. >> and so another busy night for bill karins who is tracking it all. bill, how will this unfold? >> good evening, lester. so the life-threatening high winds and extreme rainfall rates are about to move onshore shown on our radar by this bright yellow color and even red near san francisco. when this moves onshore overnight, that will be the chance of losing power and chance of getting mudslide, roads washed out. maybe debris flows on burn scar areas but the wind makes it unusual. even in san francisco and sacramento, gusts 50 to 60 miles per hour. in the mountains 80 to 100-mile-per-hour wind gusts. hundreds of thousands of people me tensionally could lose power tonight and then, of course, with the rainfall from all the northern california to the south, even los angeles is under flash flood watches, someone is going to get a chance for up to 8 inches of rain, and this is highly unusual, lester. we don't do this that afternoon. this is in feet, not inches, and someone is going to end up with three to four feet in the mountains. >> after years of drought. bill karins, thank you. >>

clear this one road it will be in the millions, lester >> what a mess thanks, miguel let's bring in bill karins the rain is going to end in california soon but the rest of the country may get a visit from this storm. >> yeah. we're going to deal with this one in the days ahead we have one more storm to go, though, in california, and it doesn't take much anymore. the ground's so soggy it gives way so quickly, even this next storm that comes in, especially wednesday into wednesday night, it's only going to bring a brief period of rain that's going to move down the coast but for that brief period will cause issues with landslides and mudslides and possibly debris flows. again, this is wednesday evening that that passes through. in southern california you get lucky, it dries up before it gets to you. as far as the other issue, this is the storm that hit california today tomorrow in the rockies. wednesday watch out. another chance of severe storms. hopefully this won't be a big tornado outbreak like last week but we're watching out for you in louisiana and arkansas and lester, we've also got a snows

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meteorologist bill karins is monitoring it for us. d evening, lester it's cleanup time in new england. 17 inches of snow reported in new hampshire. our next storm is on the way. over new mexico. tomorrow is the biggest day of concern. once the storm gets to texas it's going to tap the moisture off the gulf we do have a tornado threat i don't expect an outbreak but there's a chance for an isolated strong tornado or two along the texas coastline or through louisiana. we'll also have snow with this storm in areas of oklahoma, st. louis, chicago, indiana, and then possibly a burst of heavy snow up here into new england as we go throughout wednesday evening. but here's the map of concern from victoria to galveston including in the new orleans area, mobile, pensacola and panama city that's the area of greatest concern for the tornadoes tuesday afternoon. and of course, lester, it won't be fun driving in that snow either >> all right bill karins, thank you. >>> coming up, i'll have some final thoughts from here in monterey park. ehichle from

bill karins and miguel as well, antonia what are you seeing and hearing from travelers today >> reporter: tom, a pretty good day here actually at this airport in new york. people are relieved, frankly, the mess you justice d described every lived through days ago has for the most part resolved today across the u.s., not nothing but not the thousands upon thousands disrupting people's holiday time. their ability to connect with their loved ones and that's now led to this sort of breach in trust between flyers who depend on southwest and communities it covers and their ability to keep trusting that airline. take a listen to conversations i had today. >> i think they'll fix it. very disappointed for those people, you know, people missed christmas. family gathering, all that i'm hopeful southwest gets it together i think it will be fine in the long run. >> in my opinion, you have to leave probably about a week early. just in case, god forbid, there's any snowstorms, bad weather. cancellations. >> reporter: that last bit of advise you heard, that traveler shared, something we're hearing from

joining me now is nbc news meteorologist bill karins.they coming to an end? >> they are. one of the last ones in this series, it was early this morning, and then back to regular california winter weather with occasional storm but not the series of storms and we can really blame the jet stream, which controls the weather around the planet, it is very active across the pacific and that's what drove all of these storms into california some of the we're down to 7 million people under flood watches. it's still got a couple of flood warnings. that's the little maroon boxes here, i have not seen anything too horrendous as far as the mud slides and the landslides go, there was a lady who was rescued out in san diego, from a swollen creek, with her vehicle in it, and unfortunately at golden gate park, there was a fatality with a tree branch landing on a woman in the park. as far as impacts statewide they are more isolated compared to the last couple of storms. the atmospheric river, you can see parts of arizona got some rain out of this. and what

