News Wrap: COVID takes more than 1.8 million lives worldwide

In our news wrap Thursday, New Year's Eve arrives as COVID-19 claimed more than 1.8 million lives worldwide, Sen. Ben Sasse pushes back against Republican colleagues trying to reverse the 2020 election results, the U.S. Senate continues a stalemate over increasing COVID-19 relief checks, and the Labor Department reports another 787,000 Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week.