♪♪ ♪♪ >> more than 24 hours of debate, the senate has passed. president biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. it could with the american public one step closer to a new round of stimulus checks with extended benefits for people who are out of work. welcome to fox news life. >> thank you for joining us. the bill is still not crossing the finish line. legislation will go back to the house for final passage before heading to president biden's desk. democrats say they will likely take that up and vote tuesday.

arthel: our fox team coverage, mark meredith has the latest from the white house. first, we are going to congressional correspondent program, chad. although it was not surprising, talk about why was not sanctioned by not one republican. >> on the democratic side of the aisle when you have the vote, you don't need help from the other side. democrats feel burned in 2009 when they are trying to do a stimulus bill. they tried to pass obamacare, they did not get assistance from replicants so they said let's go it alone if you can keep your side together, you can pass anything you want. eighty votes for something, all you need is a margin of one. in this case, the key with joe manchin of the democrat from west virginia. democratic leaders knew they must secure the votes joe manchin and kristin, he reduced

the side of extra unemployment benefits to $300 a week compared to $400 each week. he delayed the process by 12 hours yesterday. it wasn't all pediatrics. the true delay, he was able to show his constituents in the white house they need to come to him to pass the bills. basically here, mansion is the most powerful senator in washington, you don't need republicans if your side sticks together. arthel: speaking of sticking together, now the bill will go back to the house. can the democrats together because the more progressive or liberal democrats who may or may not be on board with this bill and then there's going to be a changing of the guard come wednesday. talk about that. chad: house democrats are probably going to lose two members this week. people who ae going to leave congress. that will be key for house

democrats in the coming days. the reason, when the house approved the original coronavirus bill last saturday, they lost to democrats, maine and schra moderates. house breakdown means democrats can only lose a total of four on their side and still pass a bill but wednesday, the senate will confirm ohio democrat marsha as secretary and perhaps later in the week, holland of new mexico. secretary of the interior. this will come down to the math, this is why democrats want to move quickly and tried to pass this bill tuesday. the question, can they keep other democrats together? in the past hour, progressive caucus has signaled support for this bill despite changes in legislation. arthel: okay. alexandria, virginia. thanks, chad. eric. eric: president biden's speaking of the white house about it. passage of the stimulus plan the senate, he hopes the house quickly approves legislation so it can then sign it. more on this and more reaction

at the white house. >> good afternoon. president biden said the senate voted forward and good news for americans waiting for financial relief that so many have been talking about since the pandemic began. this afternoon the president specifically say space chuck schumer to get this bill over the finish line in the senate. as chad was talking about, it's not a done deal yet but the president made it clear relief is in sight for those people who have been wondering what's coming next. >> it's going to make a big difference in summary lives in this country. unemployment benefits for 11 million americans who lost their jobs and last night, again, thinking my lord, i'm going to lose my unemployment insurance in a week or so. >> a lot of people focus on the

stimulus checks, $1400. the president said those should go out at the end of this month. also enhanced unemployment benefits will keep going through early sep more money for state and local government in the budget as well as money for covered tests. the president said this will allow america to reset standing on the world stage and even china will feel the impact. >> estimated over 6 million by itself, increased gross domestic product by $1 trillion. put our nation in a position to outcompete the rest of the world. the rest of the world is moving, particularly china. >> president biden appeared to say he'd been working to get the government out of the business of battling on twitter and no senate were hogan's have voted for this package that may impact the white house being able to sell it as a unifying vote, the president has spent time bring the country together but the white house taking a victory lap after the senate vote.

