grace, only on fox nation. sign up now. nancy grace, signing off, nancy grace, signing off, todd: it is monday, february 15th. millions bracing for impact, another massive winter storm sweeping the nation, slick roads causing a pileup in oklahoma as power is knocked out to hundreds of thousands. we're live with the latest. jillian: president biden's immigration policies causing confusion. how illegal immigrants convicted of child sex crimes almost walked free. todd: a wild finish to the daytona 500. >> around they go in a hard crash. mcdowell is first to the line. todd: that's no way to treat a teammate.

michael mcdowell wins his first nascar race, celebration from victory lane coming up. "fox & friends first" on a monday morning starts right now. ♪ walk this way. ♪ walk this way. ♪ talk this way. todd: you were there. jillian: i was. just like, what, 15 hours ago. it was a lot of fun. but those wrecks are not fun to watch. it's scary in person. so scary. todd: especially when you do it to one of your teammates. i promise, you and i are teammates, i will try to not cause any wrecks. jillian: you got my back? todd: i do. good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first." i'm ashley strohmier. todd: power is cut to he reduce

demand. homes are without heat during rolling blackouts. >> president biden approved an emergency decoration. a fiery multicar pileup occurred in oklahoma. todd: janice is tracking it. she will join us live coming up. >> president biden will allow more than 25,000 people seeking asylum into the united states, reversing a major trump era policy. todd: rich edson is live for us in washington as republicans push back against an emerging border crisis. >> reporter: president biden is moving to dismantle the trump administration's border policy, allowing 25,000 asylum seekers to gradually enter the united states from mexico. the department of homeland security says, quote, president biden has made clear, u.s. government is committed to rebuilding a safe, orderly and humane immigration system. this latest action is another step in our commitment to reform immigration policies that do not

align with our nation's values. this begins the reversal of the trump administration's controversial remain in mexico policy. that's where migrants applying for asylum would wait in mexico while u.s. immigration courts considered their applications. that trump era program had enrolled about 70,000 asylum seekers. the associated press reports this week two border crossings will begin processing about 300 people a day. some republicans jumping on the administration. >> this is all political. so he's opening the border, he's letting illegals pour in. they're not doing niko individual test. but yet he wants to potentially make you take a test in you just get on an airplane and fly from one american city to the next. >> reporter: the international organization for migration says it will test asylum seekers for covid-19 before they enter the country. the changes in immigration policies have also a appeared to prompt confusion at the

department of homeland security as immigration and customs enforcement nearly released three men convicted of sex offenses against children, that's according to the ap. then men remained in custody after discussions with the prison system and immigration officials. the president directed dhs to narrow its immigration enforcement to specific categories, like threats to public safety and national security and those who entered the u.s. illegally after november 1st. ashley and todd, back to you. >> rich, thanks so much. todd: senator lindsey graham has a message for mitch mcconsistent felling after he speaks out against former president donald trump. he blamed president trump for the capitol riot despite voting to ait. acquit.>> i don't know how kama harris doesn't get impeached if the republicans take over the house. todd: graham argues the same charges leveled against trump could be used in a case against

vice president kamala harris after she supported a fund that bailed out black lives matters protesters last summer. gop congressman darrell issa say it's time the party goes back to its roots, cherry picking leaders over the years. >> we have rebuilding to do, without the leadership of president trump and the way we've had it for the last four years, we've got to take the best of trump, the best of reagan, the best of lincoln, and put it all together. we're the party of smaller government, we're the party of the small business and the small business worker and as we show that to people, as president trump did for four years, but as we show it to people, we're going to become the majority party again. i expect to do it in two years. todd: house republicans are currently targeting 47 seats held by what they deem vulnerable democrats, the petition to recall california's

govern for quickly approaching the goal of 2 million signatures. >> jackie ibanez is live with more. >> reporter: california residents say their governor's got to go and this weekend they came one step closer to making that a reality. the california republican party announced $125,000 donation to the campaign to recall newsom. the cash comes at a critical time for organizers who are trying to collect 2 million signatures by mid-march to qualify the proposal for the ballot. if it makes and passes a special election would decide his successor. newsom's popularity has dropped as coronavirus rules shuttered schools and businesses in california. a recall supporter told fox news, quote, if he remains in office, i don't think it will be a wake-up call for him at all and i think you're going to see a greater exodus out of california. if he is recalled, i think it could be a great move innocent

the right direction, not just for -- movement in the right direction, not just for california but the rest of the country. there is buzz that ric grenell might be interested in newsom's job. he dodged the question, though, on sunday morning futures. listen. >> i think what we have to do is concentrate first on the signature that we're gathering. i really just want to focus on long-term solutions in california, that's going to take five, six years for somebody to really reform this place. >> reporter: speaking of recalls, former new york governor george pa tacky says the state should look at recalling andrew cuomo amid the nursing home scandal. unlike california, new york has no legal proceeding for ousting an elected official midterm. coming up, we will speak to the senior advisor behind the recall of newsom.

