impeachment article. and while a conviction seems more unlikely by the day, this morning house democratic caucus chair hakeem jeffries said it s not impossible. let s also keep in mind that the senate floor is not just going to be a courtroom, it is a crime scene, and that the individual senators are not just jurors, they were victims and witnesses to the crimes that took place on that particular day and have seen in compelling fashion as you have shown your viewers thereafter. so i believe there are enough senators who objectively could make up their minds to convict. some certainly we can write off like ted cruz and josh hawley. but i m not prepared to write all of them off. and at the white house, president biden is gearing up to take on his main legislative priority next week, covid relief. but will he stay true to his bipartisan promise, or will democrats go at it alone? our nbc news correspondents are covering all of today s developments for you. let s start with ma
about these talks? reporter: fred, this is such a critical moment for democrats as they work throughout the weekend to try to broker a deal, reach an agreement that so far has been allusive to them. now, there is still this continued stalemate among house democrats. you have the moderates who want speaker of the house nancy pelosi to hold firm and hold that vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill on monday and then you have progressives in the house, they are pushing back about that. they want to tank the infrastructure bill, they have threatened to vote against it in mass until they can first get an agreement on their broader economic bill, that social spending bill $3.5 trillion bill and there so far has been no agreement from the senate over the contours of those that bill. now, speaker throwsy says it is her intention next week to pass both of those bills but bills, but at this moment the path forward is very, very unclear. today up here on capitol hill we will s
reporting by the new york times which says he was texting his fbi handler a play-by-play of events during the assault. the times report claims the narrative suggests the proud boys were caught up in mob mentality rather than a coordinated attack. and former reports should always be taken with a grain of salt. still, it raises serious questions about how this will impact the government s case against several proud boy members. i m joined by arlette and sunderland. what does this times report reveal about communication between the proud boy member and his fbi handler? this is really the first time we re hearing of realtime communication happening between an informant, in this case, a member of the proud boys, and the fbi play-by-play description of what was going on as the insurrection was unfolding here at the capitol. now this is according to confidential records that the new york times received as well as confirmed from a person familiar and the informant describes how
l it s the 7:00 a.m. will: it s the 7:00 a.m. hour and starting with this, former president trump vows to fight the ag case all the way to the supreme court. rachel: i visited aoc s district and found out what her constituents really think about her and her leadership. the people and the prostitution and people getting robbed. rachel: i was a volunteer for her and she completely abandoned our community. and jesse waters and i are rewriting the bro code. second hour of fox & friends starts now. will: you read my line and you didn t have a line, charlie. charlie: it s 7:00 in the morning and it s okay. will: first person and it s supposed to be will. jesse watters was on the will cain show and he has a new book out called get it together. rachel: i haven t heard about it. will: right. rachel: we love you, jesse, and we re getting the book. will: jesse and i know each other. he s not up. he s not listening. don t worry about it. charlie: exactly. will: re-hit it off dece