jon. jon: brian, in new york city, thanks. we're remembering country music legend tonight charlie pride died in dallas today from covid-19 complications. charlie pride was the first black member of the country music hall of fame last performance last month honored with willie nelson lifetime achievement awarded a country music awards dead at the age of 86. ♪ robinhood believes now is the time to do money. without the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wherever you are - even hanging with your dog. so, what are you waiting for? download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood. can you tell me the story again? every family has their own unique story. give your family the chance to discover theirs this holiday season, with ancestry. ♪ jon: that is a utah man who gained national attention for playing his violin while intubated for covid-19. he's return home from the intensive care unit of an hospital video of 7 -year-old grover rendition of the tennessee wallets in mid-october is a thank you to staff, bec

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jon? jon: chad, is it possible a government shutdown could take place even if both parties want to keep the government open? >> reporter: absolutely. i mean, it always comes down to the votes. you could have people in the house of representatives who could make this trouble many for the democratic majority. -- troublesome. in the senate all it takes is one senator to object. you can a approve something via unanimous consent as they call it here, and you can practically make the sun rise in the west. if that's the case, and they're starting to run out of track -- we're less than six hours away -- you could have funding lapse after midnight and are to jump through all the parking parliamentary hurdles overnight. jon: chad pull grim on capitol hill, thanks. >>> some awe alarming new details on how china handled the covid-19 outbreak, an army of internet trolls to try to help control the narrative. kicking off its censorship operation in early january as health officials in wuhan, china, were

jon: wow. they also paid to set up this amazing and dazzling christmas display the ronald mcdonald house where you are staying now while your son is in the hospital right? >> yeah, it's really people out there. jon: what is it do for your spirits taylor. >> it is really nice because we can see it coming down from the hospital, everyone enjoys christmas lights, seeing it and hopefully the rest of the families of the rana mcdonald house as well. jon: he's a little too young to understand what christmas is all about but tell us how he is doing. >> he is doing really great right now, we are getting closer and closer to going home, right now were working on his breathing and getting him down to a level of oxygen which he can safely go home on. jon: he looks like a happy little guy. >> he is very happy and smiling. jon: let's talk to holly a little bit, this is just one happy story among the many, while thousands of families that the ronald mcdonald house has allowed to stay in your area, they can st

jon. jon: charles watts son in nashville. charles, thanks. president trump is getting briefed on explosion in nashville as he spends weekend at mar-a-lago in florida. president is praying for those injured expressing gratitude to first responders to answered the call. mark meredith is live in west palm beach, florida, mark. >> asking for president trump to allow federal assistance to folks helping recovering in nashville after explosion we have not heard yet what kind of assistance may be granted but the white house says that the president is getting constant updates about what's going on on the ground. the president has not spoken to reporters since wednesday evening white house called this morning so we don't want to the hear from president on camera. tennessee officials tell fox news volunteer state needs federal assistance to help so many struggling really in the aftermath of the explosion. >> what that would entail is free up resources from the federal level to help with the investiga

jon: gordon chang, thank you. after house republicans flipped 13 seats in the 2020 election, democrats are trying to distance themselves from the defend the police movement. chairman of the national republican congressional committee in minnesota congressman joins me too discuss why this could affect the crucial georgia senate races next. sam adams boston lager. a perfect balance of malt & hops... sorry. i was gonna buy that six-pack. ah, ten bucks. that includes mine. yep, ok. ♪ [yawn] you. look. stunning. want the truth to why i wake up feeling... [growls softly] ...so darn awesome? [makes playful sound] i take care of my skin. not this skin. that skin. and when you've got incontinence, you sure need to. tena intimates pads lock liquid in, and are now 100% breathable to care for your intimate skin. are you still here? kind to skin. protects like tena. and sweetie can coloryou just be... gentle with the pens. okey. okey. i know. gentle..gentle new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need in