ashley, todd. >> thanks so much. todd: new york governor andrew cuomo top aide admits state laws go too easy on nursing home as the coverup scandal intensifies. despite widespread covid-19 deaths, not a single new york nursing home has lost its license. a new york assemblyman joins us next hour to discuss. >> the new cdc director doubles down that it's safe for schools to reopen even if teachers are not fully vaccinated, pointing to a hybrid model, as the country's top coronavirus doctor goes political, pushing for congress to pass a relief deal. >> it's not something that you can't open a school unless all the teachers are vaccinated. i think that the schools really do need more resources and that's the reason why the national relief act that we're talking about getting passed, we need that.

>> dr. anthony fauci stands behind the new cdc directive, despite admitting it was previously known but never put down on paper. one state that's been forging ahead with reopening schools, iowa, the governor, kim reynolds, said she prioritized parents and students and starting today all districts must offer in-person learning monday through friday, take a listen. >> for the vast majority of our school districts, they've been open and kids have been in the classroom since august. we've done it safely and responsibly. some of the largest school districts refused and our kids are paying a price because of it. and so what i saw was a tremendous grass roots organization of parents and teachers and kids and administrators who we did listening sessions with and we said enough is enough. if the pandemic has shown us one thing, it's that parents need choice and so i said our kids can't wait any longer. so what we did, we passed a bill that said every school district

must offer parents the option to have their children in school full-time monday through friday. >> last week, the white house press secretary, jen psaki, defined reopening schools as at least 50% of schools reopened of at least one day a week. the daytona 500 ended in a fiery fashion. take a watch. >> oh, teammate. >> around they go in a hard crash. kyle busch. >> hard hit by kyle busch. >> mcdowell is first to the line but will have to go back to the moment of caution. >> michael mcdowell taking it all after narrowly escaping a terrifying crash. no one was hurt. todd: it was his first career win in 358 starts. the crash second of the race. the first happening just 15 laps in.

>> oh, no. >> 24's on his side. many. remember what i said about 21 cars. i don't know if we got there, but man. todd: were you there when that happened? >> no, i was gone. it was 11:00. .todd: i thought you moved to daytona. the crash took out 16 drivers, put the race on pause. >> the great american race taking nine hours to complete following that long rain delay. that was something they were worried about all weekend. todd: but it was a fun time, right? >> it was. todd: some states are considering laws to ban transgender girls from competing in women's sports. a state rep backing one bill will join us live. >> does tom brady need to apologize for his super bowl pro trophy toss? why someone called the throw an

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ashley: the campaign to recall california governor gavin newsom is celebrating a milestone, reaching the signature threshold before the march deadline. todd: if they're all verified, it could trigger a special election as soon as this summer. the senior advisor for recall gavin 2020 says the work isn't done just yet. randy economy joins us live. let put the numbers on the screen. you have more than the required 1.5 million signatures but like you said your work isn't done. you want to this 2 million signature goal because you're worried democrats in california are going to challenge. what are you on guard against as they look at these signatures and try to throw some of them out? >> well, first of all, thanks a lot for having me this morning and welcome to probably the most historic, exciting grass roots

initiative in american political history. here's what we're concerned about. we're concerned that california governor gavin newsom recently appointed a new secretary of state, shirley weber, to the office to replace outgoing secretary of state, alex piaya. shirley weber is going to make the decision if we qualify for this special election. so we know that gavin newsom is desperate right now. we know that his political future is blowing up before him and so we're going to keep an eye on sacramento and the politics of sacramento and the politicians and to make sure that no funny business is going on and to kind of keep a step ahead of them. but the big thing is, the big announcement is, is that we have reached the minimum threshold. but we're not done yet. we want to get to 2 million signatures. we don't want to leave any doubt in anybody's mind the validity and veracity of our people out

