and about brian. and i said to them at the end, with a bit of a lump in my throat, you are such good, decent, fine people. i didn't know brian, but knowing you, i'm sure he was exactly that way, too. and all you have to do is look at his picture in the memorial book, the little program here, and you could see it, what a good, kind, decent man he was. that brian and his family were made to pay such a high price for his devoted service in the capitol was a senseless tragedy, one that we are still grappling with. it's left deep scars in this building, among his friends and his colleagues, as have the tragic deaths of two of brian's fellow officers in the days since his passing. officer liebengood and officer smith. let us be a comfort who all -- to all who continue to recover from injuries, seen and unseen, from the attack on january 6. we have mental health counseling for officers and staff. anyone who needs help or just someone to talk to should know there are services available and that we are all her

and about brian. i said to them at the end with a bit of a lump in my throat, you are such good, decent, fine people. i didn't know brian, but knowing you, i'm sure he was exactly that way, too. all you have to do is look at his picture in the memorial book, the little program here, and you can see it, what a good, kind, decent man he was. that brian and his family were made to pay such a high price for his devoted service in the capitol was a senseless tragedy, one that we are still grappling with. it has left deep scars here in this building among his friends and his colleagues, as have the tragic deaths of two of brian's fellow officers in the days since his passing. officer liebengood, officer smith. let us be a comfort to all who continue to recover from injuries, seen and unseen, from the attack on january the 6th. we have mental health counseling for officers and staff. anyone who needs help or just someone to talk to should know there are services available and that we are all here for you, ju

and about brian.my throat, you are such good, decent, fine people. i didn't know brian, but knowing you i'm sure he was exactly that way, too. and all you have to do is look at his picture in the memorial book, the little program here, and you could see it, what a good, kind, decent man he was. that brian and his family were made to pay such a high price for his devoted service in the capitol was a senseless tragedy, one that we are still grappling with. it has left deep scars here in in building among his friends and his colleagues, as have the tragic deaths of two of brian's fellow officers in the days since his passing. officer liebengood, officer smith. let us be a comfort to all who continue to recover from injuries, seen and unseen, from the attack on january the 6th. we have mental health counseling for officers and staff. anyone who needs help or just someone to talk to should know there are services available and that we are all here for you, just as brian was always there to take a young off

next week, brian? brian: unbelievable.en up and there is just no pressure on them to do so. thanks, carley. let's get to some real life stories, real people, real parents, real kids. as officials battle with teacher's unions across the country, some parents have said enough is enough. let's bring in our panel now. christie hudson, mom of three, from springfield, virginia. lee beck, a father of three. and joel fish bine a father of four also from it new jersey. christie, start with you, you have an interesting situation. one in private school they go. two in public school that are not. >> correct. correct. so my private cooler has been able to attend five days a week in person since august they do, of course, have covid mitigation efforts in place. but it's been fine. she is doing very, very well. the two high schoolers unfortunately are suffering immanipulatesly. it stuck by a computer where they have been now almost a whole year. brian: march 13th you mentioned they have not it seen school yet. can you imagine that your s

brian: right.o be packed today, brian. brian: yeah. it's -- i vacated the area. i will never stay there again. but it's a very nice hotel. steve: whatever it was. all right. thank you very much for joining us during hour two. let's talk more about president biden. today marks two weeks in office and yesterday he signed three more executive orders. these all about immigration. ainsley: they include creating a task force to reunite migrant families and a plan for migrants across the order. through his mask we were able to find out what he was thinking. griff: good morning, brian, ainsley and steve. pen to paper blitz keep rolling. in add in yesterday's three new orders setting a record with a total of 47 executive orders and actions so far. and yesterday's focus as you pointed out, ainsley was immigration. and president trump's policies which biden says must be rolled back. be. >> i'm not making new law. i'm eliminating bad policy. the last president of the united states issued executive orders i tho

