emily: we begin with a fox news alert, a new report suggests the biden administration allowed a lot of powerful teachers union to help put the brakes on reopening schools. this is outnumbered, i am emily compagno. here today, harris faulkner, kayleigh mcenany, host of kennedy on fox business, kennedy and in the virtual center see, karl rove. emails first reported by the new york post showed frequent communication between the american federation of teachers and top officials just days before the biden administration released at school reopening guidelines. in one email a teachers union official rights it would be great to see the insertion of the variation of the following. in the event of high community transmission results, a new update to these guidelines may be necessary. in at least two instances, language suggestions offered by the union were reportedly adopted nearly verbatim into the final text of the cdc document. the aft in a statement to fox news saying the
americans. david spunt is at the white house with more. hi, david. reporter: good morning to you. $1400 covid relief payments are in the bank accounts of millions of americans affected by this pandemic. now the white house perhaps looking at president biden s tax plan. he talked about this heavily multiple times, if not dozens of times on the campaign trail. the president said those times that those making less than $400,000 a year will not see an increase. here he is from the campaign trail. under my plan, if you make more than less than $400,000, i guarantee you re not going to pay a penny more in taxes. you make less than $400,000, you re not going to pay a penny more in taxes. anybody making more than $400,000 will see a small to a senate tax increase. if you make less than $400,000, you won t see one single penny in additional federal tax. reporter: white house press secretary jen psaki, asked about the tax plan this week, listen to what he said. he said on tax
taken away, great to see what we just saw. jillian: we will have that in the show. you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. todd: house democrats aiming to pass $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill tomorrow as the feet of the minimum wage hangs in the balance. more on the controversial spending package. reporter: this at stay or does it go with the minimum wage question. a woman rarely in the spotlight, elizabeth mcdonagh, senate parliamentarian will make that call when she determines if the minimum wage increase complies with the verb rule under budget reconciliation process. senate majority leader chuck schumer making the case it does. according to the congressional budget office raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour has a significant budgetary impact which should make it permissible under the senate reconciliation rules. jillian: of democrats push the massive relief bill through treasury sets, the national debt will swell to $30 trilli
turkey but the smoker is warming up. los angeles county sheriff says he will not face criminal charges after calling the crash purely an accident. cpac kicks off in the sunshine state with a welcome address from governor ron desantis. rush limbaugh said to become the first person conducted into the conservative hall of fame. . ainsley: do not close your eyes. open them this morning. thank you so much for watching our show, we appreciate it. 6:01 here on the east coast. brian: we have a lot to discuss too but i don t want to brag, i was in the torch of the statue of liberty. ryan zinke brought us up to the torch. you re not allowed up there. i m the interior secretary. he goes downstairs, gets the keys we walk up. when you are in the torch you can see the top of the statue of liberty s head. ainsley: my aunt went up the crown, you had to walk up the spiral staircases. brian: i don t know what the french were thinking. they should have left more room. it was a nice thought
governor bullied him and threatened to destroy him. new york city mayor bill de blasio didn t sound too surprised by that accusation and background can. it s a sad thing to say, but that s classic andrew cuomo. a lot of people in new york state have received those phone calls. you know, the bullying is nothing, i believe him and it s very, very sad. no person who is telling the truth should be treated that way, but yeah, the belittling, the demand that someone change their statement right that moment, many, many times i have heard that and i know a lot of other people have heard that. harris: you re watching outnumbered, i m harris faulkner. today, my cohost emily compagno, dagen mcdowell composed of no interruption on fox nation, tomi lahren and the virtual center seat on the couch until we can be there together, joe concha. media and politics columnist for the hill and fox news contributor. great to see you. joe, i begin with you. you don t have to focus on new yo