there that are working so tirelessly every day and they've been working like this for eight months, such an inspiration. ashley: if the recall does make it to the ballot, what do the next steps look like for the american people, if you could walk them through that. >> it's going to be pretty exciting. this will be probably the most exciting summer of politics in california and throughout the country. because you'll have probably anywhere from 3 to 500 candidates that will come forward to put their name on the ballot and there will be two simple questions that the voters of california will be asked. one, shall governor gavin newsom be recalled and then who shall replace him until his term expires in january of 2023. and there you go. so welcome to politics 101 here in california today. and it's going to be a great, great show. todd: finally, before we let you go, obviously number of republicans there in california, if not all of them, on obviously

guessing on that, are on board with this. do you have any democrats on board? >> sure. we've got lots of democrats on board. we have about 300,000 democrats who have signed our petition. i was in santa monica this weekend, and there must have been 1,000 people stopping by, signing petitions right there on the boardwalk. it is a phenomenon and it's something that transcends democrat and republican. it's a california issue. it's specifically about gavin newsom and his policies and failed policies and how he shut down the fifth largest economy in the world this past year and i think the political discourse has turned out to be a monster, a monster movement here in california and we're not going to stop here in california and we've been contacted by people in new york and michigan and other states who want us to come over there and see if we can help them recall their governor as well.

so what goes on in california goes on throughout america. ashley: we appreciate you being on this morning. thanks so much. >> thank you so much. todd: still ahead, minneapolis residents begging for officers as crime spikes following last year's push to defund police. the millions being poured in to recruiting. ashley: this president's day may be the most important yet as the founding fathers face being canceled. a presidential historian on how to preserve them, next. ♪ made in the usa. ♪ made in the usa. ♪

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day, we celebrate our founding fathers and what made them so successful. presidential historian jane hampton cook joins me live right now. thanks for being with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. ashley: first off, obviously it's presidents day. we know george washington and lincoln, those are the really famous and most known and important presidents that we have in our history. but who else in your opinion is important especially on today? >> you know, i think about ronald reagan who had this peace through strength philosophy and policy that helped -- that led to the fall of the berlin wall. i think about theodore roosevelt who broke up monopolies, fought for the little guy. and then i think about franklin roosevelt. i don't like how he expanded government but i like how he taught americans not to be

fearful and led through the great depression and world war ii. so we have abraham lincoln signing the emancipation proclamation. so we've really got a lot of great character qualities to look at in our nation's -- in many of our nation's presidents. ashley: and then segueing into this with the cancel culture, it's been coming for our nation's history more and more here lately. why is presidents day so important now more than ever because of this cancel culture notion? >> you know, today we can get to the writings of our presidents on our phones, and you can learn

about the words of george washington from george washington himself. i think it's important to remember, when we cancel and remove statues, we are removing the origin stories of who we are as a people, of the origin stories of our liberty, of individual rights coming from god. george washington persevered against all odds and defeated the greatest enemy on earth at the time, the british military. at one point he said i think the game is pretty near up, but under a full persuasion of the justice of the cause i'm looking for a brighter day. and that mindset is inspiring today. that's universal. that's timeless. and look, we have to have a healthy look at our history. we can look at the bad and acknowledge it and learn from it but be grateful that we've overcome so many things and championed the good and championed the qualities in george washington, in abraham lincoln, that we can still learn

from today. ashley: and then as far as -- going back to the whole cancel culture notion, do you think there's anything that could be learned from this saga that we've been seeing and what we can actually -- anything we can learn from it? >> you know, we can learn -- i think we need to think about when we invoke cancel culture, we're teaching our children how to look at history through kind of one dimension, through the issue of race. and we need to remember that history is multidimensional, it's faith, it's family, it's looking at justice through a variety of lenses. it's the economy. it's what were the obstacles and the external threats and we're teaching our children to cancel us when we teach them to invoke cancel culture. i think it's really important to fight back. i have an article coming out on the hill.com today about george washington and phyllis wheatly, a black patriot and how his

views on slavery changed over his lifetime, leading him to free his slave at the end of his life in his will. let's learn. i don't think we really know what all there is to know about our nation's history and that's what presidents day can remind us of, to reignite our learning so that we really can appreciate the good and then acknowledge the bad and a learn and grow from it. ashley: okay. all right. thank you for being with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. todd: time now, 27 minutes after the hour. some states are pushing to ban transgender girls from competeing in women's sports, claiming an unfair advantage. one lawmaker backing the ban joins us live. plus -- >> if any lawyer is the subject of this kind of mccarthyism, i will represent you pro bow he know. pro bono.todd: a famed attornes free services to keep cancel culture from becoming american culture.

