don't understand why their teachers don't want to come back to the table and negotiate and get the schools open. >> the vice president of the teachers and dismissed the notion of a strike and the only s where they are concerned with his safety, harris. >> harris: amen to that, mike tobin, i feel so bad for these kids. thank you for watching "the faulkner focus," "outnumbered" now. fox news alert, a new fierce decision on capitol hill with a growing number of pushing calling for immediate passage of biden without public support. this is the president set to meet with ten moderate republican senators just hours from now. on the coronavirus relief counter proposal. however senator bernie sanders who talked with democrat said republican support is not necessary.

>> we cannot have children in america going hungry. people being evicted. schools not open. we need to open our schools in a safe way. that is what we have to do. so the question is not bipartisanship, the question is addressing the unprecedented crises. >> harris: maybe he will go to chicago and get them to open the schools after given teachers what they asked for. we will move on. biden economic advisor jared bernstein said americans are not concerned how the bill gets passed. >> look, the american people really couldn't care less about budget process, whether it is a regular order, bipartisan, whether it is filibuster, reconciliation. they need relief, and they need it now. >> harris: you are watching "outnumbered," i am harris faulkner. here today, emily compagno host of kennedy, fox nation and fox news contributor tomi lahren

and the center top seed, fox & friends cohost brian kilmeade. host of "the brian kilmeade radio show" and what makes america great on fox nation. season six mike available one week from today. the list is longer but the show was only one hour. so brian, you know, i scratch my head in unity, unity, unity is what we talk about and how it's being said, people don't really care about that. they don't care about that, is that true? >> brian: they should have told joe biden speechwriter. i would say over the last ten days the first two weeks however you want to phrase it come i've never been more upset with launched. and teasing us into think the effort to go bipartisan, barack obama had almost 60 senators, though ted kennedy passed away and then scott --

scott walker. >> no, that was texas ranger. you are right, brian. >> brian: in it will kill me to remember this. but he has a 50/50 advantage. they never got joe manchin involved in the process has they choose to do jima down the republicans though it's but it's really our throats. $900 billion check on overdraft we will ever have trouble paying back and now, in a massive rush. and so for $600 billion plan, already said yes to the offer, harris in these ten republicans over today. but if $900 billion in the republicans and he's at $1.9 trillion, they can work something out. logic would say, if serious about negotiating, we will find out in the next few days. >> harris: i'm always looking for that one big note that there seems to be a shortage of an capitol hill, logic.

tomi. >> tomi: i agree wholeheartedly and harris i was watching your show before talking to the restaurant owner and he for getting the economy back together and direct relief to americans. it is like the democrats don't understand how we got in this position. maybe it's because they are trainable governors and mayors continuing with lockdowns but now they are starting to open little by little but not enough. the american people though they need a stimulus, they want far more to be able to operate their businesses and take the handcuffs off, take off the mandates that don't make sense to people or follow the science that they love so much. and they want to be able to get back to work. i understand ilhan omar, bernie sanders and the far left want to get direct payments to illegal immigrants to make sure they are taking care of everybody by government fiat. most american people don't want a handout. they want to go back to work. they want their kids to go back to school. the democrats are mystified how we got in this place and people suddenly need help. hello, you guys did it.

now, you want people to bail out these blue states and that is a big part of it as well. while many need direct relief. the american people do need direct relief and these bailouts to americans is incredibly frustrating. the democrats think the american people are stupid. we know how we got here and they can't indent us to take care of what they created. but they certainly will try. unfortunately, because they have all this control, they will succeed whether we like it or not. >> harris: emily, you know, something that actually brian said and tomi hit it again, we are writing checks on overdraft to quote brian kilmeade. >> emily: and that is bipartisan. that should be an issue that we collaborate on together because it doesn't care which party you are on. i will say that this sounds a lot like former obama chief of staff emanuel at the time which was never let a crisis go to waste as the dispatch pointed out this morning. and indeed, this is a hijacking

of the lockdown relief bill to kick off a liberal wish list. to tomi's point why is minimum-wage on the table when the second largest $900 billion industry remains closed? to your point about the debt and sheer monstrosity of this, remember that billions remain from the prior covid lockdown relief bill including the cares act from last march. final quick point, if budget reconciliation is really an option, that will take weeks. and so if this is actually the once an acentric crisis of senator schumer called it, then time is of the essence. and collaboration across the aisle would be key. >> harris: you know, kennedy, no one is saying we don't have a heart as americans to do it all. of course we do, but emily had an interesting point there. the unspent funding that sits from the past fixes to what is going on.