our loss of brian will leave a large hole in our hearts. and tonight brian sicknick's family is in the capitol rotunda, where they never expected to be, to be honoring the work of brian sicknick as his remains lie in honor in the capitol after being killed in the line of duty. jonathan alter, this is a solemn night. i find myself pushing away political commentary about what we're seeing, but responsibility for what we're seeing will be on trial next week in the united states senate, in the impeachment trial of the president of the united states, but tonight brian sicknick's family and the capitol police have assembled to honor this life, this life that ended at age 42, for no reason that makes sense to any of us. >> well, i think the only comparisons that come to mind are from the period of the 1860s when our country was ran by civil war. this is what the moment that joe biden in his fine inaugural address called for, a moment of unity. this is the union. these capitol police officers and the others in attendance, they don't care about part

brian: appreciate it.s in the country. emily compano went to law school. ainsley: new york's governor andrew cuomo accused of hypocrisy as he denies allegations of sexual harassment and here -- here is how described republicans for supporting then judge kavanaugh back in 2018. >> they did absolutely nothing when it came to sexual harassment. they have always diminished the charges of women. you don't understand the pain, you don't understand how the system tortures a person who wants to come forward. so let's find out the facts. ainsley: now as both sides push for facts in this case, could governor cuomo be found guilty of violating his own law against workplace harassment? outnumbered cohost emily compano also an attorney and joins us now. >> good morning, ainsley. thanks for having me today. ainsley: congratulations on getting the position in outnumbered. we want today bring you about your reaction in this case and where it's going to go. >> just to draw the distinctions the law that is cuomo were passed

brian: wow.agine you are not going to be stopped. isaiah navarro lancaster high school football player basically told by the governor you don't have a shot to play. unbelievable. isaiah, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. brian: still ahead, as we get ready for sunday's big game check in with will cain in tampa. he is having breakfast with friends ♪ ♪ come and get me ♪ yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ stay restless with the icon that does the same. the rx crafted by lexus. lease the 2021 rx 350 for $429 a month for thirty six months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. to veteran spouses everywhere we salute you. for thirty six months. we salute how you balanced work, family and home life. we salute your courage. and your service. by offering you our service. newday usa specializes in helping you make the most of your va benefits. from home purchase to refinance. >> it's frustrating knowing other schools are having the chance to have the opportunity to go to the next level, get that scholar

our loss of brian will leave a large hole in our hearts. and tonight brian sicknick's family is in the capitol rotunda, where they never expected to be, to be honoring the work of brian sicknick as his remains lie in honor in the capitol after being killed in the line of duty. jonathan alter, this is a solemn night. i find myself pushing away political commentary about what we're seeing, but responsibility for what we're seeing will be on trial next week in the united states senate, in the impeachment trial of the president of the united states, but tonight brian sicknick's family and the capitol police have assembled to honor this life, this life that ended at age 42, for no reason that makes sense to any of us. >> well, i think the only comparisons that come to mind are from the period of the 1860s when our country was ran by civil war. this is what the moment that joe biden called for in his address, a moment of unity. this is the union. these capitol police officers and the others in attendance, they don't care about party, they don't c

brian: wow.t 200,000 and trump 3,000. steve: hey, hold it. who gave $3,000? investigate them. brian: yep. [laughter] ainsley: what's your reaction? >> you know, you say that kind of jokingly, but i wonder if that's going to happen. it's one of these things where i do think that we all is have reached a point now where we recognize these big tech companies are mono-partisan. they have an agenda, they have an ideology that is interested in redirecting the world as they see fit. they see weak leadership in the political side of the spectrum in america at the moment, and they believe that they have a path forward that looks like a lot of different things, but it's corporatist, it restricts your speech, it restrictses your thought. and keep in mind, you know, this is a company led by the same person who gave $10 million to this radical race-based agenda led by abram x kennedy that talks about critical race theory and his best selling book which is going to be a project on netflix. i think that's somet

