WILL NOT LAST THAT LONG. GEOFF: THANK YOU. BREAKING NEWS AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY, INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO WHAT LED UP TO A DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING. HANNAH: THE STATE OF INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN CALLED IN AND EXPER ARE EXPECTED TO RELEASE MORE INFORMATION. GEOF BREAKING CORONAVIRUS NEWS, PFIZER AND BRIAN -- BIONTE CH’S VACCINES WERE APPROVED IN ENGLAND. HANNAH: TAGGART HOUCK JOINS US WITH A LOOK. TAGGART: GOOD MORNING TO YOU BOTH. PFIZER SAYING IT WILL SEND SUPPLIES TO THE UNITED KINGDOM. AS FAR AS THE UNITED STATES, THEY ARE CONSIDERING MODERNA AS WELL AS PFIZER. THEY ARE MEETING ON DECEMBER 10 TO DISCUSS EMERGENCY USE ON WHO WILL GET VACCINATED FIRST. HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL AND RESIDENTS OF LONG CARE FACILITIES ARE FIRST ON THE TABLE. PRISMA HEALTH WILL RECEIVE A 1.8 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT AS PART OF THE CARES ACT, ANNOUNCED TUESDAY NIGHT. THE MONEY WILL BE USED FOR COVID-19 VACCINE STRATEGY. DURING THE MEETING, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR SAID PRISMA PLANS TO USE THE MONEY TOWARD MOBILE VACCINE TRUCKS. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO PRESENT -- PRISMA AND HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. TAGGART HOUCK, WYFF FOR. GEOFF: THERE IS MORE GRIDLOCK IN CAPITOL HILL OVER THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF PACKAGE. HANNAH: JARRED HILL IS IN OUR BUREAU TO EXPLAIN. JARRED: THE VACCINATION WOULD BE PART OF THIS NEW RELIEF PACKAGE PROPOSED BY BIPARTISAN LAWMAKERS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER COVID-19 RELIEF PACKAGES FLOATING AROUND, AND NO CONSENSUS ON ONE THAT WILL HELP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THIS NEW BILL COMES IN AT ABOUT $900 BILLION, A MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD PLAN FROM BUSINESSES. SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL SAID FOR THE MOST PART, HE IS STICKING WITH A SMALLER PACKAGE THAT HAS ALREADY FAILED TWICE. WITH A NEED TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT, SPEAKER PELOSI AND TREASURY SECRETARY MNUCHIN ARE TALKING ABOUT A YEAR END SPENDING DEAL THAT WOULD INCLUDE COVID RELIEF. >> WE DON’T HAVE TIME FOR LENGTHY NEGOTIATIONS. THE ISSUE IS, WE WANT TO GET A RESULT. >> IT WOULD BE STUPIDITY ON STEROIDS IF CONGRESS LEFT FOR CHRISTMAS WITHOUT DOING AN INTERIM PACKAGE AS A BRIDGE. JARRED: WHAT IS AT STAKE? IF CONGRESS CANNOT REACH A DEAL BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COVID-19 RELIEF EFFORTS THAT ARE SET TO EXPIR LIKE A FEDERALLY FICTIONS -- EVICTIONS BAN AND A FREEZE LOAN PAYMENTS. GEOF NORTH CAROLINA BROKE ITS RECORD FOR COVID-19 HOSPITALIZATIONS AGAIN. RIGHT NOW, 2033 PEOPLE ARE IN THE HOSPITAL. THE STATE REPORTED A HIGHER POSITIVITY RATE WITH 10.2% OF NEW TEST RESULTS BEING POSITIVE, FOR NEARLY 2900 NEW CASES. HANNAH: IN SOUTH CAROLINA, 17.6 OF TESTS WERE POSITIVE FOR NEARLY 1300 NEW CASES. DHEC CONFIRMED 13 MORE DEATHS, 11 IN THE UPSTATE, INCLUDING A YOUNG ADULT IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY, AND TWO MIDDLE-AGED PEOPLE IN ANDERSON AND OCONEE COUNTIES. NEARLY 5,000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN SOUTH CAROLINA. NORTH CAROLINA IS REPORTING 5284 DEATHS. IN GEORGIA, NEARLY 8800 PEOPLE HAVE DIE GEOF PEOPLE OFTEN COMPARE COVID-19 TO THE FLU, BUT DR. MANDY COHEN I GIVING PERSPECTIVE ON HOW DEADLY THE CORONAVIRUS IS. THE FLU HAS KILLED FEWER THAN 1500 PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. THE CORONAVIRUS HAS KILLED MORE THAN THREE TIMES THAT MANY PEOPLE SINCE MARCH. BREAKING NEWS OUT OF ANDERSON, POLICE NEED YOUR HELP LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO MAY NEED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. HANNAH: POLICE SAY 34-YEAR-OLD RANDY BEATTY IS SIX FOOT AND 245 POUNDS. HE WAS LAST SEEN LEAVING AN-MED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT AROUND 4:15, WEARING BLUE