it s about $2,000 less on the native household, the tax burden there. is this a good idea? well, listen, trump is working on his campaign promise to keep americans first and so when you have this instance and we don t even know if it s going to go through, we don t know all of the details, but what we want or if immigrants want to come here, they should be expected to be employed and not to be relying on government assistance. our country is reaching $20 trillion in debt, it s unsustainable, i say take care of americans first. heather: david, immigrants built this country, no one is arguing that. right, this has something that s been floated. we don t know what the details are and also right that immigrants coming to the country should have jobs and contribute to the economy. this could be policy making insanity if they are going to bar immigrants or deport
heather: that s where we find janice dean, how much longer do we have to wait? janice: well, we have to wait till 7:20 for phil to come out but we have festivities all morning long. people started coming here at 3:00 a.m. i m looking at thousands of people already. they are expecting 15 to 20,000 people and they are throwing out there and dancing on stage, we are having an amazing time. let s talk about your weather first of all because a lot of folks it s wandering what is phil going to predict, you know what, my prediction is phil is going to predict an early spring, all right, there s your 24-radar and we have a little bit of snow flurry here in puxsutawney. 30-degrees when phil comes out. i think he s going to come out and party today which means an early spring, ladies, and that s what we were hoping for. heather: we need to talk about
inside. heather: a new bill in alaska. that would allow visitors to light up a joint while shopping in marijuana stores. the barrett brothers who own the first pot shop are hope to go get a piece of the tourist dollar that is are spent each summer by offering in-store smoking lounges and the critics fear that it would cause or create amsterdam-like scene. abby: big league approval ratings for president trump. brand-new poll that is are just in this morning. heather: volcano eruption. look at the pictures. this opening up as lava spews, the dramatic video that you have to see audi pilotless vehicles have conquered highways, mountains, and racetracks.
killed over the weekend. the president and first daughter ivanka trump both making the trip to delaware to pay their respects. heather: republican lawmakers waiting to go nuclear avoiding a fierce fight in the supreme court showdown. abby: president trump sending a strong miami, take whatever steps are necessary to get your pick approved. heather: ed henry live for us in dc with what that nuclear option actually means, good morning, ed. abby: hey, ed. good to see you, heather and abby. what s interesting in the obama days harry reid pushed through the so-called nuclear option changing senate precedent so you no longer needed 60 votes for most nominations like the cabinet or lower-level judges. that meant you only needed a simple majority of 51 votes. that helped barack obama but now is helping president trump get
immigrants on whether they have been on public assistant. it s smart to slow immigration down, be smart about it, go through process of security screening, for example, procedure, but it s wrong to deport or deny just on the basis of whether someone might be on public assistance, tall research shows as you said immigrants built the country, they added more to the country than subtract to the country economically. heather: does this means that being on public assistance is a crime? not to say that it s a crime, heather, our country is facing a significant amount of debt. we can t take care of our veteran like we should. they risk lives and limbs to keep americans safe and veterans are suffering, we are witnessing 20 on average, 20 veterans are committing suicide each and every day. i say we take care of americans first. that s common sense.