from her inauguration day. the art teacher gets her students to help design the sculptures and give her ideas on how to build them. she says since everyone is doing good, they had time to get out and play. again with a fox news alert, three major stories, nearly half of texas is facing the water crisis is millions are told to boil their own water for safe drinking and the state deals with unprecedented mouthwatering banks, frozen pipes amid the freezing weather. in california, remember the school board members marking parents over school reopenings? >> they want their babysitters back?

>> we have a meeting open to the public right now. >> that is what lori just said. steve: we have a major update on that story following backlash from parents. >> governor andrew cuomo remaining defined as he refuses to accept blame for the nursing home scandal as an unsuspecting democrat joint calls for school investigation. welcome to "fox and friends" on saturday morning. a lot of big news to get to but let's begin with that story about andrew cuomo because he has been pointing the finger of blame at everyone but himself. listen to governor cuomo in albany on friday giving his explanation for what has gone down in recent weeks. >> i want to set the record straight on nursing homes, we created a void by not producing

enough covid-19 information fast enough and conspiracy theories, politics and rumors filled the void, and you can't allow inaccurate information to go unanswered. it was exploited with misinformation, people playing politics, republicans playing politics, personal attacks, personal agendas. this is causing pain to families who lost a loved one. >> that was governor cuomo yesterday, the post put so well, time to rage his way out of this thing as he has always done in the past, defiantly blaming everyone else yesterday at this press conference except for owning up himself and that rage has extended to personal threats to lawmakers, to other democrats, and democrats came

out in support of ron kim, and assemblyman who has been very bold and open about how intimidating cuomo has been to him throughout this but what is clear and with the post also said undercover this morning is what he's trying to live out and cover up about is he said federal guidance was they have to put patients in nursing homes and that was never the case, they said you could and would cuomo said was he ordered it even though there was plenty of support and all he is saying is there is an information void, we missed telling you that and therefore -- like an athlete that goes reversed his go to shot when times get shot governor, would revert to rage and defiance when times get tough because that's been his winning aspects, winning characteristics throughout this entire pandemic. press conferences, certainty, defiance has applauded but it is odd to hear him say a void of information created the situation. this is the most overexposed

governor in the nation and he's telling us not quite enough exposure is the problem here, not quite enough information. was we need is more cuomo. that would solve the misinformation so many people are suffering from. people are actually suffering, like those who've lost in laws, elderly relatives, people in nursing homes are asking something else from governor cuomo, they are asking for empathy, accountability. his father died after contracting coronavirus in a nursing home. he says his family needs something else from governor cuomo. listen. >> my message is he needs to on his mistakes, this was an absolute mistake. it is not criminal.

we never advocated -- it was not supported by science, was not supported by common sense. we needed empathy. i know you did your best but sometimes your best isn't good enough and you gloated about it in your book and you need to apologize. you can judge a man, not his integrity, based on maui deals, just admit it was a mistake and let's all move on. >> you are hearing from families all around the country, just waiting for him to come out and say i am sorry, this was a bad decision, these horrible consequences that i want to send my apology to the families. what is interesting for me is the way he delivers these, he does seem like an actor, like someone is handing him a script, he's playing this role. there seems to be no authenticity in the way he speaks, no ability, no self-awareness and no idea that is not a republican witchhunt against him when you have aoc calling for an investigation,

seems to be where -- nowhere is this is democrats, republicans and independentss, doesn't matter the political affiliation. people on all sides of the aisle lost people in nursing homes, they want answers, transparency and accountability and for him to on some of that is no awareness on his part that that is needed to mend the situation. >> they were joking with each other the entire time and he was on top of the mountain writing a book, he was america's governor leading us through the crisis. lack of self-awareness at that time, what you're seeing now as well. what could the why be as to why you would put patients in nursing homes that are infected when you have the uss comfort we are getting a bit of a sense, we heard bits and pieces of this in the past, greater new york hospital association we now know has donated a lot of money to democratic committees and to

include governor cuomo from 2018 all loan, $1.25 million given to cuomo's reelection. part of this understanding as we learn more and people intimately familiar with the situation in new york say the amount of money ramps up under covid-19, in exchange they got effective immunity for many deaths that occurred on their watch in nursing homes which we talk a lot about how immunity from litigation is important part of how you get businesses to open up that would otherwise be fearful. i don't think then in and of itself is scandalous but if it is money in exchange for that when pushing patients you know you are sick that is a scandal. >> we don't have an explanation why that policy was adopted was one of the most enraging stories of the week, a school board in california, oakley union elementary school district, several members were caught on

camera marking parents who want their children to get back to school. is a refresher if you don't see this clip earlier this week. >> if you're going to call me on i am going to [bleep] you up. sorry, that's just me. >> they want their babysitters back. >> we have this meeting open to the public right now. >> that is what maury just said. >> great. >> absolutely enraging. the update for everyone watching this morning is that school board has resigned with almost all the members of that school board have resigned. >> no surprises. you see that reaction, like what we have been saying is private and who knows what has been said in private all these months are now people have a window into what potentially could be said behind parents backs and what

sort of conversations, they may find it hilarious but it is not so funny now. the superintendent of oakley union elementary school gave the statement on friday. do we have that? i'm committed to returning the attention to student learning and giving our students back in school. this unfortunate situation will not discourage or detract me from working, trust in our community bring student safely back to school as soon as possible. that sounds great, in a statement, we knew he had to say something like that but when? when do students return safely to school. if it has artie been deemed safe by many doctors, i can't find one. i spoke to a number of doctors asking is there any concern? i could not find one doctor that had concerns about children resuming in person learning at this point so when is that and what conditions need to be made if you're deeming it unsafe which parents deserve a lot of answers what given what they

heard transpire on that call. >> the unions have dug in and as a result of calls into question whether this idea that teachers are essential of course they are but what about the nurses, truck drivers, grocery workers, emts that worked through this without a vaccine, because they really are acting like they are essential. unions are not. as a result, this is a school board, this is not the union, the school board should be elected representatives of the parents and the community so run for school board if you don't want to be a stooge of the union or find people, these kids are talking like that is who they are, clearly comfortable with these views, they are familiar with each other, this district is a chance to put representatives there and hopefully this is indicative of changes that could maybe possibly come as our kids are too often locked out of school. we will have parents from that elementary school on the program later in the show to give

reaction as well. >> we will continue to follow that story throughout the next few hours but first we will begin with headlines and we have some extreme weather, 15 million people sort out clean water in texas as the state deals with an unprecedented amount of water main breaks and frozen pipes. some residents forced to scrape snow off walls and boil it for safe thinking water. the safe power grid kicks back on tens of thousands remain without power. some texans say their electric bills of skyrocketed after 17,$000 following a high demand for heat. meanwhile a massive fire breaks out a texas hold 'em packed with guests. flames reached so high the roof of the hotel caved in and luckily no one was hurt. florida governor rhonda sanders will order flags to fly at half staff in honor of conservative icon rush limbaugh, collingwood by an absolute legend as he and maybe an answer yesterday, but died from lung cancer on wednesday. he lived in palm beach county. them by's longtime producer will join us later this morning. this is not your average traffic

stop. after a police officer pulled over a great-grandmother with a broken prickly he decides to offer a helping hand. >> i don't want to give you a ticket. it's too hard right now. i'm going to do you a favor. instead of giving you a ticket i'm going to give you this card. >> the woman explained she was picking up one great printed from school while traveling with one. the orlando cop giving her $25 gift card to advance auto parts to get the problem fixed. those are your headlines. i love that, we need more of that especially right now with so many people struggling. >> $25 gift card clearly identifies -- not always useful when you can help. some students have been out of the classroom for most of the will: doctors is the white house is using flawed cdc guidelines to justify keeping kids at home, talk to him next.

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talking about the op-ed, explain what was happening with cdc numbers. >> kids don't vote and they don't have a voice and despite being the lowest risk, they are subject to all these onerous requirements to have their livelihood to go to school but a new testing infrastructure was called for in the cdc guidelines is required for schools opened based on certain background level of cases in the community. the cdc does not require testing infrastructure for adult to find airplane. they pack in shoulder to shoulder with masks and do it safely because they are taking precautions and is good airflow. the kid is 10 times more likely to die of suicide than from the coronavirus so it's not based on science is the guidelines are flying in symantec opposition to

the top cdc scientists said. >> the biden administration is outwardly calling for schools to open but you are arguing that behind-the-scenes they are just accommodating teachers unions. what justification to teachers unions have to remain closed or at home? >> if you want schools to stay closed what you do is you stall and say you want them open and that is what is happening right now. i can only speak the medical side that this is settled science. this is purely a political issue. find a doctor in america who thinks kids should be out of school right now. time is of the essence and right now you are seeing this sort of stalling. calling for the guidelines which we had guidelines in september. they supposedly wanted new guidelines to update them. steve: another fascinating op-ed i saw in print have this title ii it, we will have heard immunity by april, i expect

covid-19 to be gone by april, that is earlier than predictions i have otherwise seen. why do you make that case? >> most of the pandemic we learned some data and said let's scramble. let's plan. heard immunity has started to kick in. how else do you explain this 77% drop in daily cases but look at the science and it is not just vaccinated immunity that creates or contributes heard immunity, it is natural immunity from prior infection and we've not been capturing all the cases, one in 4 or one in 5 cases. if you extrapolate, i go through all the research studies most of which are from europe, the study 7 underestimating natural immunity and natural immunity works well. steve: you think more people

have natural immunity that we are recording. but we will have vaccines in people's arms by april. does that mean by summer we're taking our masks often back to normal? is that the prediction you would make? >> i really do think that was i'm supposed to say keep your mascot even if there is one case in the country but loneliness is an epidemic and it affects your physiological reserves and we've got to rebuild communities and restore society. todd: you've raised my spirits and millions of other americans which appreciate you sticking to the facts and information but also applying common sense at the same time that other aspects of health. thank you so much for your time this morning. keep writing those op-eds. the us is back in the paris climate agreement. john kerry says the world is just 9 years from climate catastrophe but is this just a case of do as i say, not as i do? we will discuss coming up.

jillian: we back with quick headlines, joe manchin will not i's picked to be the office of management and budget, saying his history of overtly partisan comments would jeopardize the office's ability to work with congress. this decision potentially dooming tandon's nomination. president biden using his first two just as commander-in-chief to visit battleground states. when they whole the townhall in milwaukee, wisconsin. two days later he visited a rescue manufacturing facility in michigan. biden narrowly defeated donald trump in both crucial states. steve: as president biden formally joins the paris climate accord, john kerry says more

work needs to be done on the environment. >> we know the just doing paris is not enough. i guarantee we come to this job with a lot of humility and humility because obviously the united states pulling out did have consequences. >> here is the president of the copenhagen -- i want to start with john kerry's prediction. he has made some dire predictions as of other politicians like aoc about how much longer the world has to avoid catastrophe. let's listen to john carreon cbs this morning. is the only choice for somebody like me, the time it takes me to get somewhere, i can't fail across the ocean, i have to fly to meet with people, i will not be put on the defensive. the scientists told us 3 years ago we had 12 years to avert the

worst consequences of the climate crisis. we are now three years gone so we have 9 years left. there is no room for bs anymore, no faking it on this one. >> you heard john kerry talking about why he must take a private jet wherever he goes, we will get to that in a moment that is predictions that the earth has 9 years left. what do you say to that prediction? >> this is something we've heard for a long time. it comes from the fact that the world asked the un climate panel to tell them what will it take to achieve an almost impossible targets and the panel came back and said it will take almost impossible policies that you have to implement before 2030. that was how the 12 years left started but what it says is if you want to do something that is incredibly hard you have to do a lot. that is not how we tackle climate change. it is about thinking about what is smart, not doing the most impossible stuff first.

