eric: top communication's aide for the biden white house stepping down in the middle of some controversy. deputy white house press secretary tj resigning after it came to light that he threatened a reporter who was asking questions for a story about his relationship with another washington journalist. hello, everyone, welcome to america's news headquarters here in the fox news channel. i'm eric sean. hi, arthel. arthel: hello, everyone, i'm arthel neville, the white house suspended for one week after the allegations first came to light on friday during pushback from

members of the press pool who felt that he should have been fired on the spot, but with ducklo parting ways with the administration, the white house is promising to do better. let's go to mark meredith. he's following the story and he's live for us now at the white house. hi, mark. mark: arthel, good afternoon. the story has changed a lot since we first heard about it on friday with tj, the deputy press secretary announcing that he will be resigning his post. he as you mentioned was going to be suspended one week without pay after controverse comments to a reporter. that was the case on friday and late last night we got the statement that he was officially resigning from his post. duclo had served as the campaign communication spokesperson so his departure comes after vanity fair he threatened to, quote, destroy a politico reporter who was working on a story about his relationship with a dc journalist on his first day in office president biden told staffers that any disrespect to colleagues would not be

tolerated. some people were surprised that ducklo was not fired and only suspended and last night the white house after consulting with top staff hers that ducklo would resign on his own. we got a statement in the white house. we are committed to striving every day to meet the standards set by the president in treating others with dignity and respect with civility and value for others through words and our actions. ducklo himself put out a statement, part of it, he goes, i know this was terrible, i know i can't take it back but i also know how i can learn from it and do better. there's no word yet on who may replace ducklo in his position. as for president biden he is spending his weekend up at camp david and due back in dc tomorrow. the focus to be heavily on the pandemic as well as the covid relief bill that they are still trying to work through congress. the president is also going to be making a stop at michigan to tour a pfizer manufacturing facility. a lot of focus on the pandemic but the story also getting a lot

of attention this week. arthel. arthel: absolutely, the pandemic prevails. can you write the compassionate heart for me. mark: my wife really wants one as well. i don't want to get fired. i appreciate it, thanks, arthel. arthel: thanks, mark. eric: well, speaking of compassion, there's new fallout growing for new york governor andrew cuomo amid accusations that he covered the true covid death toll in nursing homes in his state. the top aide of governor said that she feared that data could be used against the cuomo administration by personal authorities. state lawmakers now calling for investigations and some republicans even demanding that cuomo resign. new york republican congressman lee zeldin of long island is demanding a federal investigation. he accuses cuomo of possible obstruction of justice. congressman: because president trump, the administration had sent the uss comfort and because

the gentleman visit center became this massive field hospital, there was no reason to be placing all of these infected patients with healthy nursing home residents. governor cuomo had already stated his awareness that coronavirus was so deadly for seniors. eric: alex hogan live in new york city with the continuing controversy. hi, alex. alex: hi, eric. i'm outside of new york city governor andrew cuomo's city office and behind protestors, they are protesting a separate issue against cuomo for his stance on medicare and homelessness during the pandemic, but, of course, the governor facing a lot of blowback after this phone call about nursing homes deaths just this week. >> so the cover-up which i think has implications and the bad policies that we want to investigate as well. but the substantive, the subject

of what they were covering up, that's what just so astonishing here. alex: the data confirmed that thousands more deaths in nursing homes than previously reported by the state. according to a call between democratic lawmakers and one of cuomo's top aide admitted to covering up deaths in long-term facilities. republicans sounding off calling for impeachment, 14 state senators joining republicans in demanding removal of pandemic emergency powers. new york state senator alessandra tweeted you're only sorry that you got caught. this is a betrayal of the public trust. cuomo has long pointed to the inquiry as politically motivated after months demanding answers or apology of families of patients in long-term facilities are now sounding off as well. among them janice dean, senior meteorologist to fox news.

