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criminalize speech and somehow impeach everybody who says, "oh, go fight to hear your voice is heard," really we ought to impeach chuck schumer, then. if people want to hold your stomach president trump account of her language, there has to be consistent standard. it's a partisan farce. they're not doing anything to chuck schumer or representative omar, not doing anything to maxine waters. it's not fair, it's partisan politics under a different name. steel in the former president's attorneys are suggesting they will call out democrats for their own inflammatory rhetoric including this. >> i'm going to tell you, gorsuch. i'm going to tell you, kavanaugh. you've released it will end and you will pay the price. speak of the cabinet, i said, do you see them anywhere? [laughter] do you see them in a restaurant? if ecma did department store. even at a gasoline station.

just tell them, "you're not welcome here." >> don't just come here today and go home. go to the hill today. get up, please, get up in the face of some congresspeople. >> harris: you're watching "outnumbered." i'm harris faulkner. here today, my cohost, emily compagno. hosted "no interruption" on fox nation, tomi lahren. and joining us today, syndicated radio host and former cia analyst buck sexton is here. welcome, lee got the technical gremlins worked out, we are all together, that's good. buck, you are out. your reaction to what's happening? >> buck: i think democrats are wrong on all counts here. just to say that the president incited. if calling for voices to be heard peacefully is the same as calling for violence, imminent violence, then language has no meaning. i think they are wrong on the constitutionality of this, or at least the constitutional intent.

and what's the best of the country. what did they hope to achieve with this? we've already seen 45 republican senators say they don't believe in the process in terms of the constitutional aspect at this point. they think this is a violation of that. what did they really want here? they want to humiliate and further embarrassed trump voters at this stage? all the talk of unity just feels like a sham. what we see is their version of unity is, "pay or penance, trump voters, and maybe one day we will stop harassing, purging, and hounding you." it's not good for the country. i think everyone will see that in the days ahead. >> harris: kennedy? >> kennedy: be seen from congress in ocasio-cortez that e wants to keep lists of trump voters and let people have said on social media, particularly people who work for the trump administration, and also engage in media literacy

and have a congressional panel put together to make sure that the people are thinking and communicating in the right way. if you look at the argument that the president's lawyers are putting forth, and you are simply parsing the speech from the capitol the day of the insurrection, democrats are on shaky ground. obviously this is incredibly serious, and the former president had a huge part in dictating the tone in the country after the election. we were all sitting here during "outnumbered" watching his speech before the capitol hill riots, and he was droning on and on and on and actually made himself seem like a smaller person. yes, he did create a tone in this country, and it's very, very unfortunate because of that town and what he was saying about voter fraud that it resonated a little too much with voters in georgia and

republicans lost those critical seats. now my taxes are going out. >> harris: tomi? >> tomi: [laughs] well, this whole impeachment trial come around 2, we are sitting here last year talking about the same thing. the witch hunt continues. it's a farce, a joke, and insulted the american people. our tax dollars are going to they can debate about a man who's not even in office anymore, when they have much bigger issues that they should be tackling. apparently coronavirus is still a national emergency, the vaccine rollout under the biden administration is failing in new york and california, and yet they're going to sit there and waste our time talking about impeachment around 2? furthermore, they've spent closer to six years demonizing trump supporters, calling us white supreme assists, bigots, racists, day in and day out. this is just a continuation of this. it's not unifying. again, if president trump incited anything with what he said, he would've seen 75 million americans storming every capitol across this nation. i listened to that speech, i was

inspired by his speech. nothing in his speech made me want to cause violence. it made me feel patriotism and that it's our man, someone fighting for us. obviously it ended very badly. to say this is impeachment worthy is ridiculous, it's just another crusade the democrats are taking to silence and shut up anyone he speaks of voter fraud or still has support for our president. it's not going to work. like i said, a complete waste of time and resources. >> harris: emily, i realize this is not a legal proceeding. it is politics, it is political impeachment. you may see it go back and forth, kevin mccarthy, the wider minority leader and has come has a big careful what you wish for. senator rand paul saying, why not impeach chuck schumer? the list of criteria are such, you could impeach schumer. we could see a back and forth. legally, how do you look at

