c. that's it for this weeks show thanks to my panel and thanks to all of you for watching. we hope to see you right here next week. here next week. >> a teacher and a newspaperman , as the first woman elected to the united states senate from the state of minnesota. >> [applause] >> to announce my candidacy for president of the united states. >> [applause] >> well now there's another one , a new democratic hopeful, entering the race of the white house, just moments ago, that was min minnesota senator amy kl obuchar, announcing her candidacy in cold and snow and

welcome to a brand new hour of america's news headquarters. >> thank you so much for joining us senator klobuchar made the announcement at a rally in minneapolis at boom island park with snow falling and i believe it might have been 15 degrees but who knows when it gets down that cold she is the first moderate in an increasingly crowded field of democrats vying to challenge president trump. jacqui heinrich was tracking it all and she has more in new york city. >> hi, arthel. yes she had a bit of a crowd out there considering how cold it was in minnesota. she made her announcement in minneapolis. she is popular in her state and re-elected to a third term with 60% of the votes she's hoping that her popularity carries into other midwestern states but her big day was clouded by some reports of buzzfeed news and pol itico, that she is an angry boss, she did not acknowledge those reports though at her

announcement. >> worn down by the pretty and vicious nature of our politics. we are tired of the shutdowns and showdowns of the gridlock and the grandstanding. today, on this snowy day on this island, we say enough is enough. >> [applause] >> also hitting the campaign trail today, senator elizabeth warren, at a rally in cedar rapids, iowa she took jabs at president trump saying every day there is a racist and hateful tweet calling it dark and ugly. >> by the time we get to 2020, donald trump may not even be president. >> [applause] >> in fact, he may not even be a free person. donald trump is the symptom of a badly broken system.

>> senator warren's campaign has been dubbed by controversy around her past claims of native american heritage. the president determined not to let it go tweeting today elizabeth warren sometimes referred to me joins the race for president. well she runs our first native american presidential candidate or decided after 32 years this is not playing so well any more. see you on the campaign trail, liz, and the word trail is all in caps. and there are nine other democrats contending for the white house among them new jersey senator corey booker and former housing secretary julian castro and kamala harris and an additional 12 candidates are considering running including john hick en looper, former vice president, joe biden likely to be a favorite, if he runs, and senator bernie sanders. at this point though, a record number of women are running for president as candidates of major parties six democrats so far, five of them are current members of congress, and by the way, on this day 12 years ago that then

senator barack obama announced his candidacy for president. eric? >> all right thanks so much. i'll take it so for more on senator klobuchar's entrance let's bring in brad blakeman former deputy assistant to george w. bush. so brad, senator klobuchar is considered a moderate and hoping her midwest roots will resonate with states that went closer to the president so how would you rate her prospects that she's in >> well you know, depends what you call a moderate these days of the democratic party. the new york times says she's hardly a moderate. she would be a progressive in any other field of candidates but not in this election cycle where we're seeing left out-left itself. remember, klobuchar is for universal healthcare. she's for this new green deal which seeks to eliminate cars, and i wonder what the farmers in her state are going to think about the restriction on cattle,

there are some very radical ideas that klobuchar has already signed on to that in any other year would be considered radical >> we have an interesting point about any other year. she's not for medicare for all, and she's not for abolishing i.c.e. as some democratic candidates have said that they want in fact one democratic congresswoman from her state saying that the department of homeland security itself should be involved. >> yes, but she's going to have to make a serious decision in battleground states with democrats with regard to sanctuary cities. is she going to buck the establishment in those states? i doubt it. she's for universal healthcare which means what other democrats have already forecast, and that's the end to private health insurance. this was the goal all along of obamacare. their goal was to end private healthcare as we know it so she's going to have to walk a fine line with her other progressives to get the nomination, so remember, you have to be nominated by the

party before you're elected by the people. >> can she get through the primaries do you think? >> it's going to be very tough. she's going to have to swing far far left in order to appeal to that base, because that base is already off the charts with regard to their socialistic policies. i remember a time if you recall the democratic socialists you were defaming them. now they get angry if you don't. >> she did not mention the president by name but she certainly criticized the tone of what's going on in washington. here is part of what she said. >> we need to stand strong and consistently with our allies. >> [applause] >> we need to be clear in our purpose. we must respect our frontline troops, diplomatics, and intelligence officers who are there every day, risking their lives for us. they deserve better than foreign policy by tweet. >> and she went on to call for

