief executive of the holocaust educational trust, karen pollock, told the bbc she had been aware of some of his anti—semitic remarks but felt she couldn't draw attention to it because of his popularity. i'm a big fan of roald dahl‘s books, like, i would say, the majority of the british population and around the world. they're a defining part of a lot of people's childhoods and made into classic films that we all remember and adore. i think i've always known about the a