if this business is gonna succeed, jon's behavior has to stop. hey, jon? >> yes? >> why am i hearing from some of the painters that you were yelling at your brother earlier? >> i got upset because he okayed to purchase furniture-- >> but i'm paying for the [bleep] furniture. i'm paying for it. >> well--but, your money-- >> how much do you think i've spent? >> $1/4 million? >> more. how much was he asking you to spend? >> i don't know, a couple thousand dollars. >> okay, so your brother goes out on a limb to improve what you think is gonna be a couple thousand dollars... >> right. >> and you lose your mind? it's not about the furniture, but it's about showing some respect to him. you're more concerned about this than you are him. >> that's not true. >> well then why do you treat him that way? >> but, it's one situation-- >> i know, jon. >> but it--but, marcus, it was-- >> jon, he's a human being. forget about the fact that he's your brother. we shouldn't be talking to people that way. in a situation like this, these brothers need to be working together, not working

weill go to jon first. jon: i guess my answer is simple. people are the most important thin in the investment thing is on. in the dream that we can have and the centralized investment. and we wan exquisite systems were these are going t break down practice. and so billing and command-and-control networks is necessarily kind of this ongoing process. and so i think making sure that we come up with ways to empower and enable that, it's a cultural leadership task military more than it is a large-scale integration investment. i think there is opportunities to do that and really focus on making sure that we empower rather than the strength that's vibrant within the u.s. military. it's a long learning process. >> okay, doctor schneider. jacquelyn: yes, i would say two things. one that i think that the deity has had an organizational growth in the last ten years. and the situations you're not focusing on the institutions o institutional organization but i think again. and on the organization and the second thing that i would do is focusing on not j

i'm sandra smith. >> jon: i'm jon scott. mcconnell wants to tie the stimulus checks to the president's other demands, and investigating the election results. and while the senate is stalled of the house already approved $50,000 and were expecting the ocean from speaker of the house nancy pelosi at any moment now. at $600 checks begin going out today. here is senator ron johnson earlier on fox. >> from my standpoint, $464 billion to the total cost of the package, the money we don't have we are borrowing from our kids as future. we need to target that a little bit more. >> sandra: rich edson is live in west palm beach, florida, with more on that. >> good morning sandra. democrats control the house, they easily passed of this bill which would raise those checks to $2,000. republicans control the senate and the issue has gotten a little completed over there. dad's repeated and a number of times on twitter, and this is what he tweeted earlier. unless republicans had a death wish, and it was also the right thing to do, they must a

jon: thanks. for more on the rollout of the moderna vaccine, let's head over to mark meredith live at the white house. >> the emergency authorization of the moderna vaccine, a major step forward for the country. as you mentioned at the top, we expect to see doses of millions of doses rolling out in the days ahead. as we been talking about, this will be a big step forward after pfizer and its interactions this past week. this week alone, 2.9 million doses went out and stupidly more are expected to be distributed next week. on friday, vice president mike pence and his wife received the pfizer vaccine. speaker pelosi and schumer and pelosi have also been injected under the plan. it remains unclear when president trump will get his dose. the president today is at the white house, didn't hold any public events but he did tweak for the first time about the massive cyber attack that's hit the government systems are invited. the president saying on twitter, china may be responsible, not russia but lawmake

good morning, i'm sandra smith. >> jon: i'm jon scott. more than 2.3 million georgians are casting their ballots, indicating they have an advantage, but they hope his visit on monday will energize g.o.p. voters and drive them to the polls on the very next day, january 5th. here's david perdue and kelly leffler. >> he wants to stack the supreme court and change the way the electoral college operates. that allows them to perpetrate the agenda that was displayed during the presidential election. they want to open borders, defund the police, they want illegal immigrants to vote. this is an aggressive plan. it's so dangerous. >> the future of the country is on the ballot. they would be a rubber stamp for chuck schumer's radical agenda to shape this country into something unrecognizable. >> jon: steve harrigan. >> early voting, 2.3 million people are voting. right now, three quarters of what it was in the general election for the two senate runoff seats. that will determine control of the senate's january 5th. so far the heaviest turn out and a

abrams: thank you, jon. thank you so much for the work you have been willing to do and the way you have continued to meet this moment. it is my distinct pleasure now to introduce the reason we are all here. i had the opportunity to first meet him as a senator. he was in the state of georgia in 2007. we were in a small conference room. and i don't think i appreciated at that moment just how extraordinary the conversation i was able to have was. because barack obama met with a group of us talking about his vision for the presidency but what he was willing to do was listen to us, to a group of state legislators as we described concerns in our communities, as we talked about the fears of our people, and unlike so many politicians who often interrupt you to tell you what they think you already need to know, he listens. and more importantly, because he had been in the state legislature, because he was a u.s. senator, he took that information with him into the white house. and for eight years, we watched someone wh

