those who do not report to work and i hate to even go there, but we're going to have to take action. todd: it is monday, february 1st. chicago's back to school battle heating up, mayor lori lightfoot ordering all educators back to the classroom after negotiations with the teachers union stalls. will we see a strike? jillian: hunker down and stay home, a massive nor'easter pummeling the northeast right now. we track the storm as cities prepare. todd: republican senators headed to the white house to talk covid relief.

the democrats' promise of unity appears to be short-lived. "fox & friends first" starts right now. ♪ it's the final countdown. ♪ the final countdown. jillian: it's something you would say, todd. todd: isn't that a cool shot. just to be clear, that's not europe, even though the song is by europe. isn't that a beautiful shot. jillian: it is. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning, i'm jillian mele. todd: i'm todd piro. president biden set to meet with senators today over coronavirus relief. jillian: bernie sanders dismisses calls for unity and promises to get a call through. mark. >> reporter: it's cold in the nation's capitol this morning. president biden wants both parties to work together to address the pandemic. later today he'll meet with some republicans that could decide the fate of the economic

stimulus packages been talking about. a handful of senators requested a meeting with the president, they are expected to tell the president they support some of the stimulus funding but not the $1.9 trillion package put forth by the white house. >> with regard to the direct payments, we think they should be more targeted. right now, you could have family with three kids making almost $300,000 a year getting a check. >> reporter: the white house says the president spoke with top democrats yesterday ahead of his meeting today with republicans. this morning, it's unclear how seriously the white house plans to consider the republicans' demands to rein in spending. >> we're open to ideas across the board. what i want to reinforce is that if we're going to look at ways of targeting, we need to look at you how this plan is targeted overall. >> reporter: republicans are pushing for smaller stimulus payments, democrats including vermont senator bernie sanders say they are not impressed with gop efforts to address the pandemic as well as the

recession. >> if republicans want to work with us, they have better ideas on how to address those crises, that's great. but to be honest with you, i have not yet heard that. >> reporter: meantime, we're roughly a week away from former president trump's second impeachment trial. over the weekend five members of his team abandoned the case, the lawyers say they did not support trump's push to focus on fraud claims tied to the election. late sunday the former president announced he's chosen two new lawyers to help him. they plan to argue that impeachment is unconstitutional at this point, after all the president is out of office. todd and jillian, we'll keep watching. todd: thanks, mark. jillian: as we prepared ' pair for more -- prepare for more executive orders of, steven miller says it's strange president biden calls for unity but acts on his own. >> yes, so even though we're in the middle of a raging global

pandemic and many people have been forced out of work because of that pandemic, strangely the biden administration despite the calls for unity are pushing a series of hard left progressive initiatives that undermine and hurt american workers. we talked about the energy orders and what that would do to american workers. he scrapped the deregulation initiative of the last administration. immigration in particular is a very significant assault on the wages and working conditions of everyday citizens. illegal immigration is fundamentally unfair to working people of all backgrounds. jillian: president trump is expected to take executive action on immigration tomorrow and i meant president biden. todd: a fox news alert. at least a dozen homeless activists are arrested after attempting to take over a washington state hotel. >> [group chanting]

todd: the activist group had reserved rooms for one night but then reportedly demanded pandemic housing. other guests and hotel staff forced to shelter in place for several hours. some activists were armed with batons, hatchets and knives. officers used pepper spray on the hostile crowd. unclear what charges they're going to face. jillian: the chicago teachers union is on the verge of striking over a tug of war over returning to the classrooms, the chicago mayor insists schools are safe. teachers are supposed to show up today and students tomorrow, it has been postponed. there's been more than $100 million pumped into investments to make the schools safer, including screenings, temperature checks, ppe and more. teachers say they want to get vaccinated before they go back to school. extreme weather overnight, a nor'easter barreled down on the east coast, up to 20 inches of snow is expected in some parts of new york city.