steve: we've seen for decades. in the 70s we saw predictions of 20 years left, in the 90s, 20 years left, why are these dire predictions significantly -- it becomes as masochists as death cults, contest difficult about how much longer we have before the earth is done. >> it is not very helpful for two reasons. the un back in 1982 told us that if we didn't correct course, didn't fix climate change we would have devastation equivalent to a nuclear holocaust by the year 2000 and we had as you mentioned these sorts of predictions every few years. it is not helpful partly because it is wrong but also because telling people you only have my years left means you panic and do stupid stuff but certainly not very effective stuff at high costs. instead of focusing on how do we actually fix climate change.

it is a real problem but we need to fix it in a that is consistent with making sure we keep people happy, keep people fed, make sure it doesn't hurt the world's for and someone. it will take more than the headlines. >> i misspoke when i said a masochistic duffel because that's just you're going to take on punishment yourself when the truth is most of the time it seems to be punishment inflicted upon others. let's go to john kerry, about him taking a private jet. it is usually countries forcing other countries to reduce their carbon imprint or individuals, you must reduce your carbon imprint, that is a fix it. john kerry takes a private jet where he goes, he flew from washington dc to iceland, look at the impact, 88 times of estimated carbon footprint

round-trip on that particular round-trip flight. it is always about somebody else. it is always about somebody else who must make the sacrifice, not you, john kerry seems to be embodying that perfectly. >> there are too many people, too many of someone else, people using too much fossil fuels, someone else has to cut but the reality is to recognize in some ways we are all hypocrites because we are all saying we want to do good but it is really hard to do and doing with less is what we have done with the covid-19 crisis which we all cut down on our emissions in many different ways. it was incredibly -- it cut 8% of our total emissions. this is not the way forward. telling people to do with less is not the way forward. the only way you're going to fix climate in a way that is compatible with the modern economy is through innovation. if you can make green energy cheaper than fossil fuels you can get everyone to switch because this is not predominantly about the us. this is getting every one,

china, india, the rest of southeast asia, africa, latin america on board and they are not going to compromise their ability to pull people out of poverty to limit to our climate targets. steve: the carbon footprint this past week, those that are living there, that's not the way to do it, sitting down fossil fuels, that is the price everyone is paying in texas. the author of false alarm, check out when you can, great to talk to you, thank you so much. coming up governor cuomo facing growing backlash from both sides of the aisle, now new york republicans formed impeachment commission to investigate the nursing home scandal. the lawmaker behind the push joins us live next. it's a reason to come together. it's a taste of something good. a taste we all could use right now. so let's make the most of it. and make every sandwich count. with oscar mayer deli fresh ♪ ♪ andthese days you need morent. than an education. so that's what we give you.

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ice. it is almost completely done. the last bit of the storm moved across parts of the northeast, details it on the front has moved through florida so for the most part, weatherwise we are looking at a call weekend and we certainly need it but it is cooler even across parts of florida behind the storm, temperatures still called across parts of the far northern plains that will begin to change, $24.29 in houston, veteran a little bit of the wind, still feels like 3 degrees in oklahoma city. it has been absolutely battered with the cold and 12 in little rock, a ton of snow with this as well. over the weekend we start to see temperatures climb. for the most part all of the weather is done and the cold is almost over, still cool day in dallas today, tomorrow you start to warm, the average is 61 degrees, by the time we get to see your 65, above average, that's great news and then towards houston watching

temperatures climb above average even by tomorrow, 73 degrees the you have a really beautiful sunday which will be awesome to calm things down after all of this cold weather so overall this cold air, this arctic air, take a look at this in the next couple days it gets back up across parts of the arctic where we would like to see it in the lower 48 looking pretty good. big improvements for all the people who have been struggling this winter. >> new york governor andrew cuomo and defense as bipartisan backlash mounts over his handling of covid-19 nursing home deaths. >> i want to set the record straight on nursing homes, we created a void by not producing enough public information fast enough. then it was exploited with misinformation, people playing politics, republicans playing politics, personal attacks, personal agendas.

>> republican lawmakers in the state are moving to form impeachment commission to find out what really happened. here to react, new york as a republican confederate leader will berkeley. welcome to the show, thank you for joining us, you see that defense by cuomo, the latest of many. what do you make of him saying there was just a void of information? >> i find that an irony. we have been trying to get this information from the department of health for months and months and kept getting stonewalled and that did raise suspicions, why are we getting stonewalled? was it because it went against the governor's story about providing great leadership during this pandemic and the bombshell report by the democratic attorney general in new york that said the governor was underreporting nursing home deaths by as much as 50% and the

closed-door meeting, top a to the governor said we frozen we didn't provide this information because we were worried about as part of justice investigation and we were worried about the political fallout. there seems to be a lot of evidence pointing to the fact that there was some sort of cover-up. myself and my colleagues feel strongly we ought to get to the bottom of it and we owe it to those families who lost loved ones. >> i want to look at where the commission might be moving forward. to the best of your knowledge to investigate what happened, why would this be back in place in terms of nursing homes? >> great question that requires further investigation. the governor's line is we are worried about moving people out of the hospital and nursing homes. to me it seems logical that when you send someone who has covid-19 infection into a nursing home even if covid-19 is already in the nursing home it will increase infection rates in nursing homes. indeed there have been some

studies saying by doing that they caused 1000 additional deaths in nursing homes but that needs to be looked at. we can look at that in the legislature, we ought to do that right away and you subpoena power and get the commissioner of health to testify under oath and find out what happened and we need to do that to prevent something like this happening again. that is one issue, the idea of a cover-up, that doesn't help public health officials of the legislature or the public. todd: -- steve: if republicans are calling french patient counsel is one thing, but if it is bipartisan that is another ballgame. we have heard based on what was run to run kim, assemblyman, democrat intimidation, there might be more interest among democrats, with the political climate in new york of democrats, and appetite to do something about cuomo on this issue?

>> they started moving as fast as i would like to see but there's cracks in the political wall of trying to protect the fellow democrat who happens to be the governor. because of reasons like him bullying members like ron kim, his staff was out pushing this narrative with legislators, that gets people's bags up and the public outcry, people like janice dean, trying to bring light to this issue, there is political pressure. so if you asked me that? ago i would have said chances were unlikely but the way things are progressing i am optimistic and i hope they don't see this as a partisan thing. it is bipartisan, those people lost in nursing homes what democrats or republicans, they were new yorkers, they serve accountability of the legislature to get to the bottom of this. >> we appreciate you being here. it is bipartisan and we will continue to follow this and see where this investigation leads hopefully to accountability.

important to note we redid reach of the governor cuomo's office, have not heard back as of yet but we will keep you updated if we do here back. thanks for being with us this morning. >> fox news alert, two air force pilot are dead after their military jet crashed near in alabama airport, air force officials say the jets fly mississippi to florida on a training mission when it went down. the cause of the crash under investigation was the pilot names of not been released. two florida women come face-to-face with police after they are busted trying to get covid-19 vaccine while dressed as grannies. take a look. >> you know what you have done is you've stolen a vaccine from somebody that needs it more than you. >> officials say the pair who are 34, and 44 years old arrive at the facility with bonnets, glasses and gloves hoping to get their second dose.

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decision writing, quote, the cancellation of the program effectively broadcast to the world that the united states is now a sanctuary jurisdiction for sexual predators. ashley moody signed the letter and joined me now. thank you for being with us this morning. can you speak a little bit to the importance of operation talent and the consequences of scrapping that. >> is you know states like florida who really struggle with combating human trafficking, third in the nation in terms of calls the national human trafficking hotline, we rely on the federal government to assist local and state law enforcement and remove those that are lurking in our communities that are sexual predators and praying on our most vulnerable. to have an administration, joe biden, cancel in operation that is focusing on sexual offenders in our country, the attorney general of florida certainly but as a mother it is horrifying.

>> i don't understand what justification would exist for its removal. is there any reason you can see for why this operation would be removed or what the reasoning behind that would be? >> absolutely none. i was a former federal prosecutor, effective targeted operation cross administrations. these operations help agents do their jobs especially for states like florida that rely on federal agencies and law enforcement to help remove these dangerous people from our communities. there is no reason this operation should be canceled and the message to joe biden is to stop tying our hands in law enforcement and let the men and women who took the us to protective communities do their job and that is to protect those within our state and the only

way we can do that, the state of florida can't go out and remove and deport criminal predators within our communities, we need the federal government to do their job. is it surprising joe biden would do this? not at all, it doesn't surprise me but we have to keep the pressure on them to remind them of his duty to protect our state and this country. jillian: ice removal operations, charges of sexual assault, prior convictions 2051, the total 4385 certainly no small number, the next step 18 attorney general signed this letter, what comes next. >> not only is it common sense to do his job and enforce the laws but also legally required, and we are a nation available of

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>> we had a flood in our living room and kitchen and we are looking for water. >> my 2-year-old daughter, i need water, there is no water. >> texas left out of the cold waiting in long lines for food and safe drinking water as they recover from damage for the deadly winter storm. steve: the folks at team rubicon are lending a helping hand. the deputy director of operations joins us with an update, thanks for being with us and thanks for everything you do for texans in need. let's talk about the need. it comes in stages. first the freeze in the loss of power, then the need for water and soon as you heard in the clip it will be dealing with the flooding of broken pipes across the state. how do you step in? how do you help? >> exactly like you said. it has been cold here in texas

but the sun is partially coming up. wonderful news for us because as the sun comes up the snow melts off and starts to move a little better, we can help folks a little more quickly but the big need now remains getting food and water to people who have been without water and power for a week plus and things start to get a little:hungry out there but we are gearing up to start getting tools in hand, mopping up water damaged houses, tear some of the trees that have been brought down by ice and snow. >> based on what you are seeing on the ground what do you anticipate will be the biggest challenges in the next few days to come? >> the biggest challenge is the full extent of the disaster. you are converging a lot of resources at one particular location. even a hurricane as big as those can get, so one focal point of damage but what we are looking at here is a disaster that

spreads across the entire state of texas. we are talking to emergency managers throughout the state, requesting assistance, getting back to normal so just before geographic scope of this is a significant part of the problem we are looking at. todd: have you seen something as widespread of this because of the whole lacrosse texas it had a lot of people at the same time. >> we have seen some big disasters but i there is a the only thing that comes close to what we are looking at in terms of geographic scope is dealing with covid-19. a pandemic that affect every community in the country. this is similar in terms of pivoting ourselves to face it, working with small team spread across areas. >> it is like a hurricane hit the entire state, flooding will come when the broken pipes leak. can't tell you how much your efforts are appreciated in the state of texas and for what you are doing right now. >> thanks for having me. >> those listening at home can

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biden administration rolls back more immigration policy. house republicans, could lead to a catastrophe at the border. lucas tomlinson joins us with more on this. >> reporter: many republicans want the biden administration to take a stronger stance on the southern mexican border. kim jong un 3, 19 gop lawmakers said the administration's actions could lead to a health crisis at the border and surrounding communities. late this week democrats unveil a new bill offering 11 million illegal immigrants, and republicans say could bring millions more undocumented migrants to the border. therefore things some families to make a tough choice from taking the dangerous journey north of the us in search of a better life. dhs defended its new policy as

president biden made clear the us government, building a safe, orderly system. the commitment through foreign intervention policies not aligned with the nation's values. joe biden pledged to go slow on immigration reform, could bring 2 million more people at the southern border. >> when it comes to the immigration policies, releasing immigrants unnoticed to return for a court date for a little hole in the wall, and to define rationality, this absolutely makes no sense. >> they have gates for the water

to pass through. if you don't build a wall there is a hole in the wall, having been told they ordered to stop plugging the whole. this is beyond dumb even for the federal government. it is worth, how stupid this is becoming, republican, democrat, vegetarian, makes no sense to build a wall with a hole in it. >> sometimes in the graham is the best and this is one of those moments even for the federal government, this is the line of the week for me. it makes absolutely no sense, don't have to ask why, why the dumb, people see what is going on, why are they incentivizing people to cross the border illegally, why the remaining mexico policy vanishing, what is the motivation, makes no sense.

