>> outrage this hour over the treatment of the 25,000 national guards troops that came to washington to protect congress and the inauguration and now face numerous cases of covid. one guard blames being quote, packed together like sar dines in the capitol building and a parking garage nearby. i'm griff jenkins. >> i'm alicia acuna in denver. at least 100 troops have tested positive for covid-19 while on duty in the nation's capital. this has we learned troops will

be staying in washington for two more months. lucas tomlinson has the detailsments this morning, new hampshire governor chris sununu ordered his troops home as soon as possible after they were kicked out of the u.s. capitol. >> it took us governors by surprise. look, they don't complain, but it's my job to protect the team and make sure they're not in the submarine standard position so i pulled them out. >> not all will be leaving soon. natural guard is cutting down to 7,000 by the end of the month. as many as 5,000, a whole brigade will stay through mid march out of some concern that protesters might return on the historic inauguration day of march 4th. before 1937 all presidents took office in march. and they were outraged over the incident and who gave the order. >> so this is what happened, there was one uniformed police officer who issued an order without authority or without

going through the chain of command. >> learned about it at 9:30, got on top of it at 10:00, solved by 11:00, 11:30. >> and what was the issue. >> no one from-- said they had to leave and no one understood why, but they have a place to stay. >> over 100 national guardsmen deployed to washington have tested positive for the coronavirus. the guard blames the capitol police for the snafu and the police deny the accusation. and the topic of the garage did not come up at the press briefing. and the president called to apologize for the accident. >> thank you for kicking it off. >> and donald trump speaks about what he plans to do after leaving the white house.

telling a washington examiner reporter, we'll do something, but not yet. and the reporter was told to leave the grill room at the trump international golf club. meanwhile, his second impeachment trial is set to begin in mid february. here is what we know about the process so far. the article of impeachment will be sent to the senate on monday. that starts the clock in the senate. the senate majority leader chuck schumer announcing that the trial will begin the week of february 8th. >> part of the reason for the trial delay is to allow the senate to work on president biden's agenda, including confirmation votes for his cabinet. joining us now with more on the new administration is mark meredith. hi, mark. >> alicia, good afternoon to you. president biden spent his first two days in office rolling back some of his predecessor's policies, whether it's halting the keystone pipeline or halting deportations. but he says his focus is on the

economy and the pandemic, something it's interesting in trying to address. signing two executive orders could help americans struggling to make end meet. basically having the government to find a way to get federal workers up to $15 minimum. and for protections and wants to make sure the government provides more food assistance to americans who may need it. >> this can help tens of millions of families, especially those who can't provide meals for their kids, who are learning remotely at home, who are not receiving their regular meal plans that they have at school for breakfast or lunch. >> the white house says it remains focused on getting 1.9 trillion dollar stimulus package through congress. and tomorrow, the president's economic team is expected to speak with lawmakers by phone, seeing what can be done. the president urging that to happen soon although it's unclear if congress is going forward with that. and the president had a chance to reach out to the leaders of canada and mexico. the white house releasing a

statement about how that phone call went with mexico's president obrador. the two leaders agreed to work to stem the flow of the regular migration to mexico and to the northern triangle of central america. and immigration reform is a priority of the biden administration. they would like to see a pathway to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people in the united states. that's a tall order for congress. we'll see how that works out and also with the stimulus talks ongoing. no shortage of issues the administration hopes to tackle. >> thank you very much. joining us now to talk about how president biden's economic plan could impact his state republican georgia governor brian kemp. governor, happy saturday. thank you for taking time. >> good to be with you, griff. >> you just heard mark meredith's report there, governor. what is your assessment of the biden administration and what president biden said so far? >> well, we're still trying to

really get some guidance on exactly what they're going to do with the vaccine. we know for right now, that our supply is going to remain steady. we need more. i think you've been hearing that from all of the states, that they've gotten ramped up and getting to the point we can't do more without more doses and you know, we're kind of waiting to see what that's going to look like, when that will happen. thankfully we're almost done with our long-term care facilities in the state and that's going to free up about 40,000 extra doses a week that we can continue to give that those over 65. we expanded that criteria before the c.d.c. did so we can move the needle along as get the vaccine out as quickly as possible. i'm sure we'll be hearing the plans and looking forward to hearing from them. we're not waiting on that, we're continuing to look at mass vaccination sites and other things to prepare for that day of more supply,

whenever that is, two weeks or a month and a half. >> governor, when it comes to president biden's economic plan, one of the things he's looking for is the $15 minimum wage how do you think that will impact the peach state there? >> everything i've seen from that it's going to raise prices. i think in georgia, as well as our economy is going right now, there's many jobs that pay more than $15 an hour, they have benefits with them thankfully. because of the way we reopened our economy and have fought two battles protecting lives, but also realizing we've got to protect livelihoods and keep a roof over people's heads and give them the ability to make money so they can feed and cloth their family. georgia is doing really well. we've got a few industries we've got to continue to work on and travel with big airlines like delta in the state, hospitality, tourism, a lot of the service industry folks, but our manufacturing and financial services and medical, many

other things is doing unbelievable. we're setting records, the first half of this year in the middle of a pandemic, which is incredible. >> let me turn to your mid-terms, never too soon to start talking politics for the next election rounds. in the wake of what we saw with the senate seats and runoff going to the democrats. what does that mean? >> for me, griff, i was saying for weeks leading up to the runoff that republicans could not get distracted. we need to stay focused on sending david perdue and kelly loeffler back to the senate. that didn't, key democrats were motivated. that being said there were bright spots on november 3rd for georgia. if you add up our senate candidates statewide 53% of the vote. the state house candidates got 51%, there was a lot of talk about republicans losing majority control in the house. that wasn't even close.

we've got strong majorities coming back and i think it's a good lesson for all of us, all politics is local. the candidates that stayed on message and talked about things that georgians are concerned about, protecting lives, protecting livelihoods, making sure that we have a great economy, that our communities are safe, and many other things, is what's going to move the needle. republicans in georgia, over the last two years, we've passed health care bills and that's something that the republicans haven't been able to talk about the last six or seven years. >> governor, let me talk about the criticism of president trump to your election laws. are you going to look at election laws, for example, voter i.d. check for absentee ballots? >> well, that's certainly something that i support and will be working on. there's going to be a lot of proposals. i mean, listen, we know there's a lot of frustration out there, i think it's incumbent on us as

policy makers to listen to people's frustrations about you also at the end of the day to make sure that we have secure, accessible and fair elections in the state and that people have confidence in that. i believe in doing the photo i.d. requirement on absentee ballots by mail, would help accomplish that, but there's many other things that i've been talking to the legislators about that we'll be looking at and debating this year and hopefully will have bipartisan support because i don't know who would not be for having secure accessible fair elections and making it easy to vote and hard to cheat. >> governor brian kemp of georgia. we look forward to that and please come back here and share those developments with us. >> thanks, griff. >> for more on president biden's agenda in his first 100 days let's turn to democratic new york congressman. thank you for being here today. and i'd like to begin with something your colleague