eric: it seems tuesday is the day. mark, thanks. arthel: thank you. we are going to bring in jamie, the host of the jamie weinstein show podcast. founding partner at jm w strategy. picking up where we left off here, we're talking a couple things. first of all, no republican senators voted yes or in favor of the covered relief bill. what does this foreshadow for upcoming issues like structure, immigration? >> on this bill, i think the biden administration looks back at what happened to president obama and they didn't get enough and they decided going big was more than bipartisanship. if they were willing to spend $1 trillion and obviously they were willing to do that. they thought the presidency they need to go big try to get the

economy out of the rut. think of 30,000, i think it is pretty remarkable. while there are no broken reporting this bill, the debate was really, where should we spend over the last year between republican and democrat administrations, fortunately dollars or five and a half trillion dollars? that's a remarkable amount of money and that's where the debate really was at this time between $1 trillion, four and a half and five and a half. if you take about ten or 12 years ago over obamacare, we were talking about the spending of 1.5 trillion over ten years being budget busting and now we are talking republican and democrat administrations, agreement over four and a half trillion versus whether we should go to five and a half trillion this is the era of the

party over, republicans and democrats signing on over the last year over two different of ministrations, bipartisan, this type of spending. >> each administration will probably say we are in the middle of the pandemic so it calls for different dollars signs if you will. let me pick up something chad and i were talking about because as you know, this will go back to the house. without minimum wage increase so can it past the house? was a democrats go behind president biden's big deal at the gate or will some of the more liberal lawmakers prioritize their own political promises and platforms and vote against the bill? >> i think it will pass. i think they've done a pretty good job of getting behind her on big pieces of legislation like this and i don't think any of the progressive wing of the house want to be the person who killed the bill because the choice is not between getting

the minimum wage, it's between this or nothing and like bernie sanders, we're not giving up on this, this is just one in a larger war to campaign $15 an hour minimum wage. i think they are going to get past. arthel: looking at many battles inside of this battle, the senate bill offers $300 a week in unemployment benefits, not the $400 a week democrats wanted. however, the checks will not stop august 29, they are instead extended through september 6 and of course all eyes were on democratic senator from west virginia. joe manchin. a key player in this. mike senators on both sides look at senator manchin as an example of when votes and decisions were not driven solely on party lines? >> senator manchin in the middle, he may be in washington,

at worst he's number two. he is the guy, he wants something passed if you're democrat and what agenda passes, you have to make sure joe manchin is on board. if you're republican and want to stop them, they are going to go to joe manchin. he's the guy they want to stop the filibuster. he says he will not support the filibuster. joe manchin is your savior. if you're republican, this is the guy you have to persuade to be on your side. arthel: we got that but i'm asking, maybe perhaps he's listening to both sides perhaps, maybe he can be an example for the future, back to the future where people actually listen to each other on both sides and came to compromise. >> i agree with that. i think he does want to not be a

partisan one way or another. he has his views, he comes from a conservative state, he's a democrat in that state. he's shown he is not afraid to. pressure his own democratic caucus. the positions that might upset him. arthel: for how can senator dan of alaska had to return home because his father-in-law passed. senator sullivan voted yesterday morning. we want to stop and take a moment to offer condolences and prayers to the sullivan family. i do want to ask you, as to the effect on a vote count, vice president harris was not needed to break the tie, which is the gate however, did this work in vice president harris' favor somehow, she was able to keep her fingerprints off this partisan vote? >> i think there are some cases where that might be the case but i think should be very proud of this bill. this is the type of bill she wants her fingerprint on

especially she runs in 2028 so i don't think she would have had that vote in this particular bill. there may be some down the road where she'd relish the possibility of not being the tie-breaking vote but in this particular she would not be the savior here. arthel: well, she was there standing behind the president. president biden earlier a couple of hours ago, an hour ago when the president came out to make remarks about the passing of the bill in the senate. we will leave it there. most of the jamie weinstein podcast and we thank you. >> thank you. arthel: be sure to tune in to fox news sunday, chris wallace talks to the lawmaker who has emerged as a make or break vote for the democrat, he's the man right now in west virginia. senator joe manchin. check your local stings when it airs tomorrow on your fox

station. you can also watch it here 2:00 p.m. eastern. ♪♪ more than two dozen republicans urging president biden and state and national emergency declaration for the southern border. the u.s. faces and escalating crisis with a surge of immigrants trying to enter the u.s. this raising security concerns, stretching resources to the limit at the biden administration is rolled back some of the trump immigration policies. the latest development from los angeles. christina. >> the biden administration's listing pandemic related caps on capacity at facilities that house migrant children to deal with this message surge in immigration. a significant increase in juvenile border applications the situation is expected to get worse.