her in-laws died in nursing homes during the pandemic. janice: this is the most damning because someone admitted it and someone reported it and it looks like they covered it up the whole time and the fact that they had a close-door meeting with democratic lawmakers to apologize to them instead of the people who don't have their loved ones today is just icing on the cake. alex: this morning i talked with the senate state's republican assembly republican leader who said he's urging any democrats to get on board, that hearing and investigations and even impeachment are on the table, eric. eric: all right, alex and janice who has been leading the charge against this after sean's parents both died in those nursing homes, alex, thank you. arthel. arthel: eric, thank you, in the meantime governor cuomo meeting with president biden on friday

to talk covid relief. white house press secretary jen psaki was asked about the growing scandal out of new york but said president biden's meeting with the governors was not to, quote, give anyone a stamp of approval. those comments come after the president praised cuomo several times in the past but it is worth noting that praise came before the new york governor made his order to send covid positive patients to nursing homes. >> i think he's doing a hell of a job. i think he has been the lead horse here. i've talked to him frequently. he's a friend. i think he's doing an incredible job. your governor of new york has done one hell of a job. he meets the gold standard. arthel: let's bring in former arkansas governor mike huckabee, fox news contributor. good to have you this morning. i want to ask you, how should have governor cuomo handled this? mike: well, he needs to accept responsibility. all he's accepted is an emmy for

press conferences and proceeds from a book that he bragged about what a great leader he is. the truth is he made a terrible mistake that took the lives of people and he hasn't owned up to it. people make mistakes. even dumb ones and bad ones. that's one thing, but then to cover it up, that may be his undoing and that appears to what happened significant level of cover-up when they even knew that what they were doing was deadly to these nursing home patients. it's just a tragedy, and i think when people say, well, it's just the political blowback, no, it isn't. he's got democrats in his own state who normally would be his allies that are demanding an investigation and there should be one. there has to be one. arthel: and i want to now ask you about another story we are leading this morning that of former white house deputy press secretary tj ducklo who resigned yesterday after being slammed for verbally threatening a female reporter who was --

threatened to destroy her, how do you think this was handled by the biden administration? mike: well, it's bad but it would be not as bad if it hadn't been that joe biden was the one that said that anybody who did any disrespect of a colleague or another person would be fired on the spot, no if and or buts, but apparently that isn't the way it's going down and it's something for hard to jen psaki or president biden to explain. how come you were so adamant to your staff that none of this kind of behavior would be tolerated until it was tolerated? a week suspension and finally the pressure mounted and he resigned. he wasn't fired and that's what was promised. i think it's just maybe too little too late. the whole thing is horrible and i hate it for the people involved.

this is the kind of thing that happens in workplaces a lot. he took responsibility ultimately and he apologized, but i think the question is not did he take responsibility but did the president live up to his promise that he made to the american people and frankly to his own staff. arthel: and so we will watch out for that. i know you will and we will watch out for that and hopefully they'll do better next time. i want to ask you this next question here, governor, it's certainly not at all to give a pass to democrats, but i want to focus on the gop because you are an influential republican and your old school, old school in my book is a good thing, all right. mike: good, good. arthel: i'm old school too, okay. but governor, you came up through the ranks when your purpose was governing. it wasn't merely doing what was politically expedient to hold onto your job. it seems that nowadays many gop

lawmakers are also campaigning and not making policy decisions, you know, on behalf of their constituents or for the advancement of our country. so what is your advice to fellow republicans to return to a place where independent thinking is a good thing? mike: i think it's sad that when people gain political capital which you do when you get elected, that's a certainly level of political capital that you have and you get it by making good decisions and helping people by the decisions that you make. and when you earn the political capital you have to risk it for stances that sometimes are not always popular. it may be to -- may be to raise tax to build the road or maybe to change the way schools are structured. sometimes you have to make controversial and difficult decisions but you make them out of the sense that the only purpose for getting elected is because you've been entrusted with the ability and the

responsibility to make the decisions that you truly believe are the best for the people, not for yourself, but for the people. if you don't do that, you don't deserve to have the office and you should never have been elected in the first place. i just don't understand why people think that the primary reason to get elected is to stay elected. we need to get back to that understanding, arthel, that we are public servants. not princess, not some kind of elevated pedestal people but we are there to serve the folks and if we are not serving them, then they have every reason and right to send us home. arthel: thank you for that and your daughter sarah huckabee sanders is following in your footsteps. you know, she's running for governor of arkansas. did you kind of give her some of the similar advice in terms of what kind of leader to be and how to convey how she would lead? mike: well, i have. she's grown up understanding