congressman don bacon on the problem solvers caucus. and to a relief package, we're of the opinion that we should give it a little time. we just passed a 900 billion dollar plan and we've pass add $3 trillion one back in march and now another 900 billion so i don't think there's a big appetite for an immediate, another covid round at least. congressman swazee, do you think there's a way to find some common ground here? >> yes, i do, alicia. i think that democrats and republicans can work together. every economist told us whether we're the most conservative or progressive economist, the biggest mistake we can make now is not spending enough money and the president has laid out a plan to spend another $1.9 trillion on things like state and local aid, on additional money for vaccines, on getting stimulus checks out to

residents. we need to try to keep things moving and i think it's important that we spend this money on another package as soon as possible because a lot of the programs that we've put in place expire in march, the last 900 billion plan was a stop gap, keep us going, a down payment to get us through march and now it's time to put a new plan in place. >> as you know, president biden is hoping for a $15 minimum wage on the federal level, nationwide. do you think that could get in the way of negotiations when you have republicans more concerned about the future of the economy and how that could maybe pause things and slow things down in negotiation with the covid relief bill? >> there's no question there will be a debate about the $15 minimum wage there always has been. we have to put it. $15 an hour, 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, two weeks vacation, $30 a year. where i'm from in new york, $30,000 a year, you're not

making the american dream and have a place to live and retire without being scared. other places, $15 an hour, $30,000 a year in wages would be a decent living so we have to try to find that balance. right now we think it's everybody to lift everybody up, to get nem to have higher wages and recreate the american dream, people are willing to work hard, 40, 50 hours a week, 48, 50 weeks a year, they make enough to enjoy a decent life in our country and that's what the american dream is about. we need to create more wages and that's why president biden's new buy america plan and structure and covid relief are trying to put people to work and create real jobs for people to have a decent life in the united states of america. again, whether you're progressive or conservative, everybody in america think if you're willing to work hard you should have a decent life so we need to recreate that for people, we're creating enormous wealth and see the stock markets booming, that's

wonderful, and great and people have money to go to work every day. >> i only have so much time. i want to get to one other topic because senator shelley moore capito of west virginia did say recently, actually on inauguration day, that she believes there should only be nine supreme court justices and introduced a bill that said as much, that it should be limited to nine. is that something you'd be willing to consider? >> well, i've always thought that was the case. nine supreme court justices has always been good for the united states of america and we've made it work. i've been supportive of that. i don't like the idea of increase the supreme court. >> thank you, senator suozzi. >> thanks very much. >> tomorrow, dr. wollensky, check your listings for time and channel. >> broadcasting legend larry

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>> welcome back. legendary tv and radio show

host larry king has died ending a career that spanned more than half a century and an estimated 50,000 on air interviews. that's amazing. the broadcasting giant was 87 years old. for more on the legacy he has left behind, we have fox business media buzz host howie kurtz. sad news, but what a legend. >> larry king, i knew him very well. he was the same off air as on the air. he was a brooklyn guy. he was charming, funny, he could talk to anyone about anything. larry's in the corner, he would call himself. and he basically changed the face of broadcasting. he took in late night call in radio show and put it on tv. him, the mic, suspenders and celebrities and started in the mid '80s and he was pretty soft on the celebrities. he kissed marlon brando on the air and people like him and

liked the show. >> he was sometimes criticized as a soft interviewer. how would you describe the style you're talking about? >> you know, larry king told me, he told anybody who interviewed him, he didn't want to make the show about him. he had he would ask short questions, didn't come with a stack of blue cards, interview authors, not read the book and still conduct an interview. let's take a look at larry's own words from three years ago. >> i've never brought opinions. i left my ego at the door. i never used the word "i", the guest was the thing that counted. but here is the thing. his show changed and changed television in 1992 when ross abouter row announced his candidacy and then perot and al gore. and bill clinton went on the show and some say it wasn't

presidential, but he addressed the american public and now the talk show industry now became a place where any politician, and journalists wanted to appear. griff: everybody wanted to do his show. i've got to ask you. since you knew him well, did he do a lot of preparation for his show? >> no, he asked them not to prepare. he wanted to ask the questions that someone sitting on the couch would ask. asking ronald reagan, what's it like to be shot. sometimes it would elicit different answers. he wasn't perfect and experienced at marriage, eight times to seven different women, but nevertheless, even after cnn, he signed on with a streaming network and then a russian network. he lived to do this and he loved it. he really was a guy who never cast himself as brilliant

intellectual. that wasn't his thing. his thing was conference-- conversation and he was easy to watch and he once said, he didn't want to be mary poppins, but he wasn't sam donaldson either. griff: he was great to watch and i look forward to watching you as well. you'll have a lot more on larry king when you take a look at how the media is covering biden's first days in office. that's tomorrow, media buzz, 11 a.m. with howie kurtz, thank you very much. >> thanks for the plug. griff: alicia. aliciia: the stock market taking a dip yesterday after record highs following biden's inauguration. joining us now to discuss what we can expect from the biden economy is founding partner of macro trends advisor, rich, good to see you. >> good to see you as well . >> so we saw the closing bell.

the week was a mixed bag on wall street. what's the take away? >> this is the beginning of earnings, and we had companies like netflix reporting. earnings season tends to be a rollercoaster ride and on top of that a new president take office and policy agenda with a spate of executive orders. taking the market a while to digest that, but ultimately they love stimulus. the market loves stimulus and the notion of more of it keeps the market afloat. >> let's talk about biden's agenda, particularly tax policy. it's the intention for the biden administration to roll back 2017 tax cuts and the president was a little prophetic about that, take a listen. >> i hope they don't raise your taxes. but if they do, i told you so. >> he would want to repeal

parts of the 2017 tax cuts that benefitted the highest income americans and large companies. >> on tax cuts, how could that affect the markets and then everyday americans? >> well, alicia, i think there's a misnomer that is a big dnc talking point that the tax cuts and jobs acts from 2017 only benefitted the rich. that is not true. every income band got lower tax rates. so, hopefully it's not politicized that way, but when you talk about corporations, i think the things we need to remember, it's not the big corporations, most small businesses is their own corporation and the last thing we need is higher taxes on small business. and many small businesses may make more than $400,000 and they're struggling to keep their businesses afloat. so every additional dollar those business owners don't have or have to hire and reinvest in their business. i don't think right now with a

fragile economy higher taxes is the answer. >> what small businesses, you talk about that 400 plus and what could hit small businesses, it's like on one hand they're getting their handshaken and the other hand is getting smacked. they just can't win. i want you to listen what the national economic had to say about coronavirus and small business. it's a criticism of the former packages. >> too much of the support that has been dedicated to small businesses has left out the smallest businesses, mom and pop businesses that don't have existing connections it the financial institution. i think in particular black, latino, native american owned businesses. >> you know, mitch, outside of that, a lot of small businesses are saying what's really hurting them and not helping are all of these restrictions that keep them from running their business. >> yeah, and you know, just on

the help from the previous package, there was 130 or 160 billion dollars of unclaimed paycheck protection program money so i think it's a little rich to say that small businesses didn't have the opportunity to get that money because they didn't have connections, but it's the reality is, more regulations, more taxes, are the things that hold back businesses. so, right now, i think we need to keep the deregulatory framework, keep taxes low and try to find targeted benefits for all small businesses to keep them going through this no-fault of their own period that's going on right now. >> right, okay. mitch rochelle, great conversation. thank you so much. >> alicia, thank you so much. >> someone in michigan is having a very exciting weekend after buying a winning ticket to the third largest lottery prize in history. how much the jackpot is worth coming up next.