when you're dealing with a pandemic, and so much attention being paid, to make sure contact tracing and all these things there seems to be no concern about people flooding and when you have no idea, it just complicates an already complicated situation so you have to ask why. >> the whole is open was why open? because democrats see voters, they see political power in the future when they feel legals, across. no population should be taken for granted for one party or another. granting pathways to citizenship or amnesty and said that across the board, a political system to future voters and the bill democrats are proposing on capitol hill recovered this

week, sending mail to people deported them to the trump administration saying come on back. shouldn't have been deported and to hire illegals your we won't check on that. it is an open border approach, stopping the incentive for that, what is happening at the actual border, a literal whole opening in the middle or what is happening, that is exactly right. >> that little hole in the wall, with the federal government ending the trump administration's stay in mexico program. immigrants, migrants applying for refugee status or asylum are being told you can come to america come here is your release order, comeback, here's your ticket, to hear your case in the future. that is the hole in the system as well, just not as visible as

the whole. that hole in the wall is indicative of hatred of donald trump. it makes sense to finish the wall, if you don't like his policies, to say we are going to finish this and review it. the doomsday called for zealotry. told the are is undertaking clock for catastrophe. in the 1970s, in the 90s it was 20 years although nothing new but it is accelerating. according to john kerry just a few years left before catastrophe hits. >> of scientists told us we had 12 years to a for the worst consequences of the climate crisis. we have 9 years left. there is no room for bs anymore, no faking it on this one. >> it is due man's catastrophe.

if we don't do something tomorrow everything is going to be over. we have learned this year with gavin newsom and others but when we think of john kerry look at john kerry defending taking his own private jet to iceland for an environmental award, this is john in 2019. >> it is the only choice for someone like me who is traveling the world to win this battle. have been involved in this fight for years, negotiated with president xi, the time it takes to sail across the ocean, have to fly to meet people almost full time, to win the battle on climate change.

the end, to contribute my life to do this i will not be put on the defensive. >> reporter: we common folk don't understand john kerry is doing the important work of battling climate change, he needs the private jet. what are we not getting? >> of course i have to travel on a jet. brian: the apocalyptic language the left always uses, and the virtue of their fight, how you value them. talking about doomsday since the 1970s, every time, it is a rush to a finish line always moves and is never conclusive but always justifies more control, more investment in international mandates and institutions which

push those any road national sovereignty and you know who ignores it? ironic joe biden uses travel to china to justify private jet. bend yourself into a pretzel all you want and we will advance our own power. will did a great interview, president of the copenhagen consensus. >> we are saying we want to do good. doing with less is less then we had in the covid-19 crisis, we cut down on emissions in many ways. it was incredibly unpleasant and cut 8%. this is not a forward. telling people to do with less is not the way forward. the only way to fix climate in a way that is compatible to the modern economy is a rule innovation. it will take more than headlines

the john kerry wants to tell us. brian: they have been making dire predictions 1970s was the international panel on climate change temperature predictions consistently, those predictions have been wildly off but they have been fire, catastrophic predictions designed to punish those who are not in the elite status of being exempted from any sacrifice. that makes john kerry taking a jet, or whatever your choice might be, you're the one at fault. you will not innovate yourself out of poverty and use fossil fuels to do so, stay in poverty, cut your emissions and ultimately have a green earth. the only way out of this is innovation. a few headlines this morning, extreme weather, 15 million people without clean water in texas, as they deal with anwar

president and water main breaks. some scrapes know off walls and boiled for safe drinking water. tens of thousands remain without power and the electric bill skyrocketed following high demand for heat. they damaged homes and businesses in a long stretch of frigid water totaling $18 billion. house democrats moving forward on their $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill. the house committee and feeling legislation which includes another round of direct payments and unemployment benefit extension, $350 billion to state and local governments and federal minimum wage hike. nancy pelosi plans to hold a vote on the bill by the end of next week. surfer is reunited with his board after was swept out to sea

and washed 400 miles away, the surfboard was returned to its owner in canada after being on the shore of scott assignments. why was there a-in their? too -- two good samaritans announced their discovery when the posting and circling as it made its way and that makes more sense. brian: it looks like surfing. >> i'm and 80 it but not that big of an idiot. >> i have ever been surfing but griff jenkins does it all the time. at some point we have to try that. >> i love surfing, one of the hobbies i forced my children on the east coast. jillian: forget it. i don't want to do it because you are in the lead.

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setback for office of management director, joe manchin opposing her nomination saying it would have a differential impact on the important working relationship between members of congress which i cannot support her nomination. without manchin's vote, she will be republican votes to secure her confirmation but what are the chances that happens? fox news contributor miranda divine, thanks for being here. what is the chances of them crossing over? >> it will take democrats to crossover, joe manchin saying he will do that. i wouldn't hold my breath any other democrats would do that or even that joe manchin is going to be defiant and stand against

his party. he was a reliable vote against donald trump in the last session and because he represents a conservative constituency in west virginia, he talks big but he is a loyal democrat. i don't think we can do anything about -- but expect when push comes to shove. if joe biden wants a nominee, joe manchin will not be able to withstand the pressure. >> joe manchin is good at fighting with things to make it look like his constituency may be on the fence but doesn't go the way of democrats, any chance that changes. any word on goop to showed support for defunding the police or xavier bacerra? >> you would hope so.

joe biden has come into office promising unity. when he talks the unity talk he doesn't talk -- he is enacting some extremely extreme and dangerous policies including immigration and appointees. you would hope again somebody in his party him a -- enough people would counter him and counsel the leadership to get to be more moderate, the only way the country will come together to find some middle ground. they seem hell-bent to go down this road to enact this agenda. >> don't know if you heard the news but to the cruise, if you are watching the nightly news

you know a lot about it. two nights ago they went for four minutes but 45 seconds on cuomo. last night on nbc they spent a minute and 36 seconds on ted cruz's trip to cancun, governor cuomo's ongoing and growing scandal. you don't know anything about cuomo. >> it shows you the twisted priorities of left-wing media which are totally in the tank for the democrats and joe biden, ted cruz went on a holiday and he realized he made a mistake turned around, came back and apologized. on the other hand you have andrew cuomo, the governor of new york who has consigned thousands of elderly people to their death because there was an order that nursing homes had to accept covid-19 positive patients and when he got called out he tried to cover up.

he didn't apologize. he blamed everyone but himself. this is a catastrophic mistake he made but he was recalcitrant and refusing to acknowledge it, so different from ted cruz they are not even in the same category and the way the media is treating it is like the situation was reversed. they went yesterday and photographed the dog in his house and said with the headline that he abandoned -- when he hadn't. the security guard was feeding the dog. they are demonizing him because they see him -- >> the more effective you are the more they go after you. thank you for joining us. thank you, miranda. thousands of texans still without power struggling to get food and water.

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what made you decide to open your door. >> a relationship with our customers goes way back. we can open almost two years and the first year has been a great experience and this started, once covid-19 hit. customers really supported us to the next level. we thought we would lose our business, when unexpected cold weather hits, let's help our neighbors, give people hot food, didn't have power or electricity. so we ended up coming here and

to do it for everybody else. we called our staff, and actually surprised. they shared the message. >> what is the reaction in the community, they ate the delicious food and those who didn't but notice the gesture you made. what has been their reaction? >> it has been amazing. we had people call from different states. you had a lot of people coming because of it. we had certain stories, when the

children were struggling, they had no electricity. really appreciate this and it was something that pushed everyone so i think that was the reason. >> people watching this at home are thinking how do you manage to do this? you yourself had to have your own challenges and struggles coming through this pandemic and now to do this, how have you managed to stay alive as a business into this great effort of gratitude for your community at the same time? >> our community got together more than ever seen before. our customers the first week of covid-19 came and asked what should we do for you? what do you need? they wrote us letters. picking up food and tips and

every order to make sure we stay open and their message was we want to support you now. when the pandemic is gone we want to eat. that -- we grew closer to our customers. not just business as usual anymore. it is like our neighbors, our cousins, our uncles and it became a real relationship. when this unexpectedly showed up and we lost power it was the right thing to do. we wanted to do what those people did. >> your restaurant looks beautiful. we wish you the best of luck. you sent an incredible message about the possibilities of what could happen when a community works together. thank you for being here. amazing. >> thank you for having me.

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>> we created a void by not producing enough public information quickly enough. i get that. but then it was exploited with misinformation, people playing politics. republicans playing politics. personal attacks, personal agendas. no one has a right to spread lies or misinformation that causes pain to families. it is a lie say any numbers were in accurate. that is a lie. >> as governor cuomo deflects blame over nursing home depth lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling for a federal investigation with even alexandria ocasio cortez, this is one issue that could bring us all together and unite the right and the left and she joins us now. good morning.

here is what aoc had to say. thousands of vulnerable new yorkers lost their lives in nursing homes throughout the pandemic. their loved ones demand answers from their elected leadership. what say you? >> i didn't think there would be an issue where alexandria ocasio cortez and i would agree so soon. she should have done it sooner, the department of justice investigating. they have been investigating since august when they initially sent it to the governor. this should have come sooner. i'm glad she's joining the call because the reality, new yorkers do want answers and the governor saying this is misinformation, the only misinformation came from his administration when they underreported death by 50% underreported the number of

covid-19 in nursing homes by 40%. we now know individuals who were put in nursing homes around the country. he has been stonewalling this information, legislature, the media and has his chief of staff admitting to a cover-up because they were afraid of the department of justice. >> those are all fantastic points on governor cuomo but the other topic is school reopenings, when it will happen in full for in person learning, will it happen anytime soon and democrats are calling for more funding. more relief taxes to schools which is odd because approximately $113 billion for school relief that was from former relief packages hasn't even been spent yet. what is going on here? >> certainly not a funding

problem. it is 110 billion or so to reopen schools across the country when cdc said it would require $25 billion. i can tell you in new york we received 4 billion and the schools are not yet open. that we will see billions more and they are still not committed to reopening schools fully. and i can't tell you the number of children who tell me what -- they want to go back to school and participate in school athletics. they have been cut off of socialization having impact on the mentally so it is an education issue because they need in class instruction to learn. it is also a mental health issue in some cases and the nutrition issue for families the rely on school lunch. there is a lot of impact and i don't see how throwing more money at the problem will resolve it unless you have governors and leaders who will

fully reopen. catholic schools have been reopen in new york city. no excuse for mayor deblasio to not move forward and reopen school. brian: unions are powerful and spent a lot of money. you've been in congress for a couple months. as far as democrats in control. >> a lot of polarization, in the first month. republicans and democrats work together for the betterment of our community, democrats have changed the rules for this process for the recovery package and less than one% of the package is growing to vaccine

development, manufacturing and distribution which is ridiculous and that is what we should be focused on, increasing the number -- there are a lot of concerns to receive more funds. and andrew cuomo with more money without resolve. that is something i am looking forward to be a voice on, but bipartisanship like the president said he intended at the very beginning, we haven't seen that so far. brian: thank you for your time. the latest on the weather, good morning. >> improving conditions which is great news in the south that have been pummeled this week. in a day system we have watched, all this cold air and multiple

storms move through but snow and ice in part of the south as well as the mid-atlantic and the northeast. overnight temperatures, minus 15 in international falls, 23 in dallas, solidly below freezing down across areas of the south, that will improve tonight, don't think we will get below freezing for most everybody which is great news across texas. the most recent storm is gone, snow across eastern massachusetts, lake effect snow, the best storm has moved all the way through florida, the tail end the cold front amid dropping temperatures across parts of florida, breaking high temperature records, dealing with high temperatures so you get the idea, cooler air settling in tampa and texas, 23 in dallas, 29 in houston, below freezing in the wind and it feels like teens and 20s for

everybody, today is the beginning of the warm-up. tomorrow much bigger warm-up across the south, 72% of the country under snow cover, expect to see this melt across oklahoma, texas, arkansas and louisiana, deep snow with temperatures warming up. improving this really rough stretch, almost done and that is welcome news for everybody across parts of the south. jillian: thanks. we are going to turn to some headlines now. the lawyer who shot and killed a new jersey judge's son may have been planning to kill supreme court justice. us district judge solis saying and if the eye agent discovered chilling information in a locker belonging to roy van hollander. >> found another gun, a glock, more ammunition but the most troubling thing we found was

manila folder with a workup on justice sonja sotomayor. >> reporter: van hollander killed his son and then killed himself. 1.1 million signatures have been submitted to recall california governor gavin newsom. the effort moving closer to making its way on the ballot. organizers have 400,000 signatures left before possibly triggering a recall election as petitioners say they have a sizable amount of signatures ready to go but the time to qualifies next month. kim kardashian files for divorce from kanye west after 7 years of marriage but the divorce is reportedly as amicable as can be, kim is asking joint legal and physical custody of the couple's four kids. sources say they are committed to coparenting and neither is contesting a prenup that is already in place. those are your headlines. todd: wish them the best. up next, cancel culture coming