this? >> emily: if this were actually in the legal proceeding court, the difference is you have to have -- the mere advocacy of violence is not enough. you have to have inflammatory language that specifically incites violence with a likelihood of that violence or insurrection, in this case, to have happened. i think the argument here that people are making is that it does not rise to that criminal level. do you bringing up senator paul's point, his point is words matter. if they matter here, they should matter to the other side, as well. if there is a likely predictable reaction, then shouldn't we hold both parties to the same standard? i'd like to point out for viewers that the rules of the trial at this point are still up in the air. we don't even know if witnesses are going to be called. but we do know that the former president trump's legal team, who came at the 11th hour will, will focus on the proceeding itself. first and foremost they will say is unconstitutional and focus on the, quote, "weaponization of

the impeachment process." the alternative, they argue that senators must acquit, however, because the arguments fail on their merits and also procedurally. and in the reply brief they hit each argument one by one. that indeed it didn't rise to the level of violent speech of incitement, to tomi's point. to buck's point that this would be a suppression of free speech. and that they, the rioters come over and having to do that before the president spoke. it'll be interesting to see this play out, but ultimately, as we always talk about, it's a numbers game. there's no conviction that is going to occur here. >> harris: you know, buck, i want to come back to you on this notion that where former president trump really sits in the party right now, what position republicans are in as we head into an impeachment trial in the senate. >> buck: well, i think freedom

is under greater assault, and there is more of a danger right now of true suppression of constitutionally protected -- not just speech, but a whole range of things. assembly, religion. we are supposed to be thankful now that we have 25% occupancy for churches in california, but now you can't do that with the supreme court's most recent ruling. what you understand is that we are on our back heels right now. there is certainly a challenge, there is certainly a sense that this was a major psychological blow to the party, that people really believed to trump was going to be in. i think this impeachment might have some unintended consequences. for one thing, it certainly continues on with not only the boy who cried wolf narrative, as we know this is the second time around, but you could also add to that that they have a vendetta against. this is a political martyrdom component. let's say they were able to commit democratic conviction

if they did get a conviction and they prevented trump from running, donald trump jr., ivanka, there are a number of people and his family who are able to run. based on what we've seen about the willingness to go after, i think there will be a backlash. right now we are out of power but still making the argument, and i think democrats' biggest enemies are the policies joe biden is pursuing right now. >> harris: will move on. new squad member, congresswoman cori bush, is defending rioters at a st. louis jail after fiercely condemning them at the u.s. capitol. are democrats proving they have a double standard here? and as teachers unions and cities are facing off of reopening schools, widespread across america for in person learning, fox news is learning president biden got more money from teachers unions and any other candidate in 2020. does the white house have a conflict of interest on this issue? next.

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>> emily: welcome back. democrat congresswoman cori bush is now taking heat for defending a riot over the weekend at a downtown st. louis jail. >> [indistinct] >> emily: inmates they set fires and task chairs and other items out of broken windows. it took corrections officers eight hours to get the violence under control. but bush, in response, treating a quote from dr. martin luther king jr. reading, "a riot is the language of the unheard." she also pledged to address the inmates' needs. this comes days after the squad member fiercely condemned the right at the u.s. capitol. watch. >> people are calling this a

protest. let me say this, that was not a protest. >> emily: tomi, i'd like to start with you here. we are all proponents of inmates' needs. during covid, of course, their family visits have been restricted. there under an insane amount of stress. but an inmate jumping a corrections officer after which many jumped him and an incredibly violent and aggressive riot involving more than 100 inmates is not that. what needs is the representative talking about, and how do you feel about this hypocrisy? >> tomi: well, it's pretty simple. again, i think we are being punk'd, because they are gas letting all of the supporters and those who wouldn't think about swarming the capitol. they've been doing their best over the last week to place it on us. all summer long and, quite frankly, for years, this is another incident. in d.c., the last several months in portland and seattle, we know