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>> welcome back. a new report is detailing how the biden administration is planning to continue its pace on executive actions next week by outlining a series of themes it plans to hit on. take a look, you can see it there. here to weigh in on this big week which has buy american, racial equality, and climate change, health care. we have our panel, charlie, leslie, and point out and fox's contributor and of course, leslie, a democratic strategies and fox news contributor as well. happy saturday to both of you. i want to ask a simple question-- >> happy saturday to you guys. >> based on what we've seen far in the biden administration, are we see a centrist or a liberal biden administration? i'll start with you, charlie. >> well, without a doubt. when you look at the executive actions joe biden has taken so far, it's hardly centrist. when you talk about some.

immigration policies that the biden administration's pursuing, you know, these are things not only not popular among the broad public or not popular among republicans, they're not even popular among democrat voters. but of course, all of this is going to be sidelined as long as democrats insist upon pursuing this impeachment, which of course, to me, suggests that they have absolutely no real agenda whatsoever except to relitigate the past four years and do what basically they failed to do a year ago at the beginning of this pandemic, which was to get rid of trump, even now that trump is already gone. >> leslie, some democrats are happy to include some progressive ones. what do you say, liberal or centrist administration so far? >> i'm a centrist-minded democrat as most the house, senate and nation are. and charlie, even though you're the last person, you may not remember outside of fox news that i hugged in person before

this pandemic, i got to disagree with you and here is why. when you say these are not largely popular, well, i highly disagree, raising the minimum page, federal minimum wage to $15 an hour is liked by masses and so is not keeping daca recipients in limbo, so is reuniting children with their families and not celebrating them in the future. this is not a hard core radical left agenda. quite frankly, this is exactly what joe biden campaigned on when-- before he was elected president, 84 million people wanted this agenda obviously and to your point about impeachment, you know, i think it was senator klobuchar yesterday who said talk to any women who can, you know, cook and home school and work in a home and clean the house, please. they can walk and chew gum at the same time. this is not about punishing donald trump, this is about fulfilling their constitutional

responsibility. griff: charlie, quickly, do you want to respond? >> well, of course, the real thing about the impeachment it has nothing to do with removing him from office, he's already left. it's aimed at preventing him from ever running again, which is pretty funny because it's sort of a tell by democrats that they still are terrified of him, a, and b, they don't want to talk about anything else. ne just want to keep talking about trump. what are we going to talk about once the impeachment is gone and he is gone? >> leslie, you mentioned hug and i love that reference because really, that's what we need on capitol little. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell doesn't team like he wants to offer a hug to chuck schumer, the majority leader. here is what he says about what we've seen so far. >> the biden administration's first day it took several big steps in the wrong direction. the president reentered the

failed paris agreement and ended the xl keystone pipeline. griff: and i ask you, he wants on capitol hill how is he doing. >> i tweeted this to senator rubio, unity is not i give you everything, and every politician left or right. senator mitch mcconnell to your point senator mitch mcconnell might be voting to convict and we'll see how many republicans do. this is not just a democratic agenda with regard to impeachment, but the unity, unity comes from us as well. i mean, you know, it comes not just from politicians it comes from those of us out there which obviously the president can't control, our individual choices and our free will. when it comes to legislation, president biden is going to put forth what he campaigned on. that's what every individual sitting president does whether democrat or republican and mitch mcconnell at the end of the day he's a republican and

he's going to push back and quite frankly, he's doing his job, so this is no surprise. politics as usual. griff: we'll have to leave it there. we'll go and let you hug each other. >> i'd like to see that, thanks. >> with no winning tickets sold since subject, the mega millions jackpot grew until last night's numbers were drawn. >> hi, alicia. if you won a billion dollars what's the first thing you would buy, go or person you would help? a lot of conversations around the country and now one person will have to make that decision. the lucky player is in michigan. that person winning $1 billion. this is the second largest single jackpot in u.s. lotto history. the first being one and a half billion dollars, won in south carolina in 2018. this michigan player now has two choices. option one, take home some.

money and get paid out over the next 30 years, or option two, grab the cash, which is about $739.6 million before taxes. the magic numbers are 4, 26, 42, 50 and 60 and the mega ball is 24. 10 tickets matched with the five white balls to win the second prize, tickets spread out around the country worth 1 to $2 million. >> i have a whole list of things i would do. new shoes, new car, new house, heater for my pool, send my kid off to college. lots of good things. >> i don't have to be the big winner. i could just be four numbers would be good. >> and that's right. >> so don't throw out those tickets yet. coming in third place doesn't sound too bad either. 187 tickets, four numbers and mega ball, 10 to $20,000.

all of this coming two days after someone in maryland won the powerball. the fifth largest single lottery prize, more than 732 million dollar ticket sold in the coal mining town. and maryland is one of the states where the winner can keep their identity hidden and the convenience store that won that lucky ticket will be getting their fair cut, $100,000. a big exciting weekend for a lot of people, alicia, around the country. alicia: absolutely. alex hogan, what a way to start the year for some of those folks. thanks so much. griff: katie couric is facing some backlash after making comments criticizing people who voted for trump while on real time with bill maher last week. watch. >> i also think some of them are believing the garbage that they're being fed 24/7 on the internet, by their

constituents, and bought into this big lie and the question is, how are we going to really almost deprogram these people who have signed up for the cult of trump. >> the remarks have reportedly gotten the attention of producers on the long running game show jeopardy where she is slated to fill in as a guest host following the death of long time host of alex trebek in november. alicia, i don't know why these folks go into these great opportunities like hosting jeopardy, the classic, with really harsh language that isn't appealing to all the people there. alicia: and folks, anyone, katie couric, anyone is free to voice their opinion on something, but when you look at the prism of jeopardy, this isn't the tradition of alex trebek or the show itself. it stays apolitical, out of the fray and the viewers may bristle. griff: sometimes i want to

grab in my tv dinner and tune into the jeopardy and it's not clear whether she will object will not be the guest host, we'll have to find out. alicia: we will watch. president joe biden faces a tough test in the middle east. we'll speak with a former national security chief and on what foreign policy challenges he could encounter with iran next. my retirement plan with voya keeps me moving forward. they guide me with achievable steps that give me confidence. this is my granddaughter... she's cute like her grandpa. voya doesn't just help me get to retirement... ...they're with me all the way through it. voya. be confident to and through retirement. you're clearly someone who takes care of yourself. so why wait to screen for colon cancer? because when caught in early stages, it's more treatable.

