todd: it's monday, february 22nd. breaking news on boeing, dozens of planes grounded for emergency inspections after a horrifying engine fire sends debris raining down on denver. the mid-air nightmare for passengers. jillian: breaking right now, the biden administration unveils its new you relief plan for small businesses, as democrats tee up a vote on the still stagnant relief bill but republicans say they need to cut

the wasteful spending first. we're live in washington with the gop holdup. todd: and bill de blasio on thin ice, new york city reversing plans to shut down trump operated skating rinks. the heated backlash over the attempt to freeze out the former president. "fox & friends first" on a monday morning continues right now. ♪ just another manic monday. ♪ wish it was sunday. ♪ that's my fun day. ♪ my i don't have to run day. jillian: we're both like looking at each other. like what you got for this song. todd: i just really like the bangles. diana hoff that is the lead singer. jillian: i disagree with the line, sunday, that's my fun day. it is not. i wake up sunday morning, immediately have anxiety. todd: i got into a fight

yesterday with my 3-month-old over sunday. she didn't understand. she wanted to do her own thing. jillian: todd say i've got to go to bed. todd: it's quite a path, being the daughter of todd piro. jillian: good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning, i'm jillian mele. todd: i'm todd piro. moments ago the biden administration released the plans to reform the paycheck protection program as democrats begin the final push for the nearly 2 trillion-dollar covid-19 relief bill. jillian: mark meredith is live in washington with what changes could come. >> reporter: good morning. the white house says it's adjusting the paycheck protection program to help more businesses survive the pandemic, starting wednesday, there will be a two week period when only businesses with fewer than 20 employees can apply for the loans. they want to focus on contractors and self-employed americans. the administration eager to cut off the red tape that's involved with loan applications. now, these changes come as the president is once again calling

on congress to pass an american rescue plan. $1.9 trillion pack would spend billions on covid testing, would extend unemployment insurance and mail out stimulus checks, as well as money for small businesses, some $15 billion in grants, money that the small business administration could use to help restaurants and help places like theaters, museums, zoos. democrats call this essential relief. >> there's an awful lot we you agree about here. whether we're going to quibble whether this industry or that industry is going to get money, i think those are footnotes to footnotes here. the point is, we're in an emergency, we have to get these $1,400 checks in people's hands. >> reporter: now, some republicans say it's the price tag that they're most concerned with. congress members passed the stimulus bill as recently as december. they argue the package contains

way too much money for projects not tied at all to the pandemic. >> i know the president wants to say the cornerstone of his bill is money to get vaccines and checks for people who are unemployed but the reality is, the cornerstone of the bill is wasteful spending, it is pork and buying off members of congress. >> reporter: republicans are also standing firm against efforts to raise the minimum wage. they argue that small businesses cannot afford it. they point to a government study that found increasing the wage by 2025 could cost more than a million u.s. jobs. as we've been talking about the debate is not going anywhere any time soon. todd: the people in need continue to wait. >> reporter: to wait. yep. todd: thank you. jillian: senator ron johnson sits on the budget committee and says the biden administration's plan to restart the economy showings how radical the democrats' agenda really is. take a listen. >> we've already appropriated $4 trillion in covid relief and now the administration is going

to shove through another $1.9 trillion even though liberal economists are worried about overheating the economy which could lead the to run away inflation as well. the agenda is radical, massive spending, open borders, attack on fossil fuel which we're seeing the followly of doing that canceling the keystone pipeline which canceled thousands of good paying union jobs, i mean, this is a radical agenda. todd: as all of this is happening, the office of budget nominee faces an uphill battle after joe manchin said he would vote against her confirmation. that means she needs a republican. jillian: another fox news alert, united airlines grounds its boning 777s after an engine explodes midair over of denver on ah ha which which bound flight. .todd: it's the story everyone is talking about. federal investigators are demanding emergency inspection.