meteorologist bill karins will have that forecast in a moment. let's begin with morgan chesky in alabama. tell us what's happening, tell us about the search effort right now. >> yeah. aaron, we know authorities are making their way to these rural spots in autauga county, this was hit after selma was hit and where authorities say six people died as a result of these reported twisters. a couple things going on right now. they're still making sure people are accounted for. if we can go over here for a moment you will see one of many construction -- pieces of construction equipment trying to clear roadways, blocked by almost anything and everything. power lines, trees, debris, that is what they faced this morning and this is what homeowners faced. homes that are no longer here shredded. this belonged to the johnson family and originally stood about 30 yards that direction and it is unfathomable to believe that amber johnson clung to her 2-year-old son james inside a bathtub and rode out this storm inside what's left of this home just one story of so

. >> burn to bill karins. bill, walk us through your perspective on this. the threat in the south and the west. how concerned should people be? >> very concerned with both areas. active tornado warning north of montgomery alabama. through tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night, everything in california. including the mudslides, debris flows, roads washed out. high winds, power outages, you name it. radar indicated tornadoes. not confirmed on the ground. mostly because it's pouring rain. storm chasers can't see them. tornado watch for atlanta continues to 9:00 p.m. and areas of southern alabama and georgia, heavy rain tonight. tonight i-90 closed. 18 inches of snow in south dakota from this storm. snowing hard in minneapolis and 15 million people, this is wednesday, tomorrow, guys, when all the heavy rain, snow and wind arrives in california. this is going to be quite the event. >> going to watch that. 'sala charles and bill karins, thanks. >>> and a matchup between the bills and bengals. warning. we'll show you video from the game but only once. >> according

. >> meteorologist bill karins is tracking it all. bill, bring us up to speed here. >> the cold air is moving in. we'll see bands of precipitation. it's not going to be one storm. it's going to be three little ones and there will be a cumulative effect that has the issue of power outages. ice storm warnings from little rock to memphis. winter storm warnings towards the southern portions of missouri and dallas down to austin. just outside of san antonio too winter storm warnings. they'll have a mixture of sleet and freezing rain. areas with the best chance of freezing rain is little rock to memphis. that's the higher ice accumulations. tuesday morning, this is all freezing rain and sleet around dallas and waco. it's patchy. there will be periods of it. when it's intense it will be sleet. when it's lighter most likely freezing rain. this is little rock tuesday to tuesday night. the last batch is here in areas of central texas. when we get to blue, that's when the power outages are possible. the first ice storm of our winter season. >> bi

we have nbc news meteorologist bill karins tracking both storm systems for us. bill, talk to us, where do folks need to be on high alert? >> snow started in new england, got it today. cooperstown, baseball hall of fame, foot of snow. albany, new york, eight inches. many higher elevations of new hampshire reporting eight to 12 inches. there is snow out there to be driven in throughout the evening. in the boston area, it's going to be slushy snow. careful on the bridges and overpasses. as the sun sets and the snow is still rotating through. this will be gone by the time you wake up tomorrow morning. what's next? we're going to be watching this next storm that's coming in from the gulf of mexico, all that moisture is going to be surging northward. tuesday evening, light snow, couple inches, areas of north texas to oklahoma. there is the concern -- this cold front, the hot, humid air along the gulf coast. that's going to be during the day tuesday. that's going to be our severe weather risk and possibility of isolated tornadoes. so the areas to galveston and also here

