countless families. joining me is anna palmer, the founder and ceo of punch bowl news and contributor. also best-selling author of the hill to die on: the battle for congress and the future of trump s america. thank you for joining me. first of all, what is the likelihood that we are going to see the $3.5 trillion package that has been so important in the biden administration to be passed? we are far off of that as well. it seems like we re slowly going towards that. democrats have a lot of disputes internally from the progressives to the more moderates. how they re going to cobble this together is still very unclear that contours of those fights coming together with bernie sanders really pushing for the $3.5 trillion and joe manchin saying he d only vote for $1.5 trillion. that s a big difference. they ll have to find a way to get together on those issues. what is the likelihood? democrats have been saying they want to pass the infrastructure bill and reconciliation bi
x oh. carley: it is quite the earworm. 24 hours a day. you are watching fox and friends first on friday morning. carley: let s get straight to it. h h the secretary xavier becerra backing off of earlier comments in which he stated is the government s right to know of americans have been vaccinated. a new study shows vaccinations for kids and teens may not be necessary. the study suggests kids are likely to survive a covid 19 infection with or without a vaccine. the health and human services secretary is facing backlash after he said it was absolutely the government s right to know if your household has been vaccinated. the federal government has spent trillions of dollars to keep americans alive during this pandemic so it is absolutely the government s business. knocking on the door has never been against the law. reporter: the government has no database tracking who is vaccinated. we are encouraging people to step up to protect themselves and others by getting vacc
the battle over voting rights in texas escalating, with both republicans and democrats vowing not to back down. at issue, is a bill with some of the most restrictive limits on voting access, in the u.s. democrats blocked the measure, with a dramatic walkout from the texas house, late on sunday. am i seeing that we don t have a quorum? and essentially, it looks, to me, like the democrats left the house floor. republicans did not have enough lawmakers left to vote. n now, texas is part of a national trend of republican-led states trying to pass these restrictive-voting laws. and it s, all, based on former-president donald trump s lies about 2020-election fraud. of course, there is no evidence of widespread-voter fraud. republican governor greg abbott, suggesting he would withhold pay from lawmakers, who, quote, abandon their responsibilities. texas democrats say they are not giving up. senate bill 7 was was the worst of the worst. and so, we were determined to kill this
workers and parents are raising concerns. the fallout from that cyberattack targeting the colonial pipeline. fuel flowing again, but many still desperate for gas with nearly 80% of gas stations in the nation s capital empty. cybersecurity experts now sounding this alarm, saying companies need step up their defense against future threats. hair rule controversy. after a high school softball player had to cut her braids to stay in a game, officials said the teen s hair violated the rules. her family s push to change a policy for high school athletes they call discrimination. your money tonight. americans feeling the pinch as prices soar on everything from homes to groceries. what s causing the spike? and is there an end in sight? the search for a missing tiger, seen roaming around a houston neighborhood where police believe the big cat is now, as the alleged owner appears in court on an unrelated murder charge. and the stranger s life-saving gift. a sixth grader gratef
scrutiny in the global pandemic that killed millions. senator rand paul said fauci lied about that lab that could make viruss more deadly. in private emails he put in the subject line, urgent, we must discuss giannulli. this gain of function research. it was so naive we should not have dr. fauci in a position of advicing the u.s. or world or anybody else. dr. fauci refuses to call out china. the idea i think is quite farfetched that the chinese deliberately engineered something to kill themselves and other people. obviously you want openness and cooperation. one of the ways can you get is don t be accusatory. and the white house is standing by fauci despite the email controversy. we will let him speak for himself. he s been an asset in our country pandemic response. jesse, don t be accusatory. he should have had a secret server in his basement and he could have wiped it. these emails are bad. he is on the record supporting gain of function in wuhan. this thing