you are right, brian. >> brian: in it will kill me to remember this. but he has a 50/50 advantage. they never got joe manchin involved in the process has they choose to do jima down the republicans though it's but it's really our throats. $900 billion check on overdraft we will ever have trouble paying back and now, in a massive rush. and so for $600 billion plan, already said yes to the offer, harris in these ten republicans over today. but if $900 billion in the republicans and he's at $1.9 trillion, they can work something out. logic would say, if serious about negotiating, we will find out in the next few days. >> harris: i'm always looking for that one big note that there seems to be a shortage of an capitol hill, logic. tomi. >> tomi: i agree wholeheartedly and harris i was watching your show before talking to the restaurant owner and he for getting the economy back together and direct relief to americans. it is like the democrats don't understand how we got in this position. maybe it's because they are trainable governors and mayors continuing with lockdowns but now they are

and about brian.ith a bit of a lump in my throat, you are such good, decent, fine people. i didn't know brian, but knowing you i'm sure he was exactly that way, too. and all you have to do is look at his picture in the memorial book, the little program here and you could see it, what a good, kind, decent man he was. that brian and his family were made to pay such a high price for his devoted service in the capitol was a senseless tragedy, one that we are still grappling with. it has left deep scars here in this building among his friends and his colleagues, as have the tragic deaths of two of brian's fellow officers in the days since his passing. let us be a comfort to all who continue to recover from injuries seen and unseen from the attack on january 6th. we have mental health counseling for officers and staff. anyone who needs help or just someone to talk to should know there are services available. and that we are all here for you, just as brian was always there to take a young officer under his w

brian? brian: yep, we are.are watching as grandparent, upand coming parent. college kid watching us now. everyone has been affected by. this of the ones that are going to have the long-term effect because we are not acting quick enough are the students. and a lot of it is because the teachers are willing but the unions won't let them. and we are seeing that in california. we are seeing it in north carolina. we are seeing it in new york. and certainly seeing it in virginia. meanwhile, we will get back to that conversation shortly. house democrats approve a budget resolution. paving of the way for congress to pass a covid-19 relief plan with just one party. steve: but democrats are moving forward without any republican support at this point. ainsley: griff jenkins is live in washington with the partisan plan, griff? >> good morning, ainsley, brian and steve. this is what a super majority looks like. democrat are pushing ahead with a truly partisan path to pass the 2 trillion-dollar relief bill. yesterday the hous

brian: wow.ask governor cuomo how would he feel if he had to live every day with the, the last words from his mother, andrew, i'm scared. couldn't hug her. you couldn't even talk to her. her objection again level was so low. she had a hard time talking so the phone calls were very quick. i think i only spoke to her twice when she was in the hospital. brian: so what has been -- the tragedy of losing your parent is enough what but made it worse for the last year? >> what makes it worse, it kind of changes every day because our governor gets on tv and says such ridiculous things. i think the latest thing that has me so sad when he talked about nursing home patients he acts like you go to a nursing home you die, big deal. you don't go to a nursing home and die. it is people's homes. some of the nursing homes are rehab facilities, people in their 30s, 40s, 50s, all ages there. you don't go there to die. how are they feeling watching the news, all he says, you go to a nursing home you die? every time h

brian: well, you had an easy job. janice: oh, sorry, brian. brian: she's your favorite.d images from nasa's perseverance rover shows an up-close look at mars after a successful touchdown on the red planet thursday, you saw the cheering. this as the ingenuity helicopter calls home for the first time. we landed a helicopter. and who better to break it all down, now he's on the inside game at nasa, nasa launch commentator daryl nell. great to see you again. >> hey, good to see you, brian. brian: all right. you put a helicopter on this probe? >> it's incredible bl, isn't it? i mean, it's just unbelievable. this mars perseverance rover, which is already going to do incredible things, has a helicopter in its belly. it all started seven months ago when jpl engineers occupant in california sent the perseverance rover and the ingenuity helicopter here to the kennedy space center, you can see it behind us, and our talented folks launched this thing 300 million miles in the direction of mars. jpl team took over and landed that perseverance rover on the surface of mars. and now we h

