Wealthie iesiest americans. The speakers box. Then, falling off the fiscal cliff, a tumble that would shake the world with International Monetary fund chief kristine lagarde. The real threat at the moment is here with us. What happened if nothing happens with mark zandi, jackie calmes. Politically, the speaker is playing with a weaker hand than the president. The pressure is higher on him, and his critics are louder, too. Just need boehner to go along with raising the rates and thats it. Republican party is finished. He is selling out our children right now with these massive tax increases, and thats his starting bid. He is saying here is 800 billion, now will you sit down with, us a obama . Hashtags with names like fire boehner have become popular. Still, where the votes get counting, boehner seems to have more room to maneuver than he did in preelection faceoffs. But it begs the question, even if the republican speaker gets a deal, can he get it passed . Joining me now is tom cole of
24th right to work state, all that is left for that to happen, for the republican governor to sign it. Rick snyder promises to do exactly that, probably tomorrow. Look at more pictures we have for you here. More than 12,000 protesters gathered in freezing temperatures. I think i saw some snow falling earlier there in lansing as the lawmakers were inside, voting. And, against the odds, democrats waged a final losing battle. Poppy harlow, let me bring you in there, amidst all of this in lansing. Set the scene for me, now that we know, poppy, both the bills passed. What is the reaction like in the crowd . We knew this was going to happen and frankly, brooke, so did many of the workers, many of them Union Workers here in the crowd today as you said. Thousands, likely more than 10,000 here protesting this legislation. But it is about the symbolism. What does this mean for a state like michigan that is at the heart of the organized Labor Movement in america to pass this right to work legisla
Commerce secretary wilbur ross downplays the hardships for unpaid federal workers saying they should just go out and take out a loan, while President Trumps daughterinlaw dismisses their difficulties as good for the country. And tunnel to freedom. New testimony in the highprofile trial of drug lord el chapo. Was his prison escape through a milelong tunnel aided by his beauty queen wife . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news, two competing proposals to reopen the government are voted down in the senate with republicans and democrats deadlocked over how to end the longest shutdown in u. S. History. That comes after President Trump backed down to the state of the Union Showdown with the speaker, nancy pelosi, but senators are now looking for a bipartisan way forward as the white house says the president would consider a deal with a, quote, large down payment on a wall. Also tonight, President Trumps former lawyer, Michael Cohen, has been subpoenaed by the Senate Int
Sit down and have a cup of coffee and figure this out. Reporter a moment of unity amid the fallout of the story the polarized the nation. These two strangers can remind us all what it means to be american. Fox and friends first on thursday morning. Thank you as always for starting your day with us. We begin with tragic news. An officer shot and killed overnight, the st. Louis Police Department weing moments ago the female officer died of injury in an apparent accidental shooting and we will get more information as soon as it becomes available but tragic news out of that state this morning. Another fox news alert donald trump doing an aboutface overnight surprising a lot of people delaying the state of the union after all. The house speaker, nancy pelosi, firing back in the political tugofwar, Griff Jenkins live in washington with breaking news overnight. Reporter latenight concession via twitter postponing this years address until the government reopens. He writes is the shutdown is go