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come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience. you can shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. >>> and welcome back to all of you, our viewers in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber, and you're watching cnn newsroom. >>> the world health organization is warning of another wave of covid-19 in europe early next year. in the uk, where new cases are spiking again, prime minister is urging people to avoid large christmas gatherings but the relaxed holiday rules will stay in place. london's paymayor criticized th decision not to restrict travel. >> we have seen across the globe, people making sacrifices. the pilgrimage celebrated differently. hanukkah, our concern is the relaxation our prime minister to allow households to meet, allow travel across the uk over five days could lead to another surge in this virus. >> cnn's salma abdelaziz joins us from london. as the mayor says t

come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience. can shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. >>> and welcome back, and merry christmas, to all of you watching in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber, and you're watching "cnn newsroom," it's look looking like the demands u.s. president donald trump has made for the covid relief bill won't be met. big question is will he sign it anyway. it's not just aids for millions of millions of americans at stake but also funding for the government. >> the urgently needed coronavirus relief package, the government funding bill it's tied to has physically departed washington, d.c. on a journey to florida where the president will now have to decide what to do with it. we know it's going to arrive in florida. what president is going to do, that is still very much an open question. both republicans and democrats on capitol hill saying they ha

click, call, or visit an xfinity store today. >>> big business finds religion. that's what's topping cnbc's on the money. >>> corporate america forming an alliance with the vatican. the goal here, create more inclusive economy. fortune 500 ceos promising to do their part the pope has criticized capitalism for its excivil an economic system that is fair, trustworthy and capable of facing our challenges is urgently needed. >>> spacex to bring broadband to rural america. elon musk getting nearly $900 million in subsidies from the fcc. spacex's star link program launching satellites into states that beam the internet back to earth. the fundings will be distributed over the next ten years. >>> and howard stern is sticking with sirius xm he's extending the contract for another five years and it extends the stern archive for another seven years. "forbes" reports stearns was making $90 million a year. >>> on wall street, new highs on all three indexes. the dow up 104 after hitting an intraday record. the s&p up 10 and the nasdaq up 62, its fourth record close in a row.

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come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience. you can shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. >>> good morning. it is saturday, december 26th. i'm ali velshi. there are 25 days left until joe biden is inaugurated as president. the outgoing president continues on his quest to destroy as much of america's democracy as he can on his way out. living out his authoritarian fantasies in the process with a total disregard to the pandemic suffering of millions of americans. we'll have much more on all of that in a moment. i want to start with the latest in nashville. and that massive explosion that left three people wounded and scores homeless early this morning. police say they received a call of shots fired in downtown nashville just before 6:00 a.m. local time yesterday. responding officers found no signs of a shooting, though they noticed a suspicious recreational vehicle, which was blaring a warning to e

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come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience.test phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. >>> time is running out for the uk and european union to reach a deal on their future relationships. negotiators arrived today. today has been the deadline for reaching a post brexit trade agreement. now the foreign minister said the talks could continue past today. a uk government source says the latest eu offer is unacceptable. nic robertson joins me from london. nic, boris johnson faced two major issues this year, the pandemic and brexit and now increasingly under fire for his handling of both. >> reporter: yeah. and this whole notion that the brexit trade deal talks could be resolved one way or another this weekend does seem to be sort of losing a little bit of credibility. a huge amount of pressure on boris johnson over the year that has eroded his credibility as a national leader in terms of handling co-vid, as you say, b

come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience. you can shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. >>> inoculations could happen in days we'll speak to someone on that panel. >>> and who is buying their own stocks with their own money some. >>> and it is 5:00 somewhere 5:00 p.m. that is. the ceo will be joining us to talk about alcohol sales as they look to toast to a much better year in 2021 it is friday, december 11, and this is worldwide c"worldwide ." welcome back or welcome and good friday morning and happy hanukkah which kicked off last night. glad you're with us. thanks for joining us. here is how your markets and money are looking as they begin to wrap until week futures are a little bit lower too much, dow futures off about would be half one-half of 1% fair value on the nasdaq is slightly in the green. quarterly futures contracts on the s&p began to roll over yesterday at the cme, so could add a

