>> TGIF EVERYBODY WELCOME TO
CHEDDAR'S NEWS. WRAP. IT IS
FRIDAY. IT IS THE SAME.
>> THE 3RD HAD A JOB IN NEW
YORK CITY AND I'M
KEN MOVE ALSO IN NEW YORK CITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US AND ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE
HANNAH 10 WELCOME BACK YOU
SOUND SO MUCH BETTER THAN WE
HAD LAST YEAR A FEW DAYS AGO.
>> HAPPY TO HAVE
YOU BACK. COMING UP THE OMICRON
VARIANT HAS SPREAD TO SEVERAL
STATES NOW WE'LL HAVE THE
LATEST INCLUDING THE WHITE
HOUSE RESPONSE ALSO THE PARENTS
OF THE.
>> TEEN BEHIND THE DEADLY
SCHOOL SHOOTING IN MICHIGAN.
THEY'RE FACING CHARGES
OVER THERE. INVOLVEMENT WILL
HAVE THE DETAILS SUCH AN
INTERESTING STORY.
>> A BIT LATER ELON MUSK IS
DUMPING TESLA STOCK WHY HE'S
PICKING NOW TO PULL OUT THAT
AND MUCH MORE ALL AHEAD ON THE
NEWS DROPPED. LET'S GET RIGHT
TO THE LATEST ON THE NEW COVID
SEVERAL MORE CASES OF THE OWNER
VARIANT HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED
HERE IN THE
U.S. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
SAYS A NEW VARIANT HAS BEEN
DETECTED IN 38 COUNTRIES UP
FROM 23
2 DAYS AGO, SEVERAL STATES,
INCLUDING NEW YORK CONFIRMED
THIS VERY AND THE CDC REPORTED
THAT MORE THAN 2 MILLION
VACCINE DOSES WERE ADMINISTERED
FOR 20
4 HOUR PERIOD ENDING ON
THURSDAY THE SPIKE IN VACCINES
COMES AS EARLY DATA SUGGESTS
OMICRON VARIANT IS MORE
CONTAGIOUS THAN DELTA
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ARE
STILL INVESTIGATING HOW THEIR
VACCINES MIGHT PROTECT AGAINST
THE OMICRON VARIANT. EARLIER
TODAY, DOCTOR ANTHONY FAUCI
SAID THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
IS IN TALKS WITH
PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS AS
MORE IS LEARNED ABOUT THE
LATEST VIRAL MUTATION.
>> AGAINST COVID-19 IS OUR
PROVEN LAYERED.
MENTION STRATEGIES. THIS
INCLUDES GETTING VACCINATED IF
YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY AND
GETTING A BOOSTER DOSE IF YOU
ARE ELIGIBLE ALONG WITH WEARING
A MASK IN
PUBLIC INDOOR AREAS FREQUENTLY
WASHING YOUR HANDS IMPROVING
VENTILATION PHYSICAL DISTANCING
AND INCREASED TESTING TO SLOW
TRANSMISSION OF THE VIRUS.
>> NOW THE FDA IS PREPARING
FOR EXPEDITED TESTING A NEW
VACCINE IS DESIGNED TO FIGHT
THE OMICRON VARIANT SHOULD
THOSE VACCINES BECOME NECESSARY
NOW THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
REPORTS THE FDA
HAS BEEN MEETING WITH
DRUGMAKERS TO AGREE ON TESTING
PARAMETERS FOR NEW PRODUCTS
REPORT SAYS DRUGMAKERS WOULD BE
EXPECTED TO MEET THE
REQUIREMENTS SET WHEN THEY
DEVELOP BOOSTERS SOME
MONTHS AGO.
>> AND IF YOU'RE TRAVELING FOR
THE HOLIDAYS, YOU MAY WANT TO
DOUBLE CHECK THOSE COVID
REQUIREMENTS,
THE BIDEN THE ADMINISTRATION
WILL INCREASE TRAVEL
REQUIREMENTS FOR ANYONE COMING
INTO THE U.S. STARTING ON
MONDAY TRAVELERS FLYING INTO
THE U.S. FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY.
WE'LL HAVE TO SHOW A NEGATIVE
TEST ONE DAY BEFORE THEIR
DEPARTURE THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM
THE CURRENT RULES REQUIRING A
NEGATIVE TEST AT LEAST 3 DAYS
BEFORE ENTERING THE COUNTRY
IT'S PART OF THE
ADMINISTRATION'S LARGER
COVID-19
WINTER PLAN. ALL RIGHT NOW
TURNING TO POLITICS PRESIDENT
BIDEN EARLIER TODAY TOUTED THE
NOVEMBER
JOBS REPORT.