reports according to linked documents, dhs projects 117,000 unaccompanied minors, more arrived at the border this year end border patrol refers to hhs custody, an average of 321 children a day. also, there were more than 5700 unaccompanied children apprehended at the southwest border in january alone. that's a 113% increase compared to january of last year. the biden administration stopped work on the border wall and revived the practice of catch and release. policies the worried residents who live along the border and law enforcement officials who work there. >> officials asked me they want to turn people loose in york county. i can't send them to pick them up because they've basically been released on their own on federal officials.

unlawfully detaining somebody. >> covid is a big concern. texas reports at least 108 migrant there. spokesperson for that city says brownsville does not have the authority to prevent the migrants from traveling to other places in the u.s. eric: that seems very troubling. thank you. in new york, you follow for governor andrew cuomo. engulfed in the scandal, reporting of covid deaths in nursing homes. accusations of sexual harassment. how much trouble is he actually in? report on legal analysts of what could be next in the case of formal. ♪♪ ♪♪

new york lawmakers voting to strip governor andrew cuomo of his temporary emergency powers to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. this comes as he faces a nursing home cover up scandal and accusation of sexual misconduct by three women. meantime, a new poll suggests majority of new yorkers don't want the governor to resign but they don't want him to run for

reelection either. alex hogan picks up, live in new york city. reporter: continued criticism against new york governor andrew cuomo for the two scandals, his involvement in policies around nursing homes during the pandemic and now you sexual harassment allegations and one of those women, a former advisor, aidan, charlotte bennet spoke out on cbs this week and now her lawyer issued a letter to the state attorney general asking for bennett's report, workplace harassment to be preserved as evidence. the second scandal is the "wall street journal", his administration convince state health officials to alter their report on nursing home deaths. the governor's office responded, the administration says it couldn't verify numbers and didn't want to cause a double count of death while the people who died outside of their facilities. the legislators voted to remove pandemic emergency powers this

week. this will prevent cuomo from enacting new orders but he can still amend or update those currently in place and republicans in the assembly say this bill is not merely sweeping enough. >> the governor has ten days, calendar days to sign the bill. between now and what he ultimately signed the bill, assuming he will, he probably will, he could still introduce a number of directives or executive orders between now and then. reporter: the senate had tried to remove his pandemic powers 90 times in the assembly tried times again. the governor will have ten business days to sign the bill but these powers would have been removed anyway by april 30, next month. arthel: thanks, elex.

eric. eric: formal out of office or stick it out to prepare for a fourth term? let's bring in fox news legal analyst. talking about everything from impeachment to drawing him in the clinker, having charges the nursing home alleged cover-up, not to mention sexual harassment allegations. what you expect? >> there's a lot to be done and investigated by attorney general james. this is just the beginning. we are talking to witnesses, subpoena power, governor cuomo will undoubtedly be subpoenaed. it will be interesting to see what he does when he's questioned under the subpoena whether or not he will directly admit, deny any allegations he's facing. in a civil setting for

testimony, let's say for instance, governor cuomo says i plead the fifth, that's an adverse inference in a civil setting. you can do so in a crucial setting, assert this amendment right without there being any penalties but in a civil setting, it's an admission of guilt. there's a lot to be done here and unpackaged. we have to see where it goes but ultimately, the final report will be critical and the fact that deborah, one of the accusers attorneys says we want that report preserved, that's a signal to everyone that she's intending to take legal action against the administration against governor cuomo directly. eric: the governor has said he is apologizing, he's sorry he intentionally hurt anyone, he says he has not touched anyone in a properly done anything inappropriately. his joking has been taken, that's what he said.

