Their roles. The decision could change the direction of the party as we know it. Lets begin with jessica dean who joins us on the hill with more on this Power Sharing Agreement. Reporter the big thing here is democrats will now take control of the senate committees. When youre in control, youre setting the agenda. That means thing in joe bidens agenda that they wanted to get ahead, President Bidens agenda they wanted to push ahead like Merrick Garlands nomination for Attorney General can now move forward. Youll remember there has been a holdup on some of these nominees including Merrick Garland who is the nominee to be Attorney General because republicans maintained control of these committees, because they had to operate off the last congress because they didnt have this agreement in place. Now that democrats will take over these committees, that means democrats are going to have a much easier time getting things on the table. Theyre going to hold control. We expect now that someone like Merrick Garland who should get bipartisan support will now get to go through the process much easier than when republicans were holding control over the Senate Judiciary committee, for example. Thats a big example of what this will mean. It was also interesting, you heard the Majority Leader there Chuck Schumer talking a little bit about what this means. He also said that one of the key issues he is encouraging these committees to focus on is Climate Change. He encouraged the Committee Chairman to Begin Holding Hearings about Climate Change and how they can enact bidens build back better agenda. Youre going to start to see things move. Of course, jim and poppy, weve been following the negotiations about this Power Sharing Agreement for weeks as he and Mitch Mcconnell worked to hammer this out. It kind of dragged on. Now that theyve got this agreement, things can move forward. Thats the real key takeaway here. The other big meeting today among republicans, deciding the question including future of congresswoman liz cheney as number three republican. Based on your reporting, does she have the backing to keep that job . Reporter she certainly has been reaching out. We do know shes been reaching out to various republicans to get their support. There is a meeting later today with the House Republican caucus to really discuss both liz cheney who, remember, is the number three republican in the house and who voted to impeach President Trump, voting her conscience, as she said, to talk about what they want to do, if anything. There have been calls to remove her from leadership for that vote. We know shes been calling around trying to shore support, listening to people, explaining herself in advance of this meeting later today. It is diametrically opposed to the other side of this which is congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene who is also being considered as likely to be a topic as well, what to do with her. House minority leader Kevin Mccarthy faces the decision of the he will strip her from her committee assignments. Shes as signed to be both on the Budget Committee but the house education and labor committee. She has talked about the Parkland High School shooting being a false flag. There are big concerns about her sitting on the Education Committee with these beliefs. Very much the future of the Republican Party is at stake here, which direction does it want to go in. Notably, jim and poppy, back to liz cheney shes garnered support from a lot of Senate Republicans including Mitch Mcconnell who rarely speaks out in this. He didnt name her in this statement but said her beliefs are lun any lies and a cancer on the party. They are lies. Among them, that 9 11 was not a Terrorist Attack its an amazing list. Jessica dean, thank you very much. Lets bring in former republican congresswoman barbara come is stock and Senior Correspondent jamie aggangel. Youre one of the republicans that lost their seat as the party moved to the right. I wonder does challenging Marjorie Taylor greene, a firstterm congresswoman, get to the core of the issue here, or must the party and will the party confront donald trump . Hes the former president who is still propagating a big lie about the election. Is the party willing to do that . Well, today, officer Brian Sicknick is lying in honor because of protecting members of congress from a mob that donald trump incited. So i think the choice for republicans is really quite simple. Do they want to continue being defined by a president who lost the popular vote twice, impeached twice, cost his party the white house, senate and the house in 2018, because it was a referendum on him. Or do they want to turn the page . I certainly hope and think it would be the smart thing, the Republican Party is still hemorrhaging Republican Voters as his own pollster told him, in his paper on why trump actually lost, not the big lie where trump said he won by a landslide. I think republicans need to embrace the diversity of the par. Liz is a conservative as were eight of the ten people who voted for impeachment, come from