that that's the whole point. if you're not going to make the decisions that are good for the people who elected you, there's no point in getting elected. it's not so you can occupy a position. it's so that you can carry out the duties of an office that truly lift people up. there are a lot of people in poverty. they're not powerful, but they need to most attention. there are people who don't have access to decent health care, they are miles from a hospital and i've said to her, be disproportionate in your attention to the people who can do the least for you. that's what every public servant should hopefully do. arthel: yes or no, would you run again? mike: no. [laughter] mike: that's an easy one, arthel. there's some things i can fudge on, that one is a definite no. i think i'm done running. it's more fun to talk about it now. arthel: well, we will keep talking with you governor mike huckabee, thank you very much. happy valentine's day. >> thank you, arthel. you too. eric: arkansas could have two

governor huckabees at some point later this year. all right, well, meanwhile, in washington the antitrump conservative group called the lincoln project, you know more controversy this time over a report that millions of dollars of the group raised went to companies that are run by some of the founders and this comes following string of resignations over handling political consultant that founded the group. david spunt live in washington with more details on the situation. hi, david. david: the lincoln project spent tens of millions of dollars on political ads then to take down donald trump and also politicians who supported president trump but now the tables have turned. some are taking shots at the lincoln project asking about the company's finances, where are some of those finances going? well, we want to show you some numbers we will be looking at. the lincoln project openly admits through public data, the group raised $90 million.

24.8 million went to strategic communication, that's own by reed, eric, who happens to be a cofounder of the lincoln project. he's listed as a treasurer in sec documents and 20 million to a company called tusk digital another lincoln project founder ron, one of the founders of the projects steve scmitt responded about the group's finances on realtime with bill mahr friday night. listen here. >> out of $87 million that was raised by the lincoln project, about 63 to 66 million of that money went to voter conduct -- contact. >> where did the other money go? >> the law -- the law requires that you make disclosures but you don't have to disclose subcontractor payments. david: mr. schmidt announce

resign after allegations surrounding another founder john weaver who was in serious trouble after 21 men told "the new york times" that he sent sexually explicit text messages and in some cases promised jobs and other access in exchange for sex. there are reports that weaver is under criminal investigation, the times goes onto report that texting did not lead to physical encounters except in one consensual case. weaver is a veteran on john kasich and john mccain campaigns. megan mccain, the daughter of late senator fired a tweet about both men, she says, quote, i've been very hesitant to comment but since my deceased father keeps getting invoked. i will say that they were despised by my dad he made it a point to ban them from his funeral, since 2008, no mccain would have spit on them if they were on fire. that coming from megan mccain right there.

schmitt is resign to go make way for a woman to sit on the board. he wants a woman to sit on the board and also nda, nondisclosure agreements. the lincoln project saying they will waive those nondisclosure agreements if people come forward, eric. eric: well, talk about a stinging rebuke on megan mccain on that. david, thank you. we will have a lot more about the lincoln project coming up on the newscast. george washington university professor jonathan turley is here on all the turmoil involving the group, arthel. arthel: also coming up president biden's immigration policy causing a mix-up at the border. officials say they were close to releasing illegal immigrants who are convicted sex offenders, we will have details on that. the cdc with long awaited guidelines, our medical contributor is on deck with her take.

eric, exclusive investigation of what happened to jimmy hoffa is on fox nation right now stream all 4 episodes and see what where eric found where hoffa could be buried. >> this is the third column right here. >> this is right there. this is in the kill zone. >> steve, we've got something here, what is it that you think? >> i'm getting large break in data from the white line up there all the way to back here and you could tell that there's something that was disturbed here. something different compared to the rest of data in the whole area that i've been seeing. >> there has to be an answer as to what happened to jimmy hoffa.