JEANS AND A GRAY HOODED SWEATSHIRT. POLICE SAY HE WAS DRIVING A WHITE 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA, WITH AN INFINITY STICKER IN THE REAR WINDSHIELD. IF YOU SEE HIM, YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL ANDERSON POLICE. NEW THIS MORNING, RUTHERFORD COUNTY DEPUTIES FOUND A BODY THEY BELIEVE COULD BE A MURDER VICTIM. GEOFF: DELARRIO GOODE IS CHARGED THE MURDER OF DARYL PRICE. IT ALL STEMS FROM A PHONE CA FROM SOMEONE BACK ON NOVEMBER 21, WHO GAVE THE DETAILS OF THE BODY DISPOSAL. LAST NIGHT, DEPUTIES FOUND A BODY IN THE BILL’S CREEK AREA, AND ARE WORKING TO FIND OUT WHO IT IS. HANNAH: THE SOUTH CAROLINA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS CALLING ON STATE LAWMAKERS TO PASS A HATE CRIME BIL SOUTH CAROLINA IS ONE OF THREE STATES WITHOUT SOME TYPE OF HATE CRIME LAW. THE LETTER WAS SIGNED BY OVER 80 BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT SOUTH CAROLINA. IT POINTED OUT THE 2016 MOTHER EMANUEL CHURCH SHOOTING. -- CHURCH SHOOTING, SAYING THAT SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO DEPEND ON FEDERAL LAWS TO PROSECUTE THE CRIME. GEOFF: SOME NEW LAWS IN NORTH CAROLINA ARE NOW IN EFFECT HELPING LOWER LEVEL CRIMINAL , OFFENDERS GET THEIR RECORDS CLEARED, OR THEIR PUNISHMENTS LESSENED. THE SECOND CHANCE ACT AND FIRST STEP ACT ARE NOW LAW. SECOND CHANCE EXPANDS ON WAYS TO HELP CLEAR SOMEONE’S RECORD. AND THE FIRST STEP ACT ALLOWS TO CHANGE FROM MANDATED PRISON SENTENCES FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING CONVICTIONS. THAT’S IF SEVERAL CONDITIONS ARE MET. HANNAH: SANTEE COOPER IS SENDING OUT CHECKS AFTER A FAILED NUCLEAR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. IT AFFECTS CUSTOMERS OF SANTEE COOPER AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRIC CO-OPS LIKE LAURENS ELECTRIC. ANYTHING LESS THAN $25 SHOULD BECOME A BILL CREDIT. GEOFF: OVER NEW JOBS ARE COMING 500 TO ANDERSON COUNTY. TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES, OR TTI, IS EXPANDING ITS FACILITY ALONG INNOVATION WAY. THE COMPANY DESIGNS AND MANUFACTURES A VARIETY OF POWER TOOLS AND OTHER ACCESSORIES. THE EXPANSION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2022. MANY ARE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY DURING THIS PANDEMIC. THAT’S WHY WE’RE ASKING THAT YOU CONSIDER DONATING TO THE HOLIDAY SUNSHINE FUND. HANNAH: SO FAR, YOU’VE GIVEN MORE THAN $9,300. THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO DONATE. ONLINE AT WYFF4.COM. MAIL A CHECK TO THE HOLIDAY SUNSHINE FUND. CARE OF THE GREENVILLE NEW YOU CAN ALSO TEXT HSF 2020 TO 44222. GEOFF: A HOSPITAL STAY CAN BE SCARY FOR A CHIL MANY OF US HAVE BEEN THERE. BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, CHILDREN STAYING AT THE HOSPITAL CAN’T HAVE EXTRA VISITORS. HANNAH: THEY ALSO SPEND SO MUCH MORE TIME ISOLATED IN THEIR ROOMS. WYFF NEWS 4 IS TEAMING UP WITH PRISMA HEALTH FOR THE SPIRIT OF GIVING CAMPAIGN. DONATIONS ALSO PROVIDE GAMES, BOOKS, ART SUPPLIES, AND OTHER ITEMS TO KEEP CHILDREN BUS A $25 DONATION WILL GIVE A BUDDY BEAR TO ONE CHILD STAYING IN THE HOSPITAL OVER THE HOLIDAYS. GEOFF: THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO GIVE TO THE SPIRIT OF GIVING CAMPAIGN. YOU CAN TEXT SPIRIT TO GIVE TO 41444. OR YOU CAN GO TO SPIRIT GIVING GVL.ORG, AND WYFF4.COM NBC IS HOLDING SOME OF IT’S MO ICONIC CHRISTMAS EVENTS ON TELEVISION THAT YOU CAN ENJOY FROM YOUR HOME. THE 88TH ANNUAL LIGHTING OF THE ROCKEFELLER CHRISTMAS TREE WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE AT 8:00 TONIGHT. THEN AT 10:00 NBC WILL AIR THE , CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR STARRING , THE RADIO CITY ROCKETTES. HANNAH: SANTA CLAUS IS PREPARING FOR HIS WORLDWIDE TREK ON CHRISTMAS. AND YOU CAN FOLLOW HIM. THE NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND HAS LAUNCHED ITS WEBSITE TO TRACK SAINT NICK AROUND THE WORLD THIS YEAR IT IS A TRADITION THAT STARTED IN WHEN THE CONTINENTAL AIR 1955 DEFENSE COMMAND OPERATIONS CENTER STARTED RECEIVING CALLS FROM KIDS ASKING FOR SANTA. IT T