steve, ainsley, brian. brian: absolutely, jonathan, thanks so much. think about a year ago we got kobe bryant news. stunning reports about chopper crash and tragic death and his daughter and you hear about tiger woods again in california, again los angeles area. you wonder what's going on, the fact is he was working for a golf channel streaming service doing something with some celebrities, due to do something with drew brees later and he's coming off of back surgery, and then in a rush it seems going in speeds that were too high according to sheriff, he skids off a road in which was known for accidents. they say experts say that it was because of the way this suv was able to encase him, the fact that he wore his seat belts, the fact that they had the air bags enabled him and not hit a pole or a tree or any object able to survive. steve: he went through two lanes of traffic and he hit a three and rolled down there. they are saying the vehicle saved his life. the former president of the united states who owns golf courses who has been a long-time frien

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charles and brian, thank you.harles, you are 85 years old, and most 85-year-olds are not writing books about social entrepreneurship or philanthropy. they are doing other things. why did you decide you wanted to write another book with brian? charles: we started the research 60 years ago with these ideas. then i started writing it five years ago. my gifts, mainly in abstract concepts, math, other concepts. the book was mainly theory and history. it wasn't measuring up. in the meantime, under brian's leadership, we were using these ideas to empower more people to actually show how it works today and transforms people's lives. i said at the end, i don't have a book that i believe will do what i want. you need to help me finish it, get it restructured, and that is what he did. the reason i wrote it, and i started on it five years ago, is i wanted to help everybody have the benefit of the ideas that transformed my life and enabled me to achieve more than i ever believed possible, and i have done so for many others. th

>> yeah, you are right there, brian. on the math, it seems that ten republican senators would be enough to give democrats the 60 votes they would need to pass the bill, but it is assuming that all 50 democratic senators are in line, and you don't have to go to the senator to where joe manchin is to find the disd descent like those who say they don't want people going cliff to cliff. and palt toomey said that he does not support this either, because he said it is a bad idea, because we passed 900 billion in covid relief. and so on both sides, there is a lot of skepticism, and the democrats have to run the board here, and having the whole cau caucus, and plus these ten republicans to get it to pass, and they are not sure they will be able to do that. >> thank you, ylan moi, good stuff. >>> and so the democrats are going to be pushing for the compromise, but does it stand any chance with the democrats, and what about capping or reducing this salt deduction tax cap? i got it out. joining us now with more on that and covid re

brian: a senior i.c.e.ew decisions, the official said they had not heard about the operations but it's possible career staffers had planned it and set aside while waiting new instructions from the biden team. so the enemy could be from within. we'll have to see. now let's talk about something else that will happen this week, as if we don't have enough on our plate, back to impeachment part two. it's all about january 6th, the riot at the capitol. we know the democrats' of fence will be mainly through video. and there's the timeline you see up there, january 11th, house introduces the bill. what has taken place since. we know that they're going to introduce video, showing the president saying -- talking about stolen elections, stop the steal, and they're going to have cuts from his 70 minute speech that included comments from rudy giuliani and others. what's the republicans' counter? >> well, brian, it's really the president's counter and i'm not a part of his legal team. i'm a member of the senate which is

brian: we've done it well. david: brian, let me ask a question. i have been a bit involved in the lamp -- philanthropy myself. when i decide i want to give money away to somebody, i called them up, and they decide if they want to take it. why do i need your organization to give away money i already have? what do you do for somebody that they cannot do themselves? brian: what we have learned the past 20 years is that as effective as people can be on their own, we have -- we can be more effective, have a greater impact if we combine our knowledge and pool our resources. one issue we work on a lot is criminal justice reform. the criminal justice system which is full of terrible tragedies has been stuck in a rep for at least a generation. there has been a lot of good attempts to try to make progress, but they tend to be narrowly focused. critical breakthrough for justice came when we combined different projects and programs, and it was that combination that allowed us to make real progress. david: let's talk about a racial issue, the black lives matte