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brian: the situation in texas intensifying as supermarkets run out of food. power being stored. the water crisis is now in which half of the state is dealing with disruptions in service. professor h w brand joins us to share his own experience. 14 million people, what is it like for you, what is like in austin right now? >> much colder than texas. i was without power for three days but came on yesterday morning and i've got water, at

least water pressure, things are getting back to normal. the main thing is temperatures warming up. it is hard to tell what they resolved in. >> wish you the best for sure. the idea of cancel culture, you deal in history and a new documentary and fox nation, on abraham lincoln whose front and center in the cancellation war. is a portion of the documentation. >> the war aged him dramatically. look at photographs of lincoln when he was inaugurated and photographs of lincoln in the early 1865, the great moral burden on him. slavery was on its way out. pushing the thirteenth amendment through congress. >> the film is called lincoln, a nation reborn yet across the

country from naming of schools to taking down statues the woke mob has said lincoln is off the list. how do we reverse that? >> get people to focus on history and politics. politics in 2021, in the 1860s. it represents a fundamental misunderstanding. forget that lincoln was the most progressive president of the nineteenth century, no one who was more progressive than lincoln could have been elected. brian: you are arguing you can only see these men and women in the context of their time. why are we holding them to the standard of today? >> because there is a portion of

the electorate but wants to think everybody in the past should have been as progressive minded as they are. it is a matter of politics. pretty sure the people who are advising taking down lincoln avenue statues never looked closely at the history of abraham lincoln and if they did they would realize that without lincoln this country would not be what it is today. the san francisco school board is based on public school. democracy was about to be destroyed, abraham lincoln had not stepped up. to prevent that, there is no telling where you would be but we certainly would not be the country we are today. it is important to remember, was not inevitable. >> people should check out the new fox nation, lincoln, a

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would look at chase elliott first and foremost, a total of 5, very very good on this type of track and he won this track last year. i would say our current champion is one of the favorites. >> it daytona he hit the front with change, abutting rivalry here. it is in the making but something to watch. >> michael mcdowell, what a huge weekend, 350 starts, on that last latch, dramatic sparks flying everywhere. they are getting into each other and mcdowell is good on the road courses. he got his start. why not look to michael mcdowell. >> really quickly, do you expect the weather to play a role in

this race? >> it is florida. i grew up in florida saying there's always a potential for rain in that area. we have something we didn't have last weekend, rain tires was when we are on the road, nascar will throw those babies on these cars so it doesn't matter how wet the track is, we are racing. >> imagine we all had pit crews in various tires swapping in and out, if life was like nascar it would be fun. thank you for telling us what to expect. remember, you can download the super 6 apps, 10,$000 you can win from nascar great clint boyer, 6 outcomes in stage 2 of tomorrow's race, download the free apps now. coming up, the hashtag free britney movement grows, we will talk to her attorney about her

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jedediah: straight to a fox news alert here are three of the major stories we're following for you this morning. nearly half of texas is facing a water crisis. millions are being told to boil their water for safe drinking. the state is dealing with an unprecedented amount of water main breaks and frozen pipes amid freezing weather. pete: and in california, remember those school board members caught on a hot mic mock ing parents over school reopenings? >> they want to pick on us because they want their babysitters back. >> we have the meeting open to the public right now. that's what laurie just said. >> great. pete: a major update this

morning, they all resigned. we'll get reaction from parents in that district, coming up. will: and in work governor andrew cuomo is remaining defiant as he refuses to accept blame for the nursing home scandal as an unsuspected democrat now joins calls for a full investigation. welcome to "fox & friends" will cain, jedediah bila and pete hegseth with you this morning. you know, defiance and exposure are what led to, really, an unprecedented amount of praise for governor andrew cuomo over the past year, led to a best selling book, it led to a victory tour, it led to an emmy award so why wouldn't we expect governor andrew cuomo to double down on those same exact quality , defiance and exposure, with this crisis swirling around him, and democrats joining the call for accountability, here is andrew cuomo with more, defiant and calls for more exposure. listen. >> i want to set the record

straight on nursing homes. we created a void by not producing enough public information fast enough, and conspiracy theories and politics and rumors filled the void, and you can't allow inaccurate information to go unanswered. it's cruel to lie to a person whose looking for closure on the death of a loved one, and not only was it cruel to the grieving families, it's cruel to the public health professionals who dedicated their lives to public health service. will: pete, jedediah, let's just focus on that last statement from governor andrew cuomo. it's cruel to lie to a person about the manor of death of a loved one. he thinks he's talking there, about those who are criticizing him, when those who are

criticizing him are lodging that exact complaint against him. it is cruel for you to lie about how our loved one died and who is accountable for that, jedediah. jedediah: yeah, i mean, he also looks terribly inauthentic when he's making that statement precisely because it's untrue, and it's really simple, right? all he would have to come out and say is we made a terrible mistake. i'm sorry, i bear responsibility for this. i deeply apologize to the families. there are things that you can say in life when you do something wrong that there are a lot of forgiving people out there and a lot of people who just want someone to admit that they made a mistake and that it had serious consequences for them and their families. he's unwilling or unable to do it. he's just not going to go there. he's going to point that finger out to as many people that don't involve him as possible. he's made that clear and now people are asking a lot of questions as to is there a follow the money trail here in terms of policy, that may have been involved and wrapped up in all this so let's look at some numbers.

the greater new york hospitals association made a pretty big donation to new york state democratic committee in 2018 that's $1.25 million. that's given in a year of cuomo 's re-election and if you look at some of the details of cuomo's budget, cuomo's budget included a provision to shield a lot of executives in- hospitals, in nursing homes from legal consequences if their corporate decisions they were making at the time to negative consequences on families led to the death of families and what not, so a lot of people are figuring out were these institutions shielded for a reason? was there a lot of politics going on underneath the surface of all of that that played a role that was then tied into the suppression of numbers of deaths that people in the nursing home is a lot of questions being asked by a lot of people, and most of those questions are honestly being asked by the families who just want to know, was something shady going on, if so, who do we hold accountable to deliver justice to the people who died. pete: yeah many of those families say listen we

know mistakes are made in really difficult circumstances. we just want an admission and empathy and but the reason his opponents republicans and democrats are digging in is precisely because he won't make that admission and when you look at that money, it's not hard to see that potentially that kind of connection to those facilit ies could drive his decision-making, so ultimately, he claims he had to put them into nursing homes which of course not true, he had the option to was not forced to he ordered it and once that became clear it was probably a bad idea based on i don't know, common sense, then did that industry pushback and say you need to give us litigation protection because we've took on patients that you told us to take and oh, by the way remember that millions of dollars that we gave to you to support you, and then it all cascades from there, with coverups. it got to the point where democrats were coming outlast week, saying hey, we need to strip the emergency powers from governor cuomo, something they still want to do and has bipartisan consensus. now it's going to the fact that do we need to call an

impeachment commission and committee and we had new york state representative will barcla y on a republican talking about the need for investigation and potentially impeachment. here is what he said. >> to me, it just seems logical that when you send someone that has covid infection into a nursing home, even if the covid is already in the nursing home it's going to increase infection rates in those nursing homes and indeed, there have been some studies that the empire report recently came out with one saying by doing that they caused up to a thousand additional deaths in nursing homes so if we use subpoena power and get the commissioner help to testify under oath and find out exactly what happened and we need to do that because we want to prevent something like this happening again, so there seems to be a lot of evidence out there pointing to the fact that there was some sort of coverup, and myself and my colleagues feel strongly that we ought to get to the bottom of it and we feel like we owe it to those families who lost loved ones in nursing homes. will: one last point on governor cuomo, jedediah and pete i would say this , before we say what we need here is an apology and

admission of mistake, mistakes are only one part of the equation. there's why this was done in the first place. that's perhaps a mistake, but then there's the coverup, there's the victory tour and now there's the strong arming of anyone who would expose the mistake, and that is more than an apology that is needed. that is more than a mistake. that is some level of accountability that is far away at this point. move forward because we have another story we need to cover this morning and that is finally , the lifting of some restrictions across this country when it comes to the coronavirus in california, governor gavin newsom is going to move forward with allowing sports to take place. pete: how kind of him. will: fall football will finally kickoff in the spring. in new york, restaurant capacity , thanks to the king cuomo, you just heard from there , has been lifted from 25% to 35%, and this comes as dr. marty makary, a fox news contributor published this op-ed in the wall street journal saying we'll have herd immunity by april. pete spoke to him a little bit earlier about how that could possibly be.

listen. >> herd immunity has already started to kick in. how else do you explain this , 77% drop in daily cases over the last six weeks, let's look at the science and it's not just vaccinated immunity that creates contributes to herd immunity. it's natural immunity from prior infection and we have not been capturing all the cases. we've not even been capturing one in four or one in five cases so if you extrapolate and look at the science and i go through all the research studies , most of which are from europe, our prevalence studies have been underestimating natural immunity and natural immunity works pretty well. jedediah: yeah so it's going to be vaccinated people, people who have antibodies that were originally told oh, these antibodies are probably only going to last three to six months and then they are lasting a lot longer than that and doctors are changing how they feel about whether or not someone with antibodies capacity to someone else. there's been a lot of mixed messaging in determines of

getting direct answers from the medical community. i think they are hesitant, honestly, to tell you anything because they don't want pushback on them. they want to sit back and wait and figure it out for a second but i think a lot of stuff is going to emerge that are going to enable all of a sudden you'll see these numbers drop and people are saying oh, hold on a second. maybe this actually was true. maybe this actually played out that way. that's interesting and i think we're going to learn a lot more in the summer, for example, about what was actually going on right now, in this moment, that doctors will then be able to verify to people. pete: yeah, yesterday, guys i opened up the wall street journal print edition and there it was, the headline, "we'll have herd immunity by april." it was like the clouds parted and then i read the actual op-ed and we had them on earlier and played a clip of it. cases are down, thank god and 77 % over the last six weeks, and what he points to is because of underreporting it's not just testing of whose had it. there's a lot of people who had covid-19 and never got tested and based on the ability to model for that, he estimates 55% of americans, today, have natural immunity. you add that to the 15% of

americans who received the vaccine so far you're at 70% even if you're off by 10% one way or another you're approaching that herd immunity level you keep vaccinating people as we will, over the next six weeks, two months, you're there, and i said are we taking masks off this summer and he said if it's up to me, absolutely which i just want to throw a birthday party for sanity it, based on that op-ed. will: it's a really good interview by you earlier and you did ask that. could we take masks off by april , could we be in a society that allows masks to come off by april and he said i don't know but we should be able to do that a few additional headlines this morning including this. extreme weather nearly 15 million people are still without clean water in texas. the state deals with an unprecedented amount of water main breaks and frozen pipes. some residents forced to scrape snow off their walls and boil it for safe drinking water, and one couple is using the restaurant to help feed texans while they struggle to find food. the co-owners of bella

restaurant joined us earlier. >> once covid hit our customers really really supported us to the next level. we thought we would lose our business, but our customers stepped it up, and here we are and when this unexpected cold weather hit, we just had to do the right thing. will: they served hot meals to more than 500 people. >> florida governor ron desantis will order flags to fly at half staff in honor of conservative icon rush limbaugh. he is calling limbaugh an absolute legend as he made the announcement yesterday. he died from lung cancer on wednesday and he lived in palm beach county. and limbaugh's long time producer is joining us in the next hour to remember his friend. >> this was not a drastic stop after a police officer pulls over a great grandmother with a broken taillight. he decided to offer a helping hand. >> i don't want to give you a ticket it's too hard.

