>> senator cassidy: i have no clue.id a year ago that i will wait to judge based upon the evidence presented. and the evidence is, as i understand, going to focus on whether or not the president contributed to an atmosphere to have people charged the capital, break-in, threatening, if you will, both members of congress and vice president pence. that's the charge. so i would hope that whatever defense is put up refutes that charge. but again, i will wait to judge based upon the evidence which is presented. >> chris: do you think that there should be a delay in the trial now that the president doesn't have a legal team? >> senator cassidy: [laughs] chris, i'm not quite sure. this is obviously uncharted territories for multiple reasons. i was thought the president had insufficient time to come up with a rebuttal and this makes it perhaps even more insufficient, but in a sense this might be the president. i don't know that for sure, who has contributed to this so i think this needs to be worked out. there's probably better

chris: we'll ask jared bernstein, a top white house economic advisor and republican bill cassidy, a member of the senate sweet 16, about wall street jitters and the president's covid rescue plan. then, health officials race to vaccinate american as new coronavirus strains keep spreading. >> viruses cannot mutate if they don't replicate. chris: we'll talk to dr. tom inglesby about how much these variants will complicate efforts to stamp out the virus. plus, lawmakers fret over capitol security and the divide in their own ranks. >> we will probably need a supplemental for more security for members when the enemy is within the house. chris: we'll ask our sunday panel about new tensions inside congress. and our power player of the week, she's opening up new paths for women in a death-defying sport. all right now on fox news sunday. and hello again from fox news in washington. well, markets are anxious and regulators on watch after an online movement to stick it to wall street elites sparked a trading frenzy. this as president biden calls for a bipartisan support of his massive covid rescue pac

cassidy, ms. collins, mr. coons, mr. cornyn. [inaudible conversations] ms. cortez masto, mr. cotton, mr. cramer, mr. crapo. mr. cruz, mr. gaines, ms. duckworth, mr. durbin. ms. ernst, mrs. feinstein, mrs. fischer, mrs. gillibrand. [inaudible conversations] mr. graham, mr. grassley, mr. haggerty, ms. hassan. [inaudible conversations] mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper, ms. hirono. mr. hoeven, mrs. hyde-smith, mr. inhofe, mr. johnson. [inaudible conversations] mr. king, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. cain. [inaudible conversations] ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. leahy, mr. lee. [inaudible conversations] mr. lujan, ms. loomis, mr. manchin, mr. markey. [inaudible conversations] mr. marshall, mr. mcconnell, mr. menendez, mr. merkley. mr. moran, ms. murkowski, mr. murphy, mrs. murray. [inaudible conversations] mr. ossoff, mr. padilla, mr. paul, mr.. peters. [inaudible conversations] mr. portman, mr. reid, mr. risch, mr. romney. ms. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sanders. [inaudible conversations] mr. sasse, mr. schatz, mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida. [inaudible convers

senator cassidy. speak up i am totally accepting of that, although i would add to it, i'm pretty concerned. i'm real concerned. and so, i would say even when you push the right on the left of center, you are still with those who do not tolerate violence. we are americans first. and it is only the fringe that would embrace it. we are always united against the fringe. they wish to impose their narrow vision of how the world would work upon the rest of us. those are called fascists. and that is not what our constitution is about. so, we need to work together, for us as americans, solutions for americans, but frankly also, to protect our freedoms. the more people abuse our freedoms, the less freedom that you have. one more thing. as i listen to your message, barricading off the capitol grounds, normally people jogging there. back there. now it's barricaded. we lost our freedom of mobility because people abuse to the freedoms they have. we have to visit that. >> harris: i want to get you this now. mike gal

chris: we'll ask jared bernstein, a top white house economic advisor and republican bill cassidy,

cassidy: thank you for that. i am out of time, but i will say, if we have less supply of natural gas and oil, we will buy from other countries, grading jobs there, but destroying jobs here. thank you and i yield back. >> thank you. senator sanders is on the call, but he will be giving back? and if not, we will go to senator stabenow. sen. stabenow: thank you very much you very much, and appreciate governor granholm mentioning 48c, which i authored for creating clean energy manufacturing and things just exploded in michigan, and a lot of what we saw came from that and i am pleased to be partnering with our incoming chair, senator manchin two focused this on particular states where there has been this transition where it is so hard moving from fossil fuels from jobs that are not there and how do we get new jobs as quickly as possible, and i know that what we did then created jobs much more quicker than i thought, so i am anxious to put those kinds of things in place as quickly as we can. i want to talk to you about

