person learning. shannon: threatening to hunt down books and to went maskless after the super bowl, the internet calling fowler s pictures prove the mayor hasn t always followed her own rules. fox and friends first starts right now. julie: things, we all know what the one is. she is going to be a big star. and a lot of new rules whether you are in tampa, washington or making up new rules all the time. jillian: hard to keep your head on the street. neil: just wait. can i tease? we have a cat lawyer at the halfway point of the show. don t know if i will make it through the day. if you haven t seen it get ready. if you stick around for one thing, you are watching fox and friends first on wednesday morning. jillian: thank you for joining us. opening arguments will begin in the historic second impeachment trial of donald trump, the senate voting to proceed with a charge of inciting an insurrection. cavuto we learn how trump is reacting to the hearing. reporter: there we
aim at republicans yet again. hello, welcome everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: we made it to wednesday, top of the mountain, long slide into the weekend from here. i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports. in a rare news conference the president said he felt yesterday s meeting with congressional leadership was productive, but speaker mccarthy proclaimed there was no new movement and warned time is running out to avoid an economic catastrophe. sandra: complete coverage begins now. steve danes is standing by. john: our senior congressional correspondent chad pergram live on capitol hill. do democrats really know what republicans would cut? john, not really. congress funded veterans programs and meals on wheels late last year, that s why republicans believe democrats are trying to scare people about potential cuts. are those cuts that you guys talk about with the v.a., that s not real money, because it s not an appropriation.
he answered the questions you all asked and i think that s an opportunity for the american people to hear directly from him. a week ago today he sat down and had a one-on-1, 1-on-one interview with one of your one of your colleagues here, not here, but clearly in one of the networks here, and talked was asked about title 42. so the american people have heard from the president when we when we, again, when we were in new york and again right when, after the meeting you heard directly from the president after the meeting he had with the big four, if you will. and he gave remarks and then took questions. so the american people have heard directly from him, especially when he laid out how that conversation went with the big four. you described the discussions this week between white house officials and congressional staff as productive. what from those talks do you believe is pointing to the signs of progress? i m not going to get into details of private conversations.