A pass from House Republicans, while congresswoman liz cheney had to fight back a challenge for her leadership post. Cheney more than survived, but the question is, whats next for Marjorie Taylor greene . Plus, new remarks from President Biden on his nearly 2 trillion Economic Relief proposal. He says he wants a bipartisan bill, but the question is, what is he willing to compromise . And democrats won control of the Senate Two Weeks ago, but they are just now taking control of the committees. The question is, how long before we finally see Confirmation Hearings for key Cabinet Posts like Attorney General . Its Way Too Early for this. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early, the show that has yet to hear any cries of voter fraud after the house referendum on liz cheney. I am kasie hunt on this thursday, february 4th. Well start with the news. The third highest ranking house republican, liz cheney, will remain in leadership after beating back a Secret Ballot challenge to strip her of h
Impeachment trial of donald j. Trump. A new brief says the former president holds unmistakable responsibility for the capitol riot, and that it was obvious and foreseeable that his remarks on january 6th would lead to that riot and disaster. The president s new legal team faces a noon deadline to file a response. These are two developing story lines in the biden reset. Today he will form a new White House Task force to reunite children separated from their parents during the Trump Administration. President biden would like major Congressional Action on this topic, but primary number one is covid relief. The monday night meeting between the president and ten republicans was cordial but did little to fill the gap between what the republicans want and what the president is necessary. Today this new data point in the republican fracture over the direction of the gop. Loony lies and Conspiracy Theories are a cancer. Those are the stern words of the Senate Republican leader, Mitch Mcconnell
House correspondent, Weekend Today cohost Peter Alexander, Garrett Haake on capitol hill, brendan buck, former Senior Adviser to house speakers paul ryan and john boehner, and former Maryland Democratic congresswoman Debra Everets and former senator claire mccaskill. Peter first to you. Lets start with the covid Relief Package. The white house releasing a statement after that monday meaning with republicans saying the president is open to reconciliation, but the republicans are in the conversation. So where do we stand . Are democrats on the Progressive Side getting nervous hell compromise too much, or are all saying hell go big even if it means going it alone . Reporter when everybody was said and done last night, it was clear President Biden, this white house wasnt really giving much ground here. They say that the meeting was substantive and productive but at the end of the day he said they had to meet this moment. The decision is whether to go big and go it alone or scale back this
Vows not to dilute, dither or delay that legislation. The white house focuses today on immigration as President Biden prepares to sign a series of executive actions, including Assembly Task force to reunite families separated at the border during the Trump Administration. Welcome to tuesday, its Groundhog Day, the longest Groundhog Day any of us have ever experienced, isnt it, anyway, it jen psaki will hold her briefing the house Impeachment Managers have filed their pretrial brief this morning as well. Well get to both of those in a moment. The Daily Briefing comes after President Biden met with ten of the most moderately minded Senate Republicans, not necessarily an ideology but perhaps in tone last night at the white house. The that meeting they proposed a covid relief deal that they probably knew biden could not support and biden probably knew they wouldnt be able to stay united on that anyway. Case in point, its not every day you see Mitch Mcconnell publicly renouncing or praising
Rendon. At least six people have died in those wildfires. Local hospitals treating others for injuries as more than 2000 people are now in shelters. The maui county mayor says search and rescue efforts are going to continue for those who are still unaccounted for. Fox william longinus has the latest. Flames engulfed the popular tourist town of lahaina in west maui. Reports indicate the town is completely destroyed. The fire, one of three, sparkedtuesday that quickly spread across the dora. We drove past a couple of small fires on the way down and a lot of downed trees. So a little bit of a disaster zone kind of like something from a movie. A lot of smoke. Fast moving flames forcing residents to scramble to safety. This includes 14 who were rescued by the coast guard after jumping into the ocean to escape the smoke and flames. This is not a safe place to be in certain parts of maui. We have shelters that are overrun. We have resources that are being taxed at mauis main hospital, reports