>> ALL THE OVERALL ECONOMIC
PROGRESS SEEN IN HIS FIRST YEAR
IN OFFICE. DESPITE THE MIXED
BAG
OF NUMBERS IN THE MONTHS REPORT
CHEDDAR'S MEGAN PRATZ JOINS US
LIVE OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON WITH
MORE. HEY MEGAN SO WHAT DID WE
HEAR WHAT DO WE WERE SUPPOSED
TO HEAR FROM THE PRESIDENT
TODAY.
>> WELL CAN IT WAS DEFINITELY
THE SPIN ZONE AT THE WHITE
HOUSE TODAY BECAUSE OF THIS.
>> ALL ABOUT MAKING LESS THAN
STELLAR NUMBERS,
REALLY AWESOME AND THAT IS PART
OF THE CHALLENGE OF BEING IN
POLITICS RIGHT IS THAT YOU GET
INFORMATION THAT MAY NOT BE
WHAT YOU HOPED FOR, BUT YOU
STILL HAVE TO PUT A GOOD FACE
ON IT AND TALK ABOUT HOW
IT'S AWESOME. SO WHAT YOU'RE
HEARING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
TODAY IS REALLY THAT
THIS DISMAL JOBS NUMBER THE TOP
LINE NUMBER WHICH IS LESS THAN
HALF OF WHAT
WAS EXPECTED. THAT NUMBER IS
GREAT BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT
THE TOTAL TREND THINGS ARE
GOING WELL THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM
THIS WHITE HOUSE IS THAT TRENDS
CONTINUE TO
THE MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE GOT
SO THEY'RE FOCUSING ON THE
LONG-TERM EFFECTS, EVEN THOUGH
THE TOP LINE NUMBER THE ONE
THAT AMERICANS SEE BECAUSE I
FEEL SO GREAT AND WE LISTENED
TO THE PRESIDENT'S POND THIS
LITTLE BIT EARLIER TODAY.
>> EVERY YEAR DECEMBER BRINGS
THE JOYS OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON
AND GIVES US AN TO NUTTY
TO REFLECT ON THE YEAR GONE BY
AND LOOK AHEAD AND BEGIN TO
IMAGINE THE NEW YEAR
TO COME. THIS YEAR WE CAN
REFLECT ON AN EXTRAORDINARY BIT
OF PRODUCT. YES, OUR ECONOMY IS
MARKEDLY STRONGER THAN IT WAS A
YEAR AGO.
AND TODAY. THE INCREDIBLE NEWS
THAT OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS
FALLEN TO 4.2%. AT THIS POINT
THE YEAR LOOKING AT THE
SHARPEST ONE-YEAR DECLINE
IN UNEMPLOYMENT EVER SIMPLY PUT
AMERICA AMERICANS BACK TO WORK.
AND OUR JOBS RECOVERY IS GOING
VERY STRONG.
>> THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS
WORKING IN THE PRESIDENT'S
FAVOR RIGHT 4.2% ON HIM
CLEMENT IS A REALLY LOW NUMBER
ESPECIALLY GIVEN WHERE WE WERE
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THAT FEELS
GOOD IT FEELS LIKE THINGS ARE
MOVING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION. AND HE HAS THE
ABILITY TO SAY THAT WE'RE
CONTINUING TO CREATE JOBS,
MAYBE IS NOT AS MANY AS WE
EXPECTED. BUT THE ECONOMY IS
CONTINUING TO
MOVE FORWARD. THOSE ARE GOOD
THINGS THAT THINGS ARE NOT SO
GOOD WELL WE JUST DON'T KNOW
HOW OMICRON IS GOING TO IN FACT
THIS ECONOMY WE HAVE NO IDEA
BECAUSE THIS JOBS REPORT
DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT'S THE
LAST ONE WE HAVE CHEDDAR WILL
COVER IN 2021.