i mean, is anybody counting it all up and watching so the next steps reflect that? >> that is a great question, no one is watching you are creating this giant bureaucracy. all it does is gobble up resources and logic spirit in you don't have enough oversight. in that has always been one of the biggest issues with the big legislative stimulus packages is you don't really know where the money is going. there is not truly accountability. the people who need it most are the last in line to get it because they don't have lawyers and lobbyists like some of the big crony corporations that work hand-in-hand with politicians crafting the stimulus bills to make sure they are the first piggy in the line at the trough. and you can keep passing this stuff, but at some point you have to pay for it. and brian brought up the phrase "say yes" to, but when you are

getting married you have a budget. and i can spend $1500 on a wedding dress. that means you don't look at the $15,000 wedding dresses that exists. i have heard of them. but that is exactly what they are doing. green deal, let's spend trillions and trillions of dollars. lose money, money we are borrowing from china to prop up an economy that has been hollowed out by democrats who refused to work with republicans? time is of the essence now but it wasn't over the summer? can someone please tell nancy pelosi that appear they said yes to too much but unfortunately, they say no to those most in need who are starving and completely oppressed. other than that, i think it is great. >> harris: wow! you nailed that last part and described my wedding budget. brian, i asked this of my democrat last hour.

and who is in charge right now, is it president joe biden when he comes to the table with these things? or is there such a poll from the left progressives? the so-called independent bernie sanders who caucuses with democrats but also is a democratic socialist, he says? who is in charge? >> brian: that is a good point. first on the judge, i didn't know what she'll like that existed. but i watched to get ready for this show and that makes me better prepared. can i pick another choice, harris? >> harris: pick anybody. >> brian: joe manchin. i think joe manchin republican state under no pressure to go along with democrats, zero pressure. he's very ticked off right now because kamala harris the vice president in there to try to swayed public opinion in west virginia where he has to sway public opinion's to get him to vote for them on the first place. the other thing is if you want to diffuse attention in the

country make the next dinner party you have the consistent republican democrats to not end up in a fight, start cutting deals. people will gradually collectively start coming down. they will start debating the deal rather than who wins the next election. >> harris: and then you would have to come to the table with this notion, a singular motion don't like notion. everybody's voice counts, everybody. and a great idea can come from anybody. all right, the biden administration hit pause on a controversial plan that would have given back to guantanamo bay detainees including those suspected of being the 9/11 attacks on america. critics asking, why was that even considered? plus the black lives matter movement has been nominated for the nobel peace prize. the same group protesting erupted violence across america and where we heard chance like this.

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>> what are we doing? we've got hundreds, thousands, millions people that don't have the opportunity to get the shot and we are worrying about criminals that we spend millions of dollars a year to take care of. >> that was a former new york fire commissioner during 9/11 who lost 343 of his colleagues in that attack. he was one of the many voices heavily criticized by the biden administration to offer covid-19 vaccine to detainees at guantanamo bay who concluded the mastermind behind 9/11 attacks. the pentagon said the idea was

to protect prosecutors in trial but after i wait for backlash the pentagon announced saturday putting the plan on hold while it reviews the fourth protection protocols. tomi i would like to start with you and point out that in gitmo since 2003 and they can't figure out a way to try him. the last time for the trial was january 11 think clearly that is not happen. that proposed reasoning by the biden administration is faulty to begin with, your thoughts. >> tomi: well, this is where we know the democrats love him but they believe the terrorists deserve a vaccine as the clip that you play mention appear in so many americans would love to get that vaccine. they are unable to get that vaccine. we are talk about vaccinating terrorists. it is amazing that this was even on the table but such a slap in the face not only those who experience strategy to be about 9/11 but americans in general and the fact we are spending another dime on these terrorists that we are already paying to