morgan chesky joins me from selma along with meteorologist bill karins to talk about the track. the mother who rode this out in a bathtub. >> reporter: someone took the brunt of this storm, as it made its way through, but it traveled into where we are this morning. at least seven people have been reported killed as a result of this incredibly dvastating twister. the damage just a glimpse of what is behind me. i had a chance to meet amber johnson and her son james, and they join me now. thank you for taking time to share your story. to put things in perspective, your home used to be about 30 yards behind you. >> that's right. >> reporter: you get that phone call from your mom telling you to seek shelter. walk me through what happened next. >> i moved sol covers to the bathtub and grabbed some stuff ed animals for the baby. we were playing on my phone. i heard a noise and picked him up and leaned over and told him to hold on to mommy. >> reporter: you describe that sound of what happened next and i know it's tough to describe but you started where your home originally stood. what

bill karins. >> i'll brief you later. >> thank you. >>> some breaking news now. a major about-face for the biden administration. the president announcing this afternoon that the u.s. will give ukraine tanks to help fight russia. >> today, i'm announcing that the united states will be sending 31 abram tanks to ukraine. secretary austin has recommended this step because it will enhance the ukraine's capacity to defend its territory and achieve its strategic objectives. >> president biden says america will also provide ukraine the tools and training it needs to properly operate those tanks. as recently as last week, the administration had resisted sending these sophisticated tanks because they are complex to maintain. nbc news pentagon core courtney kube is joining me from her post. talk to us about what exactly these abram tanks are and why this is significant that the administration is sending them now. >> reporter: so, these are the main battle tanks for the u.s. military. what's significant now is not so much what effect these 31 abrams tanks would have on the b

bring in now nbc news correspondent dana griffin live in california, and nbc news meteorologist bill karinsna, let me start with you. talk about what you're seeing, the plans for recovery, while even as they're planning to recover, more rain is coming down. >> reporter: yes, right now, we've got a nice lull. we haven't seen any rain coming down right now, but you can see just some of the storm debris that has washed ashore here at capitola beach, we have the wharf to my left, a chunk is missing bought over weeks, there are such high waves that have knocked that chunk out, and actually part of it is now sitting inside the dining room of a nearby restaurant to the left of us. and you know, as far as the scope of the damage here, people are still trying to assess. that we spoke with the director of the emergency management office in santa cruz, and he said that their focus was on making sure that people were going to be safe, as that rain kept coming down, and they're looking forward to things really drying out so that they can start the rebuilding process. we actually spoke to one of those bu

marissa parra is in forestville, california, north of san francisco, and bill karins is with me tracking the storms. marissa parra, san francisco here, an hour south from where you are, likely to be in the bull's-eye again. what are the concerns right now? >> reporter: the storm has moved and so have we, from central to northern california. now a big concern is around here with the russian river which is right over here, i can show you, just for some perspective, this is more than ten times what it was over the summer. and people who live around here now that they're no strangers to seeing and hearing about the russian river flooding. but with all of the precipitation that we've gotten in the last couple of weeks, the real concern is just how fast it will flood and to what extent. and that is more or less the same as what we've seen across the state. pick a point on the map of california and chances are you're going to see some sort of devastation. you look at the sierra, nevada, you see all kinds of snow. you look in los angeles, they were seeing a sinkhole. but then you see collapsed r

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capitola is where we find marissa, also standing by is bill karins, our nbc news meteorologist. marissa, start with you, what kind of damage are you seeing where you are? >> reporter: hey, guys, you can see people around me and most are people who live here gathered to see the same thing that kind of shocked us. this is cap po la beach and it is littered with debris. we're talking about logs. sometimes we've seen full-on trees with roots attached. you might see one off in the distance just floating past. this is just so endemic of what we're seeing across the area. it's debris like this clogging up a lot of rivers and these are rivers that are already cresting due to all of the rain we've already seen and creating havoc in areas causing flooding to be in places where maybe it was not expected to be. if we walk a little bit more this way, you'll see, i will make sure my photographer is safe and doesn't get tripped up, you look at the wharf and see part of the wharf completely collapsed. this is an area that has taken a beating over the last week. this last bombcyclone. the busine