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ashley: we are back with extreme weather and the rare winter storm causing rolling power outages across texas. todd: a state of emergency now you in effect as millions brace for mother nature's wrath. alex hogan reports. >> reporter: about 120 million people from coast to coast are under winter warnings, watches or add vierslies, a may -- advisories, a major storm is expected to bring frigid temperatures and dangerous wind chills. power outages could be a major problem with the arctic blast. more than 200,000 people in oregon were without power on sunday where the average temperature in portland hovered around 30 of grease. 30 degrees. nearly 200,000 in virginia were dealing with outages. >> it's been a little tough. we're all electric at our house. so heat in the house has been the biggest issue you.

>> reporter: the winter storm bringing dangerous travel conditions. in washington state, more than a dozen crashes cut down a major interstate. this is days after a massive pileup of more than 100 vehicles left at least six dead and dozens more injured in fort worth, texas. >> i never thought i would ever be in a situation like this. things happen and car accidents happen every day. but this one i -- a 100 car pileup, that's hard. >> reporter: the bitter weather is especially rare for the south. texas governor greg abbott issued a disaster decoration in -- declaration in all counties, ordered texans to conserve energy. the houston area hasn't seen temperatures this cold for more than three decades. >> for most of the state, it's colder than it's been since 1989. >> reporter: more winter weather could be on the way. another blast is expected to hit the southern plains and move through the northeast later this

week. in new york, alex hogan, fox news. todd: thank you. at least three states, mississippi, tennessee and utah, are considering laws that would ban transgender girls from women's sports because of an unfair advantage. co-sponsoring the bill, the representative joins us live. what is the crux of your bill? >> thanks so much, todd. the crux of this bill led by representative scott satiki in ten see, simply says that for the purpose of defining gender in a student's participation in a school sport, in middle and high school, that it would be determined by their birth gender or their sex on their birth certificate. todd: okay. obviously, in a situation like this, you're going to have some opposition. the tennessee quality exec that opposes your bill write that's the bill is discriminatory and misleading. they're not providing a path for

everyone to play. they're picking a group of people and trying to find a way to sit them out of. how do you respond? will your bill put transgender athletes on the bench? >> you know, tennessee led 100 years ago in a very historical manner to give women the right to vote and i think that what we're going to see here is while these are arguments and constructs that will be put forward, we're going to play a role in tennessee in protecting women's sports, making sure that women aren't relegated to becoming spectators in their own sport. so when brains and not braun are in play in competition, we hold our own. we do very well. yet when you think about the true differences between biological and hormonal differences in the sections, you have to -- sex es you have to make the distinction, when the competition involves musculoskeletal difference as

well as hormonal and chrome sew nail differences -- chromosomeal differences that enhance things. there are prohibitions in sports that prevent blood doping, the use of enhancements, performance enhancing drugs, as though just protecting women's sports based on the identity of sex is what we planned to do tennessee and i'll be working with high come -- my colleagues in the tennessee house. they've done a tremendous job in constructing a very good bill. todd: are you going to go against the biden administration? >> i would simply say that this is a proactive bill to protect women's sports. each of these things has a value and brings forward a point of discussion, i also believe that we do have a role to play in protecting women's sports to make sure that we don't negate

the value and the accomplishments of women since title 7 and title 9 have been passed in the federal law. yes, there are going to be vigorous debates. i think this is the right approach and i think that we can all acknowledge that women do deserve a fair opportunity to compete and parents are really not interested in watching their teenage daughters participate and be demoralized in a rigged competition. in tennessee, we're going to be proactively making sure we protect women's sports. todd: 30 seconds on this answer. what happens to girls sports if your bill gets shut down? >> well, i think that a coach -- an olympic coach summarized this very well. she said it's over. it's finished. women's sports will no longer be the same, simply because back to the rigged, unfairness and the construct that we have to acknowledge that there are

chromosomeal differences, biological differences, hormonal differences, cellular differences there. are reasons that men get prostate cancer and women get ovarian cancer. we have to acknowledge the obvious and in certain competitions the distentions must be acknowledged and women must have an opportunity for fair play. todd: representative robin smith, please keep us posted on your bill. we appreciate your time this morning. ashley: president biden is vowing to take action to prevent the next mass shooting. his message coming on the third anniversary of the massacre of marjory stoneman douglas high school. the president wants congress to strengthen gun laws including requiring background checks on all gun sales as well as banning assault weapons. flags across florida are flying at half staff to honor the 17 people killed. and there is a push to get more police on the streets of minneapolis. residents are asking the city to beef up patrols amid a surge in

