ashley: right. we'll have to leave it they're, john. we've never censor you, i hope you know that. i have no idea what that high pitch -- john lonski, i thought it was an old fax machine. i was waiting for the -- afterwards. thank you anyway. thank you very much, john. joe biden -- same to you. joe biden sounding less than hopeful about the impact of covid vaccine. bah humbug again, lauren. what did he say? lauren: ashley he said the vaccine don't stop deaths of thousands of americans. the message is warning as many gather for the holidays, right? it is a sober reality things might get worse before they get better. remember the dark winter? >> one thing i promise you about my leadership during this crisis i'm going to tell it to you straight. i am going to tell you the truth and here's the simple truth. our darkest days in the battle against covid are ahead of us, not behind us. lauren: so the message not being communicated here is amazing progress in developing and distributing these vaccines. the

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ashley, how many layoffs? ashley: 852. every day on marnie we show how empty time square is just to give you a sense of what's going on in new york, but now marriott says they will have to lay off 852 workers at the hotels marriott marquis in time square. workers were laid off in march after the pandemic it, but the hotel says their jobs will be permanently gone on march the 12th. hotel occupancy in new york city is still about 80% low normal levels and in the last-- marriott saw its net profit plunge 74% year-over-year. so far this year the stock is down close to 14%, but when people are not coming to the city how can these hotels operate. it's not a surprise, unfortunately, that some 852 full-time jobs have been cut. stuart: there will be no people coming to time square new year's eve to watch the ball drop. ashley: exactly. i mean, a virtual ball drop says it's all for 2020. we have to get rid of this year as quickly as possible. stuart: we only have a few days left. we are going to go up on the market, not much. of thi

john: thanks, ashley. nse, tell us your perspective. nse: yes, i'm so extraordinarily proud of young georgians, young georgia voters. in a lot of ways they helped save our democracy. i do not feel that is hyperbole, that is legit. that is where we are. they are showing pollsters, media, their fellow citizens what a mature democracy can look like. you do not necessarily need to want to have a beer with a person in order to vote for them for president. the recognition that we do not need joe biden to be invited to our group chat. to washington, d.c. to do the people's work. that clarity, that resolve, we absolutely -- that sophistication, we are seeing that from young voters, and it bodes very well for the future of george's elections. i will say we also are living in the middle of a pandemic, where a major american city, our fellow citizens, our neighbors that is very real for those of us who have lost loved ones. those of us who live in places without medicaid expansion, like georgia. we have 12 rural hospitals in georgia about to close

pedro: ashley? ashley: i think on january 20 at noon is the moment joe biden needs to start working to earn all people's votes. there were a lot of campaign promises made, and working on the transition now, we are being diligent to make sure the work we are doing is being done through a racial equity lens, because that will allow for people's lives to be truly impacted. when your life change for the better, you want to continue to work for those folks. people's lives did not improve under donald trump, which is why he is not president anymore. joe biden has an opportunity to make sure that black men, like women, people in general, young people ultimate accountable to the commitment that he made. i think he is going to do it. not having a senate in our favor makes it a little harder. that aregrath's elected across the ticket will do the same thing. john: i'm going to bring in our director. is there oneick, piece of technology that was identified and used in a new way that might extend to shape the wa

what does that mean, ashley? ashley: it is interesting. it is in reference to native americans who suffered high rates of illness and death from diseases such as measles and smallpox when the first european settlers arrived and tribal leaders in california say native americans are four times more likely to be hospitalized for covid-19 and twice as likely to die from it than white people. based on what the tribes call historical injustice they argue now is the time to prioritize indigenous people. california health officials say they will indeed include equity as a consideration for how vaccines are distributed but critics say it could be construed as affirmative action in public health which would very likely and would indeed be legally challenged. stuart: all right. ashley, by the way, walgreens and cvs are trying to hire a lot of people to administer the vaccine. how many people are we talking about? ashley: thousands and thousands, stu. walgreens is looking to fill 25,000 positions, nurses, pharmacists, other health care workers to help

josh, ashley, thank you both for being on the communicators. josh: thank you. ashley: thank you. you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government, created as a public service, and brought to you today by your television provider. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] announcer: saturday afternoon, president-elect biden announced nominees. you can watch it live it 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. the 117th congress gavels into session sunday, january 3, with democrats controlling the presidency and house, and republicans maintaining control of the senate. this opening of congress will be different than in years past. the election of the speaker, swearing in the members, votes will be adjusted for social distancing. the 117thovering of congress begins at noon eastern that house on c-span in the senate on c-span2. watch live on c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. announcer: vice president mike pence and his wife