democrat little riot and a good protest as long as it's for the because they believe in. now it's martin luther king quotes and hunky-dory and writes for justice. the fact they can talk out of both sides of their mouth is outrageous. most americans, if they are not watching this, not consuming more independent media, they probably don't know half of this stuff is even happening. there are only given half the story, half the truth. they're still talking about the insurrection, and nobody is going to point out this hypocrisy except here on this channel and a few other places. the american people are being duped, being filled, but there are about 75 million plus to know exactly what's going on, and the hypocrisy is almost laughable at this point. i honestly just have to laugh at it. they really think they're getting away with this. >> emily: harris, to tomi's point, is the language of the unheard not even being covered by the majority of media outlets or the nation?

>> harris: it's not being covered in the way and the timing in which it's happening. it is not contemporaneous by any manner. you'd have to be on the ground at some of these riots, you'd have to be doing the reporting from the inside out. i had jason rantz, a radio commentator on the west coast, and he was at a riot recently in tacoma. they have seen this in portland and seattle and other cities. you have to be there, you have to be on the inside. what he said is you are kind of targeted if you are, by the anarchists and anti-thought, and has words, because they don't ws captured. you have to almost be invited in. i don't know how the journalists who are covering these things, how much access to even have to be able to get to some of what we see clearly happening, some of the more violent behavior widespread and continuing at some of these riots. i mean, a riot is that, right? i don't know what cori bush is talking about, "a riot is

.you can't have it both ways. she's going to have to figure out what the rules are and i guess act on that and tell the rest of us. >> emily: great. buck, this is a congresswoman we are talking about. this isn't a boots on the ground journalist with an iphone. shouldn't she be held to an appropriate standard, and one that is fair on both sides? >> buck: the democrat party is comfortable with physical violence and intimidation that serves their purposes. antifa was marching, this continues constantly. in this instance, because a member of congress sees a political opportunity, instead of actually maintaining a consistent standard, there is the, "well, i kind of like this version of violence to make a political statement, to make a political point." i would say it is disheartening that more people don't immediately figure out that the capitol hill riot, which they are of course coming in

insurrection -- it was a riot -- has been condemned almost universally on the right but every conservative commentator. everybody says it was dumb and wrong and shouldn't happen. today say that about all the people breaking into louis vuitton stores in my neighborhood all summer? they say that's the voice of the unheard, too. they have no standard and we should hold them to account. >> emily: kennedy? >> kennedy: these riots are the voice of the unwell, unfortunately. i think representative cori bush actually does a great disservice to your constituents. when she is encouraging this type of behavior, all she is doing is tacking on time to all of these people's sentences. they are not going to achieve this great ane. they are not going to achieve criminal justice reform with this kind of behavior that she is pacifying. if he wants to be a serious voice in the conversation, she has to handle herself and her words differently. she should also listen to some of her constituents who might

have been the victims of crimes that some of these people inflicted on. missouri does have some real issues with their criminal justice system, and you have people who are stopped for traffic tickets and end up in prison. her words and her actions here don't help that situation. >> emily: no, they do not. all right, switching gears, guess which country has just been found guilty of failing to meet its commitments under the paris climate a court cannot give give you a hint, its capital city is paris. it doesn't end there. plus, teachers unions accused of playing politics with school reopening plans as fox news learns they gave far more money to democrats than other candidates last year, including the democrat now in the white house. speak of the teachers unions essentially own the biden administration. as far as i'm concerned, they are really the worst of the west as far as public unions go,

