Hours in the Oval Office Last night. The gop plan proposing 1 3 of the 1. 9 trillion democrats are looking for. It was a very Good Exchange of views. I wouldnt say we came together on a package tonight. No one expected that in a twohour meeting, but what we did agree to do is to follow up and talk further. The devil of course is in the details. Theres plenty of kidisagreemen in the dollars in the plan. Its unclear how much republicans are willing to go up and biden willing to go down but a Top White House aide suggests not much. Everything here is to help people stop suffering from the pandemic. This will lift 4 million kids out of poverty this year. We are more than willing to keep engaging, but at the end of the day what the president and Vice President wont do is compromise their values or let the American People down. Democratic leaders in the house and senate have taken the first steps towards reconciliation, a Budget Maneuver that would allow the Biden Relief Act to pass with a simple majority. That means holding on to every single democratic vote in the senate. Its not clear if democrats have that. Giving in to republican demands could cost them more votes. The northeast this morning crippled by Record Snowfall and its not over yet. Parts of maine, new york, new hampshire, vermont will all see over a foot of snow today. The fierce Winter Storm Haunting Emergency Declarations in the northeast and shutting down crucial vaccination sites. Parts of Northern New Jersey have seen more than 2 feet of snow. More than 1 foot of snow covering connecticut, maryland, new york and pennsylvania. And watch this harrowing scene. Firefighters in stamford, connecticut, rescuing two people in a submerged truck. One of them had been trapped inside. Really incredible moments. Very scary there. Cnns Paulo Sandoval is live in New York City. Again, right in the thick of it. Paulo, this snowstorm among the top 20 of all time to hit new york and its still coming down. Reporter its certainly one to remember, right, laura . Yesterday with the ban on nonessential travel in the city, most businesses decided to close up shop. Today they have hopes of trying to open back up. They have to deal with a lot of the streets. It will be a slushy commute not just here in New York City but surrounding regions. Here in central park as we go this way, we have 16 inches of snow here. Its obviously going to be quite the Cleanup Process here. You touched on new jersey, over 30 inches of snow there. Obviously going to be quite the cleanup effort. In terms of the vaccinations, highly sought after vaccination appointments here in New York City, those will be rescheduled for later this week and possibly next week. Officials are keeping some of the older folks off the streets and safe at home so that was one of the big concerns. This is all going to be about the cleanup and trying to get the city back online. This morning commuter trains, subway trains were told theyre back online. As for school, thats going to continue to be at home at least for now. Some students expected to head back tomorrow thats if nothing changes in the next few hours. The good news is New York City no longer under a winter storm warning. Getting the alert coming through here. Paulo, thank you. We will see you back here. Glad to hear the news. Blizzardlike conditions not the only threat. Chad, coastal flooding could put millions in harms way. We saw it yesterday, boris, at high tide with water in parking lots along long island, staten island, new jersey. Now the wind will blow water into Boston Harbor and all the way into maine for that matter. 30 inches the big number now. People still waking up and measuring. Morris county, new jersey, picked up between 24 and 30. Well talk about those bulls eyes. The bulls eyes. The models did so phenomenally well with this storm. Still snowing in new jersey, parts of pennsylvania and even Upstate New York. The heaviest snow into Upstate New York and into maine now. Lighter snow in new york and it will pick up as this area of snow slides off to the east. Not expecting major Snow Accumulations in New York City. One to two inches. Its in the Northern Tier from rutland ski area all the way back up even to parts of maine. Thats where the heaviest snow will be today and it finally pulls away. What youre noticing down here, the wind. Pictures out of new hampshire, it did look like a blizzard, at least a ground blizzard. You couldnt see 15 feet in front of some of these pictures i was seeing. It was an ugly day. Getting better but not over. Important to keep in mind as we move towards the next few hours. Well check back in with you. Chad myers. 