>> reporter: united grounding all of the 777s and the faa is demanding an investigation after the right engine failed and exploded in midair, dropping debris over a denver suburb. >> denver departure united 328 heavy mayday, aircraft experienced engine failure, needs to turn immediately. >> left or right turn? >> left turn. >> reporter: the plane descended rapidly with 241 frightened passengers and crew on board. >> it was like the worst 30 minutes. i was like praying and i was like this cannot be it. i was in disbelief that all this vacation that we had planned for months and my life would be ending like that. >> reporter: debris from the plane scattering across a denver suburb. nobody was hurt. boeing suspending all 777s powered by the pratt and whitney engine that blew up on the

flight. saying we recommend suspending operations of the 777s powered by pratt and whitney engines until the faa identifies the appropriate inspection product come. united taking drastic measures to ensure the safety of its planes. we've been in touch with regulators at the ntsb and faa and will continue to work closely with them to determine any additional steps that are needed to ensure the aircraft meet our rigorous safety standards. another mishap is under investigation in europe. a freight plane had an engine failure just after takeoff on the same day as flight 328. also resulting in debris being scattered all over neighborhoods. two people were injured, were slightly injured, that is, one was hospitalized. that plane also fitted with a pratt and whitney engine, but a different model than the one on flight 328. coming up, we'll hear from a man who found part of the plane's engine outside his home. todd, jillian.

todd: can't wait to hear from that guy. unbelievable. marianne, thank you. >> thank you. jillian: a california mother who disappeared eight months ago while on a pandemic road trip is found dead. hikers discovered erica lloyd's remains in a rural desert area near joshua tree national park where she was camping. family members last heard from her in june on the same day her car was found near the park abandoned and vandalized. todd: as the u.s. inches closer to half a million coronavirus deaths, dr. anthony fauci reflecting on that grim milestone. >> it's really horrible. it's something that is historic, it's nothing like we've ever been through in the last 102 years, since the 1918 influenza pandemic. todd: fauci suggests that americans could reach some sort of normalcy by fall but everyone could still be wearing those face masks into 2022. jillian: today, parents in los angeles plan to stage a zoom blackout he protest to call for

schools to reopen. los angeles unified administrators and teachers union want them to stay closed until teachers get vaccinated, despite the county's health department giving the okay for schools to reopen. todd: hear about this? super bowl champion, nfl mvp and now dad, patrick mahomes and his fiance announcing the birth of their daughter. jillian: sterling sky mahomes made her debut into the world. she was born saturday at 6 pounds and 11-ounces. todd: congrats to them. still to come, confirmation hearings start today for president biden's pick to lead the justice department, we get a closer look at merrick garland and several critical cases he could have as ag. jillian: and this 139-year-old victorian house has a new home. the incredible operation to roll the entire house to a new address. ♪ i'm moving out. ♪ i'm moving out.

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jillian: welcome back. president biden's pick to lead the justice department goes before the senate today. todd: will merrick garland field questions about the hunter biden probe, what about the nursing home scandal in new york. we are joined now with jamil to go over some of the questions. it's pretty confident that he will get confirm. in 2016 he was put up for the supreme court. but that was a much different situation. are we confident, though, that garland if he is ultimately accepted will allow the hunter biden probe, allow the john durham probe to continue unabated? >> well, those are great questions. these are questions that the republicans are going to ask about today at his hearing. they're obviously very concerned that after the break with the hunter biden probe, he's the president's son but the u.s. attorney in delaware has it kept

in place so far. i think we can expect that probe will go forward, investigation into his financial dealings and tax dealings. the durham investigation looks at the beginnings of the russia investigation that began when now president biden was the vice president of the united states. jillian: when impeachment failed in the senate last week for former president trump, mitch mcconnell seemingly put trump's fate in the hands of the justice department. with that being said, do you expect to hear a lot of questions from democrats on that topic, on the capitol hill riots on january 6th? >> i think we will see actually a lot of questions from democrats on that front and some republicans. i mean, i've seen deeply concerning events that took place on january sixth with the capitol being attacked by protesters, something we haven't seen since the war of 1812 when the capitol was burned by the british. i think we've got a lot of prosecutions in place, 250 people being prosecuted, 550 being investigated. so i think the justice department will be very active going forward to come after the people who attacked the capitol,