in virginia, slippery roads forced the fire truck to roll over. four firefighters escaped without injury. todd: some chicago neighborhoods saw nearly 13 inches. you see the roof right there collapsing on cars below. janice dean tracking the storm for us. 5:00 a.m. update should be in. where are we now? >> this would be the biggest snowfall we've had since 2016 for the new york city area. we received over 27 inches with that storm. i don't think we're going to get there. but we're going to get close in some areas, over 2 feet of he snow, depending on where the heaviest bands set up, in some cases 1 to 3 inches of snow an hour. that's going to pump up the snow totals. right now, looking at snow in central park and jfk and newark. i'm always talking about the snow/rain/sleet line around the new york area. looks like we are cold enough for all snow event and it's going to be a long duration event. so not only today but into

tuesday and that's why we've got those big snow totals. current wind gusts, i mean, 45 miles per hour, off the coast, atlantic city, 41 miles an hour. that's going to mean whiteout conditions in addition to heavy snowfall. so travel is going to be difficult if not impossible in these areas and that's why local officials are saying stay off the roads and make sure that you're staying safe inside. we're going to see forecast winds actually on long island close to hurricane force. i wouldn't be surprised to see blizzard warnings in effect in the next couple hours. there's the additional precipitation as we go through tuesday, so in some cases we've already had several inches of snow on the ground and an additional 10 to 13 inches in an around the new york city area. those are the storm totals forecast, so new york city, 14 to 20 inches, philly, maybe close to a foot there, d.c. you're not going to get in on this one. looks like boston you could get over a foot as well.

so new york city, right in the epicenter of the heaviest snowfall which is pretty impressive. todd, jillian, back to you. jillian: thank you, janice. todd: looks like the groundhog will be buried tomorrow in the snow. >> right. groundhog day. jillian: it feels like it every day, doesn't it? thanks. todd: a fox news alert, the u.s. calling on the burmese military to release the pro democracy leader and officials detained in overnight raids, reportedly over the claims of voter fraud in the election. the secretary of state saying in part the united states stands with the people of burma in their aspiration for democracy, freedom, peace and development. the military must reverse these actions immediately. jillian: upstate new york police release video showing why they say officers were forced to pepper spray a 9-year-old girl. .

[screaming] jillian: video shows the rochester officer struggling to get the girl into the police car. that's when one of them pepper sprayed her. officers say she was suicidal and they were taking her to a hospital. todd: did you hear about this? everyone traveling in the u.s. must wear face masks starting tonight. the new cdc rules applies to passengers not just in airports and airplanes. travelers must wear a mask that covers their nose and mouth in trains, subways, busses, taxis, and ride shares. jillian: a feisty 102-year-old gets her first dose of the coronavirus vaccine despite not being able to register because the system only goes back 100 years. rose goldstein who lives in las vegas is encouraging others to get their shots. >> i would be happy to go with them and show them there's no

pain, just think about what it's going to do for the world, it's going to help everyone. jillian: fantastic. goldstein was born during the 1918 spanish flu outbreak which affected a third of the world's population. todd: good for rose, overcoming, 100 years is as far as the system goes back. jillian: the biden administration scrapping plans to vaccinate guantanamo detainees, as we learned $160,000 has been housed -- been used for the housing of the 9/11 mastermind. todd: the big money that's raised in california, when "fox & friends first" on a monday rolls along. ♪ i came in like a wrecking ball. ♪

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todd: guantanamo pay? the biden administration pressured into pausing its plan to vaccinate gitmo detainees before americans. jillian: this as we learn taxpayers have spent a jaw dropping amount to keep the 9/11 mastermind and other terrorists alive. joining us now, lieutenant colonel donald arias who lost his brother in the 9/11 attacks. thank you for being here. i'm going to read a statement from the pentagon press sect. this reads, quote, no guantanamo detainees have been vaccinated. we're pausing the plan to move forward as we review you force protection protocols. we remain committed to our obligations to keep our troops safe. just the fact that they're pausing this, that this was a plan that was going to be enacted to begin with, what is your response to that? >> it just goes to show you where the priorities of this particular administration are. i understand that this was a

decision made by a new appointee and it just, again, tells us what the priorities are going to be. that biden administration is only going to be sensitive to the most radical elements in society. when they can overlook first responder, 9/11 family members and people who are really sick, who have existing conditions because of their participation in the 9/11 rescue efforts, people who have co-morbidities, all these cancers, and they can go past them and go to ksm and his ilk in guantanamo bay. todd: jillian focused on the covid vaccination. i want to talk about the money, the u.s. has spent an estimated $161.5 million housing the aforementioned khalid mohammed.

