virginia ali that the co-founder of ben's chili bowl in washington established in 1958. let's bring it out as it was alan fischer who himself is no stranger to ben's chili bowl he's live for us in washington d.c. and has been monitoring. many developments for us including president trump as he prepares to leave office where is he it's almost a quiet. he's at the white house remember yesterday here shoot a lead 30 minutes before the pool was meant to gather that means the pool gather to call the president 30 minutes before they were due to be there he said no public appearances were not expecting anything today very much behind the scenes we know he spent monday talking pardons pardons pardons he was with executives in the oval office going through the list we think it's going to be somewhere in the region of about $100.00 they were looking at the list to see which ones they could publicize and which ones might cause them problems extra special attention from donald trump because he was worried that some of the pardons might alienate republican senate support of course he

has remained open throughout ben's chili bowl was founded in 1958 and has not only survived a pandemic but also political unrest in the nation's capital famous for its chili dogs ben's also known for its high profile diners including former presidents and martin luther king jr earlier we spoke to virginia ali the founder of the historic restaurant who says the city is going through unprecedented times. i'm 87 years now and i have written this many inaugurations this is unheard of this is unreal i'm never seeing anything like this this is just been and then mazing time in we what we experienced a week ago was a ride a rude awakening as to how things can go and we weren't there plan for it obviously but our capital very own capital was literally literally devastated and the fear that took place in the entire house and that it's come to today i mean even today bridges are closed entering this city so we've gone in and it's a situation here that's unheard of and unreal eventually vote open in the 1938 so when yes 62 years we experience the riots of 1968 when the civil rights movement that

todd: i never had chili with my super bowl, never had cake with my super bowl. >> if you go by where so weird, better than paley a salmon. the big thing that is interesting, i was born in florida and that was cake as well. >> let's talk about this. a green new steel, alexandria ocasio cortez taking credit for the new environmental policy. >> the cake fiasco, this is more important, president biden did not endorse the green new deal when he was running for president but his energy policies sound strikingly similar and aoc is a victory lap posting a tweet saying it is almost as if we helped shape the platform and she is right. if you remember aoc, john kerry, were on joe biden's climate task force so they literally helped shape the platform, signed a bunch of executive orders that led to no drilling on federal land, calling for clean energy revolution, the power sector by 20205000 of war in the oil and gas coal industry and with everything there will be big winners and losers, the losers are the folks that stand to lose their jobs because of executive orders. now more on the world's mo

rudy giuliani needs time to eat a big bowl of chili and load up on head-juice. most republicans aren't eager to convict. like south dakota senator and guy asking if your dad band needs a second bass player, mike rounds. yesterday, rounds was asked about impeachment, and he had a creative dodge. >> do you believe donald trump committed an impeachment offense? >> to begin with, i think it's a moot point, because i think right now donald trump is no longer the president. he is a former president. >> stephen: he wants to let him off for insurrection because he's no longer in power? that's like acquitting jeffrey dahmer 'cause he's full. another republican who thinks impeachment is a bad move is florida senator and man shunned from the cool senators' lunch table, marco rubio. yesterday, rubio said he thinks impeachment is dangerous. >> first of all, i think the trial is stupid. i think it's counterproductive. already have a flaming fire in this country and it's like taking a bunch of gasoline and pouring it on top of the fire. >> stephen: so, there's a "flaming" fire

chili, yes, as the flavors all combiepdz. >> kristin, thank you. i'm eating now too and am supposed to talk. >> you cleaned your bowl. >> it's delicious.ca.com. >>> coming up, patrick dempsey with his passion project. >>> plus hunter hayes joins us live. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> we are back now with our open for business series. for nearly a year we've been highlighting small businesses who are making it work. they are making it work during these challenging times. this morning, we are introducing you to industrialfit. a hip-hop inspired fitness studio who made the shift to online workouts which are luge right now and are not missing a beat. ♪ >> trillfit in boston prides itself on being an all inclusive come as you are space. >> i love the music, the vibes, the energy. >> trillfit is the only gym i've been to where i could come as myself. >> people of all age, race, shapes, sizes, sexual orientations. >> reporter: but in march of 2020 trillfit founder heather white closed her studio before any mandated covid-19 shutdown and refused to put her vulnerable clientele at risk. >> we you knew covid would impact black and brown people. for us pub