ashley: well, yes, if a bill being proposed by new york democrat lawmaker linda rosenthal is approved. it would force new yorkers to get the coronavirus vaccine if not enough residents voluntarily get the shot once it's available. rosenthal said the shot would be mandated if herd immunity isn't developed but does allow for medical exemptions. the bill does not define exactly what constitutes sufficient immunity. 70% maybe? it is also unclear how the mandate would be enforced. according to a recent survey, you talked about surveys, this one conducted by a new york city firefighters union, it showed about 55% of those firefighters polled would not take the vaccine. but as you say that could change. stuart: yeah, it could. still with you, ashley, it is real difficult to get a firm number on how many businesses have actually closed because of the pandemic but i believe, facebook has come up with a

still with you, ashley, it is real difficult to get a firm

ashley never thoughted this is how their life was supposed to be. she was pregnant with her fifth child when her ambitious husband opened his law was that fall of 2010. and made the fateful decision to ha hire a paralegal named kandi hall. than he had any idea he was sealing his face. any more than his wife ashley understood his private meetvations. did you suspect she was involved with him? >> with emit? >> reporter: yeah. >> no. >> reporter: why? >> the way she described her as an older woman he looked up to in a motherly way. he said, he just believes in he, she thinks i'm going to be this great lawyer. >> reporter: you saw her and she was an older woman. >> she was almost 40, and i was 28. it wasn't something that i felt like a competition of i guess. >> reporter: but for the many reasons that plainly escape those who aren't seated smack on the hot stove of desire themselves, emmett and cankandi thought otherwise. they tried to keep their hands off each other for a little while, said co-workers, but if they believed they were hiding their infatu

ashley? >> you brought the voice of the park users to keep the parks open for all of us to enjoy i personally think you brought a lot of class to the commission and it's a tall order for our president to maintain that class. [laughter] and you are a good friend and i hope to see you walking along marina boulevard soon and please be -- come back and continue to be a friended of our parks and the commission. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i think you're on maoutz, ashley. >> commissioner anderson? >> hi, tom. i can't sea you, but i think you're there with ashley. i second what commissioner lowe says about your class and all things outwardly and inwardly. i always looked forward to seeing what you were wearing in the events that we attended and know that you are the prince of the pocket square this is a really nice appointment and also gave me such a great sense of security and continuity and even love. the love that you offer to san francisco residents is evident in everything this you did and

are they, ashley? ashley: well, they should be. vaccine use as you can see with the green on the helping to push the airlines, the food alliance much higher, but it could still be some time we know before travel returns to normal. united airlines for example says the average cash earned this quarter could reach at amazing $26 million per day. industry still losing billions of dollars each month with the prospect of holiday travel greatly reduced to. it's the same story for the cruise lines. we still have to conduct the test salience to be cleared to operate again probably in the second quarter of next year before it will happen and we should mention hotels because they have been hit hard. in the us the number of unsold rooms this year is expected to hit 1 billion, 1 billion rooms never barked. in terms of revenue, the industry stands about $46 billion and these are staggering amounts. stuart: they are, but if you expect the economy to recover next year up goes the hotels, cruise and airlines. big tent, the group of companies among

ashley thank you very much. ashley webster. ashley: my pleasure. liz: we're talking about the solar winds hack where they were able to access the treasury department, commerce department in a widespread hack. who is they? possibly the russians. you know how they tell you to make the passwords gibberish so no one guesses them. this was server password choice. are you ready for this, solarwinds 1223. 123. that was the password, solarwinds123. a security expert warned the company about the password before the hack happened. that is company that got hammered. it is moving at the moment. [closing bell rings] down another 2 1/3%. up, dow, s&p, nasdaq and the russell appear to be closing at record highs. time for "after the bell." connell: we're at all-time highs here. stocks riding high on the vaccine rollout. stimulus optimism. an fda panel is meeting to decide to approve moderna vaccine for emergency use. if approved it would be the second vaccine approved in the u.s. hype pfizer. on capitol hill we do have lawmakers getting close on a 900 billion-doll

