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the president s demands to increase direct payments to most americans from $600 to $2,000. since the covid packages tied to a massive government spending bill, if vito could trigger a shutdown. correspondent mark meredith is in west palm beach where the president is spending the holiday amid a stimulus stalemate. good evening, mark. good evening to you, mike. we still do not know whether the president will or will not sign that $900 billion stimulus package. that was the bill that congress has already approved. we know that the president is not happy about all of this. now lawmakers are really trying to divert that disaster here with millions of americans wondering if they re going to get a check or not. we do not have unanimous consent. house to mcgrath s tried but failed to approve the president s latest demand to increase the amount of money some americans would get indirect stimulus payments. the american people need to know with certainty that democrats are ....
surf and on the sand. santa parked the reindeer and padded around in flip-flops to deliver gifts and good cheer. china does take pride in its massive exports of toys saying without it s cheap products, america couldn t enjoy those piles of gifts under the christmas tree. pope francis has a simple message this christmas. then pride and selfishness. a call it the francis effect. god is peace, let us ask him to help us to be peacemakers each day in our life. in our families, in our cities, and nations, in the whole world. let us allow ourselves to be moved by god s goodness. john allen is cnn s senior vatican analyst, welcome. reporter: hey, carol, merry christmas to you. merry christmas to you, too, john. the pope delivered such a simple message, choose light over dark, it s what we learn all of our lives, yet coming from a man who s head of a church, it seems fresh. we have got a blustery roman christmas afternoon here today and just as the wind is blowing stro ....