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>> harris: teachers unions in some large cities in america are being accused of playing politics with students as they complicate efforts to reopen schools for in person learning widespread. in chicago, the mayor just announced, after months of talks, teachers, union leadership have signed a deal to get students back in classes starting thursday. however, rank and file members still need to approve that. in san francisco, the school district and the unions have also reached a tentative deal to reopen classes for in person, after weeks of contentious negotiation. in philadelphia today, it would have been the very first day back in school in person, but the union told teachers not to go. meanwhile, fox news is learning just how much these unions donated to both political

parties, and the numbers show democrats raked in 98% of that cash. president biden received more money from teachers unions than any other candidate in 2020. also, by a wide margin. >> buck: i've got to tell you, this is the first time i've seen the democrats are finally unable to cover for them and all this, which i think is great. the school closures were a mistake. everyone needs to understand that. dr. fatty has even come out now, and said that we should open schools. they keep getting this "safely, soon," thing. that means they should always be open. they should be open tomorrow. children are children are at almost zero risk and they don't transmit this very well. all the data shows this in europe and in this country. it was a mistake to ever close them down. the fact that their teachers unions essentially holding children hostage that they can sit on their couches and do fake zoom classes while the order in

from uber eats is ridiculous. they to want across them, so the kid suffer while the biden administration pretenses about . any time they tell you but it's about the children, they usually lying. >> harris: kennedy, you don't have to have children to understand the impact of what this is going to cost america, the loss of learning. they are looking at $14 trillion to $28 trillion just from the loss of learning in the last year. that is being reported by economy experts. but the true loss is he was making the decisions and who really has power, and how we challenge that. in 1918, the pandemic that killed 50 million people across the globe, they didn't close down schools in america. but we did this time. >> kennedy: we still have the same factory system for education that we had back then. we can see how it's failing at the hands of the teachers unions, and they are finally

losing their grip certainly here with this story. the kids in new york city are going to go back to school on february 25th. that is fantastic news. you see in these democrat-controlled cities. chicago, san francisco, new york, los angeles, where the teachers union spent the most money on politicians, and the politicians, to buck's point, have healed them. it's really bad luck, because guess he has kids as well? democrats. his with his parents aren't doing? they are not working. if they are, they are leaving their children unsupervised, and then you have a whole host of other problems from those unintended consequences. got to have some movement, people. come on now. >> harris: one of our fox news contributor's and fox nation host of "moms," rachel campos-duffy, was just on

with me last hour. emily, she made an interesting point. we talked about how differently the schools treat all of this. the parochial schools -- episcopalian, christian, catholic, so on and so forth -- and private schools have remained for the most part open. the resources may be different, but in some cases not. some of those catholic buildings, f teachers have told me recently, they don't have ventilation systems. they are older buildings. yet they were able to do it, and the kids have high mass compliance in those areas. why can't the teachers unions work to do the same thing? >> emily: because when you are free you can act independently. autonomously, with your own self responsibility. to kennedy and buck's point, these teachers unions have crippled and hamstring-88 the decisions that have to be made. these guys are absolutely crippling the education system, and it is a beholden system. that is why, by the way, the value of these websites and organizations like

opensecrets.org and openbooks , you can see which unions and which are donating to which politicians. follow the money. it makes perfect sense when you see the almost $300,000 that teachers unions have donated to president biden. it's crystal clear at that point. but to kennedy's point, the losers remain the children. especially given that disparity between public and private schools, again, widening the achievement gap between those with privilege and those that don't have it, that is just widening it even more. >> harris: well, it was never even anyway. because we put kids on virtual, and many of them in large cities in america don't have the infrastructure, support of internet. they don't have the infrastructure support of laptops and tablets, so on and so forth. i didn't see a huge effort to change that. i haven't really heard that talked about from the biden administration yet, in terms of changing that in the future. there has to be some permanent

fixes. we have to learn from the pandemic, from our lessons. otherwise we are doomed to repeat some of them. tomi? >> tomi: yeah, we're going to look back at this is one of the dumbest times in our nations history. another simple solution, why are we still paying these teachers who refuse to go to work? they sit on a medicine called, they don't want to go to work. the science shows that -- even think they love it, they are ignoring the science because they want to do virtual calls. talking about the disparities, the kids that really need to be in school, the kids that use school as an escape for their home lives or an opportunity for resources, a hot meal, just comfort, those are the kids that are being kept out of schools. it's the kids that are going to private schools that have good wi-fi, they have good laptops, that have better opportunities and resources, they are the ones that have been in school. again, we can't just talk about the leading part of it. what about the social elements? what about these kids that need to play sports, need to be in the school band with the choir? things that are going to set them up for scholarships in the

