hello, colonial penn? >> critics say the claim is too be. let me ask a rhetorical question. what would you have me cut? >> it is tuesday february 20 third. president biden challenging critics his $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief plan as democrats jam it through. republicans fighting back calling it too expensive and expansive. >> andrew cuomo bucking blame again. 's claims that former president trump and racism are to blame for nursing home dose. >> she beat cancer, now she will

become the youngest american ever to go to space. we will introduce you to her. "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪♪ todd: we can't wait to talk to her. that story touched so many people if for no other reason. the money going to saint jude. we are not talking thousands, we are talking hundreds of millions. shannon: something to look forward to for sure. >> you are watching "fox and friends first" this tuesday morning. carley: president joe biden double down defending his $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief plan as it clears house committee. todd: the us marks a grim milestone. good morning.

>> reporter: last night drying up on his personal experience, president biden assumed the role of consoler in chief as the nation processes the lives lost in the pandemic and the battlefields of oral one and 2 in vietnam. >> today we mark a truly grim, heartbreaking milestone. we must end the politics and misinformation that has divided families, community and the country. that has cost too many lives. >> reporter: this as the house budget committee passes the president's $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief bill the critics say has less to do with covid-19 and more with a wish list for progressives. the president is ready to take on the critics this way. todd: we need congress to pass my american rescue plan. it deals with the immediate crisis facing our small businesses. critics say the plan is too big. let me ask a rhetorical

question. what would you have me cut? >> let's take a look at what is in the bill, $1,400 check for americans earning 75,$000 or less, another $1,400 check for defendants. and instituted benefits for families, extension of the $400 we could boost in federal unemployment benefits, expansion of the child tax credit, increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour and $350 billion in aid for state and local governments and drawing a lot of scrutiny, $100 million for rapid transit in nancy pelosi's district. kevin mccarthy had this to say. >> the money they are passing a school doesn't even come to fruition until a year going forward. it does nothing to help moving forward. is what the democrats always want to do. spend more money from hard-working taxpayer. this is supposed to be covid-19 bill. only 9% of it goes to covid-19. >> is the thing.

there is little the gop due to stated the let's way on its way to passage. it hits next to the rules committee word is expected to move ahead with a final vote possible on the house floor by week's end. be sure to check out republican congressman greg steube and here is what he has to say on what republicans can do to slow the strain down. shannon: appreciate it. >> molly hemingway says although a lot has come out of the pandemic there is hope on the horizon and that needs to be communicated by our leaders as well. >> we need and encourage her. there is so much good news, cases are declining significantly, the vaccine is being spread throughout the country and that 7 a real effect. it is time for our public leaders to communicate more about moving past these horrible things we have gone through in the last year and getting the country open in dealing with the reality that we are having some good news here.

>> on the vaccine friend, doctor francis collins appears to give some credit to the trump administration for coordinated vaccine rollout. >> the fact that we in december had not one but 2 vaccines that have gone through trials, 30,000 participants and been judged safe and effective by a rigorous and public fda process is breathtaking that that got done. todd: doctor collins's comments come is the biden administration claims it was starting from scratch and started in a tough position. >> inherited a circumstance where there was not -- there were not enough vaccine orders, there were not enough to vaccinate is available to vaccinate americans but our focus is on building out of the hole we inherited. >> more than 64 million vaccines have been administered in the us so far. >> 11 state democrats introduce

a resolution to censure governor andrew cuomo over his nursing home that scandal as republican lawmakers wrap-up pressure to strip the governor of his emergency pandemic powers. >> we need the immediate rescinding of those powers and the governor has shown a gross disrespect when he lies, withholds information. is not disrespecting just the people here, it is disrespectful to people that we were elected to serve. >> new york status of women ron kim who said cuomo threatened to ruin his career for speaking out against the mishandling is calling for his impeachment tweeting cuomo abused his powers to hide life-and-death information from the department of justice that prevented lawmakers from legislating like fully repealing corporate immunity for nursing homes. this is an impeachable offense. more than 15,000 residents of