a stop for the fear mongering she said and stop hate, basically saying that americans are tired of the shutdowns and the showdowns in washington. >> well they are tired, but it takes two to tango here in washington. democrats were famous for the extortion of shutdowns, since 77 there were 22 of them, the longest up until this year, were held by democratic presidents, so they used it as a sword instead of a shield in trying to shake down their policies in order to get what they want, so i think the good thing is out of the shutdown, will never come another shutdown perhaps. its become a third rail thanks to the president who finally put principles above policy, and politics. he said, and quite clearly, compromise is the way out. now, it remains to be seen, we have until friday, will the democrats be compromised? >> and in terms of the whole race, this was wall street journal editorial report said about the democratic primary kind of interesting it said the

biggest political story of 2019 has been democrats are embracing policies that include government control, an ever- larging chunks of the private american economy. the left and democratic voters especially the young means the party could nominate the most lift wing presidential candidate in history and if klobuchar is a little more to the right than the others are to the left you're talking about potentially someone more than george mcgover n, remember how that went for the democrats. >> this would be devastating to the american life as we know it. this is truly cradle-to-grave robbery of our rights and our economy. our economy is doing well. why? it's because donald trump and the republican congress has put more power and less regulation on the american people. we can decide what we need to do as individuals. our government should only do for us what we can't do for ourselves. >> brad blakeman who served our country under george w. bush. brad thanks for joining us. >> thank you, eric. >> what the senators and

prospects are like as she enters that primary. good to see you. arthel? >> eric well as the clock is sticking amongst negotiators trying to work out a budget by the deadline looming this friday we're told a possible deal would only give president trump a small portion of the $5.7 billion he's demanding for border wall funding. now this as the white house refuses to rule out another partial government shutdown. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle blaming each other for the lack of progress. >> i thought we were tracking pretty good over the last week, and just things over the last what 24 hours or so, the goal posts have been moving from the democrats and at the end of the day we have an obligation that's to protect our nation to provide the proper border security. >> the big problem here is this has become pretty much an ego negotiation and this really isn't over substance. nobody is really done the deep dive on what is essential to secure our borders across mexico , and that's what we need

to do. >> garrett ten it is live at the white house with the very latest. hi, garrett. >> hey, arthel. negotiators are not as optimistic today that they will be able to reach an agreement by tomorrow. they have been able to make some progress in reaching a rough number for funding towards the border barrier or wall, somewhere in the range of one to $2 billion but in exchange for that, democrats want to put a cap on i.c.e.'s ability to detain those who are living in the country illegally. a senior democratic aid tells fox news, talks have broken down because senate republicans are refusing to compromise on limits to the trump adminitration's cruel immigration policies a deal that includes new physical barriers must also include limits on the number of i.c.e. detention beds. if senate republicans won't compromise with us on both we can't reach a deal. there are currently just over 40,000 i.c.e. immigration detention beds funded by congress. democrats want to cut that number to roughly 35,000, while republicans want to increase it to 52000. now, fox news sunday republican

senator richard shelby said the odds of them reaching a compromise on this by tomorrow are probably 50/50. >> i think the house is stalled right now. i'm hoping we can get off later today or in the morning because time is ticking away but we've got some problems with the democrats dealing with i.c.e., that is the detaining criminals that come into the u.s. and they want to cap on them. we don't want a cap on that. >> and the reason the committee needs to come up with this agreement by tomorrow is just both the house and the senate will need to pass and because the way rules work they will need time to do that because the government is shut down for funding to run out for government it's friday at midnight, so if they don't have this agreement by tomorrow, they are going to be in jeopardy. at this point though no one really wants to see another government shutdown, so watt could happen is that congress would pass another short-term spending bill, which would buy them a little bit more time to

hammer out the details and get something a bit more final. arthel? >> garrett tenney, thank you very much, garrett. >> you got it. >> with much more on this tune in tomorrow night when laura sits down with president trump for an exclusive interview from el paso, texas that begins at 1x news channel. >> so yes, i have thought about resigning, but i've also thought about what virginia needs right now, and i really think that i'm in a position where i can take virginia to the next level and it will be very positive. >> now to the continuing controversy virginia politics that of course governor ralph northam saying he is staying in office, despite the loud and many calls for him to resign. that after that photograph appeared of a figure in black face and another one wearing a k kk uniform but his medical school yearbook, well the states number two lt. governor justin fairfax, as seen on the right is battling calls t resign also because he has been accused in two cases of alleged sexual