to ashley, vince. to our presenters, speakers, sponsors, most importantly our awardees and families. thank you for leading such honorable lives and choosing to work in a way that benefits others. >> cheers. president buelu if you are still there. do you want to sign us off? >> i am here. because i wanted to qualify for one of ashley's awards i put a background of the bridge just to show i'm a tea team player. let me say again, san is very fortunate to have the assets that we do have. we're even more fortunate to have the team that takes care of them and makes them shine. i say from the bottom of our hearts, thank you for what you do. you make us look very good. good bless and stay safe. >> thank you mark. even though i gave you the last word. i'm going to steal it back because there are a few other people who need to be acknowledged. that is to the park and structural maintenance team, to mark tilly, thank you for all you've done to organize this event. all the park service manage man. you too deserve

to ashley, vince. to our presenters, speakers, sponsors, most importantly our awardees and families. thank you for leading such honorable lives and choosing to work in a way that benefits others. >> cheers. president buelu if you are still there. do you want to sign us off? >> i am here. because i wanted to qualify for one of ashley's awards i put a background of the bridge just to show i'm a tea team player. let me say

ashley gold covers tech for axios. thank you both for being on "the communicators." >> guest: thank you, peter

ashley? ashley: put this one under the christmas tree, david, another record low, 2.66% down from 2.67% last week. david: my goodness. ashley: lowest rate in the survey's near 50 year history. there is lack of houses on market, fueling refinancing that continues to go on. 2.66% on a fixed 30-year mortgage. that is some cheap money right there. david: i do remember when they were above 15% in the early '80s. bow how things have changed. heading into the holiday weekend the stimulus is unresolved, attempt to increase stimulus checks to $2,000 is being blocked. edward lawrence. reporter: separate bill making 2,000-dollars a week. it was objected to. will bring it up on monday to have a record vote n countermove house minority leader put forth a unanimous consent bill would revisit the foreign aid offered in the on my news bill. in letter to house speaker nancy pelosi. america cart think writes this. speaker pelosi using coronavirus leverage on government funding. includes billions of foreign aid

ashley, explain. ashley: and many others. they will get through tax breaks but quickly, stuart, let me get to the restaurants which we followed so closely on this show. the bill does provide for an attorney 5 million to small businesses but the restaurant industry didn't get the 120 billion-dollar specific package it wanted but instead it allows restaurants to apply for bigger ppp loans and also gives greater ability or flex ability on how small businesses can spend their ppp money but critics say the relief just not enough to save the restaurant industry. among the nearly 80 tax breaks in this legislation, beer, spirits and wine producers will get a two-year reduction in federal excise taxes worth a whopping $4.2 billion by the way, food and wine industry defended the tax breaks saying they have been one the hardest hit sectors and deserved more. but also included it provides tax breaks for a wide range of businesses and everything from music venues to yes, nascar, motorsports, racetrack, they get tax breaks and i just had t

tommy moore, ashley,. ashley: indeed, they are. peloton expanding its production facility in plano, texas, north of dallas, inundated with orders for its stationary bike. the expansion will create 1600 new jobs. peloton warned it was having trouble with its supply chain. critics have taken to social media to complain about the shipping delays with the some canceling orders after getting fed up with waiting. in september, the company dropped the price with five by $395 to 800 and 95-- 1895. by the way, this stock is up 290% so far this year, not too shabby. stuart: just amazing performance in some stocks this year. crazy year of 2020. some have just gone through the moon. j.p. morgan says get out there and buy stock in the twinkie people. j.p. morgan is recommending hostess. susan: that's right. stuart: look at that chart. susan: at a to their analysts focus less. they say the maker of dingdong sanded twinkies , they will raised up to back $19. that's how much the stock will get to next year, about 30% implied gains. stuart: have yo

ashley: there you have it. bob is staying in eastern ontario, but for the rest of the day there's another story, canadian snowbirds don't come here, but other americans are coming here first because of the pandemic and also they can work from home and why not do it in warmer weather where it's a lot cheaper, lots to talk about the rest of the day. stu, we will be back in the next hour work we are going to the funky public on restaurant to find out how businesses. stuart: you are doing all right there in florida. thank you, ashley webster. back to the markets. we open in seven and a half minutes and we are going to the upside. tech is doing well. back after this. ♪ i have an idea for a trade. oh yeah, you going to place it? not until i'm sure. why don't you call td ameritrade for a strategy gut check? what's that? you run it by an expert, you talk about the risk and potential profit and loss. could've used that before i hired my interior decorator. voila! maybe a couple throw pillows would help. get a strategy