i'm going to do you a favor. >> okay. >> what i'm going to do is instead of giving a ticket i'm going to give you this card. >> thank you for being you. will: the woman explains she was picking up one great grand kid from school while driving with another one. the orlando cop giving her a $25 gift card to advance auto parts to help get the problem fixed. and those are your headlines. pete? pete: thank you for being you. very cool. still ahead, we've been telling you about calls to free britney spears from her legal restraints on her life. up next, we're talking to an attorney who specializes in conservatorships, but what may be ahead in the pop star's fight for control. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ if your dry eye symptoms keep coming back,

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>> there were people in my life that were just bad people, because i was lonely or whatever the fact and i really paid the consequences for that, big time, but i just feel like, you know, you do something wrong and you learn from it and you learn that it's like i'm having to pay for it for a really long time. jedediah: that was britney spears in 2008 the same year her father was appointed as the conservator allowing him to control her life and financial decisions. now, almost 13 years later, fans are wondering why the pop star is still not free from these legal restraints. don slater is an attorney who special specializes in conservatorships and john, thank you for joining us this morning so a lot of questions emerging particularly

since the documentary. so what are the grounds here, because when you see that britney was touring under this conservatorship, she was performing, promoting product lines, that really seems odd to people why was she not able to control her finances then so what are the actual grounds for a conservatorship? >> well, the grounds for a typical conservatorship, the kind britney spears is under , actually, we need to prove that that person can't provide for their personal needs or can't manage their financial resources, or susceptibile to fraud. those are the typical grounds but here, ms. speers has consented to and approved this arrangement as it currently stands. jedediah: yeah, so and now she's saying, i mean, she doesn't want her father to be in charge. that's what we're hearing she essentially wants a financial institution to take charge and saying if you need someone, let a bank do it. i don't want my dad, i will not perform while my dad is in

charge. i think one question for fans is , what does it allow her dad to control? in other words, if people are looking at her instagram, is that her really speaking? is there any direct line to britney now that is not filtered through her father at this point >> legally her father can only control her financial decisions. where her money is invested, who should could contract with and that power is currently shared with a co-conservator, the newest development that ms. spears is able to accomplish through her attorney. typically conservators aren't able to control a person's visitation or communications with others, but there's no way of knowing exactly what kind of degree he may have. it's just legally he doesn't have the power to do it. jedediah: so we have a statement given to us by jamie spears

attorney, and this is from february 11. my client, jamie spears has diligently and professionally carried out his duties as one of britney's conservatives and his love is clearly a parent to the core, so, my question to you is, can it be undone? because what's being said is that these things are almost never reversed, so if she is capable now of handling her financial decisions, can it be reversed? >> the answer is yes. typically, the kind of conservatorship ms. spears is under is reserved for people who lost the ability to make sound decisions for their own care, and finances, and aren't expected to get it back. it's typically the elderly in decline or those with dementia for example. ms. spears , typically with younger people, when they have lost the ability to make a sound decision for themselves it's usually temporary or episodic

and they expect to recover and those kind of conservatorships are different and imposed by the state and that's not what ms. spears is under so typically , in these kind of conservatorships are terminated because the people who are under them are in constant decline, and can get out, but if ms. spears has conserved to the conservatorship she should be able to petition the court through an attorney to terminate it and her friends and family if they recognize it's for her best interest to terminate the conservatorship they can also make that request to the court and if that's done the court will look at the case, possibly at trial, with fresh eyes to see whether she meets the criteria for a conservatorship. it's possible to terminate it. jedediah: so that's the real question. why has nothing been terminated or changed. it seems to me if someone goes through something in their life, a decade later or more, there should, perhaps, be a reassessment of whether those conditions still sit the same way. thank you so much for joining us today.

it's important to know we've reached out to britney spears legal teams as well as britney's pr team. we haven't heard back as of yet but we'll keep you informed if we do hear back. from frozen fire hydrants to water shortages first responders are struggling in the aftermath of the texas winter storm. dr. mark siegel joins us next with what first responders are facing.

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jedediah: the lights are slowly coming back on in texas as the states power grid is restored after days of blackouts pete: right now over 70,000 remain without power this morning. will: grady trimble from our sister network fox business is live in dallas, as nearly half of texas is still without clean water. grady? reporter: good morning, will, jed and pete. in about an hour and a half this church parking lot will become a water distribution site and with so many texans under

boil water notices, from here in west fort worth to austin and houston, people are getting desperate for the bare necessities. they are willing to wait in long lines for food and water. at this point many grocery stores remain closed and the ones that are open have been wiped clean. they haven't gotten new shipments of food and water. meanwhile, a corpus cristi man is suing the operator of the texas power grid. he claims ercot didn't boost the power supply ahead of the storm or winterize it. governor greg abbott is also placing the blame on ercot. >> ercot's annual winter assessment, which was designed to ensure the state is prepared, that assessment assured the public of texas that there be enough power to meet peak demand this winter. ercot fell short on all three of these promises they made, which is exactly why that i have ordered the state legislature to

investigate. reporter: president biden is expected to sign a major disaster declaration to get even more much-needed relief to the people of the lone star state. guys? will: thanks, grady. the whole experience makes us realize exactly how vulnerable we are to a power outage. all right, the damage from the winter storm causing hurdles for first responders as well. jedediah: from reports of frozen fire hydrants forcing firefighters to find alternative s to fight the blaze to the shortage of clean water and medical supplies impacting local hospitals, heros are making adjustments to save lives pete: fox news medical contributor dr. marc siegel joins us now to discuss. doctor thanks for being here this morning. so when you look at all of the risks, all of the complications in texas what does your mind focus in on? >> good morning, guys. well you know, i talked to lt. governor dan patrick last night and he made a really good point which is this was a category 5 ice storm that came over everybody so suddenly that there wasn't preparation for this , and that's what led to all of

the problems with water freezing in pipes, with power going off to millions of people. that's why the number one health risk here right now is when you tell 14 million people to boil water, that makes me worried about infection, about are people going to get dehydrated do they have enough medical supplies? the powers back on almost everywhere except for about 100,000 homes. powers back on, but is there water flowing in the pipes and as was just said in the report, there's not a lot of potable water around even in the grocery stores. now fema is involved bringing down 225,000 meals and plenty of water, but we got to get it to the people who need it the most and blankets, of course but now the weathers warmer, so much more concerned about water, and food and one more thing. there's people there that are on oxygen that had oxygen compress or s go off when they lost their power. how are they doing? how are the people with chronic medical conditions doing who relied on their power in order

to stay alive? will: dr. siegel there's elderly people who lost power, lost heat , the toll on this is yet to be counted and by the way i was one of the people who was boil ing water this week but i didn't know, my family didn't know in texas for several days so it made us wonder what were we drinking and taking in. quickly, we wanted to ask you about first responders as well because there's difficulty, for example, putting out fires in texas, right now. >> yeah, that's for sure, and there's a lot of issues with people that got carbon monoxide oxide because they were so cold that they got in their cars, but their garage doors were closed that's a huge issue, hypothermia is a big issue, putting out fire s is a big issue. plenty of emergency responders were there by the way, but a lot of time, will, they had trouble getting to the people who needed it the most, because they couldn't get into their homes or they didn't know how to figure out where they were. health and human services has a way of tracking this for medicare patients, but it takes a while to put all of this into a coordination, and the fact that fema is coming on the ground now will definitely

help. jedediah: doctor if you could just quickly speak to the hospitals themself, and are you concerned about the machinery within the hospitals running properly? the sanitary conditions that could potentially be compromised in a hospital? your thoughts. >> jed i'm very concerned about that, because of covid-19 patients in the hospital because in some hospitals, the power went down, in some hospitals, so many people turned their water on, because they thought the pipes would freeze that the water level was low in some of the hospitals, and then the hospitals lost water, and then people were drinking whatever bottled water they had. that can interfere with infection control precautions so i'm worried about infection in hospitals as well, and one more thing, of course is people getting injured out on the streets, especially now, with ice falling, that's something else we worry about and injuries from falls. pete: dr. marc siegel we appreciate your incites this morning, thank you. >> thanks, guys. pete: you got it. all right still ahead, an entire school board steps down, after they're caught on video mocking

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you up. sorry, that's just me. >> they want to pick on us because they want their babysitters back. >> the clients were parents with their kids in school. >> [laughter] >> we have the meeting open to the public right now. that's what laurie just said. >> great. will: great is right an entire school board now in california stepping down after that video went viral with members mocking parents who want to reopen schools. thomas will and claudine zambrano are two parents outraged by what they heard on that call and they're joining us right now, and claudine i believe you were on that call and you heard that in realtime. tell me what you thought when you heard those school board members. >> shocking, disappointed, upset, and angry and just

horrified. will: tell me about your children how long they've been out of school and what this says to you about the school district 's interest in getting them back to learning. >> ironically, we all received a survey yesterday evening in the e-mail and they were going over this. both of my kids have been, they started for about, my son is 10 years old so he's now in the fifth grade and my daughter is in the third grade, so i've been in the school system for quite sometime now. will: thomas i know you have two children in that school district as well not yet at the age at which they would attend the schools, that school board there overseas, but have to ask you does that give you any hope, any desire to enter your children into those government schools? >> no, it doesn't, and i think that's one of my biggest concerns is we see this being dragged out longer and longer

where i have the concern of by the time my kids are ready to go in next year is school going to be back to normal and i think that's a fear of a lot of parent s here. are we ever going to get back another year, two more years, three more years it seems like we have a school board that was digging its heels in, not listen ing to the needs of parent s to establish this new normal and we all need to take a step back and realize how shocking it is that there's been no real progress forward to get back to in-person learning because we see it around. private schools have been back. my daughter goes to a private preschool and she's been doing in-person learning and sort of these virtual learning day camps where kids get together, a single adult is in charge and they do virtual learning, altogether, and have lunch and they have recess. that's school. school is going on for people that have found a way to make it work. why isn't the public school going back? i think that video shows why, not because we can't but because we have a school board that doesn't have the interest of kids at their heart and they don't want the feedback from

parents and we're not going back-to-school because we can't. we're going back-to-school because no one really wants to make the effort to because we've seen it elsewhere. will: the superintendent of oak ly union elementary school said this on friday. he said i'm committed to returning the attention to student learning and getting our students back in school. this unfortunate situation will not discourage or detract me from working to build back the trust in our community and return our students safely back to the school as soon as possible. claudine, do you have trust that this school district, its new board members who will replace these board members, have your children's best interest at heart and will get them back to learning? >> as of right now, i don't. i have great concerns. i am actually looking into home schooling and possibly taking them out of the district. i have no hope right now. will: i would suggest that's probably a very rational conclusion for you to come to at this moment, but we hope for the best. >> yes it's very sad. i do love this community. i, myself, am a pta member for

ironhouse elementary, so, i said it time and time again. it's a slap into the face not only to the parents that do well and share their times, not only to staff members, not only to the teachers. it was a complete disregard on what us parents do. it was completely taken our concerns meant absolutely nothing to them. will: i don't know if something can be both shocking and un surprising at the same time but that seems to be where we are in this country when it comes to schooling and our children. it's shocking to hear that said outloud but unsurprising because as thomas said a moment ago we should have been back long ago, we wish you the best of luck with your children and their education. thanks so much for your time this morning. >> thank you. >> thank you for having us. will: let's go now to rick reichmuth whose giving us the latest on the weather. good morning, rick.