cassidy, ms. collins. >> please raise your right hand.you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and allegiance re the same, that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of vegas and that you will -- evasion and that you willwell and faithfully the duties of the office upon which you're about to enter so help you god? >> i do. >> congratulations, senators. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> -- the next pair. >> mr. coons, mr. cornyn. >> please raise your right hand. o you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, do you bear true faith and allegiance to the same, do you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon can you are about to enter so help you god? congrat

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i will postpone my opening statement and asked senator menendez to do the same after senator cassidy give their remarks and i would welcome senator cassidy if he would as our guest take the floor please. >> thank you, chairman and soon to be determined menendez and t,numbers of the committee. it's great honor to introduce somebody for our state and home parish as president biden's nominee to the united states ae preventative to the united nations and security council ambassador linda thomas greenfield. it's currently serving on the biden transition and is previously the head of the africa practice for the albright stonebridge group. the ambassadors crew has been a distinguished as a member of the diplomatic court of the united states and is held high levels in the state to varmint and served abroad as well. the last position held was the assistant secretary of state for african affairs but she has vast experience for the foreign service with numerous and is aons distinguished fellow and african studies at the georgetown university and i'm proud to say she was a graduate of louisiana

cassidy ms. collins, mr. coons, mr. cornyn. >> ms. cortez masto, mr. cotton, mr. cramer, mr. crapo. mr. cruz, mr. dane, ms. duckworth, mr. durbin. ms. ernst, mrs. feinstein, mrs. fisher, mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham, mr. grassley, mr. haggerty, ms. haskins-- ms. hassan. mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper, miss hirono. mr. hogan, mrs. hyde-smith, mr. inhofe, mr. johnson. mr. kaine, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. king. ... >> ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. leahy, mr. lee. >> mr. lujan, ms. lummis, mr. m. >> mr. marshall, mr. mcconnell, mr. menendez, mr. merkley. >> mr. moran, ms. murkowski, mr. >> mr. ossoff, mr. padilla, mr.. mr. portman, mr. reed, mr. risc. >> ms. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. r. >> mr. sasse, mr. schatz, mr. s. >> mr. scott of south carolina,i nema. >> ms. smith, ms. stabenow, mr.. >> mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. t. >> mr. van hollen, mr. warner, . >> mr. whitehose, mr. wicker, m. [background sounds] [background sounds] >> the senate will be in order. be in order. the acting sergeant at arms make the proclamation. >> hear ye, , hear ye, hear ye. all persons are comman

>> i'm ready, cassidy, let's go. >> i'm ready too.s showed the nation we literally couldn't survive without you all. i mean that sincerely. you've been protecting your communities for months, being called on once again as the virus surges across the nation. i want to thank you for everything you're doing to keep communities safe. it's not . >> i'm sandra lindsay, icu nurse in new york. and the first american to officially get the covid vaccine. our nurses care for thousands of covid patients daily. we're often the last people to hold their hands. it has taken a toll on so many of us on the front lines. but i'm proud of our work and honored to represent millions of health care workers around the country. and now, from nashville, here are tyler hubbard and tim mcgraw. >> to sandra lindsay and all of our health care workers, thank you. when i was in quarantine with covid-19, i got to take a good, hard look at myself. inspired by my faith in god, i wrote this song and i send it to tim. >> the song is a message of unity and faith. it stirr

cassidy? mr. cassidy, no. mr. menendez? mr. menendez, no. mr. kaine? mr. kaine, no. >>> so, here we go. they are just waiting to announce right now, chris. >> so, what's happening right now is the parliamentarians, the people who sit in front of mike pence, if you are looking at the screen right now. you have the people who are on that top level. those are the senate parliamentarians. all right. those two rows. and they are pretty much the only ones who know the rules. so now, they are finishing the vote. and then, mike pence will record the vote. now, what has been remarkable here, so far. >> sanders. >> yeah, they are still going through the rollcall. sanders is, obviously, bernie sanders. is that, they have more yea or yes votes on this, than we anticipated. so far, we've heard seven. now, you have to remember where we are with this. okay? this is not a place to adjudicate claims, by law it is to certify what states have already adjudicated. so, we're going to listen to the vice president, now, read off the vote. and then, discuss the gravity of this mo