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>> president joe biden wants to rejoin the iran nuclear deal and put an end to his predecessor's quote maximum pressure campaign. let's discuss this with center for security policy president and ceo, hes with a the chief of staff for the national security council under president trump. fred, thanks for being here. before we get started i'd like to have you take a listen to what the secretary of state nominee antony blinken had to

say on this. >> the president-elect believes if iran comes back into compliance we would, too, but we could use that as a platform with our allies and partners who would once again be on the same side with us, to seek a longer and stronger agreement. alicia: tread-- fred, mr. blinken says when iran comes into compliance, were they ever in compliance? >> i listened to his comments. iran was never in the prerequisites and iran withdrew from the provisions of the deal and basically the biden administration wants iran to come back into compliance and then join. and israeli when they had a treasure trove of materials,

massive cheating that they weren't supposed to acquire. the left doesn't want to talk about this. and i think that mr. biden wants to rejoin whether or not iran has its role in the past. alicia: what role would israel play. >> i'm glad to hear mr. blinken say that unlike the obama administration, the biden administration would. and i think the decision has been made a pro forma policy review and then m a few months we would be back in the agreement. alicia: we have iran's history over the past four years and the tone that it's taking now. here is something that was written by the iranian minister of foreign affairs as he's urging biden to rejoin the nuclear agreement. he writes, u.s. president joe biden can choose a better path

by ending trump's policy of maximum pressure and returning to the deal his predecessor abandoned. if he does, iran would like-wise return to the commitments under the nuclear deal. if washington continues on extracting concessions, this opportunity would be lost. that doesn't sound like a negotiation. >> the iranians said they're not going to follow up with a better agreement, they want the u.s. to drop its sanctions and then it will come into compliance with this very weak deal and if we drop our sanctions, alicia, we will be giving iran a windfall of billions of dollars to spend on terrorism, missile program, meddling in the middle east, i'm hoping that president biden will reconsider such a step. alicia: we will continue to watch. fred, fleitz. thank you for being here. >> thank you. griff: 755 home runs and over

200 rbi's. a small part of what baseball legend hank aaron's legacy was, and charles watson is live in atlanta with more. charles. >> hey, good afternoon, a steady stream of mourners here in atlanta this afternoon where baseball legend hank aaron made history. we'll take a look at his legendary life and career. that's coming up.

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go online to transfer your services in about a minute. get started today. >> welcome back. hall of fame baseball player hank aaron set records that still stands today. that was only one story of his life. charles watson is in atlanta with how people remember hank aaron. charles. >> good afternoon. hank aaron meant so much to the world of baseball. he also certainly meant so much to the fans here in atlanta. take a look behind me. there's been a steady stream of folks here this morning just paying respects to aaron at the site where he hit that historic 715th home run, breaking babe ruth's record. you know, aaron was known as someone who was just humble, a humble man who came from humble beginnings. he was born into poverty

february 5th, in segregated mobile, alabama and his humble beginnings would transform to superstardom and the then milwaukee braves called him up to the major leagues 1953 at age 19. he was among the first wave of african-americans to break the color barrier in major league baseball, racking up a number of records along the way. the defining moments of aaron's career came after the braves moved to atlanta in 1974. he hit his 715th home run at fulton county stadium, breaking babe ruth's all-time record for the most career home runs. that beautiful moment would soon turn ugly as aaron received thousands of racist and hateful letters. he finished his career with a record 755 home runs. and in 2002, former president george bush awarded aaron the presidential medal of freedom, the highest civilian honor. the atlanta braves organization releasing this statement, saying, quote, we're absolutely

devastated by the passing of our beloved hank. he was a beacon for our organization. first as a player and then with the player development and always with our community efforts. his incredible talent and resolve helped him achieve the highest accomplishments, yet, he never lost his humble nature and that's certainly what hank aaron will be remembered for, a humble man who broke legends. back to you guys. griff: charles, let me ask you, you mentioned in your piece there aaron being born in the jim crow era in mobile, alabama and known not just for being the greatest hitter ever, but also, his civil rights legacy off the field. what impact will he leave behind and what was the impact there in atlanta? >> oh, yeah, of course. he grew up in the jim crow south and while he was in the minor leagues he almost quit this idea, this dream of being a major league baseball player,

but it was really when he was called up by the braves and they moved here to atlanta in the '60s that former mayor of atlanta, andrew young, credits aaron for helping to desegregate the city. they saw the braves and a big player like aaron in this city meaning that, you know, this city was a place where they could welcome big sports. they didn't have time for segregation and those sorts of things. so, he's definitely credited here in atlanta for helping make this city an inclusive place, an inclusive place that we see today. griff: quickly, just a few seconds, charles. i've got to ask you for the younger generation, do they fully understand the legend of this man? >> we're not sure if they fully understand, but we certainly saw some families out here today who brought their young children, certainly hoping to educate them on hank aaron's legacy, all that he's done for

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ashley: national guard troops are facing a new foe, the coronavirus, after spending time in close quarters. welcome to "america's news headquarters" from washington, i'm alicia acuna. griff: and i'm griff jenkins. we have a busy hour to go. thousands of troops are being asked to stay this tease for nearly two months -- in d.c. for nearly two months. >> reporter: thousands of troops would like to go home following the inauguration. the first green beret to serve in congress spoke about their sacrifice earlier today. >> this is a fact of duty military. this isn't their day job. these men and women have lives, they have jobs, they have businesses, many of them are single parents that had to make arrangements for their kids, and they did this on just a few hours' notice. >> reporter: but not all the

troops will be leaving anytime soon. the national guard is cutting its forces down to 7,000 by the end of the month, but as many as 5,000, a whole brigade, will be staying through mid march out of concern protesters may return march 4th. new hampshire governor chris sununu said he ordered his troops home as quickly as possible as they were kicked out of the u.s. capitol. >> took a lot of us governors by surprise. i simply said, look, they don't complain, but it's my job to protect the team and make sure they're not put into those sub-standard conditions, so we pulled them out. >> reporter: the topic of the garage never came up at the press briefing friday, fox news wasn't there for that one. senate majority leader chuck schumer was asked who ordered the guard to leave the capitol. >> no one from anyone -- [inaudible] said they had to leave and no

