for that song, nothing to do with the news cast. todd: i like that, i love this song. todd: serious stuff today. todd: you are watching "fox and friends first". todd: new york democrats:governor andrew cuomo a liar after he denies covering of nursing home coronavirus death. todd: jackie ibanez live with a growing backlash. >> reporter: the near governor forced to face the growing scandal he has been running from. andrew cuomo said the state did not come from nursing home death but he admits he should have moved faster to release information, information to the public. the press is been asking from it, cuomo claimed the doj and state legislatures both requested a report at the same

time and put a pause on answering lawmakers to fill the report question the doj. >> anything you personally apologize for? >> we did not do a good enough job dispensing information and i take total responsibility for that. the void we created further the confusion. todd: late last month the state department of health reported there were nearly 9000 covid-19 nursing home deaths in new york, the attorney general's report finds the deaths were nearly double that, close to 15,000, cuomo blaming nursing home staff are bringing covid-19 into the facility. >> staff walking into the nursing home were asymptomatic because the national experts told us you could only spread covid-19 if you had symptoms. that is covid-19 got into the nursing homes. of you to his comments disturbing a lot of people. interesting has been outspoken about the controversy. he lost both her in-laws to

covid-19 while in a new york nursing home. your reaction to the press conference. >> i'm astonished, passing blame on everyone once again. it is like he has no one advising him to actually apologize. we are not buying it anymore, governor. >> reporter: cuomo wasn't getting any love from his fellow new york democrats. at no point did the administration notify the legislature about a doj investigation, people died and cuomo lied and he had the gall to write a book. lawmakers pushing to strip cuomo of emergency authority, to his unilateral directives to respond to the pandemic. >> he needs to win an oscar for his role as a lying dogface pony soldier today. to hear him not apologize, the democrats were in charge refused to take his executive order privilege back. he needs to resign. >> cuomo's press conference comes days after his top aide

told democrats on a call the nursing home data would, quote, be used against us in a doj investigation. >> that is a huge line there. we appreciate it, thank you. shannon: mike huckabee says governor cuomo wants to brush this aside and new yorkers shouldn't let him. >> he is saying there is nothing to see here, let's move on but there is something to see here and even democrats in his own state are some of the loudest critics who are saying that he has not been honest and forthcoming and there are a lot of people in new york whose loved ones have died as a result of the nursing home policy that was disastrous. he always wants to blame somebody else. he is a very stubborn prideful guy. he lives on the strength of his own voice. he loves to hear himself talk. he will go through these long almost insufferable news events

every day. >> governor cuomo is facing impeachment calls over the scandal. in washington house speaker nancy pelosi says congress will establish a 9/11 style commission to investigate the capitol hill riot. >> capital police deliver a no-confidence vote. >> after the capital police union's executive board reviewed the details of events on him leading up to january 6th rank-and-file officers delivered an overwhelming vote of no-confidence in his senior leadership. now nancy pelosi wants are on review calling for commissions similar to the one congress created in the wake of the september 11th terrorist attacks writing a letter to colleagues, quote, to protect our security, our security, our security, our next step is to establish an outside commission to investigate and report on the causes relating to the january 6, 2021, to mystic terrorist attack on the united states capitol complex. this commission would seek to

have bipartisan input but there is already support for it. >> did nancy pelosi know on january 5th was a threat to the capital? what did donald trump do after the attack? we need a 9/11 commission to find out what happened and make sure it never happens again. >> reporter: this is house republicans sent a letter to speaker pelosi, about her decisions leading up to the attack and the timing of the national guard deployment, specifically if she delayed a request from capital police. >> we don't know because she won't answer the question. the media is not asking tough questions and when they do hedge around it she dodges it. >> reporter: some 6000 guard troops remain here, razor wire fencing around the capital. the question is how long will they stay? the answer is unclear. sources tell fox news the

pentagon wants to look at how to get them home but a letter obtained by fox affiliate as of january suggested could be looking at an extension through the fall. we have to wait and find out. all we know for sure is no decision has yet been made. shannon: that is a good question. >> new hire first to capital police as white supremacists. senior advisor to the democratic congressional campaign committee posting a now deleted tweet, quote, the answer to white supremacists storming the capital is not to give more money to a different group of white supremacists whose job it is to uphold white supremacy. the x gang member made comments for joining the dcc see earlier this month. >> lincoln project releasing