it astounded me, how much federal government is spending per year, between 9.5 and $13 million versus 78,000 for those housed in the supermax prison. shouldn't every single american, regardless of your party, be absolutely livid that we are spending that much money on terrorists who killed thousands of americans on 9/11? >> i think we should be outraged that it's taken 20 years to get justice. consider nuremberg trials. that took 10 months. these were nazi war criminals. there's no reason for it to go on this way. my younger brother was killed on 9/11. justice for him has a very high price. that's by design. that high price is the result of

left wing activist lawyers, nongovernment organizations, legal careerists, government bureaucratic inertia has driven down the number of people at gan guantanamo, so the per capita cost has gone high. have we dudes as the former president would say, that per unit cost would be lower. let's look at history and look how long the military tribunals should take. 20 years for 9/11. i understand the numbers are a result of some npr report that's out there. npr would really do well to consider other numbers that are more important than that, let's say the almost 3,000 people who died on 9/11 or the $94 billion in economic loss due to 9/11 or

the 10 billion that we throw at the united nations annually or the 47 billion we throw out in foreign aid. npr is concerned about how much gitmo is costing? that's an end run for a liberal group that enjoys the largees of our government to put their agenda forward. the number that npr should really be concerned with is 435 million, $435 million is the amount of money that the u.s. government throws at public broadcasting every year. last year they threw them an extra 50 million so they could update. todd: the numbers are fascinating. i didn't realize some of the numbers you put out there, that was fascinating. jillian: your brother adam for folks at home who are watching and don't know, he ran down 84 flights that day on 9/11, we're taking a look at his picture right there on the screen and rather than running away from the building, he was seen

outside tower 2 helping firemen direct new yorkers away from the disaster site when he could have easily run away. to be here with you and have this conversation today we thank you for that. we never forget any of of them. it's important that we have these conversations, especially when as we said at the top you had a plan in place that has now been paused. lieutenant come near, thank you very much for your -- colonel, thank you very much for your time. we appreciate it. still ahead, investors angry over the gamestop scandal taking a stand, their message to big money hedge funds. todd: top shelf liquor sales spiking during the pandemic and as distillers hope for another banner year. and jillian's doing her part. me too. ♪ history

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jillian: good morning. welcome back. former san diego mayor raises more than $1.2 million since launching a committee to challenge governor gavin newsom. critics voices frustrations over the covid-19 response. they have gathered 1.2 million

signatures. jillian: maxine waters -- todd: maxine waters silent after it was revealed she gave more than a million bucks to her daughter. including $250,000 in this last election cycle. she allegedly helped organize slate mailing which sends out informational pamphlets to voters. jillian: young republicans taking their protests to wall street over of robinhood trade restrictions. todd: cheryl casone joins us with the latest. cheryl: protests here in new york over hedge funds role in the gamestop frenzy, the new york young republicans staged a reoccupy wall street demonstration yesterday. organizers say it's despicable how elites tried to shut down traders. traders will only be able to buy one share of gamestop and five options contracts which is not

much. markets had the worst week since october amid all of this. we lost 600 pounds on the dow on friday. futures are looking to recover some of that. the volatility could continue and a big piece of it is the gamestop story. todd: last week we got an education on short selling. cheryl: today's education is you can't watch the super bowl. la county is open for outdoor dining at 50% capacity now but if you want to watch the big game sunday, restaurants can not have televisions in customer seating areas over concerns about the super bowl becoming a super spreader event. you talked about it last hour. >> they are a regulatory agency, not scientists, and they made up their own rules and it hurts not just our business, every bar and restaurant in the area. cheryl: and so to be clear, no tv as of now through at least next weekend. who knows if they'll change

their minds. tables are limited to six people, eight feet apart. jillian: let people watch the game. cheryl: i know. i know. todd: i stole that second toss from jillian. i want her to have this. i know this is near and dear to her. jillian: no, no, no, go ahead, todd. todd: it's booze. drinking the good stuff, cheryl casone. we like the good stuff. cheryl: can we all agree? nothing wrong with this. looks like americans are channeling their inner bartender during lockdown. sales of high end liquor, in particular tequila and whiskey, really jumping. revenues were 7.7% this year. the biggest jump in 40 years. liquor giant reported their brands were very popular. folks are just finding ways to entertain themselves at home, looks like making cocktails is a big part of that. jillian: i go for the wine. cheryl: so do i. todd: when this is done, you want to go out for margaritas, i

