glenn youngkin taking the lead in the governor s race. from the hunter biden laptop story to justifying left-wing harassment, democrat senator kristen sinema, moments from the media to kickoff the seller we weekend. fox and friends first . starts right now. laura: you miss out on a lot with a live look at austin, texas. over here, dancing, quite impressive. todd: just so we can play that. you are watching fox and friends first on friday morning. we too president biden is in rome, a spending agenda from capitol hill. making a plea to democrats before traveling but progressives would not budge. reporter: president biden beginning his overseas trip without the legislative when he wanted, no vote on infrastructure spending and no deal on a reduced spending bill framework that leads up to his key promises. no one got everything they wanted including me but that is what compromise is. in these bills is what 81 amerian 81 million americans voted for. reporter: here
it s currently listed at 1.75 trillion, half of what democrats initially wanted. it also includes $2 trillion in tax hikes. sandra: proposals for family leave are and they scramble to get democrats on the same page, and that s just days before the suddenly neck and neck governors race virginia where democratic loss could be seen as an indictment of a party that cannot get things done. president biden addressing the nation this morning at some key democrats will remain skeptical. and our people. it s a major, major snafu and clearly to my mind, we need to have certainty. and we can trust. on john barrasso is standing by with reaction and there is a lot of it so far today. sandra: we look forward to that but for us to the white house and jackie heinrich with the very latest as a president has just departed. hi, sandra. just a fact of the white house was the one that made the announcement of 1.5 trillion, and that they made an announcement. and that tells you, that s
-hey, your mom and i procreated to that song. oh, ew! i think you ve said enough. why don t we just switch to xfinity like everyone else? then you would know what year it was. i know what year it is. at this hour, fear is growing for a wider war in the middle east after the u.s. strikes dozens of targets in yemen. the threats now coming from iran-backed rebels. plus, the red sea ripple effect, how a tax in the region have shipping costs soaring. we re running the numbers. and the race for iowa heats up in the middle of a blizzard. will the extreme cold affect even the heartiest of iowa caucus goers. and it s not just an election we re tracking but a possible government shutdown, the pressure on speaker mike johnson as he balances demands from his right flank. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with those air strikes in yemen. the u.s. and allies targeting houthi militants after months of attacks in the red sea. nbc s raf s