staff from nondisclosure agreements but 5 x workers telling the new york times it is unclear if that applies to all current and former staff. they feel the embattled anti-trumpeters still keeping staff silence, the lincoln project was reeling over sexual misconduct allegations against its founder john weaver and reports of cofounders funneling millions in donations to their own firms. neil: you hear about this? firing back after nevada pushes to make its primary the first in the nation, they don't primary and nevada, it would change to the presidential caucus, to a primary and move the date too late january leapfrogging iowa's caucuses in new hampshire's primary, the chair of the new hampshire democratic party responding we have a strong argument for the state to retain its place. criticized iowa and new hampshire kicking off primary season because they are in the words of some too white. todd: there will be no big mardi gras celebrations in new orleans, bars are shuts down as part of the temporary restrictions in place in an attempt to curb covid-19. he closed his doors earlier this month but says the latest

restrictions caught many offguard. he joined us earlier. >> we've known since august it would not be as big as it has been in past years. i don't think they knew it would be the capacity they won't go out for drinks or anything. that caught them off guard. people are on their last legs. jillian: to go beverages are banned, parades, large gatherings and vendors are prohibited. in the last hour, drive people to be in their homes which means -- todd: more covid-19. jillian: you may pay more to send mail while speed of delivery slows. todd: in minneapolis, millions of dollars to recruit officers as they defund the police movement backfires. of next guest says a the democrats is will not learn from these mistakes, randy sutton joins us live a busy and packed

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as the shining example of the failed defund the police movement, they don't have the ability to do that. they are so entrenched in their own views, political agendas. look at new york for example. we have seen an incredible spike in murder, armed robbery, all violent crime and what is the answer for city council? they are pushing forward 11 bills that would, quote, reduce the footprint of the nypd. what does that mean? reduce the footprint? this comes as the slasher that attacked and killed people and subways which was a direct result of removing cops from the subway system. todd: here are the numbers in minneapolis, 5422 violent crime incidents just in 2020 alone.

i am no expert on this, most of the people i associate with are not experts on this but to a man, to a woman, we all saw this coming. we don't need to be law enforcement realize this was going to happen. how does minneapolis the council not? >> absolutely right. you talk about not being an expert in anything, of course you reduce the number of police officers were you defund or demoralize law enforcement which is being done all over the country, what is the effect going to be? d policing, even if the police are there they are not going to act in a proactive manner. just this week the chief of culver city police in california just issued a memo which was leaked to me by a member of the los angeles county police agency which basically tells him not to

make contact stops for a number of violations. they don't want to make contact with the community. that is codified d policing. that is the way law enforcement has to work to be effective. let's look at minneapolis. they came up with $6.4 million, they already lost 20% of their police officers due to their arrogance and demoralizing of the police and their d funding. it will take years, years. todd: they cut $8 million. todd: recruitment and other cities is down as well. we talked about that, not just minneapolis, let's put up the scroll of other major cities reallocating police budget funds, there are a number of them, san francisco, seattle,

portland, connecticut, philadelphia. any of the cities on screen have you seen anyone come forward with another plan they have, another grand slam you think might work to keep communities safe? because i haven't seen anything. todd: no plan to keep the community safe, they are not caring about keeping the community safe. this is all about the woke political agenda of dismantling the police. this is an assault upon their own citizens they have sworn to protect, when they do they do it to correct that -- protect their citizens. they don't care, so clear, so obvious, it is beyond me how cities like portland which is a complete mess, seattle, city council people are simply appeasing the radical left agenda at the expense of their citizens.

>> you seen the backlash. they are standing up but will it be enough to get word to the people in power currently, who knows? we don't know if there are enough of them. we appreciate your time talking about the complicated topics in front of us, fewer cops, we appreciate it. jillian: 17 after the hour, ongoing talks to keep the national guard on dc until the fall. the question, why? >> i am here life. i'm not a cat. todd: have a prompter that says a lawyer sold to bristol the internet. regardless, he is back, his plan to cash in on his newfound fame, you should do exactly that.

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todd: extreme weather overnight, two people killed after a tornado touches down. jillian: an unprecedented winter blast killing 90 people and leaving millions without power nationwide. hunter davis has the latest. >> reporter: winter storm making its way across the country dropping snow and dangerous ice, along with that record low temperatures. >> don't come. >> reporter: the historic system crossing ahead full of impacted states to disaster declarations,

texas getting record snowfall. millions without power across the state as officials implement rolling blackouts to ensure the power grid can keep up, concerns over stringing the system across the region. kansas's governor is one of many official urging folks to take steps to conserve energy. >> 65, 68 degrees fahrenheit, bundle up with sweaters and blankets. reduce temperature on your water heater to 120 degrees. >> reporter: power conservation coming into play in oklahoma where thermometers dipped to the lowest they have seen in 116 years. in sioux falls, blistering cold prompted windchill warning through tuesday. snow blanketing the ground in shreveport, louisiana, covering the blacktop in indianapolis, several inches expected in chicago, an area used to snowstorms. >> this is an all hands on deck moment, to make sure the city continues to function even in