rick: good morning, will. yeah, i'm going to start with these temps up here pete is not here to defend himself temps across parts of canada. i show this because that's where the cold air this time of the year is bottled up and a lot of this this last say 10 days got spilled down across parts of the lower 48 and especially down across areas of texas, oklahoma, louisiana, arkansas, places that aren't as equipped to be able to handle the temperatures right now 23 in dallas, 35 all the way down towards brownsville, texas. that's a little bit of wind we're still really cold up towards the northern plains again though, where we generally can handle this across parts of minnesota, north dakota, wisconsin temps continue to be very cold but down across parts of texas we're still 14 degrees is what it feels like in amarill o, 16-17 around dallas , so cold air still there but it is all about to change, warmer air is about to move in throughout the day today and especially by tomorrow. take a look at dallas, high average this time of the year 6. monday, we're right at 60, tuesday even a little bit above average and go down a little bit

farther, by tomorrow you're above your average temperatures and this feels really good for the cleanup about to am could. will? pete: rick those warm temperatures in dallas very important great news but you started in canada and you took a swipe. how many provinces of canada could you name, rick? i just want to know. rick: oh, do you want to do this pete: uh-huh. rick: northwest territories, yuk on, alberta, british columbia, ontario, and there's one that i can't pronounce, with a bunch of y's and q's, and there you go. i missed a couple. pete: that's pretty good. will: pretty good mic drop right there. pete: more than i could name. will: by the way i won't let him mock you on your canadian starting point on the weather anymore. after all that canadian air made its way acrosses entire u.s. , you start there anytime you want pete: he was actually right. there you go. rick: there's a point to why i do this stuff the way i tell my story, pete. pete: thank you, rick.

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does not need to be stored in ultra freezing temperatures. pfizer says new data shows the shots can be stored in freezers 60 degrees warmer than previously thought. if the updated guidance is approved by the fda, the warmer temperature would make the shots easier to store, and to transport. will? will: thanks, jedediah. well, democrats unveiled the radical immigration bill creating a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants, and effectively ending the remain in mexico asylum policy. jedediah: the process to admit those 25,000 waiting migrants is already underway in san diego as house republicans warn "the biden administration's actions could soon lead to a health crisis at the border. " president biden's rhetoric relating to amnesty for millions of illegal aliens and gutting interior enforcement priorities as leading to a perfect storm on the southwest border. pete: here to react is former border patrol chief ron vitiello , who also served as acting i.c.e. director under president trump. ron thank you so much for being here this morning.

when you look at everything, all things considered we showed video of lindsey graham on the southern border there where there's a hole that they refused to plug as well. when you look at every aspect of what joe biden is doing on our border, there's the picture right there, and on immigration policy, what concerns you the most? >> well, what concerns me the most is the workforce. think about where we were, think about people that are on the frontline now, and that were also on the frontline in 2019 and 2014. we saw what happens when you encourage large numbers of people, families with children, mostly from the northern triangle come to the border, they are briefly detained by the border patrol and allowed to enter the united states. that causes more people to come. it was called the humanitarian crisis by the obama-biden administration in 2014 and in 2019 it was five times worse and one of the fixes for it was the migrant protection protocols and historic cooperation from mexico. we've ended that program, so we're going to see a slow-moving train wreck coming to a border

near you. will: ron we're talking about the remain in mexico policy which is coming to an end. that meant asylum seeker woulds have to stay in mexico until their situation was decided by the american court. instead, what the biden administration is going to allow is them to come into the united states and ineffectively release these asylum seekers, these migrants, into the u.s. society into the u.s. economy, with a order to return, right? an order to return for a hearing i'm just curious what percentage return? how does that work? >> very few. over 90% of the cases in 2018 did not show up for their first asylum hearing, or their immigration court. they were ordered a judge to be deported so many of them will not return to immigration court to follow-up on their cases because they are out there in the economy. they had jobs in a good economy before covid, so their goal is to get into the united states and find employment and that's what the they will do. they will not follow-up on many of them will not follow-up on their asylum claims or their

immigration hearing. jedediah: ron forgive me if this is a silly question but in terms of actually fixing the problem at the border do politicians actually talk to the border patrol agents because it seems to me they would actually have the best sense of what's working of what's not working of what's needed, of what's not needed. how is that line of communication, is there a legitimate interest on the part of politicians generally to have those conversations with the people who are actually on the ground dealing with this every day? >> we hosted numerous visits during the 2018 and 2019 crisis. you'll remember that chuck schumer and nancy pelosi went down and blamed the border patrol for the conditions that were caused by these large numbers of people surging across the border so they seen it. i've been in numerous briefings with the leadership from the department and leadership at the white house asking congress to fix the loopholes that are in the immigration system that allow people to come here, claim asylum, and then get released and not follow-up on those claims. i've been in numerous briefings on the hill asking people, asking the congress to fix this

, and this is really up to them to close these loopholes and make it better and the border patrol knows that, anybody that's been in the border patrol for more than five minutes knows that if you release people at the border after they cross illegally, you're going to get more of it. pete: yeah, the problem is, ron if you're briefing people who don't want to enforce the laws in the first place and believe that it's draconian to do so, what you brief them is almost never going to matter and that's the unfortunate reality we're at right now. ron vitiello thank you so much for your service and time. thank you. pete: up next it is music for veterans by veterans. the new mission that inspired those american heros to step inside the recording booth.

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>> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ pete: big machine, the record label behind artists like tim mcgraw and florida georgia line teaming up with non-profits to release music by veterans and for veterans. very cool concept, marine veteran jessie schurts helped write the song and served after his inspiration after losing both legs in iraq and we thank him for his service and he joins us right now along with co- writers from blackjack billy to discuss their mission. jeff let me start with you. to be a member of a band and

partner with a veteran and bring their life experience to music, what does that mean to you? >> oh, to experience the power of music firsthand, what a gift as songwriters for us to be able to help somebody like jessie tell his story, how brave to be able to open up and share his experience with us, and to be able to turn that into a song, which he can literally get his story outside of himself into this piece of music that he could now share with family, play for his friends, and just help in his healing is, it was one of the most amazing experiences for us as a band, as songwriters. pete: jessie, did you ever expect your story to be put to song? and when you were approached with an idea like this , i mean, what was your first thought? >> expect my story to be really told or put to song for that matter, and i thought it was a

good idea, because richie, my buddy who started this foundation, and figured i'd give it a shot, and its just been an amazing ride ever since its helped a lot of vets. pete: absolutely, i mean, that's the point ultimately it's great music but it's also, it changes the game for vets when they feel like their story is being understood, and just told. to be in the band, to be a part of creative vet, are there more songs like this as a project and how does being a part of this project change you? >> well there's going to be a whole lot more of these type of songs because of what richard is doing and what jessie kind of kicked off, which is very cool and then teaming with big machine is as cool as it gets in the music business so we're just glad to be able to have been a part of it, and to see it doing what it's doing, to get to meet a guy like jessie just puts your whole world in perspective, and

he's such a bad dude, man what's up, jessie haven't seen you in a while. pete: hey we like to reunite people over the magic of television, we're happy to do that for sure and jessie i can hear in the voices how grateful they are, just to have partnered with someone like you to bring it to music and certainly for big machine. what you need is a big organization or a big label to come in and comply friday it and kudos to them, thank you so much for this music, for this moment to share it with our audience we appreciate it and if folks want to learn more about creative vets, or hear that song until it feels like home visit creativevets.org, or ask alexa to play music by veterans and go to foxandfriends.com where we'll have the music available as well and by listening you'll continue to help veterans heal through arts and music and that website as we mentioned will be at foxandfriends.com.

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pete: straight to a fox news alert we begin with three major stories we're following this morning. first nearly half of texas is facing a water crisis, as millions are being told to boil their water for safe drinking. the state is dealing with an unprecedented amount of water main breaks, and frozen pipes, amid freezing weather. jedediah: and in california, remember those school board members caught on a hot mic mock ing parents over school reopenings? >> they want to pick on us, because they want their babysitters back. >> we have the meeting open to the public right now. >> hu-huh. >> that's what laurie just said

>> great. jedediah: uh-huh a major update this morning, they all resigned. we have reaction from parents in the district. pete: and in new york, governor andrew cuomo remaining defiant as he refuses to accept blame for the state's mounting nursing home scandal. good morning to all of you thank you for joining us for the fourth and final hour of fox & friends, hold them up we're here with jedediah bila, will cain and myself and we've got one more big hour for you. we've covered these three stories, guys, kind of all morning long including your state of texas, will where we're thinking of all the folks down there and certainly though the word used in that read is the important and operative one. governor cuomo took to the podium again yesterday, and was defiant and blamed his critic, blamed politics for the decisions that he has made, even though democrats now, a dozen of them, joining the chorus of critics in his own home state, saying we simply need an investigation, we need to strip these emergency powers and he's acting like a bully trying to tell us what to say,

and will not take responsibility we need investigations and potentially we need to join an impeachment push which is gathering and gaining more steam in the state of new york, as he, the new york post puts it, continues to try to rage his way through this , be assad it matt as possible without taking any responsibility for the fact that he made a call of ordering patients into nursing homes early on and that proved to be deadly for many. we had representative nicole mal iatakas on the program earlier and she represents a district in new york. here is what she said about andrew cuomo. >> the reality is, these families, new yorkers do want answers, and quite frankly, the governor is saying that this is misinformation, the only misinformation came from his administration when they under reported the deaths by 50% and they underreported the number of covid positive patients put in nursing homes by 40%. he's been the one stonewalling this information, stonewalling

the legislature, the media, and of course, he has his chief of staff admitting to a coverup, because they were afraid of the department of justice. will: as potential accountability swirls around governor andrew cuomo and democrats join the call, it will take those democrats to move forward, whether or not that's a repeal of his emergency powers , an impeachment, or whatever accountability may be, it will require democrats to hold andrew cuomo accountable, meanwhile here is your potential gop challengers to him should he be replaced you have representative tom reid and representative lee zeldin potentially challenging governor cuomo. pete: jed and you know the state better than me am i right that cuomo has had three terms and be running for a fourth? this is a power base he's had in new york for a long time. jedediah: uh-huh, he has. that is correct, and it's also, which is why it's fascinating to me that so many are surprised by his behavior. when everyone is like oh, being a bully? i was like yeah, cuomo the bully like everybody knows that in the same way that you are aware

of deblasio's in competence and a number of other issues so i don't think people should be terribly surprised to see what's going on. i think it's sad. i do feel no that we have a chance at some accountability here because whenever you see a bipartisan approach to things whenever you see people like aoc saying there needs to be accountability here, i think you have some recipe for success in terms of holding him accountable and it's just a bad look, remember people lost family members on both sides of the political aisle. this is not a political issue. this is an issue of a politician , not being properly held accountable for his own mistakes, refusing to come out and say that and then trying to bully everyone around him and just silencing the reality of what went on so people don't actually get the information and the justice they deserve and that's despicable and both democrats and republicans are on board to recognize that that needs to be put to bed. pete: yeah who knew the arrogance of andrew cuomo be what it would take to unite the socialists and the conservatives in this

country. that's how we got unity suddenly , somehow but one of the issues that remains we've talked about it all morning long is schools. the issue of the science saying schools can be open, the cdc saying it doesn't have to be vaccines, yet the stubborn reality of a lot of school districts remaining closed for reasons sort of unknown to parents, certainly unknown to kids, and you rarely get a peak behind the curtain as to why that may be the case or where the obstruction is. well we got one of those peaks and a very unfortunate one this week, when the board at oak ly union elementary school in northern california was holding a zoom call, that they thought was private, and they revealed their feelings to include the opening portion of it is a cursed-laden response to what that member says they would do to parents who have been writing e-mails to her saying we wish you would reopen the school. remember this tape from this week? >> if you're going to call me out i'm going to [bleep you up.

