We begin with Congressional Correspondent chad pergram on capitol hill with what could be optimism . At evening, chad. Good evening, bret. The most important meeting at in order to get a coronavirus deal. This dates back to july, never born this process have both parties meant to hash out a deal. That underscores the importance. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi convened the meeting, the secretary of the treasury joined by phone. They are talking out because they are running out of time. We are not leaving here without a covid package. Its not going to happen. We are going to stay here until we get a covid package, no matter how long it takes. Now, what is unresolved is a push by republican josh holy and independent Bernie Sanders for 1200 in direct payment checks. Many democrats won aid for state and local governments. I think we need more for distribution on state and local. Everybody knows my position, it has brought bipartisan support. Mitch mcconnell says dont let the perfect be the enemy of the good. The way forward, obviously, is to put aside the two things that are the most contentious on each side. Liability production and staying local. We all know the new administration is going to be asking for another package. Let me decode that. Mcconnell had a Good Relationship with president elect biden. They served together in the senate. The two talked by phone today so mcconnell may fear he can cut a deal on a liability shield with biden. Now the deal is to attach this to a big bill to fund the government through next fall. Government shutdown this weekend, no white smoke from the speakers office. They take a dinner break and return at 7 30. Bret. Bret all right, we will tell mike we will follow it. Chad, thank you. Dereks governors warning of a possible full shutdown because of the coronavirus. Dot again, is a fear of raising their other cities as well and some Business Owners are pushing back, struggling to stay in business. Correspondent David Lee Miller and new york our story. Is the u. S. Death toll from the coronavirus surpasses 300,000, more americans today were inoculated with pfizers vaccine. State and local municipalities meanwhile are ordering stricter shutdowns to combat the surge in the virus resulting in push backs. Restaurant workers rallied in times square and marched to the Governors Office arguing that based on the state some data, most covid cases are spread in bars and restaurants. We want restaurants to be open back again we want to work despite anger in the restaurant industry, mayor de blasio says another shutdown could be weeks away. If we implement that with some good luck and hard work with the vaccine study to help us, we could be out of that in a matter of weeks. In california where hospitals intensive care units are almost at capacity and covid restrictions are enforced, there is frustration and anger. A viral video shows a Restaurant Owner cited for violating an Outdoor Dining band fighting back. I continue to follow the rules and you guys still come a time after time, telling me i have to close my business in boston, closing gems, movie theaters, and museums. Religious groups, the church in Northern Colorado and in a separate legal action, a priest and rabbi challenge capacity limits for religious services. Back here in new york city, in addition to covid restrictions, restaurants have Something Else to worry about. The weather. Dumping up to 8 inches of snow, possibly even more. Outdoor dining that could interfere with snowplows will be banned. Bret. Bret David Lee Miller and new york city, david lee, thanks. Just one day after the Electoral College have formally designated him the president elect, joe biden is putting muscle in the georgia runoffs. This will determine whether his party has control of the u. S. Senate and thereby possibly an easier road for his agenda to be pushed through. Biden was in atlanta a short time ago. Correspondent peter doocy reports from atlanta tonight. Im starting to feel like i won georgia three times. Bidens trip today seeks to make Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer the majority leader instead of the men he spoke to shortly before calling biden president elect for the first time, Mitch Mcconnell. We disagree on a lot of things. Not as confident, the candidates biden is try to he help. David purdue. We can leave our future in the hands of Mitch Mcconnell. Im ready to serve alongside my brother, john off sought. Its further proof biden is a vessel for the radical left as preroll video finds him for a mean lawmakers as thugs. Dont tell me about gangsters and thugs on the street, there are more gangsters and thugs in washington, d. C. , and the capital. Campaigns havent been able to run ads on facebook because of an ad band aims on cutting confusion. Facebook explain they have heard about the importance of expressing voice and using our tools to reach voters ahead of georgias runoff election. President trump has been using his text and email list to raise money, but the fine print shows 75 of it goes to his new packed and 25 goes to the rnc, not directly benefiting the republican candidates. Still, his presence looms large. In 2016, there were only two United States senators that fact unsupported and fought with donald trump. You are lucky that one of them is right here. The stark choice here, one on the path of socialism, my opponent, or mine, the american dream. To speak about was congratulated today by Vladimir Putin despite harsh words like these for months. We also know that putin is trying very hard to spread disinformation about joe biden. The ap reports Pete Buttigieg is now an ally, once a rival. This guy is not barack obama. Neither is he, neither is any of us running for president. Neither is hunter biden. Many questions remained after the statement on hunters behalf. Mr. President elect, when did you find out your son was being investigated . Congratulations, appreciate it. I got that response last night and last week, after a different question, i got an answer of i am proud of my son. Both short answers and both combined to be the only on the