violent crime. the department is down about 200 officers. many have quit or taken an extended medical leave following the death of george floyd and the protests that followed. city council is approving an additional $6.4 million to recruit dozens of officers. todd: several people taken to the hospital after a fire breaks out at the cosmopolitan hotel. this happened on saturday night. officials evacuated the iconic fixture on the las vegas strip as a precaution. firefighters were able to contain that fire before it spread. investigators are trying to figure out how it started. ashley: and prince harry and meghan markle are expecting their second child. the duke and dutch chess sharing this picture on social media. they are already parents to a archie who turned 2 in may. the currently call california home after stepping down from their royal duties last year. todd: you have to get excited.

babies are cool. ashley: coming from a new dad. todd: yes. ashley: beijing blasted the white house for expressing concern over the world health organization's pandemic probe. todd: we have details coming up next.

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todd: international tensions rise as china says the u.s. gravely damaged cooperation in the coronavirus pandemic. ashley: carley shimkus joins us live with the latest. hi, carley. carley: the world health organization fact finding mission into the origins of the pandemic sparking an international war of words. the white house raising concerns about china's transparency and their embassy in washington, d.c. hitting back in a statement, saying what the u.s. has done in recent years

severely undermind multilateral institutions including the w.h.o. and gravely damaged international cooperation on covid-19. but the u.s. is pointing fingers at other countries who have been supporting the world health organization and at the w.h.o. itself. with such a track record, how can it win the confidence of the whole world. on saturday, jake sullivan said the biden administration has deep concerns about the way in early findings of the covid-19 investigation were communicated and questions about the process used to reach them. investigators say the outbreak was likely much larger in wuhan in december 2019 than previously reported. chinese scientists presenting 174 early cases of covid-19 but that data suggests there might actually have been over 1,000 infections at the time. come any dewire, an infectious disease expert, claims he was denied access to important data.

the u.k. now joining the u.s. in questioning the accuracy of this investigation. >> we need to know exactly what happened, did it come from a wet market, did it come from the bats? all these questions are now matters of speculation. we need to see the data. we need to see all the evidence. so i thoroughly support what president biden has said about that. carley: president biden is set to discuss the pandemic and china during the g-7 summit on friday. todd: carley, thank you very much. ashley: thanks, carley. and former secretary of defense chief of staff says taking china and the world health organization at their word is a joke. take a listen. >> it's nothing new. he would just need to read it. there are ways to declassify it as ric grenell and i declassified lots of information without harming national security interest because the public has a right to know about the worst plague that hit in

over a century and he could do that easily by protecting sources and methods. but allowing the wuhan narrative to continue, by having them investigate their own offenses, is like relying on iran and the ayatollah to tell us about their nuclear program. it's just absurd. ashley: last month president biden rejoined the world health organization after president trump withdrew the u.s. from the group. todd: conservative radio host dave rubin says there's no solution to big tech's crackdown on freedom of speech just yet. >> on one given day, a bunch of tech oligarchs decided to eliminate the digital life of donald trump. they booted him from youtube, from facebook, from twitter, from spotify, so he can't listen to music and from pinterest so he can't post apple pie recipes. that's a scary proposition. by the way, there's no perfect solution. for everyone out there that wants the perfect solution, it doesn't exist yet. we saw what amazon did to

parler's servers. there's big problems across the board. todd: rubin warned that if big government stepped up to fix big tech it could create more problems online. .ashley: allen dershowitz is waging war against cancel culture. >> if any lawyer is the subject of this type of mccarthyism, i will represent you pro bono. i want to make sure this doesn't become american culture. ashley: he grew up during mccarthyism and is vowing to stop the unfair practice. he was a part of former president trumps defense team during the first impeachment trial. todd: you know who they're going after now? tom brady. he's facing calls to apologize after throwing the lombardi trophy to teammates on another boat during the super bowl parade. >> this trophy was disgrace and

disrespected after being thrown as if it was a real football. todd: she said it disrespected her father, who helped make the trophy back in 1967. he didn't make this one. brady has not commented but the buccaneers' general manager responded to the story by posting a gif, telling her to lighten up. i don't know. i mean, look, he's the best quarterback to ever live. i'm pretty sure he can complete the pass. second, they're just having fun. we all need to relax. ashley: it was definitely something to celebrate. i'm still salty that the chief's didn't win. todd: so you're on her side. ashley: they were having fun. i understand that. todd: follow the money, millions raised by the anti-trump lincoln project funneled to companies connected to the group's founders. ashley: our next guest says mainstream media has given them a free pass. patrice onwuka joins us next.