threatened the then vice president of the united states, vice president pence. todd: do you think will be a lot of questions on the governor cuomo nursing home scandal in new york? >> i do. there's an ongoing federal investigation into the issues around the nursing home, the underreporting of deaths by nearly 50%, nearly double the number of deaths that we thought -- the number we thought based on the reports. the justice department has the authority to investigate those kind of things based on their authority over institutionalized persons like folks in nursing homes. it's a real issue. there is an ongoing federal investigation. i do expect we will see republicans and others and democrats, you've seen aoc ask for an investigation of this also. jillian: what else should be questioned? what would you want to know? >> i think the key is to ensure that the justice department is going to be protected from politics. obviously the attorney general reports to the president of the united states. he want the doj to be able to do

their investigation independent of politics. it was a debate the democrats had about the prior administration and the prior justice department. i suspect republicans will ask the same questions about merrick garland and the president of the united states. todd: there's an expectation that if he's confirmed, his tenure will be uneventful. not a lot is uneventful in d.c. these days. still to come, horrifying images show armed intruders zip tied their victims before ransacking their home. this is frightening. what police are doing. jillian: a cheap shot at the former president backfires on mayor de blasio. trump operated ice rinks staying open in new york city. details, next. ♪ you're willing to sacrifice our love. ♪ my plaque psoriasis... ...the itching ...the burning. the stinging. my skin was no longer mine.

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todd: we're back with extreme weather. texas now in recovery mode after last week's deadly winter storm that left 58 people dead but as power slowly returning, millions across the state still face water supply issues. jillian: unbelievable and devastating. senior meteorologist janice dean joins us live with the latest. janice. >> well, the good news is the temperatures are going up and we won't have any winter storms in the immediate future. so let's take a look at it right now. there are your forecast highs today. not too bad, getting into the 70s, especially along the coast, south texas, 72 in brownsville, 67 in dallas and that moves in towards oklahoma. dallas, texas, your high today will be 67. your average high is around 62. and we'll be around average as we get into thursday and friday, we do have some rain in the forecast with temperatures in

the 50s but nothing below freezing which we are grateful for, right. the last 24 hours, radar picture is showing you the potential for some showers and thunderstorms across the ohio, tennessee, mississippi river valley and we still have the he snow over the great lakes so winter is not over just yet. there's your forecast today. so while we watch this latest system move across the east coast, two warm for snow for new york city but interior sections could get snow, especially over the great lakes. we have the next system moving into the northwest. otherwise, the central u.s. is looking good and drying out and certainly weather is going to be much quieter than it was last week. and our friends in texas can get a chance to dry out and warm up. so there's the good news. todd, jillian, back to you. todd: so important, jd, thank you. jillian: thanks, janice. talk about adding insult to injury, power bills in texas skyrocketing following the deadly winter storm that left millions in the cold for days.

todd: cheryl casone joins us as lone star state leaders look for solutions. they need to look for something and they need to find it quick. cheryl: those warmer temperatures, that's welcome news as the state begins to he slowly recover but over the weekend several reports of texans being hit with electricity bills, some as high as $17,000. wholesale electricity prices jumped 300 times than normal during the brunt of the storm. some residents saying they got messages of bills from power companies despite being completely in the dark. but those companies have since said that no customers will be charged when they didn't have any power. so -- but you know, they're backing off now likely. todd: there's always an investigation. just get it right the first time with the bills. meantime, new york city skating backwards on something that it said it was going to do, now no longer doing it. cheryl: one for the kids here. the mayor reversing course, saying that two ice skating rinks operated by the trump