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By noon today former President Trumps new legal team will file its formal impeachment response. The schedules already in place with the trial set to begin next week. Cnn has learned that trumps bogus claims of Election Fraud are not expected to be a focal point for his attorneys. That doesnt mean they wont come up as we get more on all of this and the Impeachment Strategies at play from manu raju on capitol hill. Reporter good morning, laura and boris. Today is the day we will start to see the arguments laid out for the Impeachment Trial of donald trump that will occur in the senate next week, but today well see those briefs being filed to the senate detailing each side. On the House Democratic side i am told from sources involved in the planning that they plan to detail a Methodical Case Laying Out Donald Trump in their view intentional act to incite the rioters who came to Capitol Hill On January 6th and led to the deadly violence on that day as congress is trying to certify joe bidens electoral victory. Theyre going to talk about how donald trump acted before the election, right after the election and then in that speech to those rally goers on january 6th. Theyre also going to make the case that this is a constitutional proceeding. That is important to them because republicans in the senate have dismissed the idea that this is a constitutional act. That is what you can expect to hear from trumps Defense Team Arguing that this should not be done by the senate in creates a dangerous precedent. How will they deal with the Conspiracy Theories and lies that the former president has said, that the election was stolen, it was rigged, votes were changed. 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The reason i say this and the reason im getting emotional in this moment is because these folks who tell us to move on, that its not a big deal, that we should forget whats happened or even telling us to apologize, these are the same tactics of abusers, and im a survivor of sexual assault. Ocasiocortez went on to share other terrifying details of january 6th. She recalls hiding in a bathroom when she heard a man banging on doors saying where is she . A man was one of the insurrectionists but it was a police officer. Brian sic anything will lie in honor tonight in the u. S. Capitol rotunda. The same place that was overrun by the maga mob. He died after being injured during the hours long fight for control on the capitol. He will have a ceremonial arrival on the east front followed by a viewing period for members of the Capitol Police overnight. So far there have been no arrests in connection with his death. Law Enforcement Forces say the Capitol Riot Case is the biggest fbi investigation since 9 11. The newest charges are against a man hossa take on a capitol officer was caught on video. Cnns Jessica Schneider has more. Reporter laura and boris, we are learning just how carefully investigators are examining each person who participated in the insurrection and how the video of these rioters are leading to arrests. One of the latest to be charged is ryan steven stancel. Prosecutors are pointing to him as one of the first to breach the barrier. He stormed the barriers which knocked a female officer to the ground and gave her a concussion. Prosecutors saying stancel approached this fallen officer and said, we dont have to hurt you. Why are you standing in our way . Stancel is charged with assaulting an officer. It has been revealed he is out on parole and wanted for assault in new jersey. 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As we just kind of mentioned, Super Bowl Lv has arguably the most intriguing quarterback matchup ever. Youve got the greatest of all time, tom brady. Six time super bowl champ going up against Patrick Mahomes looking for backtoback titles at just 25 years old. Both of these quarterbacks, theyve got nothing but admiration for one another. I really at myer patrick for the kind of player he is. He has great command of his team. He has great charisma and when i see patrick i see someone who was, again none of these moments are too big for him. In my career im going to try to do whatever i can to watch the tape on him. Hes doing it the right way. You can tell by how many super bowl championships he has. As i mentioned a moment ago, all of these interviews were done virtually. Many of the players werent very fond of this. Whats up . Im sitting here in a room by myself. How come i dont get to see them . I get to see me. I dont get to see you. I see myself. The juices arent flowing as much as if youre in a room with media people. Ive got to get a picture of this. All right. Nba last night the lakers edge the hawks. Fourth quarter lebron getting into it with fans in atlanta. One lady could be seen yelling at lebron with her mask lowered. Four fans were ejected from the game. The lakers go on to win. Lebron said afterwards he missed mixing it up with the fans. I miss that interaction. I need that interaction. We as players need that interaction. I dont feel like they were warranted to be kicked out. They might have had a couple of drinks and they could have kept it going and the game wouldnt have been the game. The referees doing what they had to do. Courtside karen, bad, bad with laughing emojis. This is one of those situations where fans think they can continually say whatever they want to the players and theyll never respond but then when the player responds, they get mad about it. Props to lebron. He was good humored about it. Fans have to wear masks