meghan markle's explosive interview with oprah. so what is next the queen and the royal family? it is way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early oig, the show that know that when grandma talks, you better listen. the house is expected to vote today on president biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. debate on the bill scheduled to begin just after 9:00 a.m., timing of the final vote is fluid given that republicans may try to slow the process. house democrats aim to get the bill to president biden's desk so he can sign it before key unemployment programs expire this coming sunday. it can take days for congress to formally send a huge bill down the street to the white house. once biden has signed it, the money can start flowing including those $1400 relief payments for eligible americans, $300 a week federal jobless benefits and those additional funds for vaccine distribution. new polling from the pew research center continues to show just how popular all of this relief is with the american public. 70% of u.s. adults say that they favor the legislation compared to 28% who oppose the bill. the majority of the public also said they felt the biden administration made a good faith effort to work with republican leaders on the coronavirus aid package. compare that to 42% who say gop leaders made a good faith effort to work with the white house on the bill. 55% say republicans did not work in good faith. now, despite the popularity, mitch mcconnell criticized the covid relief legislation in a speech on the senate floor yesterday. watch. >> democrats inherited a turning tide, the vaccine trends and economic trends were in place before this bill was ever voted on, before this president was sworn in, but they are determined to push to the front of the parade with an effort to push america to the left. >> joining us now, capitol hill correspondent leigh ann caldwell. good morning, thanks for getting up early with us. it is a big day on the hill. i'm so interested in mcconnell's strategy here. it seems as though republicans are taking the same approach that they did back in 2009 when the obama administration was passing this massive stimulus package in the midst of the 2008 recession. but at this point, this is so popular, people yes are seeing light at the end of the tunnel, we're starting to get our vaccines, we are starting to see more and more people who can safely go out, but also the economy is going to lag on all of those indicators, it is not clear that big things like theme parks or other events that employ so many people will be up and ready through the summer. what is the political calculation for republicans in just blanket on that position to what the biden administration is trying to do here? >> reporter: it is interesting, i was a little surprised that they would be so opposed right off the bat from the beginning of this. looking forward, talking to republican aides, they say remember the vote-a-rama that lasted into the night friday night and into saturday, that they forced democrats to take some really difficult votes regarding payments to undocumented immigrants and people receiving stimulus checks in prison, et cetera. and they say that those votes are what people are going to remember, not the passage and receiving a $1400 stimulus check. i'm a bit skeptical of that spin. but mcconnell is trying to also distracts from what the process is happening within the republican party with the former president. and so he is focusing on opposition, he has said to bide and to democrats repeatedly that is -- policy is what will unify the republican party and that seems to be the strategy that he is taking despite fact that this legislation is extremely popular. >> and how do you think this plays going into the midterm elections? you and i both know that mcconnell makes decisions based on raw power calculations and for him that would mean trying to take back the senate whether or not the house remains in democratic hands is also a critical piece of that calculation here. so what is the thinking in terms of how -- i get what you're saying about the votes and vote-a-rama turning themselves easily into campaign ads in the midterms, but it still seems tough to say we really shouldn't have sent you that check in the mail, that was a bad idea. >> yeah, democrats also set up a couple really key cliffs that are happening around the midterms too which will take into consideration the whole politics of this including that child tax credit where families with children under 17 years old making $150,000 or less are going to receive a check in the mail every month because they have children up to $300. and then there is the entire affordable care act subsidy expansion. a lot of people will get a lot of subsidy support in the affordable care act. that runs out around the midterm elections too. so that is making the affordable care act once again a campaign issue, something that democrats have won on over and over again the past recent elections. and so those aspects of this bill will be good for them because they can remind voters what they did even though, you know, a year and a half seems so far away now. republicans are betting on the fact that the deficit and the debt continues to increase because of this bill, nearly $6 trillion have been spent by congress on covid relief bills over the past year, and they think that long term this is going to have bad repercussions and that is what they are betting on looking forward heading into the midterms. >> i'm so glad you mentioned those other things because there is a lot in this bill that i think we'll sort of -- it will unspool over time as we learn the actual impacts after this crisis pandemic hopefully fingers crossed is behind us and there is a lot of significant policy that is in this bill that will have an impact far after all this is done.igh ann caldweo much. and today the senate is expected to confirm two more of president biden's cabinet picks. marcia fudge and merrick garland, both expected to pass easily. the senate voted 70-29 to limit debate and advance judge garland's nomination after a republican attempt to slow the process. and congresswoman deb haaland's push to become the first native american to head i take a few more days. she already has the backing of republican senators lisa murkowski and susan collins and that all but assures that she will have enough support. still ahead here, the fbi releases new security footage in hopes of capturing the person who planted pipe bombs near the u.s. capitol on the day of the january 6 riot. and later, jason crow will be my guest ahead of today's house vote on coronavirus relief. rus relief so you want to make the best burger ever? 