brian, let me ask you a question. i have been involved a bit in philanthropy myself and when i decide i want to give money away from somebody -- a way to somebody, i called them and they take it. how does somebody need your organization to help them give away the money they already have? what do you do for them that they can't do for themselves? brian: what we have learned over the last 20 years is as effective as individuals can be on their own, we can have a greater impact when we pool our knowledge and combine our resources. one of the issues we worked on a lot is criminal justice reform. criminal justice system, which is full of terrible tragedies, has been stuck in a rut for at least a generation. there have been a good attempts to make progress, but they were narrowly focused. the real breakthrough in criminal justice came when we combined a whole lot of different projects, programs, and it was that commendation that allowed us to unstick the system and make some real progress. david: let's talk about racial-rel

david: how have you to work together, brian? brian: i have worked with charles for 20 years now. it is a philanthropic community. we try to empower people to live better lives. david: it must not be easy, but you have no gray hair. brian: i hide it well. 20 years, productive years. charles: i have all the gray hair. david: my hair is dark, but i dye it gray. how does somebody need your organization to help them give away the money they already have? what do you do for them that they can't do for themselves? brian: as effective as individuals can be on their own, we can have a greater impact when we combine our resources. one of the issues we worked on a lot is criminal justice reform. criminal justice system, which is full of terrible tragedies, has been stuck in a rut for at least a generation. there have been a good attempts to make progress, but they were narrowly focused. the breakthrough happened when we combined programs, and that combination allowed us to make some real progress. david: let's talk about racial-related related issues. the black lives matter's issue has brou

>> reporter: it's been very personal, brian. we've seen this crisis play out in real time as we've had day after day of subzero temperatures sink in. in fact just a few minutes before arriving here, i called my mother. she is sitting next to my grandmother in houston, texas. and the good news is that today for the first time in a long time, they had power that actually lasted. each of them endured an outage that lasted about 24 hours. the temperatures dipped inside their homes to where they had to bundle up as much as possible. they don't have fireplaces so they had to light candles and wait it out. that's what made it so uncomfortable is not knowing when that power was going to come back on. my grandmother told me that never in her lifetime, always in texas, has she seen anything leek this, and frankly she hopes she doesn't ever again, brian. >> morgan, it's been hard enough over the pandemic watching the lines of people showing up at texas food banks. most of them have to be shot from the air just to take in the size of the ef

>> reporter: hey, brian. the regulators paying attention, paying close attention, they say, to what's going on in the silver markets the commodity futures trading commission acting chairman roston benham releasing a statement that the cftc is closely monitoring recent activity in the silver markets the commission is communicating with fellow regulators, the exchanges and stakeholders to address any potential threats to the integrity of the derivatives markets for silver and remains vigilant in surveilling these markets for fraud and manipulation so this is the first we've heard from the cftc since we scaled that big move higher in silver interesting that they are now on alert for what's going on, brian. >> wow leslie picker, big news there. dan nathan, i'm going right to you. your take on where this all may go >> yeah. i don't think it goes much further. i mean, if you look at the fact that, you know, this gamestop traded as high as $500, closed friday at $325 today closed $225, down $100, it doesn't seem lik

kate. >> that is right, brian.orting q1 results last week, and topped expectations on the revenue and earnings. and the payment giant did see strong debit and ecommerce trends and the revenue did increase year over year due to weak travel in the pandemic, and they announced a $8 billion buyback, and today, visa is pushing into digital currency to help the banks roll out bitcoin and crypto trading and visa is looking to push into fintech with the $5 billion deal of plaid that pushed back from the department of justice. here to talk about all of that, al kelley, the ceo of visa. al, great to see you and thank you for being here. >> ate, it is a pleasure to be with you. >> i do want to start with earnings and you came without the q1 earnings last week, and talk to us, as brian said, how the consumer is doing in the pandemic, and where are people spending the money, and how is that for the broader economy and visa's business? >> happy to do that and one thing to remind people is that the last quarter grew over a precov