take care of is an abomination. i'm not really surprised this came from a biden administration because as we know in about week three of this administration, it has been america and america last. i expect that to continue. i can't even believe the democrats would be able to say with a straight face that this was a good idea. every american should be upset with this. >> brian kilmeade two did tomi's about the price tag, it cost the taxpayer $9.5 million to $13 million where $78,000, aren't we paying and up for these guys already? >> brian: well, emily compagno, on a last name basis, usually people get to know each other on a first-name basis. ever since she got this job she's had this attitude. but i'm kidding. >> harris: go on mr. gill made. >> brian: he admitted his guilt. he wanted to die and then we waited and got politics involved

and he said i might as well lose weight and play soccer in the field. and now he is mocking our justice system. when he shows up in the court, he is belligerent, condescending and wants to use it as a platform. i don't love the $13 million, but i don't want to see him in a super max prison. chuck schumer said do not put them into new york. he pushed back when president obama tried to empty gitmo and do that. this guy needs to be tried and killed. he deserves to die. all of those other guys admitted at the same too. it is an embarrassment periods >> kennedy isn't this another representation that this is disorganized at best? i was in a family dinner and having a conversation with the elderly at risk relatives can't figure out and obtain the vexing, yet, it seems here they could at the time. >> emily: yeah, they had 20 million vaccines right now and that is a bigger issue than

this. and i also think guantanamo is a completely different issue. and i do agree, we spend so much money and it's been almost two decades, so yes, these people need to be tried in the justice system that we have set up in this country and not detained definitely in an expensive place. and also, they are prisons where covid is rampant. prisoners can't social distance. and i do think that is a valid question whether or not people who are combined should get the virus if the virus is easily getting them. but you are absolutely right. we can talk about this later in the show, people skipping lines, and you have to ask yourself, would you wait to get the virus to make sure that one of your elderly friends or family members to get the virus? i would because i want to make sure the most vulnerable people

here are protected. but the gitmo conversation is a different one and it is expensive. >> emily: harris exactly to kennedy's point, the regular incarceration is so important i did 2-93% incarcerated are released back into society. so all of us that contain coming gitmo is a different scenario, your thoughts. >> harris: a different scenario all around. and you have the security guards that you are looking out for and one of the early infant trees i had on from guantanamo bay and this is what he said to me. >> because international groups and left-wing lawyers and others demanded constitutional rights for these terrorists, over time, those rights added up and became effectively a day care center for terrorists, even today and

common sense went out a long time ago. trials became impossible to conduct. the health care, and it is obesity because they are fed so well. >> harris: i want to get back to a point kennedy was making. this is really separate from covid-19 vaccinations, if you will. it really has to do with what we are doing at guantanamo bay. and really, where is the logic when these guys say some of them did this to us? that they killed americans? we happen to play them people but forget about what they say but what they do. i mean, they have shown you who they are a peer that is a greater conversation. i think kennedy is right about that. but with the vaccination, pete was telling me you have to give it to the guards and he has full faith that is happening. you have to wonder, who is making these decisions at the pentagon anyway? what is happening? >> emily: so true. we could talk about this

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people are waking up to our global call for racial justice and end to economic injustice, environmental racism and injustice e. we are just getting started. but some in seattle or minneapolis or kenosha, wisconsin, where violence exploded and small businesses were burned may disagree with norwegian officials who nominated the group. emily, i will come to you first with your topline talk. >> emily: at the peace and justice are not the same thing in that this does not surprise me, however, this is the same synthetic gold moral society where governor cuomo was given an emmy for pandemic performance that now is being argued was corrupt. >> harris: you know, brian, i look at the names of the three women in 22013 who formed the group black lives matter. and what we saw often in the

streets of america was not the actual organization on the ground. in fact, bryan llenas and others reported as they were in the middle of the crowd, there wasn't a whole lot of organization or unified voices. a hint if the movement may have grown some way separate from the organization and that sense. what are your thoughts on it? >> brian: making america more perfect union, racial injustice from the 1860s to the 1960s, let's do it. let's keep making progress. it will take awareness, i get up but when you see the black lives matter movement it is a global movement i will give you that. in terms of a peace prize come i don't see it when the sun came down in kenosha, atlanta, seattd minneapolis as well as new york city. i throw a lot of people in that movement that were not looking for racial justice but by winds and blowing off steam. it wasn't all african-american,