IT IS NOT ACTUALLY ALL
ENCOMPASSING RIGHT IT'S FROM
NOVEMBER AND TYPICALLY THE
NUMBERS COME FROM THE
UNEMPLOYMENT SURVEY IN THE
FIRST 2 WEEKS OF THE MONTH, SO
WE STILL DON'T HAVE A GREAT
PICTURE OF THIS VERY NEW
INFORMATION HOW IT
WILL IMPACT SECTORS LIKE
HOSPITALITY AND RETAIL THOSE
REALLY IMPORTANT HOLIDAY
SECTORS. I WILL LEAVE YOU
WITH THIS HANNAH AND CAN YOU
MAY HAVE HEARD THE PRESIDENT
TALKING UP A LITTLE BIT RASPY
THE WHITE HOUSE MEDICAL OFFICE
CONFIRMING TODAY WHAT HE SAID
AND AT THE END OF HIS
REMARKS THAT HE HAS A ONE AND A
HALF YEAR OLD GRANDSON WHO
LOVES TO KISS HIS POT I AND YOU
KNOW KIDS
BE JURY SO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF
A COLD.
>> I JUST COMMENTED ON THAT,
BUT HE DID SOUND PSEG MEANWHILE
MEGHAN ON CAPITOL HILL.
>> CONGRESS MOVE UNUSUALLY
QUICK YESTERDAY TO AVERT A
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN YOU DID
PREDICT EXACTLY HOW THIS WAS
GOING TO GO DOWN AND YOU ARE
RIGHT ONCE AGAIN BREAK IT DOWN
FOR US.
>> WELL I KNEW WE WOULDN'T HAVE
A SHUTDOWN I FELT REALLY
CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT BUT HOW DO
YOU
REMEMBER ON THURSDAY, I SAID
THAT I EXPECTED THERE TO BE
POLITICAL THEATRICAL MAYBE UP
TO
THE LAST AND IN FACT WHAT WE
SAW IT WITH SOMETHING THAT I
COULDN'T BE THAN ANTICIPATED,
BUT WEST POLITICAL THEATRICAL
IN THE SENSE THAT IT WAS
A COMEDY OF HOW QUICKLY THINGS
MOVE FROM THE HOUSE TO THE
SENATE I LIKE TO IMAGINE LIKE A
LITTLE CARTOON RUNNING ACROSS
THE CAPITAL. HALLWAY TRYING TO
GET THIS LEGISLATION FROM ONE
CHAMBER TO THE OTHER BECAUSE IT
MOVE FASTER THAN I'VE EVER SEEN
ANYTHING ELSE MOVE ON CAPITOL
HILL WHICH IN THE CASE. THESE
LAWMAKERS ARE REALLY HANKERING
FOR
A WEEKEND. BUT THIS IS GOOD
NEWS RIGHT. WE AVERTED A
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WE'RE NOT
GOING TO HIT THAT LIMIT HERE
WE'RE NOT GOING TO TURN OFF THE
LIGHT. THAT IS GOOD WHAT
IS NOT IS THAT IT IS JUST YET
ANOTHER KICK THE CAN MEASURE
THIS GETS US TO MID FEBRUARY
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
THIS CONVERSATION. AGAIN, PLUS
EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS A TIME
WHEN EVERYONE WORK TOGETHER AND
MADE IT HAPPEN.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS LEFT
ON CONGRESS'S WISH LIST,
INCLUDING AND PERHAPS MOST HIM
CURRENTLY AVERTING THE
DEBT CEILING. SO EVEN THOUGH
THESE 2 THINGS ARE DIFFERENT
THEY'RE VERY INTERTWINED
BECAUSE THE DEBT CEILING AND
THIS
GOVERNMENT FUNDING WAS A DEAL
MADE TOGETHER NOW THEY'VE BEEN
SEPARATED AGAIN. SO CONGRESS
HAS A LOT TO DO BEFORE IT GOES
AWAY FOR THE WINTER HOUSE.
AND THOSE THINGS ARE
MUCH MUCH CARTER THEN AGREEING
TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT FOR 7
MORE
GOOD NEWS.
>> WITH AN ASTERISK KIND OF ALL
RIGHT SO FINALLY MAKING THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS STRUCK
A DEAL WITH THE MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT TO REINSTATE THE
TREE TRUMP ERA REMAIN
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IN MEXICO POLICY PLEASE PLEASE
PLEASE BREAK THIS DOWN FOR US.