but first bill karins is at the map with tonight's threat to the south. bill, what are you watching >> lester, this is as dangerous as it gets over the last hour we've been tracking a tornado, a strong confirmed tornado on the ground northern louisiana, and it's wrapped in rain. so you can't see it's coming and at night you wouldn't be able to see it anyways so this is the scenario that we're going to deal with throughout the overnight hours as these storms will move northward. also on top of this we have flash flood warnings that are up for the same areas that were potentially just hit by the strong tornado. and this flash flood threat will go northwards toward little rock, paducah as we go through the evening. then overnight we're going to continue to watch these storms headed toward paducah, memphis, eventually into mississippi, all of louisiana and this isn't over yet because tomorrow we're going to see this line of storms continuing all the way down to the gulf coast, so from new orleans to montgomery, alabama everyone's at risk and on top of this we

nbc news meteorologist bill karins is standing by with the latest forecast for there and the south. let's go to marissa parra, she's in california, about two hours west of sacramento. what are you seeing where you are now and how are people preparing for more rain to come? >> reporter: chances are if you're walking around in california like i am, you're walking on muddy ground, hearing chain saws as people are trying to clean up. the concern, the saturated ground leading to landslides, mudslides, toppled trees like the one i'm walking next to. this tree did not fall on anyone or a house, but that is something we're seeing, we saw a week and a day ago, a toddler killed inside his home because a tree fell on top of it. we saw overnight reports of trees falling. we know this is the reason why there are still thousands of people without power. we know there are people who haven't had power for over a week. so the big concern here is the soil that has been saturated as people are trying to clean up, clean the mud out of everything but really trying to address the tree removals trying to

let's bring in meteorologist bill karins now. on? >>> it's hard to understand and grasp. we've been in a mega drought for 20 years. how can we be in a drought if we have flooding ongoing? a lot of the water just runs off, it doesn't absorb and soak in. we only catch so much in our reservoir system. back to november 1st, the rainy season out west, it will end in the spring. this was on november 1st. the red is the extreme. here is the updated map as of yesterday. now we're down to 62% of the west in drought. we did eliminate that drought where we have extreme drought conditions. we need dozens of these storms over the next couple of years to get the reservoirs all filled up and back to normal. we are having this parade of storms. the worst will be monday and tuesday and i'm concerned with river flooding and we're estimating 10 to 12 inches with that next event. >> you mentioned the reservoirs, bill, help us understand how the rain is impacting the water supply in northern california. >> oroville and shasta are just enormous. right

. >>> time now for the weather and look who is here, bill karins with us for the forecast. >> good toweather looks pretty decent for both games. it will be cold in arrowhead, but we could see snowstorms or horrific weather this time of year. but it won't be that bad. where we are going to see problem this is weekend will be the middle of the country and into the rockies. east coast, you look beautiful once again. what a january it has been. so we have a clipper storm, little areas of light snow will move through wisconsin, milwaukee, eventually into michigan tonight. the second storm behind this, this is a little more significant. this one will have a good deal of snow, but mostly in the mountains. if you ski in utah or northern colorado, up here in idaho, it has been an incredible season. not only california, but the mountains in utah picked up over 400 inches of snow this winter. we'll see a little bit of light snow heading for areas like chicago saturday afternoon. it only looks like about 2 inches. but just enough to make it slippery if you have any driving plans. by the time we g

bill karins is standing by.e us through what areas are still impacted. >> so mostly now we're focusing on the southeast coast, also into areas of the great lakes in the northeast. but we have to take a step back. this is the peak of winter and we're talking about a tornado outbreak. i've talked more about tornados this winter than i have blizzards. this same line produced numerous tornados. 15 tornado reports in all. so far this month, we've had 157 tornado reports, even two in california. most of them all from areas of east texas and through the southeast. remember what happened about a week and a half ago in alabama with that horrific outbreak. if you're wondering how unusual this has been, this is the most active record number of reports of tornados we've ever had in january before. the records go back to the year 2000. it gives you a general idea. the average is typically 36 tornados. we've had 157 so far and we're not done yet. we could get some isolated tornados today. we have our tornado watch. the line o

