>> look what joe montana did! >> see you back here tomorrow! >> sandra: all right, fox news alert on the super weekend! three huge events. the super bowl, the iowa caucuses, and on tuesday, the state of the union. before all that, the senate possibly moving toward an acquittal in president trump's impeachment trial after a key republican says no to witnesses. good morning, everybody! i'm sandra smith live from miami this morning, and i'm proud to say it's sunny here and we are enjoying it. super bowl liv, the big game between the 49ers and the chiefs is now just two days away. hey, ed! >> ed: how are you, sandra? i'm ed henry and i'm sad to say it's pretty chilly here. live in des moines, iowa, the side of the first president to contest or 2020. just three days ago.

we are seeing big movement in the polls. >> sandra: before all that we want to show off the scene here in south beach for all the fox team is gearing up for the big super bowl. it is a beautiful day. rain was in the forecast, but things change. it's about 70 degrees now and the excitement is building for an awesome matchup between the chiefs and the 49ers, which you can watch live on fox. it is a party scene here, ed, let me tell you. >> ed: i can tell, a little bit of a different kind of excitement building here at the river center in downtown des moines. you can see what a wonderful set up, we've got barn doors behind me. what says i will more than that? as i landed i could see air force one parked because president trump is here to remind democrats he is still popular here. as the democrats who want the job gear up for a weekend of round the round-the-clock campaigning, making their closing arguments. >> sandra: let's get straight to our top stories this morning. republican senator lamar alexander seen as one of a handful of swing votes, coming out against calling

witnesses, additional witnesses, in this trial. the decision effectively dashing democrat hopes of hearing testimony from john bolton. alexander explaining his decision in a statement, reading, "there is no need for more evidence to prove something that has already been proven, and that does not meet the united states constitution's high bar for an impeachable offense," he says. "if this shelley, hurried , and only partisan impeachment were to succeed, it would rip the country apart, pouring gasoline on the cultural divisions that already exist." that announcement sparking some swifter action. >> i think with this announcement, the chance of witnesses now has plummeted. we are likely to move on saturday to final judgment at the end of which the president would be acquitted. >> i think there will be opportunities for my colleagues to go on the record. i think they should be on the record. they are to be a record of

decisions. my colleagues ought to be held accountable rather than have it simply swept behind a rushed proceeding without evidence. >> sandra: joining us now, republican senator john barrasso of wyoming. he's the chairman of the senate republican conference and joins us now. good morning, and thank you for your time. >> thanks for having me, sandra. >> sandra: great to have you here this morning. what do you ultimately believe will happen with his vote on witnesses? >> we are coming to a conclusion of this, and i believe the president will be acquitted and that we will not be having witnesses. that vote will be held later today. people realize, and senator alexander is absolutely right, impeachment should never be partisan. what we have here was a very partisan, political process, rushed through the house. political stunts being played by the house. if there was any abuse of power, it was by the house with these impeachment articles. >> sandra: by the way, that

was not the take of senator alexander, who did say that democrats clearly made the case that the president acted inappropriately and did abuse powered. but still, he is not willing to vote yes and call additional witnesses in this trial. this could go to a tie, senator. in that case, we have to prepare fruit for what may be next. do you believe the chief justice would say bend and break that tie? >> i believe he will not. if it feels an issue of witnesses, the chief justice has followed the lines of rehnquist and the clinton impeachment trial. i would expect he would not put his hand on the scale at all in this. this has been a completely partisan effort are the democrats. this has been a political effort against the president of the united states, because the country is doing so well. the economy is doing so well. they themselves have said it may be the only way they can beat him. >> sandra: how do you think this ends, when do you think this ends, senator?

>> you are there for the super bowl, and i think the democrats might try to throw a couple of hail mary passes. i can't tell you on the timing, but the way it's going to end is the president will be acquitted, found not guilty by the senate. >> sandra: what do you think those hail maries may be? >> they will try to delay things, possibly. maybe try to involve and invoke the involvement of the chief justice. i think he will not take the bait on that. we have spent a lot of time on this, sandra. this is time that could have much better been spent working on behalf of the american people to lower drug costs, to help fix our aging bridges and roads, to do things to help our veterans. we spent a lot of time on this that we need to get back to the work of the american people. i want to get back to that work starting next week. >> sandra: still waiting to see where lisa murkowski falls on this witness vote. what are you hearing? >> well, she will make her own decision. i think she will make her own

announcement today and it certainly will when she cast her vote. but with senator alexander's decision, it seems to me to put it at the 50/50 that ted cruz just talked about. lisa murkowski would be 51-49 if he chooses to vote in that position, of not taking witnesses. the american people know we have heard enough. we have had nine days of trial and the senate, 17 witnesses from the house, thousands and thousands of pages of documents. a process that has gone on now for a long period of time. remember, the house managers have continued to talk about overwhelming evidence. they say they have made their case. this is not a case that should rise to the level of impeachment. it's not how the constitution describes impeachment in terms of high crimes and misdemeanors, with bribery, treason. it is not there. i am ready to vote to acquit the president of these charges. >> sandra: senator, we will see if that happens. there could be a quick up or

down vote on those articles of impeachment as soon as tonight. lamar alexander, when making his announcement that he would not be a "yes" vote on calling additional witnesses, talked about the precedent that this sentence. how do you see that? >> the concern i have is that the house has done a pretty shoddy job. flimsy evidence, rushed this. then they put in the lap of the senate and said, "you complete our homework projects, you complete the issue of bringing in new witnesses, new evidence." that's not what the constitution says. the constitution says it's up to the house to make the case at its up to the senate to vote yes or no. i think if the house can do such a poor job and then force the senate to do additional research, this is the kind of thing that could just lead to ongoing -- the weaponization of the impeachment process in the future. impeachment should be used so very rarely, but it's been three times in just the last 50 years. we do not want this to become

the routine in america, and the way the house -- i started by saying they abuse their power by doing a poor job, a rushed job, putting together flimsy case, and expecting the senate to do their work for them when that is not the way the founding fathers had envisioned. it's for us to make the decision on the case that they bring, and i am ready to vote and ready to vote to acquit the president. >> sandra: all right, senator, we really appreciate your time this morning. thank you. >> thanks, sandra. >> ed: out at this fox news alert. the trump administration taking the extraordinary step of warning americans not to travel to china, as the coronavirus is rapidly spreading. nearly 10,00 10,000 people now affected around the world. six cases in america. more than 200 people have died in china. while u.s. officials confirm the first person to person transmission here at home, an illinois woman with the virus infects her husband.

our correspondent jonathan serrie has been on the story all week. he's live in atlanta with an update. good morning, jonathan. >> good morning to you, ed. public health officials are describing this new patient's condition as stable. he is a chicago man in his 60s, the husband of this traveling. he himself had not visited china. however, his wife became ill shortly after returning from a trip to wuhan, the chinese city at the epicenter of the outbreak. state health officials in illinois say the woman is doing well but remains hospitalized for infection control. >> this person-to-person spread was between two very close contacts, a husband and wife. the virus is not spreading widely across the community at this time. >> the world health organization has praised china's efforts to control the spread of the virus. however, the w.h.o. has declared a global health emergency because of the potential for this virus to spread to countries with weak health systems and poor infection control. the u.s. state department has

issued a level 4 travel advisory. that's the highest level the issue. directing americans not to travel to china due to the coronavirus outbreak. the centers for disease control and prevention continues to monitor 195 u.s. diplomats. other government employees and their family members who were flown from wuhan to march air r. so far no one is showing symptoms, but local health officials there confirm that they have filed a quarantine order for one passenger who attempted to leave the base before being given the all clear by health screeners. ed? >> ed: we will stay on it. thank you, jonathan serrie. >> sandra: president trump touting promises kept in iowa last night, doing a victory left after signing the u.s.-mexico candidate trade deal. what is next with his agenda? rhea bartiromo is here in miami with us. she will join us live on set as we talk about this super bowl

scene and those palm trees. it's beautiful day here in miami. >> countries are coming in from all over the world. they are coming in like never before. they are all coming back. i ran on the issue of trade, a lot of different issues. but trade was one that was so big. to me, it was so big.

>> sandra: it's brexit, it's finally arrived for the u.k. after 3.5 years of failed negotiations and delays. britain will officially leave

the european union at 11:00 p.m. local time. prime minister boris johnson, a staunch advocate of brexit, calling the departure "not an end, but a beginning." but britain will notice very little change coming saturday. the u.k. will continue to follow all e.u. laws and regulations during an 11-month transition period. as leaders negotiate new agreements on issues like trade and security. >> we are winning by a lot. everyone, we are beating them all. [cheers and applause] we are beating them like they haven't been beaten before. they don't care about the farmers. we are going to win back the great state of iowa. [cheers and applause] and it's going to be a historic landslide. if we don't win, your forms are going to hell. >> ed: [laughs] welcome a blunt edge of the point. railing supporters here in iowa is 2020 democrats make their will push out of the nation's caucuses. the fuel is more by one.

just this morning, john deleting, democrats, withdrawing from the race. katie brockovich, john mccormick good morning to both of you. first to you, kathy, the president of course when mike iowa by 150,000 votes over hillary clinton back in 2016. you have six electoral votes. he still wants to make sure he is solid for the general election. >> yeah, at this stage he is pretty solid. that crowd last night, he definitely gave them what they wanted to hear. i talked to some women who had driven over a couple of hours from iowa falls to see him last night. that's exactly what they were looking for from the president. but he tells it like it is, that he's been good for the economy, good for iowa, and those ladies wear, i'm sure, among that huge crowd that was cheering. >> ed: 30 hours before the rally there were people lined up in this cold, 20 or 25 degrees.