future. you are robbing them of that. the teachers he needs need to be held accountable, and parents have to start getting louder. you are paying their salaries. get louder. >> harris: tomi, you don't have children yet, that you are nailing it on the point of what it does to the children socially. just in terms of their overall education. to look in your own child's face, as i have come a win is in person hybrid a couple days a week, the other has not gone since march. when you look in their faces and you try to explain that, you are hitting the nail on the head. how do you explain that? it's difficult. we'll move on. then secretary of state john kerry has called a 2015 paris climate deal a victory for the entire planet. >> it is a victory for all of the planet and for future generations. >> harris: can i use his plane? anyway, now we have learned france is not even living up to its own agreement. so what does that say about it?

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>> emily: welcome back. as the biden administration looks to rejoin the paris climate agreement, a paris court has found fans guilty of failing to meet its own climate goals under the 2015 paris accords camilla to then president obama helped broker. the court declaring that france

was, quote, "responsible ecological damage." special climate envoy john kerry is facing criticism for justifying his use of a private jet in 2019 to accept an environmental award. >> i've been involved in this fight for years. i've negotiated with president xi, to bring president xi to the table so we could get paris. i believe the time it takes me to get somewhere, i can't sail across the ocean, i have to fly to meet with people and get things done. >> emily: buck, i know you feel fired up about this. what are your thoughts? >> buck: i think it's great that the u.s. government finally has a czar for a for yachts and ascots. fantastic. and having michael bloomberg at the forefront of this, nobody speaks to climate change quite as well as a guy who owns so many mansions he can't even keep them straight, and of course only flies private come as well.

it's a religious belief for people who think they are too smart for religion, and all the countries that sign on to it just end up changing -- it's like a self corrected or self-guided test. they signed these things and then they don't meet the targets. of course. and then they say, "we tried, we are leading by trying," or some such nonsense. democrats have sold themselves on this. it's a narrative of existentialism for them. the fact that john kerry and bloomberg are the top of the heap on this is perfect. actually, i want more of it. i want them giving more speeches about how you need to ride a bicycle while they go feel of the private jet. >> that's exactly it i was going to say. this is all just a giant joke.

these are elites not just the united states and around the world that agree to these things so they can accept fancy words and go to fancy dinners and make themselves feel they've done something while bobbing jobs from people, like places where i'm from in south dakota, who have now lost the keystone pipeline and left thousands and thousands of jobs. and people who are dumb i rely on those jobs, to open up businesses and make a living. we are sitting here it so they can fly on the world and pat themselves on the back and get a fancy word to put on their shelves in one of the many mansions. it is such a joke. i hope the american people are starting to understand exactly what they did when they elected joe biden, a.k.a. kamala harris, as president. they are going to share themselves with praise and everyone's left as the little people picking up the pieces. just the beginning. >> emily: kennedy, part of the argument is that they were no enforcement mechanisms, and if anything it sort of cripples the country's abilities to make this change to meet the higher environment of standards paid

leave heard president biden say in relation to china, we are going to play by international rules. doesn't this judgment from the paris court sort of underscore that? that ultimately each country has their own autonomy, that they're going to do what they want, they don't care, and that international rules that they don't want to buy end, it doesn't matter to them? your thoughts, kennedy? >> kennedy: this was the host city! and the country that the accord is named after! it's the paris climate accord! and even they can't do it! it's not shocking, but it is frustrating. having michael bloomberg in charge of the u.n.'s client push is like putting michael moore in charge of -- as the fitness czar. [laughter] it doesn't make any sense. and john kerry is so full of himself. i love that buck is like, "thurston howell the third, people like me, we can't just get on the santa maria and sail across the ocean blue.

