on cnp.com. so listen. also watch and listen jesse watters primetime 7:00 we have sarah huckabee sanders and also invaded a dark side convention. we interviewed vampires and gotts and some really strange people. judge jeanine: where did you find them? zess jess new jersey. dana: that s it for us everyone. special report is up next. bret: thanks, dana. welcome to washington. specifically welcome to capitol hill. i m bret baier. we are in the office of senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and we will speak to the leader in just a moment about a whole host of issues. it s been a busy day. an historic day here on capitol hill with the confirmation of president biden s nominee to the supreme court judge ketanji brown jackson. she will become the first black woman to sit on the u.s. supreme court. also today, confirmation that house speaker nancy pelosi tested positive for covid as there are battles over covid funding here on capitol hill. and congress putting the screws
coming down the pike here? let me emphasize it wasn t just republicans. you had both arizona senators, senator from montana all democrats. senator from montana, senator from new hampshire, democrat. a long way from the border all agreed with us, this is a disaster russ decision. what do you say to the people who say it s cynical to wreck the covid bill funding because of that? i will say you are mistaken. i think it s entirely relevant to the decision on the $10 billion. all we were asking for is an amendment. i think the majority leaders are afraid the amendment would pass because a number of his members agreed with us. bret: this is a big issue. texas governor greg abbott is in the middle of all of. this yeah. bret: he has a solution. here s what he says. they are moving across the entire country. as they move across the entire country, what better place for them to go to than the steps of the united states capital. they are going to see the wonderful capitol but get clos
votes. we all make tough votes. what do you say to the people who say it s cynical to understanding the importance of title 42 to wreck the covid bill funding because of that. i think you are mistaken. i think it s entirely relevant to the decision on the $10 billion and all we were asking for is an amendment. congress leaving for the easter recess a bit of heart burn for a lot of moderate democratic senators over title 42, decide position hold up $10 billion in covid funding on a day that covid is back in the news. let s bring in our panel, juan williams is a fox news analyst. ben domenech editor of the transom.com and host of the ben domenech podcast on fox news radio and syndicated radio host hugh hewitt. gentlemen, welcome, it s great to have you in the studio. it s great to be here. big day for supreme court crossed the finish line but then there is some bickering back and for the about the border and covid funding. well, i think the first thing to say is what a histor
passed in 1944 exists for exactly the situation in mexico where they have covid not under control. and the idea that they would lift title 42 section 265 i m all for greg abbott. greg abbott has done a brilliant thing. bring them to lafayette park and let the federal district deal with them. mike: at a time when our southern border is a disaster there are concerns it will get even worse. other huge news of the day today is what appears to be a covid outbreak here in official washington. house speaker nancy pelosi, the biggest name to test positive. let s play the clip. we expected there to be ups and downs and increases. and with a transmissible a variant that is as transmissible covid will continue to be with us. mr. president, are you worried at all about covid coming back? need to fund the covid bill. need to fund it because we have got to be prepared [inaudible] are you worried about ba 2?
[inaudible] a lot of concern about covid. the president is obviously an older gentlemen. there was video of him getting a kiss on the cheek from nancy pelosi. i m not saying it s transmissible that way i don t know. but your thoughts on covid here in washington? well, i think it s you know, it s a troubling sign of the times. the gridiron dinner is really now turning out to be the source of so many people think that it was spread at that event. and if you have been to the gridiron, you know small tables and you are all jammed together and the like. but, again, look, you know, nancy pelosi has been vaccinated and boosted, we re told. i think that s the key thing is here, you know, when we hear these reports, we are hearing them about people who have the benefit of the vaccine. china is closing down whole cities at the moment, and why, mike? because their vaccine is terrible. our vaccine actually works. i think this is more reason to say get vaccinated. pray for the speaker. sh