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arthel: confusion over a one directive from the biden administration nearly led to release of 3 illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes against children. immigration agencies were told to focus enforcement on threats to national security and public safety and immigrants who enter the country illegally after november 1st. griff jenkins live in washington with more, griff. griff: hi, arthel, that's right,

fox news confirms, officials in texas nearly released 3 men convicted of sex offenses against children. they were ultimately not released after discussions between ice and state and local officials, but the dangerous situation arose from a apparent misapplication for president biden's january 20th memorandum on immigration rescinding some of the previous administration's practices on deportations and detainers which seek to keep convicted migrants in custody after their sentence. in the biden directive it instructs agencies like ice to focus enforcement efforts narrowly on 3 main categories, national security, border security and public safety. it cites, quote aggravated felony as part of the threat, arthel. aggravated felony is defined in the national act as meaning murder, rape or sexual abuse of a minor. why were the three men about to be released? ice is not providing a detailed explanation but it says in the statement, the agency, quote,

makes arrest and custody determinations on a case-by-case basis based on the totality of the circumstances and does so in compliance with thorough law and agency policy. the situation has texas officials on high alert as ice has dropped request on some 26 individuals in recent weeks. the chief of staff at the texas department of criminal justice told the ap who first reported this story, quote, our concern is that you have individuals that have offenses in which we believe they would pose a public and safety threat and so dropping the detainer in turn is threatening public safety and we express that to immigration officials. now, this, arthel, as texas' temporary restraining order barring biden's one hundred day moratorium on deportations was also part of day one memorandum is set to end in a few weeks. we will see where it goes, arthel. arthel: griff jenkins in washington, thank you. eric. eric: arthel, in washington

progressive groups are calling for possible charges against former president trump stiming from the capital attack. this while some trump supporters are firing back at the anti-trump group the lincoln project. the never trump conservative super pac raised $90 million, more than half of the money going to consulting firms it turns out run by founders to have group. well, a chunk of the funds directly paid for political ads that ran during the campaign, some now pointing to the consulting fees and chunk of the money that flowed through that, jonathan turley, law professor of george washington university, fox news contributor. professor, what troubles you about the multimillions of dollars that went through that group? >> well, there's a great deal to be troubled by and serious allegation of profiteering and the organization has hardly been transparent. they acknowledged that they didn't release any information they didn't have to release and

it is troubling because of its history. you know, in our age of rage, the lincoln project wanted to be the loudest voice and it worked. you know, they received tens of millions of dollars and in the course of that they did things that were reprehensible and one of them part of a campaign targeting attorneys to try to strip the trump campaign or the republican party of representation. it was a despicable campaign led by many and it worked. they put pressure on firms and their clients. many of the people supporting lincoln project are attorneys who effectively joined the mob to the doorstep of other bar members. and so it was a really vicious campaign, but this goes to whether there was profiteering and i think we just have to see more evidence of how people were compensated and confirmation that these rather startling numbers are true. eric: well, steve schmidt was on

defending the group. this is part of what he said, in a statement, quote, we fully complied with the law, the lincoln project will be delighted to open its book for audit immediately after the trump campaign and all affiliated super pacs do so explaining the cash flow of the nearly 700 million that flowed through their organizations controlled by brad parscale and jared kushner. it sounds like it's going to be a firing squad dealing with all the money that was raised and where did it go. >> well, these are many of the same people that constantly when confronted say just both sidisms and that's is pointing to other examples to get away from answering your own issue. you know, presumably they want to establish a higher standard than the trump campaign since they have spent tens of millions condemning it. and so the question remains the same. are you going to give the information so that your donors

will know whether you profit eared? eric: meanwhile on the other side of this, there's calls from progressive groups to criminally charge president trump for inciting the domestic terrorist attack against the capitol, the riot there. let's listen to what mitch mcconnell said yesterday on the possibility that the president can be criminally charged. >> we have a criminal justice system in this country. we have civil litigation and former presidents are not immune by being accountable by either one. eric: and senator tom tillis, republican of north carolina said this, the ultimate accountability is through our criminal justice system where political passions are checked. no president is above the law or immune from criminal prosecution and that includes former president trump. meanwhile, professor, the washington attorney general said to be the lawyers considering and studying this, whether or not the president can be charged. what do you think is going to

happen? >> well, he can't be charged and the statements were refuting of house managers that somehow a president can just get away with it. a president can't get away with anything that's a crime. he can be charged, but you have to charge him. so many people say this is an open and shut case of criminal incitement, charge him. i have serious doubt that is this would be sustained if not on trial but appeal. it does not meet the standard if you're looking at just the speech. eric: all right, lots going on in washington on both of the fronts, professor jonathan turley. jonathan, thank you so much. >> thank you. arthel: a california judge handing britney spears a bit of a victory in the legal battle on her much talk about conservatorship. plus new cdc guidelines on reopening schools with the nation's top public health

