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Significant amount of support from the members. a lot of members are going to vote on legislation, without reading every line of the bill. get an outline. that is a big ask from members, there are wide spread support that something needs to be done. this is considered an emergency. not something that is going to -- it is not a multiyear piece of legislation. it is to get them through the first quarter of next year, richard. >> what does it is a about the new congress? if this were to go through....

Deal moving forward. on the sunday shows this morning, lawmakeres were saying that a deal is close, echoing what were hearing from house aides. lets listen to mitt romney on "meet the press" this morning. >> i believe theres going to be a deal. the big one was resolved last night very late and over the past several weeks theres been a lot of work done. it should have happened a long time ago. but we got a group together about four weeks ago that sat down and said, we got to find a way to get som...

Last-minute pieces of this legislation, dotting all is, crossing every t. theyre also circling the wagons. there is a conference call happening right now with treasury secretary mnuchin and house republican leader kevin mccarthy and house republicans going through the text of this legislation, trying to see how many house republicans are willing to support it. im told that there is some frustration among house republicans that a small business tax component has not been tied up as far as this is...

Lawmakers overcame a major hurdle, arriving at a compromise, that will make way for the long-awaited coronavirus relief package. and for many americans, it cant come soon enough. the $900 billion bill is expected to include direct payments of $600, central unemployment bonus of $300 weekly, more money for struggling businesses and funding for vaccine distribution. sources say compromise language needs to be worked out and any open items should be ironed out overnight. the house may vote as early...

Realize our defense is inadequate. >> leanne called wadwell. lets get to the very latest there on capitol hill. when do you think we can expect to see an agreement? >> reporter: well, this has been weeks, really, months in the making. but a deal does seem imminent at this point. the reason is because there was a major breakthrough overnight on the final major sticking point that had to do with a federal reserve lending program. its actually an issue that did not have a lot of direct impact on am...

$2400, and if youve already received a check in the previous stimulus package, the cares act, months ago, you will get this one fairly quickly because it will go electronically. and were going to have a how to navigate this answer page on my website, and many other senators will as well. you get this relief faster if you have filed taxes in the last year or two, because then the irs has the ability to send it to you electronically. >> okay, sir, makes sense. let me ask you about the president wh...

Boulevard urging them to start searching. >> nobody would help me. i called them several times. >> police policy required a family member to call in and provide more personal details on kelli before they could start searching. so the next day justin decided to call the army base instead. >> i asked them if she showed up. i said it is important, if she didnt show up you need to go to her house. they got back on the phone and said she didnt show up. >> army investigators and fayetteville police we...

>> everything led to nothing, no leads, no clues, no kelli. >> what were some of the scenarios that were running through your mind? >> just that somebody was holding her somewhere. >> a kidnapping kind of thing. >> yeah, i was more concerned she was hurt somewhere and she wasnt able to get to us so we have to get to her. >> olivia, matt and mike immediately made plans to all meet in fayetteville. by now the fayetteville pd was all over the case. one of the investigators assigned was veteran homi...

Breaking tonight, the fda has authorized a moderna coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, opening the door for at least 6 million doses to be shipped out at the beginning of next week.

Greenham Trusts Christmas Double Matched Day is resounding success More than £155,000 raised for ten local charities Jonathan Ashby  ); A MAMMOTH £155,000 was raised for 10 local charities on Greenham Trust’s special Christmas Double Matched Day. Last Friday, every pound up to £5,000 donated on The Good Exchange platform was double-matched by the trust – meaning each £1 given by the public became £3, giving the charities the opportunity to raise £15,000. With 669 donations received o...