young men and women trying to look for justice. it looked like a lot of other people trying to create some chaos while this norwegian person nomination's right to point out, a global movement bigger than america. i would love to see martin luther king, malcolm x, reverend sharpton, jesse jackson to emerge from this work and talk to them. but he faded away and we saw him blow up a few times on television and now this more fits movement at the charter from the website. a lot of marxist doctrines, which i don't think a lot of americans can sign onto. >> harris: you know, this is complicated, kennedy because those of us that cover peaceful protests and whatnot, you do as brian said, on the ground, look for leadership there so you can find out what they want. we heard chance from "defund the police" and we saw the murder rate skyrocketing in particular cities, particularly new york city as they try to take $1 billion away.

but they wanted more things. and so you need a leadership to be able to talk to. i wonder who you present the nobel peace prize to when you couldn't find that on the ground amidst some of what we saw this summer and spring? >> kennedy: and what the movement is a hard time defining it so. the branding is fantastic because you know exactly what it is. >> harris: o come of course. >> kennedy: and it has been explained to me that it came out of the notion that black lives don't matter. and so that was a way of shifting the discussion to say, "no, our lives do matter." and that is what the initial was and it got people to sit up and take notice. they want to be helpful. they want to be a part of the solution, but then you have the differentiation between the movement and the organization. there were some problems with people running the organization like in los angeles where you

had some anti-who were very unwilling to disavow and cut ties with people like louis farrakhan. and they would be called for protest and very jewish neighborhoods in los angeles. they which a weapon and it would turn into a riot. and then there would be some horrible anti-semitic feed left behind. so there are parts of the movement for the organization that don't square with the idea of equality and equal justice. and that part of it is the most important part, for me, which was criminal justice reform. which is clearly on the back burner. that is a tragic casualty. >> harris: well that is the thing too. nobody speaks for the whole black and brown communities. but what kennedy is pointing out, tomi, you need leaders on the ground, setting things on

fire, that is not part of the cause. that is not what makes all lives matter together. you are just destroying stuff. by the way, one minute away from going to a white house press briefing from jen psaki so i will go to tomi. >> tomi: everybody knows what i feel about blm but i sit down and i said other leaders of the black lives matter never denounced violence. and write your own fox news them if we don't get what we want we will burn it to the ground and create something new. so a domestic terrorist organization and their don't make horrible things to the country and no one has stepped out and said this is unacceptable. you can't burn down businesses, loop businesses or a retired officer in the street bloody after he's been attacked by groups that clearly don't care about justice. clearly only want to cause anarchy and chaos. when the capital riots happen to come i had a trump supporter say this does not make america great again and this is not trump 202d this is not our movement.

we still have not heard that from blm. i'm sorry, i will not plod them or give them a nobel peace prize for goodness' sakes. and that it can masquerade is quite a joke and i wonder if we were getting pumped when i thought that last night. >> harris: it is really, tomi, as you point out sad for those who were looking for a peaceful movement and emily said pushing for justice and toke situations particularly may 25th with the death of george floyd which we all saw a torture of death for almost 9 minutes. but we got so far from that and all of the things that tomi described that were happening in the streets. i can tell you there is a lot happening inside the white house right now. the white house press briefing jen psaki come i wonder if one of the questions that will be asked will be about some of the topics that we have talked about, stimulus relief, the g.o.p. senators tissue up at the white house to give their piece. brian, very quickly before we go

to the white house, your thoughts on that. >> brian: i think it will come up. it no doubt it will come up here and mostly about this press conference will be about the deal that could or could not be cut. and that will be interesting in terms of are you going to reach across the aisle and see where that page is loosely that she has to turn to the right page to answer that. that will be interesting. in fact, black lives matter come i wonder if they put it on the courts? are they still going to wear it around their arms? because with the movement comes this label. >> harris: interesting. all right, we will save it for another day as we go to the white house. press secretary jen psaki holding a briefing right now. let's watch together. >> secretary psaki: i just want to call out a couple of economists and economic data that we have seen over the last several days. a new report by the brookings institution with the american rescue plan we can boost gdp by 4% and return the economy to pre-covid levels by the end of