organization are now going to stay open through april. he was supposed to shut that down. that changed after uproar from parents and kids that benefit from having the rinks open. >> this is like christmas for our kids. this is the one thing they look forward to every year and to have it snatched away from us without any explanation, it's really crazy. cheryl: so de blasio had canceled the contract with the trump organization after the january 6th riots. joe concha talked to you guys about it last hour. listen. >> it's such a shame that politics because de blasio wants to make a point about trump is affecting these kids doing something that's just so healthy. it shows you why bill de blasio is not just the worst mayor in new york city history but the worse mayor of any city in history. cheryl: well, i agree with him on the worse mayor ever in new york city history. but again, win one for the parents and the kids because frankly it's an outdoor activity and there's enough -- we just need it. the kids need it.

jillian: let them skate. cheryl casone live for us. thank you. former president trump is set to speak at the conservative political action conference in florida on sunday, it will be his first major public appearance since leaving the white house. reports say trump will address the future of the republican party and the conservative movement. he is also expected to take on president biden's policies. so we will see what happens and keep you updated. laura trump says this is what we can expect to hear from the former president. >> obviously it will be the first time anyone has heard from him since he left office and i think one of the things we're going to hear from him is thank you because the outpouring of support for donald trump since he left office has been so incredible. you see the parade, parades that continue to happen in florida, the people lining the streets as he goes to the golf course. nobody from our family, judge, sets those up. nobody that is associated with donald trump sets those up. those are just people who love

america, love patriotism, and want to say thank you to their president, donald trump, so he'll probably have a big thank you to those folks. jillian: president trump is expected to speak sunday. todd: did you see this? it's wild. caught on camera, crews moving a 140-year-old victorian home six blocks, the effort took about six hours to complete yesterday. it's not moving fast but it is moving. the historical society blocking the seven bedroom home built in the 1800s from being torn down. it cost $400,000 to pull off the move. if it was moving fast, you might be concerned. jillian: imagine you didn't know this was going on and you were like whoa. hell he low. todd: i thought 2020 was weird. this is a house moving. still ahead. herd immunity by april, that's the prognosis by dr. marty makary. he joins us next saying experts should share this information with you. jillian: a celebration fit for

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>> denver, departure united 328 heavy mayday, aircraft experienced engine failure. need to turn immediately. jillian: united airlines grounding its boeing 777 fleet after an engine explodes mid flight. the plane with more than 200 people on board making an emergency landing minutes after taking off from denver. todd: the explosion causing pieces of the plane's engine to rain down an a denver suburb. all happened on sunday. fortunately, nobody was hurt. the faa and ntsb are investigating. jillian: herd immunity by april, is it possible? well, it is according to a new op-ed from johns hop hopkins sl of public health professor, dr.

marty makary. todd: he joins us live to explain more. when we saw the headline, we were like this is awesome, very encouraging. how did you come to this conclusion? >> we don't have to have models that only tell us bad news. we could have models that tell us good news. the reality is, there's been a 77% decrease in daily cases over the last six weeks. that can only be explained by herd immunity from natural immunity, that is from prior infections kicking in. when you see a number, when you see a change in a rate in science, you've got to ask why and it cannot be explained by vaccinations. we just haven't vaccinated enough people. it takes time for those to kick in. and it really -- i don't think there's been a sudden change in behavior. so that he decrease is really due to natural immunity. it turns out that our previous estimates on the prevelance of natural immunity with probably underestimating natural immunity because it's not just the antibodies we test for, it's always the activated t-cells which are good and they work as

immunity and probably double number of people have activated t-cells than have antibodies. jillian: you're talking about natural immunity with people, you mentioned those cells there and also with antibodies. i have two questions. the first question is, we still don't know, right, how long those antibodies are going to last. is it a little premature, correct me from i'm wrong, is it premature to say we could get the herd immunity by april when we don't know yet how long people who have been infected with the virus are going to have that immunity to it. >> great question. reinfection rates have been extremely low, less than 1%. we have the experience from italy, from europe, from new york, almost a year ago now when that outbreak took place. we have not seen reinfections. when they happen, they've been rare. when they occur, they're often mild cases. it does appear there's a 99% level of protection in that first year of observational data. i think it's something that we should basically know and also remember that there's good

