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president biden will meet with democrats on capitol hill this afternoon trying to get moderates on board with blowing up the senate rule book, the nuclear option. it would clear a path for democrats to federalize u.s. elections. bill: the president s big speech on that topic is being slammed by republicans. a few democrats chiming in, too. minority leader mitch mcconnell went to the floor of the senate with a stem winder of a speech and let it fly. this president said we should see each other not as adversaries but as neighbors. yesterday he called millions of americans his domestic enemies. the president s rant rant yesterday was incoherent, incorrect, and beneath his office. i did not recognize the man at the podium yesterday. dana: senator tom cotton had a memorable floor speech of his own. we ll talk to him in a moment. let s go to jackie heinrich at the white house as they wake to the number of 33% approval. good morning. senate democrats getting their fi ....
you call it is omicron. dana: the president is scheduled to address the nation at 2:30 today as the white house is trying to get in front of the winter surge that s coming and putting the country a bit on edge. bill: here is what we know about the white house response including military aid for hospitals, funding for 500 million free at home tests and includes more testing sites. additional fema response team. dana: the white house trying to ease american s fears and emphasizing the risk of not getting the shot. he will issue a stark warning and make clear unvaccinated individuals will continue to drive hospitalizations and deaths. that s not trying to scare people or maybe it is trying to make clear to people in the country what the risks are of not being vaccinated. bill: we have you covered. jonathan serry at the cdc. dr. marc siegel has analysis and we begin to peter doocy. the press secretary jen psaki s warning there that the unvaccinated are likely or ....
trip. bernard character says this is all too often. you have prosecutors who don t want to prosecute, more focused and on targeting police than the bad guys in the streets or things like this and you have these radical left-wing mayors who allow this homeless issue and a lot of it is not homeless, it is mentally ill, people that don t belong in the streets they should be in clinics, and hospitals, they should not be allowed to stay on the streets from where they are. neil: ashley strohmeyer joins us with all the details. reporter: the man suspected of torching the all-american christmas trees out of jail free to walk the streets of new york city thanks to progressive bail reform policies. 49-year-old charged with a slew of offenses including arson, criminal mischief and reckless endangerment but those are misdemeanors and don t qualify for bail under new liberal reform laws. frank embry noses those liberal policies are wreaking havoc in his city as well. take a list ....
including canada. some experts say it could already be in the u.s., undetected. carley: marianne rafferty has more on this breaking news this morning. good morning, marianne. reporter: good morning. carley and todd. president biden holding an emergency meeting last night on the new covid omicron variant as two cases are confirmed in canada. the health team says they need another two weeks to gather data on the variant. a u.s. travel ban on eight african nations that s. takes effecttoday. nearly a dozen countries confirming cases of omicron and experts say the travel ban won t stop the variant from reaching the u.s. it s almost definitely here already, looking at the number of cases coming off planes this weekend. it s almost a certainty that cases have gotten into the united states. reporter: health officials say there s no reason to fear the vaccines would be ineffective against omicron. in all the previous examples of variants, the vacation seens have worked t ....
citizens from south africa and seven other countries goes into effect today. you re watching fox & friends first on this monday morning. i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. the variant has been detected in multiple countries including canada. some experts say it could already be in the united states undetected. todd: marianne rafferty has more on this breaking news this morning. marianne. reporter: good morning, todd and carl hey. president biden holding an emergency meeting last night on the new covid omicron variant as two new cases are confirmed in canada. biden s white house health team saying they need another two weeks to gather data on the variant. a u.s. travel ban on eight african nations takes effect today after cases were confirm in south africa. nearly a dozen countries confirming cases of omicron and experts say biden s travel ban will not stop the variant from reaching the u.s. it s almost definitely here already, just looking at the number of ....