before we get the general election, we get through democratic primary cop on my process. it all starts here monday night. your newspaper, our sister publication, a big new poll today showing bernie sanders has some movement at all of the sudden is basically in a national tie with joe biden. >> that was the first time our polls show that. having that parity with biden. you feel it on the ground here in iowa. he does seem to be having some late energy, which is of course when you want to peak. organize, organize, organize, get hot at the end. that seems to be what he's doing. >> ed: this poll from "the wall street journal" suggests elizabeth warren is slipping to a distant third place. pete buttigieg, as you can see, is still in the mix. talking to his people, they insist that sometimes buttigieg's crowds here on the ground are bigger than bernie's. >> it'll be interesting to see with "the des moines register" poll taxes on saturday night. our former employer, we were

both former "des moines register" employees. it'll be interesting to see. you can usually see who is surging. if somebody's on their way down here in the last days. pete buttigieg interestingly has kind of gone after joe biden, and bernie sanders. hitting them on various issues, including medicare for all, et cetera. that suggests that he thinks he's got some ground to make up. it's a risky move, though. being negative before the caucuses. >> ed: in the natural poll, 7% nationally. 9% for bloomberg. he's not playing here, as you know, in iowa. john, what does it mean when we were showing a moment ago, as well, a monolith poll that showed biden at the top but tied with sanders? let's not forget amy klobuchar, who shared that "new york times" endorsement of elizabeth warren. she thinks she's got these midwestern roots. she has been stuck in the senate trial for days now. what's going on with klobuchar

and others? >> she is in this awkward position where she really needed to be on the ground here these final days and she hasn't been able to do so. she's going to have a marathon sprint across the state on saturday and sunday, and we will get a lot of coverage for that. but she's in this place where iowa has these quirky rules where you have to be at least 15% to be viable in each precinct. that is a big bar to get to. she may not get there and a lot of precincts, in which case her supporters are going to have to make a second choice. will they go to biden? will they go to war in? where will they go? that'll be a big unknown. >> ed: what is your sense being here so long on the ground about that second choice for these orders? bernie sanders has been surging recently. if there's a klobuchar voter, somebody was going to caucus with delaney and i was out of the race, who is the second choice? is biden the solid front runner all along? >> i think a lot of the bring center supporters would go to elizabeth warren. buttigieg supporters would go to

biden. for the most part, all the voters i've talked to have mixed their deck a little bit and said, "well, i am for elizabeth warren, but i could go for buttigieg." they're not separating themselves into ideological lanes or democratic purity lanes. in a lot of cases, they take the temperature of the caucus when they are there and say, "okay, here is where people are." >> ed: usually there are three tickets out of here, john. if bernie sanders can win here, he has in some polls in new hampshire. the neighboring state of vermont that he represents. he beat hillary clinton by double digit in the 2016. what kind of momentum would bernie sanders had if all this and he wins iowa and new hampshire and biden is trying to hold the line in south carolina? >> sanders would have huge momentum if he got a first place here followed by a first place in new hampshire. he'd be the party -- the hierarchy would probably start

to panic a little bit. i think there's a lot of debate whether he would be a strong general election candidate. some people do think he would become others don't don't. there's a lot of obama and trump voters in this state. >> ed: what does that mean? >> they voted for obama in 2012 and then back to trump in 2016. i interviewed a bunch of them up in northeast iowa recently. >> ed: real quick, where they headed in 2020? >> so far they seem to be sticking with the president. they are curious who the nominees going to be. but a lot of folks told me that if the nominee is too liberal they will stick with trump. >> ed: very interesting. we will be watching with both of you. sandra? >> sandra: thank you, ed. an attorney for fotis dulos and from his death two days after he attempted suicide. what this means for the murder case against him, and will her family ever learn what happened to mother of five jennifer dulos? >> to those who contend that mr. dulos' death reflects a

consciousness of guilt, we say no. we say it was more a conscience over born with the weight of a world that was too busy to listen.

>> usmca all done, china all done. for the farmers, it's done. that, i can tell you. you're going to have to get bigger tractors and a hell of a lot more land. it's a massive win. for iowa farmers and workers, europe is next. i wanted to finish china before he started on europe. >> sandra: president trump touting his trade victories at a campaign rally in iowa, saying do you deal with europe will now follow. the president looking to steal some of the democrats 'center with iowa caucuses set for monday. maria bartiromo is that most of sunday morning futures and "mornings with maria." she joined us live from the nfl experience here in miami. not onset with me but in a different part of town. >> yes, exactly. >> sandra: absolutely, people everywhere. so the president took an opportunity to take a victory lap, touting his success on

these trade deals. he says europe is next. >> yeah, that's right. he told me the same thing when i was in davos. he's been negotiating already. remember, he had that meeting on the sidelines with the head of the european commission. when he told them, he told her, that we need europe to buy more agricultural products. we've been treated unfairly, we have a trade deficit with europe, and we want to make sure you step up your purchases. he told me they have to do it, there's no way they won't do it. because if they don't, i am going to be putting tariffs and placed on products coming from europe. we've already seen as a result of the subsidy situation with airbus, that was a while ago. if the president starts putting tariffs on products coming from europe, it does jeopardize this incredibly comity that he has been able to lead with 50-your own employment. we'll see. i don't think he will do that easily but he certainly wants to do a deal. i would make a bet that there will be a trade deal with europe

this year. that is certainly with the president and wilbur ross told me recently, last couple of weeks. >> sandra: obviously the timing of it being the election year, that could put a huge part in what happens next in politi politics. >> oh, yeah. sandra, you know, this is a business guide. this is a real estate developer, a business person who is now our president. he is focused on business. he's focused on the economy and on jobs and on the stock market. you have to believe he's not going to do anything to mess up what has been a record stock market performance and a very strong backdrop for the economy. i suspect he's going to do more and more of that going into the election, which is where he also told me in the interview i did with him in davos that he's working on a tax cut plan. he wants to lower taxes for individuals and make those cuts permanent. all of these things are among his tools in his toolbox to make a splash going into the election. i would bet that's what he's going to do as we continue to see what's going on in washington with the impeachment. >> sandra: let's talk about what's happening in miami.

the big game, super bowl liv, coming on sunday. and the ads for the super bowl, which fox is hosting, obviously, the ads sold out in november, maria. after a couple of flat years, this was the earliest sellout in nearly a decade. a 30-second spot commending as much is $5.6 million. a sign of the economy. a sign of football, too. >> it's a lot of things. all of the above, i would say. there were so much money around this again. i have an exclusive interview with roger gooddell, the commissioner of the nfl. that will air on sunday, on "sunday morning futures." in the interview he tells me there is so much morning around this game. i said to him, "is this $1 billion on revenue on sunday alone?" he said it's an easy billion. so not just an ad from president trump, an ad for michael bloomberg people out of silicon valley money in here. we know that stubhub is talking about the tickets being $7,000

to $9,000 a ticket to go to the game. it's also the 100 year anniversary for the nfl and here we are in miami. international city, a lot of celebrities, musicians. all that adds to the excitement. this is going to be one watched big game, for sure, sandra. >> sandra: absolutely. i spoke to some of the restaurants on ocean avenue before the show and they said that they are staffing up, filling up their refrigerators. they are going to stay open until 3:00, 4:00 in the morning, because they are expecting a party. maria, thank you, nice to see you. >> thank you. you, too, sandra. >> ed: meanwhile, joe biden slimming president trump. accusing him of fostering a "culture of cruelty." that's not all. he was on the attack. we'll get a reaction from the biden campaign on this very special edition of "america's newsroom," live from des moines and the final countdown to the caucuses. >> i can hardly wait to debate this man. he has no plan. he has no better idea.

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>> ed: welcome back to the river center in downtown des moines where we are live, three days before a viable. candidates are disbanding don't not descending upon the state to make one final push. meanwhile, a poll out this

morning shows bernie sanders holding a very slim lead over joe biden nationally. let's bring in kate bedingfield, joe biden's deputy campaign manager and communications director. good morning. >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> ed: please react to this new poll, it's obviously within the margin of error. but for the first time, bernie sanders is basically on top. can you stop this momentum? >> well, we always knew this would be a close race. he said from the outset it would be a dogfight. i think the reason for that is the stakes are so high. i think what democratic voters are looking for right now is the person who can unite our party, who can unite the country, and can beat donald trump. i think joe biden is that candidate. is out talking to voters. here in iowa, crisscrossing the state, making the case that he is the person who can restore the soul of this nation, bring a sense of empathy and integrity back to the white house. so you are really hearing and make a case that i think is a

fundamental question that democratic voters are asking themselves when they go to the polls starting on monday. which is, who can beat donald trump and restore a sense of integrity to the office? >> ed: he mentioned the president, he was in this very state last night as joe biden was making his case at an event in iowa. here is the president. i will give you a fair chance to react. >> let's vote for sleepy joe. how many times has he missed it? it's great to be in the great state of ohio. they say, "joe, you are in iowa eczema" he had a crowd that was so small the every day, they set up a round table >> ed: vice president mentioned he might need a young vice president because he admitted, "i'm kind of an old guy." as that printed the president's hands?" >> we love to see donald trump at iowa attacking joe biden because it reminds of her buddy how badly he doesn't want to face him. here in iowa you have

senator ernst, who this week basically give up the game and 'fessed up to what impeachment is all about. the fact that donald trump is afraid to face joe biden at the polls. we are seeing here at these events in iowa is the vice president is getting cheers from the crowd who understand what's going on here. you've got trump, you've got vice president pence, they are sending 80 surrogates to attack joe biden. there's a reason for that. the reason is they don't want him to be the nominee. as democratic voters are thinking about who they can put up against donald trump, joe biden does the candidate who has withstood every single thing trump is thrown at them. every snare, every attempt to attack his family and has continued to emerge stronger. >> ed: we will talk about that. pardon me, the vice president last night said that his event, "character is on the ballot." what kind of character did the vice president show when barack obama had him overseeing ukrainian policy and yet one of

the vice president's sons was making over $83,000 a month from ukrainian gas company? what kind of character was that? >> it was absolutely unassailable character, because he was pushing the foreign policy interest of the united states of america. you had republican senators at the time, like ron johnson, who had signed on to a letter supporting the removal of viktor shokin because vice president biden was actively pushing to root out corruption in ukraine. it was a stated interest. let me finish, if you're going to make an allegation like that. i want the time to answer. >> ed: i am, but i want to follow up. >> he was pushing the interest of the foreign policy of the united states of america. not a single person, including republican-called witnesses in this impeachment proceeding, have suggested that he did anything other than carry out -- >> ed: hang on a second -- >> let's just be clear what this is about -- >> ed: that's not true. george kent, who, as you know, was called by the democrats, he's a career diplomat.