2021. a second analysis moody's said the president's plan would create 7.5 million jobs this year and double our economic growth and turn our economy back to full employment when you're faster. the ims chief economist said the preliminary analysis found that the economic growth 5% over three years. in other updates for you, just today, at the u.s. conference of mayors sent a letter to congressional leadership urging them to take immediate action on the american rescue plan and this was signed by over 400 mayors. and i wanted to highlight it for all of you and the governor jim justice and also republicans did an interview today, and it is critical but the last thing i want to do, i often note that i will circle back but i hate to disappoint twitter, and we will circle back which we do.

but hurricane funds, which was asked last week, the president has made clear of the status come i should say that it is a priority for administration to release funding. we are working to do so. that is in process. on the white house fence, people asked about i believe on friday. our goal, the president and the vice president's goal is for the secret service to adjust the perimeter as soon as it makes sense from the overall security standpoint. so we are working closely with them on that. they, of course, would be in the lead on that front. the last piece and want to give a quick update on the pier there was question the white house fema request for troops and the pandemic response catering to the unique issues of the state, fema is working in strong partnership with states to get a handle on their needs and currently have requested the significant manpower. in some cases, for this unprecedented pandemic response. i expect we will have more of

the days that we continued this week and how it will be utilized. with that welcome to the briefing room. you have been here many times before but our first engagement here, go ahead. >> reporter: on the presidents meeting with the senators, would you give us a sense how he used that meeting? is it negotiating? will he be prepared to counter anything that the republicans offer, or just a session where they ask the president and he will be given an opportunity? >> press secretary psaki: the president has been clear before he came into office he's opening to engage engaging with democrats and republicans with their ideas. this is an example of doing just that. as we said in her statement last night, it is an exchange of ideas and opportunities to do that. this group obviously sent a letter which outlines top lines of their concerns and priorities. he is happy to have a conversation with them.

but this meeting is not is a form for the president to make or accept an offer. so i think that is important to convey to all of you. in his view, it remains what what was in the statement last night which is the risk is not o big and that package is that it is too small. in that, he will certainly express today. >> reporter: what would you say is more important at this point? is it going today or going bipartisan? >> press secretary psaki: think the president believes we can appear there is historic evidence that it is possible to take the past including reconciliation if that is the path pursued in the vote to be bipartisan. it is important to him that he hears this group out on their concerns, on their ideas. he's always open to make this

package stronger. he also was noted in the statement last night, remains in close touch with speaker pelosi, with leader chuck schumer and continue engagement throughout the day and the days ahead. >> reporter: you mention president biden proposed covid relief package will be combined commensurate with the crises. this group of republicans, what they are offering, as you know, third list the top line $600 billion is one-third less at $1.9 trillion that president biden wants. given that, do you see that as serious intent to compromise on their part? >> press secretary psaki: i appreciate the opportunity to give more comments on the proposal. they put their ideas forward and that's how the president sees it. he felt it was an effort to engage and engage on a bipartisan basis and why he invited them to the white house today. but his view is that the size of the package needs to be commensurate with the crises we are facing come of the dual

crises we are facing hence why he proposed a package $1.9 trillion. >> reporter: does the plan intent to invite democrats into the conversation? >> press secretary psaki: we are less than two weeks in and many democrats in the oval office. this is part of the ongoing effort to engage directly. >> reporter: again, in a slightly different way, there are democrats that see the first meeting the president is having for lawmakers -- why is the white house doing that? >> press secretary psaki: are there specific democrats? >> reporter: no but talk about it, concerned. >> press secretary psaki: talk in the hallways? well, i can assure you speaker pelosi and leader chuck schumer have been in close touch with the president directly and members of the senr team. he has been in touch, but also members of the senior team have been in touch with democrats across the political spectrum, and that will continue peer there will definitely be democrats part of the