brian left congress to tom pinter in commerce, you had a overlap and brian, you challenge an incumbent came in on the 94 gop wave. and your first line. and if anyone in a sweet district and you stay there until 2010 at the beginning of the departing movement at whichtime you ducked down town, you came in to congress at the beginning of the tea party movement . and you left, he retired competitors in october. and your feet is now held by marjorie taylor green and it's sort of interesting thinking about the book ends. to both of your times in congress, how did you see these institutions change in that decade. how did you understand your job or your role and did that change has anything to do with your decision to set aside. >> i'll start with you. >> you could see the importance of what we have now back in the tea party movement. back then if you recall we were dealing with the affordable care act and other things and there were systematic web bases or websites based on how to disrupt town halls.you could go online and see things like don't let them have an intellectual discussion, shut

brian: according to brian he had one drink. steve: this big. from a funnel.t trial. coverage on thursday morning. >> reporter: if you watched any of it you got the clear argument house managers were making, the president is responsible for inciting the attack at the capital. >> trump became the insider in chief. >> trump ran out of nonviolent options. >> trump's conduct leading up to january 6th was deliberate. >> never before seen footage riders smashing windows and opening doors, we see former vice president mike pence and his family, and by hero officer eugene, and renewing high in the chamber, that 17 republicans needed for conviction, senator lindsey graham wade in. >> and it was preplanned, this thing is collapsing, the not guilty growth vote is growing. >> bruce castor previewed their rebuttal, and the entire proceeding is unconstitutional, a sitting a bad precedent of the nation. he will argue every person in the united states is entitled to due process of law even if it is the president of the united states. at noon house managers, tomorrow trump's l

they wanted trump to be president and wanted brian sicknick dead because brian sicknick was protecting the constitutional process that gave us president joe biden, who is supposed to be trying to work today with the party who supported the murderers who entered the capitol, the party who gave the murderers the opportunity to enter the capitol and murder a capitol police officer, brian sicknick. 139 members of the house of representatives and 8 republican senators were accomplices in the murder of brian sicknick. they created the opportunity on january 6th. they created the incentives on january 6th. and this one senator, joshua hawley, more than any other has the blood of capitol police officers who were killed and injured on his ugly fist. to spend an hour as we did last night in effect at the wake and funeral of officer brian sicknick, it was impossible not to think that he would be alive today working in the capitol were it not for donald trump. the house prosecutors of donald trump and the senate impeachment trials say that he is, quote, singularly responsible for the homicidal att

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>> oh, i do, brian.g its way to the bottom for a while now completely dysfunction junction. if pitched "the circus" as fiction years ago would be thrown out. but it's a stunning story. first what you said, president checked out completely, not running the country, trying to figure out a way to save himself. and if you think -- secondly, think axios has bugged the white house. sourcing they have is incredible. so i recommend everybody read it to believe it, and you still won't believe it. but it strikes me, if you had medical equivalent of lawyers, you had medical physicians in the white house saying you're going to die, so trump refuses to believe that, brings in another physician, give me a second opinion, third opinion. then add these legal freaks come in, basically say, just inject a bunch of chlorine in your veins. would bring in anyone to tell him whatever he wanted to hear, no matter how crazy it was, in order to overturn the election. >> michael steele, i don't remember much about high school psyc

and of course officer brian sicknick died. circumstances of his death haven't officially been described in detail. there were reports the rioters hit him in the head with a fire extinguisher. but there is no release of information from the medical examiner. the prosecutor's office in washington d.c. opened up a federal murder investigation. they have not briefed the pubcn in the case. officer brian sicknick will lie in honor tonight at the capitol rotunda like the officers before him that were killed by a madman back in 1998. this time it was a mad mob of hundreds of rioters who were trying to find and kill the speaker of the house and the vice president and broke into the office of the speaker. they broke into the senate floor. went through senators' desks. trying to stop the count of the electoral votes on the floor of the senate to keep donald trump in office as president. they thought they were the physical force part of a multifaceted coup by the outgoing president that would somehow keep him in power. they thought they w