november 13th at the impeachment hearing, he said, "i raise my concern that hunter biden status as a board member could create a perception of a conflict of interest." he also testified that the vice president's office "blew it off. they didn't respond, they didn't care about the conflict." >> and they testified that he is a man of integrity and did nothing but his job. this is an attempt, pure and simple, by donald trump to smear joe biden, suggest there is some sort of ethical issue here when there isn't, to do everything in his power to try and prevent joe biden from being the nominee. because he knows if joe biden is the nominee he's going to be it. he's looking at the same polls everybody else's. he sees him beating in the battleground's outcome places that that's that's what he's lying about them. it's plain and simple. >> ed: such as the president. "the washington post" had an editorial, "viewpoint of the vice president's son to ukrainian oil board looks like nepotism at best," and they

said, "nefarious at worst." last point? >> this is exactly what i'm talking about. this is the equation of donald trump's significant impeachable wrongdoing. not a single person has suggested joe biden use to his advantage or to his son's advantage pray these are not equivalent arguments. he wants them to carry this forward and suggest that somehow vice president biden did something wrong. but nothing could be further from the truth. >> ed: well, that was "washington post," not fox where the president. may 14th, 2014. we appreciate you coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> sandra: all right, well, it's almost game day, folks. super bowl liv already setting up to be a record day for both quarterbacks. former nfl star, lavar arrington, will be our guest. he joins us live coming up. ♪

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i got real relief with cosentyx. watch me! feel real relief. ask your rheumatologist about cosentyx. >> sandra: a beautiful day here in south beach miami. the people come of the tourists, the staff of the restaurants are gearing up for super bowl liv, as you look at the beautiful hotels on ocean drive, known for their art deco architecture. the restaurants here, they are gearing up for what is bound to be a big party. there is a lot of excitement building here in miami ahead of super bowl liv, and this match between the chiefs and the 49ers. it's chock-full of story lines. here to talk about it is for redskins linebacker and nfl great, lavar arrington. lavar, a pleasure to get to sit down and talk to you. you must be walking through these crowds thinking -- >> it's amazing for the

spectacle that the super bowl is, it brings so many different backgrounds, people together. that opportunity to take a vacation from all the other things that kind of, you know, create those separations. >> sandra: what does it feel like to be here? >> it's exciting! i never was able to partake as a player, but i sure do enjoy partaking as a spectator. >> sandra: you certainly have your time. you can look at the match up, you've got some predictions. you look at these two young quarterbacks, who do you put your money on? >> of him putting money on quarterbacks you have to go with patrick mahomes. he has the potential and the tools to be one of the greatest ever do it, if not the greatest to ever do it. it's. >> sandra: really? 24 years old. >> he's already a league mvp, he has had so much success. they were so close last year, they make a few detailed moves, barring a bad penalty last year, they may have won the super bowl last year. these off to a great start.

if i'm taking quarterback between -- 's piece of it all right we just lost our transmission there. in the meantime we will work on that and bring you some other stories. researchers racing right now to find a vaccine. as the coronavirus spreads fast in china and all around the world. our next guest helped develop the sars vaccine. he will tell us how it could be helpful now, as they try to deal with corona. as our split show continues, i am still in des moines. we will get back to center in miami.

>> sandra: we are in miami for super bowl liv. let's talk some football with former redskins linebacker and nfl great, lavar arrington. we lost our satellite signal, so much going on around here, so much excitement. >> it blew the signal out. but we are here. >> sandra: as far as the court affects, you are a mahomes fan. we don't necessarily think the chiefs will been back? >> i don't. and i am a garoppolo fan, as well, but i think lavar is the bigger , bad or wolf in the quarterback position. in terms of the game, i give the edge to the 49ers.

i look at the totality of what the teams represent going into the game. you have some great tight ends going into this game. you've got them on either side. you've got some dynamic players. but i think what really separates this game is the 49ers' ability to run the ball, and also the 49ers defense. i think those two factors probably for me give me that confidence to say they have the edge. "newsroom news vault" hopeful for the game of football >> i remain hopeful. for all of the information that continues to come through research, i truly believe there is the opportunity for the game to grow and to go on the right direction. obviously it's a much maligned based off of the cte issues and a lot of other things.

safety concerns. again, much like anything else, there's always going to be risk involved. if you take the proper precautionary approaches and you have the education earlier on, i am hopeful that the game can find a steady place, even ground. >> sandra: we hope. we hope to enjoy a wonderful weekend here in miami, a wonderful super bowl. it was great to be able to be with you. catch a game of bags over there, throw football. a lot of fun here. >> it's a little warm. >> sandra: it's heating up over your ex we might as will toss it back to iowa where the temperature is a little bit lower. ed? >> we are in great shape. john is not a great shape right now, unfortunately. but they are working very hard. we will see what happens. we are working very closely with china and other countries. >> ed: president trump speaking with peter doocy here in iowa before his rally, saying the u.s. is prepared to deal with the coronavirus. there are now six confirmed

cases in america. the first person-to-person transmission occurred in chica chicago. >> we know that this new patient had close contact with his wife, after she began to develop symptoms. so it's not totally unexpected but he acquired the virus. >> ed: dr. peter hotez's dean of the national school of tropical medicine and a professor at baylor college of medicine. thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> ed: this person-to-person transmission, the story broke it down like late yesterday afternoon, raise more concerns for people at home. what do you want americans to know as they wake up this morning? >> it's a story of two different countries. in china we are facing a very dire situation. the numbers, they are saying 10,000 cases, 200 deaths. those are probably under estimates. we are probably looking at over 100,000 cases so far in china. it's going to likely spread through much of the country. and we are looking at a big economic disaster as well, with

china being cut off from trade with hong kong, no flights going. so china is in for a rough ride over the next few weeks and months. a very different situation in the united states. the good news is, because we had advance notice of what the virus was and what it sequence was, the u.s. public health service and the cdc was able to get ready for it. so it was all hands on deck. we will see more cases in the united states, i'm sure of that. but it won't be anything like what we are seeing in china. i think we've got a good leadership team in place here in the united states. >> ed: you seem optimistic. that's good news. we had alex azar, the secretary of health, on yesterday saying the president feels like his team, the task force that azar is leading, is also having a strong response. i wonder if the administration announcing yesterday, discouraging americans from traveling to china -- senator ted cruz just a few moments ago, as you look at the statistics there, put out a

release saying he is now calling on the white house that he wants a full u.s. travel ban to and from china. is that a smart move if it were to happen? >> i think it's a tough call. there certainly would be a big increase in the number of cases to china. a lot of airlines are no longer flying to china, so it's not that easy to even get to china, even if you want to. i think the big effort right now is this is also an opportunity for the united states to help china and to work with china. they need their help, especially in terms of vaccine development. the country has about four or five exciting vaccine candidates that are out there. in the end, when you have a virus that is so highly contagious, that is really the only way you can tamp down an epidemic. so we're working on a vaccine. there are four or five others. i think it's going to be really important to advance those into china as soon as possible and get those clinical trials underway. >> ed: a big, big issue.

a lot of people working on it. we certainly appreciate your insights this morning, thank you. sandra? speech president trump's impeachment trial may be winding down as senate republicans pick up a key swing vote in the battle over witnesses. but do democrats have one more move to make? we will see. we will find out on this special edition of "america's newsroom" coming to you live from super bowl liv. here in beautiful, sunny miami. need with liberty mutual. only pay for what you need with liberty mutual. con liberty mutual solo pagas lo que necesitas. only pay for what you need... only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ these people did, thanks to somnapure. somnapure from force factor helps you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up feeling refreshed. don't be a zombie - get somnapure. available at retailers nationwide.

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>> ed: fox news alert, the end of the impeachment trial, president trump could be inside as soon as today. after a key republican senator says he will vote against callie witnesses. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm ed henry here live in des moines, iowa, that of those big caucuses on monday. >> sandra: the set looks good out there, ed. good morning, everyone. i'm sandra smith live from miami, the site of super bowl liv, this morning. tennessee republican lamar alexander, 1 of 4 g.o.p. senators weighing the question of new witness testimony, issuing the statement. "i worked with other senators to make sure that we have the right to ask for more documents and witnesses, but there is no need for more evidence to prove something that has already been proven, and that does meet the united states constitution's high bar for an impeachable offense." house impeachment manager jerry nadler saying it makes no sense. >> this is a trial.

it's a trial, as any 10-year-old knows, we should have witnesses. that's why all these distractions. that's why the president's people are telling you to avoid witnesses, because they are afraid of the witnesses. >> sandra: chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is on the hill with this breaking development. changes a lot, mike. >> no doubt about it. good morning to you. the big break came late last night when senator lamar alexander said he'd heard enough, saying, "our founding documents provide for duly elected presidents who serve with the consent of the governed, not at the pleasure of the united states congress, let the people decide. today, senate democrats are frustrated. >> decision is an offense against the senate, the rule of law, and it's an offense against the american people. the american people will never know the true facts. the senate will now have the first ever so-called "trial" that is a kangaroo court without witnesses and without documents. it is certainly an insult to the

rule of law. >> the only undecided is lisa murkowski of alaska, who said she wanted more time. but if she wants witnesses, she would make it a 50/50 tie in the senate. texas senator ted cruz told me about some of the conversations he's had with his colleagues. >> a number of other republican senators have been trying to make the case to both of them that there have been already 17 witnesses who testified. 18 if you count the inspector general they didn't send over. there has been more than enough testimony. in the house managers have improved their case. they haven't proved a high crime or misdemeanor. >> one argument against witnesses is it could tie up the united states senate for weeks, and lead impeachment manager adam schiff made this last-minute offer. >> you want the clinton model? let's use the clinton model. let's take a week. let's take a week to have a fair trial. you can continue your business. we can get the business of the country done.

is that too much to ask in the name of fairness? >> exact timing of when this could all wrap up is unclear. there could because some stall tactics. believing republicans insist it will not change the outcome of this trial. sandra? speech we will see thank you. >> ed: for this, byron york, chief dialect for the "washington examiner," and jessica tarlov, fox news contributor, as well. so excited to see you both. >> thanks for having us in your barn. [laughs] >> ed: that sounds like this is fizzling out. >> it's definitely fizzling out. lamar alexander took the hit for the g.o.p. senators. he allowed susan collins to say she's in favor of witnesses. her reelection against sarah gideon has been getting tougher and tougher. i think $7.8 million, the majority of it coming from outer site. she's saying she would do it for the team here. we'll see where murkowski goes, but that should end pretty

quickly at this point. >> ed: byron york, if you see this and today or saturday, and all the sudden the president is acquitted, and he gets ready for the big state of the union on tuesday night and walks out triumphantly and says, "i've been cleared, this is good." why would nancy pelosi sit on this? >> he will say acquittal is forever. she said impeachment is forever, it's for life for him. he will say, "my acquittal is forever." although we could still have a little drama if lisa murkowski decides to support witnesses. that would make a 50/50 tie. i do not think -- >> ed: it would leave it in the hands of the chief justice, potentially. >> potentially. the constitution specifically says the vice president is the president of the senate, and he breaks ties. he's not involved in this. the impeachment clause does not say that the chief justice will break a tie. the republicans are going to say, "if you want witnesses, get 51 votes. if you don't have 51 votes, not

going to happen." >> on the acquittal point, this is a move that happened with the mueller investigation. he said, "i've been totally exonerated from this witch hunt." lamar alexander admitted the president did exactly what the impeachment managers and the democrats have said. it was an interesting move. the republicans have been hiding behind, "oh, it was a perfect call, he didn't do anything wrong." whelamar alexander told the tru. he said he just doesn't think it's impeachable. with jay sekulow, he said it has to race this bar. that's a safe place for republicans to be. the appetite for witnesses among the public is huge. 70, 75, 80%. i think this could hurt republicans electorally in 2020. >> ed: it seems to me that democrats and the managers knew they had that high bar in terms of proving this was impeachable, this was worth removing him from office. they knew that going down a partisan route was going to be dangerous. wwe had senator john barrasso, a key republican, on with sandra earlier.