come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience.an shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. >>> good morning dow futures are up again on this wednesday morning, a day after the nasdaq and s&p 500 closed at record highs a full rundown of some of the biggest movers is straight ahead. >>> the white house is jumping back into stimulus talks in a meaningful way for the first time since the election. we'll show you which proposals are on the table >>> and doordash makes its public debut today at a price above the expected range that had already been raised. everything you need to know before today's first trade it is december 9, 2020, still 2020, "squawk box" begins right now. ♪ >> good morning, everybody i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. i'll start with the markets because there has been a lot happening. this is just a day after the s&p 500, nasdaq, russell 2000, dow and the dow tr

come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience.the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. >>> the kansas city chiefs getting a huge win in new orleans in what could be a preview of the super bowl. carolyn ma knm preview of the super bowl. carolyn ma kanu has more in the bleacher report. >> good morning to you, boris. the marquee match up, patrick mahomes and drew brees meeting for the very first time. it was a really physical contest as well. back in the lineup after 11 broken ribs kept him out of the last four games. patrick mahomes, brought the magic that we have come to expect, three touchdown passes, includesi including an off balance throw to hardmen. chiefs win 32-29, they're 9th straight victory. kansas city has the league's best record at 31-1. >>> for the first time in 358 days, the new york jets are winners. how about that, they were 17-point underdogs but raced out to a lead, held on to win by 3. go

come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience. you can shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom", and i'm rosemary church. leaving another in limbo and pardoning a slew of loyalists, all of this as the country suffers. more americans are in the hospital with covid-19 than ever before, and officials have bleak predictions for the holiday week. >>> it's one of the most important international negotiations in a generation. the post brexit trade talks might finally have a resolution. what you need to know about the deal the united kingdom and the european union are trying to strike. good to have you with us. we well, it is now christmas eve for much of the world, but the usual good cheer has been tempered by the worsingenning pandemic. here in the united states, the picture is especially grim. ove

come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience. the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. >>> welcome back, the ravens and browns playing the game of the year on monday night football. andy scholes has this morning's bleacher report. good morning, andy. >> good morning, christine. this was as good as it gets. the ravens and browns combining to score 89 points, third most in monday night football history. you know, that's with ravens quarterback lamar jackson having to leave this game with cramps but when the ravens back up was injured with two minutes left in the game, jackson reemerges from the locker room, and on 4th and five, jackson rolls out his marquees for a 44 yard touchdown, ravens retake the lead, 42-35. baker mayfield not done. he would lead the browns down the field, get it over to kareem hunt, and he would get to the pylon for the touchdown. tied again at 42 with a minute left. that was plenty of

come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience. shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. >>> after starting the year undefeated, the steelers lose their third straight game. this one to the struggling cincinnati bengals. carolyn manno has more in this morning's bleacher report. it seems like mike tomlin and company took the night off. >> it certainly did, boris. good morning to you. a lot can change in two weeks. you have to be on your game even during a holiday week. 15 days ago, the steelers 11-0, and after two straight losses, the bengals seemed like the perfect time to wrap up the afc north. pittsburgh turned the ball over three times in the first half. ben roethlisberger fumbling and then also throwing one right to mckenzie alexander in the middle of the field. the trio of costly errors led to 17 bengals points. cincinnati's third spring quarterback brian finley with a game to remember, five days s

come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience. can shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. >>> in september, i spoke with michael cohen, president trump's former attorney and -- what do we call it -- enforcer, pit bull. over this summer, michael cohen was released from prison. he was put in home confinement instead to serve out the rest of his sentence for multiple felonies, including campaign finance charges. those were for help covering up hush money payments that were made to silence two women who said they had affairs with president trump before he ran for president. prosecutors in the cohen case in sdny, southern district of new york, said that president trump is the person who directed the commission of those felonies, but michael cohen is the one who went to prison for them. while in prison, mr. cohen wrote a memoir about his time at trump's side. >> in terms of your life now and what your life

come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience. can shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. francine: economics, finance, politics. this is "bloomberg surveillance." i am francine lacqua here in london. now, the ecb has lifted its band strict limits on pale lenders. below 15 percent of accumulated profits for 2019 and 2020, and the ecb supervisory board chairman told bloomberg it is an important opening. vestager: this is important, but we are enabling banks to a pay within a certain threshold, within a supposedly rail, and these will change with respect to where we have been after importantit is an opening, which has been broadly supporting the supervisory board and which recognized that we are slowly back to normal. although we are not hitting normality. >> broadly supported, suggesting not everybody supported it. andrea: no, but broadly supported. dividend allowance that you would allow on a case-by

stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. >>> good afternoon. we have a lot going on this hour. we are watching the minute by minute developments on capitol hill , lawmakers move closer to a deal. and if possible, vote on a relief bill. president trump, absent from the process. he is focusing on fact-free voter fraud and martial law to overturn the election. and the vaccine being distributed, amid sky rocketing covid cases. following all of this for us. we will start with breaking news on capitol hill . a deal on lief is within reach. you question you have heard many times, deal or no deal? >> deal within reach is something that we have been hearing for more than 24 hours now. i am getting details on what the final issues are. holding up the negotiations. these are things that are relatively minor. it is not going to derail anything. the final things they have to work out. one, about the small business paycheck protection program. members of congress, republicans and democrats, want to make sure that small businesses that got those lo

come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience. you can shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. >> the president, when we finally thought we would be able to give people hope, doesn't give a damn about people. he threw more fear, he threw kerosene on a fire. >> we are giving money to pakistan, we are giving money all over the world, really, and not focusing on those who need it the most here at home. mike: members of both parties in the house expressing serious frustration over the covid relief package that the president is now threatening not to sign. it's time for our sunday group. jason riley of the wall street journal, fox news contributor kristin soltis anderson and former dnc chair, donna brazile. panel, welcome. >> thank you. mike: it doesn't look like republicans are going to go along with president trump's demand of $2,000 stimulus checks. jason, are we heading for a government shutdown? >> i

come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience. you can shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. >>> this morning, the president is trying to joempoverturn the election he lost. he did it out loud at a vaccine event yesterday, which gives you a sense of his priorities. but he appears to have lost one potential ally that he was counting on, the u.s. supreme court. the conservative majority court which has three members, which he appointed, denied a republican effort to block the certification of joe biden's victory in pennsylvania. joining us now, cnn chief political correspondent, dana bash. also with us, cnn political analyst, toluse olorunnipa, a white house reporter for "the washington post." obviously, the court denied it because it was a ridiculous case, as all of these cases have been. dana, i'm sure your phone has been ringing off the hook from republican leaders in congress like mitch mcconnell

come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience. you can shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. >>> in the end it came down to this question. based on the totality of scientific evidence available do the benefits of the vaccine outweigh its risks for use in individuals 16 of age and older? shortly after 5:30 eastern time tonight, this outside, independent panel that advises the fda on vaccine safety, they answered that question. they voted yes, and that paves the way for the fda to give emergency use authorization for the pfizer vaccine in the u.s. the final green light from the fda could come within days, if not sooner. i should note, though, that while the approval vote from the advisory committee was an overwhelming vote, it wasn't unanimous. the vote was 17 in favor to 4 against with one member abstaining. and none of the members of the advisory panel had an opportunity to explain their votes, but

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click, call, or visit an xfinity store today. >>> now at 11, three hospitals in santa clara county run out of icu beds. but tonight there is an even bigger problem.>> the caregivers, nurses and doctors are telling us they are at their limit. >> by this time tomorrow the first vaccine is expected to be approved. >>> bay area renters stretched to their financial limits. tonight, what we discovered some landlords are doing. >> we are waking up every day trying to figure out how to house people.>> now at 11 and streaming on cbsn bay area we begin with the record-breaking new numbers. today, more than 3000 americans died from the coronavirus bringing the total to more than 280,000. >> california hospitals are in crisis. here in the bay area the available icu capacity dropped almost 4% in 24 hours. the new stay-at-home order will take effect in the greater sacramento area, including tahoe, tomorrow night. joe vasquez is live in santa clara county tonight where there is another crisis in the making behind hospital walls.>> reporter: here at o'connor hospital you can see right out front they'v

come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience. shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. >>> donald trump and republicans are shouting from the rooftops about baseless, voter-fraud claims. but they are largely silent about a far-more urgent matter. one "the new york times" calls among the greatest intelligence failures, of modern times. russia is believed to be behind a massive, cyberattack on the computer systems of both private companies, and multiple, u.s. government agencies, including the national nuclear security administration. that's the agency responsible for maintaining america's nuclear weapon stockpile. the espionage campaign went unnoticed, for more than eight months. russia's denied its involvement in the cyberattack. but it's hard to believe their word, when, just today, vladimir putin denied russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. >> translator: russian hackers have neve