one understood why. [inaudible] >> reporter: if you've ever spent nights out in kandahar, you might not have much sympathy for the guard, just about everyone agrees the optics were not good, griff. griff: they were not, indeed. lucas tom lynnson in washington -- tomlinson in washington, thank you. >> president biden's legislation is moving forward with a packed legislative agenda. mark meredith has more on that. >> reporter: good afternoon. the white house is calling on the senate to move quickly to approve president biden's nominees. on friday his secretary of defense nominee was confirmed, we expect votes soon for the state and treasury department nominees. meantime, the administration very focused on what's going on with the economy and pandemic, calling on congress to pass a new $1.9 trillion stimulus package which would include another round of stimulus checks, the president making his case while speaking at a white house event yesterday. >> on the covid-19 package that

passed in december was the first step, as i said at the time it's just a down payment. we need more action. we need to move fast. >> reporter: tomorrow the president's economic team is expected to reap out to senators from both -- reach out to senators from both parties talking about how a deal could be moved forward, but there is some reluctance from some lawmakers because of the price tag and how much money has already been spent. meantime, the president spent the past several days rolling back some of president trump's policies through executive action, among them, recommitting to the paris climate accord, a pause on some deportations, mandating that masks be worn on federal properties and also extending the moratorium on evictions and foreclosures at least million the end of march. meantime, vice president kamala harris taking an active role in getting local, state and federal officials up to speed about what another relief package may look like. we heard from the vice president's spokesperson earlier this morning. >> so she will, she will be actively involved in selling

this plan, gathering support. as you know, with a 50-50 senate, bipartisanship and the ability to work across the aisle is even more important to this administration. >> reporter: we'll see how long that spirit of bipartisanship may last with that the looming impeachment trial for former president trump. also waiting to see whether or not the biden administration will send congress over the former president's tax returns, that's something that democrats on the hill having eager to get ahold of, a judge recently ruling the trump team needs at least 72 hours' heads up before any action is taken. alicia? >> mark meredith, thanks. griff: august pfluger, congressman, i want to ask you about, you heard from mark meredith's report the number of things that president biden is rolling a back on the previous administration, one of them this moratorium on the deportations of some individuals. your state, your attorney general, ken paxton the,

launching the first lawsuit against the biden administration. this one trying to stop this moratorium on deportations. now, in -- we are hearing from attorney general paxton who says this, quote: our state defends the largest section of the southern border in the nation. failure to properly enforce the law will directly and immediately endanger our citizens and law enforcement personnel. what are your thoughts and what is your reaction? >> well, griff, thanks for having me. this is just one of a number of 30 executive actions that have been taken in the first week that have sought to weaken our country and our national security, and this is an example of an unfunded mandate that puts the pressure on the state of texas and other states that are really an assault on keeping our citizens safe whether it's human trafficking or the drugs. you know, we have a right to be safe, the federal government should be involved in that, and we're rolling back four years of policies that have been aimed at securing this country. griff: what is the impact of

this moratorium? you have 1200 miles of border you share in texas with mexico, expect numbers we can -- and the numbers we can show you, these are the encounters for the remaining three months of 2020, ranging there roughly over 70,000. so a steady flow. what is the impact that this moratorium is going to have on your state? >> well, there's millions of texans and folks in other states like arizona and california that share a border as well that, again, when it comes to the security of our country, people have to ask themselves do i feel more secure now that joe biden is president, and the answer to that is unequivocally no. griff: congressman, the moratorium, when i talk to border patrol and i.c.e. officials, many of whom have reached out to me in the last week, they say that we are headed for a really dangerous situation because of the pull factor of the biden administration.

we've seen a caravan or two. but it's happening during covid and even more dangerous than ever before. your reaction to that. >> well, absolutely. it is a very dangerous time, and, you know, this is not the time to be defunding i.c.e. or defunding the border patrol. we saw a move throughout the country to defund the police, and again i think what we're seeing right now is we're heading towards defunding those that would keep us safe. and when it comes to those caravans and the criminal activity trying to get through the southern border, the biden administration in week one with the 30 executive actions they have taken have showed that they care more about other countries like china, like iran than they do about our own security and safety. griff: so to quickly paraphrase for our viewers how this works, in the last spending bill those i.c.e. beds were reduced from about 50,000 to some 33, 34,000. and now you have a halt on

deportations. so what ends up happening is immigration officials, i.c.e., have to release people because of the number of people they have. and is we don't know for sure that the people that are being encountered coming here across the border are tested for covid. how concerned are you about the covid threat that the border could propose under the biden administration? >> well, i think covid is just one of the many things to be concerned about, you know in the violent criminal activity, who are we releasing, what's their past, where are they going to go. and it's just, it signals the lack of intent on keeping american citizens safe. from health safety, like you mentioned, with covid to criminal activity that we need to make sure that we're protecting our own country, our own citizens, our businesses number one here in the united states. griff: and finally, in the time we have remaining, congressman pfluger, i want to ask you, are you looking forward to working with your colleagues across the aisle when it comes to divisive issues like immigration?

>> you know, i went to the inauguration, i sat there and listened to the president's address. he talked about unity, he talked about keeping america, the economy growing and a number of things, and the words were fine. but then within hours we have moved to attack the energy industry, we're going to rejoin the paris climate accords, we're going to help iran and rejoin a failed nuclear policy with them. again, we would love to work across the aisle to keep the country more secure and safe, to help our economy grow, to get people back to work, but we've seen a signal that is nothing short of let's take care of other countries before we take care of the united states. griff: we'll see where it goes. congressman august pfluger from texas, thank you for taking time today, sir. alicia? >> president biden is moving forward on his campaign promise on climate change, a 60-day suspension on new oil and natural gas permits leasing on federal lands prompting

widespread concerns in states like new mexico. local leaders say if the suspension is made permanent, it would devastate the state and destroy thousands of jobs. with us now to talk about the impact of president biden's climate change policies on his state's economy and businesses is republican west virginia governor jim justice. governor, thank you for being here today. my first question is actually in regard to this 60-day suspension. we hear new mexico is very concerned. does this impact west virginia as well? >> well, it will, there's no question it will, you know? and the impact, you know, from the standpoint of our natural resources will be, could be very damaging to west virginia. but let me just say this, you know, i'm not going to give you a republican perspective or a democrat perspective. i'm going to give you an american perspective and, hopefully, a smart perspective. you know, at the end of the day president biden is going to stumble in, on some things. president trump stumbled on some things, and god knows he did a

phenomenal job on lots of things. and i hope and pray that president biden will too. there's no way, there's no way this country today can do without natural gas or coal or oil. i mean, it's frivolous to think that we could do without that today. but as we move forward, west virginia, myself, all of us are all encompassing for the alternatives, and absolutely, we're always looking because civilization advances with abundant, cheap energy. so, absolutely, as we go forward with clean and absolutely great energy sources, all of us are all in. but today there's no way. >> actually just a little bit of history here, you switched to the republican party back in 2017, and president trump won your state in november by almost 69%. so with that in mind, we take a look at what the biden administration is planning to do with regard to energy policy,