. >> let's bring in niela charles from san francisco and meteorologist bill karins as well. the rain is still coming down in some places there. how is the state getting ready for the next round of storms and cleaning up at the same time from the last round? >> reporter: hurricane level damage here at a gas station in san francisco. the winds strong enough to knock over the steel canopy. at this point the governor has declared a state of emergency and millions of dollars of damage not just from this storm but the latest one, so you can get an idea of how difficult this is for crews hours before the latest storm. crews were working to fix a levy breach from the last one. they've been working at this point to clean up the tree damage, which in one instance killed an infant. we've talked to an official about how difficult the damage is and what they're looking to ahead. >> would you say that's the biggest challenge, trees falling? >> yeah. it is. right now we're experiencing power outages. we've had residents with power outages since 5:00 last night. 8,000 households down to 3,0

nbc news meteorologist bill karins is tracking temperatures. let's begin with our reporter in memphis, tennessee. what are the conditions like out there? >> aaron, i don't know if you can see it. we have sleet coming down. it is sleeting here in nnessee. we heard about this in dallas first. we had some freezing rain and some of the sleet which creates the dangerous conditions. now here in memphis, the alert was that we have about a quarter inch of ice. i'm going to show you. this is what that looks like. this is a branch from one of the trees. everything is completely frozen. you can see back here. everything is frozen. this leaf falls on the surface. and this is -- this feels like an ice skating rink. you can slide right off of that. on the sidewalks, they're like this. this is what we've been seeing a lot of the roads are dangerous. bridges. so they're asking people to stay home. that warning of the ice storm is in effect until noon. this is what it is like here in west tennessee. >> all right. thank you. let's go to bill. you can see it ther

marissa parra has a look of the situation there and nbc news bill karins is tracking what's coming nextousands are without power, under evacuation orders, this is far from over. what are you seeing and how are people getting ready for the coming days? >> reporter: you can see for the first time that we've been going live this full week, we're not getting rained on, i'm not wearing a weather jacket. you can see behind me, this is an example of what people are dealing with. these types of trees, the roots are pretty much larger than i am. this is one of the many trees across the state toppled over in this rain-soaked ground. and then you had the wind that didn't help things. this was over a week ago. we saw so many trees that have fallen overnight from this latest storm system and the thing is, we're continuing to see that. lindsey, it might see deceiving when you have a break in the clouds like this. people might think all of the danger is gone. there's a couple of factors here, though, you still have flooded roads. that can still be a danger. i spoke with the local sheriff's office and

bill: lucas, on thursday we heard karine jean-pierre say the search is complete, she said it over and over again. then we found out it wasn't complete because they found more documents. do you get the sense that the white house press shop and the white house attorneys are on different pages here? lucas: incredible montage on media to plug another shows showing the white house press being frustrated being asked questions and karine jean-pierre but president biden himself said his lawyers were done looking for classified documents on thursday only to have the statement land yesterday at the white house saying on thursday night five more documents were discovered and keep in mind december 20th was when classified documents were discovered. 20 days past between classified documents were discovered at the wilmington home and we learned about the other ones. this is all coming from the white house, single source, guys. bill: no white house press conference for tomorrow for the holiday so unclear when we will hear from them next. lucas tomlinson. thanks. gillian: the president is questioning

reporter: white house press secretary karine jean-pierre referencing a bill that house is expected to vote this week, it would limit president biden's ability to use the strategic petroleum reserve to try to lower gas price like he did last year, unless he comes up with a plan to increase oil and gas production on federal lands, she said a vote is a vote for higher gas prices, republicans disagree. >> let's face it. the intense of strategic petroleum reserve is not to score political points, that that is what this administration used it for. >> national average of gas 35 cents up in last month. >> thank you grady. look who is here. welcome to the show rick perry former u.s. energy secretary, a pleasure to welcome out the show. >> thank you. elizabeth: what did you make after that report. >> social media is having a field day with the white house press secretary claiming the republicans who want to raise gas prices. >> well, the white house treasury secretary is almost daily -- press secretary is almost a daily person who gets fun off, that is what it is. the point is, the petroleum re