as an apology, does that protect you legally? >> absolutely not. as mercedes pointed out, he's going to be potentially deposed, he'll have to answer questions. the independent law firm attorney general james appointed has subpoena power. they can potentially get e-mails and text messages and phone records and subpoena witnesses around governor cuomo, his executive staff, state troopers on the airplanes whether he said potentially he wanted to play strip poker. they will potentially be deposed. there are so many people forced into giving sworn statements on the record to the office and independent investigators that it's going to be very interesting to see how the governor decides to play this. by saying i apologize, he's made a small admission he said inappropriate things and conducted himself in an inappropriate way and the two

witnesses both had e-mails and text messages and out cried witnesses and that's what prosecutors look for. all those things that can compile during this investigation. eric: finally, nursing home scandals. mercedes, the administration intentionally covered up a number of deaths declassified the deaths of nursing home patients sent to the hospital as being hospital deaths and they ordered colored people back in the nursing homes that allegedly spread it. could he face criminal charges and that? that's been raised by some saying he's trying to allegedly fiddle with the public health duty of the state to allegedly hide vital public health information that was used to make policy. you think he faces any legal jeopardy there, mercedes? >> that's a great point. it also reported that ms. county

actually was pretty much parallel to the time he was pending the advance of his book leadership during covid which could be even further of an implication of wrongdoing. it certainly is something that can be implication. there can be penalties like removal of office if it's shown he's breached his duty as governor. certainly, if it's proven he's miscounted, deliberately miscounted, especially if allegations that somehow ran parallel to the time he had this on his book, it could be extremely problematic for him and continuing office be something called into question and frankly may even have him removed from office but that's left to be seen, there are allegations not yet proven. eric: robert, was that self-dealing, is a criminal exposure here. >> yes, absolutely. if he committed fraud intentionally knew the numbers were, if he said this or be,

convenient at the time he's booked advancement, his knees looking misleading members of government and misleading the federal government as account cases, absolutely her office could seek criminal charges in that setting. the question is, who did it? was it him directly, a member of his staff? that's where you will see finger-pointing. should he go to a criminal investigation? eric: is far from over. just beginning. thank you for joining us this afternoon. >> thank you so much, eric. eric: . arthel: press of mississippi still do not have clean water. nearly three weeks after a massive winter storm bailed across the state. what's being done in hopes of resolving the crisis soon? that's coming up next. ♪♪ ♪♪

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still recovering from the massive winter storm that hit the region that last month. in mississippi, thousands are without running water after the storm system rose plant equipment and caused water pipes to burst. officials continue to try to scramble to come up with solutions. thes troubles haven't gone a away. charles. reporter: they haven't been completely fixed yet but officials say water is being restored in the cities water pressure is improving but there's still thousands of residents without service. this has been the case nearly three weeks after freezing temperatures and snow crippled infrastructure parts of the self. mississippi's capitol city saw 100 water main breaks that are fixed have disrupted service for thousands of customers. 10000 customers on jackson's poorest communities remain without water thousand more

under a boil water advisory, leaving many to rely on bottled water from distribution sites to bathe and brush teeth. the governor declared a state of emergency and request the federal disaster relief and there has rightly been quite a bit of attention on the jackson water situation and i expect they will be added at some time. the governor says he's employed in mississippi national guard get out 500,000 bottles of water and secured several tankers of water so folks can flush toilets. chuck says the city can't continue to apply band-aids to jackson's multibillion-dollar water issues. >> we constantly invest into our pipes, water treatment facilities, the sewage, the rose and all these things are residents depend on but we are making millions of dollars of

investments when we have about a $2 billion issue overall. reporter: winter weather because additional issues, city officials were forced to cancel mass vaccination events. we are told it will move forward today. eric. eric: all right. good news, at least that's continuing against covid, charles. thank you. arthel: thank you. texans also still dealing with lingering effects of last month's storm. thousands remain under a boil water advisory and damaged pipes have gone unfixed due to a plumber shortage. next guest issue but it must much needed water and supplies to 31000 families through his organization. however, activist and founder of the nonprofit angel by nature, joining me now. i'm so glad, trey, you can join us. if you could start by sharing with us one or two reactions you are getting from those who you are helping.