scientific evidence even from the spanish flu of 1918 when they studied people nine decades later they had activated t-cells that make neutralizing antibodies. jillian: the drop in covid cases that we've been seeing, let's pull this up, a 73 drop in cases. one of the questions i raised, hold on, we've been in the middle of winter, a bad winter and a lot of parts of this country we've seen snow, people have been iced in, you see what's going on in texas. -- i don't want to be a pessimist. could any of this be that people are just staying home and they're not necessarily going out and getting tested as much? >> so we have good mow of built data and it comes -- mobility data, it comes from google and other tech companies. the mobility data shows there has not been that much of a change in behavior. some of that is true, some say, look, the trend is just seasonal. but really january, february is when we typically see infections flare and if you look at parts

of the united states that peaked early, that sort of rushed recklessly into a very high prevelance of infection, north dakota, new york, they have not seen surges in december and january as the rest of the country has. todd: quickly, dr. mart at marty, inlight of the awesome ma particular nature of so many people that get covid, you say two thirds of us could have covid already and many of us not even know it? >> i estimate the number to be around half the country, could be as high as two thirds. many people did not have access to testing, many people didn't know that they were sick, they felt great throughout and these new studies from europe that i site show that even if you live with somebody who had covid and never developed any symptoms and tested negative, you still could have these activated t-cells and that may explain the massive reduction in cases. jillian: thanks for answering all of our questions. i mean, i think we all agree, if we could have herd immunity by

april, that would be fantastic. dr. marty makary, thank you. >> thanks. jillian: new york police searching for three men who stole $40,000 in an armed heist. the suspects were seen on surveillance cameras, zip tying victims' hands as they lay on the floor. one of the victims was hit on the head with a pistol but declined medical attention. no one else was hurt. todd: a seattle home shelter using tax dollars to teach addicts how to smoke air win. they are passing -- heroin. they are passing out pipes, saying smoking is a lower risk alternative to injection. the cities not commenting whether they endorse using taxpayer money to purchase drug paraphernalia. take a look at this from the daytona international speedway. >> christopher bell scores his first career win on the daytona

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todd: welcome back. with millions of texans reeling from deadly winter weather, chuck schumer is calls it a lesson for the lone star state. jillian: carley shimkus here with reaction to what many are calling an insensitive comment. carley: that's right. senate majority leader chuck schumer criticizing texas over power outages last week, he says he heaps it serves as a reminder to take climate change seriously. take a listen. >> texas thought it could go at it alone and built a system that ignored climate change. i hope they learn a lesson. when we build power, we need to take into account that climate change is real or people will be caught the way people in texas were. carley: millions of people lost power due to failures in natural gas and renewable energy, frozen pipelinings and wind turbines. what he didn't mention was that texas produces the most wind

power of any state, with climate change in mind. which is why people are reacting on social media. william posting a tweet saying i thought all the windmills were put in place because texas embraced climate change. john also chiming in, saying chuck should concentrate on keeping his own house in in order. we notice he has not had much to say about new york and keeping people safe. texas going 100% green would have been a disaster. fallout over the storm, guys, of course continues. a lot of people still without safe water, still under those boil water advisories. todd: it's not like new york is perfect. just walk outside your door or your office. ted cruz appearing back in front of the cameras. carley: he spent the weekend helping houston residents and first responders, he served barbecue to firefighters and police officers, also delivered safe drinking water to folks who need it. people have been protesting even outside of his house ever since

this -- he went on this cancun trip. somebody even spent a bands to his house in protest yesterday. he has apologized for the trip, he said it was a big mistake. jillian: apparently the muppets are offensive. carley: i have a feeling a lot of people will do a double take over this story. disney plus added an on offensive content warning to some episodes of the muppet show. the warning says that the episodes include things like negative depictions or mistreatment of people or cultures, disney released a statement saying rather than removeing the content we see an opportunity to spark conversation and open dialogue on history that affects us all. we brought together a group of experts from outside our company to advise us as we assess our content and ensure it accurately represents our global add yenses. so -- audiences. different episodes received the label for different reasons. one of them was an episode of

