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Making the election official. I'm Jack Callahan, Fox News. A joint session of Congress being gaveled to order to certify the results of the Electoral College vote. The last time the two chambers of Congress met to perform this task was in 2021, the day in which a mob infamously entered the Capitol and interrupted the proceedings.
Capitol Police say they're prepared this year with increased security measures both at the U.S. Capitol complex and elsewhere around Washington. Fox's Evan Brown as the President of the Senate, Vice President Harris, is presiding over the session that will cement her defeat in November's election. Canada is headed for new elections. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing he will step down as soon as his replacement is chosen. This country deserves a real choice in the next election, and it has become clear to me
that if I'm having to fight internal battles, I cannot be the best option in that election. Prime Minister, since 2015, Trudeau's popularity has been eroding in a turmoil within his own party. President Biden is headed to New Orleans this afternoon. He'll meet with some of the family members of the 14 people killed in the New Year's terror attack.
The president throwing a wrench into President-elect Trump's plans to drill for more domestic fossil fuel, issuing an executive order to ban offshore drilling in 625 million acres of federal waters. President Biden says his decision reflects what coastal communities, businesses and beachgoers have long known, that drilling could cause irreversible damage to places held dear.
The move also could limit expanding drilling by the incoming Trump administration. Unwinding the order would require an act of Congress. Fox's Jared Halperin, incoming White House Press Secretary Carolyn Leavitt calls it retribution. This decision, the intent behind it, is to exact, intact political revenge on the American people and on President Trump. Wall Street, the Dow is up 158 points. Nasdaq ahead 266. America is listening to Fox News.
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Attorneys asking a New York State Appeals Court to stop Judge Juan Merchan from passing sentence this Friday on President-elect Trump for his business records conviction. New York Republican Congressman Mike Lawler says this is a case that never should have been. In the case of Alvin Bragg, he took what it would have amounted to at worst.
a violation of the FEC and turned it from a federal case into a state case and from a misdemeanor into a felony. The verdict is under appeal. Mr. Trump's attorneys say that should automatically pause the sentencing. Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel are filing a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration's decision to block their proposed $15 billion deal for Nippon to acquire Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel.
The companies in a separate lawsuit claim the CEO of rival Cleveland Cliffs, along with the head of the United Steelworkers Union, worked together to scuttle the deal. New York's congestion pricing plan for the heart of Manhattan is now in effect. The governor here, Kathy Hochul, says it's a good idea, but people we've talked to aren't so pumped up. On the city's Upper West Side scanners, those are going to keep track of every car and truck
That comes in and out of the busy congestion zone, they're calling it now, in New York City. And it's going to cost people even more to be in the Big Apple. How much? This plan is going to cost most drivers $9 to enter the busiest parts of Manhattan during peak hours. That's just for the cars and SUVs. It's even more for the big trucks.
Supporters like New York Governor Kathy Hochul say it will accomplish three main goals. It's going to ease traffic, she says, clean up the air, and help pay for upgrades to the public transportation system. Fox's Alexis McAdams reports many New Yorkers are afraid to use public transit because of recent high-profile crime in the city's subway system. At least six people are dead from the fierce winter storm that's been moving across the country's midsection. Nearly 300,000 homes and businesses are without power. More than 1,800 flights in the United States today canceled.
I'm Jack Callahan. This is Fox News.