in the arena, right . Yeah, they do. She was right there courtside yelling at the players, which i think would be a problem. Not okay. Thanks, andy. Appreciate it. Early start continues right now. Good morning and welcome back to early start. Im laura jarrett. And im Boris Sanchez in for Christine Romans 367891 minutes past the hour. Pleasure to join you, laura. Always great to have you, boris. Republicans projecting optimism this morning, but there is a race against time and a very long way to go to reach a deal on a new Coronavirus Relief bill. President Biden Meeting two hours in the oval yesterday socially distanced as you can see with gop senators offering their own proposal. It was a very Good Exchange of views. I wouldnt say that we came together on a package tonight. No one expected that in a twohour meeting. What we did agree to do is follow up and talk further. Now the white house says 1. 9 trillion in spending is covid related. The gop, not so convinced. More on that in a minute. As lawmakers try to bring the gap, conventional political wisdom. The governor is discounting the deaths. Trying to be fiscally responsible at this point in time with what weve got going on in this country, if we actually throw away some money right now, so what. We have got to move and get people taken care of and get people back on balance. The most important swing vote in the country, democratic senator joe manchin also from West Virginia isnt even on board with the biden proposal. Now the white house is in Damage Control mode. Vice president Kamala Harris went on local tv in manchins home state to push for the American Rescue plan. I saw it. I couldnt believe it. No one called me. Were going to try to find a bipartisan pathway for it. I think we need to. We need to work together. Thats not a way of working together. It comes down to simple math. You lose manchin, you cant pass a relief bill even using an arcane Budget Maneuver, reconciliation, that only requires a simple majority. Hes going to be one to watch in all of this. Theres no shortage of disagreements on what should and shouldnt be in the next relief bill. One major difference the price tag. The gop proposal comes in at 618 billion. Thats less than 1 3 of the president s plan. Bidens plan calls for direct checks of 1400 to eligible americans. The republicans want to send 1,000 checks and target them to the people with lower incomes. The gops proposal doesnt include money for state and local aid which was a key Sticking Point be in past rounds of negotiations. No state and local aid could mean a lot of layoffs because of budget shortfalls. Unemployment insurance, another big difference here. The president wants to extend benefits through september. Republicans only want to extend through june with less money per week. Both plans include 160 billion for vaccines, testing, tracing all key for battling coronavirus. Both plans include money to reopen schools as well. Bidens plan offers more than eight times as much money. Theres also new urgency for congress to pass something as a new cbo report says american jobs wont return to prepandemic levels until 2024, boris. It is ground hogs day, and whether pucks is a taun any phil sees his shadow or not today is a day for the books. The northeast grappling with snowfall. Punxsutawney phil. Its shutting down crucial vaccination sites. Parts of Northern New Jersey have seen more than 2 feet of snow. Take a look at this. Scary scene caught on camera as firefighters in stamford, connecticut, rescuing two people from the ice. Lets turn it over to chad myers. Chad, coastal flooding putting millions potentially in harms way today. Yes. All of those people that live very close to the coast, whether its long island, new jersey, massachusetts or maine, the wind is blowing. The water on shore. Its blowing it up into your bay on to your beach. And when high tide comes, were about three feet above where we should be right now. When high tide comes you have to add that three feet on top of what a normal high tide would be. Get ready for Saltwater Inundation in some places today. We saw it yesterday. The storm is Even Stronger right now. The snow though has moved away from New York City. It never really snowed that much in downtown boston, but you get out into the suburbs, blue hill, 12, 13 inches. Downtown, 1 to 2 inches of concrete snow. Still snowing Upstate New York right now. Still snowing in parts of new jersey. Were going to get new snow totals soon but they are piling up right now. They piled up last night as well. Most of the snow will be west of where it was yesterday because theres some dry air thats wrapped into the storm down into New York City, into long island. The air is dryer. Not snowing as heavily as it was here. Spaces in new jersey, new york 30 inches and its heavy, heavy snow. Be careful when youre shoveling it today. Do it in three foot sections. Take a break. This is very heavy snow. Lots of weight on your driveway and lots of yeah. A lot of folks get injured doing that thinking they can get it done quickly. Important to pace yourself when theres that much powder