>> i'm ready cassidy. let's go. >> i'm ready, too.> oh, yeah we gonna dance. we gonna sing. here we go. ♪ [ singing in other language ] >> sing! >> let's go. now i'd like to thank ozuna. my name is de-jay cassidy and this is pass the mic from my home to yours and around the nation we celebrate america. president biden and vice president harris, we stand with you in unity, one love, shared love, spread love. ♪ >> the celebration of america continues. during the past year, as the pandemic exploded across the country, our nation's doctors and nurses put their lives on the line, yes, they did. to keep us safe and to tend to our ailments. the toll of these weeks of 24-hour shifts was brutal on our medical professionals. they're only human. but they found inventive ways to cope with super human demands. >> this crisis has showed the nation we literally couldn't survive without you all. i mean that sincerely. you've been protecting our communities for months. you're being called on once again as the virus surges across the nation. but i want

chair murkowski: senator cassidy you are on line. sen. cassidy: thank you. thank you for our phone conversations. we have discussed but for benefit of those i represent i would like to go over some of the other, some of the same things we discussed because i think there is a question before the american people. does the baden administration actually care about their jobs. you mentioned that the biden team will have in response to senator barrasso will have a swat team to make sure folks are employed. i'm thinking of a swat team to take out their jobs. the keystone pipeline 11,000 fully or partially employed. you mentioned we replace them with green jobs. it was admitted this will not come on line quickly. in another interview the american people have sacrificed enough we should not ask them to sacrifice more. so how do we square the fact that we are killing 11,through jobs now and there will be some assuming they are replaced with green jobs, there will be a lag time but supposedly the american people are not being asked to sacrifice any more because they su

cassidy. ms. collins. the vice president: please raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help you god? the senators: i do. the vice president: congratulations, senators. the vice president: the clerk will read the next pair. the clerk: mr. coons. mr. cornyn. the vice president: please raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are abo

green hat gin -- did you talk about george cassidy? >> briefly. >> the fellow in the upper left was the bootlegger to congress. [laughter] he was the hat, sitting in the back, was a light green and that was his sort of commercial trademark. he was known as a man in the green hat. after 10 years of serving congress illegal booze through the 1920's, the core of prohibition, he ended up, after a short jail term, going to the washington post. in 1930 coming out with a series of -- six days in a row -- front page articles bylined the man in the green hat and his real name, george cassidy, pointing out the hypocrisy on capitol hill, how prohibition clearly was not working. the thing is his articles came out the week before the 1938 midterm elections. those were the elections that, after 16 years perhaps, threw the dries out of control in the house and senate. there were other things going on so it is hard to know how much of an influence his articles had, but they were picked up by newspapers around the country. so, when fdr came in two year

i yield. >> thank you, senator cassidy. we appreciate that. senator coons. >> thank you. is it my honor to join senator cassidy to introducing to this committee president biden's nominee to represent our nation at the united nations in new york. our country faces an unprecedented series of crises and challenges both at home and abroad. global pandemic and economic recession, a wreckening around inequality and unprecedented levels of disjustice and violence around the world and climate change. in this moment i believe our leadership abilities and values are at test around the world and our relationships are strained. we need to ask ourselves who we want to be and what example we hope to set for the rest of the world. and as our face at the united nations the united states needs a leader who can advance not just our interest and valus and restore our alliances and rebuild bridges and allow us to manage disagreements and unpack complex challenges and inspire next generation of leaders. that's why i'm so excited to have the introducing of thomas-greenfield no stranger to this

tester: senator cassidy. sen. cassidy: thank you for being here. some of this will be repeated because i think it is so important for my colleagues. we spoke about how those of us in this committee will ask questions of the v.a. but i use the term rope a dope and you got it. we got a reply about too much later. too much later get one slightly off point. fictive just kind of tapers out. you have a different philosophy. do you mind sharing how you intend to share data with us as regards the v.a. itself? mr. mcdonough: thank you for that question, senator. the free flow of accurate data is the life of a well-functioning organization. consistent with that and consistent with the view i have been espousing of collaborative consultant relationship with this committee, i would intend to make sure you have the free flow of information between and among us. i also said plum we talked earlier -- when we talked earlier it could be that because we are moving quickly we provide inaccurate information. i will work to quickly come back with more accurate informat

