After getting the u. S. Senate to agree to consider increasing the amount of stimulus checks from 600 to 2,000, which of course is what democrats had been pushing for all along. The president has also vowed to send what hes calling a redlined version of the bill back to Congress Asking for, quote, wasteful items to be removed. He also claims the senate will take up legislation that starts an investigation into voter fraud in the president ial election, even though there is no evidence of any such voter fraud in any meaningful way. Now, the president s reluctant signature came after Unemployment Benefits for more than 12 million americans expired on saturday and ahead of a Government Shutdown that would have kicked in on tuesday. President trump, now back at his maralago resort, cnns Jeremy Diamond whos been traveling with the president reports from West Palm Beach florida. Reporter five days after President Trump threw billions of dollars of desperately needed Coronavirus Relief into limbo by suggesting he might not sign a massive piece of legislation pass you by congress, the president has now signed that legislation, the president signing that 2. 3 trillion spending bill that includes 900 billion in Coronavirus Relief on sunday night here in south florida. The president , though, only signing this legislation after Unemployment Benefits for more than 12 million americans lapsed on saturday night, after the president didnt sign the legislation then. And the president s signature also comes after he threw millions of americans into financial uncertainty by delaying signing this piece of legislation. Those americans who were counting on those 600 stimulus checks to soon be arriving, they will now have to wait longer for those stimulus checks. And then of course there are the millions of businesses that were counting on additional ppp funds to come through. Now they will be coming through, but only after a period of five days of uncertainty here. The president , in explaining why he finally signed this legislation, he says this in a Statement Released by the white house, quote, i am signing this bill to restore Unemployment Benefits, stop evictions, provide rental assistance and money for ppp, return our Airline Workers back to work, add substantially more money for Vaccine Distribution and much more. The senate, he says, will start the process for a vote that increases checks to 2,000, repeals next 230, and starts an investigation into voter fraud. Those last two items, its really not clear what the president is talking about because there isnt stand alone specific legislation to accomplish those goals. But there is a piece of legislation being advanced by House Democrats on monday that would increase those 600 stimulus checks to 2,000 in accordance with the president s demand. And it appears that the president has now secured a commitment from the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell to bring that legislation to the floor. Whether it actually passes though is another matter, given that a number of republicans remain opposed to 2,000 stimulus checks. But regardless, this only comes because the president had checked out of governing after the election. For weeks after the election as these negotiations were underway. And it was only after kong passed this legislation with overwhelming bipartisan majorities and with the endorsement of the treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin who was negotiating on the president s behalf. It was only after that legislation passed that the president began to raise his objections. All the president accomplished was sinking more americans into financial uncertainty at a time we have 20 plus million americans unemployed and all of this, of course, during the holiday season. Jeremy diamond, cnn, traveling with the president in West Palm Beach, florida. Lets go to los angeles and political analyst ron brownstein. Good to see you, ron. The president may have signed now but not signing that bill on saturday triggered real world impacts for millions of americans. Why do you think the president let this happen at all, especially, of course, as he played golf all weekend . Well, i think, you know, the initial motivation seems to be a desire to lash out at both democrats and republicans who he felt on the republican side were not fighting for him hard enough. And look, he has enjoyed chaos throughout his presidency. He has believed that he benefits from chaos. But i thought, you know, what gave away the switch was the fact that he tweeted a little before he tweets he was going to sign the bill, he tweeted he was going to georgia on january 4th. And i would bet that he was getting an earful from republican senators saying this level of disruption, the disruption of the benefits, the possibility of a Government Shutdown, was a very dangerous game he was playing with those two senate seats that will decide control of the senate. And i thought the fact he said hes going to georgia right before he said he was signing this bill was probably not kw s coincidental. Yeah, whats crazy about this situation i guess is the president s own team negotiated the bill. You have democrats saying, yeah, the president s right. Lets increase the amount to 2,000. Republicans refusing to do so. So, republicans blocked 2,000 checks but now will be forced to say yes, maybe. Its just bizarro world. The president was disengaged from this throughout. He did not have an ore in the water in trying to bring this to conclusion. This is very similar to what weve seen on the Public Health side. Really since some point in the summer, they have essentially checked out of the Public Health, particularly after the election, and left americans fundamentally on their own, the states on their own trying to deal with hospitals that are overrun, trying to deal with a death toll that now amounts to a 9 11 or pearl harbor a day. So, the fact that he, you know, was disengaged from this attempt to find an economic solution i think is totally at piece with his awol behavior on the Public Health challenge, a president essentially that has walked away from his job. Thats a good point. You and i have spoken about how Congressional Republicans have stayed mute as they watch the trump wrecking ball swing. Its more and more in recent days with harsh words. P pat toomey says trump will be remembered for chaos and erratic behavior if he allowed this to expire. Congressman kizen jer said hes trying to burn the place down as hes on the way out because he cant handle losing. Is it too little too late . Its too little and too late. Toomey is one thats been a little more critical, one of the last republicans in a state that has voted mostly democratic in president ial elections in this century. And kinzinger has been a lone voice in the house. If you put all the pieces together since the election, the disengagement on the pandemic, the 11 59 effort to torpedo this bill, the persistent efforts to subvert the election, the calls on the Justice Department to investigate his political rivals, and again here asking the senate to pursue this nonexistent election fraud. And then these pardons to his cronies and people who were directly implicated in shielding him from the mueller investigation. I think if you add all this up, michael, it looks you probably know this better than i. It looks like the final hour of a duictatorship. The walls are closing in. The strong man knows the clock is ticking. He is