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2 feet. and then sunday you notice the rain and storms in the middle of the nation. so march sometimes we get big blizzards on the east coast or'r nor'easters, and now this march will be known for this big storm in the middle of the country. and people don't realize march is the snowiest month of yeert in colorado. so not a huge surprise. >> who knew. well, hope everyone stays safe out there. bill, thank you very much. and still ahead here, the latest on the growing calls for new york governor andrew cuomo to resign in the wake of harassment allegations. we'll play you hissest exchange where reporters. lsest exchange where reporters. it all starts with an invitation... ...to experience lexus. the invitation to lexus sales event. lease the 2021 rx 350 for $429 a month for 36 month's, and we'll make you're first month's payment. experience amazing. when our daughter and her kids moved in with us... kids, bedtime! and we'll make you're first month's payment. ...she was worried we wouldn't 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>> that could be a big problem. remember donald trump has made his money largely by use of his name, by licensing agreements that puts the trump name on casinos and buildings that has been more lucrative to that organization than any real estate deal. he seems to be taking that same approach with the republican party. he is using his name not only to fund rise for himself, but in order to keep a stronghold over the republican party. again, it can also be used as a tool to punish those who he sees as his enemies by denying funding to them. but himself keeping him at the head of this party even though he is not in office. the cease and desist letter to stop the republicans from using his name was really incredible in that no president has ever tried to do that before. the gop for now seems to be pushing back against that. but up until now so far the republicans ceded to donald trump's will and it will make it difficult for people who oppose his policies to run and fund raise. >> yeah, it really is astonishing when you think about it in the context of history and how we normally treat presidential office holders, others in the context of our civic life. donald trump is clearly talking about it in terms of corporate life and money in a way that just feels so incredibly different than the way people have conducted themselves in the past. kimberly, thank you very much for getting up early with us. appreciate it as always. and still ahead here, buckingham palace responds to prince harry and meghan markle's explosive oprah interview. and why it may have piers morgan searching for a totally different career. ♪ and a little bit of chicken fried ♪ ♪ cold beer on a friday night ♪ ♪ a pair of jeans that fit just right ♪ ♪ and the radio up ♪ get 5 boneless wings for $1 with any handcrafted burger. only at applebee's. got it? 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"washington post" london burrow points out that concerning carries a lot of wrait in the uk and that the queen is taking the matter seriously. the release of any statement at all is notable. as the royal family usually doesn't comment on reports in the media. however, many were quick to criticize the statement's brevity noting that the palace's significant delay in responding. earlier tuesday members of the royal family continued on with their scheduled engagements, none addressing the interview publicly. and uktv personality piers morgan has resigned from itv's good morning britain after sparking criticism of his contentious comments following oprah interview. he railed against the couple condemning their assertions about the royal family and disputing markle's accounts of feeling suicidal. horn more than 41,000 people complained. yesterday morning morgan stormed off the set after being called out by the show's weatherman for his dismissal of mental health. later that day, itv announced that morgan had resigned, there he is marching off the set. earlier this morning, morgan tweeted that he stands by his comments saying, quote, freedom of speech is a hill i am happy to die on. okay. let's go now to some good news for happy campers and parents. more overnight camps are set to reopen this summer in spite of the pandemic. with coronavirus cases declining, many states have already opened up camps to enrollment as parents rush to sign their children up. so far 45 states are allowing camps to open including new york, new jersey and massachusetts, which had banned overnight camps last year to current spread of the virus. in maine, at least 100 overnight camps are set to open. last year camps that chose to remain open saw some success implementing distancing measures and mask mandates, but there were still some outbreaks. more than 250 were infected at a camp in georgia. parents of course hoping this year will be different, anxious to give their kids a normal summer. for real. all right. we're now learning more about an incident involving one of president biden's dogs, major. a secret service official tells nbc news that the german shepherd nipped an agent's hand on monday. according to the source, no skin