spending, hopefully spending, in their words, $2 trillion on clean energy initiatives, but that would also include a promise to greatly reduce the use of fossil fuels. your chamber of -- the chamber of commerce for our state calls this a job killer. >> well, it could very well be. but at the same time, i mean, let's just step back and absolutely stop this crazy political stuff. you know, i hear, i hear good republicans say, you know, we're willing to work but, you know? and i hear good democrats say, well, we want to work but. i mean, really, let's just think about what washington -- washington has become so, i mean, they have the inability beyond belief of getting anything done. and all we do is fight. all we do is fight, and we shouldn't be doing that in america. >> well, and so many americans are left wondering what is going to happen to them, especially the situation when we think

about the folks of west virginia. you do have some promising news though coming out of your state with regard to the fight on covid because your state is leading the nation in the administration and delivery of vaccinations. what can other states learn from what you've done? >> well, first and foremost, we took an all-encompassing approach. we took a practical approach. we didn't necessarily go with the way the federal government wanted us to go. we brought in all of our pharmacies, local health clinics and places where our seniors would go to and everything. we really took an active stand with our teachers and our service personnel to get them shots and everything to where we could get back in the classroom because we think that's absolutely very essential. we created operation s.o.w., save our wisdom, because our wisdom is our older people, and they're dying. and really and truly, at the end of the day -- now, just imagine this. today in west virginia every shot that we've received, we've gotten extra doses out of vials,

but believe it or not, we have gotten 101.4% of every shot that we've received, it's in somebody's arm right now. alicia: that's amazing and what a message there to all the other states out there that the states, they know themselves best, don't they, and what they need to do in order to make something happen. >> they sure do. and, you know, all we've got to do is just step back and absolutely just use good common sense. and, you know, and our leaders have done this. i mean, really and truly, president biden and his crew will do it, and president trump and his crew did amazing stuff, and i look for amazing stuff out of president biden. all of us should be respect areful of the presidency -- respectful of the presidency -- [audio difficulty] and try to do everything we can do to help. alicia: governor jim justice, thank you so much for your time, and our best to the folks of west virginia. have a good one. >> alicia, thank you.

bye-bye. griff: turning now to the efforts to bring to justice those responsible for the capitol riots on january 6th. so far over 100 people have been arrested. among the updates today, an iowa judge says the bearded man taunting u.s. capitol police officer eugene goodman upstairs shown in this video from this riot must remain in custody. a grand jury has indicted 41-year-old douglas jensen on six counts including obstructing law enforcement, resisting an officer and violently entering and remaining in a restricted building. and out in california a 44-year-old faa employee named kevin strong has confessed to taking part in the siege on the capitol. strong surrendered to authorities friday and is being held on a $50,000 bond for three charges including violent entry and disorderly conduct. strong claimed online that world war iii was going to occur on

january 6th and was caught on video with the rioters. alicia: radio talk show and tv legend larry king has died at 87. he passed away in a los angeles hospital this morning ending a distinguished career interviewing everyone from world leaders to movie stars. christina coleman is live in los angeles with the latest. hi, christina. >> reporter: hi. good afternoon, alicia. details on larry king's cause of death have not been released, though he was recently hospitalized for covid-19. but what is clear is this broadcasting giant's hugely successful career. he conducted more than 50,000 on-air interviews from world leaders to hollywood celebs and athletes to the everyday man or people at the center of major scandals. he was known for getting guests on his show that rarely gave interviews and for asking the big questions, the ones most viewers wanted answers to. take a listen to king talking about his incredible career. >> no, i feel good. yeah, i've been -- you need a

little luck for longevity. sinatra said this, a lot to be said for longevity. must be doing something right. [laughter] >> reporter: he sure did. king became famous with a nationally-syndicated late night radio talk show in 1978, but he's best known for hosting "larry king live" on cnn from 1985 until he retired in 2010. but he didn't stop there. in 2012 he began hosting a show online called "larry king now." he's received a bunch of awards including an emmy and two peabody awards. king was married eight times. last year two of his five children died within weeks of each other from unrelated health issues. also king had some health issues of his own in recent decades including type ii diabetes and lung cancer. but it didn't stop him from sharing his curiosity, wit and those incredible interviews with the world. larry king's video network, aura

media, says his funeral arrangements and memorial services will be announced later in coordination with his family. alicia? alicia: christina coleman, thanks. and this programming note, nancy grace remembers her longtime friend and colleague larry king tonight on "fox report "with jon scott at 6 p.m. eastern. griff: well, it's a battle of two nfl titans, brady versus rodgers. a closer look at the matchup for tomorrow's nfc championship. a lot of folks are looking forward to that. we'll talk about it coming up. ♪ ♪ balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo-hoo! great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health. [tv announcer] come on down to our appliance superstore where we've got the best deals on refrigerators, microwaves, gas ranges and grills. and if you're looking for...

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alicia: possible snowy skies ahead for f the midwest and the northeast as a winter storm approaches. meteorologist adam adam has today's -- adam klotz has today's forecast. adam: round after round of snow affecting a whole lot of folks. where is in this all beginning? the west coast, it's going to sweep across the country. we begin with our satellite and radar and rounds of energy that are running currently in portions of california, you see that lifting across the mountains and getting up into the midwest before working towards the northeast, as you mentioned. we've got winter storm watches and warnings for portions of

california getting up to wisconsin, all from the same several systems that are lifting off to the north and east here over the course of the weekend, even into next week. you are just going to see rounds and rounds of energy hitting the west coast and then lifting their way across the country. this isn't just a one and done sort of situation. we're going to be seeing several systems coming onshore from now into early next week. here's your future forward cast, and you are seeing tearily widespread -- fairly widespread, snow across the midwest, more snow in the mountains and then another system back across portions of california running into the pacific northwest. plenty of areas to pay attention to. how is this going to impact where you are? well, here's the forecast across the country. you see a lot of snow really in the midwest, getting back up into new england, if i can get out of the way here just a little bit. across the this is -- the southeast this is most arely a

rain situation, and pretty much everyone back off to the west is going to be talking about snow. i'm going to leave you with the temperatures so you see an idea where you're going the see the snow and the rain. we're talking about several winter systems, alicia, over the next couple of days and, of course, we'll be watching it. alicia: all right. adam klotz, thanks so much. griff: all right. get ready for some football. a quarterback showdown in the jenkins household tomorrow. you have the great aaron rodgers taking on tom brady. the two have been in the postseason countless times, and this is one for the ages when they come together. they met once this season. brady taking the win in a big way. rodgers wants to get back at him. fox will have that game tomorrow at 3:05. get ready, you don't want to miss it. there you see them right there,

it's going to be a showdown, and it couldn't come at a better time. we'll be right back. ♪