assault. ellison barber is live in richmond, virginia just outside the state house so ellison let's start with the lt. governor. there have been a lot of calls recently for him to resign than those last week with the governor. is there any indication that he's going to heed any of those calls? reporter: the lt. governor says he did not do the things he is accused of and that he wants an investigation to prove it. lt. governor justin fairfax claims both encounters were consensual and regarding the second accuser the lt. governor did not initially say that one way or the other he just said the allegations were false but nothing about a consensual encounter and he says "without reservation i did not sexually assault or rape meredith watson and he says he is asking for due process here saying,"what i have just experienced is the truth, what i have just expressed is the truth i want to stand here in that truth and re-state that my truth

as well as the truth of dr. tyson and ms. watson should be fully investigated and totally assessed. i believe in trust that due process will provide the fairness, justice and honesty that is necessary. i am asking that no one rush to judgment." the lt. governor is accused of sexually assaulting dr. vanessa tyson in 2004 and accused of raping meredith watson in 2000. now both of those women say they are willing to tell their stories before the virginia assembly, during impeachment proceedings and in a statement ms. watson's attorney writes justin fairfax's latest statement is ms. watson and dr. tyson claims two women who never spoke or met each other but describe very similar sexual assaults are lying and both women's claims are substantiated , false and corroborate each other and we invite mr. fairfax to join ms. watson and her witnesses in testifying at an impeachment hearing and ms. watson stands ready. they say she is also considering

taking her allegations to authorities in north carolina, watson says the now lt. governor when they were both students at duke in 2000. there is no statute of limitations for felony sexual crimes in north carolina. governor northam, another story we're following here, he says that he will not resign but the big question for him and his situation is can he actually get anything done as governor. the chairman of the virginia republican party told me yesterday that if the governor sticks around, he thinks he will have little authority among democrats, i've heard that from other ledge it late ors as well. the republican chair and one other delegate i spoke to pointed to the budget pass this week as one example. they say that it's a conservative budget and that the governor thinks that he can still get things done, despite all of this controversy over this past use of black face and that racist yearbook photo. here is what he had to say on cbs a little earlier today. >> so yes, i have thought about resigning, but i've also thought about what virginia needs right

now, and i really think that i'm in a position where i can take virginia to the next level and it will be very positive, and no , we have a number in this country right now, in virginia, and we're in a position to really stop talking so much and now to take action with policy to address a lot of these. reporter: the governor has three years left in his term. eric? >> ellison thanks so much. arthel? >> dozens injured when a truck plows into people on a crowded sidewalk. how good samaritans helped save lives that's coming up. plus amazon ceo jeff bezos at war with the national inquirer the tablet today telling its side of the story. and a former green beret charged with murder is speaking out with his wife for the first time earlier today on fox & friends. >> it is heartbreaking as a wife to watch my husband who is honestly the most amazing human being i have ever known to be

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>> nearly a dozen people injured some critically after a

suspected dui driver plowed his truck into a sidewalk early this morning in busy downtown fuller ton, california. multiple victims were trapped under the truck before officers were able to lift it with the help of some good samaritans. the driver is 22 year old christopher celise, was arrested at the scene. >> well the former decorated green beret speaking publicly for the very first time since being charged with the murder of a suspected taliban bombmaker. army general and his wife julie appeared exclusively on fox & friends this morning. the special forces veteran awaits next month in the killing of a detainee back in 2011. the major says he killed the suspected bomber in afghan tan following the death of two marines in his unit. he says he was ordered to release the man but he was worried he would strike again. we conducted an ambush. icon ducted an ambush, and over the years, with the army

particularly this time the special operations command, keeps me intent on characteriz ing an ambush as murder which in effect says just the basic mission that army special operators and many infantry soldiers have done over the last 15 years those routine combat actions are now being characterized as murder. >> well it was clear the wrongdoing back in 2015 but after an interview with bret baier in 2016 the army decided to reopen the case and he faces potential life behind bars or even the death penalty if he is found guilty of premeditated murder. >> lawyers for the national inquirer responding today to amazon's ceo jeff bezos claiming that the supermarket tabloid threatening him with blackmail. jeff paul is live in los angeles now with the very latest. hey, jeff. reporter: arthel, the lawyer for david pecker, the publisher of the national inquirer discussed

the allegations today on abc this week. he says the story involving bezos was already out there and that the negotiations between the paper and bezos were part of journalism. >> it's absolutely not extortion and not blackmail. what happened was that the story was given to the national inquirer by a reliable source that had given information to the national inquirer for seven years prior to this story and it was a source that was well known to both mr. bezos and ms. sanchez. >> bezos last week posted e-mails from where it claimed to have intimate photos that were exchanged between bezos and his reported mistress, lauren sanchez. bezos says that ami was demanding he publicly acknowledge that the inquirer is reporting on his alleged affair was non-politically motivated so bezos in a blog posted his response. "of course i don't want personal photos published but i also want participate in a well known