let's say hello to jon batiste. hello, jon batiste. oooh, i like that coat. >> jon: it's getting cold. the winter is coming. the hawk is coming. it's flying. >> stephen: you look like a package of life savers. >> jon: it's like a blanket and coat all in one. >> stephen: i like it. >> jon: it's a life saver. >> stephen: if you're looking to get me something for christmas. >> jon: what are you looking to get? >> stephen: i don't think i could pull off that coat. i don't think it would look the same on me. >> jon: i think you're right about that. ( laughter ) >> stephen: i think i would look like an extra puppet. >> jon: you ever watch these -- it's kind of like the fabric that the muppets are made out of. >> stephen: that's what i was thinking. i would look like a background extra in avenue q. ( laughter ) do you have anything to play for transitioning to meryl streep? >> jon: oh, marle, let's see -- ♪ ♪ ♪ >> stephen: jon batiste, everybody. thank you, jon. >> jon: yes, indeed. >> stephen: my guest tonight is an actor whose career

thank you, jon and raphael. i also want to take a moment to thank the volunteers who are working tirelessly to keep georgia blue. you are knocking on doors safely, you're making phone calls, you are sending text messages, and you are doing with these incredible leaders have asked you to do. you are making a plan to vote, you are reaching out to others to ensure they have a plan, and you are believing in your power. if you will go to iwillvote.co m, you can get more information on how you can keep doing that work because this election matters. but more importantly, you matter. the people who showed up in november can show up again. we can vote by mail. please go ahead and request your absentee ballot. we can vote in person early starting december 14 and we can vote on election day. but it is incredibly important that we get to work now. as the president told us, we have the power to change things. and if we will use that power, we will secure a future where we have access to health care, access to jobs, and acces

let's say hello to jon batiste. hello, jon. >> jon: woooo! that's a band there. >> stephen: it is. i have an important question for you, jon. do you have friends down in georgia? >> jon: yes, i have friend in georgia, of course. family in georgia. >> stephen: do you know if they're registered to vote. remember, the deadline to register to vote in the runoffs in january for the two senate seats, that's december 7. >> jon: right. >> stephen: okay. >> jon: right, december 7 is the deadline. so gotta spread the word. >> stephen: you can register even if you weren't registered for the general election in november, right? >> jon: right. >> stephen: and if you weren't old enough at the general election. so if you've turned 18 between november 3 and january 5, right-- i think that's the election. boom. you're in. >> jon: birthday present. there it is. >> stephen: you can request a ballot by mail. again, it's january 5. for more information to everybody out there-- and please tell your friends in georgia, jon, go to bettered knowaballot.com/ga, for all the resources you need and a step-by-s

>> jon: oh, yeah, meryl, let's see... ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> stephen: jon batiste, everybody. thank you, jon. >> jon: yes, indeed. >> stephen: my guest tonight is an actor whose career is synonymous with excellence, please welcome to "a late show" meryl streep. hello, meryl. >> hi, stephen. thanks for having me. >> stephen: it's lovely to see you. >> great to see you. >> stephen: now, i like to ask all my guests this right now, given where we are given, the covid and the lockdowns, where in the world are we finding you? are you home right now? >> i'm home and you can hear the heat coming on. in the berkshires. i'm shooting a film in boston, so i'm commuting-- >> stephen: oh, that's nice. >> kind of back and forth, yeah. >> stephen: am i allowed to know what this film is or what you're doing in it? i'm always excited for the next one. >> yeah, it's called "don't look up" and it's about a global catastrophe, but it's sort of funny, like "dr. strangelove" for 2020, a global warming metaphor for that. and yeah, it's a big starry cast and lots of fun people. >> stephen: and who do

thanks, jon. my first guest is an author and emmy-winning journalist who hosts "the rachel maddow show." her latest book is called "bag man." please welcome to "a late show," rachel maddow. rachel good to see you again. >> stephen, it is great to see you. thank you for having me. >> stephen: it is always a bit of a vacation for me to have you on the show because you're such a champion talker that i can sit back and just watch you take apart the stories of the day. it's really delightful. before i get started, i want to talk to you-- a few weeks ago you gave a powerful broadcast from your home about how your partner, susan, had contracted covid. first of all, how is she doing? is she all right? >> she is okay. she got-- she had a, you know, real case of it. and like a lot of people who had symptomatic cases, she's got kind of the long tail of the symptoms, which is true for almost everybody i know that has had it. she's got the fatigue and the headabes and cough lingering. but she is out of woods i