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now get 15% off any footlong when you order in the app. griff: get ready, another big weekend r the nfl on fox. aaron roj jess and the green bay packers take on the buccaneers in the nfl championship. let's break it down with jen hale. jen, we talked last week, great games last weekend, now we have a really big one tomorrow. what are we going to see? >> yep, it's huge, griff. and, hey, the postseason are where legends are made. honestly, when you look at the nfc championship, they're already legends, as you mentioned. brady and rodgers, two of the best. don't you feel like you're watching two gladiators coming into the circle to do battle with each other? griff: yes. >> it's amazing. they both are such great passers, both hall of maimers,

obviously. -- famers, obviously. brady, when you look at the stats, the best to ever do it. if he wins tomorrow, he will be headed to his tenth super bowl. he's the only one in history to ever do that, if it happens. and, of course, rodgers wants to add another to his legacy. these two are going to be, obviously, dialed in, fired up. it's so important to both of their careers with what's on the line. and then when you look at the two teams, green bay packers, really they've had a chip on their shoulder all season. they felt like they were discounted last season. devonta adams, best wide receiver in the game, aaron jones, one of the best running backs. so i think you're going to see some amazing matchups. i think the weather's going to play a big factor. 40% chance of snow, subzero temperatures. you're going to have to rely on that even though so much has

been made out of all of these wide receivers is and, indeed, if they can get that passing game going, it should be an offensive showcase. but i think that run game is what's going to sustain both of them. they're both going to be looking to get that run game going. griff: well, and will the weather really hurt brady then going into lambeau field, a tough place to play particularly in the playoffs. >> it is. don't forget, no fans, so that changes the dynamic just a little bit. i think brady will be just fine. but when you look at the tampa bay team, they're, of course, used to florida weather, not these subfreezing temperatures. so, yeah, i think it will be a factor. the hits are harder, that ball is so much more difficult to catch and hang on to when it gets that cold. certainly, it's going to be a factor for both teams, more so though, i think, for the bucs except for brady. brady, obviously, all those years with the patriots is used to it, but i think a lot of his teammates, it's going to be something they have to account for and plan for.

griff: i read an interesting fact, if brady were to win, he would take the super bowl, of course, is in tampa, so it would be the first time that a team played the super bowl in their hometown. >> indeed. we've seen this so many times over the past recent history, teams trying to get it and trying to snag that record are at home for themselves, and it's just never worked out. yes, it will be back in tampa, and what a coup, right? brady's first year, some people thought he couldn't do this without belichick, and here he is once again playing his best football in the postseason. he's got his team peaking at just the right time. if he could triumph tomorrow and have that super bowl back home home -- griff: and whoever wins between the packers and the bucs, they will face the winner of the bills and chiefs. what will we watch for in that matchup? >> you've got to watch and see if patrick mahomes is going to play. he's been dealing with a concussion, you saw him not

finish the game last week, and he just barely hung on. what a crazy ending that was. he's been practicing, albeit in a limited fashion. this is the time when it's all on the line, but will he be 100%? will he be able to finish the game? so circle that one. and then josh allen, quarterback star in the making. he is so versatile. his legs are amazing, the way he runs the ball. can he make good decisions under pressure, that's the thing to circle with him. sometimes he scrambles a little too much. so will he keep a level head. griff: all right, jen, i want to play a clip from last week when you and i, i bet you a dollar. here's how it went, watch. a wager for $1 between you and i, jen. let me just get this right, who are your picks? >> i'm going packers by 7 today and the saints by 3 tomorrow, although i think it is going to be, they're going to trade blows

all game long. it's going to be one you can't talk your eyes off of. griff: all right. that gives me the rams and the bucs, i'll take you on. so we split it, so what's your predictions? i'll give you the pick tomorrow. >> i'm taking the packers by 6. vegas says it's only 3, but i think they're going to triumph by 6 in their hometown. they're in familiar surroundings, they know how to handle this weather. and then i think the chiefs will win, but i think it's going to be much closer given that i believe mahomes won't be 100%. griff: all right. the dollar moves to tomorrow in the bet. you've got the packers and the chiefs, i've got the bucs and the bills. good luck. it's going to be great to watch. terry bradshaw's giving away more money and a truck. >> indeed, he is. just go to your app store, download the fox bet super 6 app, and it's free to play. so if you can correctly predict the scores, there's also some great questions in there, indeed, you could win a lot of

money as well as a free ford f-150. who couldn't use that right now? griff: that bet has been the greatest part of this football season in this postseason. jen hale, fox nfl reporter, thank you very much. we look forward to watching the game. be sure and watch this game tomorrow, the nfc championship game. it all starts tomorrow at 3:05 p.m. alicia: supporters of alexei navalny are demanding his release from jail. more details coming up. ♪ , d and zinc. season, after season. ace your immune support, with centrum.

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♪ ♪ alicia: russian police have arrested more than 3400 protesters demanding the release of kremlin are critic alexei navalny. kitty logan joins us with more.

>> reporter: yes, tens of thousands took to the streets in several russian cities including moscow, and we've seen mass arrests in many locations. this appears to be one of the biggest protests of its kind in recent years. in moscow alone, an estimated 40,000 navalny supporters joined that demonstration responding to his call to protest his recent arrest. they chanted free alexei navalny. russian authorities had warned people to stay away because of the pandemic, and there were scuffles as police carried out those thousands of arrests. from the very startings really. and it's -- start, really. and it's now thought 2,000, perhaps more, were taken away including navalny's wife. those arrested face possible jail time as well for defying that ban on protests. navalny himself was arrested last sunday immediately on arriving back to russia from germany.

authorities say he'd breached previous parole conditions by staying out of the country. many world leaders, though, have condemned his detention. navalny is a very strong critic of vladimir putin. he'd been recovering in berlin for the past five months after a suspected poisoning with a nerve agent. he barely survived that attack and claimed the russian state was behind it. moscow denies any involvement. now, navalny's supporters say they will be planning more protests for next weekend, and it seems it has generated more fuel and more motivation for his supporters. alicia? alicia: kitty logan in london, thanks. ♪ ♪ griff: president biden is pledging 100 million covid-19 vaccine shots in his first 100 days in office. for a look at how that effort might look on the ground, or let's bring in johns hopkins university professor and fox news contributor dr. marty many

carry. doctor, thank you -- marty makary, thank you for taking time on this saturday. before i have you weigh in on the very aggressive goal of 100 million shots in 100 days, i want do you about our top story which is the national guard troops, some 5,000 will remain here in washington. how much of a covid-19 concern is what we've seen with these guard troops coming from all across the country and now staying in very close quarters as we saw in one case being sent to a parking garage? >> well, griff, this is sort of the ultimate hypocrisy, right? bringing in the national forward from over 40 different states, having them sleep together without masks, i mean, this is a super-spreader recipe. so the irony is that with all the talk about taking precautions and passing $400 billion to help fight covid, here the government's convening people, young people who are