nursing homes in long-term care facilities have died from covid-19. new york congresswoman elyse stephandik says ag pick merrick garland has a duty to investigate the nursing home scandal. >> this is a serious corruption scandal at the highest level of new york state's government as we need a much clearer response from the nominee for the attorney general making sure there is an independent apolitical, fair investigation and when it comes to obstruction of justice, these are not just accusations, it was caught on tape any zoom call with members of new york state is only which is why it is democrats as well who are speaking out about the need to have an independent federal investigation and also some proposing impeachment of the governor and the governor should resign. >> new york city council and job are really said justice can come in two ways. he explains when he joins us

live later this hour. >> an investigation into united's failed engine exploding over denver, the ntsb releasing pictures of damaged plane, two fan blades up and fractured, one blade shows signs of medical fatigue. locals in the denver area still finding debris in the snow. you walk out in the snow and it is part of a plane, police ask residents only report parts that could be relevant to the investigation. don't know how you know that if you are just a layperson. and just west in use on another just made an emergency landing over engine issues as well. fortunately nobody was hurt. shannon: convicted child rapist who murdered two little boys in the 80s will spend the rest of his life in prison. he pleaded no contest in the brutal murders of mcgill and jeffrey vargo as part of a plea deal with los angeles district attorney george gascon's office,

she was fearful that the killer would be granted parole. >> a double murder trial and to even think he would even be able to get out ever is too much. >> reporter: rasmussen will be sentenced in late april. >> reporter: additional 31 counties with a major disaster declaration after devastating winter storms wept through the state as austin and houston's boil water notices are partially lifted. 8 million people do not have access to clean running water. ercotfaces problems across the state officials argue they have soft community because of key government services. jillian: a cancer survivor and st. jude's assistance becomes the youngest american in space at 29 years old. haley arsnot will fly on the

lapse first private flight later this year. she battled cancer. at 10 years old. she will join us live in the next hour. i can't wait to hear more about her. at 10 years old beating cancer and having this incredible career. the time is 10 minutes after the hour, the biden administration paving the way for nuclear talks with iran. >> it is iran that has isolated, not the united states and the ball is in their court. carley: is america first out the window? iran controls all the strings and she is next. todd: a few weeks ago we remember this. the lombardi trophy. it goes over of a waterway. talking about the famous throw for the first time. "fox and friends first" rolls along.

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carley: iran's supreme leader says to run will not back down on nuclear activity and enriched uranium up to 60%. todd: the biden administration paves the way for talks to rejoin the nuclear deal. >> overnight iran's formally started end snap inspections of nuclear sites. the move largely seen as the latest deterioration to the nuclear deal. this is referenced as part of a larger additional protocol between the international atomic energy agency and iran to ensure the country stays in compliance with probably recognized standards. it is not clear how iran will restrict access and whether the iaea will have the blue to monitor cameras that allow flights to be viewed remotely.

iran a supreme leader said his country could start enriching uranium at 60% is currently the iranian's are enriching a 20% beyond the 3.7% of the nuclear deal. the comments are worrying to the biden administration which signaled a willingness to work at strengthening and extending the agreement. >> we are concerned by the steps iran has taken to move away from its compliance with the jcp oa. in this case what sounds like a threat. we are not going to turn to hypotheticals and posturing. what we are going to do is reaffirm the proposition that is on the table. >> reporter: the us state department is reiterating the need for iran to return to compliance with the nuclear deal before economic sanctions would be lifted. the stalemate has continued since president biden took office and since regional tensions have increased. yesterday we saw 3 rockets fired at the us embassy in baghdad by

iranian backed militias. another example of the destabilizing activity that president biden will have to address in the larger agreement. todd: thank you. let's bring in muslim scholar doctor ahmed. great to have you as always. the posture the biden administration demonstrated over the first month of its time in office, leverage to iran and lead to the situation we were just talking about? >> reporter: the report is spot on and it is very tragic what is happening with the new administration, shocking reports coming out that iran was in backroom deals with people like senator john kerry during the trump administration undermining the previous administration's approach.

