wall so where is the president and vice president. republicans want to know, fox and friends first want to know. where have you been they pick the funniest song. i haven t heard this song in 10 years. who picked it? i demand to know. good morning. you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. ashley: we start with this today, democrats announce a plan to add four justices to the supreme court, republicans are furious calling the court packing move a power grab. griff jenkins joins us with what we know about democrats plan. so much for president biden s commission to study packing the court, democrats are plowing forward. later today at the desk of the high court, democrats led by senator ed marky and jerry mather, will unveil their plan to add four justices to the court bringing the total to 13. here s the current makeup of the high court, the six conservatives, and the three liberals, sotomayor, alana kagan and breyer. this is a far cry from his v
ready and prepared and early, good morning, you are watching fox and friends first on this thursday morning. jillian: why don t we do that? let s start here, announcing a plan to away four justices to the supreme court. republicans are furious calling the court packing move the power grab. griff jenkins joins us outside the high court with what we know about the democrats plan. reporter: i think they call that jumping the gun and that might be what the democrats are doing because president biden just ordered 36 person 6-month commission to study packing the courts but it seems the democrats here who will be here later today on the steps of the high court to unveil their legislation to do just that, pack the court, led by jerry nadler and johnson and jones. the legislation would add four justices bringing the total from 9 to 13. currently the nine, six conservatives, brett cavanagh, neil gorsuch, thomas, chief justice roberts and 3 liberals, sotomayor, alana kagan and br
in 2019 then justice ruth bider ginsburg said that nine seems to be a good number and wondering what the fuss is about, why would they consider changing the number on the u.s. supreme court. the president during the campaign promised that 180-day commission to look at multiple issues on the court including potentially expanding it. the white house this week announced it s kicking that off through an executive order and six month before the president receives that report. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell blasted that calling an on the judiciary. and he said that president biden campaigned on lowering the temperature and the divided nation, if he meant it looking at the antiquated idea and hawking it. it was president franklin roosevelt who wanted more on the high court and his plan failed, what we call court packing. he violated no law and he was absolutely correct, but it was a bonehead idea, it was a terrible, terrible mistake to make. the commission itself. 36 mem
least mid-march in washington this as president biden is debating a travel ban on popular destinations including the sunshine state. governor ron desantis and how he s fighting back. new york congressman lee zeldin on accountability for governor governorcuomo s deadly mistake. all on sunday morning futures right now. president trump s impeachment trial is over with the senate voting 57 to 43 to acquit him in house charge that he incited in. section on january 6th. the 45th president addressed his trial for the first time yesterday in a statement obtained by fox news. president trump writes this, it s a sad commentary on our times that one political party in america is given a free pass to denigrate the rule of law, defame law enforcement, cheer mobs, excuse rioters and transform justice into a political vengeance and persecute, blacklist, cancel and suppress all people and viewpoints with whom or which they disagree. i always have and will be a champion for tun wavering r
repairing the supply backlog is out of his hands and called on the private sector to do more. the white house press secretary jen psaki was short on details. this administration that holiday packages will arrive on time? we are not the postal service, or ups or fed-ex. we can t guarantee. we can use every level of the federal government to reduce delays and ensure that we are addressing bottle necks in the system including ports ask the need for them to be open longer hours so goods can arrive. harris: critics like tom cotton are ripping the president for thinking another white house event will fix anything. he is acting surprised that the shortage is happening and acting like a photoop at the white house will solve it. people are paying $25 extra a week for groceries. they don t have enough money to spend on christmas toys under joe biden s inflation. so maybe it s not a problem that toys are not on shelves. harris: jacqui heinrich has more from the north lawn. we