The u. S. Distribution. Were looking at about a 95 efficacy on this vaccine. 100 at preventing severe illness. It works across the age spectrum from the 18 to 35yearolds all the way into the elderly. And again, side effects are very mild. But we begin with news that americans have been waiting so desperately to hear. We made major head way toward hammering out a targeted pandemic relief package that would be able to pass both chambers with bipartisan majorities. We committed to continuing these urgent discussions until we have an agreement. And we agreed we will not leave town until weve made law. So what is this in package . It has 900 billion as the price tag which is twice the amount the republicans proposed and a fraction of what democrats wanted. It is expected to include a new round of stimulus checks and Vaccine Distribution money. It could also include extensions of jobless benefits, eviction moratoriums and deferment of student loan payments. The deal will drop state and local aid as well as lawsuit protections. I want to bring in Kevin Hassett and katherine rampel. You know would you have heard this more than once. So i wonder how likely you think it is that this deal is actually going to pass. I called around to my friends at the white house this morning and i think that everybody expects that the deal is just about done. The one thing that i would add is that there will be some to what you said, that there will also be some Small Business relief in the package, it will be about 900 billion. And they might make an announcement today is what im hearing. And the additions really that got it over the finish line, it was kind of interesting to me just sort of politically that President Trump and aoc wanted checks to people to be part of the deal too and that wasnt originally in there. And i think that the relief checks will be part of the deal as well. And that is what closed the deal is what im hearing. That is very interesting. And katherine, in your latest article, you write that there are two main arguments for congress to provide this generous immediate fiscal relief. So what are they that clearly you had some buyin there from very different bedfellows . I think the two main arguments are humanitarian growth oriented. Humanitarian, basically people are suffering. There is a threat of a major cliff at the end of the year right after christmas that something around 7 to 12 Million People might lose unemployment benefits, people will face eviction, they are also facing hundredor, either either. It is the humanitarian argument. The other argument is it may umg ultimately cost less in the long run to have a big massive stimulus package now to prevent the sorts of permanent damage to the k countrys r0e du productive cap people having a tough time finding job, businesses that will be closing permanently. So i think you have to think about both. One is about helping people, the other is about again preserving the productive capacity of the country so that over the long run we can recover more quickly when there is widespread distribution of the vaccine, we can flip the switch back on to the extent possible and get people back into jobs because there will still be jobs for them to have. Kevin, you have said that were about to have a crater made. So tell us what you mean by that. I think that, you know, you went into the covid case data, the very troubling covid case data, and the point is that right now people are beginning to shut down again all around the country because covid cases are so high, hospitals are filling up. And mortality is soaring. And with a vaccine right around the corner, it makes especially good sense for everybody to just hunker down and wait until you are are vaccinated to go back outside. And so people will start doing that. And i expect that if you look at First Quarter gdp, it will probably be about the second worst quarter in history, almost as bad as the Second Quarter from last year. And so what this stimulus bill does hopefully, we havent seen the final details, it builds a bridge to say march when hopefully 150 million or so americans will be vaccinate and we can start to get going again. And at that point, i expect that there will be another stimulus deal and i think Mitch Mcconnell said as much. But right now, were looking at the First Quarter that will be negative, it will be big and negative because people are rationally responding both to the fact that the light is at the end of the tunnel, so if you are more cautious for the next month, there is a huge benefit to that. And the fact that governments are also calling for more shutdowns right now. So there absolutely will be a big negative shock in the First Quarter and that is i think why everybody understands that we need to have the stimulus right now. So katherine, is 900 billion enough to get americans through that . I hope so. Look, if i had my druther, i probably would have designed this stimulus bill a little bit differently. But you know, i dont get to wave the magic wand. I think getting aid out as quickly as possible as target the as possible will do will go a long way to preventing the kind of double dip that kevin was just talking about. But there will probably need to be the another bite of the apple whether in march or even sooner because the scale of the damage is just so vast. And again, the threat of people hunkering down and more layoffs coming also because state and local governments are basically broke, t defund the police will probably be an unavoidable reality as well as defund the teachers and emts, either either. So i think that more stimulus will be required. And i can just add, two things that arent