on the ground. Chad myers, thank you so much for the update. President biden expected to sign three Executive Orders on immigration taking direct aim at reversing President Trumps direct policies. Priscilla alvarez live with us this morning. Thanks for coming on. The president moving full steam ahead even though his pick for Homeland Security hasnt quite been confirmed yet. Hes doing a lot to try to undo things that were done under President Trump. So walk us through exactly whats coming today. Reporter so these orders will really start to advance bidens Immigration Agenda and bring into focus what the priorities will be for the administration on this issue. First, one of the Executive Orders will focus on creating a task force that will focus on reunifying families who have been separated at the u. S. Mexico border. This happened under trump and the consequences of his policy are still felt today. In fact, lawyers are still looking to the parents of 600 children who have been separated at the u. S. Mexico border. The idea of the task force is to come in and help identify and locate the families and then work to reunify them. The latter part, how they reunify is likely to be on a casebycase basis. The second order will look at the root causes of migration. Why migrants make the dangerous journey north. That order will provide aid to Central American region to combat corruption. It will look at reviving programs that allowed for legal pathways and safer pathways to the United States like, for example, bringing back a program from the Obama Administration that focused on atrisk youth in the region. And the third order will address legal immigration. So look at the changes made under the Trump Administration and start to review those changes that ultimately dramatically limited immigration to the United States and then work to reverse those. And it will also look at other measures like, for example, streamlining the citizenship process. To taken together, these orders will ultimately advance the president s agenda and Administration Officials say there is a lot more to come. Priscilla, as you just laid out, you can get a sense, this agenda is extensive. Its progressive. Its already running into legal challenges as well and you have a judiciary now staffed with judges that the former president appointed. What are you finding on that front . Reporter well, we saw this play out days into the Biden Administration. A federal judge has already blocked bidens 100 day pause on deportation and, in fact, late last week the judge said that that block will likely extend into this month. So that was one of the first actions that biden had pledged to do on the campaign that has already been put on hold. As this newest slate of Executive Actions come out and as officials put urgency behind the actions, it is likely we will see legal challenges come up. This is something the administration will have to contend with along the way. Priscilla, thank you so much. Great to have an expert on this. Good to be with you. A cancer on the gop. The Top Senate Republican delivering a long overdue rejection of Nonsense Sickal Conspiracies in his own party. Mitch mcconnell finally coming out strong against the irrationality that donald trump fueled and frankly that mcconnell did nothing to stop from taking root in the last four years. In a Statement Put Out Last Night Mcconnell says, quote, looney lies and Conspiracy Theories are cancer for the Republican Party and our country. Somebody who suggested that perhaps no airplane hit the Pentagon On 9 11, that horrifying School Shootings were prestaged and that the clintons crashed jfks airplane is not living in reality. This has nothing to do with the challenges facing American Families or the robust debate on substance that can strengthen our party. Now he doesnt mention her by name, but its clear that hes talking about Marjorie Taylor greene. The freshman lawmaker has come under scrutiny for claiming School Shootings were staged to push for stronger gun laws. The mother of Parkland School shooting scott beagle said she met with greene recently and pleaded with her to say publicly that the School Shootings were real. When you tell lies enough people start believing it. We all know that, okay . Weve just been through that. Let me take them on ill take them on a bus trip. Ill take them on a field trip. Ill go visit i will let them visit the 17 grave sites from the people from parkland and the 26 from sandy hook and then let me see them deny it. In the past greene has proudly declared that she wont back down. Yesterday she backed down. These are not red flag incidents. They are not fake and its terrible the loss that these families go through and their friends as well, and it should never happen and it doesnt have to happen if we would protect our children properly. That clip belies so many of the sentiments she has shared on facebook and other forms of social media. This seems to be a calculated walk back of some of her more extreme positions ahead of a scheduled meeting with House Minority leader kevin mccarthy, a meeting that could happen as early as today. With or without mccarthys help, top House Democrats are ready to deliver an ultimatum to strip greene of her committee assignments. That could set a dangerous precedent allowing the gop to do the same the next time they control the house. Dont go anywhere. Early start is back after a quick break. Largest ericas and fastest 5g network. And to celebrate, we want everyone to unleash 5g speeds in more places. Right now, every current and new customers can get a free Samsung Galaxy s21 5g. Just bring in a qualifying device to trade. Switch to tmobile and save up to 20 every month vs. The other guys. The leader in 5g coverage. The fastest 5g speeds. The best value in wireless. And a free galaxy s21 for everyone. Only at tmobile. 