his wife cassidy mollie michael who is the oval office operations coordinator.he lents legislative affairs director will cassidy hutchinson and press aide margo martin. there are a couple of things up in the air that staff and other expenses will be paid for with the benefits that every president receives after they have left office. but, if president trump is convicted in the senate of impeachment, all of those benefits and potentially that staff goes away. there is one other thing as well. some of the president's neighbors there in palm beach have said that they don't want him as a neighbor and they have petitioned palm beach to exclude the president from living at mar-a-lago saying that he forfeited his ability to do that when he turned mar-a-lago into a private club in the early 1990s, bret? >> bret: john, i remember when you took the north lawn position after being on the campaign trail and we talked and said i wonder what this is going to be like covering this administration. then i remember talking to you many times saying i can't believe all of this happ

. >> reporter: congressman raul ruiz of california, senator bill cassidy from louisiana, both inside the capitol. >> sitting in the senate chamber, listening to a speech. all of a sudden i heard someone say the capitol had been breached. and you look around, and i look up, and pence is no longer there. and all this happening just like that. people stood up as if we were to evacuate. i'm standing there and the sergeant at arms goes to the dais and he says, stop, everybody stay in place, there are those who have breached the capitol. >> finally they shut the doors, locked them, interrupted, and said, prepare to take cover and get under your seats. and take out the gas masks, >>> this is an abc news special report. >> hello from abc news. i'm mona kosar abdi. we're interrupting programming to bring you the breaking news from washington. >> we've just learned that the u.s. congress has certified the election of joe biden. certifying the votes of the electoral college has until this year been mostly a ceremonial affair, but this contentious year is becoming a flashpoint with the president

cassidy, ms. collins. >> please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same; do you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help you god? lime.atulations atin >> thank you. [applause] >> the next pair. >> mr. koons and mr. cornyn the vice president: please raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, against all enemies, please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same; do you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you wil

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senator cassidy has tweeted out a photo that he said was of an individual that authorities wanted to get in contact with in connection possibly with the killing of capitol police officer sick nick. can you give us update. number two, you talked about intelligence leading up to the day before or the day of the riots but there are specific reports out there is at least one report of the f.b.i. norfolk that painted a grim picture. can you confirm that and were the authorities on the hill aware of what was coming at them? >> the investigation into fficer sicknik's passing is an ongoing investigation and looking at everything we can and law us to the core that our enforcement personnel has passed away. there is a whole host of video. we are reviewing that information. as for the information that is being presented out there right now about norfolk, that was a thread on a message board. that was not attributable to an individual person. we deal with specifics and facts. that information when my office in the washington field office received that information, we briefed that within 40 minut

. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, my name is tj cassidy, and i would like to welcome you all to pass the micrris. it is dedicated to the everyday heroes around our great nation. let's come together. are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> are you ready? >> ready. ♪ >> hey? we are coming together, right? >> you got it, my brother. >> a celebration of resilience, spirit, teamwork makes the dream work, no matter who you are, we are one big family. i would like people to sing-along. are you ready? >> i am ready. >> let's saying. ♪ >> i want to hear you saying, loud and proud. ♪ >> ♪ we are family i got all my sisters with me we are family get up everybody and sing ♪ >> i want to thank everyone. this pass the mic. share love. one more time. >> ♪ we are family i got all my sisters with me we are family get up everybody and sing ♪ >> ok, let's head to charleston south carolina to shine the spotlight on another hero next door. she served in the u.s. air force. in addition to her service in the military, she has been serving her neighbors in charleston, sewing masks, including for a nurse she knows well, her

lawmakers, including louisiana senator bill cassidy, say they've got sticker shock. >> republicans canere, but it can't just be spending $1.9 trillion pulled out of the air with no justification. >> reporter: with new figures showing 2020 was the worst year for the american economy since 1946, senator elizabeth warren says democrats will go forward, with or without the g.o.p. >> if the republicans aren't going to do it, then democrats got elected, not just to stand around and debate in washington. they got elected to deliver, and that is exactly what we should do. >> reporter: and with those temporary fences still standing around the capitol, lawmakers are also struggling to agree on how best to handle their own security. yesterday, the f.b.i. offered a $100,000 reward for information on the person seen in this "washington post" video planting pipe bombs near the capitol the night before it was overrun by an angry mob. brian sicknick, the officer killed in those riots, will lie in honor in the capitol this week, providing an opportunity for divided lawmakers to come together to honor h