in there, state and local aid and Liability Protections are High Priorities for everybody in the senate. They just disagree with the details. So that is why there will be another bill next year almost for sure. All right, kevin, katherine, thank you. Frontline Health Care Workers across the nation are continuing to get vaccinated today. Adrienne broaddus is in illinois. I know that you are still waiting on the doses to arrive there. How soon can the vaccine be distributed once it gets there . The very next day. That is what im told here. And even with the rollout of the vaccine, Health Care Workers here are stressing the importance of taking care of each other. Doctors here say that they will receive 16,000 doses of the vaccine, and a member on staff told me that they are on track to receive that shipment tomorrow. First in line, Health Care Workers who come in direct contact with covid19 patients. And among the eligible employees here, 400 have already registered to receive the vaccine. A short time ago i spoke with a doctor and he says he cant believe how quickly everything has come together. You had to ask me a year ago whether wed be at this point with the vaccine this quickly, i would have said no way. And i think right now for all of us, it is a period of yes, were doing a lot of work, but were really excited about doing it. And so this probably has been the most exciting thing for myself and a lot of our team here in the past year. After months of treating covid19 patients, this shot in the arm is a sign of hope. Think about it, we hear from the governor, chicagos mayor, and other top health officials, they deliver those covid19 updates. And those updates they tell us about the number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. Never have i seen them smile during one of those meetings. I saw them smile for the first time yesterday after the first shot was administered. Such a good point. Were hearing that from medical professionals all over the country who after months and months have finally getting this important ray of hope. Thank you so much for that report from illinois. Just in, we have new cnn reporting on the effort that is ramping up behind the scenes to lobby President Trump for pardons. Also new reporting as he has toyed with the idea of the not leaving the white house on inauguration day. Sxwla a. And fox tv attacks this network to have bill gates on to discuss the pandemic. Well room t well roll the tape. Ike i was jt fighting an uphill battle in my career. As a little kid i knew that i wanted to work with computers. So when i heard about the applied Digital Skills courses, that definitely appealed to me. Youre learning how to create spreadsheets, documents, forms and surveys. Im thinking i can become more marketable. 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The president is starting to sound like white noise at this point, still saying that he won the election after it has been confirmed dozens of times that he lost. But the White House Press secretary app live didnt get the memo that the election is a long foregone conclusion. He wont get ahead of that activity actually happening, but he has taken all statute takory requirements necessary to either ensure a smooth transition or continue igs ation of power. Spoiler alert, there is no continuation of power. She is lying. But his sick company fantss akc going off the cliff with him. Challenging Election Results as we await todays Electoral College decision. And intel source telling me that President Trump did in fact win the election. The trump administrations top intel official for election said that the 2020 election was the most secure in u. S. History. The president fired chris krebs for giving that assessment. And bill barr said that there was no widespread voter fraud that would have changed the outcome of the election for donald trump. He of course resigned monday under threat of being fired by trump. But bartiromo with a straight face quotes an intel source. So who is her source in it is not one that fox has stood behind in any other report proving that hosts there can just spout conspiracy theories and still cash the check. Another case in point if the house or senate cannot agree on which electors to accept, and untested constitutional procedure could result in each state being given one vote which themy would allocate to either biden or trump. And since the republicans hold 26 of 50 state house, there would exist the mathematical possibility that President Trump could be named the constitutionally elected president. It is like lou dobbs is matt damon at the chalk board but without the facts or even ben of a flek faffleck for that matter. There is in no scenario in which a majority of the senate will reject any biden electors. And if there was a disagreement with both clahambechambers, thef electors sign the by the governor of the state is controlling. So a disagreement is not enough. Third, the preer to whiocedure t in the 12th aemendment and it i not untested. It was used to resolve the 1824 election. Fourth, the 12th aemmendment on comes in to play in no candidate has a majority of electoral votes. Which makes them mute. How about them apples, mr. Date of births . But on news max, it is much of the same. Yes, january 20th, i do believe that there is a significant chance that donald trump could be inaugurated. Now, i do know that there are smart informed people who are saying that, be huhuh, joe biden is the president elect. I disagree with them and it is not just a hunch that im going on. It is the constitution. Now, he just said that he disagrees with smart and informed people. His words. Perhaps those