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todd: welcome back. the anti-trump lincoln project under fire after records reveal the super pac funneled millions of bucks to firms owned by its founders. ashley: here to react is senior policy analyst, this is patrice onwuka. thanks for being with us this morning. >> good morning to you guys. ashley: really quickly, i want to get to this right now. as far as the money that was raised by the lincoln project, nearly $90 million was raised and if we go to the next one, about where that money was going and where it was coming from, there's a lot of money attached to the co-founders. what's your reaction to that? >> it's not surprising. it seems like this is a grifting

enterprise, more than a morally superior we are he defending the democracy and representing republicans enterprise as they pitch themselves. i think the donors, the millions of donors or maybe not even millions, the people who donated those millions should be asking where exactly did the money go and did it go to the intended purposes. the fact that only $27 million was spent on ads out of the 90 million raised, i think leaves a lot of people scratching their heads. todd: it does appear that the left wing media was more than willing to accept the lincoln project, promote them at any cost just to get president trump out there. hey, speaking of the media, from the lincoln project andrew cuomo, the media really does or at least in the recent time that we've seen has protected the worst of politics. focusing on cuomo here for a second, look at the evening news coverage of the nursing home coverup. 20 seconds on abc, 14 seconds

nbc, 31 seconds on cbs. patrice, how is the nursing home story not one of your biggest stories if you are running a newsroom right now? >> it should absolutely be the biggest story. the fact that you have not just the loss of 15,000 lives of elderly families and counting, but it's the coverup that went on behind it, the fact that the cuomo and his administration was willing to suppress the numbers, downplay them, so they wouldn't be attacked by president trump and potentially give president trump's campaign some fodder, it's sickening, number one. it's insulting to the families who never got to say good-bye. i believe janice dean at your network has been a champion, saying you know what, we need transparency. we need to know what happened. i worry that maybe this is not just something that happened in new york. i really hope that this is not something that other cities and

states have also covered up. todd: okay, patrice. that's a very interesting point. with that in mind and with many democrats here in the state of new york speaking out on this for once, saying something's not right here, we have to get to the bottom of this, do you think it's finally time here in new york and elsewhere throughout the country that the media starts to look into this as the problem that it really is? >> it was time back a year -- maybe less than a year ago, but we're almost a year into the pandemic and it's been a long time for the media to take responsibility. it's journalistic -- investigative journalism seriously and looking into the numbers and showing that we're actually getting accurate information and holding those accountable who are covering up numbers or whose policies have contributed to the loss of lives. i mean, i can't help but say -- i think a lot of viewers would agree, that this is everything

to do with politics and now is the time when the information is coming out and being promoted by the mainstream media because the 2020 election cycle is over. that's disgusting. that really is. because at the end of the day, we expect journalists and we expect journalism to be fair and to be about uncovering the truth wherever the truth lies and whomever the accountability should fall upon. ashley: thanks for being with us this morning. we've got to go. >> thank you. ashley: coming up in the next hour of "fox & friends first," another blast, a winter blast causing mayhem on the roads. todd: jd, janice dean tracking the storms, top of the hour. plus, congressman doctor brad wenstrup will talk to us about getting kids back in the classroom now. he's coming up. ♪ that's my fun day. ♪ my i don't have to run day. ♪ just another manic monday. ♪

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ashley: it is monday, february 15th. millions are bracing for impact after another massive winter storm is sweeping the nation. slick roads caused a fiery pileup in oklahoma as heavy winds and ice knock out power to hundreds of thousands. we're live with the latest winter weather warnings. todd: president biden's immigration policy causing confusion, how three illegal immigrants convicted of child sex crimes almost walked free. ashley: a wild finish to the daytona 500. >> oh, teammate. right-hand they go in a hard crash. >> mcdowell is first to the line. ashley: michael mcstorming mcdl storming through the crash to win his first nascar race, the celebration from victory lane. "fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ oh, we're