the lawyer representing the state on the other hand said that bobby wine is not to end up police cassidy's so he cannot they cannot the police cannot become pals to release him or produce him in court he say that what has happened is that the police and the military have provided. because of security reasons they say that the winds are strict of movements because of security issues like they have information and violent demonstrations all right so he said that the police cannot be compelled to release him because they don't have him in custody now the judge has agreed with the defense for the line has been on the police has been under house arrest he ses. not being allowed in are still not building being allowed to see him when i was there we tried several times to visit his home with other john at least it was impossible for us. they're not tell you brown also attended attempted to see him but it was difficult as well police saying that they are giving that his lawyers was only allowed to see him on the day after that court hearing so like i said it's really going to be interesting to see

. >> senator cassidy? senator cassidy: thank you for the conversation before. you used the word targeted multiple times in your response to senator cardin. senator carper suggests that the biden plan could be a little bit more targeted. the extra $1400 to families, some of whom are working, they have seen no decrease in their income. it showed that for many, it turned out to be discretionary income, they put it in savings. it is just more money to invest in the stock market. would you view this additional $1400 stimulus check as a targeted relief? >> well, i believe that in the president-elect's proposal, it would go to individuals earning $75,000 or less or couples earning less than $150,000. some families, presumably, don't greatly need the money, but there are many families who are under stress, who people have had to drop out of the labor force -- >> i only have five minutes. on the other hand, the unemployment insurance that has gone up, a very directive relief for those in the workforce. but on top of the unemployment and on top of some of the other resou

. >> senator cassidy? >> hello and nice to see you again.ou have used the word targeted many times in your response to senator cardin. senator carper suggested that it could be more targeted. the response to families, some of whom are working could see no decrease in their income. many of whom, actually. and analysis from the first check that went out of $1200 showed that for many, it ended up being discretionary income and there are reports that many invested in the stock market. since you mentioned targeted, would you view this additional $1400 stimulus check as targeted relief? dr. yellen: i believe that in the president-elect's proposal, it will go to individuals earning $75,000 or less or couples earning less than $150,000. some families presumably don't greatly need the money, but there are many families who are under stress who, people have had to drop out of the labor force. >> i only have five minutes. on the other hand, the unemployment insurance that has gone on out there would be a very directed relief for those who had to drop o

before i closed i want to take a moment to my family, ryan and cassidy kyle are back there today. kennedy and booker are at school. i want to thank you all for your love and support for your energy. people who know our family know we do this job together. every challenging time a walk alongside me and support me pray with me and help me make wise decisions for people. because of them and their support for me and doing this job and serving south dakota together, we are hoping every decision we make makes south dakota a better place to be. place, to do business, to raise a family. one of the reasons i care so deeply about these issues is because i want those things for my family and for every other family i know that's why all of you serve as well. so i look forward to working with each of you and with all of south dakota's leaders to improve our state for today for the next generation. may god bless the great state of south dakota. [applause] pandemic continues to affect it. this lasts about an hour. markus: welcome back to another webinar.

i want to go to louisiana senator bill cassidy.ably heard david's report, hook or crook, we'll do this with or without republicans. what do you think about that? >> it's a little harder than that. but i think that republicans can be there, but it can't just be spending $1.9 trillion pulled out of the air with no justification. it has to be what's good for the country and partying hard now with a hangover tomorrow is not necessarily good for the country. republicans will be there for that which is good for the country. we need money for vaccinations. we need money to address these variants coming from other countries. that's common ground. there's other things that are common ground. republicans will be there, but they won't be there for payoffs to democratic constituencies or just to check the box for a campaign promise the president made which has no rationale in terms of economics. neil: well, i know what you're saying about the republicans are not going to be there for partying hard, but no offense to your fine party, sir, repub