addaled, he is angry, he is vengeful. Hes lashing out. I think its embarrassing. The u. S. Has people all around the world trying to teach countries how to stand up a democracy and here we are watching ours torn down day by day with silence from republicans in congress. Now the u. S. Surpassed 19 million known cases of the coronavirus over the weekend. Thats according to data from Johns Hopkins university. The u. S. , of course, as we all know has the most cases in the world, by far, almost double in fact that of the country with the second most, which is india. Vaccinations are entering their third week. Thats the good news. The latest figures show nearly 2 million americans have already received their first dose. And while there are lags in reporting, it looks like the u. S. Will fall short of its goal to inoculate 20 Million People by the end of the year. Meanwhile, hospitalizations at near record levels, more than 118,000 people spent sunday in the hospital with the virus, according to the covid tracking project. Its the 26th straight day with more than 100,000 people in hospital with covid. And Health Experts are bracing for yet another surge in covid cases, similar to the spikes following other u. S. Holidays. Cnns alison kosik with more now. Reporter data from Johns HopkinsUniversity Shows that december is now the deadliest month in the United States since the pandemic began. More than 63,500 people in the u. S. Alone have died from covid. California is really being hit hard. Its facing the worst covid spread of new cases in the u. S. The San Joaquin Valley and Southern California regions both have 0 icu capacity. Thats according to a press release from the California Department of health. Some good news though in michigan. Michigans covid19 hospitalizations and daily coronavirus associated deaths have continued to decline since middecember. Thats according to the states covid19 dashboard and hospital bed tracking web page. And as vaccines continue to be administered, Health Officials are saying its important to remain vigilant, to wear your mask and remain socially distant. But they are bracing for what could be coming next. Despite warnings from Health Officials to stay home during the holidays, millions of people travelled in the days around christmas. And now it looks like Health Experts are projecting another spike in the number of coronavirus cases. And with januarys covid19 associated deaths, theyre projecting a number to be nightmarish. Alison kosik, cnn, new york. The Holiday Travel season in full swing over the weekend, despite the cdc urging people to stay home. In fact, the Busiest Airport in the world is right here in atlanta, hartsfield jackson, was projecting sunday as its busiest day of the christmas season. Tsa screening more than 1. 1 Million People at u. S. Airports just on saturday and roughly 7 Million People last week. According to aaa, about 85 million americans may travel between the dates of december 23rd and january 3rd. Cnns dana bash asked the nations top Infectious Disease expert, dr. Anthony fauci, about Holiday Travel and the potential impact on the pandemic in the u. S. Have a listen. What should we expect in terms of a postchristmas covid surge when you look at those numbers . Well, again, theres no guarantee itll happen, but there certainly is a danger of that. When you travel, you see pictures on the tv screens, dana, of people at airports crowded in lines, trying to stay physically separated. But its so difficult to do that. And that generally is followed when people get to the destination they want to be, that youre going to have mixing of household people at a dinner or at a social function. Those are the things that naturally happen. And as much as we advise against it, nonetheless, it happens. And thats one of the reasons why were concerned about that being a real risk situation for the spread of infection. The u. S. Will now require travellers from the uk to test negative before arriving in the u. S. But that policy doesnt go into effect until tomorrow, and weve known about this new virus variant in the uk for a couple of weeks. Was it a mistake not to implement this rule before the Christmas Travel boom. You know, dana, im not going to say whether it was a mistake or not. I think obviously the move to put some form of restriction on travel and restriction could either be blocking out travel completely, which the decision was made not to do that. But i think its prudent and a good idea to do some form of testing and not let somebody on the plane from the uk unless they have a documented negative covid19 test. So, i agree with that. I mean, you could argue about the timing, whether it should have been done a few days before. I want to ask about something president elect biden said this week. He said, the darkest days in the battle against covid are ahead of us. Dr. Fauci, as you know, over 100,000 of our fellow americans spent their holiday hospitalized with covid19, and were averaging nearly 200,000 new cases, more than 2,000 deaths each day. Do you agree that the worst is still yet to come . You know, i do, dana. And the reason im concerned and my colleagues in Public Health are concerned also is that we very well might see a postseasonal in the sense of christmasnew years surge. 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We provide students stem scholarships and teachers with support. Im a fighter and im fighting for all students. We are getting more information about the car bomb that exploded in downtown nashville early christmas morning. What youre seeing there is individual Police Released today showing the moment of the blast when that rv exploded in the street. Dramatic stuff. It was just seconds after a Police Officer actually had just walked out of frame in that video to safety. Investigators tell us what they want what they know about the bomber. Based on the evidence that weve gathered to this point, weve come to the conclusion an individual named Anthony Warner is the bomber, that he was present when the bomb went off and that he perished in the bombing. We base this conclusion on forensic evidence including dna that youll hear about as well as evidence that was gathered at the scene of the bombing. And were hearing from the officers who were first to arrive on the scene before the blast. They say the rv had cameras and all of its windows were covered from the inside. Now we know a computerized voice in the rv was broadcasting an evacuation warning, but police have added new detail. They say it was also playing the peculiar song downtown. They dont know about the nashville bombing, Shimon Prokupecz tells us what theyre working on. Reporter authorities here in nashville today confirming the identity of the bomber. His name is Anthony Quinn warner. Officials say he is 63 years old, and they believe he is the man who planted the bomb in that rv. He is the man behind the bombing here. Now, as to motive, Authorities Say its not clear yet. Theyre still trying to pore through all this mans life, go back in his history, talk to family members and people that knew him. They say there was a lot going on in his life. But in terms of a clear motive as to what happened here and why this happened, they still dont have. And what authorities here did was they used dna. They found human tissue at the site. They got dna from his family and they used all of that to make the identification. Shimon prokupecz, cnn, nashville, tennessee. Now, cnn Law