>> they want to pick on us because they want their babysitters back. >> medical marijuana the clients were parents with their kids in school. >> [laughter] >> we have the meeting open to the public right now. >> hu-huh. >> that's what laurie just said >> great. pete: oops well the parents are pot heads and just want babysitters and we'll fight them , so turns out the update this morning is all the school board members there have resigned after being caught publicly mocking the parents, will. will: this is absolutely enraging. this is the top issue. if not the top issue one of the top issues facing our country right now. of course the shutdown of small businesses, how about our children not being in the education all environment in person, learning educational environment for going on a year might that be a big deal? might that be something we need to press forward on?

parents are being mocked for their desire to have their children back in school, while teachers unions put up hurdle after hurdle after hurdle, to keep our children out of school. i spoke earlier to two parents from that district that we just heard and here is what they had to say about their feelings about the school board members you just heard from. >> we see this being dragged out longer and longer where i have the concern of by the time my kids are ready to go in next year, is school going to be back to normal and i think that's a fear of a lot of parents here. school is going on for people that found a way to make it work why isn't the public school going back? that video shows why not because we can't but because we have a school board that doesn't have the interest of kids at their heart and they don't want the feedback from parents. >> it's a slap into the face not only to the parents that do volunteer their time, not only to staff members, not only to the teachers. it was a complete disregard on

what us parents do. our concerns meant absolutely nothing to them. jedediah: yeah, so think about this , actually. now you have parents that feel they've been getting a slap in the face from the teacher's union and on top of that they're getting a slap in the face from the school board and believe me, this is highlighted in california but now you have parents throughout the country wondering what is going on on those sessions, that maybe aren't available to the public, that actually are private. what is being said about them and what is being said about, you know, what is the actual agenda here? is there a real goal to get kids back-to-school and will you interviewed one of the parents who said she may decide to home school at this point. i think you're seeing a lot of that but keep in mind, not everyone is going to be able to do that. some people who maybe feel they can't even do it are going to have to make sacrifices financially to say i have no choice. i have to make this happen somehow, because my children need an education. so that's the point parents are at. they feel like they don't know what to do.

greg hetrik superintendent of the oakly union elementary school offered this comment on friday. he said i am committed to returning the attention to student learning and getting our students back in school this unfortunate situation will not discourage or detract me from working to build back the trust our community and return our students safely back-to-school as soon as possible. sadly, pete, i just don't think that parents believe this stuff. like a statement is easy, action is hard, and the actions not there. pete: these teachers are getting paid no matter what, so why would they want to come back if they have the political power to get back and imagine all of the other essential services, nurses, doctors, emt's, grocery store worker, mailmen, who have been working through covid-19, without a vaccine, and if they did not do so they would not get paid. teachers very different situation, because of the power of unions and in a moment like that that's a school board. you realize they could be replaced. go run for your school board as a representative of parents, at this moment, and that's how you hopefully can start changing some of those things which feel like unchangeable. all right, turning now to

another major story we're following this morning, the u.s. now admitting migrants from mexico as the biden administration rolls back the trump era remain in mexico asylum policy. will: house republicans warning president biden's plans could lead to a catastrophe at the border. jedediah: lucas tomlinson is live in washington with more. lucas? reporter: good morning, guys. many republicans want the biden administration to take a tougher stance on immigration policy on the southern border with mexico. a letter to dhs secretary, 19 gop lawmakers said, "we are particularly concerned that the biden administration's actions could soon lead to a health crisis at the border and surrounding communities causing widespread covid-19 infections and fatalities. " in southern california yesterday, across the border from tijuana, u.s. border agents began processing some of the 25,000 asylum seekers. late this week democrats unveiled a new bill offering more than 11 million illegal immigrants a path to u.s. citizenship. republicans say it could bring millions more undocumented migrants to the border. some fleeing the economic

devastation of the pandemic. a statement earlier this month d hs defended its new policy, as president biden made clear, the u.s. government is committed to rebuilding a safe, orderly and humane immigration system. this latest action is another step to our commitment for forming immigration policies that do not align with our nation's values. in december, before becoming president, joe biden pledged to slow down immigration reform to avoid what he predicted could bring 2 million more people to the southern border. guys? pete: lucas thank you very much appreciate it. you know the operative words in what was said there, i believe it was safe and orderly. i don't know what's safe about not having any control over whose coming into your process, let alone orderly and then hoping as we talked about earlier, will, that these folks who are released into the country actually show up for their hearings when we know history says it's not going to happen. there's nothing safe or orderly about anything. will: 90% do not return for their immigration court hear ing after being released into society. >> all right, conservatives host an icon this week, rush limbaugh 's legacy will live on.

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jedediah: la district attorney george gascone announcing he will not seek the death penalty against an admitted gang member charged in the 2017 murder of a police officer. authorities say officer keith boyar a 27 year veteran of the force, and father of three, was gunned down while confront ing the suspect who was fleeing the scene of another murder. officer boyar's step father, don clark, joins us now to react. don thank you for joining us this morning we want to extend our condolences first and foremost, i know this is an incredibly hard conversation for you to have, so we're so grateful for you being here.

first of all, let's remind everyone how officer boyar died. >> well, four years ago today, basically, is when it happened, and he went on a call for a collision, where there was three cars in this collision, and he was one of the officers that showed up. he went over to the car, and asked him if he was okay, and later when they went to get him out of the car, he pulled a gun out of his back pocket, shot keith, killed him, and then also shot and wounded the other officer. so, they were there just to help these people at a collision and they didn't know they were coming up on a guy who just killed his own cousin, just hours before. jedediah: so incredibly horrible and sad. important to note that from what i can tell has been unrepentant,

and has made a series of horrific statements quite frankly, i'm not going to repeat them because they are horrible but people should know the facts of the case and what we're dealing within terms of his own statements but i want to ask you personally obviously this is a deeply personal issue for you. how do you feel about this reversal on the death penalty? >> you know, the easiest way to put it was keith had 5,000 people come to his funeral and you don't get 5,000 people unless he's made a change in their lives in one way or another, and for him to get gun ned down like this , and then have, like you said say that he was proud of what he did , and he wish he could have killed that other officer too, and his own cousin, he was glad he killed him, and to say that, and then not every person that goes up for murder is a death

penalty case. there's certain criteria that has to be met and keith met the criteria, and it was not a problem at all, until gascone got in, and to take it off, it was yeah, it was a punch in the gut, and this whole thing , people don't realize how hard it is on the families. it's very hard. my wife was a strong woman four years ago and i just lost her a few months ago and partially due to what had happened to her son, and what gascone is doing not only to our family and the cousin's family, but so many other families that are the same things happening to them. they're taking off special circumstances, and as some of these guys are going to be even getting out on parole and it's

absolutely horrendous, because the ones that get the death penalty, these are the monsters that you want to keep in. they're not the ones that just go into general population, so that's basically how i feel about it. jedediah: well, don, i think you've done an incredible job of speaking not only about what your family has suffered through but also speaking for so many families out there who might be in a similar situation, and so grateful for your voice today. we want to thank you so much for being here. we're so sorry for the loss of your family has suffered and we're hoping for some justice for the family, but we appreciate you so much today being here with us. >> well, thank you again for giving us the time to even bring this up to the public. a lot of people don't realize what's going on with these victim's families, and gascone has even said himself he doesn't want to meet with the vick time's families. if they want to talk to him they can talk to his subordinates and that's what the he said. jedediah: that's pretty disgraceful.

>> the highest when it comes to the prosecution and he's literal ly tying their hands, and it's horrendous, and it's a torture to the families. jedediah: yeah, don clark, thank you again and we want to remind everyone officer keith boyar was just 53 years old and we'll be right back. more fox & friends. with oscar mayer deli fresh it's not just a sandwich, far from it. it's a reason to come together. it's a taste of something good. a taste we all could use right now. so let's make the most of it. and make every sandwich count. with oscar mayer deli fresh priceline works with top hotels, to save you up to 60%. these are all great. and when you get a big deal...

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jedediah: essential services are among the hardest hit businesses by the pandemic including dry cleaning. will: so we sent fox news analyst lawrence jones to white plains, new york to learn firsthand just how that industry has been impacted. pete: lawrence joins us now. lawrence, what did you find? >> good morning, family. that's right according to industry experts one in six dry

cleaners have closed oregon bankrupt since the pandemic and an estimated 30% of cleaners could soon be forced to close their doors. for a third generation families- owned businesses like new way dry cleaners those are scary numbers. take a look. >> new way cleaners was established in 1945. >> you've been in business for 75 years. show me what you do around here. >> okay, sure this is where the customers come in. we write them up a ticket and this is where we do our professional pre-spotting and now there's two food stains here , okay? if you're going to get paid this week you got to take this out. >> i got to take it out? >> you got to take it out. >> i'm a natural. >> once that's all done, then we take them and we bring them back to the cleaning department. >> look at these bad boys. this is where the magic happens. >> this is where the magic happens, hot steam will come out of here.

all yours. look how nice and smooth that is >> i've got to get me one of those. look at this magic, okay? i've always wanted to push the button. >> go ahead, man. >> crazy! all of these empty spaces, how would it normally look before the pandemic? >> part of it is still pretty full because we've had a lot of customers that don't come into pickup, because they are afraid. i have tickets here since pre- pandemic, february 2020. yeah, the racks are definitely way emptier than they used to be because those people aren't going into work. when you build something if the foundation is no good, whatever you put on top of it is not going to last. my parents were my foundation. my father came from poland with nothing and they bought the business. my mom worked with him, business kept growing and my wife came into it, and then my boys. >> i've been in this my whole life.

instead of babysitters, i used to do this. >> when this pandemic hit, what goes through your mind? >> you see your dream just vanish in front of you. >> if we didn't have our sons, we would have packed it in. >> i wasn't so much worried about myself anymore, okay? but i was worried about them. they are married, they got kids, they got houses and mortgages. >> how much business did you lose right after the pandemic? >> as soon as everything just started shutting down, okay, immediately, we went down 75%. it hit, i said to myself all right, well you know what this is going to last a couple weeks the government can't let this happen to the country. memorial day, 4th of july beings labor day came, thought it would come back and nothing happened and it's like a cloud hanging over us. >> did you have to lose employees? >> we did. how do you measure whose going to go and whose going to stay? >> i got choked up. i still get choked up thinking about it because do you know what? they're family. >> he's too humble to say this but taking money out of his own savings account to make

payroll and because of the type of person he is everybody is still here and has a job. >> we are a family here, actually. >> i got remarkable bosses, that's been there through thick and thin and grateful that we're still here. >> these are the guys in the trenches every day. >> i've got to ask do you see the light at the end of the tunnel? you're all in, all invested. do you think you'll make it? >> until you get people going back to work, until you get the kids back in school, our industry is not going to see nothing and if you have one piece, two piece, the cleaners going to appreciate you coming in because if everybody did that , the numbers would come back up again. and we'll be okay. >> nu-way cleaners isn't going to go anywhere. >> taking money out of his personal savings account to make the payroll of his employees, many of them are legal immigrant s, fighting to just for their families taking money and the government is shutdown, so i think it's a real travesty

one that history will remember and it goes to show most people think that these dry cleaners that these are just white collar workers, these are blue collar workers which is why the industry has been hit so hard. will: that's really great stuff lawrence. we focus so much on restaurant, small businesses but we don't realize the extent of these shut downs and how many different types of businesses they've affected that's a good look at another one suffered under these shutdowns thanks so much lawrence. >> thanks, family. will: conservatives mourning the loss of larger than life icon rush limbaugh. his long time producer is here, to remember his friend, next. >> even in the most dire circumstances, if you just wait, if you just remain open to things, the good in it will reveal itself, and that has happened to me as well. at t-mobile, we have a plan built just for customers 55 and up.

