linsey? >> stephanie, thank you so much. and we want to get right to dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of health, about that latest variation discovered in the uk. dr. jha, how concerning is this, and is it likely that it's already here in the united states? >> yes, good evening and thank you for having me on. you know, one of the reasons we're discovering these in the uk is because they're doing really extensive testing of their viruses in a way that we are not. so, we don't know if it's in the u.s. or not. it is concerning that we have now several variants that seem to be spreading more easily. but we do need to start looking for it more aggressively here in the united states. >> and are children more susceptible to infection from these mutations that we're seeing? >> there's a lot we're still learning about this. it does appear from preliminary data that kids may be more susceptible to being infected. doesn't necessarily mean they're going to get any sicker. one of the hi

linsey? >> stephanie, thank you so much. and we want to get right to dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of health about that latest variation discovered in the uk. dr. jha, how concerning is this, and is it likely that it's already here in the united states? >> yes, good evening and thank you for having me on. one of the reasons we're discovering them in the uk because they're doing really extensive testing of their viruses in a way that we are not. so, we don't know if it's in the u.s. or not. it is concerning that we have now several variants that seem to be spreading more easily. but we do need to start looking for it more aggressively here in the united states. >> and are children more susceptible to infection from these mutations that we're seeing? >> there's a lot we're still learning about this. it does appear from preliminary data that kids may be more susceptible to being infected. doesn't necessarily mean they're going to get any sicker. one of the highlights of thi

i'm linsey davis in for tom llamas. we begin tonight with breaking developments in the christmas explosion that rocked downtown nashville. federal authorities are now confirming 63-year-old anthony quinn warner was the bomber. among the evidence, surveillance footage that captured an audio warning in the moments leading up to the blast. a second angle shows the deadly force. damage across multiple city blocks. phone communications knocked out. tonight, the fbi confirms dna from human remains recovered at the crime scene belong to warner. his exact motive remains a mystery. tonight, chilling new details from the hero officers who raced to evacuate residents. some call it a christmas miracle that no one else was killed. abc's marcus moore leads us off tonight in nashville. >> reporter: tonight, investigators identifying the bomber behind the christmas day rv explosion that rocked downtown nashville. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: officials calling 63-year-old anthony quinn warner the suspect and confirming his remains were

>>> good evening and thank you so much for joining us on a busy wednesday night, i'm linsey davis, in for david. just two days before christmas, but no shortage of headlines tonight. the covid relief bill that congress spent six months negotiating is now on hold. president trump says it doesn't go far enough. and it comes as december is shaping up to be the worst month in this pandemic. majority of counties in this country are now considered sustained hot spots for covid-19, as millions of americans are now on the move, despite pleas to stay close to home. raising fears of a bigger surge than after thanksgiving. but there is encouraging news on those vaccines. pfizer confirms that they will sell the u.s. government 100 million more doses within the next six months. the first medical personnel with the new york city fire department got their shots today. but new concerns about those variant strains that are now appearing in the uk. will the vaccine protect against those, as well? and are children more susceptible? dr. ashish jha is standing by, but we begin with abc's stephanie ramos.

linsey davis joins with more. good morning, linsey. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, michael. while there were no body cameras and no witnesses of the actual shooting, the family of casey goodson says what's likely forever seared in the mind of his 5-year-old brother and his grandmother is that front door open, casey goodson's body collapsed inside, and they say he was holding subway sandwiches he was bringing home for them. this morning, demands for answers after 23-year-old casey goodson was fatally shot by police outside his ohio home. his mother collapsed to the ground after learning the news. now a newly released 911 call captures the confusion as two very different accounts unfold. >> my grandson just got shot in the back when he came in the house. >> who shot him? >> i don't know. i just heard gunshots and he's laying in the door. >> reporter: goodson's family says he was returning home from a dentist appointment holding his keys and subway sandwiches in hand when he was gunned down by jason meade, a sheriff's deputy working with u.s. marshals on a separate search at th

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