it's time to say hello to jon batiste. hello, jon, good to see you. >> jon: hey! hear that? ( clapping rhythm ) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> stephen: what beat is that? what is that? what rhythm is that? is that clave? >> jon: yeah, yeah! the clave. hey, hey! >> stephen: i have a serious question for you. remember last night we were talking about those biscuits from charleston? well-- >> jon: oh, my goodness. oh, yes, yes. >> stephen: okay, so i got family working on this, but they need to know, does this go to kenner or is this going to, up here? which way do you want it to go? >> it would be nice to give some to the family. i won't be down. i won't be at kenner. but it would be nice to give some to the family. >> stephen: we'll send two. we'll send two. we'll send you two. we've got-- we've got a-- we've got top men on it right now. >> jon: oh, yeah! >> stephen: okay. >> jon: i got the book, too! the book! wow! >> stephen: did you get it? >> jon: oh, my goodness! those songs? that's going to-- that is going to enrich my life in ways i don't even know yet, so thank yo

jon ossoff and raphael warnock. [applause] [cars honking] jon ossoff understands what it means to be a small business owner. he owns a business with one singular objective, to root out corruption. and we picked the perfect target, david purdue. warnock has led his ledch -- rafael warnock has his church and lead his community with values, and we have the perfect person for him, and that is kelly loeffler. raffaellassoff and ael warnockand raffaella get to the u.s. senate we get , the better deal that we need. we get the change that we need. we get the progress that we need. let's put it into context. you see, while 161,000 georgians faced eviction this year if we don't get relief. david purdue and kelly loeffler anddavid purdue and kelly loeffler are writing strongly worded letters to a baseball team. while 160,000 people were not able to sleep inside at night, they are worried about the name of a baseball team. while we know one in four businesses in georgia have disappeared in 2020, kelly loeffler and david purdue

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jon, go ahead. jon: can i chime in on one thing? i think the weaker dollar story is a big story for 2021. you you know, it's remarkable to me the stock market has been rising and over 30,000 on the dow, dollar has been falling all year. the country is borrowing a lot of money, interest rates are very low, the rest of the world is coming back particularly china that all supports a weaker dollar and that's good news for american exporters and it also might affect how you think about investing your money this year. you might want to think about investing some money overseas because a weak dollar makes those overseas invest rents -- investment powerful. cheryl: i'm glad that you brought that up. i've been looking at data from the digest, polarization, if you will, that's written this morning, you've got some investment managers, francis, for instance, okay, get out of the market, 2021 is going to be different because there's an inflation kind of story happening in the market and inflated market, if you will and others saying no, go all

hello, jon. >> jon: hey, what's happening? what's going on with you. >> stephen: what's that song we were hearing coming out of the bumper there. >> jon: that's chick coria's "spain." amazing song. >> stephen: jon, did you hear about the aliens that the head of the israeli space agency has said that aliens are real and they're in the united states and in israel, and they just can't tell us about them yet because we'll freak out. would you freak out if you found out there was a galactic federation? >> i mean, i already believe it. haven't you seen "men in black" when he goes to the convenience store, and the guy's selling the stuff, and he's the alien underneath. i believe it, man. >> stephen: people tell me i've seen "men in black," but i can't remember. ( laughter ). >> jon: well, i-- i'll tell you afterwards, they had a thing -- >> stephen: do you have any mush for our aliens overlords, jon. >> jon: oh, my goodness. the overlordians. ♪ ♪ >> stephen: sure. that's either for the aliens, or mr. rogers' land of make believe.