here's what he said about alexander and this whole process. >> senator alexander is absolutely right. impeachment should never be partisan. what we have here was a very partisan, political process, rushed through the house. a political stunt being played by the house. if there was any abuse of power, it was by the house with these impeachment articles. >> ed: byron, back to nancy pelosi. she is the one who, months ago, said that unless you have bipartisanship you can't move forward. >> in fact, there is a spectrum of opinion among republican senators about this. they don't all come out and say that the call was perfect. you can believe that, a, the call was perfect. you can believe that trump showed bad judgment. but does not rise to the level of impeachment and removal. you can believe that the process was so flawed. you can believe that it had to be part partisan. there's a lot of reasons the republican can cite. they are not just -- the defense

team has to, they work for him. but republican senators don't. >> ed: jessica mentioned a moment ago but have a depth of the mueller investigation ground to the halt and how the vindicatiopresident was seeking vindication. he seemed to be trying a little bit to make that same case as he talked about what he calls a hoax. watch. >> they are consumed with partisan rage and obsessed with a deranged witch hunt hoax. in short, this election is a choice between american freedom and democratic socialism. in some cases, in my opinion, it is worse than socialism. >> ed: you can take down like take this anyway , it's about impeachment, but then he introduces socials and if you look at his new poll, not just about i will but nationally, bernie sanders has gotten some momentum. for the first time in

"the wall street journal" poll, he's on top with joe biden. >> the last nine national polls, he's been ahead and two of them. joe biden very close behind. it's a margin of error, but bernie is having a surge moment. we are in iowa right now -- >> ed: and the president again socialism here. >> of capitalism versus socialism election with the economy is doing as well as and people are feeling as confident as they are about their finances, it's very tough for democrats, 100%. >> i was at that rally last night. the bigger message here and i will was about trade, about jobs, about the economy. he has a big "make america great" banner in back of him, two banners on either side say three words. "jobs, jobs, jobs." >> ed: asked about voter satisfaction in this gallup poll a few days back, 81% of voters are satisfied with military. the secretion terrace, and the u.s. economy, 68% satisfaction

among voters. >> it's very hard to unseat a sitting president anyway. we have special candidates who did it with reagan and bill clinton. if it's bernie sanders, i have huge worries about the potential to do that. i personally think joe biden is going to do very well here in iowa and if he takes the momentum out of iowa, he -- i don't want to say it's a glide path, but certainly with his african-american support -- >> ed: in south carolina he will say new hampshire doesn't matter bernie is from vermont. if he wins. byron, last point, resetting up the potential for a "fighting joe," "come back to okemah" if he ekes out a victory in iowa, after all the trouble with burisma and the rest, can joe biden claimed victory here? >> he certainly could. the problem is if he doesn't win back the first two. it gets harder and harder as you keep losing races to say that you are the winner. obviously the democratic electorate changes and honestly from mostly white iowa and new hampshire to much more diverse, largely

african-american south carolina. it changes big time there. if he's lost the first races, those are hard. that affects voters in south carolina, as well. >> we should add, we talked about this before he came on set. there's a big problem with cash, that he has taken money and moved it to a iowa from new hampshire and south carolina. so he needs momentum. bernie sanders has no contributions problem. >> ed: good point. by reminding us that if you're going to win, you have to actually win. >> that's a good way of stating it, ed. [laughter] >> ed: we appreciate you coming in. center? >> sandra: a good conversation there. the connecticut men charged with murdering his wife, jennifer, has died at a new york city hospital after attempting suicide two days ago. the couple was undergoing a bitter divorce and custody battle when jennifer dulos disappeared back in may. her body still has not been found. laura ingle, who's been on the story from the very beginning, had an exclusive interview with fotis dulos just last month and

was the last reported to speak with him on the record before he died. laura? >> this is been a very busy week, and fotis dulos' attorney made a grim announcement last night outside the hospital where dulos had been kept alive inside an oxygen chamber for the last two days after trying to kill himself in his garage with carbon monoxide. attorney norm pattis says he still wants to move forward with defending his client, despite the fact that the main suspect in this now 8-month-long mystery can no longer provide any details or be questioned further about the day his estranged wife, jennifer dulos, disappeared. >> as we are speaking, we have filed motions in the connecticut records asking to substitute and the state for fotis dulos for him as the defendant. to force the state to show its hand. and the trial, with evidence we think that amounts to no more than innuendo and unsupported suspicion.

>> law enforcement sources say there was a suicide note found at dulos' property where he attempted suicide, reportedly, on the passenger seat of his vehicle. they save the note was "unremarkable," meaning it was short. dulos reported the client innocence but left no details. police allege dulos was lying in wait inside his estranged wife jennifer's garage may 24th, and save the mother of five was the victim of a violent physical assault. something i ask him about december when we sat down with him at his home. >> did you have anything to do jennifer's disappearance? >> i will refer to the gag order. i cannot answer that. >> can you tell us where you think she might be? >> same answer. >> well, that was the last time he was asked those questions on the record. now those questions fall to the two other suspects involved in this case, his former girlfriend, michelle troconis, and his former attorney kent mawhinney, both charged with conspiracy to commit murder in

this case. both troconis and mawhinney have court dates coming up. the five children remained with their grandmother here in new york city. when reached for comment last night, family spokesperson told fox, "this is a horrific tragedy all around." sandra? 's ph laura ingle, thank you. >> ed: another fox news alert, the world health organization declaring the coronavirus a global health emergency officially, with more than 7,000 confirmed cases worldwide, most still in china. the u.s. state department telling americans, "do not travel to china." cgn correspondent in wuhan china, the epicenter of the operate, and joins us now. what's happening on the ground? >> the city is under a mass shut down, and the government officials have just announced the holiday. the whole point is to limit human to human interaction. given the fact that it's through the new year, it's very hard to

do that, because people have ended celebrations with their families. there will be a reverse travel rush as people are about to leave home and go back to work. a lot of people compare with the current epidemic with sars, the outbreak 17 years ago. but this has more infection rate, but a lower mortality rate. it has to do with the patient's own immunity. at this point, before the experts figure out the origin of the coronavirus and how it's being transmitted, the government says all they can do is prevent the mass transit. the wuhan government is building two new hospitals to receive the patients. in one hospital, it will be ready this coming weekend. it has 1,000 bed capacity. the whole infrastructure is being built in just one week, which is really kind of a miracle. there is a great concern, however, over the lack of medical resources. they have received donations from home and abroad for many medical supplies.

it doesn't meet the basic standard. the limited capacity of cargo planes, as well. a lot of people make donations from overseas, but it's really hard to get things shipped over here to china. but there is already great path of customs clearing being created, all the resources are distributed and coordinated by the red cross and charity federations, and they say the main focus to support is the epicenter of wuhan, and the rural areas in china. >> ed: all right, we appreciate that report there on the ground. the sandra? >> sandra: we will keep following that story. meanwhile, back to miami. celebrities all over the place. especially here in south beach. superstars, trendsetters, sports royalty, foxes are home for the super bowl. we are counting down to sunday's big game. brian kilmeade ahead with his take on this whole thing. what does he think of it? ♪ here ya go, hon.

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>> sandra: welcome to the fox compound. we are in south beach. it's a beautiful day here in miami. the palm trees, the tv sets, fox news channel's here. fox sports, fox business network. this is where the action is at today. you can see the tv sets along the beach here. we are on ocean drive. there's various meals and fun, and if you are in miami, come on down. you can line up and be a part of the shows. we are in miami and we are counting down to the big game, but in washington it looks like

the clock is about to run out on impeachment. senator lamar alexander, a key swing vote, republicans saying he will vote against calling new witnesses in the trial, putting president trump on track for a speedy acquittal, potentially. senator ted cruz with fresh reaction. >> chances of additional witnesses now has plummeted, at the end of which the president will be acquitted. that romney has already said he is a "yes," susan collins has said she is a "yes." given that lamar is now a no, they are not going to break 50. >> sandra: let's go to brian kilmeade, coastal "fox & friends." he is hosting "the brian kilmeade show" on fox news radio. so we're simulcasting this. brian, good morning. >> thanks for doing this, i am a short way away from you, but happy to be mixing mediums together. >> sandra: absolutely. awesome show here this morning. you have the cheerleaders from both teams, the fans out there, there was a lot of energy.

in general, this town is rocking. [laughs] there is no doubt. so was washington. i want to get your thoughts on impeachment and what's happening, the latest with lamar alexander. >> look, he is not happy with the phone call. he has problems with the phone call but he said it's not close to impeachable. we keep hearing what you're saying over and over, and this is not impeachment-worthy. he's not close with the president, not like they are in the feud, but he's tight with mitch mcconnell. does he want that to be his legacy, that he basically went along with democrats to extend this process when there's not even a chance that 67 senators will vote to throw this president out to? so i prolong this agony? keep in mind, remember the last time you sat in study hall where you sit there and you have no homework? that's really how most of the senators feel. i talked to one republican saturday last night, sandor. he told me he believes the democrats want to end it, too. that they want to walk away with the phrase "cover it." they said, "if we don't get bolton, we will say cover up and

write it right in november." >> sandra: do you hear that? [crowd chanting "kobe"] we've got the fox news channel's that here, fox news set over there. fox business is set up. brian kilmeade radio is set up. you are looking at the big strip there. the restaurants, this town is hopping, brian. i know you had a chance to walk around and just see and feel the energy. people came here for a party, that's for sure. >> miami knows how to do it. the traffic, i usually see it on saturdays. for me i think it's my 24th super bowl i've had a chance to cover. every year for fox except one. the last time we are in miami, we had a small little riser overlooking the news cafe. i was fine with that. we go inside, we had one trailer. to come here and see this elaborate set up, we've taken over all of ocean drive, and our studio -- the one but i do, you have almost a full football field behind you.

