A, quote, cancer to the Republican Party. Question is, will we see action against her in the house . And a key day in the second impeachment of donald trump. Today is the deadline for his formal response to the charge against him. Question is, whats his defense . Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that has some fond memories of bayside high. Weve really missed you, screech. Im kasie hunt on this tuesday, february 2nd. Well start with the news. Its looking more and more likely that democrats will push through the Biden Administrations nearly 2 trillion Economic Relief package with or without republicans. The president met with a group of Senate Republicans for about two hours in the oval Office Yesterday to pitch their much smaller 600 billion package. But the message from the white house is that it doesnt meet the moment. Senator Susan Collins said the meeting was very productive and cordial, but when it comes to striking a compromise, the s
there s an old interview question that the great barbara walters had teed up. what kind of tree would you be? for some reason, i asked martha this question. there is an old interview question. what kind of tree would you be. for some reason i asked this question. martha answered, i am the beechtree. the beach is the mother of all trees. the beechtree has a smooth skin but it s very hard and impenetrable. because i m a mother, all the other trees are underneath me. it is impenetrable. martha started planning the comeback the moment she was arrested. says she is ready for jail now. today in what was one of the more surreal conferences, she said she is ready for jail. thank you for coming here on such short notice. advertisers upset and attorneys telling her what her plans are. it is a long time to eat away at a company. the only way to reclaim my life and quality of life with certainty is to serve my sentence and surrender to authorities so i can return as soon as p
martha answered i am the beech tree. the beach is the mother of all trees. and the beech tree has a smooth skin, but it s very hard and impenetrable. and because i m the mother, then all the other trees are underneath me. it is the mother tree. and it is impenetrable. she has always believed that she can weather everything. martha started planning her comeback the moment she was arrested. [applause] today, in what was one of the more surreal news conferences we ve seen in quite some time, the homestyle maven says she is ready for jail now. - good morning, everybody. and thank you for coming here today on such short notice. for two years and seven months, she had no control. it was advertisers upset and attorneys telling her what her plans were. the government, both prosecutors and securities regulators, on her tail. that s quite a long time to really eat away at a company. - the only way to reclaim my life and the quality of life for all those related to me, with certainty n
that s why i hope very much that they don t. spending spree, why americans are buying like crazy despite high inflation. plus the origins of black history month in chicago. surf s up, even if the temperature isn t. the winter wave riders chilling out on lake superior. everything else goes away, all you re doing is just focused on riding that wave. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. tonight, a powerful winter storm that piled up snow, prompted blizzard warnings, water rescues, and freeway closures. it s on its way out of southern california. 30 million americans woke up to weather alerts. los angeles chilled after a dusting of snow. this was the storm seen from space today. as it flowed over the california toast. cbs tom wait is in los angeles tonight with the latest. good evening, tom. how are you feeling out there? reporter: cold. good evening to you, adriana. california took a direct hit from the storm, l.a
good everybody, from msnbc world headquarters in new york, i m lindsey reiser in for alex witt. breaking news developing drama playing out over the skies of the carolinas, just a short time ago we received this video. residents say is that alleged chinese spy ballooned flying over the skies, over asheville, north carolina. floating eastwards toward the atlantic ocean. more video in our news room just a short time ago shows that over clover, south carolina, that s a neighboring city of charlotte, north carolina. president biden responded to a question about, it listen closely. joining me right now is nbc news investigative report there, dan. you can sort of make it out there, the u.s. president saying he is going to take care. but what do you take that to mean, any word from officials about these latest sightings? well that does seem to suggest that the u.s. is prepared to shoot down at the boulogne, given that it s now approaching the atlantic ocean, that could presen