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distribution site. yesterday they gave away hundreds of gallons of water and hundreds of cases of it as well. today there's already been a steady stream of people here. there are boil water notices all over the state of texas, including where we are in west fort worth as well as in austin and houston. people are going to the grocery stores to find that shelves are empty, so they're having to come to places like this for food and water. i talked to a lot of folks yesterday at a food drive-thru a local food bank and what those people told me is that they've already been struggling because of the pandemic and then the weather of the past week just added to their struggles. >> the store shelves everything is gone, we can't find no food. >> no water. there's no water there, and none in the stores. >> no power just like other people in texas and our food spoiled and my two-year-old daughter, i need to get food for her. >> i drove in and started

tearing up. i've never had to do this , and it means a lot. it means a whole lot. reporter: the winter weather has delayed not just the distribution of food and water but also, the coronavirus vaccine. the white house says 6 million doses have been delayed because of the storms over the past week there is some good news here in texas though, and that is that temperatures are rising. they will be above freezing for a lot of the day today and for the first time in about a week, they will stay there. guys? will: thanks so much, grady. jedediah: thanks so much, grady. hopefully things get better in texas very very soon. >> we're going to move on to another important story we've been covering florida governor ron desantis will order flags to fly at half staff in honor of conservative icon and palm beach resident rush limbaugh. will: the radio talk show legend passed away earlier this week after a year long battle with lung cancer. let's take a look back at how he wrapped up his final show of last year. i've learned what love really is

, during this , you know i have a philosophy there's good that happens in everything it may not reveal itself, and even in the most dire circumstances, if you just wait, you just remain open to things, the good in it will reveal itself, and that has happened to me as well. pete: rush's long time producer, james golden, best known as bo snerdley, joins us now to react to his legacy. james thanks so much for being here. you've had some powerful words as someone who knew rush, better than anybody. what do you want to, what can you share with your audience today about the rush limbaugh you knew? >> well i don't know whether i know rush better than anybody, i think maybe his wife. pete: fair enough. >> i've known rush for 30- something years and i wasn't rush's producer. rush produced himself. rush was a radio phenomenon unlike anyone else.

i produced the show when rush wasn't there. rush produced himself, he researched for himself. rush worked harder than any man i've ever seen in this industry, and i was in the industry, believe it or not, almost 20 years before i met rush. i started very young, just like rush did. this man deserved every single amount of success that he earned , but more than that, rush was one of the most generous decent human beings on earth. i was thinking today when you just ran the past segment, i remember when the storm devastated joplin, missouri. rush and katherine rushed out there, provided water and everything, the fill an throne pita-type. if you look at all of the millions that rush and katherine raised for charity, diseases like leukemia don't discriminate. they don't just hit conservative s. there's no politics. the millions that were raised to fight diseases benefited

americans but that's what rush was all about. he loved america. he wanted everybody in this country to prosper. he wanted everyone, every american, to enjoy and understand their birth right as americans and what a great and wonderful nation that we live in, and that is going to be rush's legacy. if history is fair, to rush, he will be remembered as a second generation founding father, a man who in his generation single-handedly helped change the course of this nation to sustain himself and to prosper. rush was an incredibly great human being. he was so generous, such a wonderful human being. i miss him every single moment of every day. jedediah: you know, jamie spears , rush was so incredibly good at what he did and obviously, an incredibly controversial figure. a lot of people have been talking about a lot of that this week. i'm curious though from your

perception having worked socles ly with him, how did he handle all of that the pushback, the day-to-day. he would say something and you'd have essentially a whole world react. how did he handle that day-to-day and what was he really like behind the microphone in those moments? >> that's a really interesting question because it still amazed me when these controversies would hit and by the way, almost every single one of these controversies that you're talking about hit because people either purposely misinterpreted what rush said or it came through a filter like media matters that lazy journalists took to and made a controversy where there was none, but rush, it was all just business as usual. he would just come in and do his show. i was amazed at how unaffected he seemed to be when, he was about perfection of his show, and he knew that, look this man

researched like crazy. as he said, there's no, he used to tell us all the time. there's nothing in it for him to lie, to mislead his audience. he wanted to be right on every single fact, and the times that he did have to make a correction on something, because it was there, he did it first thing. the top of the show, he didn't wait and try to bury it and those were rare times. i'm telling you, this man is just in credible as a broadcast er, as a human being, i've never, and that's not to knock anybody else in this business. we've got so many great broadcasters in this business, but rush was number one because rush was just, he earned that through the work that he did and his ambition and his desire, to be the best, and he truly was. will: james, or snerdley, if i might, as we've all come to know you we've all been in this business to some extent for quite some time and it's interesting how people's

personalities often are different on camera than they are off camera. was rush like that? you're telling us the kind of man he was, but i'm curious. he's obviously a big, loud personality, on air. what was he like off air in terms of his personality? >> he wasn't loud on air, what he was was effective. he knew how to use that microphone to create drama. he could take you through a range of emotions in a heartbeat but off air and on air, rush was , you know, rush was a gentle soul. this is what people, some people don't seem to understand. you know, for 30 years, if you could do anything for rush, bring him a cup of coffee, whatever, bring him a story. he would always thank you for the smallest thing that he didn't have to. he respected. i've never seen this man disrespect anybody, never, in all these decades that i've been with him. he had respect for everybody. he treated everybody, one of my friends is a liberal, very very liberal, a person i know from high school. she was on the phone crying with me the other night because she

met rush three or four times and each time, he treated her so sweetly, because that's who he was. he treated everybody well. he was a gentleman. he was a first class decent human being. i'm telling you, this man, he's an icon for a reason. it didn't happen by accident. this is who he was. a gentle, wonderful soul, who treated everybody with respect, never looked down on anybody, and was about perfection. he wanted to be the best that he was. the only time you could get thrown under the bus is if you did something to kind of screw up his show, he'd throw you under the bus for that, because we all understood it too because he wanted that show to be perfect, every single one. pete: he couldn't help if he had talent on loan from god, as he would say so often and the way you treat people creates that magnet effect and that his

audience loved rush because of the person they knew he was and we tried to play proper homage to him this week and fox nation is doing their part as well. here is a clip from rush limbaugh on creating a new listening experience. >> it was the only national conservative entity in media. the other conservative talk shows were still local. they hadn't gone national yet. >> and rush starting in about 1990 was finding his audience. you were hearing reports of rush rooms, people turning up the radio during lunch in various diners and other places, and people coming in and listen ing together, like a listening experience. that was something completely new in radio broadcasting. pete: rush limbaugh his words airs sunday night at 10 p.m. on the fox news channel and is available on fox nation, bo snerdley, last words on the legacy, the game changer that was rush. >> rush changed the trajectory of this country in so many ways.

he changed the media landscape. rush changed the cultural landscape. rush has given a new generation of american children a true look at american history for the great country that we are. one of my friends this morning on my way in here said you know, even in the worst of storms, rush could make you happy and feel optimistic and that is his legacy. it's a legacy of love, for his country, love for his family, love of god, and you know what? the love of his audience who loved this man so dearly, we will never ever forget rush limbaugh. pete: a men, bo snerdley, thank you so much for being with us, can't top that but we'll try. more fox & friends coming up. ♪ ♪ when you drive this smooth, you save with allstate.

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the power grid is finally being restored so many are questioning the state's reliance on renewable energy and what the future might look like texas agricultural commissioner sid miller is here to discuss. thank you for being with us this morning as a texan one of the questions so many had this week was why did some homes get stuck with days and days on end of no power? they are supposed to be rolling blackouts right in texas. that didn't happen. i can tell you my house was lucky enough to never lose power , why were others out for four days? >> well, i actually had my house was out for four days. the pipes froze, and busted and flooded the bottom floor. you know, it's poor management. that's it. there's no excuse. us republicans, we run texas. we messed up. i'll just admit it. poor leadership and we had some of them had rolling blackouts, some of them was out for days.

we still aren't going to have gas to our agricultural processors until next tuesday, so we still can't pasturize milk to get to the grocery store. we can't process juice that's all down in the valley so we're not out of the woods yet. we're still pouring out about $8 million worth of milk each day here in texas. will: what about water, sid? right now, half the state seems to be under a boil waterman date it's not safe to drink it out of the faucet for some 14 million texans. when do you expect that to come back online? >> you know and that's true. most of the large metropolitan areas, san antonio, houston, dallas fort worth, austin, those are all boil water orders that's about half of the population of texas we are still having to boil water. it's going to be a few more days hopefully, sooner than later, but we need to get people back to some sense of normalcy down here in texas. you know, we're a tough bunch we're going to bounce back.

our farmers really took it hard, you know, you don't get a lower price than zero on your milk, except you actually, it's a hazard so you have to pay somebody to get rid of it but we've lost the chicken houses went down, the hatcheries, the little chicks froze to death , the incubators they cutoff heat there, so those eggs won't hatch, and another problem we're still having since we're not going to have the gas back on until tuesday are feed meals can't make any feed batches, so our dairy is out of feed, chicken houses are running into that, feed lots, equine facilities i've got my people out and we're working real hard to find feed and we're working with area food banks. we're having a big barbecue tomorrow down in bracketville, a lot of exotic wildlife deer froze to death so we're going to barbecue it all up and try to feed the local people the best we can.

we're resourceful and we're doing what we can here in texas but this should have never happened. will: no it shouldn't have and for those that didn't lose power there's the fear of how big their electric bill and power bill is going to be after gas prices sky rocketed. just really quickly i only have 30 seconds commissioner, if we're going to subsidize in something is the lesson from this , subsidize going renewable s or perhaps insulate natural gas pipelines get those deeper where they don't freeze? >> well better management, better leadership, ercot, our grid operators, dropped the ball they didn't winterize the power plants, any of them, so when the wind power went down, it threw an extra load on our gas plants. they failed. electricity went up on price, when texas can least afford it, we have to pay more during the pandemic and the blizzard, really? prices are going up at the grocery store, because of supply and demand. our shelves are still empty. we still got a lot of work to do

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pete: a california family kissing the golden state goodbye over covid-19 restrictions that seemingly have no end in sight. our next guest took his son to texas this week, something that he has a chance to resume in- person learning and sports. joining us now is new texan, mike flynn. mike thanks so much for being here. talk to us about this decision, not an easy one to make. you said i believe you jumped in the car and drove to texas. >> yes, good morning, thanks for having me.

the decision was really not about the chasing the dream of a scholarship but really chasing just the chance of normalcy, right? kids his age, of all ages of school, need social structure. they need kids for interaction. they learn from other children. they learn from other adults, and our county, santa clara county in california, perhaps the most restrictive county in the state and perhaps the most restrictive state in the nation, not allowing schools to be in- person, public schools that is, not allowing sports. yesterday there was a court case that was decided that allowed some sports to go back, but that forced newsom's hand so it just, we can't have a normal life in that type of environment. we ate at restaurants as we drove across the country, we ate at restaurants inside. it's the first time my son's seen a restaurant from the inside in 11 months and he felt like he was doing something wrong. pete: [laughter] that's scary and sad and unfortunate. you're a football coach as well

so you understand the value of sports. you said you were shocked by what you saw in texas. is your son going to be able to compete in athletics. will you be able to coach? how immediately can these things happen? >> so we're going to stick our toe in the water here and go slowly and we're going to look for the right school. we're still, you know, california i grew up there. i've worked there my entire life we don't necessarily want to leave, but we recognize that there's a real problem that california has. the teachers are constantly after me because i'm very vocal about kids should be going back-to-school and playing sports and the teachers say how many deaths, how many teacher deaths until i stop advocating for kids to go back-to-school and i have to say how many student deaths by suicide. the journal of american medical association said that 10 times more likely for a student to die of suicide than of covid. pete: and they claim you want

deaths. we have to leave it right there but mike flynn thank you for having the courage to speak out and for making that move.

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