and then there's nothing you can't do on the set. i don't want to make ed henry jealous, but he got the short straw! >> sandra: [laughs] the camera is panning out there, i had to kick steve doocy out of here. he was sitting on these adirondack chairs, chilling out by the crowds. we've got some connect four, and bag games. it's really an awesome set up. that is the fox compound. brian, the big game, your forecast. how about first we talk quarterbacks? who do you like? >> number one, the better quarterback is patrick mahomes. jimmy garoppolo, more traditional and endlessly handsome, i hear all the ladies when he talks don't i take his helmet off. here's what i think is going to happen -- the only way you stop kansas city's offense is to get them off the field. bill parcells of the new york giants, 1990, showed you how to do that when he was coming out against jim kelly and the high-powered buffalo bills. he ran the ball, he controlled the ball. they had a low-scoring game. if you can control the ball and

keep patrick mahomes from doing what he's great at, and that is scoring, they have a chance of winning. that's why i'm picking the 49ers. i think they are more well-rounded as a team, but this will be an exciting payment. not just because fox has it. did you archly have other playoff games? they were leaving by halftime. >> sandra: if you're in the area, come on down. it's unbelievable just walking around here. the star power. i've seen joe montana, terry bradshaw walking around. i turned around and see brett favre behind me. it was amazing. a lot of them are on your show this morning. we just had a chance to catch up with levar arrington. it's quite the scene. you can walk on down and can participate. there's even a ferris wheel. did you take a ride on it? >> i didn't. i haven't been off yet, i went right from tv to radio. but i will. think about this, two years ago,

if you and i were talking, you're probably still on "outnumbered." we are talking about taking a knee. the football rates are dropping, people don't want to go to the games. and why was the military paying to be part of the pregame show? and roger gooddell effectively has pushed those issues back, and even the person in charge of the aftra entertainment has said, "listen, for kaepernick, we are moving on." for it kaepernick in particular, i think a lot of people saw that triad and said, "we are all movg on." willie approves this message or not police at the league has recovered. this is the only place in which america embraces the score. the world embraces soccer, beginning to get suckered. hockey has got its pocket. but everybody where you go, 40% of the audience is women. where you go, you really identify with your team, with

the team you grew up with. that's what i'm sensing here. a lot of fans from kansas city, a lot from san francisco. because it's been so long since they had a place in this big game. >> sandra: people are pumped for this game. it is fun to see. it's fun to see people having a good time and gearing up to watch a big game. brian kilmeade, it's fun to talk to you, thank you. >> now back to the regular scheduled impeachment talk. >> sandra: back to iowa! we've got impeachment a few, i will let you continue your radio show. thank you. now back to ed out in iowa. >> ed: we have in a ferris wheel, no sand, no ocean, none of that. but i will tell you, there's another big event coming up here in iowa. it's going to be ground zero on monday. the first nominating contest of 2020. the iowa caucuses. president trump slamming democrats last night at a rally right here in des moines, only days out of the caucuses. so hugh has the edge here in the hawkeye state? we will break it all down as we continue, from the river center

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>> ed: so come we've got a split show. we thought we would show you a split of what

i'm dealing with compared to what sanders dealing with. on-screen left, of course, is where i am. the shot is cloudy because it's literally snowing right now. it's about 20 degrees. >> sandra: oh, my! >> ed: i've got to say, i know i'm the new guy, but what you did here to stick me in iowa -- number two, there are some things i don't need to see. i would like to see the ocean but i don't need to seek brian kilmeade unbutton his shirt halfway down just because he's on the beach. >> sandra: [laughs] he sends has a lows as does everyone here. a lot of fans all over the place. the fox compound, they are shouting. say high back to ed! they love watching "america's newsroom." it's a great feeling on the ground here. it is beautiful, it's warm. i just asked for a stand, because it's so sunny and warm. >> ed: i saw akhil mead trying to put you on "fox & friends" and you stood behind me, so i appreciate that so much. i'm excited. there will be no more split

screen no more son for you. you will have to pack the heavy coat. >> sandra: i will have to go switch out suitcases, because i think i need a different wardrobe for des moines. [laughs] >> ed: let me pick this up in the meantime. the president speaking to thousands of supporters at a rally last night here in des moines, taking aim at democrats. in a state he won decisively in. >> today's democratic party is run by left-wing extremists who want to massively raise your taxes, increased regulations, cancel your health plans, raid medicare, eliminate religious liberty, punish free speech, confiscate your guns, abolish your borders. >> ed: peter doocy spoke exclusively with the president before that rally. he joins me now from des moines. he's normally chasing the democrats around the state, but he saw the president, as well. good to see you, peter. >> good to see you, ed. for months we've been following democrats like joe biden as they come here to talk to iowans about the record. biden specifically tried to tie

himself to the obama administration record, and president trump last night came to town to try and make the case that that record cuts both ways. >> the farmers, i give them the usmca, the china deal, and iowa is doing better than they've ever done. now they are going to really start to do well because of the new trade deals we have that were horrible, that were just left alone by president obama and biden. they were horrible deals. >> as the president prepared to take the stage last night, joe biden was at an iowa dairy queen wondering out loud why the president would be here if he doesn't have to caucus. >> there are so much interest in the democratic caucus. i wonder why they are all coming. i wonder why they're here. there's probably some in the audience, too, i don't know. [laughter] but all kidding aside, think about that. i know that he says he's not at

all worried about running against me. >> something else we had a chance to ask about that, the coronavirus. now it's a political issue on the campaign trail for elizabeth warren. >> elizabeth warren this week was trying to maybe placed simply with you and say that if there were in for some budget cuts wouldn't have an outbreak like this. what do you say to the schematics because she's pocahontas for a reason. she's a disaster. she wants to have something where she takes away free speech, and she's the one who really violates it more than anybody, when you look at all the yarns she has told. she is failing. >> warned, sanders, and klobuchar have all missed the trail for the trial for two weeks. they will have at most two codays to make up for it before the caucuses here. ed? >> ed: peter, thank you. >> we love to see donald trump in iowa attacking joe biden, because it reminds everybody how badly he doesn't want to face in. here in iowa you have

senator ernst, who this week basically give up the game and 'fessed up to what impeachment is all about. which is the fact that donald trump is afraid to face joe biden at the polls. >> so that is kate bedingfield, a member of the biden team, with this last hour firing back at the president as democrats go all in. final campaign blitz here in iowa, days out of the caucuses. joining me on the ground as marie harf, executive director of the serve america pac and a fox news contributor. good to see what have you here. >> there was the nicest dairy queen of ever seen in my life. we should go find that, ed. >> ed: [laughs] kate was turned to make a point from the biden kemp that there are about 80 surrogates on the grantor president trump over the weekend, in addition to the president and the vice president being here overnight. the president wants to keep the six electoral votes. he beat hillary clinton in iowa by 150,000 votes last time. >> it's probably smart political structure for the president to come here. they are trying to bracket the

primary there in new hampshire, as well. the base voters president trump got in 2016 that have stayed with him and will be with him in 2020, those are the people that come to the rallies. those aren't the independent voters in the middle, that people like joe biden are trying to bring back to democrats. all of these obama-trump voters in a state like iowa -- and there are a lot of them -- >> ed: i'm glad you mentioned that, john mccormick was on the show early. he's a political writer for "the wall street journal," used to work for "the des moines register" here. he said he's been tracking this. they were with president obama cover election 2012, then flipped to president trump in '16. john mccormick says, of the one he has interviewed so far, many are sticking with the president but they are up for grabs. >> they are up for grabs and many won't stick with the president. we saw on the midterms and in some state elections over the past two years that many of them have gone back toward democrats. iowa is a very magical state from obama, for the obama team, people like joe biden. joe biden is making the argument to caucus-goers that

bernie sanders cannot win these people back. if we nominate him, we are not going to win back those voters and we will lose in november." the other interesting thing is that pete buttigieg is really going after those obama-trump voters. he's gone down to some of these more rural areas democrats don't always go to pray and will be interesting is if mayor pete doesn't get to the threshold he needs, where to his voters go next? in this crazy caucus process. >> ed: if they don't raise 15%. >> exactly. i think joe biden's team is looking at amy klobuchar's voters and pete buttigieg his voters and say, "i'm the one who can win back these voters and win in november." >> ed: in the salinas "wall street journal" pole, just out this morning, bernie sanders for the first time in this very respective holcomb he's at the top. it's within the margin of error. you see warren feeding a bed, still a 15%, but fading from where she was. bloomberg is at 9% nationally. he is not playing and i will. buttigieg only at 7%. what do you take about sanders and biden at the top nationally?

>> they are both within the biden don't like margin of error. they represent the party right now. to be go more to the left or nominate someone who's moderate and can win in november? obviously hope we go toward biden, but that represents the fight in the party. >> ed: but there is fear in your party right now. >> absolutely. >> ed: forward governors and former senators have said if bernie sanders is nominated the president will be reelected. >> and we will win senate seats, lulu's house seats. i think what i also took from those numbers is that pete buttigieg nationally is very low. he is focused so much on iowa and new hampshire, if he doesn't have a strong showing he is going to do very poorly in south carolina and nevada. we know that. you have a lot of pressure -- >> ed: it all begins monday night. stay with socks all weekend long. thanks for coming in, marie harf. center? >> sandra: who is your pick, the chiefs of the 49ers? what a watch for the quarterbacks. we are looking at a big in coming up on sunday. super bowl liv, from miami. jim gray is going to join us

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speed i forgot my sunglasses. counting down to super bowl xliv here in sunny miami. fox news all in on the big game with a huge set up behind me. this is the fox compound. here to talk about all of it, the big game, the big weekend, sportscaster and fox news contributor jim gray is here. great to have you. >> it's agreed to be here. where would you rather be than right here, right now? >> sandra: absolutely. it's beautiful day. we'll see how the day is shaping up for the big game.