let's say hello to jon batiste. jon, hello. >> jon: ( whistling ) >> stephen: i love your-- your musical bird-like language. jon, i got to give you a warning here. what we're about to talk about in this act of the show is for mature audiences. >> jon: oh. >> stephen: and not that you're not a mature person, but i know you're pure as the driven snow. that i don't want to scandalize you, okay? better a mill stone should be tied around my neck and cast into the deepest part of the river-- >> jon: the deepest part of the river! >> stephen: --than one should scandalize his band leader. >> jon: oh! i like the twist on that. i like that! come on, man! >> stephen: just keep it in mind. how are you feeling? >> jon: i'm-- i'm feeling like i have whiplash. this whole year has felt-- it's just so much to process. it's felt like a quick spin, and now the inertia is just-- my body has landed right here. >> stephen: i have done some sailing where you go to sea for a week and you come back and you're still, but the whole world is m

i'm jon fortt. carl has the day off data we've been talking a lot about the value of data in daa digita world. it is going digital faster in this pandemic. deep, rich, targeted data is the gold of mega cap companies like facebook, amazon and google that are the targets of lawmakers and regulators rich, targeted data is also the goal of nation states and hackers. this week has seen a fight between apple and facebook over how data should be protected and this morning a clearer picture emerges of the seriousness of the solar winds hack that infiltrated the u.s. government and multiple major companies getting data and keeping it secure whether we're talking about consumers, governments or companies is top of mind >> yep, we've been calling it the new oil all weekend beyond that as well you know, the u.s. intelligence community was so focused on the u.s. presidential election they expected a hack of this scope and size to be very disruptive but instead it was very quiet. it was very stealthy instead, the

jon batiste. hello, jon! >> jon: hello. what's happening with you? >> stephen: congratulations, two grammy nominations today! >> jon: yes, indeed. oh, i'm so grateful and thankful that the music is connecting with people and adding to people's lives. >> stephen: well deserved. you and cory wong. what's the name of that album. >> jon: "meditations." and "chronology of a dream." you were there. >> stephen: i was there. as a matter of fact i was just listening to the very thought of you, you and rachel, this weekend. amazing. >> jon: oh, yes. >> stephen: you've got my vote. >> jon: hey, now, let's get it! come on! >> stephen: let's swing this one. >> jon: yeah, yeah. >> stephen: hey, stick around, i'm about to interview barack obama. i think you're going to like it. >> jon: i heard, i heard. i think i will. >> stephen: jon batiste, everybody. >> jon: later on. >> stephen: thanks, jon. folks, yesterday, i had the honor to sit down with our 44th president, barack obama, whose new book, "a promised land," is out now. jim? well, president obama, thank you s

but we need raphael warnock and jon ossoff. because they know it is a requirement, it is a right, and we will have it when we send them to washington, d.c. [cheering] at a time when our economy is in peril, when people who proclaim to be capitalists seem to only believe in capitalism for themselves, when we need money for our families and businesses to help our communities, while kelly loeffler and david perdue watch mitch mcconnell burn our economy down, and they stand behind it, we need to send our firefighters and first responders, we are sending raphael warnock and jon ossoff to d.c. to save america. [applause] and in a moment where racial justice or economic justice or invention -- ornamental lefflerare on the line, poses with a kkk leader. and they were to -- and david purdue has a problem pronouncing the letter k. we don't have to win for them to learn to do their job. we have raphael warnock and jon ossoff, and they will get the job done. so i'm here to ask you one more time. i talked to you, i said we needed to make a

>> jon: oh, yeah. ♪ ♪ >> stephen: jon batiste, everybody. thank you, jon. you know, most days, i gather only the finest pieces of news ivory from the cargo hold of my topical whaling boat and meticulously craft them into the beautiful, elaborate satirical scrimshaw that is my monologue. but now and then, i like to just shove my ungloved hand into the journalistic trough of fish guts, pull out some salty, discarded headline hunks, then grind them up and scrape them into the chum bucket of news that is my segment: >> "quarantinewhile." >> stephen: quarantinewhile, bad news for santa-con, the annual bar crawl that draws "an estimated 30,000 santas, often leading to public urinating, fights, and santas passing out in subway stations." because new york's santa-con has been canceled by covid-19." so just to be clear: you and your family, who went ahead with thanksgiving, are less responsible than 30,000 wasted santas. but perhaps not a huge loss to the city given the visions of santa-cons-past. ( horns beeping ) ♪ violent fights santa bites ♪ cuz he's blitzed