>> ABSOLUTELY YOU TYPICALLY
DON'T SEE THAT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION KEEPS TRUMP
POLICIES IN PLACE, ESPECIALLY
WHEN IT COMES
TO IMMIGRATION. THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION VERY VERY
STRICT VERY RESTRICTIVE WHEN IT
CAME TO IMMIGRATION TO UNITED
STATES BIDEN CHOOSING TO TAKE A
DIFFERENT APPROACH, BUT THE
REMAIN IN MEXICO
POLICY WAS A POLICY PUT IN
PLACE ESSENTIALLY TO DETER
IMMIGRATION TO THE SOUTHERN
BORDER. IT WAS DESIGNED
SO THAT ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM
CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE REST OF
LATIN AMERICA WOULD NOT CALM
TO THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE
THEY WOULD HAVE TO SAY IN
MEXICO THAT THEY WOULD AND THEN
SHOOT THEY WOULD THEN CHOOSE TO
STAY HOME.
THAT POLICY WENT AWAY AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION BUT THEN 2
STATES MISSOURI AND TEXAS SOON
SHOULD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND
SAID YOU CAN'T PUT THE BURDEN
ON US GUYS THE SAFE CAN'T
HANDLE IT. SO A FEDERAL
JUDGE SAID THEY'VE GOT IT SO
NOW IT'S BACK IN IN EFFECT SO
IT LOOKS LIKE AT LEAST FOR NOW
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
KEEPING THIS IN PLACE BY THEY
DID
SAY THEY PLANS OVERTURN IT
EVENTUALLY HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS
VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS GOING
BACK INTO EFFECT.
>> ABSOLUTELY MEGAN PRATZ LIVE
OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON. THANK
YOU AS
ALWAYS MEGAN NEW DEVELOPMENTS
AROUND THE DEADLY SCHOOL
SHOOTING IN MICHIGAN, THE
PARENTS OF THE 15 YEAR-OLD
ETHAN KOLLIE IS HIS NAME HAVE
EACH BEEN CHARGED WITH 4 COUNTS
OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> AND I AM BY NO MEANS
SAYING THAT ACTIVE SHOOTER
SITUATIONS SHOULD ALWAYS RESULT
IN A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
AGAINST PARENTS. BUT THE FACTS
OF THIS CASE ARE
SO EGREGIOUS READING THIS
DOCUMENT LOOKING
AT IT READING THE WORDS HELP ME
WITH
THE GUN BLOOD EVERYWHERE, THIS
DOESN'T JUST HAVE IMPACT ME AS
A PROSECUTOR AND LAWYER IT
IMPACTS ME AS A MOTHER.
>> THIS IS A SHOCKING MOVE AS
PARENTS OF SCHOOL SHOOTING
SUSPECTS ARE RARELY PROSECUTED
OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE PAIR
WENT MISSING, BUT THEIR DEFENSE
LAWYERS SAYING THEY LEFT TOWN
FOR THEIR SAFETY AND NOW PLAN
TO COME BACK TO FACE
ARRAIGNMENT. IT COMES AFTER
THEIR SON WAS CHARGED AS AN
ADULT WITH 2 DOZEN CRIMES,
INCLUDING MURDER ATTEMPTED
MURDER AND TERRORISM.
ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS A
SEMIAUTOMATIC GUN USED IN THE
SHOOTING WAS PURCHASED LEGALLY
BY THE SUSPECT'S FATHER JUST
LAST WEEK. THEY ALSO ALLEGEDLY
DISMISSED WARNING SIGNS AS LATE
AS THE MORNING OF THE SHOOTING
WHEN A TEACHER SOME OF THEM TO
THE SCHOOL THE SUSPECT OPENED
FIRE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT
OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL KILLING 4
JUST TERRIBLE.
>> I'M GOING MAXWELL'S DEFENSE
ATTORNEYS CROSS EXAMINING A
FORMER JEFFREY EPSTEIN HOUSE
MANAGER ON THE 5TH DAY
OF THE ON GOING TRIAL THE
DEFENSE MOVING TO DISCREDIT ONE
ALI C WHO OVERSAW EPSTEIN'S
PALM BEACH ESTATE CONFRONTING
HIM WITH
HIS DEPOSITION FROM A CIVIL
CASE IT SAYS WAS INCONSISTENT
WITH HIS TESTIMONY NOW ALI SEE
PREVIOUSLY TESTIFIED THAT
MAXWELL WAS QUOTE
THE LADY OF THE HOUSE IN
EPSTEIN'S FLORIDA STATE WHERE
MOST OF THE ALLEGED SEXUAL
ABUSE OF UNDERAGE
GIRLS OCCURRED. THE JURORS WERE
ALSO SHOWN A VIDEO OF THE