i would not get into court packing, we have 3 justices, next time we lose control they have 3 justices, we was any credibility the court has at all. any credibility the court has at all but mister biden changed his tune during the confirmation process for justice barrett. he refused to commit to an answer until after the election. tonight eight progressive groups are teaming up putting more pressure on democrats to load up all the federal courts with progressive this. political reports the biden administration has selected some members of the commission including an attorney who has said, quote, the supreme court is not defined as a 9 person body in the constitution and it has changed sides many times. that is true. will change again? welcome to fox news at night. we begin with another big expansion of federal power and white house correspondent kevin cork. it is highly likely that an executive order we just learned about will make lawsuits challenging not just the limi
todd: healthcare workers ministering vaccines to drivers stuck in a snowstorm to keep doses from going away. fox and friends first thursday morning starts now. can t get enough of you baby can t get enough of you baby todd: was smash mouth not your favorite band? carley: i am into it but it is taking me by surprise. todd: there are other people who are not coming to my mind which you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. jillian: thank you for starting the day with us, president biden taking on healthcare after declaring climate change a national security priority. todd: griff jenkins live as republicans call the order and assault on american energy workers. joe biden trying to go green as well. reporter: president biden making it clear combating climate change is a cornerstone of his administration as he rolled out orders yesterday to cut emissions while doubling wind energy production and signaling expansion of executive power saying climate
for russia. a minor incursion, president biden sparks confusion and sows doubt on america s response if russia invades ukraine. we ll have reaction from moscow this hour. donald trump gets handed a major legal blow as the u.s. supreme court rejects his request to keep his white house documents hidden. what this means for the january 6 investigation. and hundreds of thousands of syrians facing a harsh and brutal winter. human rights groups calling it a crisis within a crisis. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. good morning, everyone. welcome to the show. it is thursday, january the 20th, and we begin with the last thing u.s. president joe biden needed really with his approval rating at a listless 41%, and that is a foreign policy stumble. his administration is scrambling really to clean up his suggestion that a minor incursion by russia into ukraine might get a less forceful response than an outright invasion. have a listen. russ
they re capable of doing with the force amassed on the border, it is going to be a disaster for russia. unclear exactly what constitutes a minor incursion, but it caused enough of a stir that the white house had to clarify the president s remarks last night. we ll have more on that in a live report from moscow in a moment. on domestic policy the president signaling a new approach could be on the horizon. he s hoping to revive his currently stalled plan to remake america s social safety net suggesting congress could pass big chunks of build back better. it s clear to me that we re going to have to probably break it up. break it up. and breaking overnight, a major defeat as expected in the push to pass voting rights legislation in the senate. reforms that the president said were so needed that without them, the coming midterm elections could be viewed as illegitimate. i m not saying it s going to be legit. the increase in the prospect of being illegitimate is in direct
here in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, january 20th. i m john berman. brianna is on night duty this week. kasie hunt with me to mark one year into the biden presidency. what a day. the white house working the phones, twitter, email, trying to make clear the president did not somehow create a permission structure for russian leader vladimir putin to launch some kind of incursion into ukraine. his remarks raised immediately alarm in kiev. the president spoke in stunningly stark terms of what he sees as a likelihood of annen incursion. he said he would be willing to break up his signature domestic agenda bill, where he refused to say the next election would be legitimate, one where he confessed surprise in the lingering power of donald trump. but the most immediate concern is clearly ukraine. his comments come at a tipping point there as russia nearly completes its buildup of forces along the ukrainian border. an invasion, biden suggests, is al