ashley went to lauren's apartment. her car was there. she knocked at the door. >> when she didn't answer, i didn't think anything of it. i assumed she was running. i assumed she was studying somewhere. >> so she let it go. but then a few hours later -- >> her sister contacted me again, and said, hey, this is an emergency. we've been trying to call her, and she still is not answering. >> now ashley began to worry. so she and her boyfriend returned to lauren's place and used a spare key to go inside. first she warned her boyfriend. >> i said, are you ready for whatever we're going to see when we walk in there? because you just have this almost sort of dread. and i will never forget that. i had been interning at the d.a.'s office, so obviously -- >> used to hearing about bad things happening. >> right. her family hadn't had contact with her, we hadn't had contact with her at this point in time, four days. so you never know what you're going to walk into it. >> it was dark by then. >> we had to walk back pretty far into the apartment to find

and ashley, welcomto ashley, i'd like to start with you. how does this system work? it's called the color code. why does it have that name and >> that's correct. and color code, essentially the uiy it works is that someone who is rd to do this court ordered drug testing would begn as a color. now, that color could be teal, it could be watermelon, it could be brown or orange. there's a variety of different colors are assigned based on how often someone will be tested now when their colorhes called. soit's chosen on those days, they havto report for a mandatory drug test. >> yang: and where they have to go may not be close by, corr yt? >> yea're definitely right. i mean, we've had reports of people walking for hrs sometimes to make it to their drug tests. >> yang: and as a matter of fact, liz, you told the story in your in the story about frank cobb, one of the participants in this program, who had to go a yrge distance to his testing. >> yea know, these court ordered drug tests don't always work with clients to make it the easiest. frank cobb is one man we interviewed

ashley gold covers tech for axios. thank you both. >> thank you. ♪ >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government, created by america's cable television company as a public service, and brought to you today by your television provider. day,nday night on cue and author jake wood on his book. recounting his time with the marines and team rubicon. speaking, vicki medicare in community is not big fans of the military, and for good reason. the majority of humanitarian suffering around the world is the result of armed conflict. careerlmost as though humanitarians despise the military almost out of an obligation. trainedthat we had been with all of these skills, and we developed all of these experiences overseas that work directly applicable to these disaster zones. we quickly discerned that none of these humanitarian agencies where recruiting those men and women, at least not at large-scale. we thought that was a waste of human capital. >> team rubicon's jake wood, sunday night on c-span's q&a. >> monday ni

ashley. >>i can yeah governor gavin newsom's update today came in the form of a pre-recorded video so there were no questions asked the reporters were not present but overall california is seeing a record smashing amount of cases deaths hospitalizations as people and space are stretching thin. >>for the 3rd day in a row california friday recorded more than 41,000 new covid-19 cases and 300 deaths in a single day we are battling our way through. >>the peak of this 3rd wave more than 98% of the state's population is now under a stay-at-home order intensive care unit capacities in 2 of california's 5 regions have 0% of its space left when you see 0%. >>that doesn't mean there's no capacity no one is allowed into an icu. >>it means we're now in our search space state emergency management as of friday had 5 search facilities propped up across the state in los angeles sacramento. porterville imperial and fairview state data friday showed 93 patients total across california are being cared for in se

. >> ashley parker of "the washington post" who's standing by to join us in just a moment is part of the team that brought us an extraordinarily in-depth look at trump's refusal to accept his election defeat. parker and her colleagues at the paper report, quote, sequestered in the white house and brooding out of public view after his election defeat, rageful and at times delirious in a torrent of private conversations trump was in the telling of one close adviser like mad king george muttering i won, i won, i won. during a call into fox business yesterday trump continued leveling false allegations of a stolen election. and then he implied that federal law enforcement had somehow helped. >> this is total fraud, and how the fbi and department of justice -- i don't know, maybe they're involved. but how people are allowed to get away from this stuff -- with this stuff is unbelievable. this election was rigged. >> and tonight one of the trump campaign's lawyers has gone on the attack against that former dhs official, chris krebs. krebs is that cybersecurity official the president fired wh