johnny cash where he sings in front of a confederate flag. now, fox news contributor joe concha was on with us a little earlier in the show. he says that disney kind of wants to have its cake and eat it too. take a listen. >> i don't remember the muppets ever been offensive. but here we are, again, cancel culture. but let's profit off of the things we're talking about canceling even though you have the option to take it or not. it's just -- it's hilarious at this point except it shouldn't be funny. carley: this is not the first time this has happened, guys. disney plus has also added this offensive content label or warning to peter pan, dumbo, the swiss family robinson and aristocats. the muppets making the list. todd: peter pan is offensive to people with hooks. extremely offensive. jillian: thank you, carley. still ahead, the head of a teachers union says it's a myth teachers don't want to return to class. her explanation to union

resistance, that's next. todd: let's check in with steve doocy to see what's coming up of on "fox & friends." >> coming up on "fox & friends," 17 minutes from right now, right here on this here channel, we've got with us the house minority whip, steve scalise, he's going to explain why democrats plan to go big on covid relief doesn't offer any real solutions and there's a lot of stuff in it that we shouldn't be paying for right now. we're going to talk to him and in the other box we've got senator tom cotton as well. and as the effort to recall gavin newsom in california makes it to the ballot in california perhaps, one restaurant owner of says getting the governor out of office has become his business. he'll explain why the golden state needs a new leader and needs it quickly. and as todd and jillian were reporting earlier, new york city doing a full 180 on its plan to close popular ice rinks operated by the trump organization. we're going to get reaction from

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todd: today, asylum seekers are set to begin entering the u.s. through texas. on friday, they started processing a small batch of what is expected to be 26,000 with pending cases in u.s. immigration courts. part of the biden administration's rollback of trump's policy known as remain in mexico. all migrants will be tested for covid-19. former white house advisor steven miller says president biden's plan on immigration is, quote, madness.

take a listen. >> the legislation put forward by president biden and congressional democrats would fundamentally erase the very essence of america's nationhood. this legislation proposes sending applications to previously deported illegal immigrants and giving them the chance to re-enter the country on a rapid path to citizenship, people that i.c.e. officers at great time and expense found, large numbers of them with criminal records, returned to their home countries at taxpayer expense. this is madness. todd: president biden laying out an eight year pathway to citizenship for migrants. jillian: the white house dodges questions on whether president biden still praises new york governor andrew cuomo's pandemic leadership following the nursing home scandal. >> just a yes or no. >> well, the president -- well, it doesn't always have to be a yes or no a answer, john. i think the president is focused on his goal, his objective as president of the united states. he's going to continue to work

with governor cuomo. jillian: psaki's comments follow a recent investigation by the state attorney general, found cuomo's office may have misled the public on the number of coronavirus deaths in nursing homes, after ordering elderly hospitalized with the virus back into assisted living facilities. president biden previously called him the gold standard for leadership during the pandemic. todd: a louisiana community not letting a pan a demick to stop them from celebrate ago a world war ii vet's 100th birthday. >> happy birthday! [laughter] todd: good stuff. neighbors, friends and family holding a birthday party for leroy poidres. jillian: dozens of cars lining up to drive past the vet to served in the navy for six years. they set up a display complete with balloons and signs reading we love you. i love that he's sitting on this

throne out there. todd: we've got to get you one. jillian: it's a throne. he deserved it. todd: do you want one? jillian: i don't deserve it. todd: we are one month into president biden's term and small businesses across our of country continue to struggle. jillian: our of next guest is a business owner, he shares his experience over the past month, next.