practice of blackmail, political favorites, political attacks and corruption. i prefer to stand up and see what crawls out. " the attorney representing ami and david pecker told abc this wasn't extortion or a take down to please president trump. bezos owns the washington post which the president has been critical of and pecker who owns the inquirer is friends with the president. >> bezos didn't want another story written about him or those pictures published. ami did not have to have the liable against them that this was inspired by the white house, inspired by saudi arabia, or inspired by the washington post. it had nothing to do with it. it was a usual story that national inquirer gets. >> amazon ceo jeff bezos hasn't responded this latest episode in what's becoming a very public and personal dispute. arthel? >> jeff paul there in los angeles, thank you, jeff. >> meanwhile, predictions that

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>> some democrats unveiled their green new deals, it's getting the green light from some presidential hopefuls. critics are finding big holes in the resolution and they're calling it outright as ambitious and impossible. >> there is a lot of talk about the green new deal. the deal is in part after president franklin roosevelt,

new deal, but this deal has some major differences and there are many questions about his viability and the rollout for the media and to the public. the deal is non-binding. it's a non-binding resolution specifically and it's becoming part of a movement that is an expensive one. well there's been no official cost announced, but if put in place the way it was announced it will cost around $7 trillion, pushed by newly-elected congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez out of new york and it hopes to shift the united states to renewable energy by the year 2030 and the deal hopes to expand rail travel to eventually make air travel minimal. it calls to replace buildings for energy efficiency, and create an economic safety net for low income communities. in a background she released to the media this week the deal mentions helping those not only unable but unwilling to work. here is congressman tim ryan on sunday morning futures. >> i believe that every able- body american needs to go to work.

they need to work hard just like everybody else, but work needs to pay too, and the problem is for most workers the last 30 years, they haven't seen a raise , and i think with what she's trying to do is highlight these issues. >> but the unwilling to work line was just one of several concerns by republicans white house interim chief of staff mick mulvaney on fox fox news sunday just this morning. >> i know where the republican party is and by the way it's fun to be in a party where we're united and the other side is divided: >> congresswoman's team has been putting out the correct deal to the public to avoid any confusion again this is a non-binding resolution but certainly prompting conversation arthel? >> thank you, david. >> with well what are the chances of the green new deal being enacted? >> eric how realistic do you think is this green new deal? >> completely unrealistic, but it's not really meant to be

realistic, you have to give congresswoman ocasio-cortez credit while half the senate, her colleagues in the senate, are gearing up their presidential campaign, she has seized the agenda that all of those presidential want to bees are going to be running on. i think that this is a political document meant to move the ideological needle in the party and its succeeded in doing that. >> a lot of statistics that people know about let's go over some of the other statistics, here is something. building smart power grids, upgrading all existing buildings and new buildings to achieve maximum energy and water efficiency moving pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation agriculture sectors, and cleaning up existing hazardous waste and abandoned sites, ensuring businesspersons are free from unfair competition not quite sure what that exactly means but

also providing higher higher education, high quality healthcare, affordable safe and adequate housing to all so in a sense that's your point. it looks in the way kind of more like a political document, one laying it out. >> yeah, and you know, conservatives have for a long time been concerned that the extravagant claims about the crisis of global warming is just a stocking horse for a left wing agenda and democrats have tried to push back against that but what congresswoman ocasio-cortez has done here is to basically say we have a it crisis with global warming and the response with that has to give every agenda item on the left wing side of the democratic party to implement it. the full slate, everything, and that doesn't do much to ease the concerns of those who are skeptical of the overblown claims of crisis with regard to global warming >> but then there are those who

certainly are very alarmed and rightfully so by climate change and what we can do about that so do any of these proposals do you think actually address what they say is certainly the crisis that we're facing? >> well, i think one of the things that's in this frequently asked question section of the oc asio-cortez resolution is a bit revealing, which is she in the first place says that there's a ten-year window before we have complete prices and the world comes to an end of some sort, and yet at the same time, the mission of the bill will be not to get rid of fossil fuels until everyone who works infos ill fuels has been given a new sort of job that doesn't involve fossil fuels and if that takes longer than the ten years, well then okay, but if it's such a