more likely to have asymptomatic transmission, so it is very concerning. griff: let's talk about the biden administration's goal of 100 million doses in 100 days. what do you make, the president was asked about that when he signed some executive orders, you know, is this aggressive enough or not. where do you come down? >> well, it may be too low of a goal. look, politicians set overambitious, lofty and sometimes inaccurate and often impractical goals. in this case, they sort of came out with a talking point weeks before he took office. they started rallying around that talking point, and what folks soon realized is that the first full day that biden was in office we were immunizing over 900,000 people. today we will hit over a million people vaccinated in one day, so we're on track to far exceed that goal of 100 million doses in 100 days based on the current

trajectoriment. griff: you're saying they're almost underpromising and overdelivering. >> you know, i would urge people not to politicize what's happening right now. the goal of vaccinating 20 million people by the end of the last calendar year was a very good goal, and we missed it by about three weeks. i wouldn't call that a complete debacle. it's been tragic that it's been delayed, but we're going to hit 20 million vaccinated americans today, about three weeks beyond the original stated goal. if we can hit those over 65, that's where 80% of covid deaths are, we can reduce the mortality significantly. you know, it's hard, gri or ff, to be happy right now on a day where we're losing over 3,000 americans per day. but 30% is the reduction in covid daily cases over the last two weeks. that is over the last 14 days, covid daily cases are down by 30%. so i would urge people not to politicize what's about to be the a massive deceleration in

cases. griff: dr. ma carry, let me ask you about this new variant. it's a south african variant. how concerned should we be about that? >> yeah, i'm really concerned about it because we're not testing for the different types of strains nearly as frequently as other countries do. we test about three-tenths of 1% of the viruses. other countries are 8-15% in europe. i'm concerned because this is a mutation of the receptor binding domain. that's different from the spike protein, and it may mean that it could partially said some of the antibody therapies and maybe even partially not be as effective with some of the vaccines. something to keep an eye on. if you look at south africa and brazil, they are having rage aring epidemics in summertime because the it's the southern hemisphere. normally, the virus flares in the winter, so to see summer epidemic spread may be a function of the fact that this strain is more contagious. but again, if we can get that

spread down, and i anticipate a massive deceleration of daily cases over the next two months, if we can get the spread down, it won't have the ability to circulate. griff: thank you for taking time, always appreciate your insights. so valuable to our viewers, thank you. >> thank you, griff. griff: many parents had hoped their children would be back in school by now. they are looking for new ways to get them excited about learning at home. how one organization is reaching out to help bring americans together, coming up next. ♪

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to help bring america and its youth together. for more on what they're doing, let's bring in national 4-h council ceo jennifer sir anglo thank you for being here today, tell us how this works. >> well, you know, alicia, this is a very significant challenge for america's young people. there's about 55 million kids, school-aged kids in america, and half of them are not in school in person, and 12 million of them do not have reliable access to broadband. so we knew cooperative extensions 4-h program has a vast network, and we needed to mobilize to support our young people. schools can't do it alone, so to create opportunities for young people through 4-h activities, continue to grow in their science and hands-on learning and even learn new skills while they're at home like microwave cooking and how to do activities

or take care of your pets. alicia: so if there's a family that is without stable internet service, how do you find that family, and then what do you do once you do find them? >> sure. well, cooperative extension through america's land grant university system is in every single county in america. so there is already a vast network of 4-h educators out there that know families and create activities for the young people. so we've been doing both on and offline activities during the pandemic. so offline and finding them is not easy, but our 4-h educators are doing it and creating things like take-home kits where young people can learn activities like how to make a catapult out of pop circle sticks and a rubber -- popsicle sticks and a rubber band, kits around learning how to cook healthy at home in a microwave or with

fresh vegetables. so our educators are getting those kits out through brown bags and they either leave them outside of the office in the county office or putting them on the route and9 with the school lunch so young people can get 4-h activities and get the hands-on learning while they're still at home. alicia: this is so incredibly important out there. as you know, so many studies show that mental health is also connected to community involvement. and with covid it's been so difficult to be involved in our own community. and then you subtract the internet which is some sort of connection, that really does present a challenge for so many families out there, doesn't it? >> it does. and we have seen an explosion in 4-h of our young people giving back to their communities. i think you're absolutely right, it is an antidote to much of the mental health. it's a very serious issue. we just did a survey with

microsoft to ask teenagers in the u.s. about their mental health. 70% of them, 7-0, told us that they were struggling with mental health issues during covid. 64% of them said they think this is going to be a long, covid's going to have a long-term impact on their mental health. but what we've seen is our young people, 4-hers stepping up whether they're making masks, printing 3-d face shields for health care workers, much work is going on to insure food security, so insuring that food pantries have workers and have the food they need. so our young people amaze me, and i think they have -- i've seen them step up. alicia: wonderful. jennifer, you and the 4-h, just one of the many heroes of the pandemic. and we have your web site if you would like more information, 4-h.org. please check it out. >> right. we've created that forward fund,

so anyone can help us get these rapid deployment kits and resources out to kids who need them. so thanks forking having us today. alicia: absolutely. much needed. griff: coming up, one lucky winner hitting the mega millions jackpot yesterday. more coming up. ♪ ♪

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king has died. known for his suspenders and a career spanning more than six decades, king interviewed the day's top newsmakers. he was recently hospitalized due to complications related to covid-19. he was 87 years old. more than 100 members of the national guard who provided security for biden's inauguration have tested positive for the coronavirus. the news comes along with a backlash after troops were forced out of the u.s. capitol into a nearby parking garage. officials say the number of positive tests could still rise in the coming days. and this, a michigan resident is waking up a lot richer this morning after winning the $1 billion mega millions jackpot. it's the third largest prize in lottery history with the odds set at 1 in 302 million. that's all for us this hour on "america's news headquarters." i'm griff jenkins in washington, alicia, you're out in denver is,

arthel's in l.a. and eric coming up. it's been great joining you today. alicia: wonderful to see you. and we'd like to show you the hollywood walk of fame, the star dedicated to larry king. we've seen a bouquet of flowers there and more dedications -- ♪ ♪ eric: hitting the ground running in his first few days in office, president biden signing a flurry of executive orders on issues ranging from coronavirus, the economy, immigration and the environment. this as the president, though, is issuing a grim outlook about the coronavirus ability for us to combat the coronavirus in our country. the president saying there is little we can do to change the trajectory of the pandemic over the next several months. that has been increasing. hello, everyone, welcome on this saturday, i'm eric shawn. hi, arthel. arthel: hello, everyone, i'm arthel neville. president biden's