five weeks ago democrats passed a 1.7 trillion bill that republicans opposed and one week ago karine jean-pierre says the white house will not negotiate with republicans on raising the debt ceiling. are you kidding me? they spent like crazy and now say give us more money to continue to spend and we won't talk to you guys. that's ridiculous. no one byes that. we need to put in place structural changes that are important. one that's simple. how about the senate do a budget. something they haven't done in years. you borrow more money and you have to tell the bank here is our business plan and show them a budget and plan. but the senate hasn't had to do that. chuck schumer, how about you guys write a budget and this one as well. what if we say we get to the end of the fiscal year and haven't funded the government, the appropriation process isn't complete we spend at the current level. we don't have some government shutdown showdown scenario. spend what we are currently spending. a lot of families have had to do that and businesses had to do that and deal with even worse things because we

maria: yes, that was white house press secretary karine jean-pierre with her talking points attacking house republicans for a billsed from the strategic petroleum reserve with more drilling on federal land and water energy, secretary gran holm is slamming the bill as well. >> unhelpful restrictions on when the spr can be used to help provide supply. it would interfere with our ability to be responsive to release oil during an international emergency, helping putin's war aims. maria: i guess one of the big question is anybody buying any of this out of the white house? joining me right now is georgia congressman buddy carter. congressman, i know that there was bipartisanship on that bill because the house republicans do not want oil in the spr to be sold to number within adversary, china, can you react to what you just heard from gran holm and karine jean-pierre. >> talk about spend. they just don't get it. they probably don't want to admit it. let's face it the intent of strategic petroleum reserve is not the score political points and that's what the administration has used it for. it's for natural emergencies an

reporter: is there any specific provision in that bill or any other bill that would prevent the death we have seen here? karineif you look at the george floyd policing act which the president supported, there were important provisions in that act that we thought would start the process of bringing forward meaningful change as the president is going to call for. we are going to work with congress and call on congress to move something forward that is going to deal with an issue that has been disproportionately affecting the brown and black community. reporter: one issue the president spoke publicly about after george floyd's family -- [indiscernible] impact on how he processes or sees things -- [indiscernible] karine: he has covered and watched the president the last couple of years during that time and his relationship with the george floyd family developed and they have met many times and spoken many times. and i cannot imagine how conversations like that don't have an effect on someone. when you see a family going through so much pain and that pain being captured on video for all the world to see. so, i thin

lucas: the white house press secretary karine jean-pierre ignored questions from our colleague jacqui heinrich who was hoping to follow up in the briefing room, bill. bill: lucas, gop members want security assessment when it comes to these documents, are they going to get it, what are we hearing? lucas: director of national intelligence is performing same damage assessment with documents taken from mar-a-lago and so far no word from the director of national intelligence on this matter, bill. bill: we will have to see what happens next as the story continues to change by the week, lucas, thank you for the live report. gillian: more on this, let's bring in washington times opinion editor fox news contributor charlie hurt. thank you for taking time this afternoon. >> hey, gillian. always a pleasure. gillian: the white house and the president himself said actually that he takes managing the secrets classified documents seriously but this week as you saw lucas' report, he doesn't have any regrets, can both of those things be true? >> that's a tough one and it's particularly does not fit with the white house strategy across the board to sort of down can