crisis, that in ten years the world is coming to an end, then it's hard to see why you would be willing to pause, take a pause in it, to be able to achieve one part of the agenda. >> yeah she talks about this 12 -year thing. do you think there's a way that we can get off of fossil fuels in any real meaningful way? >> you know, there are all sorts of extravagant and wonderful and genius efforts to do non-fossil fuels. they keep running into problems. there are solar energy plants out in arizona in the dessert using mirrors to heat water and there are problems with the mirrors lining up and birds fly in and get burned up by the heat there are unexpected problems that come with new technology and it takes time for those technologies to get sorted out, difficulties that weren't

anticipated. i think we're finding that alternative fuel is difficult and it's worth pursuing, but it's not something that you can put on a political agenda and say we're going to solve the problem with alternative fuels in a decade. >> and finally, the sponsor of the senate is the massachusetts senator ed markey, and one of his colleagues chris murphy the senator for connecticut was on cnn, and he said that he thinks that the principles and ideals of this can be achieved here is what he had to say. >> we have to set our sights high. i have a 10 year old and a seven-year-old, global warming is a threat to the planet and so if we don't command this country something big about saving our nation and our world from destruction, then i don't think we're going to get close to meeting. >> so how can we do that? >> well i think the keyword there was command as in a command and control economy, the

solutions that are always the ones that are offered are solutions that involve greater influence, greater control, greater command by government and unfortunately, those often are solutions that have terrible side effects for society at large and aren't necessarily the ones that are going to fix the problem while maintaining the freedoms that people have grown to expect and desire. >> eric felton, we'll follow the legislation, and see what happens, of course thank you for joinings this afternoon. >> thank you, eric. >> arthel? >> eric it appears to be the beginning of the end for the islamic state in syria. as u.s.-backed coalition forces launch an attack on the last isis strong hold but there is still concern about the long term impact of the planned withdrawal of u.s. troops. >> he's done tremendous work both in syria as well as in afghanistan but in syria, the issue is not be territorial control and in syria the issue is whether or not we're able to ensure that isis doesn't re

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>> the end of the islamic state in syria may soon be at hand as u.s. launched coalition forces launch an attack in the eastern province of the country, we are live with more on this encouraging news. hi, trey. >> eric major clashes are happening this weekend in eastern syria between u.s.- backed kurdish fighters and isis militants trying to hold on to that last pocket of land held by the terror organization. the battle taking place in the eastern province as the u.s.-led coalition provides support from the air. today we can get new information indicating that 41 positions were captured today by forces. on saturday the syrian democratic forces announced the launch of the final major offensive against isis and over the past week, nearly 20,000

civilians have fled the area amid a lull in fighting and there is international concern that some of those could be isis fighters amid the civilians who fled the area, although u.s. military assessments indicate isis could resurge in as little as six months for now, the joy can be seen on the faces of the forces as they clear the last bits of isis from their country. >> today there are no more military, but their masterminds are still hiding and the time will come for that. we will finish them off but as of today, it's over. we are very joyful. >> last week president trump predicted during his state of the union that this week, isis would lose its final pocket of land, and that prediction does appear to be coming true. air in? >> trey, thanks so much. arthel? >> as the u.s.-baked coalition launches this offensive against isis there are concerned over the president's controversial decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. joining us to discuss this is

former cia station chief dan hoffman who served in moscow, iraq and pakistan and he's a fox news contributor and is about to join the president's intelligence advisory board congratulations, dan. >> thank you, happy sunday to you. >> happy sunday here we go. so, once you officially join the president's intelligence advisory board, dan how will you advise him on u.s. troop withdrawal from syria and are you on board with the end of april timeline? >> well i don't know at this point what that advisory board is going to be looking at. maybe we won't be doing a whole lot with syria but if i ever asked i think what i'd be saying is i think the president wants to remove our troops because we've eliminated the so-called caliphate so the question is how we deal with the remnants of isis, the general commander has also highlighted that our hard- won battlefield games are at risk if isis disburses and i think the question for the administration is how do we deal with isis going forward? there's 20-30,000 fighters and

the leader at large. >> yeah, he's supposedly in iraq but let me ask you this so i wasn't clear, dan are you for this u.s. troop withdrawal? >> what i believe is that the relatively modest number of troops we have in syria at this time, 2,000 troops if it were up to me i would leave them there so that they could continue to take the fight to isis and continue to provide the important train and assist to the syrian democratic forces who would otherwise be at risk from turkey and others in that region , and then also of importance is the intelligence collection. it's not like turning on or off a faucet. we need to have our military and intelligence assets in place to track isis, and without them i'm concerned that we won't be able to do that as effectively. >> that means you agree with military and security experts on this, so again, let's talk about that because this is what's really crucial in the wake of u.s. troop pullout. you're going to have how many people would stay behind to do