don't mean this newscast, i mean covid. cheryl: yes, please. todd: all right, thanks. jillian: thanks, cheryl. and still ahead, teachers told to get back to class in chicago today. >> those who do not report to work, and i hate to even go there, but we're going to have to take action. todd: a chicago alderman, attorney, and mother of three in chicago schools joins us next. ♪ back in black. ♪

todd: welcome back. no deal, no school. a teachers strike looming for the nation's third largest school district as negotiations fall apart. chicago mayor lori lightfoot is ordering teachers back into the classroom today. >> all teachers, pre-k through 8 must report and those who do

not report to work, and i hate to even go there, but we're going to have to take action. >> there's a will, there's a way. i think if they get creative and are willing to make compromises, it's that could be solved. right now we're not seeing the compromises we would need. todd: joining me live to weigh in, chicago alderman and mother of three in the chicago school system. thank you forking being here. with doors set to open in a few hours, weather permitting, is a strike inevitable at this point? >> todd, our message to the chicago teachers union today is clear. if you don't he show up to work, if you start an illegal strike, we will see you in court. and that's because unfortunately this strike that i think is on its way is illegal. it's illegal under illinois law. it's a violation of the

teachers' own contract. let's be honest. what we're seeing today is the anti-thesis of putting kids first. parents are fed up. parents like laurel aren't going to stand for this and if the teachers union isn't willing to show up and do their job, we'll be in court fighting for parents like laurel to get a court order to end the strike. todd: we have talked about the impact the pandemic had on children being forced to learn from their homes as opposed to being in the classroom. how do you explain what is happening right now, the job action, all that we're seeing with the protests on the streets, teachers saying we can't go in, the union versus the different -- how do you explain that to your kids who just want to be back with their friends, who just want to learn again? >> exactly. they want to be in school. they want to be with their friends. i don't know how to explain it to them so that had they can understand. they have friends who live in the suburbs. they've been going to school since september, all day, every

day. one of my little ones today, he asked me -- or yesterday, do i have to do remote learning again or are we actually going to school and i'm like i'm sorry, you have remote learning. he's like i don't want to do that anymore. todd: how you frustrating is it, when seemingly the rest of the country has figured out how to go back to class, keeping in mind this is sort of a nationwide epidemic, we're all sort of experiencing more or less the same thing, how frustrating is it when they see other districts going back and they're stuck at home? >> it's very frustrating. i mean, we're all in this together. and we're all working through this together. but obviously there is a way to get the schools open and to have it be open safely. and the children see that. and they just don't understand why their teachers don't want to come back to the table and negotiate and get the schools open. it's affecting the entire family. todd: here are the key issues still remaining. public health metrics guiding the safe reopening of schools.

vaccinating educators before resuming in-person work, a robust covid-19 testing program for students and staff, timing of redodges or phasing of in person learning. the list goes on. you say everybody is to blame. why? >> you know, the fact that we were going to send our children back to school at some point should have been at the forefront of the conversation since our schools closed down in early march of 2020. april 6th we had a zoom meeting the mayor on janice jackson, members of the city council asking what's going to be our rollout to get our students back into class, knowing we're in a pandemic, we understood there were decisions that had to be made early on. we've had almost a year to get our act together and unions, administration and the mayor have all failed to plan and here we are now almost a year later, forcing an issue, he creating the pathway for a strike so our

students are left stuck at home yet again. it's a travesty that it's gotten to this point. todd: there's no need to reinvent the wheel on this. the model's in place throughout the country. let's keep in mind, our great scientists figured out a way to come one a vaccine in less time than these parties involved have figured out how to open up a school in chicago. what are the next steps if a strike is declared? >> if there's a strike, we will see the union in court. we have a lawsuit ready to go on behalf of parents. it points out that the union is breaking illinois law and it's breaking its own contract. we'll be filing that as soon as the strike starts. i'll be asking a judge for a court order to bring it to an end and just ask the basic thing of these teachers, show up to work, teach our kids, put kids first, stop breaking the law. it should be pretty simple, toed. todd: wish you the best of luck. i can't imagine what it's like being a parent out there.

can't imagine. raymond, daniel, laurel, thank you for being with us this morning. hope it gets better. >> thanks for having us on the show. jillian: still ahead, twitter employees backing democrats in the 2020 election by a margin of 98-2. that story, next.