run through the list, ashley. ashley: all right. let's begin in virginia, where governor ralph northam announced a curfew beginning monday lasting all the way through january 31st. social gatherings in virginia now limited to 10 people, down from the previous 25. and there's a universal mask mandate in virginia. people are already required to wear masks indoor and outdoor in public spaces but now, masks will be required in private spaces as well. not sure how that will be enforced. meanwhile, in maryland, baltimore is closing all dining of restaurants in the city effective 5:00 p.m. today. the new order also caps capacity for retail, religious institutions, gyms, malls and museums at just 25%. baltimore's positivity rate currently stands at 7.3%. and in pennsylvania, governor tom wolf calls the situation there dire. starting tomorrow, restaurants will not be allowed to offer indoor service, but outdoor seating and takeout still permitted. business also being temporarily suspended for other indoor facilities such as theaters, museums

ashley: oh, yes. stuart: thank you, ashley. another new york city restaurant owner really slamming governor cuomo's restaurant restrictions. she is with us and owner of kellogg's diner in the city. i reason, i know you're really, really fired up about this and that is putting it mildly. i know where you're coming from, i know what you're saying. i want to know what action are you taking? >> good morning, stuart. thank you for having me on your show. the action we're taking is, i'm waiting for my lawyer to give me the green light. stuart, this is discrimination to its finest. they are making me to medical interventions. in my establishment which i'm not medically trained for, therefore, that is illegal. stuart: what, wait a minute. what medical interventions are they required of you? >> so when we have indoor dining they want me to take a temperature check. that is a medical intervention which i'm not trained for and my profession is not obligated to do so. therefore, they don't give us, they don't insure us. we could get sued f

. >> ashley madison hotmail accounts. the only on line survey people filled out while wearing fake mustaches. the lockdown is like being in prison. >> get your facts right. fake news. >> they were having sex with the person next to them. >> the cdc came up with dating guidelines. this was early on in the pandemic and they said if you hook up with someone you don't know while you are having sex were a mass. i thought oh been there. >> my favorite part of the survey was when they said many people are having affairs but they are using a hand sanitizer. i all means. you look at your partner and you say yes but i use hand sanitizer. greg: i've been told that and it wasn't hand sanitizer at all. >> what is it covid contemplates is the plausibly deniable that you got covid-19 and it was transmission? is this really a big problem? covid is not the new std. i watched the whole santa thing. the kids are asking questions like santa do you wear a mask and socially distance from a else? there's not a kid in the world that asked that.

ashley, thank you very much, my friend. ashley: sure. charles: looks like the only thing to really ashley's point that is holding housing back, the biggest thing might be shortage of supplies, particularly lumber. that brings me to another sizzling part of the investing world, hot commodities. for more on the implications and the opportunities i want to bring in the publisher editor of "the gartman letter," dennis gartman. there are a different single factors i don't want to go over every commodity but is there a single driver pushing up commodity prices? >> supply and demand is the important and probably will continue to drive prices going forward is the expansionary monetary policies on the federal reserve, bank of canada, bank of england, ecb, bank of china, russian central bank, reserve bank of australia, new zealand, everywhere around the world the monetary authorities are being expansionary, given those circumstances the strength of global economy which is clearly a abundant the demand for commodities continues. wheat, we planted a

ashley, come into this. what are they saying? ashley: yeah. well, this is according to the s&p economists. they say the u.s. face as double-dip recession if indeed congress does not pass another round of emergency aid before the end of the year. the report says no stimulus combined with rising covid cases, almost certainly cause the gdp to decline for two consecutive quarters. s&p says a full recovery in their opinion won't be seen until the second half of 2022. it is expecting the economy so shrink 2.3% in the final three months of this year. a bipartisan relief bill is gaining traction that would provide $908 billion but it is unclear, who knows whether it can be approved by the end of the year. but according to s&p, it is a little bit of a grim forecast. merry christmas, right? stuart: you got that right, ashley. thank you. that bipartisan deal they're trying to work out does not include at this point liability protection for employers. i got a real problem with that. let's bring in senator mike braun, who is not been on this program for mo