jon has talked a lot about this. my question is can the ecb do anything to change this dynamic given the pressures on a bigger dollar they go beyond monetary policy? mark: i think part of what they can do is stem the rally. there's an element here that the global reflation trade is way too optimistic, at least relative to how it is pricing in growth markets. if you look at mobility and consensus expectations for growth, the dollar should be about 2% to 3% higher, and global equities should be about 4% or 5% lower. so the markets are already way ahead of the optimism that may not even be delivered next year given the competition's around vaccines or he just tickled issues, but for the ecb, what they can try to do this at least stem the rally. i thing markets are already trying to get ahead of that since the euro has not really been able to add on momentum the last couple of days. it seems to be fading. but this is very close to the multiply saw in 2017. the euro rallied exponentially in a short time, and then just sol

jon batiste. jon, where you are, are you getting pounded with snow right now? >> jon: yes, i am, there's so much snow outside. you know, it's a white christmas. >> stephen: did you-- no snow. there's never snow in new orleans, right, ever for anyone reason? >> jon: no,un the 17 years they grew up in new orleans, we didn't have snow one time. can you believe that? >> stephen: so never a snow day? never a snow day. >> jon: no, never a snow day, man. we had long fall. ( laughter ) fall extended, you know. >> stephen: well, jon, i'm about to talk to mr. tom hanks. is there anything you got, a little music-- music for hanks? >> jon: yeah, yeah, the hanks-- the beautiful mr. hanks. ♪ ♪ that's something for hanks. >> stephen: jon batiste, everybody. thank you, jon. >> jon: yes, indeed. ♪ da-dee-da >> stephen: my guest this evening is a great big movie star who has a new film, "news of the world." please welcome back to "a late show," tom hanks! hello, tom. >> hey, steve. how are you? >> stephen: i'm doing-- i'm doing okay. it's-- i'm in the office now. last time

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jon: charles watson, thank you. that is how fox reports on this final sunday of 2020 the summer 27th. i am jon scott to give her watching and we wish you happy and healthy 2021. see you in the new year. [♪] jesse: welcome to "watters' world," i'm jesse watters. a complacent country. we live in an enormous country. the third largest in the world. we sit between two oceans and clock in with the third largest population. over 300 million people. not everything affects us the same way. those of us who live in texas process things differently than those who live in hawaii. but there are things that happen to all of us that should make us angry. but many americans just sit there and take it.

warnock and jon ossoff in the united states senate to get this done. there are folks in congress threatening to do everything to block our efforts. >> in a suburb, new savannah, democratic activists julius is volunteering to convince voters to cast their ballots. voter turnout might decide this runoff, especially among african-americans. >> how are you doing? trying to get everyone to get out and vote. we got you on our list as a democrat. we have been behind so long in this country. and s when you -- get a sense that things are happening where there is some inclusion and then you -- it's for four years. we get rid of him in we feel like we can start over again. ♪ >> pressure is mounting on jon ossoff in the final days of his campaign. but his supporters keep dreaming of his victory. william: back in the studio. he is in washington. you were down in georgia. you met his supporters, georgia a very republican state. how are osoff's chances looking? oliver: well, william, it looks like a very close election perhaps of the likes of the presidential elect

parler ceo jon mace reacts. then thursday, the word on wall street, our expert analysis on how to create your own christmas rally, it's all right here on "mornings with maria." the usual gifts are just not going to cut it. we have to find something else. good luck! what does that mean? we are doomed. [laughter] that's it. i figured it out! we're going to give togetherness. that sounds dumb. we're going to take all those family moments and package them. hmm. [laughing] that works. maria: welcome back. the u.s. surpassing 18 million covid cases, this as a new highly contagious mutation of the coronavirus hits the u.k. officials say it could be as much as 70% more transmissible than established strains. dozens of countries have banned passenger flights from the u.k. as they try to keep out the mutation. joining me now is the president of the rockefeller foundation, dr. rajiv shaw. thank you for being here. should the u.s. be worried about this new variant. how do you see things? >> thank you for having me. i do thi