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they posted this saying the president will build on the $600 down payment provided by congress last year, sending an additional $1,400 to households across america, totaling direct payments to $2,000 per person. well, social media you now flooded with complaints like this. take a look at this tweet. this person upset saying you guys advertised this when you wanted to win two senate seats in georgia. notice the part where it has a check that says $2,000 on it. but president biden's $1.9 trillion american rescue plan does not have $2,000 direct payments in it. instead direct payments of $1,400 to most americans, bringing the total relief to $2,000, including the december $600 payment. president biden wants a total of $2,000 payments to the american people. but some folks, guys, feel duped. jillian: interesting. and this next story i think surprises nobody. carley: yeah, it certainly

didn't surprise me at all. so twitter employees donated 98% of money to democrats. take a look at these numbers. in 2020 employees gave almost $800,000 to democrats, $12,000 to republicans. huge gap there. this as politico has labeled the ban on president trump a priceless gift. they write as they entered their first week in office, president biden was given a priceless gift, the blissful sound of president trump's twitter silence. they say twitter employees gave a lot of money to the biden administration in getting him into office and also gave him the priceless gift of silencing president trump by allowing him to not be on twitter anymore. jillian: you have to wonder what he would be tweeting, right? carley: absolutely. by a number of these things. the keystone xl pipeline, all the stuff that's going on.

todd: it's a fascinating argument. i doubt the federal elections commission will get involved. meantime, prayers for a man that keeps on fighting. carley: we're talking about captain moore in the u.k., the 100-year-old world war ii veteran who raised millions of dollars for coronavirus relief. there he is, being knighted by queen elizabeth. turns out he's been hospitalized because of the coronavirus. his daughter released a statement on twitter saying she wanted to update everybody that today her dad was admitted to the hospital. he was at home with us until today when he needed additional help with his breathing. we are of course focusing on my father and will update you when we are able to. prime minister boris johnson posted a tweet wishing captain tom moore well. he's a very special guy. jillian: we wish him nothing but the best. thanks, carley. todd: still ahead, 20 million vaccine doses missing. dr. marty makary on the

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jillian: president biden pandemic response team is trying to track down 20 million doses of the covid-19 vaccine. what does washington have to do to get the vaccine rollout back on track? joining me to discuss is dr. marty makary. thanks for being here. >> good morning. jillian: let's take a look at the numbers, the vaccinations that have been dispatched to the states, you'll see 15 million sent out, 18.9 million are missing. this is what the biden team says, once the vaccines are

delivered to the states, responsibility for tracking them are left to the public health systems. the administration gets an update once the doses are administered and official record is submitted. they're saying president trump had basically ordered the states to be responsible for this but the thing is, i mean, it's the biden administration now so it is up to them to be able to figure this out. so what's happening here? >> well, jillian, you're exactly right, the reporting and keeping track of the vaccines ends with the states. the federal government basically chose to use their limited resources to track the vaccine going out but not beyond the state level. that would be a whole other infrastructure. they said states, it's up to you. the reality is, some states have done better than others. some states actually with small departments of health have been more efficient in getting more vaccine out. look at the states that have done really well, west virginia, number one in the country with 81% of their vaccine administered in arms.

north dakota, south dakota, new you mexico, they have small departments of health. the states that have not done well, maryland, massachusetts, illinois, they have administered half or less than their sly. jillian: what needs to be done to fix this? >> it's very frustrating after we put so much time and effort into this. states need to stop saving back a second dose. that's an a argument that many states have been using. the first dose is very effective to save the most amount of lives. we've got to get as many people out there with a first dose as possible. the immunity can be as high as 80 to 90% after the first dose, that's from the data. the second dose doesn't kick in for at least seven days. when you look at the first seven days after the second dose, that immunity is about 80 to 90%. jillian: let's talk about all of these different covid-19 variants. we've been talking about these for months now. and we've been hearing that the