this extreme weather circumstance. >> across the region ice is the hazard creating slick and dangerous roadways leading to countless accidents. the storm is expected to dump the same dangerous conditions on the ohio valley and the northeast by tuesday. another storm is trailing this one and is expected to break to the same areas later this week. in austin davis, hunter davis, fox news. jillian: it is continuing, we are not out of the woods. >> janice: the next storm system is on the way, freezing pipes will continue, these are current temperatures, we are one in dallas, texas with the windchill below that. minus double digits in some cases. a big story for the south, impacting millions of people to

the eastern seaboard, windchill warnings in effect as cold temperatures remain in place today and tomorrow at of the next storm system which will affect the same spot as over the weekend and yesterday. you see the system moving to the northeast, mixture of rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow and we see the next batch of winter storm warning through texas, mississippi and ohio river valley into purple across kentucky towards in sylvania and new jersey, ice storm warnings in effect, the active pattern continues as storm system exits the northeast, another one thursday and friday and another one behind this, this is historic, it is affecting so many people and unfortunately affecting a lot of those who aren't prepared for this type of weather across the southern plains.

jillian: in texas. big changes coming to the u.s. postal service, the postmaster general planning to illuminate first-class mail, the washington post reports lewis dejoy increasing postage rates, because of net losses since 2007. in court filings the agency revealed 38% of two day mail was a limit on time. todd: any question this would be my brief? >> it is a filter. i am here live. i'm not a cat. >> i can see that. >> why don't you believe it? he was initially embarrassed. >> now ready to cash in on 15 seconds of fame.

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jillian: president biden taking

aim at gun legislation by taking on congress to enact common sense reforms including requiring background checks on gun sales, banning assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and eliminating immunity for gun manufacturers. todd: antonio, great to see you. you heard the president's words. what is your biggest concern? >> as a nation we are mourned in the heartland 3 years ago when that egregious act of violence took place. biden says he wants to combat violence by going to something that is not at the heart of the matter. according to the fbi, more people have been killed by hammers and clubs and even hand and feet and fists than rifles so biden's plan to focus on this

idea that rifles are the most important issue just shows it is more about political grandstanding than real solutions. jillian: the referenced parkland because it is the third anniversary of that school shooting when president biden called on congress to pass richter gun laws. let's listen to what he had to say in march of 2020. jillian: hard to hear you could see the transcript. he supports the second amendment, do people feel as though he doesn't? >> you can't say you support the second amendment and then the one of the most go people behind was we see with the current background checks.

now president biden was part of the brady bill years ago in the 90s that made background checks ubiquitous today. that alone has failed any solution when it comes to violent issue shows time and again that president biden does not protect our second amendment and the fact that as a human right, not just a constitutional right. todd: using executive order to enact his gun control agenda. how worried are you that he will do this especially if he doesn't have the backing of congress? >> interesting we have this president who has already put through 50 executive orders but he has a congress that could be doing his bidding but doesn't. it shows that he isn't very

confident when it comes to the gun control or rather gun rights topics, the american people. we have 8 million new gunowners this last year alone, many of them african-american women and men. we will see more of that going forward. gun owning america, making people know this is an important issue and something that has no mandate. president biden needs to pay attention. jillian: thank you for joining us. todd: a san diego sheriff's deputy removed from the hospital after being viciously attacked by two inmates. the deputy was escorting a nurse when he stopped to open a solo when two inmates started beating him, as you see he suffered multiple injuries to his head and also his torso. jail officials are investigating.

jillian: teardown that wall, the message immigrant rights and environmental groups have for president biden after he repealed billions for border wall construction. the aclu demanding walls don't with defense department money must come down. sierra club calls it a center for immigration studies senior national security fellow todd benson joins us earlier and says asylum-seekers are trying to get their foot in the us permanently. >> to get in and live illegally. it is made worse by the fact that we are not deporting anyone. jillian: former president trump left with 450 miles of border tilt on his watch. todd: parlor is back online, the social media network on new hosting services, its new technology does not rely on big tech for its operations. apple suspended the platform claiming it promoted violence