iran is clearly not participating in any kind of fictional deal from 2015. the enrichment that iran has is a short step from weapons grade uranium which means a nuclear weapon for the islamic pseudo-democracy. these talks about the agreements are without any mention of iran's huge paramilitary insurgency and us interests. iran as missile factories in iraq trained on us interests, tel aviv and riyadh and striking our own embassy and us contractors, one of whom was murdered by iranian militia on president's day so this nation is not in any kind of deal with the united states. they are he violated all the parameters in 2015 and we have just realized the united states cannot intimidate iran in any way. a difficult situation for president biden and his administration at this time in the region now is much more on edge than it was in 2015 with saudi arabia and israel standing

tremendous threats from iran. remember the saudi-based was targeted by iranian drones so this is usually volatile situation developing. >> let's listen to jake sullivan who says the ball is in iran's court. take a listen. >> is prepared to go to the table to talk to the iranian's about how we get strict constraints back on the nuclear program. iran has not responded. it is iran it is isolated diplomatically, not the united states and the ball is in their court. carley: iran says they're not going to the table unless the united states lifts sanctions first so what happens? >> clearly iran is not isolated diplomatically if we are to believe reports in fox news and the washington times about the dialogue iranian officials have had with us citizens that were not officials in the last administration. iran is clearly calling the

shots. we are absolutely lunatics if we think that iran is going to unwind its enriched uranium and reduce its centrifuges which all exceeded the limits from the outset. additionally the united states made a great error in 2015 with iranian human rights, to get them to pull back, to get rid of the rainy and influence in syria, yemen, iraq, totally undermined by iran at this time and this is retaliation for the united states targeted -- the spymaster soleimani and leader of all kinds of mayhem in the world on the behest of iran. so i see diplomatic impasse. if the united states gives an inch, iran will run with it and we are triggering a regional arms race because of iran's emboldened this. it is almost a material as to how the united states engages

with iran unless we return to maximum pressure that was the policy of the previous administration. >> like nobody ever researched what appears want wasn't we have lots examples of how doesn't work yet it looks like we are doing it again. >> the former administration recognize the iranian threat well and we would do well to return to that position. shannon: will see where we go from here. the time is 19 minutes, 20 minutes after the hour, california democrat taking aim at small businesses already struggling through the pandemic. >> we don't want low-wage businesses, most successful businesses can pay a fair wage. todd: the owner of us all pizza shop says her business is not walmart or costco and should not be treated the same. he joins us live next. ♪♪

>> we don't want low-wage businesses, if workers were getting paid for the value they were creating would be up to $23. i don't want small businesses that are underpaying employees. i think $15 is very reasonable. >> reporter: california congressman calling on small businesses to pay employees at least $15 an hour while they struggle to survive the pandemic. and owner of a pizzeria in california joins me to react. i got the thumbs-up. what do you make of those comments, the minimum wage should be $23 an hour but he's willing to settle for 15. >> i am furious about that comment.

i don't disagree, people should get paid a living wage. this is not the time to do it. we are already there in california at $13 an hour. it has been extremely hard to run a small business, and get to $13 an hour in the restaurant industry and we have been so impacted by these shutdowns what he said is so insulting, he is a lawyer from yale who is worth $30 million, what lens is he looking through. he's never worked in small business, has no idea what it means to go to work every day and work side-by-side with your employees. i they were $15 an hour? they are. but i can't pay my mortgage and i'm furious. >> it is his tone. we don't want low-wage businesses, might be talking about you, pay your employees $13, $14 an hour depending how many you have.

