In order to see whether they want to move it through this process. Its a big test for senator chuck schumer. Hes been encouraging this process to move forward. He needs all 50 democrats, some of whom wanted a bigger bill and he has to keep in the mix ten republicans to vote to move this forward. So its on pretty tiny ground. Well watch it closely. It will tell us a lot about how strong the Majority Party is right now with this. Theres potential for 6. 6 Trillion in new spending in the United States. Both sides see this could be transformative potentially for the United States depending which way this goes. Coming together on what will be the most profound change to help the middle class in america in generations. The scope is rooseveltian. Im for roads and bridges. Im not for the explosion of the size of government. Martha Senator John Kennedy is here from the budget committee. This is front and center on his desk. All good to have you with us. Im struck with in that Sound Bite Senator
as the journal said the threat of court packing is intended to make the justices think twice about rulings that progressives dislike. many of our legal friends think the threat has already had a notable impact on chief justice john roberts on gun rights and abortion cases. white house correspondent seven digging deeper into the commission. hi, kevin. good evening, shannon. the commission s purpose is to provide an analysis of the principle arguments in the contemporary public debate for and against supreme court reform, which is really a mouthful way of saying let s argue about changing the number of justices on the court for the first time in over 150 years. discussing possible changes to the supreme court including adding more justices. also known as court packing and possible term limits for justices. the panel is being asked to do a number take a number of steps including the pros and cons on exactly that issue. the constitution does not establish a set number
administration has been to ramp up operations at a major u.s. port. we re talking about the port of los angeles. officials tell fox that effort could take up to three months as the holiday season looms. senator tom cotton is standing by. first, let s bring in the national correspondent, william la jeunesse with more. trace, the cranes behind me are silent as they have been every day that week at 5:00 a.m. when we arrive despite the president s promise hoff getting another shift up at 3:00 to 7:00 a.m. right now there s six containers arriving here for every one that leaves. that reflects this trade gap growing with china going up 11% in august alone. the u.s. trade deficit is up 34% over last year. you can see that right now out in the harbor or the bay. there s 77 ships waiting offshore to dock here. most from china to off load and also they re expecting 25 more ships in the next three days. port officials want to go to 24/7 as the president said, but they say with all the
the united states. you re watching fox & friends first on this thursday morning. i am carley shimkus. todd: the latest response on these very important issues but first we turn to get reaction with president biden just a support department to repeal that ruling and the federal transportation may ask mandate appearance be to the trouble getting its message straight ahead of the impending legal battle. lucas tomlinson live from washington, lucas. this could be an impact after the judge struck down the cdc mandate on public transportation and justice says they will appeal cdc has asked to proceed with an appeal. it is cdc s contained assessment that at this time in order to require masking and indoor transportation core door remains necessary for the public health. cdc believes this is a lawful order well within cdc s legal authority to protect public health. the president said america should have the right to choose whether or not to wear a face mask in public. mr.
Minority leader mitch mcconnell sounding alarm on president biden s rush to appoint kentanji brown jackson to supreme court pair of the president formally signed a commission paper appointing judge jackson to supreme court earlier this month and just a stephen breyer is still sitting on the bench. mcconnell tells fox news exclusively whether this is just incompetence or harrowing scheme, the same president who set up a court packing commission is continuing to erode our institutions. judge jackson cannot serve on the justice until she takes an oath. justices are sworn and immediately after the president signs it. todd: 30 minutes after the hour one day after mass made optional, milwaukee public schools bringing back their massed mandate for students and for faculty. here to respond antonio grasso milwaukee public school parent. thank you for being here. how disheartening was that when