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jillian: pressure is mounting to reopen schools nationwide after the cdc released new guidelines to get students back to the classroom. todd: it will be an uphill battle on capitol hill. >> reporter: students held a car rally to protest school closures and let it be known they wants to be back in the classroom. >> tired of doing school from

home. they've gone into therapy since the pandemic started because of what they had. >> pressure is building to reopen schools, nationwide coronavirus cases are down 40% compared to two weeks ago. about 1 million and a half people today are being vaccinated and the cdc released guidelines showing it can be done safely. physical distancing, hand washing and cleaning bluetooth does not require teachers to be vaccinated. >> it is a layered mitigation approach is what we look forward to is a roadmap to get us there. >> reporter: united teachers of los angeles say the guidelines, quote, do not do enough to address specific challenges of large urban school districts. they had the lack of vaccine requirement is troubling. teachers are in the cdc's vaccination phase i be putting and close to the top of the list but supply and demand can increase wait times. >> we should put parents and

kids first, not teachers. >> reporter: president biden and house speaker nancy pelosi say reopening schools will cost money but that's another reason to pass the american rescue plan through congress. todd: former special advisor to the trump administration doctor scott atlases history will remember how we handle getting kids back to schools. >> we in the united states are on the verge of creating a neurotic generation. we have young children wearing masks, being separated, thinking they are an infection vector for everyone and everyone is a danger to them. this is really a tragedy unfolding. and epic failure of public policy and a real tragic situation. todd: last week the white house press secretary clarified getting kids back to school, at least 50% of schools reopening at least one day a week. jillian: millions in texas in the dark.

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>> i'm steve doocy at "fox and friends" world headquarters. governor cuomo deflected blame in new york's nursing home, as a political attack by donald trump. we will talk to a nursing home worker who is tired of the governor's excuses and wants to know when he will offer solutions was families in new york when answers. do lockdowns during the pandemic help stop the spread of coronavirus?

dr. nicole saphier how california and florida ended up bending the curve despite having polar opposite strategies to tackle the virus. one wide open and the other left out. it is fat tuesday, mardi gras. will businesses survive after missing out on the biggest weekend of the year? helping those in need as we have a busy 3 hours kicking off 15 minutes from now on the channel you trust for your morning news was i will toss the baton back to todd and jillian. todd: a phrase you don't say vertical winter storm leaves millions of texans without power, houston left in the dark as power companies scramble to saw out frozen gas lines and wind turbines. jillian: carley shimkus joins us with more on the efficacy of green energy on the face of a crisis.

4 million texans battling the cold without heater power, record low temperatures, historic winter storm, the electrical grid couldn't keep up with. rolling blackouts in dallas, experiencing temperatures in the single digits. forcing some residents to sleep in their running cars. running waters shutting off its supply, with treatment plants. part of the problem, wind turbines, the state's electrical grid operator releasing a statement saying the grid operator was contending with frozen wind turbines and unlimited just apply on january 14th. a significant number of additional generating units tripped off-line when the weather worsened overnight. former energy secretary rick

perry, lost power during the interview with tucker carlson. >> a baseload, when you call on it will be here. i don't know the current administration, the green new deal talking about anything other than wind and solar, better be thinking long-term in this game, not enough people thinking long-term. jillian: the texas national guard, 5400 emergency personnel have been deployed across the state to perform welfare checks. jillian: california police sergeant calling out gavin newsom and endorsing the campaign to recall him after years of bad policy decisions. weighing in on newsom's

response. they don't look any better under gavin newsom's policies. >> 2 million signatures after reaching, staying in the state, the jefferson movement has never been more active in california, the 50 first state. mark mayor told us why this will be successful. >> whenever government fails to serve the people, the people have the right to alter or abolish it, this is what they will do. >> these 23 rural counties, have more in common with the liberal parts of california. >> deputies being held as heroes for washing people out of the raging apartment fire.

>> >> but just before flames and of the building in michigan, several jumping out of windows. several injuries were reported. todd: still had a fox news alert, contractor killed, an american soldier hurt in a rocket strike near a us military base. jillian: congressman michael walsh reacts to that and more, joins us live next. wanna lose weight and be healthier? it's time for aerotrainer. a more effective total body fitness solution. (announcer) aerotrainer's ergodynamic design and four patented air chambers create maximum muscle activation for better results in less time. it allows for over 20 exercises. do the aerotrainer super crunch, push ups, aero squat. it inflates in 30 seconds.