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If you look at the scene, you can see that its secured by a huge amount of riot police and thats something that weve been seeing that all the streets here surrounding the court are full of Police Officers. They basically surround ted thi entire area. We did see a number of detentions ourselves. About a dozen at least in the span of just a couple of minutes as the police cleared everyone out because they dont even want protests to be able to take hold here in the area outside of the courtroom. Meanwhile, of course that trial against Alexey Navalny is taking place inside. He faces 3. 5 years in prison because he has a suspended Jail Sentence that the authorities want to turn into a real Jail Sentence because he didnt check into the court, if you can believe that, while he was in germany in a coma. A pretty heated scene inside the courtroom where Alexey Navalny said what more was i to do to comply. You needed to check in. He said, i was in a coma. The trial is underway and will probably take place for another couple of hours as Alexey Navalny is saying he complied with everything the courts wanted. Obviously they are saying that he did not and he does face considerable jail time if he is convicted. One last note, we have checked in with the kremlin and they say Vladimir Putin is not following whats going on today in the court. Fred, i find that very difficult to believe. A lot at stake on the streets of moscow with this upcoming decision. We hope you and your crew stay safe. Thank you as always. Overnight in myanmar the National League for democracy called for the Immediate Release of everyone to partake in the countrys military coup. Now President Biden is threatening sanctions. Myanmar, of course, has a complicated history, something the president highlighted yesterday when he called the country burma five times in his statement yesterday. What do you make of the u. S. Role here and how biden is weighing in . I think that the Biden Administration is likely to work very closely with the u. N. Security council, laura, which is set to meet in the coming hours. Theyve been debating back and forth whether to call this a coup given the fact if they label it a coup according to cnn and u. S. Policy they would have to cut off all aid to myanmar, more than 200 million for the developing country where a lot of people are struggling economically. Theres talk of looking at targeted sanctions at the generals who made unfounded accusations of widespread voter fraud in their november elections and under the constitution that the Military Outride swooped in, declared a State Of Emergency and are in the process of putting in their own people in the government because their own people received an embarrassingly small number of votes, an outcome that could did i min be fish the power of the generals who already had quite a bit of power under that countrys constitution in this democracy thats barely a decade old. Basically what the military has done is develop an overwhelming win against aung san suu kyi, but she has fallen out of favor because she went to the United Nations and defended the very military that kept her under house arrest for 15 years and is now detaining her and other top lawmakers again. She defended that military against accusations against genocide against the rohynga muslims. Communications coming back to normal, but the lawmakers are unable to do anything because there are tanks and soldiers and military trucks keeping those civilian elected lawmakers locked inside that guest house as the country wonders if theyre going to be moving towards more of a brutal Military Dictator ship that lasted for 15 years with this experiment with democracy. More to come on this. Thanks for staying on top of this. Appreciate it. An antivaccine protest in los angeles over the weekend was organized on facebook. A consistent source of misinformation. The page shop mask free los angeles promoting false claims about the pandemic, masks and vaccines. Protests temporarily shut down a mass vaccination site at dodgers stadium. Facebook official says they are reviewing the page and if necessary will take action against content that violates their policies. Two Police Officers in rochester, new york, suspended for handcuffing and pepper spraying a 9yearold girl. 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