i've got to fly private." [laughter] there are blowhards and they do a disservice to what should be the aim and that's preserving the environment and making the earth lovely and green and dandy. >> buck: yes, conservation. absolutely. >> emily: harris, are way -- and by "we" i mean these climate envoys and our government generally -- becoming a big "snl" skit? >> harris: if the skit is about hypocrisy, maybe. i look at john kerry, and look, i don't care how he flies. i have flown private. i really don't care about that. what i care about is the fact that he's an advocate about it. i thought we were in the middle of the covid-19 pandemic, and he shouldn't be flying around the world on a plane anyway. why can't he zoom like we are doing right now? we do shows every day like this, because we are following the science. what i wonder is why he follows some such science he talks about with the climate change but he doesn't follow the science about the thing that is killing us. covid-19.

it boggles the mind. the other question i would have, how does this teach enemies how to treat us? they can back out when they come to the table because they want to. iran was dangerous before, president trump pulled out of that deal, and biden wants to flip the switch to get us back in, but they get to set the rules? i don't know. i just -- lots of questions. >> emily: it may be a hater's worst nightmare. a trump supporter next door being a good neighbor. it's enough to make one columnist compared trump supporter's to hezbollah. that is next. stay with us. ♪ ♪ homeowners who need cash. refiplus from newday usa. record low mortgage rates have fallen again, while home values just keep climbing. refiplus lets you refinance at record low rates plus get an average of $50,000 for retirement tomorrow and for peace of mind today. refiplus. it's huge news.

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>> john: president trump's legal team files its trial brief today. how do they plan to defend him? and is the outcome of the trial already sealed? south carolina senator tim scott joins sandra and me. what is it going to take to get our children back in class? will have the latest on moves to reopen schools across the country. nancy pelosi facing a $5,000 fine. republicans say they will force her to pay it. should she have to? and helpful neighbors plow snow from a california woman's driveway. she responds by likening them to hezbollah and nazis.

wait, what? i'm john roberts. sandra and i will see you at the top of the hour. >> kennedy: well done, john roberts paid to have the story right now. it's a crisis of conscience for "los angeles times" columnist when her trump supporter neighbor cleared her driveway after a massive snowstorm. in an op-ed she compares it to the tactics of hezbollah. this piece starts off, like, "oh, heck no. the trumpites next door plowed our driveway without being asked and did a great job. how my going to resist demands for unity in the face of this passive-aggressive niceness?" but then she writes this. the coat has blood, the shiite islamist party in lebanon, also give things away for free. the favors has blood does for people probably don't involve snowplows, but like other mafias, hezbollah tends to its own." they also demand devotion to their brutal us versus them

anti-sunni cause." what is this writer trying to say? she seems very, very angry and her entire life, entirely political. >> buck: well, biden's win was not the cure for trumped arrangement syndrome. this is a chronic long-term condition that affects many millions of people across the democratic party, where they've internalized politics to a point where they can't even accept random acts of kindness from a neighbor. i know some people say maybe this was sort of tongue-in-cheek, and i'm sure the writer would say she's trying to highlight the way conversations are going these days or some such nonsense. but i know plenty of people who don't want to be friends with trump supporter's, don't want to be nice to them, don't want to be around the patient will be in a different place, that trump is no longer president and we are still going through a covid and there's a lot that should bind us together connect no, actually the trumped arrangement system festers. it kind of metastasize is, really. now they are looking for other targets.

we are going through this impatient proceeding this week, and they can't let the big one go. but there are many other people out there that they are going to find out they are the targets of this, too pay it every day folks now. if you even seem like a trump supporter you might be the problem. >> kennedy: good lord. harris, i want to talk about this a little bit. buck touched on something very important, and that's random acts of kindness. regardless of people's politics, there are still ways to connect with one another, and find our shared humanity. is there not the case? >> harris: thank goodness she doesn't live next door to me. i couldn't forget which way to turn the horn of the snowblower so it put all the snow in the neighbors yard. [laughter] then you've got to shovel all of it! look, random acts of kindness, good samaritan-ship, what happens to the generations after us who definitely have their eyes on us? i keep saying this. you don't have to have children to be raising them in america or

