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Adding to the arsenal, the united states is closer to adding a fourth vaccine. tonight, see how it compares to the three we are already injecting. and time for the states jobless whose benefit checks could be delayed. we will tell you why coming up on seven on your side. one high school is celebrating students who made the honor roll amid a pandemic. building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc7 news. welcome a fourth coronavirus vaccine could be one step closer a...

People placed on furlough. >> that means they stay home without being paid essentially a leave of absence while their work is not being done and heres who that applies to most nafta workers, most national park rangers and park safety officials. most of the parking and housing and urban development remember, we have a space station in orbit. an american astronaut is on board. nasa says they will have staff watching the space station. the satellite, a mission on mars and americas other space inter...

What does that mean in a practical sense? social security checks and unemployment checks will go out. national parks will stay open. the mail will still be delivered and the tsa will still be operating at the nations airports. coast guard and border patrol officer, air traffic controllers, federal firefighters, all those people will still stay on the job but working for free until the shutdown is lifted. most federal employees, including the cdc staff dealing with the flu epidemic are furloughed...

Hadnt even been considering so he doesnt think the shutdown is his fat. >> he walked away from two bipartisan deals including one today in which i even put the border wall on the table. >> but just because government is technically out of money relevant agencies are still going to send benefit checks to people on medicare medicaid or social security, the veterans administration hospital is still running and the mail gets delivered except on sundays and youll still get a pat down from tsa agents ...

Plus, a deadly helicopter crash what a reality show has to do with this terrible accident. and a man snatches a toddler but is stopped before he gets away. who jumped in and what happened to the would-be kidnapper? gregg: some new information now on a scam involving social security numbers. a shocking report finds that 6.5 million dead americans are actually still listed on the benefit agencys active rolls. fraudsters getting in and ahold of some of these numbers now. joining us from the fox b...

Things to do in this country. >> its difficult because when you leave iraq you end up with a country running completely rampant. and al qaeda also gets a foothold there. this is a difficult situation to be in, to make this decision. maybe fewer troops is $20 billion that doesnt actually buy you anything. >> maybe. but the theory behind this is with that you can train up the afghans so they can stand up on their own. but the key question with al qaeda, and al qaeda seems to be resurgent in iraq, ...

Obama, getting benefit checks to the long-term unemployed after congress failed to pass an extension before the holidays. >> lets get them done right now in a bipartisan way and everybody can share credit in doing something thats the right thing for the american people. >> reporter: house republicans want the $6.5 billion cost offset with cuts to other government programs. its a concession democrats see little reason to accept convinced republicans come off as insensitive to struggling americans...