come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience. can shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. >>> more on the breaking news of the night. trump's audacious pre-christmas pardons and commutations come as he explores how to reward friends and allies in the last month of his administration. more acts of clemency are expected. this is just the beginning. you know that. i know that. trump has told advisers that he wants to be liberal with pardons and plans to sign many more before leaving office. the one bright spot in this mess tonight is that trump has yet to pardon figures who we all expect him to pardon in his last 29 days including his adult children, his son-in-law, and maybe himself. joining us now, democratic congressman adam schiff of california. he's the chairman of the house intelligence committee. congressman schiff, your reaction, please, first to this news of these pardons this evening. >> they'

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come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience.ou can shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. maria: welcome back. this week president trump issued a number of pardons and five commutations. among the most notable names former campaign foreign policy advisor george papadopoulus. papadopoulus was charged with making false statements during the mueller investigation. he was sentenced to 14 days in prison and had to pay a 9500-dollar fine. in a fox business exclusive i spoke with papadopoulus on the heels of that pardon. >> i'm absolutely ecstatic. first and foremost i would really like to express how grateful i am to president trump for pardoning me and correcting what i think and what i think many people now with the overwell among evidence out there would believe was a tremendous injustice and something that should have never happened, not only for myself. 2016 presidential campaign and country as a wh

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come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience.an shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. help the world believe in holiday magic. and this year was harder than ever. and yet, somehow, you all found a way to pull it off. it's not about the toys or the ornaments but about coming together. santa, santa, you're on mute! just wanted to say thanks. thanks for believing. ♪ david: you could argue classical music came from europe, and you could argue that other parts of music came from other parts of the world. but jazz was invented in the united states, and it's a classic kind of american invention, i would say. but why is it so hard for some people to understand? and you've written a book about it, and you make it, in your book, sound like it's almost a religious experience to play jazz and understand jazz. it's important to be an individual who can play well, but also to play with a team. can you explain wh

come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience.hop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. ♪ cheryl: and welcome back. here is part two of our best of "wall street" 2020. we begin with maria's one-on-one with vice president mike pence and media mogul barry diller. maria: they say the big withst issue right now -- biggest issue right now is the president having failed in his response to covid-19. can you speak to that? what's your response to that? >> i couldn't be more proud of president trump's leadership of the coronavirus response from day one. and you speak about china. joe biden never talked about china in his speech, but the coronavirus came from china. and when president donald trump, before the end of january, suspended all travel from china, joe biden said it was xenophobic. and for months and months, he criticized the president's steps in suspending all travel. no president in american history had

come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience. you can shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. >>> it was a white christmas in buffalo, new york. a record 18.4 inches fell in buffalo yesterday. that smashes the previous record. look at that over 10 inches in 1956. the snowfall called flights to be cancelled. more snow was forecasted later this week. getting to a total different environment. the island of hawaii. the volcano putting on a powerful show. fountains of laf ashooting 160 feet into the air. if you put the empire state building in the middle, it would be half way ungulfed. >> health officials say the vaccine for coronavirus won't be to us until the spring. wealthy americans are tired of waiting. a patient offering his hospital a $25,000 in exchange for early vaccine access. have no shame. that would put them in place of health care workers and first responders. >> thank you so much for joinin

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come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience.hop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store. >> you are up to date, scott i'll send it back to you. >> we appreciate that, sue >> let's take a look at the shares of disney to say the investor day went over well, that would be an upd statement. look at that stock up 13%. that's not even the best levels of the day and that is trading a the a new all-time high. let's call is $t $175 i have a lot of openershwnershih desk, you have a lot of commentary >> jason, you own disney, right? >> i don't own disney. i missed this one. the numbers are phenomenal we own netflix that was our play in the content business totally missed disney. >> i didn't mean to throw you under the bus there. i kind of did. i wanted to make the point there was only one person on the show today who does not own disney, farmer jim >> yeah. and i do own it. look, it's hard not to be breathless when