. >> jon: already 10:00 a.m. on the east coast, i'm jon scott. the senate races in georgia are closely watched on capitol hill where the outcome will decide the balance of power. both runoffs expected to be close. steve harrigan is live for us in atlanta now. steve? >> early voting for the two senate comic runoff races, and it ends tomorrow. you can see some of those early vote ballots being sorted behind me and then they will be opened and scanned. already 2.3 million people have voted early and we have also learned that president-elect biden come to atlanta on monday to campaign for the two democrats, vice president-elect harris will come to savannah on sunday. at least two races have drawn national attention and national money. at more than $800 million in all, really tv ads blanketing the airways not just here in georgia but in tennessee, alabama and florida as well. of course georgia has been reliably republican for the past

jon, thank you. >>> as you know, this all comes as the virus surges across the country. hospitals on the brink, tonight from new york to massachusetts, from california to montana. the front line workers facing the unthinkable. abc's chief national correspondent matt gutman with rare and difficult access tonight in billings, montana. >> reporter: another covid patient is flatlining here at the billings clinic in montana. teams of exhausted nurses throwing on ppe. that patient would not survive. doctors across this country are losing 90 americans to the virus every hour. >> we're running between 150 to 255% of our icu capacity every day. >> reporter: many covid patients here doubled up in rooms. two doors down the hallway, under a tangle of tubes, is one of their own -- ellen edlund -- who was an icu nurse herself in this very ward. kelly duffy has been ellen's best friend for 20 years. they worked together in the icu. >> 100% caregiver to the core. it's just who she is. >> reporter: just before she was put on a ventilator, ellen texted kelly. >> just pray for me, that's a

thank you, jon happy holidays you to and the whole team over at cnbc. we're very excited about 2021. as you noted, wended t ended th with a lot of strong momentum. whether we look to 2021, there is a tremendous tail wind overall for the semiconductor industry and for marvel specifically you can see the activity on 5-g, spectrum and licenses that is going on right now the numbers are astronomical in terms of what the spectrum is going for in the united states you have cloud computing which i think is set to have a very strong first half of the year. and then finally, the automotive sector rebounded very strongly those are marvel's three focus areas and i think we're extremely well positioned in 2021 >> matt, one potential big sea change in semiconductors is this move by many powerful companies to double down on arm technology and build their own solutions they used to go outside to names like intel i know you're not in that exact corner of semiconductors but does that trend affect marvel and all if so, how? >> yeah, john, actually, it's a huge opportunit

and jon there. [car horns honking] when we're talking about what relates to o as it equal justice under law, those ords are inscribed in that beautiful marble building called the united states supreme court, it's an ideal that we know we for and have ght not yet reached. folks whoneed to have understand the importance of reforming our criminal justice reforming policing, oing what must be done to say let us ban choke holds and holds, george floyd would be alive today. let's have a national standard of use of force. let us require that as a nation laws in a way that take into account the real do what f america and is necessary to right what has that, we will do need the legislation to be passed. rafael in d jon and the united states senate. are atre the things that stake. to so i traveled here, i got go back and vote on that covid d.c.ge tonight in [car horns honking] voting for it, but i wanted to come and visit before christmas, before christmas to ask that among the things that you plan all have c

we will joined by jon ossoff later in the hour. because as you know, it's all the up to georgia and what will be reporting on in february, march, april, depends on what happens in january and who is in control of the senate.en so we are staying with that story. the campaign, because there is nothing more important happening out there right now. >> i was just talking with paul this hour about the economic challenges, and may be are worse than we have perceived and the economic team that was announced by biden and what they're going to have to do to try to turn it around, and he unprompted said it depends on what happens in georgia. everything depends on georgia. that is where policy -- that will be the reason we either get policy that works or we don't. it's all down to georgia. >> i saw that, and when economists, you ask them a question, the answer depends on the assumptions and that is what he needs to know. what kind of senate we need to talk about. in order to talk about what is going to happen next. thank you, rachel. >> thanks

. >> reporter: jon, good morning. there are so many unanswered questions surrounding this bizarre case and federal agents were at several locations on saturday, including a home in suburban nashville. they were searching for clues there. law enforcement sources tell abc news that the home, one is connected to anthony warner. they're looking to see if he was connected to the rv that blew up or if he was in the rv when it exploded. a google map image shows a picture of the rv similar to the one in friday morning's blast. another detail abc news has learned through court records is warner signed the deed of his home over to a woman california last month. how all of this is connected to the investigation is unclear. this all started with a shots fired call into police early in the morning. there was a recorded message inside the rv warning of an explosion. police began evacuating the area and then that rv blew up. three people suffered minor injuries. officials later discovered human remains at the site. one working theor