if you did have to increase the amount of money you pay your employees to $15, it is one or $2 morbus what would that do to your business? >> if i have to pay my employees more in california than i need my worker's comp. to be low word, i need i credit card fees to be lowered, i need all my employee mandates to be lower and taxes to be lowered to make up for those couple of dollars. there is only so much you are going to do as a business owner and pay money out of your pocket. right now we don't have any extra money. we are in the negative because we've been shutdown. where's the money supposed to come from? the minimum wage hike was written into the law. to stop the minimum wage hike and he didn't do it. it was completely written in

that employment was falling, sales were falling there could be a year before the hike would go up and he didn't do it and representative, is on the same boat, we don't care about small businesses, everybody shop at costco, go to walmart and let that be our life and no mom and pop's or organic or anything. >> everybody wants workers to make as much money as they possibly can but the congressional budget office came out with numbers and said if the minimum wages increased to $15 an hour 1.4 million people are going to lose their job. 10 seconds left but react to that last statistic. >> there is no way employers aren't going to reduce employees to try to make up that gap in finances. you have no choice, you don't have a choice.

people will lose their jobs. >> thank you for joining us. best of luck with everything, we are pulling for you and your restaurant. >> 27 after the hour governor cuomo once again playing the blame game. >> we had requests from the department of justice since last year when donald trump accused democratic states of the covid-19 program. >> job releases is briefings are becoming conspiracies about who to blame. he joined us next was harvard says reparations could slow the spread of covid-19. how exactly would that work? the findings ahead.

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year when donald trump accused democratic states of the covid-19 program. the state is being very aggressive in social equity vaccination. covid-19 hit the black, hispanic and poorer communities harder than any other communities. >> new york governor andrew cuomo playing the blame game once again when it comes to coronavirus nursing home definite state. >> joe barela joins us to react. another day, more digging in by cuomo. i did not hear my bad, world. will he ever admit blame? >> it didn't sound like a so i am sorry and it doesn't sound like these are the enemy award winning seasons of the press briefing anymore it's kind of like the last season of lost with the plot line gets more bizarre, a little odd and in this case the governor just seems to be blaming everyone from trump to the media,

republicans, the liars, the difficult which was his word for some of the victims families. the problem for him is it is increasingly difficult to blame other people when his top staffer was caught on tape saying out the cover-up was all one grand plan. he can't blame someone else when your own people are saying that it was us, we did it all along and here's why we covered it up. shannon: the us attorney in brooklyn, the fbi has begun pulmonary investigations. what is the outcome? >> there is a criminal outcome. if we parse the conversation between him and assemblyman ron kim's both sides seem to admit there was an element of blackmail. he basically told ron kim he would release damning information about him if he didn't change his statement. the political fallout is what we are starting to see right now. you don't have any democrats coming out and saying this is not the type of guy the governor's. widget strike people as odd that

the leading candidate for governor is no people in his own party coming up to support him. we will see the initial political fallout in the state legislature with impeachment hearings, potential censure hearings but the real fallout will come in a couple months as democrats way whether governor cuomo is the best option going forward. >> let's go to ron kim's tweet, quote, cuomo views his power to hide life-and-death information from the department of justice that prevented lawmakers from legislating, like fully revealing corporate immunity for nursing homes, that is an impeachable offense, you alluded to these 3. i will have you wrap up your. will he be impeached, does he survive a potential prosecution and will he be reelected? >> there will be multiple investigations for collectivity, both stateside with ethics investigation and on the criminal side from obstruction of justice doj request.

he might be able to survive that. i'm not the right person to ask the legality of that but the political fallout is going to be too difficult. people are believing ron kim. he had the office across the hall from me in albany. people believe what he is saying and don't believe what the governor is saying and you see more people come out of the woodwork. there is an op-ed in the new york post that outlined the harassment he received as a journalist just covering the governor. but his story is everyone in albany as an andrew cuomo story. we are only beginning to see this stuff come out. >> that article was telling, the thought of having a little kid in the next room having to deal with it, read that article, it is very very telling. thank you as always. >> louisiana police releasing a chilling video of a shooting at a gun store leaving 3 people dead including the suspect.