i think that's a question. we'll see. what a week this has been for sports. first, as we work our way to the super bowl, how big is this? this match up or to watch. >> it's a huge game, it goes back 50 years since the kansas city chiefs won the super bowl. >> sandra: must come there even in a super bowl. >> there found or created the name, came up with the name "super bowl." it's good to see them back. patrick mahomes just makes the game so much fun. he is the steph curry of the nfl. when you watch him, he brings a smile to your face. andreandy reid has dedicated hif to football, helping young men grow. would be a great thing for us in kansas city and for the country, as well. san francisco is a terrific team, kyle shannon is trying to join his father who won two super bowls as a coach

for a father and son to a temperature. jimmy garoppolo, he was in the background for those super bowls with tom brady. i was his opportunity prewonderful young guy. a lot to root for both sides. buttigieg mention tom brady. there are some things happening, cryptic messages about his future. what's happening with tom brady? >> tom doesn't know so i don't know how anybody else would know. i was with him last night, he doesn't know it is going to do. you become a free agent march 16th, patriots have the opportunity to negotiate up until then. i hate to break it to folks, this is a super bowl ad coming out. if the picture you put of himself in a stadium, walking. walking in her walking out, i don't know. seems to have gotten an uproar. i don't think it's anything to read into it. i would say there's nothing to read into it. >> sandra: people love to speculate, you know that. >> if you can't watch the game on fox, listen to us on westwood one radio. >> sandra: talk about the

match up there. >> kyle shanahan, i remember when he would first would come with his dad to broncos practice. he would put them in the background and he would do things as a ball boy, work with the receivers and put the ball into the machine so they could catch. he knew from young age this is what he wanted to do and be around. and his dad has mentored him. >> sandra: he is still young. >> he's 40 years old, he's really young. he's trying to get past what happened in the super bowl when he was the offense of coordinator for the atlanta falcons. they were up 28-3. the patriots came roaring back there was a set of downs he expressed regret over. the way that he called that, which allow the patriots back into the game. now it's his opportunity as a head coach to get this done. andy reid, he is just a phenomenal man. he has time for everybody, doesn't matter whether you are the ceo or the janitor. and the players that work for him and work with him, the assistant coaches all love him. he was with the eagles, he had

an opportunity once before. he didn't get it done. he's had a lot of personal tragedy in his life with his son. he's a guy everybody really wants to see succeed. he's been a huge success in this game. it's a great match up, he felt the old school against the new school. the guy he was really innovative who has set the standard in many ways, andy reid creative bill belichick wasn't in the read, everybody would look to him as the greatest and now the young gun. >> sandra: we lost a sports giant this week. you joined us on set after that helicopter went down last sunday. your thoughts as we wrap a week where we lost a big one? >> you know, it's been tough. he has been pervasive and prevalent everywhere that we've gone. the outpouring worldwide and the sports community. i talked to patrick mahomes interviewed him for our broadcast.

i'vhe said, "i've never met kobe bryant but i watched him since i was four years old. i learned a hard work, dedication, and how to succeed, and how to handle yourself by watching all of these things over the years with kobe." of the nfl has said there will be some sort of a moment to honor the memory of kobe. it's going to be a rough time going forward. >> sandra: i've heard some of the crowd chanting his name at different parts of the morning here. i know he was a friend of yours. >> it's amazing how many lives he has touched on how much this has meant. >> sandra: this was a great opportunity to sit down in miami and have a check for you paid your looking very relaxed. >> we are at the beach! >> sandra: [laughs] thank you. >> thanks for having me on, always good to be with you. >> ed: enjoy the swim! in a few hours, the u.k. will no longer part of the e.u., finally ending four years of intense battles. we are live in london with bricks that they reactions. th zicam! zicam is completely different. unlike most other cold medicines, zicam is clinically proven to shorten colds.

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>> ed: the u.k. right now standing on the verge of history. it is bricks that day finally. benjamin hall live in london with the details. good morning. >> good morning, ed. yes, it's been almost four years since the u.k. voted to leave the e.u. you seem two general elections, free prime ministers in that time. today at 11:00 p.m. after 47 years the u.k.'s leaving the e.u. nothing will change overnight. there is a one year transition period when the e.u. and the u.k. have to negotiate the departure. trade deals with the e.u. and the u.s. secretary pompeo was in london yesterday and he said there's a lot of optimism, a lot of opportunity for both countries moving forward. ed? >> ed: benjamin, we appreciate that. we will stay on it. it's near the end as well for the impeachment trial as your republicans appear to nail down the votes to block some new

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only bidder and running a golf course is the only job that i would hire him for. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. >> ed: fox news alert as republicans move closer to an acquittal in the presidents impeachment trial. senate democratic leader chuck schumer is about to hold a news conference in washington after a key republican says he is a no vote on calling witnesses. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm ed henry here on the ground in des moines, iowa, site of the first presidential contest of 2020 on monday. >> sandra: i will see you out there on sunday, ed. good morning, everyone. i'm sandra smith, live for miami, it's almost super bowl liv happening on sunday. lamar alexander, as you mention, announcing he will be a no vote when it comes to calling more witnesses in the impeachment trial, saying there is no need for more evidence to prove something that has already been proven. it's a blow for democrats who

wanted to hear from john bolton under oath, and it paves the way potentially for president trump's acquittal. here is john barrasso, he joined us at the top of the 9:00 hour this morning. >> senator alexander is absolutely right. impeachment should never be partisan. what we have here is a very partisan, political process, rushed through the house, a political stunt being played by the house. >> ed: senator barrasso went on to say if there was any abuse of power it was by the house with these impeachment articles. joining me now live on the ground is former white house press secretary, fox news contributor, sarah sanders. good morning, thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> ed: was your immediate reaction? a couple days ago mitch mcconnell was signaling they may not have the votes to block witnesses. things have changed rather dramatically. >> i think they certainly change for the better. better for the country, the fact that we've known this has been a waste of time and a sham from

the beginning. and america is ready to move on. i think they've shown that by the lack of interest in the impeachment trial over the last couple of weeks. we have watched that interest completely plummet, and i think it's a great thing we are moving on. this has been a huge week for the president. democrats have been focused on nothing but trying to tie the president down, he passed and signed into law the most historic trade deal, the biggest trade deal, the usmca. he announced the peace plan. the economy is booming, america is doing better under this president, and i think finishing this up as a great lead into next week where the president will stand next to nancy pelosi fully vindicated when he gives the state of the union. >> ed: which i want to ask you about. why in the world then did nancy pelosi hold the articles of impeachment back for 33 days, if now she set up a scenario where the president could be acquitted as early as today, and then one would assume he's going to walk out into that house chamber on tuesday night feeling pretty strong. >> i will never begin to

understand much of what nancy pelosi does, and this one is certainly mind-blowing for everyone. they force it down everyone's throat, said it was an emergency. "we had to do it right now, this had to take place today." and they sat on it for nearly a month. it's absolutely ridiculous and malpractice and i think it will go down as one of the dumbest political moves we've seen in a long time. >> ed: you've laid out that you think the president is doing well right now. on the other hand, lamar alexander, this key swing vote, says he will vote no on witnesses. in a statement, still went after the present. he said, "it was inappropriate for the president to ask a foreign leader to investigate his political opponent and was told u.s. aid to encourage that investigation. when elected officials inappropriately inferior dough might interfere with these investigation, it undermines the principle of equal justice under the law." how do you respond to that? >> i think the president did what he should, which is go after corruption. he pledged to drain the swamp

and that's what he's doing. >> ed: but if he's during the swarm, why would he be behaving inappropriately, in the words of -- not my words, these are the words of a republican senator who is now saying he doesn't necessarily think this meets the bar of impeachable and immovable conduct. contrary to the president saying it was a perfect phone call, sarah, you have a republican senator saying it was inappropriate. >> i disagree with senator alexander, and i think if you look at what the majority of other republican senators have said, they'd taken a very different position than senator alexander and said they don't see anything wrong with with the president has done. in fact, i think it's a good thing the president is going after corruption. i think the big winner in this impeachment battle is certainly donald trump in the big loser is joe biden. he has exposed the corruption around the biden family and i don't think anyone wants to see that corruption come back to washington, certainly not the white house. >> ed: on the point of joe biden, brand-new poll we got to here in des moines, a national poll from "the wall street journal" that says for the first time in their highly respected poll, bernie sanders is within the

lead. it's in the margin of error but still at the top there. what do you think of him serving stomach seemed to surge here and nationally? >> i think it's been a huge hit to biden, because it has exposed the corruption around here. i don't want to see that come back to washington. i don't think he has won a very good campaign. he doesn't seem to really want it. bernie sanders, i think you'll be a great matchup for the president. frankly, i don't see anybody in the democratic field at this point that is going to be able to mount a real challenge to the president. if you look at what donald trump is going to do here over the next couple of days, it's the first glimpse and a first preview, and he's got a great story to tell. the last three years have been one success after another under this president. he will get to see him lay that out a lot in the state of the union, but particularly over the next several months as we lead up to november. >> ed: the president talked about socialism on the ballot, seemed to be itching for the chance to face bernie sanders. here's what he set about looking

ahead to november. >> but the democrats are trying to overturn the last election. we will make sure that they face another crushing defeat. [cheers and applause] november 3rd, market off. november 3rd. mark it off. >> ed: there is no denying the president had some of his supporters here 30 hours before that rally, freezing cold temperatures. he fires up the crowds. on the other hand, kate bedingfield, one of vice president biden's advisors, was on the program earlier and she said if you go back to the ukraine story, this president is afraid. he might want to take on bernie sanders, but he's afraid to take on joe biden in wisconsin, pennsylvania, some of those blue-collar states the president won. >> honestly i think that's laughable. look at the contrast between the biden campaign on the trump campaign. last night you had thousands of people that waited hours to be part of that event. they had to shut it down nearly an hour and a half before the

event started because it was at max capacity. on the other hand, you have a handful of biden people showing up, and half of them are asleep. the contrast -- >> ed: you are joking a little bit, right connector not sleeping. >> not all, but i think close to it. it's absolutely absurd to think that the biden campaign at this point can even be compared to where the trump campaign is in the amount of the enthusiasm behind them. bernie sanders' campaign has an enthusiasm but i think most of america will quickly see -- they don't want america to be venezuela and that's a crack in the path -- >> ed: sarah sanders, appreciate you coming in. sandra? >> sandra: we are seeing chuck schumer at the microphone. let's listen in ahead of what may play out this afternoon. >> so it's deeply disturbing that on something of such importance to the future of our democracy a few of my republican colleagues announced last night the vote against hearing