conversation at the white house. >> reporter: you said in your statement the scale that will be done is large. what is the bottom line, $618 billion considered large, by the way? >> press secretary psaki: i think our statement made last night made clear the president believes that the risk is not being too small but not big enough. and that his view is that the size of the package needs to be commensurate with the crisis we are proposing. there is one big gap and we are not mathematicians otherwise we would not be here. but we can state that clearly. so clearly he thinks the package size needs to be closer to what you propose then smaller. >> reporter: that $1400 relief checks with covid and to reopen businesses and small schools. a lot of that is in the republican proposal. so i have this meeting at all if they are not going to take

seriously what he has proposed? >> press secretary psaki: again, this is an opportunity to exchange ideas and have a conversation peer that is why he invited them over to the white . he outlined the specifics of what you would like to see on the package and his speech just a few weeks ago. there is some reality as we look to what the american people are going through right now. one in seven people don't have enough food to eat. we will not have enough funding to reopen schools. we don't have enough money to ensure that, you know, we can get the vaccines and the arms of american spirit so there are some real impacts which he will certainly reiterate as he has publicly and privately in many conversations, but he put forth some ideas and happy to hear from them. but he also feels strongly about the need to make sure the size of the package meets this moment and the american people expect that of their elected officials as well. >> reporter: the president come among other things the united states is taking both to

stand in this difficult hour. is that the message to china? >> press secretary psaki: i think it is a message to all countries in the region. in countries who will be asked to respond or to consider what the appropriate response will be in reaction to the events that have happened over the past couple of days. on friday, the president came out and said well he wants to pass a bill with support from republicans if we can get it, no if's, aunts, or boats, but if we can get it can we take that as a sign the president recognizes he may have to banded those efforts? >> press secretary psaki: i hardly think it is an abandoning of bipartisanship and the house and this and are working through, as you know with congress and the entire reconciliation and what the process would look on the budgetary front this week, tender leader chuck schumer and

nancy pelosi would like it to be bipartisan. we will see what comes out of this meeting today. and it if good ideas to put forward we will push forward. there was time to do exactly that. even through the parliamentary process that congress will decide, it will move to reconciliation, republicans can still vote for that. >> reporter: republicans can vote even if reconciliation, but that's not really bipartisanship. to satisfy that comment because it's not true compromise. >> press secretary psaki: i think one in seven american families who can't put food on the table and the teachers who are waiting to ensure to meet this moment. and we saw this as a good-faith proposal they put forward, good-faith effort to have a discussion peer the president is inviting them here in good faith. we will see where it goes from

here. >> reporter: what kind of message to senators who will be here today who warned if you take it easy on this issue, and down road it will be harder on other issues. >> press secretary psaki: the president's confident issues like reopening schools, getting shots in the arms of americans and azure people have food to eat or not just democratic issues. he takes former republican colleagues at their word, of course, they are committed to these issues too peer that is why he wants to have a conversation. go ahead. >> reporter: thanks, some lawmakers have proposed legislative restrictions on short selling and financial, the latter of which president biden reported during the 2020 campaign. so i want to ask you now if they will support actions to support that situation? >> press secretary psaki: as we noted several times before but i don't want to reiterate, in terms of review and monitoring, but this is an important side of policy issues

that have been raised as a result of market volatility in recent days. we think congressional attention to these issues is appropriate and would welcome fungus moving forward as we dig into these further policy issues. but i don't have anything further other than certainly we welcome the opportunity to working with numbers to propose the idea. >> reporter: and the members so far and what they propose? >> press secretary psaki: i don't have a read out obviously we are engaged at a variety of levels everyday with regional offices on a number of issues. but i don't have anything more for you on that. >> reporter: and one more, so there is no confirmed members on the financial stability and the white house view that lack of officials in place is affecting your administration's approach to the situation? >> press secretary psaki: again the sec is looking at recent activities and consistent with investor protection and fair market.