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♪ jillian: a fox news alert. a civilian contractor is killed, five others injured after an attack on a u.s. led military base in iraq. todd: amy kellogg joins us deadliest in over a year. >> outraged by this attack that killed a foreign contractor working for the united states and injured four american contractors and a u.s. service person as well as injuring four iraqi civilians. rocketsd in the many erbil. 1 landed outside. in december 2019 when a u.s. contractor was killed, former president trump ordered hits on bases of appear iran backed militia. it is not clear yet how the biden administration will respond to this. last night's attacks happened around the airport in erbil. blinken went on to say we express our condolences of the loved ones of the schismian contractor killed in this attack and innocent iraqi people and their families who are suffering

these ruthless act of violence. it is hard. todd and jillian, to get an accurate number for the iraqi civilians killed in this war overall it. is well over 180,000 and the u.s. troop death toll is over 4600 pack to you. jillian: amy kellogg with the details. let's bring in a member of the house armed services committee and national guard colonel, sir. you just heard amy talking about the details there what is your reaction and who needs to be responsible for cracking down on groups because our role over there has changed. >> you are absolutely right. our role there is primarily training advisory. we do still have some focus on counter-terrorism particularly on keeping a lid on isis. keeping our foot on their neck so to speak. but the area where this happened could have been isis coming back but it was very likely local

militia groups backed by iran funded and trained by iran and the iraqi government needs to go after these groups need to secure our forces. we have dramatically minute mizeed our footprint there i think rightfully so over time. that means we are reliant on the iraqi army that rely on the iraqi police forces and that government needs to step up and frankly squash a number of these forces that continue to attack our soldier. todd: congress, is there anything other than a test of joe biden's resolve to act? >> it likely could be. if it was one of these groups that backed by lawp, this could be a step from them to from their perspective strengthen their hand as they believe they are heading into a future negotiation to enter the iran deal. that's how the iranian regime

thinks. enact violence and leverage to pull back on that violence as we enter a deal. look, a number of us in congress have called on the biden administration to keep up the maximum pressure campaign. keep up the pressures on the regime. they are struggling financially. and if they do that we will be able to enter a deal back into a deal from a position of strength that get all of their nuclear program. the missiles, the weapons, and the fissile material not just the limited part they got last time. jillian: let's comb home and talk about the national guard potentially staying in d.c. at least until the fall that's what some report are saying. go and pull up reports there are at least 5,000 national guard members to stay in d.c. through mid martha cost as you can see in the next screen roughly $7 million per day to keep them there through mid march. here is what what speaker nancy pelosi has to say the national guard are present at the request

of the national police force. "national police to have national guard personnel on site to supplement the national police force. sir, do you think there is a need to have them there now? do you see one? >> i'm still serving in the national guard and i can appreciate that these men and women were yanked out of their homes, their jabs, their jobs as away from their family for a true emergency that was january 6th. now going forward i have asked for what's the threat? what threat is so dire that we have to have more in our afghanistan. going forward what's the plan to lee them there with an open-ended mandate not knowing what the mission is, not knowing what the threat is. is it fair to those soldiers 'and we have gotten zero answers. nothing, silence. i have talked to the acting secretary of the army and the pentagon and, you know,

basically they're responding to the capitol police and pelosi requests. what's driving that number and what's driving this length of time? i have seen nothing that demands such a large force to be there indefinitely and away from their families. todd: you think they would give you an answer. you are one of the congressman but i digress. meantime, you have spruced a new resolution urging us here in the u.s. to boycott the 2022 winter olympics in beijing. we are going to put up on the screen all the acts you say should disqualify china from hosting the olympics. what your main argument though, congressman. >> former speaker newt gingrich talked about this a year ago. senator rick scott from florida has asked the international olympic committee repeatedly to move the olympic games out of beijing to another country. the chinese communist party has unleashed the coronavirus on the world. they covered it up. millions are dead.

and now they are literally enslaving millions from their own populist specifically the uighur muslims in cremps with cn camps. forced labor and rape and sterilization. biden's secretary of state admitted in is general side and agreed with his predecessor mike pompeo how can we reward the chinese communist party with the olympics which is meant to pull the globe together in peace? how can we do that? enough is enough with the chinese communist party. we have had it. and it is time to move the olympics out of there or not send our athletes unfortunately. jillian: curious how to plays out after everything the country and the world has been through. >> by the way 180 international human rights organizations have

agreed and are calling for the olympics to be moved. the international olympic committee needs to listen. how can we have our flag flying in beijing after all of that. jillian: congressman, our show is about to end. thank you for joining us. "fox & friends" starts right now. have a good day everyone. bye-bye. ♪ >> cuomo cover-up is quickly unraveling. >> covid did not get into the nursing homes by people coming from hospitals. >> the governor and the administration is hiding information about life and death. >> u.s. led coalition from iraq says a rocket attack has killed one civilian contractor and injured five others. >> very likely that it roads from this attack lead to iran it. is a an early test to the biden administration. >> lunar new year's eve. >> all bars in the city of new orleans will be closed. >> not knowing when it's going to end. >> historic lows hit 'texas