additional evidence. it's clear where the american people stand on the issue. republican senators who decide to go against the will of the people will have to reckon with it. the result of today's vote is still an open question, but i would note that even in senator alexander's statement announcing his opposition to new evidence, he said that it was proven that the president did what he was accused of. he came to the wrong conclusion about hearing evidence in this trial, that's clear, but senator alexander, a senior senate republican, a retiring member, set out loud "i think wi think most beleaguered private. that yes, the president did withhold military assistance to try and get ukraine to help him in the u.s. elections. yes, the president did interfere

with congressional investigations of that misconduct. he said yes, the president conditioned foreign aid and a white house meeting with an ally at war on the performance of bogus investigations that would help his reelection. alexander rejected 90% of the argument from the president's counsel that the president did nothing wrong. he acknowledged that the president did something of the founders feared most. the potential corruption of our national elections by a foreign power. solicited by none other than our own president. and to hide that gross misconduct, the white house exhausted every legal trick in the book to prevent congress from investigating. if my republican colleagues refused to even consider witnesses and documents in this trial, this country is headed toward the greatest cover-up

since watergate. if my republican colleagues refused to even consider witnesses and documents in the trial, what will the president conclude? we all know he will conclude he can do it again, and congress can do nothing about it. he can try to cheat in his election again, something that eats at the roots of our democracy. and one more point, the point of been making for weeks, but is most relevant today -- if my republican colleagues refused to consider witnesses and documents in this trial, the president's acquittal will be meaningless because it will be the result of a sham trial. if there are no witnesses, no documents in this trial, they will be a permanent asterisk next to the acquittal of president trump, written in permanent ink. so, senate republicans face a

choice today between seeking the truth and covering it up. between a fair trial and a farce. between country and party. no matter what the results of today's vote, i believe the truth will eventually come out. my republican colleagues should think about that before they vote today. the truth, the truth, will eventually come out. we could vote to see the truth in this trial, or it could come out in a few weeks or a few months. and on that day, every republican who voted to hide the truth and an impeachment trial of the president will have to answer for it. senator murray?

>> well, thank you. you know, since the news first broke about the president's call depression of the ukrainian president to investigate his political rival, democrats have made very clear that we need to approach this fairly, transparently, and in a way -- >> sandra: you been listening to democratic leadership in the senate. chuck schumer they're speaking a moment ago. chris wallace joining us here on set in miami on what we just heard. i see you writing things down, chris. what struck you? >> the line that if the republicans don't vote for witnesses, this will be the greatest cover-up since watergate. the president's acquittal will be meaningless because it will have been a sham trial. and then when the truth comes out later, according to senator schumer, than every republican who voted against witnesses is going to have to answer for it. i actually think that every side is going to come out a winner in this prelude maybe for the explain, sandra. i think the republicans at the white house will be winners because the president will be acquitted, and the trial to remove him from office will have failed. i think the democrats who knew they were never going to get the president removed will be able

to argue, just as schumer did, from now until november, that this was a cover-up and that all the republican senators who were up for reelection in 2020 were part of that cover-up. and i think john bolton will benefit because he gets untold, free publicity for his book. so it's a little cynical, but but i think this will end up with all sides getting what they wanted. >> sandra: really interesting analysis they are. i want to read a chunk of lamar alexander statement. you heard it, chuck schumer directly quoting him and at times paraphrasing him. but he ultimately said, "let's let the people decide what they heard through this process." he said, "the question is not whether the president did it but whether the united states senate or the american people should decide what to do about what he did. i believe the constitution provides that the people should make that decision, in the presidential election that begins in iowa on monday." and here we are. if this does go up for an up or

down vote tonight, and this ends with the acquittal of the president, off we go. >> off we go in any case. but yes, we obviously have paid precious little attention to iowa because this has been so consuming. once this trial is over, the world is going to -- the political world's vision and attention will shift to iowa, and a week later to new hampshire. there was another thing that lamar alexander said yesterday. he basically said that even if everything the democrats allege is true, that the president did -- and he indicated he thought the call was an appropriate, but even if everything that the president did with regard to president zelensky of ukraine was true, it didn't rise to the level of an impeachable offense. and i think that has been a fairly strong argument for the republicans all along. but maybe the call wasn't perfect, as the president contends. maybe you shouldn't have been asking for political help investigating the bidens.

what do you really want to remove a president -- and this gets to his second point -- do you really want to remove a president eight or nine months before an election? >> sandra: he went on to question the precedent this would set if he were to vote yes on this. let's go to the super bowl pick, because rifabutin don't like sitting a beautiful, sunny , miami. south beach. this is unbelievable. the fox compound, there's a ferris wheel out here, -- >> there also hall of famer's walking around like ants at a picnic. i spent some time with brett favre. you said i was starstruck. indeed, i was. i've seen others here. let me just say, what a great place to cover the impeachment trial in washington and the iowa caucuses, from south beach, miami. >> sandra: terry bradshaw, joe montana. as you said, we are in the tent, i turned around and there was brett favre. chris wallace gets up. you were a little star truck,

it's fun to see that. you know a lot of people. anyway, that's the crowd noise you hear. fox sports has their set up next to us. a lot of energy on the ground here in south beach. it was good to catch up with you, chris! who are you picking for the super bowl, by the way? >> i'm picking kansas city. i think it'll be a very close and exciting super bowl. i think patrick mahomes is the single most dynamic and exciting player in the nfl right now. and i like andy reid, and he has won a super bowl. he's the winningest coach who hasn't won a super bowl. kansas city. >> sandra: a lot of people who were chiefs fans want the chiefs just because of coach read, they want that win for him. thank you, chris. enjoy. ed in iowa? >> ed: fox news alert, meanwhile the state department warning americans not to travel to china as the world health organization officially calls the coronavirus a public health emergency. we will have the latest on that, and we will look at the history of the iowa caucuses.

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>> sandra: as you know by now, ed is already up in iowa and i will be heading there a bit later. earlier i sat down with fox news decision desk's director, and former reagan campaign manager ed rollins, who both know very well how important iowa is t toa presidential campaign. >> stop one on the long, winding road to the white house -- iowa.

democrats running for president going on the attack and making their pitch to voters ahead of the first nominating contest. >> there's a reason why this man is on trial. the reason he's on trial is because he does not want to run against me. >> obviously our campaign is about winning here in iowa, winning the democratic nomination. defeating trump. that it's more than that. >> it's business as usual after donald trump. democrats will lose. >> iowa has picked the nominee all but three times since the caucuses began in 1972. so how will it play out on monday? >> what iowa is going to do, it will devolve the field. it'll reduce the number of serious players. iowa does not pick the winner but it does choose the field. >> but razor-thin margins are a good possibility when you look at the field today. >> very possible, but they only have time to focus on a few candidates.

civil rights rides up happening is someone winning by razor-thin margin could wind up winning big. that's what's really important. it's because they physically stand in the corner of the room and more than 1600 precincts over 99 counties to show their support for a candidate. if their candidate doesn't have the support of at least 15% of those in attendance, they can try and gain more supporters or switch to another campaign. >> at what point do we try and know who's emerging as a winner? >> there are no ballots. you stand in, you go to the corner. all of the sudden there seems to be movement there. the people that are dropping out, which several of them will be, are now moving to biden or sanders or warren or wherever. speak over the past nearly five decades, iowans have seen their fair share of upsets. >> huckabee was a big surprise. >> it starts here in iowa, but

it doesn't end here. >> he had no idea we were going to win. we started to see momentum. >> how does a candidate then use that momentum from iowa to then head on to the next? >> have a good speech. >> this defining moment in history, you have done what the senate said we couldn't do. [cheers and applause] >> you look back at that speech, it definitely launched his candidacy. another of the big upsets was in 2004. everyone thought howard dean was riding high in iowa, and he gave a speech and there was the famous dean scream. >> and then you're going to washington, d.c., to take back the white house! yaaaah! >> i'm told that if you are in the room he didn't sound as insane. >> with democrats about to kick off the race the nomination, we wait to see who gets the nod from the first state to vote in the presidential election year. >> what will you be watching for that day, that night? >> i'll be watching for two things. what has gotten the most people to the polls on that snowy day,

but also who is everybody's second choice? >> do you expect any big upsets on tuesday? >> i'm smart enough to know that even smart democrats can't predict this one. why would a dumb republican try? [laughter] >> sandra: my thanks, it was great to sit down with them and pick their brains on what's coming up. >> it's very cool. there is something else that connects us today, sandra. "the des moines register" has a story that an iowan, major adam willington, is going to fly a marine corps jet over hard rock stadium there in the pregame ceremonies before the super bowl. there will also be four navy jets. you want to thank all of them for their service. that'll be another nice touch. an iowan will be there. >> sandra: thanks, ed. >> ed: in the meantime, this fox news alert. the senate moving toward an acquittal in president trump's impeachment trial after a key republican said he will vote against calling new witnesses. how did the democrats come out looking after all this?

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[laughs] garoppolo, come on, better aim ! i haven't played. garoppolo! welcome to miami, buddy! good times. can we just give a shout out to this crowd? because they are amazing. >> i will see you in a minute. a lot of familiar faces aroundh. i will show you somebody hanging out right here. check this out, on fox and friends this morning, the fox football. super bowl liv game day is on sunday. pete hegseth! [laughs] >> hard at work. >> sandra: you know how tempted i am. [laughs] lots of familiar faces hanging out around the fox compound here. you got fox sports, fox news, fox business network. it's an amazing day. high 70s, sunny, the crowds are out, people are super pumped

for this big game happening on sunday. who do you have, who is your pick, ed? >> ed: i will go with kansas city. i've got to say, say hi to pete. we used to work together. they have guy come i didn't recognize. who's the guy before him? i didn't recognize them. >> sandra: pete -- >> it's is back ed henry, hello to you, sir. [laughter] we are having too much fun. back to you. >> ed: you clearly are. i've got a guest coming out stomach up the trial could end as soon as today after republican senator lamar alexander announced he will vote against calling witnesses. the tennessee republican issuing the statement saying, "there is no need for more evidence to prove something that has already been proven, and does not meet the united states constitutional high bar for impeachable offense if this shallow, hurried, and wholly partisan impatient look

succeed, it ripped the country apart, pouring gasoline on the fire of cultural divisions that already exist." who needs? i've got steve hilton, good to see you, sir. >> they are definitely having too much fun down here. >> ed: we will have to do the meat and potatoes. this is good for the president. lamar alexander is retiring, he doesn't necessarily owe anybody anything. in that statement there he is currently saying, "nancy pelosi, you would only move forward if this is bipartisan. this is not bipartisan." >> that really exposes something that he wouldn't put in so blunt in terms because he's a very dignified senator. but what is really pointing to their is that this whole thing from the beginning has been a political stunt organized by the democrats. it is basically one long democratic party press release attacking president trump. and now, right at the crucial moment, he has called that out and try to put a stop on it. hopefully that will happen and we will see an end to this

process. that it's inappropriate to push these investigations. you focus on your show a lot about cleaning up the swamp. was it a message through that statement, as well? >> on this particular case i would make the argument very strongly that actually the cleaning up of the swamp is needed here, it's about what happened with joe biden and the ukrainian gas industry. it's an element of the story that hasn't had sufficient attention. while joe biden was vice president in charge of ukraine policy, supervising u.s. taxpayer aid to ukraine, a huge chunk, billions of dollars of that aid, was earmarked for the gas industry in ukraine. now, we don't know how much of that money went directly to burisma. it could have been none, but it could have been billions. that is why we need an investigation. frankly, that is why the ukrainians have to do the investigating. because we can't tell that on our own. you know the money was sent.