the white house press secretary karine jean-pierre now accusing florida governor ron desantis of political stunts, you heard that right. after desantis threatened to bill the white house to cover cost of combating surge of illegal migrants to the florida keys watch this. >> we've seen governor desantis do political stunts that is how he perceives to fix the -- this issue from florida. all right. and he takes -- you know, he -- we're talking about people who are coming from countries who are dealing with -- um -- political strife dealing with issues where are there trying to find asylum he treats them like pawns so we have called that out over and over again we will continue to do that. and he is not dealing with the problem he is actually creating a problem. maria: well, i am with nicholas liz this morning nicholas better than broadway, better than the big screen. you know, with all of the misinformation the lies coming out of this administration, it is so rich, to hear john pierre talk about political stunts. >> the federal government has advocated responsibility securing our border we are sending 410 million dollars overseas to secure the border on e

bill: peter real quick, one last question, who what's do you think is going on in the white house press with the comp team. you have been back and forth with karine jean-pierre. they will have to answer why they knew about documents thursday night but said nothing about it during press conference yesterday to your point as they claim they are cooperating and they are being transparent. i believe it was you who asked the other day what is the white house hiding. what do you think is happening in the pr room right now? >> well, i think that there's probably a lot of four letter words that would not be suitable for broadcast in the press room right now. but the people in the press shop and karine jean-pierre was kind of alluding to this yesterday, they are being put in a tough spot by the president's personal attorneys and by the special counsel's office because karine jean-pierre said that she was not involved in the decision to wait and wait and wait to disclose these discoveries to the public. but somebody was and we don't know who and so the press -- you have to sympathize with with some of these guys a little bit because they are just finding o

bill. is that the left demonized it, mischaracterized and a lot of play out of it. your thoughts. >> those are best illustrated by the words of karineerre you just played that florida has now banned study of black history, blatantly false and if you had a strong position you would not feel the need to characterize and be clear lie about your opponent's position. the position of ron desantis, and by extension the voters of florida who have voted him in overwhelmingly once again, they don't want critical race theory taught in their school. what's interesting about the a.p. course for the entirety of the last year or two, no, no, critical race theory, what are you talking about, that's law school stuff and here in the a.p. course there are books, there is studies by kimberly crenshaw, one of the originators of critical race theory, it's very blatant. intersectionality, jessica asked what is wrong with black queer theory. the answer to the question, jessica, not simply teaching history, indoctrination in how you view history. you view history through identity and victimhood and intersectionality and that's what the parents and the peopl

karine jean-pierre. >> those of us who are good cooks, you know, people don't realize electric stoves can't give you the right setting. >> dana: that was not peter doocy. basically -- >> billwe want the mayor to join dana and me on the air and extending that invitation every day now. he has got a real problem with the media misconstruing what he is trying to say. we'll give an open table when he decides to say yes on that. >> dana: let me tee it up. peter doocy asked is this document situation going to affect president biden in 2024? we already know he has punted announcing until after the state of the union. do you think they'll brush this off? >> they can't. the american people aren't going to brush this off. this is the quandary they're in. the department will be looking at president biden and people are putting both trump and biden acted ina i appropriately with documents. if you look at the real clear politics average remember how they said they had a bump after the election. it's falling and back before the election. real clear politics in their most recent trend line down 1.1, down 1.7. both back to the 42 to 43 range where there were on election day. as i said we a

government pays its bills and that to them is not something they'll negotiate on. here's what karine in a bipartisan way over the years, and decades, and it should be done in a bipartisan way, should be done without conditions. we're not going to do any negotiations or -- and it should be done without conditions. >> reporter: that position is backed by the top two democrats in congress, chuck schumer and hakeem jeffries, who said in a recent letter, "default forced by extreme maga republicans could plunge the country into a deep recession." there is one idea that is being talked about a lot in washington as well as on wall street as a way to get around kevin mccarthy and these conservatives. there's a so-called discharge position where technically if 218 lawmakers in the house sign it, it has to get to a floor vote regardless of what the speaker wants. the major caveat this would take a long time, 37 legislative days. that gets us to midday v may. if they want to do that, they better start getting a deal from the next few weeks. otherwise they'll be dealing with speaker mccarthy and