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eric: the center for disease control releasing new guidance on reopening schools. advising that in-person learning can safely resume with precautions like kids wearing masks and social distancing. it also says that vaccine for teachers is important but not required to get the young ones back to classrooms. cdc director rochelle says the cdc is following the science. >> even in the areas of the highest community spread, we are advocating with the strict mitigation measures that you described including universal and mandatory masking as well as 6-foot of distancing and at least k to 5 children should be able to get back to school least in a hybrid mode. eric: dr. janet joins us on

this. doctor, -- man oh, man, parents have been waiting for this. how do you know it's completely safe to send students back to the classroom? doctor: let's look at the data, 17 schools in wisconsin found out that 191 covid cases only a small percentage, 7 of them were linked to in-class transmission. so about 3.7%, so the data tells us that the transmission in the schools is low b also make sure before we reopen that overall in the community the prevalence of coronavirus is low, so they can reopen safely but contingent upon mitigation safety measures in place as you said wearing the mask, physical distancing, social distancing, cleaning, hand washing, disinfecting and making sure we have good ventilation, open doors, open windows and the vaccinations for the teachers aren't a

prerequisite but the teachers are important and we should try to get them to feel safe and get them vaccinated as soon as possible. eric: yes, they are essential workers. what if you live in a hot zone? what if you have wide amount of community spread and you're getting itchy, you know, staying home learning? doctor: so that's one of the new guidelines that came out of the cdc. if there's allow prevalent, less than 10% of covid cases in the community, then that puts glow the blue or yellow zone which means you are clear to go for in-person, in-classroom studies. but if you are above that, in the red zone, then it is not recommended that you have in-class studies until the level of covid cases in the community drop so contingent -- so the opening is contingent upon meeting the.

[crying] meet criterias. eric: cdc director actually criticized ventilation in schools. kids with asthma, talking about mold and some of the other school buildings, the ventilation is not that good. what have some school districts been doing and if you're a parent and concerned about that, how do you make sure that the school district is doing they should do to protect their child? doctor: that's a good question. you do the best with what you can, open windows, look at what they have been doing in floors, they have been opened for many months, limiting class sizes, some students in class, some students at home, hybrid schedules have been shown to work very well. again, it all comes down to low prevalence in the community before you reopen and, then, of course, wearing your mask, practicing the basics. so far the schools that have

been open, there have not been any significant cases of major transmission or illness or disease. so at the ended of the day follow the science, follow the facts and do the best you can with what we know works. eric: i know two kindergartners twins, there was one case in one school, the twin is out for 2 weeks, the other twin, even know not in the school, they are both home for 2 weeks. mom used to pack your lunch, eat your sandwich, eat the little carrots, don't trade with johnny for your potato chips. what else should mom tell it is kids now when they pack them off to the school bus? doctor: most important thing is wash your hands, keep them clean, avoid rubbing your eyes and making sure our masks that our kids have fits them well. these are the basic steps that can help transmission. following the guidelines until we can get what we call herd immunity and get most americans vaccinated. eric: we want the kids safe.

always good to see you, thank you. arthel. arthel: well, #freebritney, a small legal victory for pop icon britney spears, a california judge ruling against her father's attempt to increase his own power with her conservatorship. christina coleman live in los angeles with more. christina. christina: the fight between britney and her father over financial affairs is back in the spotlight apparently especially after the recent release of "the new york times" documentary showing what led up to this financial arrangement. on thursday, the attorneys representing both britney and her father were back in court fighting over how her dad should share power with the newly appointed financial company. the judge ruled the power should remain equally split and they need to work together on a budget for the singer. brian claypool considers a legal win for britney. >> even though this was a just a

partial victory for britney spears, i really believe that this conservatorship issue is trending in her direction. she now has an independent objective, third party that's looking out for her finances. that's good for her. christina: britney's father took conservatorship and britney's once dad removed and even her fans and especially a conservator is to protect and manage financial affairs of a person's daily life due to physical or mental limitations or old age. >> if britney spears wants to get back all her financial affairs, her lawyer is going to have to go into court and submit affidavits from a forensic

psychologist, i treated her, she's fine and she's fit to handle her personal affairs. christina: however, jamie spears attorney has reportedly emphasized the need for conservatorship to protect britney from people who would or have preyed on her. arthel. arthel: you'd have a so-called meltdown too if you're going through post par do you mean, you have people keeping your kids away from you and you're hunted by the pop razzy, seriously, i want britney spears to get everything back in her control, fellow louisianan, i'm all for britney spears and a fan-hers. i'm just saying, i had to let that out christina coleman. christina: i love that you did, i love that you did. all right. arthel: happy valentine's day. eric. eric: all right, arthel, it is black history month and we are honoring on the fox news channel many contributions of african-americans to our country. coming up missouri congressman