joshua williams firing several shots in the store after he was told to unload his weapon before entering, the store clerk and a female customer were killed. williams is seen casually walking out after the shooting, armed employees fired back and killed him. police say two other people were injured. the families of three sailors killed in the pensacola naval base shooting, killing other victims and suing saudi arabia. the suit accuses the kingdom of knowing the gunmen, a saudi air force officer, training at the florida base, had been radicalized. trainees are accused of being accomplices seeking unspecified damages. >> rush limbaugh absolute okay pronouncing she's in the initial stages of planning a virtual memorial service as a florida democrat director offices under her control to disregard governor ron desantis after his lower flags to commemorate limbaugh. the upper culture commissioner writing and part, quote,

lowering flags to half staff, the united states flag, is a sacred honor the page respect to fallen heroes and patriots. it is not a partisan political tool. rush limbaugh died at 70 from lung cancer. 36 after the hour, a confirmation blitz following mary garland's hearing. jillian: the judge gets closer to confirmation. good morning. >> reporter: it has been 5 years since mary garland was denied consideration for the supreme court by republicans but now the nominee for attorney general ushering lawmakers he will remain judicially dependent and prioritize combating extremist violence starting with what happened here at the capital. >> attacks on government property at night or any other time or circumstances is a clear

crime and a serious one and should be punished. >> reporter: garland tackled a number of issues raging from the difficulty to sentencing reform and drew a line in the sand when it came to defunding the police. >> president biden has said he does not support defunding the police and needed do i. there is room under the law for the president's policies to be pursued then the president is entitled to pursue them. >> reporter: there were charged moments, senator ted cruz pushing the judge for concerns about conflict of interest involving a federal investigation into the nursing home scandal involving new york governor andrew cuomo. >> don't know the fact that i can guarantee you someone with a conflict of interest is not the person running an investigation of any kind. >> reporter: today we are looking particularly at california attorney general xavier becerra facing nomination as the next secretary and tomorrow near tandem before lawmakers here the nomination is the president's omb director. garland is expected to be confirmed but others facing a real uphill battle, tandon in

serious hot water over comments made about republicans and democrats in the past, already three key senators, democrat joe manzo the chin, mitt romney and susan collins said they would vote against her but nevertheless the white house defending her. >> the president nominated tandon because she was the right person to lead the budget office. because she has decades of experience and would bring fresh perspective to the job. >> reporter: becerra, unclear if there are serious challenges that republicans are raising a lot of criticism for his support for abortion rights and medicare for all. todd: also not being a doctor but i digress. superstar tom brady is what it says, speaking out on this little thing, controversial decision to throw the lombardi trophy. i think he had to keep tops. >> is it really controversial? >> tampa bay buccaneers,

throwing the trophy with the caption riskiest pass i threw all season. he was criticized by the daughter of the man who designed the trophy, not this one, he designed the trophy in 1967, she said brady disgraced it is demanding an apology. carley: yesterday i saw a red sox player with a t-shirt of tom brady looking very reserved from that day and i'm never going to live this down. it is funny. >> he couldn't walk. 40 minutes after the hour. adding insult to injury texans facing power bills up to 17,$000 following last week's devastating winter storm. >> texans went through days of freezing cold without power should not be subjected to skyrocketing energy bills due to a spike in the energy market. >> the state of to protect texans from outrageous payments. >> texas senator ted cruz still

taking heat for a flight to cancun during the disaster. a mariotti band performance outside his home.

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shannon: welcome back. homeland security reportedly delays bringing asylum-seekers into the us. hundreds of migrants been waiting for months under the trump era remain in mexico policy the president biden rolled back. dhs is a can't say when it comes to bringing migrants through ports of entry in texas after the department said it would start accepting asylum-seekers with active cases on monday. >> a mariotti band trolling to increase the performance outside his houston home. ♪♪

>> the musicians wearing sombrero stunting the senator after he was widely criticized for leaving the state during the crisis to go to cancun with his family. he threw black on tuesday after he and his family were photographed boarding a plane. senator cruises it is clear why the media won't drop his cancun trip. >> the media is suffering from trump withdrawal where they have attacked trump every day for four years, they don't know what to do so they obsess over my taking my girls to the beach. today i asked mary garland if he would open investigation into andrew cuomo's shameful policy. the senior cuomo waited minute they lied, they covered up the policies that sent covid-19 positive people into nursing homes that may have resulted in the deaths of thousands or tens of thousands. mary garland wouldn't commit to investigate it and the media won't even cover it. >> senator cruises called the trip a mistake.