what you just did to monitor, surveil syria on the ground what's the counterterrorism plan here? >> right i think we're waiting to hear what that is. now make no mistake the president doesn't have to agree with his intelligence community and military advisors. it's his policy choice to bring our troops back home. from my own perspective and my experience of having served three years in war zones all of us felt like we were overseas in the intelligence community, military, state department and others, to eliminate threats over there, to invoke before they are visited on our shores and we were proud to do it. it's not like in the first and second world wars where we were a nation at war. there's a tiny fraction of our population keeping us safe right now, and frankly, they're honor ed to continue doing it. >> absolutely and we thank them for that for sure. so, what happens if everything goes awry? isis scoops in, more chaos and fighting breaks out how quickly could the u.s. pivot and get

back in or would that even be part of the plan? >> yeah, well i think the concern is that we'd be outsourcing to some extent, our security to nefarious actors like iran and russia and syria, and then turkey has been a challenging allie of ours, in that region, and of course the syrian democratic forces are at risk right now, if we depart, i think that's a question that our congressional oversight is going to be asking the administration. i think the media will be following up on it as well and perhaps the administration will provide a more detailed plan of action for how we combat isis going forward. i would question whether we can do it all from our base in iraq. i think having some troops in syria where isis is continuing to grow in that failed state even if they are disbursed i think there's value there. >> yeah, in iran and russia they're waiting to come in and take over. they want that piece of landover there. >> right. >> and then the other within if

i may, you know, can the u.s. ensure protection for the kurds once u.s. troops are gone. turkey says yeah don't worry, but turkey also sees them as terrorists. >> well the late the reporting we have is that the turkish ministry of defence was planning on attack on those kurds after we leave and it was emphasized that the two conditions for us leaving syria having our troops withdrawn one would be destroy ing isis i assume that meant not just the so-called caliphate but remnants of isis as well and then a guarantee from turkey which they have failed to deliver that they would not attack the kurds now again i think the administration 's policy is outlined bisect pompeo in egypt a month ago is that we will be targeting iran and radical islamic extremism that we will secondly be demanding more from our regional partners and third reducinging our military footprint syria is the test of this trump doctrine for the middle east. we'll just have to see how it shakes out. >> senator majority leader

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>> it's music's biggest night. the 61st annual grammy awards just hours away, we're breaking down who and what to watch for tonight. the man with all of the team, michael is live in los angeles hey, michael. >> hey, arthel you're right it is music's biggest night or as i like to call it another reminder of how old and uncool i am year to year, and will all be here tonight so just what can people expect? let's take a look. honoring best in music the 61st annual grammy awards has

rapid hip hop leading the way as kendrick la march goes into the show with a total of eight nominations including seven for his work on the black panther sound track. drey follows with seven and singer song writer britney carlyle tying with six. >> this year in particular the grammies are reflecting diversity. >> always fun to watch too. >> ♪ ♪ >> one thing about best new artist this year is there is really no shoe-in. you could say there is a front runner on the basis of the hit singles she's had for herself and as a feature artist on other people's records but it also could completely go to a dark horse, for example, chloe and ha lle, the sister duo, they just sang on the super bowl. >> and mirroring the success on the big screen, lady gaga and bradley cooper could be big winners with the song "shallow" from a star is born with both record and song category.

love me some lady gaga, and she's expected to perform here tonight along with get this, arthel, diana ross who will be celebrating her diamond birthday with a medley saluting her career and music has a lot to celebrate this year, up 10% over last year with 75% coming from streaming. the sign of the times, back to you. >> i will be watching thank you , michael. thank you. >> [laughter] >> well you know people up north in seattle tacoma, well they are used to rain, not snow but some of them are ready to take advantage of that big blizzard. >> it's like a legit snowpocaly pse, and we have to enjoy it. >> wait until you see this. hundreds of people well they showed up for an epic snowball fight.

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arthel: i like the captain american shield. eric: protected from snowball. arthel: from everything. eric: i'm eric sean. ♪ [cheers and applause] >> okay, okay. the trump eke week was as good as democrats d week was bad. for state of the union, dare i say it,, pretty good. [laughter] >> but it was solid positive assessment of the world, foreign policy, had something for everyone, on one side more cash asfor defense, on the other paid family leave, on one side the