Morning for all of these lawmakers. Bring us up to speed on whats going on now and what it means for americans who need help in the pandemic. Reporter i thought when i woke up this morning i thought it would be over and its still going on. Voterama is still going on. Marathon session to try to pass amendments for budget reconciliation. First step that needs to happen so that they can pascoe individual 19 relief without any support. Now the senate doesnt do this very often. It shows how important it is. There was one amendment that all senators agreed on except for rand paul. Targeted stimulus checks for the next round of covid19 relief. This comes as 10 senators were clear with biden they want to continue this dialogue. They want to continue talking about covid19 relief. They have concerns about his 1. 9 trillion package. They want something smaller. They want something more targeted. They sent a letter to him hoping to continue that conversation, but janet yellen has been clear, she s
todd: what happens in vegas doesn t stay in vegas. chiefs take on the 49ers. lawrence: final hour of fox and friends starts right now. ainsley: the special counsel investigating president biden s handling of classified documents are not seeking charges because biden seems to be well meaning, request a poor memory. steve: biden does not like that. the report claims joe biden did not remember when he was vice president and he did not remember within several years when his son beau died. lawrence: despite his action posing significant national security risk, the president lashed out at the press over repeated questions about the probe. steve: robert hur issued the report. i heard the white house was going to have a press conference yesterday, but at 7:00, they said, we are going to have a press conference. peter doocy used that quote he is elderly man with poor memory and joe made a joke, peter s follow-up hacked him off. watch. peter: president biden something s
hemmer. welcome to the program today. dana: this is america s newsroom, i m dana perino. a liberal commentator who said what a year this day has been. it felt like it. it started yesterday. special counsel robert hur released his report on the president s mishandling of documents. charges weren t warranted but the defense of that decision ignited a firestorm. bill: here is part of what set it off. it reads we have also considered that a trial mr. biden would likely present himself to a jury as he did during our interview of him as a sympathetic, well meaning elderly man with a poor memory. dana: that prompted the president to give rare, last-minute remarks last night where he defended his fitness for office. something the special counsel said in his report is that one of the reasons you were not charged is because in his description you are a well meaning, elderly man with a poor memory. president biden: i m well meaning, an elderly man and i know what the hell i
right of self-defense because the president of the united states is not fulfilling his duty to enforce the laws. bill: that from greg abbott on our program yesterday not giving an inch on the border matter. the white house gave texas until today to reopen a stretch of 2 1/2 miles. texas saying it won t touch that. it will do no such thing. that s where we start. good morning on a friday. bill hemmer. dana: not like a little constitutional crisis on a friday. i m dana perino, america s newsroom. a pretty big deal in texas. they re going to defy the federal deadline despite the supreme court ruling against the state in a dispute over razor wire. the court bill: earlier in the week the court said the feds can t remove the wire. abbott says texas has the right to defend itself. dana: jonathan turley is on deck but let s begin with matt finn with the latest from eagle pass. as it stands right now the state of texas has not given up control along the property along th
the east coast. it is friday, january 26th, after a long week, welcome to fox and friends. hour three. biden, abbott and border battle. deadline is up today to give federal access to the park and text doesn t care, they will not comply. lawrence: 25 governors are supporting abbott. the latest on the story ahead. brian: and enough is kenuf. in the barbie movie, ryan gossling says he will not be swayed to forfeit the academy award after hollywood outrage over barbie s oscar snub, he is nominated and they are not. final hour of fox and friends starts now, all of us are better friends with you than they are. [laughter] lawrence: buck up to the border showdown between text and the white house. governor greg abbott refusing to give federal agents full access to shelby park by today. brian: 47-acre stretch of border and sieve for illegal immigrants. jacqui heinrich has details. text governor greg abbott is siting constitutional authority to self-defense against an