you're going to want to check it out, jon >> jon: oh, yeah, yeah, i'd love to see it. behind the scenes, baby! >> stephen: have a lovely weekend, my friend >> jon: yes, you, too. much love to you and evie. >> stephen: back to you. folks... the holidays are just around the corner, and all over the country, americans are scrambling to find the perfect gift to dip in bleach before sending it to nana. we're all making a lot of sacrifices during the holiday season, due to the pandemic. but one thing we shouldn't have to sacrifice are holiday cards. everyone loves them. but the people who make these cards don't always get it right on the first try. so we're taking a look at some of their early attempts in our holiday segment, "first drafts!" >> no, no, stupid! >> stephen: as always with "first drafts," i need someone from the audience to come up and help me out. let's see, um, miss? would you help me? lovely to meet you >> lovely to meet you >> stephen: what's your name? evelyn colbert. >> stephen: wow. i'm not afraid to say i'm turned on. this is role playing, we introduce

[cheers and applause] >> jon ossoff. ♪ r. ossoff: hey, y'all. hello, columbus. columbus, give it up again for y friend, reverend raphael war werenock. columbus, it is great to be here. thank you so much. for coming out. thank you for all you're doing. thank you for how hard you're working. thank you for joining us this morning to welcome the vice president-elect of the united states, kamala harris. [car horns honking] columbus, the whole country is watching georgia right now. the whole country is watching georgia right now. all eyes on georgia. and columbus, think about how far we've come. think about how far we've come in the american south. think about how far we've come in the great state of georgia, now the most competitive battleground state in the united states. hosting two u.s. senate runoffs for control of the united states senate. think about how far we've come, columbus, that your standard bearers are the young jewish son of an immigrant mentored by john lewis and a black preacher who holds dr. king's pulpit at ebenezer baptist church. columbus, think

jon karl with us live from washington. and jon, we saw the president's lawyer rudy giuliani in your report there. we know several giuliani associates are under federal indictment and you are learning that giuliani has asked the president for a preempty pardon, and there's talk among trump allies of potential pardons for members of the trump family? >> reporter: david, we are told by multiple sources that giuliani in recent weeks has directly brought up with the president the possibility of getting a preemptive pardon for himself. we are also aware of conversations among trump allies about pardons for the president's adult children, but so far, no word yet from the president on any of this. >> and in the meantime, jon, you've reported here after the election, the president and his team sending those emails, asking supporters to donate money with subject lines like "we're making huge progress" and "the pathway to victory is clear." and i know tonight you're learning how much the president has raised and where is this money g

jon, back to you >> sue, thank you. and now off to shares hitting an all time high earlier in today's trading session. q-3 results came in above the street's estimates the company also raised full year guidance. joining us now is cnbc exclusive is the okta co-founder i want to start off asking about large deals. splunk is ch is also operating in the data and cloud space said it saw seven large deals fall through. the stock is plummeting. you said you added the contract value greater than 100,000 what do you see big companies buying versus not? >> like big companies like every organization see the potential of the cloud they see the potential that cloud technology can do for their workers, employees, to make them more productive and more secure. especially in the times of covid-19 when everyone's trying to work remotely and they're seeing what the cloud can do for the customers and help the businesses move online >> you're really seeing them adopt the cloud now. >> tell us what okta identity cloud is going to do for you

let's say hello to jon batiste. hello, jon! hey, jon, tell me about "play on live" tonight. >> jon: oh, yeah. >> stephen: you were on the cbs tonight with "the play on live." tell me about that. >> jon: that's right, with my friend emily king and sarah berralis. we did a song with many great artists and it benefitted the n.a.a.c.p. legal defense fund, and an organization i have been involved with and a friend of for man years, the last five, six years. we played a curtis mayfield song with the impressions. before it was just curtis. ♪ people get ready there's a train a-coming ♪ we did that and it was killing. steve on the drums. it was great. i was so happy with it. >> stephen: jon batiste, everybody, thank you, jon. folks, you know, i spend a lot of time picking the timeliest story apples, grinding them into the perfect topical extract and mixing it with cinnamon, maple syrup, allspice and other seasonally-apt aromatics to brew the gourmet artisanal hot apple cider mug that is my monologue. but once in a while, i dump some