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taken down by a democrat control of the new york state assembly and legislature that stripped him of a lot of the powers that he enjoyed overseeing covid-19 in the state of new york, but that is just the beginning because separately, there s a rush to get him out of office or as some democrats want to see , just resign, and then, the rush to get an all-civilian crew in space by the end of the year. we ll be talking to two of those astronauts slated to lift off later. we ve had civilians in space before, this will be all civilians in space, and we ve seen that, well, never before. welcome, everybody, we re here, and ready to blast off on the old cavuto, and this is cavuto live, we ve got a lot going including what s happening first on earth and in the washington d.c. part of earth and in the united states senate, where they are debating that huge $1.9 trillion covid stimulus relief measure, it is going to be quite a battle but in the end, we re told it ll probably fall a ....
vote. the speaker s hr1 passes the house despite what gop leader kevin mccarthy told us on the program last week. i don t have the most. we will lose our freedom. when you put a bill in congress, the majority party reserves the first numbers. this is hr1. this is most important for nancy pelosi to hold onto power. what we have to do is, people lose their confidence in election. you ll break society down and we will lose america as we know it. maria: coming up, florida congressman matt gaetz on the intent on the so-called voter participation bill. is it all a ploy to hold onto power? also texas is open for business but the country is in serious trouble. former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe on the crisis at the border and what intelligence he has seen about the lead-up to january 6th capitol breach. the fbi once again in the center of it. and breaking news this morning from journalist john solomon on the fbi s relationship with the media and whether s ....
overnight president biden calling governor abbott telling him he will in his words work relentlessly to get his state what they need. we re also learning from texas energy officials that the entire power grid was seconds and minutes away from a catastrophic failure that could have left the state in the dark for months. we re asking a texas congressman about that in a moment. plus, cruz damage control. the senator back in texas this morning with backlash building after he flew to cancun with his family while millions of his constituents shivered in the dark. we shouldn t have had to be without lights. i know it s freezing, but somebody is responsible for this. you ve got people dying out here. you ve got hypothermia, dying. you know? people s houses all busted up because of water and the pipes that busted. i m surprised mine didn t bust. lady behind me hers busted. and breaking this morning capitol police confirming dozens of officers are now under investigation, s ....
furious sending cease and desist letters to stop them from fundraising off his likeness. shocking images out of idaho. protesters getting their kids to burn face masks in a state with no mask mandate. waiting for justice. nine months after george floyd s death, the officer charged with killing him is going on trial. good morning, it is sunday, march 7. we have a busy morning ahead. we have a team of correspondents and analysts to help us out. amanda golden is on capitol hill with the latest on the covid relief package and monica alba is following reactions from the white house. we ll start with you, monica. we ll get to covid relief in a little bit. the breaking news on the president s new executive order when it comes to voting. what more can you tell us? yeah, we learned about this in the last hour or so, kend is. today is the 56th anniversary of the selma bridge crossing and the important protests for the civil rights movement. president biden announcing he ....
welcome to weekends with alex witt. here is what s happening past 2:00 p.m. eastern. first is breaking news in the covid pandemic. nearly half a million people have died in the united states from coronavirus. it is by far the highest death toll in the world. the official count, 499,906 deaths and more than 28.1 million confirmed cases across this country. the first 100,000 deaths were recorded by may of last year. the u.s. reaching 300,000 deaths by december. january saw the death toll rise to 400,000 and in just about a month, we have added another 100,000. dr. anthony fauci today called the death toll historic. it s terrible. it is historic. we haven t seen anything even close to this for well over 100 years since the 1918 pandemic of influenza. it s stunning when you lookts look at the in your opinions. it s true. this is a devastating pandemic and it s historic. it s been just shy of a year since the very first u.s. covid death was reported in the new york time. ....