Doctors behind these reports and why they made a public call to the white house for a needed strategy overall. The president promised that his mission was to shut down this virus. Remember these . Im going to shut down the virus. Ill shut down the virus, not the economy. Im not going to shut down the country but ill shut down the virus. Martha now President Biden being told that people will need to learn to live with this as 49 of voters say the president is failing on his handling of the virus. Thats up 15 points since may. That was one of his strongest areas going through a rough patch where that is concerned. Dr. Michael olsterholm is one of the president s advisers urging him to make changes. Doctor, thanks for being with us today. I guess id like to ask you right off the bat what made you publish this strong group of letters . Well, first of all, lets characterize them for what they are. Were looking six months or a year from now or maybe longer. Were in a crisis state. Every coun
John but first, President Bidens sweeping vaccine and mask mandates and the mounting legal challenges against them. Im john roberts in washington. Sandra, good to be spending a friday afternoon with you. Sandra we made it, happy friday to you, john. Sandra smith in new york. Supreme Court Hearing a twofold argument. At issue, whether the federal government can force Large Private Companies to either fully vaccinate their workers or subject their staff to weekly tests and mask wearing on the job. Justices will look at whether Healthcare Workers at federally funded facilities must be vaccinated. A decision could come in days and could effect nearly 100 million americans. John more on that. Owner of a louisiana Grocery Store chain part of the coalition challenging the private business mandate, sandra. Sandra first to david is outside the Supreme Court to begin the hour. How are the justices leaning . At this point it appears to be a mixed bag. A little bit too early to tell, though, there
sandra: i have never seen elmo like that before. that clip set social media ablaze. elmo s reps tweeted that elmo still shares and they re best beds. i make oatmeal raisin over the holidays. they re the best. i would always give them to you, not a pet rock. john: looks like elmo was channelling our twins. sandra: nice. great to be with you all week. i ll see you monday, john. i m sandra smith. john: and i m john roberts. the story with martha starts right now. hi, martha. martha: hi, guys. thanks very much. i m martha maccallum. this is the story. the white house wrestles with a virus that they are having a tough time getting their arms around. the president s own former medical advisers publish add group of articles to try to get people s attention. also, people s attention at the white house. we ll speak with one of the
Party to draft articles of impeachment but the white house says bring on the senate. we are live in washington with how house republicans are demanding their argument be heard. first ride. the husband in this now notorious add is speaking out. what he has to say about the commercial controversy sitting social media ablaze. fox and friends first starts right now.
I d love to run against her. she says she is in the fight all the way, mr. president. do you really think she believes she can win? well, that i don t know. you d have to ask her psychiatrist. we have a question in with her psychiatrist, no answer yet. a new wrinkle in this relationship that will clearly get more contentious as we move into 2019. ed: social media ablaze with that comment. we are looking forward to seeing the rest of it at 10:00 p.m. eastern tonight. it s going to be a long night for you. i know you are prepared. yesterday we were on sat together and you had a lot of bacon. i put it on twitter. it was national bacon day. you re supposed to have two or three slices or slabs. you had about 20 or 30. as many as i could. one of my 2019 resolutions has something to do with bacon and red meat. you have to stick around for it. i put on an extra layer for tinea