was broken and described the wound as an extremely minor injury. the agent continued to work that day and has continued working since then. major of course went to delaware after this incident. he is the first ever rescue dog in the white house. here is hoping that he is able to get the training that he needs and can come home. still ahead here, congressman jason crow will join us ahead of the expected house vote on that massive coronavirus relief package. my name is austin james. as a musician living with diabetes, fingersticks can be a real challenge. that's why i use the freestyle libre 14 day system. with a painless, onesecond scan i can check my glucose without fingersticks. now i'm managing my diabetes better and i've lowered my a1c from 8.2 to 6.7. you can do it without fingersticks, too. ask your doctor for a prescription for the freestyle libre 14 day system. and visit freestyle libre.us to try it for free. shingles? 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>> good morning, good to be on. i am confident it will go through because this is something that is supported by an incredible swathe of the american people, almost three-quarters of americans assume this. over 60% of republicans support this bill. so we're doing the bipartisan thing and the thing that is overwhelmly supported. but we're doing things that are needed to reopen schools, to save businesses, to keep people in their homes and to get us where we need to be. because fast forward to july or august, and either america will be in a position where kids are getting ready to go back to schools, we're able to have summer barbecues again, grandparents can see their grandchildren, or we're not. and it is this bill, the american rescue plan, that will get us on the path to getting all those things to happen. so that is what we're doing. republicans will have to make a decision about what they will do. >> top of my list baseball games. but more serious topics, you of course were one of the those in the chamber during the capitol riot using the training that you have from your past military experience to help others in the course of this incredibly stressful and difficult day. and frankly, for those of us who were there and really affected by it, it has been in a lot of ways stunning to watch how politics has crept into how we are talking about this event. so tell me about what you want to do to make sure that we don't forget what happened that day and just how terrible a moment it was for our country. >> i've been shock would by a lot of things that have happened in the era of donald trump over the last four years before job became president. but perhaps nothing more shocking than seeing an insurrection where a police officer was murdered, 140 others brutally beaten, assassination attempt on members of congress and an attempt to derail the democracy. and then within hours later, members of the gop doing what donald trump wanted to do and continuing to perpetrate the big lie. and of course in the weeks since that attack, people have continued to discount the attack saying it really wasn't an insurrection, it wasn't a really big deal. that just won't happen on my watch. me and my colleague susan wild who you saw there in that picture will make sure that we never forget this. because you know, that is the interesting thing about history, if you don't remember the things we've been through, they do have that tendency as the saying goes to repeat themselves. so it is extremely important to remember so we can fix it going forward and make sure that it doesn't happen again. and that is one of the reasons why we proposed this bill. >> congressman, there has also been some comments from republicans questioning the integrity of the investigations that are being set up particularly saw this security review from the general, you had kevin mccarthy criticizing that review, saying that the house speaker nancy pelosi is going to use it as an excuse to turn the capitol into a fortress. why -- do you think these reviews are actually partisan? how do you explain what's going on as you have conversations in the hall with other members, republicans, democrats about the fact that -- i guess i'm just stunned by the fact they get on the same page in terms of protecting their own building, this has turned into a partisan exercise? >> yeah. there's absolutely nothing partisan at all about this view. kevin mccarthy, what he wants to do, he wants to sweep january 6th under the rug. anything that has to do with january 6th, anything that acknowledges that it happened, he doesn't want to be a part of and he wants to somehow say it's political, but here is thing with the security review, this was a standard security review. i've been a part of security reviews and securing embassy compounds, vulnerable facilities in war zones. we know how to do this. this is not rocket science, basic stuff. you do strategic assessment, tactical assessment, look at training, recruiting, technology being employed. there's a standard template for doing these reviews and the people did this review followed that template and we have a product that i would have expected to be delivered to us. there's nothing political at all about this. so the response by kevin mccarthy and others, that is what is political here because they don't want to acknowledge this happened in the first instance. but you are right in that the devil is going to be in the details and implementation of this we have to get this done. january 6th was horrific. we have to make sure something like this never happens again. we weren't prepared for it. we have to review in writing that shows what we need to do. now we need to do it. >> all right congressman jason crow, we appreciate you insights and getting up early with us and will follow the passage of this bill here in the house of representatives. earlier on in the show we asked all of you, why are you awake? 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