let's bring in josh gottheimer. been a long day and night for you and your teams. congressman gotheimer, how are you feeling? >> emotionally exhausted, probably like the rest of the country. and you know, obviously, stephanie, 3:30 in the morning, we finally got this election certified. democracy prevailed. but yesterday was heartbreaking, to say the least. and to see lawless thugs try to upend our democracy, upend an election and the destruction of the capitol and tom and i stood together last night and we're better than this a as a country. we've got to put american first and we're both ready for a transition, because we recognize there was an election and people spoke. and i'm glad at the end of the day the election was certified and you it's time to move forward. >> let's talk about moving forward then, congressman reid. i want to talk to you about what is next here. because what we have seen, we know that senator josh hawley, senator tim cred cruz were leia the charge. you now have some people on the democratic

josh gottheimer, and fred upton join me now. welcome, both. good to see you together, working together. congressman gottheimer, what are your concerns, if any, that you haven't gotten good answers to about this $1.9 trillion package? >> well, right now, my biggest focus is making sure we get something passed and into law and so my biggest concern is figuring out how to get a bipartisan package out. the democrats and republicans can get behind it because as you've reported, andrea, we're looking at 425,000 deaths in our country, the numbers keep going up. we have a lot of families who are hungry and a lot of businesses that are hurting. the key is how do we get vaccine money out fast and support out fast to get more shots in the arms, to help -- unemployment is going to roll off those extra dollars in march, and more direct support out to folks. the questions we've had are about making sure we can get a bipartisan package out the door as quickly as possible. >> congressman upton, what do you do? there's so much opposition in your own party in t

representative josh gottheimer, and representative tom reed, and frank, thanks for your time. we appreciate it this week, especially andrew >> okay. thank you, becky, it is just after 7:00 a.m. eastern time in washington right here on the east coast, you're watching continuing breaking news coverage right here on "squawk box. i'm andrew ross sorkin along with becky quick and joe kernen. i want to show you u.s. equity futures at this hour after what has been a tumultuous 24 hours in washington, but not so much in the markets the dow is up, dow looks like it would open up higher this morning as well, up about 53 points, the nasdaq looking to open higher, 86 points higher. the s&p up 13 1/2 points i want to take a look at bonds the ten year is remaining above 1% oil remaining steady after the u.s. capitol drama as well wti rising a little over 1% yesterday, wti crude at 50.69 and bony hitting a value of a trillion dollars, breaking the $37,000 mark in trading near a new high so a lot, and now at 38,000, literally as we speak. meantime, breaking overnight, congress confirming the

congressman tom reed, republican from new york, congressman josh gottheimer, democrat from new jersey. democrats have both houses of congress, the white house. if there's one thing that we learned in the last two administrations, it's that controlling all the levers doesn't necessarily make it easy to pass laws. what path do you see, congressman, to get stuff done? >> i think we have to follow the words of our new president yesterday who said that unity is the path forward. i think he called for all of us to repair the breach and to get to work. the only way we will beat covid and turn the economy around is if we work together. tom reed, who is on here with me, a co-chair of the problem solvers caucus, we are focused on, the 56 us in the caucus, working with our colleagues, is to get things done. starting with covid which is front and center right away. >> congressman reed, president biden spent much of his address speaking about unity, bipartisanship. specific areas, congressman reed, specific areas where you could see members of your party working with democrats, crossing the aisle.

then went and stood next to his fellow problem solvers caucus chair, democratic representative josh gottheimerican congressman tom reed of new york. of welcome, congressman. i am, first, going to ask if you and your staff are okay and safe and, hopefully, no one was hurt. >> no, i really appreciate the concern, and the staff and all of us are safe, secure. but what a disheartening day yesterday just to everyone. it was just a terrible day for america yesterday. liz: how was your move to walk across the aisle in a show of support, as you said as a proud republican, how has that been taken by gop members? >> you know, the support has been amazing. i have many gop members, i had a lot of democratic members who came up and said, you know what? that was the message to send last evening. and i did it because i believe, i believe that we can be proud republicans, and we can meet with democrats, and we can have the debate in america x. what we have to do is demonstrate to the american people we do not take to the street, we do not take in mob rule, the law into our own hands. what we do is we debate i

and with that, i yield to my best friend in congress and a democrat, josh gottheimer, my co-chair of the problem solvers aucus. i gottheimer: i thank -- thank my friend for yielding and for standing with me and with all of us. tom reed is my co-chair of the problem solvers caucus. he's a republican and i'm a democrat. when it comes to policy views, we often disagree. but at the end of the day, we are united as americans. my good friend, like me, always puts country first. today a group of lawless thugs sought to upend the constitution and the peaceful transition of power because they didn't like the outcome of the presidential election. so they tried nullify it using improvised explosives, shattering windows, breaking down doors, injuring law enforcement and even tearing down the american flag that rises above this beacon of democracy. but their attempt to disrupt democracy failed. their insurrection was foiled. the american people and the greatest democracy the world has ever known won. abraham lincoln, who sove serfed in this very body, famously said, a house divided against itself

us to talk about everything we've seen and what we expect to come is new jersey representative josh gottheimersages of unity coming from president biden. i'm sure that's music to both of your ears. let's talk a little bit about what we've seen. congressman reid, i'll start with you since you're the republican at the table. what do you think of the early executive orders we've seen, early requests for covid-19 funding? >> well, you know, obviously i'm concerned about some of these executive orders and actions they're taking and i disagree with them, like the energy leasing proposal i think we should be developing our energy resources and not cutting them off i've always said, executive orders can be done but they can be undone by executive orders. the best policy is to have policy that's supported. that's the long-term legacy. people like us in the problem solvers caucus can come together, find common ground one of the areas of common ground should be covid that helps all-americans and that's what we should be focusing on right now in my opinion. >> let's talk about that covid first, congressma