brian, is there enough there yes. front row view to this everyday, and it is one of the most exciting weeks on cnbc that we have had such interesting conversations, and where it goes from here, that is anybody's guess, and maybe it is a more interesting storyline or perhaps boring one, and that is not too bad either, but i am sure that hollywood will find a way to, you know, dial up the drama. >> i saw ben medrick's name was involved and i have never met the guy, but he has been rumored to maybe write the book or maybe half written and it is going to be playing out well for maybe the retail investors and deidre, and michael and kate, and i appreciate it and very good rapid fire. >>> all right. still ahead, the pandemic keeping people out of the casinos for the most part, but mgm is putting a bet on social gaming and spac, and so now we will have contessa brewer with more on that coming up. and bitcoin all over the place in the last couple of weeks and up $11.85, and up 35,000%, and ethers are also up. we are back afte

brian: i don't have any conversations with the president to read out.han: don't you find that curious, that we are putting through a massive $1.9 trillion plan that would depend on where interest rates may or may not be, yet the president hasn't had a conversation with the chairman of the federal reserve? brian: as i said, secretary yellen, myself, senior officials are staying in contact with our economic agencies, and that is what we will continue to do. jonathan: ok. i am just wondering how you would frame the relationship with the central bank in the future. is it different what we have seen the previous four years? brian: i think we have an approach to economic policy that is about addressing the current economic crisis, and our focus on the fiscal response that we need to put into place. that is our overriding response right now, and the reason why we are getting the american rescue plan past. jonathan: catching up with the national economic council director brian deese. let's go with whether it is too big, and quite clearly, the pushback from the

i don't have a good answer for that, brian.y, if i started to speculate, i'm just going to get myself in trouble. i think teachers need to get the vaccines. we'll leave it at that. >> okay. and your optimism that we were told about when our producer spoke to you today is because you were gone but a few weeks and came back to a markedly different situation. to what do you owe the fact that all the numbers are heading in a good direction? >> in my opinion, i think we have just finally seen the peak of the back-to-back events of thanksgiving and christmas and new year's. you just watched the spike happen just like we predicted it would and do that those things are over, i think we're starting to just see the natural incline. in virology, there are ups and downs. this is a weird virus anyway. you can watch it regional as it spikes and lulls, but we're in a lull right now. i couldn't be happier. now we're in a race to get shots into people's arms. indiana just opened up vaccines -- vaccine appointments for 65 and under today, which

brian, get out the shovel. brian: we will see.insley still pumped about the snow and it's very unusual to be pumped up about the snow. ainsley: i grew up where we didn't get snow. >> you've been here a while. you should be sick of it like everybody else. >> i had three advil yesterday because i did so much scooping the day before. >> can i recommend alleve for body aches. >> my wife is the same way, tells me i should be using it. >> if you do it too many days, it burns up your stomach but it really helps your muscles. >> thank you for joining us. it was three weeks ago tomorrow that joe biden was sworn in as the president of the yates. one of the first things he did was he pulled the permit on the xl keystone pipeline and effectively it ended thousands and thousands of jobs. what we have heard at the time and what we have heard from administration members ever since, don't worry, the jobs will come back, you'll get green jobs, good, high paying, union, green jobs. it's been three weeks. yesterday, peter doocy, our white house corr

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brian? >> well, that's the key.fore everybody gets all up in arms with the pitch forks and the tar and the feathers, a lot of these insiders, and i don't know if it's this case or not, but it happened by the way i think the pfizer ceo a few months ago on the vaccine news was like he sold into the news it's automatically triggered at a certain price. right? so a lot of these folks, they don't even know. the stock hits it. it sells they get a notification. we don't know if that is the case but it does happen a lot. >> well, brian, if you look at the pattern of sales usually the prearranged sales are sort of one slug at a certain price on one day. these sales don't look like they were part of a prearranged sales program in that they were at various prices on the same one or two day period multiple sales. so you're right. we don't know. we also don't know what the family plans to do with this money. maybe they plan to take this $31 million. they own 75% of the company. and take it private. or reinvest in the company and