and hours long session on the critical measure that could pave the way for president biden s $1.9 trillion relief package. jillian: griff jenkins has a breakdown, you always win. reporter: more exciting than watching the super bowl you can watch your senate hard at work on votearama. they ve been at this since 2:30 p.m. yesterday. it is a time-honored tradition where the minority party forces the majority party to endure endless amendments putting senators on the record. any senator can offer an amendment to the budget measure and so far 850 have been filed and as we have seen overnight more than 30 reached a roll call voice vote on the floor. unclear when the ends. we are told maybe in an hour or so. we will keep you posted. some amendments pass, others fail. when it did pass, senators todd young, proposal to block illegal immigrants from getting stimulus checks. it was adopted but 42 lawmakers voted against it and some of the issues which range from tax increases on small
they are lit up and in bloom. neil: only trees that aren t covered in white in the metropolitan area because as you can see. jillian: you are watching fox and friends first on tuesday morning. todd: a powerful winter storm pounding the northeast as much as 30 inches in parts of jersey. jillian: live team coverage this morning, janice team tracking the system live that we start in time square with aishah hasnie. reporter: it is clear out here but snow is picking up in the last hour. let s show you a live look at times square. the pavement you can see for the first time in a lie long time, they cleared that way. the roads are still slushy and it is still a dangerous situation so please do not get out and drive. around the northeast, one person dead in pennsylvania as this winter storm slammed 70 million americans from georgia to maine, parts of new york, new jersey, connecticut and pennsylvania under state of emergency restricting travel. in new jersey 660 crashes re
the next two days will be critical for former president trump with major developments expected in three of his legal cases. overseas, palestinians are fleeing ahead of an expected ground invasion in the city of rafah, home to more than a million people, many of them refugees from other parts of gaza. and back at home, the amount of migrant encounters dropped from the record numbers in december. we re live at the southern border with the very latest on this humanitarian crisis. and we begin this very busy hour with two major stories we re following on capitol hill. the republican majority in the house is tightening after democrats flipped a key swing seat. nbc news projects democrat tom suozzi is the winner of the special election in new york to replace ousted republican congressman george santos. this race was centered on immigration and the economy, much like the issues all across our country. we won this race, we, you, won this race. because we addressed the issues
will start with paula reid. let me air the bite from kamala harris really quickly. the comments made by the prosecutor, gratuitous, inaccurate, and inappropriate. the way that the president s demeanor in that report was characterized could not be more wrong on the facts and clearly politically motivated. we will start with paula reid , how is the white house responding to the report today beyond what we heard from vice president harris? what do we know about the interview between president biden and special counsel hur s team. reporter: damage control, spokesperson answered question for the white house press corps. the one shepherding the press through the investigation and knows that well. he fielded questions including a lot of questions about the timing of this interview with the president. was he distracted ? the way the white house is spinning this, no, we did not want to delay it or put up roadblocks, we wanted to give special counsel everything they needed. there
coverage continues now with t te swituation room. a scathing report describing the president as an elderly man with a poor memory. voters concerns about the president s age weigh on his re-election bid. donald trump is courting people in pennsylvania. we will get a read on his message a day after his ballot battle at the u.s. supreme court that seemed to go his way. fresh tense between the united states and israel after president biden calls the israeli military s operation in gaza over the top. this as israel is facing backlash over a planned evacuation and ground offensive in the refugee-packed city of rafah. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt and you are in the situation room. president biden lashed out at the special counsel for portraying him as a forgetful old man who can t remember when his own son died. arlette saens has more. we saw a full court press by team biden. repo