even worse as our capital correspondent ashley zavala reports for us tonight, a california is now handling the most hospitalizations since the start of the pandemic. >>california's top health official tuesday said hospitalizations increased 71% over the last 2 weeks with more than 10,500 covid-19 patients, the most ever for the state we anticipate. >>not just you know the ongoing slope of increase that we've seen now we are worried about or rapidly accelerating increase and pressure on our hospitals. >>the state's positivity rate climbed to more than 10% with an average of more than 23,500 daily reported cases intensive care unit admissions also increased by nearly 70% compared to 2 weeks ago state leaders defended the latest regional stay at home order policy expecting the numbers to only get worse if we thought we were sort of peeking at this level some of the regional stay-at-home orders may not have been necessary. >>concerned that with us. the

a glimmer of hope for debenhams as mike ashley — founder of sports direct — confirms he's in talks for a last—minute rescue. rugby league's kevin sinfield completes seven marathons in seven days to raise money for team—mate rob burrows, who has motor neurone disease. and coming up on bbc news, we will have all the details on which teams the home nations have drawn in qualifying for football's world cup in qatar in 2022. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there's still deadlock in the post—brexit trade talks between the uk and eu. downing street is pledging to continue negotiations for "as long as long as time is available." but the eu's chief negotiator michel barner insists the talks in brussels will not go beyond wednesday. this afternon, the prime minister has been speaking to the president of the european union, ursula von der leyen. it's not known what was said, but we are expecting to hear more from the prime minister shortly. and a potential olive branch has been extended to brussels — with the uk government saying that, if a deal is reached, it will remove

republican congresswoman-elect ashley hinson will represent iowa's 1st congressional district starting in a few weeks. and democratic congresoman- elect carolyn bourdeaux will represent georgia's 7th district. congratulations on both of you, and thank you for joining us in this conversatioyo i want to as first of all, tell us a little bit about your district and why do you think they elected you? firsto you, congresswoman-elect hinson. >> thank you, lisa, fvor hag us today on. it's great to share the screen with carolyn. we have suburban areas,ee thr very populous counties and then 17 very rural counties.i what ithrough the campaign was i did a lot of listening. i'm a mom witnh a miiscpran mortgage, i drove throughout all those counties, hnnecting wit people about the kitchen table issues that they felt like nngress wasn't getting e. and i think as a result of this campaign, i was able to come in with a big to-do list, that i know we all haven ths time heading into congress. but i think those issues arer making sure businesses are seeing relief, our families are

explain ashley. >>vicki and grant yeah, many former and current elected officials in california are celebrating this decision but not everyone is celebrating today. >>i'm honored looks by the emotional as governor gavin newsome officially asks him to be california next united states senator you got to say yes, absolutely absolutely by spent the last 6 years serving as california secretary of state will finish out vice president elect kamala harris's us senate term which ends in 2022 the son of working class mexican immigrants will be the first latino to represent california in the u.s. senate what i try so hard to make sure that our democracy is as inclusive in california is the bill. >>and to important perspective to bring into washington newsom's decision comes after months of political pressure to fill harris's seat with either a or black woman, not everyone was pleased with the governor's historic pic including san francisco mayor london breed who know that not a single black woman will have a se

what exactly is going on, ashley? ashley: back when i was a young lad i first heard of brexit. yeah, look, connell, it's a real shocker, connell, is it not? the clock is ticking down on a brexit agreement. how many times have i said that? sarcasm aside the deadline for the uk and the eu to agree on some form of new relationship going forward will run out at the end of the year just 24 days from now. the first stumbling blocks continues to be what they call a level playing field. brussels wants the uk to follow eu rules on things like workers rights and especially state aid. the uk says, huh, guess what? the whole point of brexit was to break free from eu rules. then there is the fishing rights issue. the eu pushing for maximum access to continue fishing in uk waters. britain says, guess what, we're an independent coastal state, our boats will get the priority. the issue of governance over any future agreement. how would it be enforced? how about the role of the european court of justice? a phone call this afternoon between british prime minister boris johnson and his european c

i'm dan ashley. welcome to our daily program called "getting answer." i hope you're doing well on this christmas eve. what a strange year it has been, and it's going to continue right on through the holidays. one thing that isn't changing probably for you, i know it is for me is that last-minute procrastination to get everything done. i was wrapping gifts frantically before i came to work today. i hope you can have as good as holiday as you possibly can. we're not supposed to gather. we're not supposed to travel. a lot of things are so different this year. so it is a challenging and different year. we can't control it. we can just make the best of it. glad you're with us on "getting answers" today. we're going to talk about travel, kwanzaa, and we're going track santa as well. of course, it's his big night. first, holidays can be a very tough time, especially if you're alone. and it's likely more of us are alone this year than ever before, because yes being asked, urged, implored to not travel and not gather with family and friends as we normally would