>> i think a form of relief so far, we have over 40000 families. it's a high need. people get a breath of air that somebody actually cares. so many don't care. arthel: you do care. why does this kind of service you will your own soul? >> one, i know i can be there for the people. what i mentioned, i feel it's my responsibility to always step up rather than sit back and wait, sometimes you have to move then and there because you never know who may not be able to make it through the next day. arthel: angel by nature teamed up with a nonprofit, another nonprofit, regional food distributor.

calling on local farmers in southeast texas to deliver fresh produce. the common market will distribute to families in need. tell us how that works. >> it's been amazing team effort. he spoke earlier on beto o'rourke's head the idea on the $1 million supplies. relief in, partnering with them to pay for the plumbing. right now, the people who don't have water, the reason they don't is because the cut the water off, all the damage done to the pipes to have your house flooded all over again. we are in the process of trying to help lammers but also helping the families and doing everything we can. the produce goes along with the

food and water we give out. 40000 plus families. arthel: amazing. go ahead. >> lifting the two week ban, it goes to show the need, imagine me saying 11:00 p.m., i'm going to go out tomorrow getting water and it's over 8000 families out there. you'd never think that's what it takes just to get water so it goes to show how important the need is. it's a frustrating situation, he looked to see the governor talking about removing masks and going back to one 100% capacity but it's like you have yet to come out and see what's going on in the community with these families. arthel: i know we've had you on with us here on fox news before and i know your statements,

you're all about the people in your saying listen, don't forget about this, this is still happening. people still need your attention. meanwhile, you're getting your attention, i want to tell anyone listening who might want to contribute to they can help you help others, they can go to your website. angel by nature.com. there's a place to donate their on the website. trae, i want to turn to a crucial matter, come to brain cancer yesterday, throughout her battle, janel was a warrior, lifted up in prayer and she had you by her side every step of the way. how would you like us to remember her spirit? >> one of the most beautiful energetic, funny angels you will ever meet. my heart goes out to the immediate family, a mother,

father and sister. i was blessed to come in and share with the wort was heartbreaking to lose yesterday but as a human, i have to be lifted up because of the end of the day, it's making sure she's not suffering anymore. i was down all yesterday and i almost didn't make it here today but at the end of the day, i know she wanted to be celebrated. arthel: she was a fighter and i followed her journey through your instagram account and she had her own instagram account and i know she was blessed to have you and you didn't just go, you called for everybody's help through prayer and light and power and i'm sure she's resting and power and she's an angel up there as well. thank you so much.

we'll be right back.

we have new information about the united airlines triple seven rained down just outside denver last month. federal investigators say yes, it was a fan blade that snapped off the planes engine midflight. you can see it there. man zero man. the fan blade had microscopic cracks that were consistent with wear and tear. engine part was inspected last more than four years ago. the flight to honolulu made an emergency landing at the denver airport february 20 after the engine craft flyer took off, fortunately no one on board and no one on the ground, look at that. engine slammed into someone's front yard. thankfully, no one was injured.

arthel: massive security effort underway minneapolis as the city prepares for the trial of derek chauvin, the former officer charged with the murder and death of mr. george floyd jury selection set to begin monday, we are now learning he could potentially face an additional murder charge. live in minneapolis with more. reporter: this city is cautiously bracing for the trial which will take place here, all types of fencing and razor wire going up. we estimate this to be about 12 feet tall. minneapolis officials estimate they will spend about 16 -- $650,000 police precinct. city hall in public service building. annapolis police department with state agencies and fbi for operation safety net preparing for this trial. it's aimed at preventing crimes and allowing for peaceful demonstration. some business owners across the city say they are hoping for