anyplace else on the planet. they are watching what we do and what we say. it matters. we are supposed to be the beacon of light here in america. if we look at our neighbors for their acts of kindness, purely for their politics, what does that say will become? i don't want to be like her, i want my kids to be like her, so i'll teach my values at home. and i have to close my shades, because god forbid, she lives next door to me and she's probably mad about all that snow i just dumped on her driveway. just saying. [laughter] >> kennedy: and the next-door neighbor, the snowplower, probably sees this sullen miserable person next door and feels bad for her, feels some amount of compassion for this karen, tomi. is there no winning here? >> tomi: kill them with kindness, i think that's what terms the parties have done for so long. beyond that, this is how trump supporter's are. they are helpful, decent, hardworking people. the left tries to make a scene

like these evil monsters so they can justify how they treat and talk about us. at the end of the day, it doesn't surprise me that they did that. i hope you get to a place in this country a political police are not a litmus test for friendships. i would hope we can be good americans and i wish the left would just allow this to happen. i know they can do it. they can get rid of their trumped arrangement syndrome. i know they can. there is something good in there somewhere that they can find. i have faith. >> kennedy: i'm surprised you didn't find something else to write about. the writing was somewhat entertaining. it was a little bit hysterical, though, emily. emily, what is your advice for people who are so consumed by politics that their lives are actually miserable? >> emily: i think my only advice would be to somehow try to get some perspective, and i just have no idea how that could be achieved, however, listening to the trail, the judgment, the elitism, dripping from her pen onto the paper with everywhere it. if she calls her neighbor -- she said in judgment, "a staunch

partisan supporter of blue lives?" so am i, and i won't be snowplowing your driveway, to harris 'his point. >> kennedy: [laughs] all right. i would snowplow your driveway. thank you, dear. forget about the game, let's talk the game within the game. who had the best super bowl commercials, from the uplifting to the god awful connect the panel weighs in. guest which of us chose this ad as their favorite. watch. >> hey, that's my face! you can't just wear my face! >> my mom told me to say i'm sorry. >> give me back my face! ♪ ♪ veteran homeowners: during uncertain times, money in the bank can bring you and your family real piece of mind. refiplus from newday usa can make it happen. refiplus lets you refinance at the lowest mortgage rates in history plus get an average of $50,000 cash for the financial security you and your family deserve. refiplus, only from newday usa.

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>> super bowl lv is in the book so let's talk about the commercials. which ones were big hits and which ones were big messes? i'm in 80s girls of my favorite was the american 80 song over at jason alexander's face. it was amazing. i've had that song in my head

for two days and i couldn't be happier. i'm a fan of the paralympics so i loved the jessica long commercial and i know i'm not alone in that. your thoughts? >> it was so beautiful. she's a 13 time paralympic gold medalist. it's an incredible story, but the visuals were absolutely stunning. deep emotional connection to swimming in a way that we had never imagined. >> what was your favorite? >> that was what i chose and if you haven't seen it, you simply need to watch it. it's about our spirit of resilience and loving someone enough to pick them up against all odds and they went halfway across the world to get baby jessica and bring her back and raise her against all odds. she had a disease that caused her to be an early amputee as a child and look at her now. >> bruce springsteen, if he's

the boss he needs to be fired. nothing brings us together like sending a guy from new jersey to kansas wearing cowboy boots. give me a break. >> i love that. thank you. here is "america's newsroom." ♪ ♪ >> busy afternoon on capitol hill, former president trump's legal team filing a brief ahead of his second impeachment trial while democrats look to move quickly on pushing through president biden's $1.9 trillion covid relief bill. hi and welcome to "america reports," i'm john roberts. >> sandra: good afternoon. i'm sandra smith. democrats are eyeing a short impeachment trial to focus on their massive relief plan. here is nancy on what is at stake. >> if we can get past the division and the distraction, i said earlier this week i felt like