very conservative districts. Without having cooks, Conspiracy Theorists and qanon. Think Marjorie Greene should be taken off her committees. I think she also should be taken out of the party. If georgia wants to somebody to congress, they can pick whoever they want. The other members of congress dont have to play with her. Shes not going to be passing any bills. I think theyll soon see how infective she is. She is toxic for the party. Shes a cancer, as Mitch Mcconnell said, and she needs to be cut out and the other people who promoted her like jim cordon, matt gaetz, they are killing our party. Jamie, to build on congresswoman comstocks points there, the people of her district elected her, and they chose her in the primary over a literal Brain Surgeon who was, by the way, super conservative, pro trump, pro life, pro guns, part of his slogan when he was running. I just wonder if you can encapsulate for us how much this moment means today. I think this is a huge issue for the Republican Party, as barbara said, it is a reckoning. Yes, she was elected and that is an issue. But the Republican House members have to make a decision about whether she gets to be part of their conference and represent them on committees. One of the things weve seen for the last couple of days, Senate Republicans reaching out to say they support liz cheney, and to say that they think Marjorie Taylor greene needs to be excised. I think what youre hearing from those Senate Republicans is a very public, hey, Kevin Mccarthy, youve got to be a leader here. Kevin mccarthy went running down to see donald trump and get in higgs good graces again because we know he wants to win the house back in 2022. He wants to be speaker. He is worried about fundraising, but i think what were going to see this afternoon at that 4 00 meeting is a real reckoning for Kevin Mccarthy. Does he have the support to continue with letting people like Marjorie Taylor greene be in the party and try to have other people in the Freedom Caucus kick Liz Cheney Out of the leadership. Barbara, to that point, who leads . Who is the alternative leader of the Republican Party, given that trump still commands such a big portion of the support of Republican Voters. Who do you see emerging into that role and can take up the mantle, if its possible . Well, in the past when republicans have been in the minority, its often our governors who lead. I think if you look to a lot of our governors, we have very popular governors across the country in red and blue states who did much better than donald trump. You look at somebody like governor sununu in New Hampshire who ran about 15 or 20 points ahead of donald trump in a state that trump lost. You also see Governor Hogan here in maryland, in our area, who is very popular, twice elected. I think we need to look for leaders who have been able to put together a coalition that gets you over 50 . Donald trump only got 46 , and now he continues to lose many of the voters he had following youve seen people leaving the party, changing their Party Registration after january 6th. I do think thats why its so important that the senate convict donald trump and we turn the page, cut this cancer out. Its no not that we arent concerned about the issue that were addressed, but the toxic personality of donald trump and his refusal, his unconstitutional refusal to listen to the courts, listen to his own justice department, to listen to his own white House Counsel who told him he did not have a path. As bill barr said, his theories were we have to turn the page and get back to being a constitutional party. The rule of law and this is isnt conservative versus moderate. This is conservative versus e cy without having the Marjorie Greenes and toxic personalities. When you look at redistricting, most of these districts will become more purple. The democrats are going to have to reckon with that, too, because the growth is in the suburbs. They didnt like the far left wing either which is why we did so well in congress, have a 50 50 senate because far left politics is just as toxic, too. I just think its really interesting, jamie, very quickly to you, that these are two women in the Republican Party who both said im not going anywhere in a party that doesnt have enough women. Its just interesting. Two women who could not be more different. I think the votes we see this afternoon at 4 00 will say a lot about the future of the party. So good to have you both. Thank you. Thank you. We turn now to a tribute happening soon for fallen Capitol Hill Police officer Brian Sicknick who died was killed. He was killed when one of the rioters hit him with a fire extinguisher. Its tragic. His ashes right now are lying in honor inside the same building that he, jim, died protecting. Its an honor thats been reserved for only four other people. Rosa parks, Reverend Billy Graham and two capitol Police Officers killed in the capitol in 1998. We have more on the service about to happen as well as this officers life and the investigation into his death. Josh, are we learning more about who is responsible . Reporter the investigation remains under way at this hour. Ill talk a little bit about what authorities are doing. What were going to see in about 15 minutes is the ceremony, a final departure, a thank you, if you will, from congressional leaders. We know the remains of Officer Sicknick arrived last night where he was able to lie in honor throughout the evening. Members of congress coming and expressing their appreciation. That is about to culminate in this ceremony where we expect to hear from House Speaker nancy pelosi as well as Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer, also the chaplains for both the house and the senate, to simply say thank you for his service. He obviously died during the capitol insurrection. What we know about Officer Sicknick, hes a native of new jersey, former member of the new Jersey Air National guard. Obviously after that capitol riot, received those injuries that he then succumbed to. Prosecutors in d. C. Have opened a federal investigation. To your point about suspects, so far theyre not providing us information about where that stands. They say that remains under investigation. After this ceremony today thats about to take place which well be covering, he will be inturred at Arlington National cemetery. Not only lying at the capitol but spending his eternal rest in one of the most hallowed sites in the United States at arlington. Josh campbell, thank you very, very much. In a few minutes well take you back to the rotunda for that tribute when it begins a little later this hour. Meantime, potentially good news in the fight against coronavirus. A new study shows the astrazeneca vaccine not only protects people from the illness, but may also drastically reduce transmission of the virus. That would be huge. Well break it down ahead. Nicorette knows, Quitting Smoking is hard. You get advice like try hypnosis. Or. Quit cold turkey. Kidding me . instead, start small. With nicorette. Which can lead to something big. Start stopping with nicorette next hour President Biden o senators in the oval office. Theyre going to talk about the 1. 9 Trillion Covid relief plan. He had republican senators in there two days ago. Moments ago he told democrats on a call, quote, we need to act fast. Cnns lauren fox is following the latest on capitol hill. Clearly the republican offer at 600 billion, less than a third of his plan, is not going anywhere. Im curious if Biden Signaling to his party hes willing to come down a bit to get republican votes, or is the focus on getting this passed fast . Reporter i think clearly we should look at where biden is spending his time today. He started at 9 45 appearing on this democratic conference call, an effort to really shore up support for his plan. Look, his plan, this 1. 9 trillion plan. Hes willing to taper around the edges. If there are things that republicans view as problematic in this proposal on the fringes. He is willing to make those. One of the items hes willing to talk about is not the amount of those 1,400 checks, but who could receive them. Essentially in that meeting at the white house with republicans, one senator, a republican, mike brown, said he told the president , i got one of those checks the last time around. I think we need to taper this so families who truly need this money are the ones to receive it. Biden signaling on that democratic call, thats potentially an area he would be willing to negotiate. He wants to stick to the underlying amount of money. I think one of the concerns and questions from moderate democrats has been why does this have to be so large. I think the answer has been from the Biden Administration time and time again that the danger is not doing something that is too large. The problem is doing something thats too small, that hampers the recovery. I think a lot of Democrats Aring look at what happened during the Great Recession just a few years ago. I think thats something thats really guiding biden right now in his message to democrats. Hes asking them to stay unified. At the end of the day, it is going to take every democratic Senator Voting for this package to get it through even with this Budget Process that allows them to pass it with just democratic votes. Biden making it very clear he needs their support. He wants them to stay united, telling them on this call, i will have your back. I need you to have mine. Thats where things stand this morning. A lot of members of his administration, veterans of the Obama Administration post 2008, and the feeling then was not enough money. Lauren fox, we know youll be following it. Thank you. Dr. Fauci warns people are not there is good news. The Biden Administration is boosting the number of doses given to states by an additional 5 . Lets go to our Kristen Holmes who joins us this hour from washington. Two questions. Does that now mean they get 21 more vaccine doses a week. It was a 16 increase last week. Tell us what this means, that cvs and walgreens are going to start vaccinating people this week. Is that every sengal branch in every state . Good morning, poppy and jim. Tha