that is where the purview is at this point in time. >> reporter: if i can follow up with the meeting with republicans. >> press secretary psaki: sure. >> reporter: what is the timeline with negotiation and how urgent is this? these benefits will end in the middle of march. how much time to have these type of meetings with democrats and others to take part? >> press secretary psaki: it is incredibly urgent. as you noted, you know, there are timelines coming in and come i should say in terms of when the americans applying for insurance will be able to get access. as i noted earlier one in seven american families can't put food on the table. we need to plan for how we are going to get more vaccines in the arms of americans. we need to have funding to help public schools have the preparation needed to reopen. there is urgency. this is what the president is spending his time on as evidenced by the meeting they

are today and the majority of the team is focused on at this moment. but there is still time to make changes to have a discussion. that is why we are kind of escalating the number of meetings and engagements throughout the course of this week. >> reporter: the president put out, he said the reversal of progress, the media review sanctioned followed by appropriate action. the appropriate action related to sanctions and what other type of response may be on the table? >> press secretary psaki: that it is called out in the president's comments, as you know we remove sanctions, the united states removed sanctions based on progress towards democracy. the reversal of that progress necessitates an immediate review of the laws and authorities followed by appropriate actions. so that is when he called it out. i don't have additional steps beyond that to predict for you at this point in time. go ahead. >> reporter: the repeal of

$10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions in the bill, and the assertions, and who largely supports the reduction? >> press secretary psaki: the president supports democrats and republicans putting good ideas for a bird and having a discussion about them. determining how we move forward with urgency to get this plan passed. but i will not negotiate from here. >> reporter: so this senator manchin was upset with some comments the vice president made on a local television show. the white house reached out to him? >> press secretary psaki: we have been in touch with senator manchin for many weeks and will continue to move forward. not only is he a key partner to the president and to the white house on this package, but on his agenda. we will remain in close touch with him. >> reporter: and in regards to -- what are the efforts made with a response to ally such as

japan, e.u., britain and has there been any contact with china to discuss the situation? >> press secretary psaki: well, we have had intensive consultations at multiple levels with allies and partners in the region and around the world. i would expect many of those would come through the state department. so it is certainly referred to them for more specifics. >> reporter: you said that you might take action. you referred to burma and the president's statement he only uses burma. is that indicative of a former shift of how to refer to that confusion? >> press secretary psaki: our official policy is that we say burma but mia martin certain communications. for example referring to burma, because they are by definition a dealing with officials in the public but the state department uses that in some places and

burma and others. >> reporter: and now the president come up is he be discourteous >> press secretary psaki: that is not the conclusion you should draw but he's watching by his statement. go ahead. >> reporter: can you be a little bit more specific as the president with the bipartisan solutions and secondly, this morning, should return even if not additional legislation. so how is that assessment with negotiations? >> press secretary psaki: on the first, i will not give a deadline other than to say it is urgent that we move forward for all the reasons we have been discussing including the need to ensure families can put food on the table and the need to have time to plan for getting schools and necessary funding to reopen. the need to ensure that we can get vaccines in the arms of americans. clearly there is urgency, as you

know and many who cover congress. there is a process undergoing this week and time as congress works its way for changes to be made. that is what i was referring to. on the second question, sorry, can you repeat the second question? >> reporter: your projections this morning is to return in the middle of the year and that is without additional -- >> press secretary psaki: the president's plan as we have been discussing in here was designed to achieve certain basic, getting shots in americans and helping one in seven families going hungry and nearly 7 million americans facing possible eviction during the pandemic. the cbo projection is a measure of all of these things, right? it is not a measure how each american family is doing and whether the american people are getting the assistance they need or whether able to get vaccines and shots of people. and so, you know, we come of course it answers every question.

so our focus is on what the american people need to get through this crisis which is why we are pushing for this piece of legislation. go ahead. >> reporter: the mayor of chicago said to reopen schools has invested $100 million into safety measures, but the teachers are on the verge of striking. does the white house agree with the mayor that enough funding has been put into place and the safety measures have been taken to open schools? >> press secretary psaki: when you say the president has enormous respect for mayor lightfoot and a strong ally to teachers his entire career. as you know joe biden is a teacher. so we trust the mayor and the unions to work this out. they are both prioritizing the right things which is maturing healthy and safety return of the kids and teachers and making sure chicago gets the education they deserve. he is hopeful and we are hopeful they can reach common ground as soon as possible.