." >> reporter: sean and ashley garen are getting their 9-year-old max ready for the day. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: his autism is severe. >> it's okay no, no >> reporter: he sometimes is aggressive and can't verbalize how he feels. >> if he's doing his therapies on a regular basis, he's much more calm in his body >> reporter: it took years to find him the perfect specialized school in connecticut but after the pandemic hit it shut down. >> he had a whole team of people that would help him with the educational track. i used to go to meetings with eight people and it's like being on a baseball team and losing eight players and you are the only person left. >> reporter: max's behavior regressed in a may sur voi by one advocacy group 40% of parents said the kids hadn't received the special education supports that should >> i know that life is really difficult for all of us. >> reporter: ashley and sean joined with other parents to fight. >> blanketed the area with please help us. >> it does work, social media does work. >> reporter: eventually they convinced an investor to open a n

so we sent ashley webster right there to the water line. ashley, welcome. take us inside the minds of the cruise line operators right now. ashley: right now, they are just keeping their fingers crossed and everything else, liz. we talk a lot about the impact covid has had on many, many businesses who have struggled to survive but when you come here to port canaveral, which has huge amounts of normally passenger traffic, over four and a half million passengers came through this terminal last year, it really brings home what has happened. i'm right by the passenger screening area in this brand new terminal. the x-ray machines and metal detectors, come on through, follow me through, and it gives you -- whoops. they work. there's just no one here to go through. this is 155,000 square foot terminal, built for carnival cruise lines' new mardi gras ship. all of this was supposed to happen this year. it didn't happen, as we know. the impact, the economic impact has been absolutely quite stunning in its scope. if you look at the amount of economic activity that's be

the palace of fine arts theatre, ashley got a p.p.p. loan and they paid for six months and that went out. where we have waived percentage rent and it's complicated. the way that it's been exclusively with our golf course operator it's the way that lincoln and sharp work, they go and they make tee times and collect the revenues for playing golf, and all of that money sweeps directly to us. the only they make money is off of concessions. so food concessions, and then renting out clubs and golf carts. with the limitations that they've had on food concessions -- >> main menu. press star 6 to mute your own line. press star pound to hear the number of participants. >> can you guys still hear me? can you all hear me? >> yes. >> okay. so in this case they came to us and said with our limited operations that we can't make enough money off of these items to cover the cost of opening the golf courses. so we agreed to waive the food and beverage concessions, our percentage on those, which in each case in a typical year is about $85,000. of course t

ashley: hi, my name's ashley. and my question is how does the process work? do i need to go into the attorney's office, or can we do everything remotely? well, ashley, that's a great question. you can do everything remotely by phone, email, text message or we can do a zoom or a facetime meeting with you as well. we can also come out to meet you near your home or at a coffee shop nearby. there's absolutely no need to come into the office anymore, unless you want to, of course. so if you're at home and you've been injured in an accident that was not your fault, you do not have an attorney. give us a call right now. we'll answer all of your questions with a free consultation and we'll let you know how much your case is potentially worth. okay, rob, so now i have another scenario for you, and probably a lot of people at home can relate to this. they're in an accident, they've been injured, and the other party doesn't have insurance. i mean, is there really anything they can do? oh absolutely. there is, gina. as a matter of fact, the attorneys tell me that if some

yes, could mike ashley really co m e happen? yes, could mike ashley really come to the rescue at the 11th hour? it does all come down to price and just how credible an offer he makes. remember, last week we we re he makes. remember, last week we were told the business was starting to be wound down. that closing sale is already under way. although the administrators said the end of the initial sales process had taken place, they would always look at any alternative offers. so now they are in talks with frasers group. it did put ina in talks with frasers group. it did put in a bid in october which was rejected because it was too low, so he‘s having another go. mike ashley has been here before, he tried to buy debenhams last year and ended up losing his entire £150 million stake in doing so, as the chain ended up in the hands of its lender. so could this be the final throw of the dice for him? in a statement this morning, frasers group said it hoped a rescue package could be put in place and jobs saved. but things had also been