>> problems in texas as residents have high power bills and start filing lawsuits against the power company. >> look like it was raining in here. >> after last week after rare winter storm left dozens that across texas the snow is gone, power is back on, but problems persist. >> pouring onto my sewing table. >> advisories to boil water have been lifted but that is cold comfort for people still without water. >> thousands across the region. >> broken pipes, city lines and in homes will take time to fix. >> we can't get a plumber just yet and the plumber has come out but there is no parts. >> many without water returning to distribution sites like these. >> not having water when you are so used to having it and don't

have it. >> makes you feel good when you can get back and take your mind off of what your issues are. >> the bill for all this damage is likely to be overwhelming. >> we do know from a claim standpoint this is going to be one of the most significant claims events we've seen in the state of texas. >> there is a meeting here. >> massive bills are another headache for those who had power the whole time and even some who didn't. >> almost 17,$000. >> a variable rate plan, he tried to switch before the storm. >> it was useless because no one wanted to take on the burden of a new client when they were paying top dollar for power. >> stories like his are likely to prompt changes. >> texas suffered 3 days of freezing cold without power should not be subjected to skyrocketing energy bills due to a spike in the energy market. >> customers can't have power or water cut off for not paying. governor abbott says they will work to protect texans against outrageous bills.

multiple lawsuits are being filed againstervot including wrongful death suit from the family of an 11-year-old boy who died after his family home lost power and heat. that is the latest from dallas. have reduced covid-19 transmissions and deaths in the us. researchers say the pandemic is disproportionately impacted black americans after centuries of structural racism. it suggests that if the sentence of slaves were paid reparations they would have a better access to healthcare and not be forced to do high risk frontline work. >> blue-collar workers ditching the democratic party in droves. a new poll shows a major shift. >> a truck ran former democrat who hopped on the trump train years ago, that is the guy, joins us next.

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a new poll shows increasing number of blue-collar workers ditching democrats and joining the gop, that includes our next guest, long-term democrat before supporting donald trump, this guy may look familiar, ohio truck driver gino, those numbers were telling, republicans of 12, democrat down 8 points when it comes to blue-collar workers, why is this happening? >> you can see with the policies. the democratic party in mahoning county is ruled forever and this last election cycle through a lot of hard work from the trump campaign, mahoney county in ohio went red for the president but not just because of the message. what happened the last four years, democrats want to run the government, you can't have open borders, you can't have trade restrictions they put on us and expect blue-collar workers to thrive. under donald trump we had more jobs than we had people to work and we saw instead of government the government should work for the worker, not at them or

against them. todd: these numbers are shocking when you break down by ethnicity showing this isn't just white people doing this, blacks up a bunch, hispanics up a bigger bunch, 13% for hispanics, increasing their support to the gop among the blue-collar community. what is it about the gop message that is speaking to blacks and hispanics in particular? >> to everybody. there is nothing that feels as good as being able to get up and go to work and support your family and the republicans offer a to do that, the democrats say you are not going to work, jobs are gone, that is the thing, quality-of-life, having a purpose and it comes down to that basically, everybody wants the same thing, to provide their family and for their lives and have a good life and the republicans are offering a to do that, the democrats are coming at us constantly telling us you

are not going to have these jobs, we are wrong for everything we believe from guns to abortion, we have a congressman in youngstown who has been here for 18 years, started with 40% margin of victory. he was down to 7 and a half% last election cycle, he has to know times are changing. we have the largest -- excuse me. i lost my earpiece. todd: we got what you said. we are going to go to commercial because you said what we wanted to hear from you. we wanted to hear the why and you answer the why. we appreciate your time as always. check back in with us, we ask about the congressional race come 2022 and see if the individual you mentioned has been losing points loses the race. thank you. carley: coming up in the next hour of "fox and friends first," she is a cancer survivor physician's assistant and will soon become the youngest person in space.

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