>> we will make sure that our emergency small business relief is distributed swiftly and equitably unlike the first time around. we are going to focus on small businesses, on main street. we will focus on minority-owned small businesses, women-owned small businesses and finally having equal access to the resources they need to reopen and rebuild. todd: we are officially one month in president biden's presidency. jillian: thanks for joining us this morning, we appreciate it. >> thank you so much for having me. jillian: of course, a month in, how difficult has it been for you, were you expecting anymore to happen in the last month? >> well, we were hoping for this administration to keep your promise and when you promise that the funding for this round is faster and more swift and

efficient than the last round you ought to deliver on it because small business owners across the nation are feeling the pain right now. todd: joe biden's ppp reforms, i will go through them. 14-day period with only businesses with fewer than 20 workers can apply. that start wednesday, relief for small business owners, lawful u.s. residents. there seems to be good stuff in there. where does it miss the mark for folks like you? >> i'm having a hard time hearing you, i'm sorry. todd: the current joe biden ppp reforms that he put, obviously not going to read it again, a number of things that go to help people, where does it miss the mark when it comes to folks like you? >> where it misses the mark when it comes to folks like me, we

need to be given funding right away and be able to open fully and full capacity because our leases and payroll is at full capacity. we are not able to work at full capacity. quite frankly when you look at what mr. biden is doing right now with the focus on immigration instead of the focus on the united states and the small businesses that are the back ben of our country, it just breaks my heart. i'm an immigrant in the united states. we came to the united states for the american dream and right now it seems like the american dream has become more of a nightmare. jillian: small businesses have been one of the most important aspects of our society. do you feel that is the case right now? >> absolutely. you know, being that small businesses are the biggest part of our economy right now or used to be and current yelp poll suggested that 70% of businesses have shut down and won't reopen

and the other 30% are hanging by a thread. franchise owners like fit body boot camp are working day-to-day to stay afloat and we want the promise to be done. todd: how frustrating is it to small business owners like you that the biden administration prioritized things like the keystone pipeline, immigration, the paris climate accord, abortions in other countries when right now there are millions of americans like you trying to keep small business as live or even more people trying to survive themselves because they've been laid off from the small businesses, how frustrating is that? >> it's extremely frustrating because we were holding onto hope that as president biden goes into office that he would follow through with his promises and when you see his focus on immigration and the keystone pipeline and abortion in other states or other countries i should say, you begin to wonder what is the agenda for small

businesses, what is the agenda for the united states, it seems to me that the agenda is keep us sick, keep us depressed and to keep us broke. jillian: strong words. thank you for joining us, appreciate it. >> thank you. jillian: florida governor ron desantis declaring flag to fly flag staff to honor rush limbaugh, died last week after battling stage 4 lung cancer. michael and sean hannity reflect on rush's life. >> he told me directly on the air how he adored you and loved you. and i can tell you it's true. he lived for his family, he lived for his friends and he lived for you. >> nobody can replace him and we both better up our game and we lost a guy that led the movement

for 30 years. jillian: was 30 year's old. todd: graduating first class of eagle scouts. look at this. jillian: wow. todd: one thousand girls joining the rank. listen to this, this is amazing, one scout isabella of minnesota, look at that. 137 badges. i didn't know there were 137 badges one could do in life and she won a badge for them. the organization began to accept ladies. jillian: at one point i don't know how many i had, i did have a lot of patches but i'm -- i know my mom still has that. i'm going to have to find that and see how many i havement it did not compare to that which was pretty impressive. todd: momma and poppa mele you need to find the badges.

momma and papa peirro get on the case too. jillian: scan the code at the bottom of the screen. todd: set your screen every at 4:00 a.m. morning. "fox & friends" start right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ jillian: bye. >> the engine failure causing the plane to descend rapidly. faa demanding investigation. >> does president biden consider andrew cuomo the gold standard? >> yes or no? >> it doesn't always have to be a yes or no answer. >> president biden nearly 2 trillion-dollar stimulus bill could go to the house floor this week. >> the corner of this bill is wasteful spending and it's buying off members of congress. >> we need the city to be supporting us and