business on december 29th, how governors plan to do it. benjamin: if you thought bill reform is a bad policy liberal leaders want to reduce penalties for drive-by shootings as a way to support people pulling the trigger. todd: we are honoring the legendary career of hall of famer john madden. that was quite a shock when i will cup and saw that news. he was a legend. you are watching fox and friends first . thanks for being here. i am todd piro. benjamin: i am benjamin hall in for carley shimkus. the biden administration tasked with gop governors touting a federal plan for covid from the beach vacation in delaware. todd: this after the president admitted there is no federal solution to combat the pandemic. lucas tomlinson joins us with all the details. reporter: the daily record for coronavirus cases reached the highest level since the start of this pandemic. hospitalizations and deaths lagged on peak levels from a year ago. president biden says it is up to the states to fi
now the cdc has dramatically reduced its estimate for how prevalent the omicron variant actually is in the united states. but the president says more covid-related mandates are still possible. watch. will you make a decision? many republican governors say mandates are the wrong way to handle covid. south dakota governor says she will continue to fight them. he doesn t have the authority to put the mandates in place and why south dakota and many other states and governors and attorney generals have challenged the federal government on this authority in court. it will be heard in january. and we ll win because this president has taken unprecedented action to impose on the liberties and freedoms of the american people and sometimes the only ones that are left to fight are the governors. either owe update the breaking news with steve harrigan. home of the cdc in atlanta. this white house covid response team meeting comes at a critical time when it comes to numbers. seve
Summerall that s the greatest tandem in sports. they were authentic and people could relate to them and that s all we have to say about the late, great john madden, rest in peace. benjamin: thank you for joining us today. happy new year to you. julie. julie: the faulkner focus is next. thank you so much for all of you at home staying tuned today. we ll be back tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. the faulkner focus is now. fox news alert. the white house covid response team will hold an update after the u.s. hits a grim no record when it comes to the virus. you are in the faulkner focus . i m trace gallagher in for harris. the nation racked up more than a quarter million cases yesterday alone. the most in a single day since the pandemic began. lines for covid testing stretching on for hours and results taking days to come back. it is all leading many to ask why the feds left us so unprepared for omicron?
Gap in generations as far as carrying on john madden. this is a guy who did the greatest miller light commercial and so many great things and be loved by so many people because he was a real guy you want to have a miller light with. he will be missed, 85 years old. you mention summerall and madden. joe concha. thank you. meteorologist adam klotz is here with our weather forecasts. a wacky day ahead of us. take a look at northern plains, fargo, negative 20 degrees, feels like temperature negative 30, negative 40 as windchill warnings and advisories across
Hold on i m trying to get you a hope. we re getting you a rope. brian call 911. i got him from out of the water right now. i m hanging up with you. all right buddy, come on get up out of that water. don t go backwards. you re all right. no, ma am we got a car in a ditch we just pulled a fellow out. lord have mercy. are you all right now buddy. yeah. take your breath and we re going to get you off of this bank, okay. we gone get you off of this bank. andrew well, he s a good man with a good heart and i m glad he was there to ceja happen. he was able to help many summer all, i m glad mr. summerall is safe with us. he asked to be part of the live