>> reporter: chicago and other cities in terms of mediating negotiations and getting kids back to school. >> press secretary psaki: we certainly remain in touch with a range of parties, but again, we hope they can come to common ground soon. >> reporter: and on the overall covert relief package come in terms of understanding what those white house bipartisan, would you consider a bill bipartisan if it does not have republican support in congress but it has republican voters? >> press secretary psaki: well, i think you touch on an interesting .74% of the public supports this package. the key components of this package. and we just saw the republican governor of west virginia come out earlier today and advocate for a big package. so you know when the president talks about unifying the country and bringing the country together, he is not suggesting that he is going to make one party out of the democratic and

republican party out of congress. but he is meeting with republicans today. ten republicans because he feels they made a good faith effort to put a proposal forward. and he wants to have that engagement and encourage the sharing of ideas. so i don't think it is in either/or but i think it is both. we certainly feel that the components that are in this package are the basis of what should garner bipartisan support. >> reporter: if there is not enough public support -- >> harris: we are watching the press briefing with jen psaki at the white house. i want to bring everybody back on "outnumbered" with the last couple of minutes. brian, i noticed up at the top she gave her statement and before she took questions, she wanted to circle back to conservative twitter. i have no idea what that meant. >> brian: i still don't know. go ahead, kennedy. >> harris: you know, you know,

kennedy? >> kennedy: there have just been plenty of montages of her not answering questions and saying come i will circle back. i will circle back to you. i will circle back to you. i will circle back. you know what, i will circle back. i will defer my time to brian. >> harris: all right. i just wondered what that was about. and i saw it go by so quickly. i just wanted to know. the most important question though and all of that that was asked by one reporter having to do with the stimulus is, how urgent is this? what is your timeline? that is really important for us to know, emily. >> emily: exactly and we talked about that earlier. if this is indeed the crisis of this century, for jen psaki time is of the essence, you would think more collaboration and sense of urgency and the answer, which i still am not sure why the larger of the problem, the larger the government answer is.

to me that is the exact opposite of common sense. i would like to point out as well, something i found interesting with the reporter asked the second question about ceo confidence and expect the economy to be up and running to full strength midway through the year. jen psaki's response was, she said that is why legislatively we are responding with this in mind, she said getting shots into the arms of every american's, one in seven families hungry in addressing and 7 million americans facing eviction. that was a streamlined effort that reflected a bill that is nothing like that. so it is interesting to me the talking points keep reflecting in accurate and important priorities but the bill that is loaded monstrous bill is certainly not having that approach in mind. >> harris: brian, and then tomi with the last couple of minutes. brian, you mentioned the fact that senator joe manchin and democrats and red territory has a lot of power right now and

maybe for some of the reasons emily compagno was talking about. >> brian: how about senator waters who is now quarantined for ten days because he came in contact to test a positive and he still negative. how would you get warner out of quarantine? i don't know if he can vote in the senate but he can in the house. i know collins, murkowski, boardman, these guys in these ladies are there to negotiate. and these are great people but known as somebody dug him in ideology. they are there to talk so if you can't deal with them, you really can't deal with republicans. this is a huge test but joe manchin is the pivot point. i am surprised they have not got back to him. >> harris: that is a really interesting point that he brings up, are you there to negotiate or something else going on, tomi? >> tomi: i can come i will say in the last remaining minute that we have left them i believe we need to reopen again. the best way to stimulate the economy is through paycheck and

not minimum wage and liberal wish list. but i want to ask jen psaki about the billion dollars of fraud in the states like california, places like l.a. where we are spending to market the coronavirus response. that is what i want to know because i don't think the american people will be too happy to have all that fraud going to states like california. and we certainly have issues of defrauding the government and departing the taxpayers. i want to know if any safeguards in place to prevent that from happening yet again, where is the money, jan, that is what i want to know. >> harris: and with the business owners on "the faulkner focus" commit is interesting they don't want a handout that they just want their jobs. it is 16 degrees with 6 feet of snow on the ground out there. >> you've done great work and great interviews with restaurant owners who are bagging these governors to let them open and see feed their customers.

that is just the restaurants but all sorts of retail shops and they want