Because big Breaking News, of course, wrongly convicted, deeply misunderstood, former governor of Illinois Rod blagojevich, the man who consider himself the mandela of our time is actually suing so he can run for office again, willie. Its The End of horton hears a who. Just a little sound from the distance of hope. Maybe someone is there to save American Politics from itself. Theres a name you havent heard in a while. He said on our set, ten years ago, saying im the Abraham Lincoln of our time, theyre throwing me in jail to get children Health Care. We previously laughed but maybe in our political time Line Hell be back. Great. We have Breaking News you can see it on the bottom of the screen. Simone biles, on the balance beam, just won a Bronze Medal. The fourtime olympic Gold Medalist considered the greatest gymnast in the world, 24 years old, with drew from all the events until today when she said she would participate in the events despite having whats known as the twisties, hit her
i m ashley strohmier. todd: i m todd piro. former president trump returning to the spotlight at cpac in his first public speech since leaving office. ashley: doug luzader is live in d.c., breaking down the biggest moments. good morning, doug. reporter: ashley and todd, good morning. and former president trump made this much clear. he will remain a force to be reckoned with within the republican party in the years ahead. he was given quite a welcome at this cpac gathering in florida over the weekend. this conservative conference is held each year. this was his first return to the stage since leaveing the white house back in january and since the attack on the capitol. former presidents usually give their successors a pretty wide birth. that was not the case yesterday with trump going after president biden on school openings and immigration. six weeks ago we had created the most secure border in u.s. history, took the new administration only a few weeks to turn this unprece
we ll discuss that at length as far as what this means for the investigation into those alleged hush money payment, but, first, let s start at the white house with my colleague there phil mattingly, and, phil, just speaking of this awful, awful number here. i know that president biden, vice president harris will be making a point to honor those half million lives lost this evening. what are you hearing? yeah, look, it s a somber moment at the white house and a somber moment for the entire country, a staggering number that i don t think most people can get their heads around and that s a driving force for why president biden and vice president harris will do. they will have a candle-lighting ceremony and thereby a moment of silence and the president will give remarks and he s ordered flags to be taken down to half staff for the next five days in federal buildings and a remembrance of sorts. think back one month ago the day before president biden s inauguration standing in fr
what happens when the package moves to the other side of the capital? well, there are a lot of questions over whether moderate democrats like kirsten and joe manchin will vote for this bill. a lot of people including moderate republicans have said this bill is too big. they haven t been pushing it too hafrld let s be honest. this is a very popular bill. 60% of the american public likes the bill. that means republicans like the bill. now, democrats in the meantime before it is even being presented, they re fighting over minimum wage hike and whether that will be put in the bill. tomorrow they will decide if they can pass it with reconciliation. so you re not hearing too. from republicans. they re kind of sitting back and letting democrats fight over the minimum wage package that would be a part of bill because they know that would be unpopular with joe manchin and those who have a lot of power. so yeah. everyone is really looking sorry. go ahead. we thought we lost but g
educators into unsafe buildings. chris: we ll ask cdc director rochelle we eleven sky if the agency s new school guidelines will speed up reopenings. the yeas are 57, the nays are 43. chris: then, the senate votes to acquit former president trump of inciting last month s deadly riot at the capitol. we re joined by lindsey graham, one of mr. trump s staunchest supporters in the senate, and get from democratic senator amy klobuchar. plus we ll ask our sunday panel about the fallout from the trial and where it lees donald trump leaves donald trump as a political force. and our power player of the week, best selling author james patterson, on why his latest book on real-life soldiers may be his most important yet. all right now on fox news sunday. chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. the big story in the nation s capital this week was the second impeachment trial and second acquittal of former president trump. and we ll get to that in the next segment. bu