The question is, is the brokerage app ready to reverse that decision . Plus, democrats prepare to move forward with the president s economic aid package, but with the plan struggling to win the support of republicans, the question is, will democrats try to pass it without them . And capitol security. An arrest near the capitol yesterday shows why lawmakers continue to fear for their own safety. The question is, should the peoples house be behind a fence . Its Way Too Early for this. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early, the show thats kind of wondering if its just safer to keep the money under the mattress. I am kasie hunt on this friday, january 29th. We will start with the news. Democrats are making plans to push through the president s nearly 2 trillion economic aid package with or without republican support. Speaker nancy pelosi says the house will lay the groundwork next week for whats called reconciliation, and that process would let them pass the bill with only democratic v
lawrence? lawrence: the second hour of fox & friends starts right now and, remember, mornings are better with friends. steve: all right a fox news alert, t three hours, 10:00 easn time the supreme court will hear oral arguments on colorado s decision to kick former president donald trump off the state s primary ballot. brian: the high court in unchartered territory legal territory as justices wrestle with an historic election dispute. ainsley: lucas tomlinson joins us with the latest. good morning, steve, ainsley, and brian. the supreme court has never heard a case like this before in its history. oral arguments begin in less than three hours, as steve said, in protest of the former leading g.o.p. candidate. fencing has been erected outside the nation s top court near the u.s. capitol as you can see here. colorado kicked trump off the ballot citing the constitution insurrection clause section 3 of the 14th amendment to be specific, which has never been used in
storms expected to hit the u.s. today after that nor easter this weekend. two-thirds of the country could be affected. everything you need to know and dhs mayorkas stopping by the border. a former border patrol agent is here. did you see this? back to the five. has space and takes off and hardy block down field. hardy is going to go. he s at midfield. nobody is going to catch him. hardy, 95 yards. todd: bills fans are happy and n.f.l. playoffs are set. teams prepare for a run to the super bowl, others are making changes. black monday arrived on sunday night. you re watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. carley has the day off. we begin with this fox news alert. lloyd austin, defense secretary, remains in the hospital. officials were not told the extent of his condition. this is concerning. brooke: defense secretary lloyd austin has been in the hospital for eight days now. pentagon officials were unaware for several days. major general patrick ryder said on fri
latest. marianne. marianne: all three of the kansas city police officers who were shot are expected to make a full recovery. the officers were executing a search warrant and were met with gunfire. the independence police department in missouri is taking over the standoff, since kansas city police officers were affected. the police chief gave update on the condition of the officers saying three officers were struck and did return fire. they self-transported to a hospital and all three are in nonlife-threatening condition. chief graves said she was able to speak to all three officers, where a large police presence was posted outside. kansas city mayor lucas says we ve been reminded too much in kansas city how dangerous police work can be. i m praying for the officers and everyone on duty gets home to their families safely. missouri highway patrol will help handle the shooting investigation, again, it was kansas city officers involved. back to you. ashley: thank you. shockin
in for carley shimkus. officials at cook county jail recruiting prisoners to vote illegally. here jackie ibanez. the nine-candidate field is likely to prevent one person from getting the 50 plus percent necessary to win. officials say we should have a clear winner this weekend. it is uphill battle for incumbent mayor lori lightfoot, accused of coercing inmates to vote for her. guards are recruiting prisoners to vote for lightfoot. reporter william jay kelly spoke to one inmate. i said, no, i m registered in another jurisdiction, i can t vote. you can vote for mayor. that would be a felony. then they would back off. they are doing this with all the inmates and being that aggressive? yes. that reporter joined jesse watters with the implications, listen. it would be ironic if mayor lightfoot makes theun areoff due to the jail vote, considering she has made chicago known throughout the world for nothing, but violent crime. this is the latest in a string of scand