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chanty, slaves were housed in the 1800s and you led your first protest when you were 15 year's old. what were you protesting and how did you get involved? >> well, i had begun like many people watching martin luther king and the civil rights legend, and -- and the little hometown where i lived african americans were not allowed to go to the movie theaters and when we saw that being protested i organized about 50 dumb kids all of whom were in junior high school or about that age and they followed me downtown we talked to our movie theater and put our 50 cents in front of the clerk and she, of course, said

no. by the time i graduated high school and college, we couldn't go to the theater. in the late 1960's, the movie theaters were opened. at one point african-americans could have been in balcony. i look back at it now, how dumb it was for me to bring the other kids along with me because we had no idea what could have happened. arthel: yeah, yeah. i remember that when -- when black people only able to sit upstairs at the movie theaters. i wasn't there but my parents lived that. in 1970 you recall to start the constituency chapter of the southern christian leadership conference by the late dr. ralph abernathy. such an endorsement had to be an honor but daunting. i want to ask you considering

your consequential work established in that role, assess where we are today as a people, as a country? >> well, i think we would be making a terrible mistake to say that the progress has not been made because it has. in 1990's, for example, almost every major city in the country had an african-american mayor or at least someone had run for that office. so we have made a lot of progress and you look at the number of members in congress, the african-americans and the latino numbers are extremely high in congress. and you look at the movie theaters. i mean, all of the things that we look at that can give us an idea of the progress we've made are there and i think we've got to make sure that americans know that because i think them -- when they hear people say, we haven't made any progress, i think that damages our ability to make even more progress. we do have some serious problems

that are still here and i don't think that, you know, at this moment we are addressing them as well as we should but, you know, the -- each generation of young african-americans and brown people and young whites are taking it up a notch. the past summer, the summer of reckoning, i stood out before i spoke to a group of people in kansas city at the country club plaza in kansas city, missouri and i looked at the crowd and had to almost control my tears because they were not just african-americans, the largest number were white kids, white young people and african-americans and brown people and i thought, oh, my goodnesses, if dr. king could see this and so -- but their presence was saying that their generation was not satisfy with where we are and they want today take it even further and that's going to happen and it's happening even as you and i talk and people are moving sometimes too gradually for some of us but

things are moving. arthel: and that is so much hope. i thank you personally thank you congressman and reverend cleaver, thank you very much. >> good to be with you.

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eric: well, the stage is set for the daytona 500 set to get underway a few hours if now.

but, you know, because of covid-19 precautions we expect to see a lot fewer fans and more masks. hey, matt. >> this massive legendary venue can seat 101,000 people. this year limit today 30,000 and in those stands people have to wear their masks and stay 6 feet apart. outside of the stands, people are partying and masks are not required there but camp sites must be 6 feet apart and groups are asked to to stay within the bubble. it rained yesterday and rain in the forecast today. we talked to fans about possible delays and mask rule in the stands. >> if we have to come back tomorrow, we will. but we will be here till 2:00 a.m. if we have to watch the race. >> what happens if it rains? >> we just keep drinking. pretty much how we do here. [laughter] >> we will show him how it's done in michigan.

>> it's a new normal. if you want to have fun you put your mask on and abide by the rules, stay in your bubble. >> if 30,000 fans are in the stadium today, nascar tells us it would be the largest sporting event since the beginning of the pandemic. back to you guys. eric: the weather looks great too. thanks, matt, thank you for watching, we are back at 4:00 p.m. eastern. arthel: the guy who said we will just drink must be from louisiana, i'm just saying. [laughter] arthel: more news from washington right now. thank you for joining us. happy valentine's day. ♪ ♪ ♪

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