peace but they plan to board up if needed. >> bars on the windows now, beefed up security and ready to board up if we have to. >> will board up again, hoping for peace this time but we do have to protect ourselves. we learned this first time. reporter: in a last-minute twist, jury selection is supposed to start monday. yesterday, they ruled the judge in this case was in error when he did not apply a third degree murder charge for former officer derek chauvin. now the judge has to decide by monday whether or not he will apply the third degrees murder charge. stay tuned, we'll keep you updated. arthel: absolutely. we'll be looking to see how that turns out. thank you. eric. eric: the day we finally learn

the fate of jimmy hoffa could be turning near. finally release the government secret files on what happened. who killed him, where his remains could be. congress is leading the charge is with us, what he wants the government to do when it comes to jimmy hoffa. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪

jimmy hoffa, may soon be known as, these records are finally released to the public. a former congressional request to fully open and make public the fbi case files a controversial disappearance. it includes tens of thousands of pages of documents like what you see right there, interviews, reports kept under wraps he vanished in 1975. joining us now, representative of new york's long island, member of the house foreign affairs and financial services committee endorsed by, his reelection bid last year. congressman, you are seeking these files, what you hope to find out.

>> it's been over 45 years and people are still asking, what happened to jimmy hoffa? where was his final resting place? this specific request submitted at the beginning of december, mandatory declassification department of justice is requesting information related to interviews, sequencing of events, facts and provide closure, not just to the hoffa family and teamsters but all americans, it's in the public interest for this information to come out some information has come out through the years have been redacted over 45 years later, it's time for the file to be released. eric: as you know, we are investigating this on fox nation in your interviewed in it, search for james hoffa. you talk about this material, most of it is usually released by, within 25 years or so. you are right, they are keeping some of this secret.

how long does this take and what does it involve? >> the department of justice received a very specific request from us and they need to review it. my understanding is they are actively reviewing this document. they need to make a decision and release this information. we followed up the biden white house again this week. we know they are aware of our request to the department of justice. hopefully the white house is as well. you know we wouldn't have this conversation right now if not for your hard work. i believe strongly the fbi needs to go to new jersey and follow-up on what you found. you went there with equipment and a lot of the leads you've gotten and the hard work you've been pursuing seems to me just one member of congress has been following your work in this effort, one of the fbi needs to follow up on in earnest.

eric: thank you for that endorsement and kind words it's a team effort at fox nation. myself and our producers. of course we got dan, the prominent hoffa expert. you refer to scotto, whose father was the co-owner with scotto father got this stuff in new jersey, fbi went there, we went there using ground penetrating radar and found exactly where frank scotto said his father married hoffa exactly in this spot. we found what the technician said was buried middle, round, buried on top of each other a dugout pit. that's what he told us exactly. exactly his story. what you hope happens?

do you think there eventually could be an excavation and authorities should dig and find out what's there? if there are barrels and contains his remains or anybody else's? >> over 45 years ago, fbi went to miss scotto and searched nearby but they didn't check the area you went to. right now, it's under the jurisdiction of the government in new jersey. the fbi should, if there's anyone in the fbi who has not yet watched your story, they need to watch it and find all the motivation inside to get down to this site and check this one specific location, which is located near where they looked over 45 years ago but they didn't actually check this site. the ground penetrating equipment you went there with showed there's something underground that substantiates what you've been told it could very well be where jimmy hoffa is found.

eric: we are doing this for history and the hoffa family. his son and certainly help it's up to third -- it's up to authorities now. by the way, here are the files. i want to show folks, see what reductions look like. it's like having a doughnut that's mostly whole. here's a whole she and it says he never been to detroit, michigan. we wish you well with your work, we will continue to follow up. thank you so much. of course, this series, there it is. the search for james hoffa streaming on fox nation now. arthel: we are back tomorrow noon eastern. join us then. have a good evening. ♪♪ so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right.

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