Causing Wind Turbines to freeze. Millions are without power. We are relying on an energy that has proven unreliable . U. S. A. . So Heart Warming to see that spirit with the American Public for someone that they know represents them sing a song sing a song sing a song good morning to you. Thanks for waking up with us. Hope you enjoyed your long weekend. Pete hegseth filling in for brian. How many days. The weekend to a weekend plus five in a middle. Steve ainsley, pete has worked four days in a row. Ainsley wait until sunday after the show he will being exhausted. Pete sunday i will be feeling it. Right now doing a week like you. Ainsley you are a patriot, steve. Steve its great to have you. Today, you know, tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. Today is mardi gras. Live it up whatever you are going to do. Of course, within reason. They have completely shut down. Pete thats what new orleans does well within reason. Steve whatever the reason is for you. Good to have you. Jibz joins us right now. D
Today hes going to hit the road for his First Official trip as commander in chief, milwaukee, wisconsin, will be his first stop and hes pitching his covid relief plan directly to the American People. Passing relief is at the center of the tug of war right now on capitol hill between democrats and republicans. Not so much nationwide, though. In fact, take a look at this. This is a recent Quinnipiac Poll and it found that 68 of americans support the president s relief plan. Among republicans 47 oppose it. But 37 support it. Washington post headline puts it this way. Biden winning republican support for his 1. 9 trillion Coronavirus Relief plan, just not In Washington. And just a few moments were going to talk to a republican mayor who is quoted in that piece about the real challenges facing his city and so many others right now. And its not just pandemic relief dominating the conversation. Democrats are looking to strike while the iron is hot, so to speak. Later this week, the Biden Admi
Speak with the president is uncompromising when it comes to the speed that we need to act out to address this crisis. The White House Press secretary, how should we view the Secretary S Meeting between the ten republican senators . Is this going to be aligned by negotiation where is this something much more broad and general . Jen psaki said to look at this as a conversation come a chance for these two sides to sit down and hear each other out. We will see what they come up with when this meeting takes place at 5 00 this afternoon on a very snowy day at the white house. Conversations may go nowhere when it comes and Kristin Fisher live in the white house, thanks. Harris lets bring in former National Economic director. Larry, we were so exciting. And welcome to the fox news family. Thank you, john, great to be here. So you know the way things work on the white house. We have this big meeting coming up this afternoon. Republicans making it clear they want a smaller, targeted, relief plan
Aisle and the question is how far hes willing to go to do that. And nearly one month since the rioters stormed the capitol this morning we ared learning new details about the big money that fueled thosemo attacks and what prevented National Guard troops from carrying weapons they needed and t arrests that shoul have happened. Meanwhile, days before former President Trump will be put on trial for inciting that insurrection, over the weekend the president lost, at least threee of his lawyers after he asked them to make his baseless voter fraud claims a big part of their defense strategy. R i want to start with the latest on covid relief, nbcs Geoff Bennett at the white house. Also joining our conversation, founder of Punch Bowl News jake sherman. What are you hearing from j inse The West Wing about y todays meeting . Reporter steph, ill tell you what, there are a couple of lanes of thought here about this counteroffer put forward by this group of ten republican senators with this 600 bil
Relief. Listen, its only about a third of what the president wants, right, but straight ahead we have new details on what exactly republicans are offering. Just in in the last hour and why democrats say its not going to cut it. We will get the inside perspective on what President Biden might do next from one of his top economic advisers at the white house, joining us live. All of it as the hill gets ready for something else, that second Impeachment Trial and the last minute legal team former President Trump has now assembled just days before arguments start. Coming up, what im hearing from sources about why other attorneys set to defend donald trump parted ways with him instead, in part over his insistence they push his false Election Fraud claims. And that nbc news exclusive with andrea mitchell, the first sitdown with Secretary Of State Antony Blinken who says that january 6th attack complicates our mission on the world stage. The attack on our own democracy creates an even greater c