record reaction from the president elect since the taxpayerfunded transition told us about this investigation six days ago. Be 21. Bret keep asking, peter, thank you. As peter mentioned, hunter is emerging as a major distraction to the incoming president. Now Top Senate Republicans are putting more pressure on the family for answers to questions about hunters tax issues under federal investigation. Mike emanuel has her update tonight. Sources close to the congressional probe into Hunter Bidens overseas business dealings saying they are focused now on following the money trail. So many suspicious transactions, so many suspicious trenconnections to china to chi. Hard drive connected to hunter biden is linked to a moneylaundering investigation. According to documents verified by multiple federal Law Enforcement officials who reviewed them. There is also this 2017 email about a Chinese Business deal which makes reference to ten held by h to the big guy. These associations create criminal financial and counterintelligence and extortion concern. The u. S. Attorney in delaware is looking into Hunter Bidens tax affairs, but with the new administration starting january 20th, there is concerns that could be a change there. The regulations to a point of special counsel. Certainly an investigation into a president s child could meet those standards those standards. Top executives at facebook and twitter donated tens of thousands of dollars to the biden campaign. Several gave the legal maximum of 2800. That is accorded to federal Election Commission records reviewed by fox news. The social media platforms took tremendous heat for blocking circulation of stories about Hunter Bidens business dealings in the lead up to election day. 90 of the the Washington Post headline that says this, examining Chinese Business deals. Despite intense focus on hunter, biden and his supporters are moving on. Joe biden is the one whos going to be elected president , not his son. I could care less about hunter biden. He is irrelevant to the situation. There is no signs of this controversy going away, in fact even some prominent democrats acknowledge this could hang over the biden presidency. Speak to anyone to anyone. Bret mike, thank you. Break into, National Security advisor cutting short a european trip to deal with russia. A major cyber attack and hack on the u. S. This is coming into Congress Asking about chinese espionage in the u. S. National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin has the latest night from the pentagon. To speak of republican lawmakers are demanding house Speaker Nancy Pelosi remove congressman Eric Swalwell from the House Intelligence Committee following suspicions he was involved with a chinese spy. His close interactions with chinese intelligence services, however unintentional they may be, or an unacceptable National Security risk. In 2015, swalwell was named to the Intelligence Committee the same year the fbi warned him he was being targeted by a chinese spy. He fully cooperated with the fbi and was never suspected of any wrong doing. Hes not alone, congresswoman of hawaii along with several midwestern mayors were also targeted. Separately, g. O. P. Leaders in san diego were targeted by political donors with ties to the Chinese Government in 2017. At six republicans have asked fbi director Christopher Wray for a full briefing on chinas spine operations inside the u. S. Congressman jim banks who signed the letter to pelosi says chinas influence operations go be on capitol hill. Weve seen professional sports teams, the nba, weve seen figures in hollywood the difference between all of them and Eric Swalwell is that Eric Swalwell is a member of congress who previewed of highly classified intelligence that he is regular briefed on by the house intelligence can be. Last year, 33yearold Chinese Businesswoman was convicted of trespassing at President Trumps club in palm beach, florida, while carrying a bag full of electronics. She was sentenced to eight months in jail and ordered to return to china. She made it past at least five secresa good service agents. Today, the National Security council announced the deep rare implementation of a Cyber Unified Coordination Group to respond to the massive cyber breach believed carried out by russias intel hacking group, cozy bear. The new cyber attack utilized solar winds as a Security Software be utilized by multiple u. S. Government agencies along with 425 of the u. S. Fortune 500 companies. Its been set on a scale of 1 for the type of attack, the magnitude, and the potential damage. Weve just learned that National Security advisor Robert Obrien is cutting short his trip to europe to return home to coordinate the government response to the suspected russian attack. Until last week, went undetected by the Trump Administration. The scale of the breach is still unknown. Bret. Bret Jennifer Griffin, thank you. Google has expensed as second outage for its gmail service. Media reports is the failure occurred about 3 00 p. M. Eastern time it was felt across the planet. 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President trump remains at the white house as his number two is out touting the success of operation warp speed. As correspondent Kristin Fisher reports, there are other Significant Developments in the fight against the coronavirus. Yesterday, under operation warp speed, we made history. One day after the first Pfizer Vaccines administered, Vice President mike pence toward a Pharmaceutical Company in indiana. But there are none produced its Coronavirus Vaccine which could get the green light this week. Some 20 million doses of the mentor and a vaccine could be shipped right from this facilit. Out to the point of the need and states across the country. Today, detailed data showing that the vaccine is safe and highly effective clear in the way for the fda to grant its emergency use authorization on thursday. They also cleared the first over the counter ou at home diagnostc test for covid19. Its an encouraging news for a country weary of a near long pandemic. 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