people are smart and informed because they actually read the constitution and he should try it. I do want to bring in now flor i cant gloria borger. Here we are six weeks after the laeksz and t election and the individual still in denial. What is their angle here . Well, they will remain in denial. I dont think that there any doubt about it. I think that joe biden will put his hand 00 o. That bible on january 20th. And they will still remain in denial. They are seeding the soil for 2024 and for the years intervening to say that joe biden is an illegitimate president. So they are playing this game right now and the sad part about it is that we know that it is not the truth. And instead of telling people who support donald trump out there, really like his policies absd wanted to s and wanted to see him reelected, what the truth is, they are promise you wiulgating these lit is really unfortunate. And shame on them. Sorry, just shame on them. Yeah, that is the everyone sadder part, right, that they know that they are lies that they are promulgating. And Mitch Mcconnell finally acknowledged that joe biden won in the 2020 president ial race. He did that yesterday. And the president responsibilitied, which is not surprising, with a critical tweet saying that it was too soon for republicans to give up. So the question is, which side do republicans take do you think. I think it depends on who you are. I think that you are one of those 126 house members who signed on to that ridiculous lawsuit that the United StatesSupreme Court dismissed out of hand, you are probably going to take Donald Trumps side. If you are Mitch Mcconnell who said in a phone call to his members according to manu raju, you know, you really shouldnt do this because you will set up some votes that could be troubling for you because it might appear like you are disagreeing with donald trump if it comes to a vote in the senate, you have to vote to say, you know that this election was fair and legal, then that could be a problem. But josh hawley this morning came out and said, you know, i havent really decided what to do. So is he a potential 2024 candidate . I think so. It is pretty obvious. So if you are a 2024 candidate and donald trump did have 74 billion societvotes, maybe you hang back a little. It is all about politics. It has nothing to do with the constitution, nothing to do with the law. It has nothing to do with this election, which was free and which was fair. And just in, our colleague Kaitlan Collins is reporting that attorney general barr, who is leaving his job next week, actually attended todays Cabinet Meeting, this according to a white house official. I wonder what you think bill barrs reception was like. Well, bill barr wanted to make a clean getaway. He knows these pardons are coming up. We may disagree with a lot of them. He may disagree where what some of the things donald trump wants to do in his last 40 odd days in office. And im sure he was applauded there. The question that i have is does this turn out to be kind of the dare leader cabinet members weve seen and because it is private, we dont know until people talk about it, because all the Cabinet Meetings have been that way. And i would think it might be the same because this is probably the last Cabinet Meeting donald trump will have as president of the United States. Thats right. Gloria borger, thank you so much. And next, fox news will question the pandemic expertise of paint expert bill gates. Well roll the tape on that. Plus hundreds reportedly bailing on secretary of state mike pompeos controversial Holiday Party which was feared to be a superspreader event. And see whatt happened when joe biden introduced Pete Buttigieg as a cabinet pick. The only thing a disaster cant destroy is hope. Donate now at redcross. Org were the croods. We arthis friday. Ns. Welcome to a better way to live. Welcome to my house the croods are coming home. Kinda big, isnt it . Thats the mirror. Sorry. And the world will never be the same. What is this . Uh, we call that a window. Window. Dun, dun, dun. Make it a croods family movie night with the croods a new age. Go to watchcroods. Com. Over on planet fox which loyally orbits planet trump, there is a new villain of the day. And it is bill gates. The target on his back was born of this interview with jake tapper here on cnn. Bars and restaurants in most of the country will be closed as we go into this wave. And i think sadly that is appropriate. Depending on how severe it is, the decision about schools is much more complicated because they are the benefits are the pretty high, the amount of transmission is not the same as in restaurants and bars. So, you know, tradeoffs will have to be made. But the next four to six months really call on us to do our best because we concede that this will end. During the largest surge of a deadly pandemic, this is the Inconvenient Truth even with a flailing economy. Just ask the cdc. In september, it explained that adults who tested positive for coronavirus were about device as likely to have reported dining at a restaurant than those who tested negative. But for foxs sunrise trio who criticize temporarily closing bars and restaurants despite the human cost of keeping them open when 3,000 americans were reported dead of covid per day, here is how they responded to that warning from bill gates as they broadcast from the coronavirus safe confines of their home studios. What sacrifice is he make something. None. He is still one of the richest people in the world because he actively engages in ways of staying in the top tier of rich people in the world. His wealth gets to grow expo indiana shally while Small Business o