we don't know is how much -- >> ed: that may be why we are not getting witnesses, as well. there are senators who knew that if you get on both incoming and you will end up getting hunter biden on the rest. let's move onto 2020. that's why we are on the ground and i will with this brand-new "wall street journal" poll. it's within the margin of error, bernie sanders at 27%, biden at 26%. elizabeth warren fading a bit. we don't vote nationally, vote state-by-state. when you look at the iowa polls, sanders has also been surging. what does that mean for the democrats? >> i think it shows something that actually president trump said the other day. he's the one they really want. the energy in the democratic party is with that far left wing in terms of the young activists, especially. that's where all the money is being raised and where the energy is. nobody's ready to predict yet, but bernie will certainly do well. biden will do well. mayor pete -- you might not get a clear-cut result, but what you certainly will see is the race

shaping up to be between bernie and biden, the two big ideological choices. but to me it's a win-win for president trump either way. both these characters have huge flaws and drawbacks. with bernie, it's the left-wing policy agenda. with joe biden, it's a fact, as we were just don't like just discuss and come he is a symbol of the swamp. he is a symbol of the establishment. it's easy for president trump to run the 2020 campaign like he did in 2016. thdon't like outsiders shaking t up. >> ed: can't let you leave without axing about to asking aboutbrexit. brexit was another sign that there was revolution coming in britain in the united states, around the world. it took a long time. what is happening next? >> first of all, i want to point out one of our team set as i was coming up here come "happy independence day." that's exactly right. that's what it is, independence for the u.k. finally after 47 years of being part of an organization that takes away

your national sovereignty. the way i'd like to think about is this -- you said it took a long time. imagine if you are somebody voted for president trump in 2016 but he was only taking office today. imagine how you'd feel. you would have had none of the tax cuts, none of the deregulation, no neil gorsuch, no brett kavanaugh, no criminal justice reform. nothing. no confronting china. that's what's been going on in the u.k. finally it's happening. that is a cause for celebration but it's not over, because this is the official departure. now they have a year of negotiation to figure out the future relationship, what the trade relationship -- and so on. it's not over yet but it's a hugely important symbolic date. >> ed: absolutely. don't miss steve hilton's show on sunday evening. it's great to see you in person. sandra? >> sandra: looking good, good stuff out there. the sun is meanwhile getting ready for the final phase of the impeachment trial. how could it all play out in the next couple of hours, with the odds more and more in the president's favor? we will look at that, plus a

look at the side bets in the super bowl. opening coin toss, anyone? bill hemmer is here with some of the strangest bets so far. [laughs] >> we've had a few! speed another game of corn hole , right? ♪

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afternoon. >> great to see you, as wel the lay of the land, keep an eye on senator murkowski. if your buddy's talking about it. don't bet against or not voting with the other republicans. there's nothing from here, because she hasn't said. however, mitch mcconnell throughout this whole process has tried to entertain her and susan collins and mitt romney and accoand accommodated them as he can. change the resolution. remember, before it started last tuesday, yesterday mccollum that with murkowski. who knows how that meeting turned out. she had no comment when she left. and last night murkowski went to dinner with lamar alexander, who we know at 11:00 last night issued his verdict that he will vote against it. speech she said she with this morning but we haven't heard from her. she said she needed to put some eye drops and because she had more reading to do. >> the reason this is important, instead of getting a 50/50 vote, and democrats would hammer republicans if that happens, they would allege a cover up here. if you want to 51-49, what i'm

hearing from some senators close to leadership is that it would give the process, in their view, more legitimacy before the american people. >> sandra: and the crowd goes wild or bill hemmer! that's fox sports right next to us. there's a lot of energy on the ground here. bill, great to have you here. get situated there. the impeachment trial continues. we will see what happens. there are some theories that democrats might choose to drag this out in some way, hold some additional votes. >> which is very interesting. pat toomey from pennsylvania was on my show late yesterday, and he said that democrats could hold motions, which could keep them there until monday. what with the appetite be for that on both sides? i can't think right now it's very high, but i'm told to expect the late evening tonight, maybe 10:00, maybe at midnight, maybe even into saturday tomorrow. we will wait and see. >> sandra: let's talk some football! we are in miami. big game. i'm taking the chiefs.

you, too? >> andy reid, i think it got a lot of weapons. i'm a big football fan. i've been to a lot of super bowls. >> sandra: you are a big sports fan in general. >> correct on that. the super bowl is america's greatest event ever. the nfl has this thing mastered. they do it better than anyone. i tell you what, i think with the lead has is probably the best match up possible. two really good offenses but a really good defense for the front five for san francisco. green bay did not score a point in the first half. what happened in the second ha second half, services whose defense. they get tired? if they get hurt against green bay, imagine jason brown kansas city. that's a high motion offense. b>> sandra: how about the match up of quarterbacks? >> i think mahomes will get all the attention, as he should. garoppolo has had an average postseason. he is a better quarterback than he has played. i would expect them to have a

better super bowl than what we've seen lately. you put all of it together, the differences andy reid is that coach. i think everybody has got that feeling right now, don't they? >> sandra: do you think it'll be a high-score and gain? >> yes, yeah. san francisco's front five, these guys are all top draft picks. these guys are really, really good. by the way, one thing, i know joe montana was here a few hours ago. he ruined my childhood twice. >> sandra: i remember the story! [laughs] >> i have no love -- well, i have a lot of love for san francisco, but not so much for the 49ers. >> sandra: everyone i ask who you are here to root on, here the chiefs. who are you cheering on? who is your team? [crowd reacting] >> on the count of three "kansas city." one, two, three. >> chiefs! >> on the count of three, "san francisco." one, two, three. >> chiefs! >> silver going back to send del

not kansas city >> sandra: oh, my. having too much fun here. >> we can't! >> sandra: he always wants a wager. we are both picking the chiefs. >> i will tell you what we are l do. national anthem, over/under 2 minutes? >> sandra: oh, okay. over. >> i will take the under. >> sandra: good thing you brought that up. >> at least we got some action. >> sandra: how about the super bowl halftime action? jennifer lopez and shakira will not be scoring big paychecks for the super bowl halftime show. what you need to know about that. these ladies are still expected, however, to cash in big time. he will tell you how. we are, did i mention that? live in miami! south beach, people! we will break it down for you. stay with us. ♪ how well does your financial advisor know you?

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ed: fox news alert, the trump administration morning americans not to tell my travel to china as a world health organization officially decries the coronavirus outbreak of global health emergency. so for almost 10,000 cases have been confirmed all around the world, six right here in the u.s. the virus claiming lives in china. they have confirmed the first person-to-person transmission of the virus here in the u.s., woman in illinois who just returned from china has infected her husband. ♪ >> sandra: jennifer lopez and shakira are the halftime performance, they are not

getting paid for it. the nfl has actually never paid for halftime performers, if you didn't know. the stars do get a major boost in sales, of course, after the big show. fox nation host abby hornacek is here to break it all down. >> they don't get paid, now we know! you have shakira, you have j.lo. they probably got enough money in the bank. but the nfl does delve out a lot of money for these performances. it's been estimated in the past around $10 million. think about it, they have to pay for the lighting, the fireworks show. if you are lady gaga, you have a trapeze to come down on. like you mentioned, they did get a lot in sales. maroon 5 saw a boost of 488% that day. justin timberlake, back in 2018, 534%. and that his album, "man of the woods," ended up being number one on the billboard charts the following week. i think this is a good payoff for the artists in general. even if it's not actual money, its promotion. >> sandra: should we expect a good show? >> i think we should! shakira and j.lo?

they are pretty much sandra and abby! [laughter] maybe sandra, but not me. >> sandra: why not pay the performers? >> i think honestly the nfl is probably like, "we are spending so much money on this halftime." think about it, it's 30 minutes long, they have to change everything out. it probably ends up being around 12 minutes and they are delving out $12 million per they have a lot of money, but... >> sandra: at such a coveted spot, they want to do it. >> i checked out shakira's instagram, that woman doesn't really need any promotion. she's posting all day long. it's probably a big moment for them. >> sandra: nice to see you in south beach. >> you come too! your hair looks perfect. i like how it's not frizzy. >> sandra: thank you for that, i think! you look great, too. we are getting ready for not just the super bowl but a super week with a whole lot coming up. you've got the iowa caucuses, the state of the union address, so what can you expect? all of that after the big game, by the way.

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>> all right, i got off the anchor desk, i'm going to go get my winter coat. it's pretty freezing here, you know? >> sandra: it's snowing. i will come out and meet you on sunday, we missed you here but a fun show today. >> ed: can ask one question? can you go buy bill hemmer some socks before 3:00 p.m.? >> sandra: did he have no socks on? >> ed: no socks, just loafers. >> sandra: will be watching him, he will be joining special coverage is afternoon. i will talk "outnumbered" in a second but first, the crown in south beach. who is your king? [laughs] thank you for joining us, "outnumbered" start now. >> harris>> melissa: fox news a,

democrats facing a make or break moment as we are awaiting a debate over witnesses in the senate trial ahead of a high-stakes vote on whether to call in any additional witnesses. a vote to reject witnesses can pave the way for the president's acquittal as soon as tonight. we are awaiting republican senator lisa murkowski's decision after g.o.p. senator alexander last night came out against calling witnesses. a major blow to democrats efforts. but g.o.p. senator susan collins and mitt romney say they will vote to allow witnesses. meanwhile, other republicans saying the time to end this is now. >> we are coming to a conclusion of this. this has been a completely partisan effort by the democrats, this has been a political effort against the president of the united states because the country is doing so