vaccines are okay in protection against them. but we're hearing of more you now, specifically this south african strain. what do you know? >> well, look, it's very concerning, something we're going to have to keep an eye on because the south african strain if it gets to be more pref vent and in fact -- prevalent, some of the suspicions that the vaccine is less effective and it may have the ability to work around natural immunity, they that is very scary. but right now i would say we're in a race, we're at a critical turning point rights now. we can either keep going down the road we're going of a rapid deceleration in cases or we could succumb to this new virus sort of cleaning the board and resetting for us. you look at the vaccine trials, j&j's vaccine, only 57% effective against the south african strain. the novavax vaccine, 49% effective. so much less effective. the rate of mutation is concerning. overall headlines, 43% reduction in daily cases in the u.s. in

the last 23 days, that's great news. that's something we should all cheer on right now. jillian: before we let you go, just your expert opinion on this real quick. with these variants that we've been talking about and some of them perhaps more contagious than others, do you feel like we should be opening up and getting back on track as a country? as we've seen, some states that have opened versus some states that haven't, the numbers haven't been much different in some cases. >> that's right. we're going to have to learn how to live with the coronavirus seasonally for example. and we can do that with masking, basic indoor dedensification and that is compatible with an open society. some states are learning that the hard way. i think other states are emerging as winners in that aapproach. jillian: dr. marty makary, thanks for joining us. not sure where you are. looks nice behind you. todd: still ahead, new reforms in la could put a cop killer back on the streets. his widow says she wants the da recalled. she joins us live, next.

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facing backlash from credit continues saying his policies benefits criminals and not victims. todd: loved ones of crime including tonya owen whose husband sergeant steve owen was killed in 2013. she wants her husband's killer

to face the death penalty. she joins us now. tonya, thanks so much for being here. how much of a gut purge was it to learn of the new d.a.'s plan to not push for the death penalty? >> well, thank you for having me. it was definitely a gutted punch because i truly believe that the punishment should fit the crime. and this individual will assassinated my husband and, you know, the directives that george has given his prosecutors have nothing to do with a progressive approach to prosecution rather it is a radical agenda that quite clearly victim schardz the law. puts the lives of the community in danger. jillian: take a look at reform penalties no longer pursuing the

death penalty. no longer i seeking bail for. no longer seeking to enhance criminals punishments for using alleged gang it membership. here is what gascon had to said. the trekives put forward not only enhance public safety and increase equity they put victims first. although some victims may disagree. the majority of victims very much favor these reforms. your husband, steve, do you think that he is ever going to get justice with, you know, what happened to him in light of these new policies? >> well, are certainly gascon is not for the victim. is he concerned about the offender. and we really need -- we still have a voice as a community. so, we need to come together and we need to recall gas companies con. as you said he has already

removed the death penalty. he is now talking about many not imposing life without the possibility of parole, which is critical in so many of these murders. you have child murderer hes. you have cop murderers. you have murderers where there is race involved. there is some sort of bias or from protected are entities. and so no, he is not here to protect the community. so, clearly, there is something that we can do. we still have a voice. and it's really encourage everyone to look into the recalled george gascon website to be informed. todd: there was a line that jillian red from the gascon staple. majority of victims favor these reforms.

do you know one that favor these reforms? do you know one? >> i don't know a single one that would agree with such crazy and ridiculous policies. this -- he is clearly not here for the victim and we cannot support this. jillian: what do you miss most about your husband? >> oh, i miss his smile. i miss him every day. i miss his company. my children miss him. we have a grand son now. he is not here to, you know, be grandpa. and, you know, our daughter is getting married in june and he is not here, you know, to walk her down the aisle. we really just miss him greatly. you know, here's the thing. all we want is justice. this is something that we all have in common. it doesn't matter if you are black, if you are white. if you are gay, if you are straight. if you are a democrat. if you are a republican. it doesn't matter, any time you

are a victim of a crime, we all want the exact same thing. that is justice. we just want that individual to be held aaccountable for his actions. jillian: sorry to interrupt we are out of time. thank you for the message. >> thank you for having me. todd: "fox & friends" starts now. ♪ ♪ jillian: hunker down and stay home. a massive nor'easter pump ling the east coast right now. >> this is a big one. go down in some of the biggest snowfall totals in history. >> republican senator headed to the white house all covid related. democrat promises of unity appears shortly. >> if republicans want to work with us, that's great. >> they are going to push this radical left agenda. it's going to hurt american families because their it taxes are going to skyrocket. >> the chicago mayor insists teachers to go back to the classroom. teachers who don't show up will face discipline.

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