there are eight republicans, susan collins, rob portman and bill cassidy is involved, he's a doctor and eight democrats, i am told they will have a phone call this weekend with white house economic adviser over what the package could look like and the potential for bipartisan support. but some democrats are warning they don't want to spend months haggling over this this afternoon, i asked sherrod brown if he would compromise on the size and scope of the package if it meant getting republicans on board here's what he told me. >> i am hopeful republicans will want to go big, too. that's what the election was all about. that's why president biden wants to go big. i am there to do the same thing. >> reporter: so, shepp, no one is expecting a kumbaya moment, everyone expects to get along for now. >> where are they in confirming the president's cabinet nominees >> reporter: well, shepp, the senate voted tonight to grant a waiver to general lloyd austin to serve as defense secretary even though he retired from the military four years ago. this passes with overwhelming support from both republi

mitt romney, susan collins, lisa murkowski, bill cassidy, we all know them well, rinos all who have beenhing more than wasted space on the senate floor for all that they could accomplish, and they say the challenge, the challenge goes against the will of the american people. votes express the will of the american people, senators, and we don't know how they voted. in many cases, the remnants of november 3rd have been, well, destroyed. and those records of the votes are not available to those who would like to have a honest recount. or an honest audit. the fact is federal law requires that those votes, those ballots be kept for 22 months, but numerous jurisdictions decided they didn't need to keep them. i think that every jurisdiction that made that decision should have to vote again. with all of those senators, by the way, when they say something is wrong, it usually means it's right. and then there's the former the rino house speaker paul ryan who says the challenge would strike at the foundation of our republic. ryan ignoring that he endangered the republic almost constantly as speaker

earth catch fox news sunday tomorrow chris wallace speaks with louisiana republican senator bill cassidy as a member of the bipartisan group of lawmakers working on the next covid relief package. first we'll have another exclusive with jared bernstein top economic advisor to president biden, discussing that relief bell plus the gamestop saga that took wall street on such a wild ride this week took everyone for a ride this week really we all learned a lot that's for sure tomorrow at 2:00 and 7 p.m. eastern, and that's it for this "fox report" this saturday, january 30th, 2021 i'm jillian neely thank you for watching have a great night i'll see you 4, 5 a.m. monday if you're awake that early. if not have a great rest of your weekend. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello america i'm mark levin this is "life, liberty & levin" a guest newt gingrich who will help analyze what's taking place in our country before i go to former speaker, i wanted to have a few comments with you myself. joe biden made much of the word unity. nothing that joe biden has done since his inauguration speaks demonstrates any form of unity

louisiana senator bill cassidy joins walter isaacson. >> also -- >> what happened today is not americaow has america changed in the eyes of the world? d a frankiscussion about the ecosystem that storms this dangerous reality.

many gop lawmakers including louisiana senator cassidy say they've got sticker shock. >> republicansan be there but it can't just be spending $1.9 trillion, pulled out of the air with no justification. >> reporter: with new figures showing 2020 was the worst year for the american economy since 1946, senator warren says democrats will go forward, with or without the gop. >> it's the republicans if they're not going to do it, then democrats got elected not just to stand around and debate in washington, they got elected to deliver, and that is exact what we should do. >> reporter: with those temporary fences still standing around the capital, lawmakers are also struggling to agree on how best to handle their own security. yesterday the fbi offered $100,000 reward for information on the person seen in this washington post video, planting pipe ponds near the capital. the night before it was overrun by an angry mob. the officer killed in the rights will lay and honor at the capital dividing a rare opportunity for divided lawmakers to come together to honor his service and sacrifice. >>> pr

here with more is louisiana senator bill cassidy on that call.etty big filibuster. isn't it? steve: it is. you are the perfect person to ask about this. not only are you a senator, but you are also a doctor. so of the $1.9 trillion, you know, i have heard some republicans say it's twice too much. it's more than that what do you think? >> yeah, really depends on what the justification is. and i think we came out of our call yesterday saying okay, show us the justification. we can all agree, we need to have money up there for vaccines. clearly the vaccine rollout kind of not working as well as we would like. and testing. we can accept that on the medical aspect. some of the other things let's talk about and show us why you want that much money and then let's talk again. ainsley: why aren't we able to get vaccines? there are long lines. people are getting trouble getting into the computers to make appointments. once the spaces fill it up and you have to wait weeks. why aren't we getting these request i canner. >> i think that's the big question,righ