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jones. ohio governor mike dewine allowed the state's curfew to expire at noon on thursday citing a sustainedase in covid-19 hospitalizations. the move comes as the state's hospitalization numbers dropped below 2500 for seven consecutive days. governor dewine said it was crucial ohioans continued crucial safety protocols and if hospitalizations begin to rise, they may reinstate the curfew. >>> i'm evan mcmorris santoro. new york city restaurants will reopen for indoor dining starting on friday. restaurants will be limited to 25% capacity. the reopening was expected to come on sunday, valentine's day, but this week new york governor andrew cuomo pushed the reopening date back two days to give restaurants time to prepare for a day they all hope to be very, very busy. restaurants were closed to indoor dining back in december as pandemic numbers surged here, but those numbers have come back down leading officials to relax certain restrictions including this one on indoor dining. >> thanks to all of our correspondents for those updates. president biden prepared to roll back a controversial policy

jones will streak. for two after a duck turn over the assist from mike o'connell, even up 46 year, another turnover but eakishly talented freshman zaire. williams of the scoring and right there, so look pretty good over the ducks do it when it matters most chris wort h might be your pac 12 player of the year beth of dunk right there. you let everybody with 24 points now pick it up with oregon up one, lj figueroa, five, chandler lost on the weak side. ducks do prevails. 71 68. they have a shot at the conference title. stanford dips to 10 in eight big blow to their tournament dreams and oregonians sweet oregon state beavers, steely, smart fox and cal. just the soul crusher. second half roman silva had 15 8 leader. muscles to the hoop for oregon state. now, the final seconds cal down two bears have a shot of the tyra win. jared lucas, ms and andre kelly. rebounds matt bradley loses the handle the turnover and the bears lose 59 57. you might say they lost their shirk watch 10 out of the last 11 earlier in the day. here's the deal. gonzaga number one of the nation, they're undefeated, your classic david and

alex jones, ali alexander, the pilly gee, mike lindell, and people who have been in the republican partyd establishment groups like the republican attorneys general association. the heiress to the publix supermarket fortune. her money paid for the lion's share of the $500,000 at the ellipse where the former president spoke. before they converged on washington, all the forces rallied around a single goal of stopping the so-called steal. and the times reveal, some made overtures like the proud boys and others at the event. the organizers promoted themselves in a video wielding fire arms as they built their radical coalition. and they knew something violent was coming. the man who bragged about, steve bannon, whom trump has since pardoned of felony charges, hinted that would take place would be more than a mere rally. >> all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. just understand this. all hell is going to take place tomorrow. i will tell you this. it's not going to happen like you think it's going to happen. it's going to be quite extraordinarily different. and all i can say is strap in. >>

it has been accepted by paypal and many other big corporations and investors like mike novogratz and also paul tudo jones has been accepted now by elon musk in the ever important social world of tesla. what do you think about this digital currency? >> that adoption has been the big trend over the last few months that has pushed bitcoin to these levels. there is also a broader macro depending on this move. if we are getting as much monetary stimulus from policy makers. people at home have been given their stimulus checks looking to spend it and they are not really able to go outside and spend it in the same way that normally would, that is finding its way into markets like bitcoin. the acomes, i think it remains to be seen whether it will spread out more broadly. anna: when you see bubbles appearing at the moment or do you i suppose i should ask. we talked with various guests about whether there are bubbles in stocks, high yield debt in the u.s. in particular. e.s.g. related themes . yesterday bitcoin, of course many people point to that. are you concerned about things looking bubbley this point? >> i thi

mike flynn to alex jones was there, either the night before or the day of.now, the result was one of the great scars we have had in recent history on the country. >> all right. michael schmidt, thank you very much for your reporting. and george conway, thanks for being on this morning. i'd be remiss not to ask you about the story about john weaver, who is a founding member of the lincoln project, 21 men accusing him of online harassment. you have a clear statement on harassment. i wanted to ask you directly about this issue. >> yeah. it's terrible and awful and appalling and unfathomable. i didn't know john very well. i only spoke to him a couple times on the phone early on in the lincoln project. it's almost -- i don't even know what to say. it's just terrible. it leaves me speechless, frankly. >> all right. well, thank you so much for being on. we certainly hope to have you back. and i appreciate you taking that question. we'll be following. george conway, thank you very much. >>> and still ahead on "morning joe", the winter storm hammering new york city r

con res. 5 -- majority staff michael jones, joshua smith, mike lewis, ethan rosen iskrans and rob by oroenhof. republican staff nick meyers, matthew jokeely and matthew the presiding officer: objection without objection. mr. sanders: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: mr. president, i rise today to speak in support of budget resolution that was introduced today. mr. president, let us be clear and let us in the senate understand what the american people know all too well, and that is that our country is currently experiencing the worst economic crisis since the great depression and the worst public health emergency in over 100 years. january marked the deadliest month of the pandemic with over 90,000 americans losing their lives as a result of covid-19. 90,000 americans in one month. in the midst of all of this, over 90 million americans are uninsured or underinsured and are unable to afford to go to a doctor when they become ill. the isolation and the anxiety caused by this pandemic has resulted in a horrible increase in mental illness, in de

mike pence was invited but declined to speak. the action getting underway in orlando. >> trace: coming up in a few minutes lawrence jones from foxhat we can expect to see this weekend and the message conservatives would like to send. >> dana: the house is expected to vote and likely pass president biden's relief bill today without much support from republicans and not include the minimum wage hike. they are going to pass minimum wage bill today. the house bill will include it but the parliamentarian in the senate said it needs to come out and can't be a part of it. that made speaker nancy pelosi believe that house democrats believe the wage hike is necessary and it will remain in the american rescue plan on the floor. a democrat says he is not comfortable. >> any bill that has 1.9 trillion dollars that will be one line that will probably be somewhat embarrassing probably, but i tell you what. >> are you saying it's embarrassing? 111/2 million dollars of taxpayer money. are you comfortable with it? >> the answer no, i'm not ever comfortable with it. >> dana: chris wallace anchors "fox news sunday". biden wants to get the bill don

looking at the markets, gathering some steam for the dow jones, up nearly 100, nasdaq doing well, up 76. market guy of the moment is mikeng i've been talking about. we have s-lowercase-letter, lower lower death, money surging into the market from the fed and congress. we have profits probably up 25% this year. we have an economy expanding about a 5% rate. we have had a lot of people so cautious in the market now, but i think you are going the other way. you expect the roaring 20s; right? >> stuart, i don't know about the whole decade that all the factors in place for multiple expansion exists in full force and in unison right now. we have an easy money liquidity pumped into the market on a level we have never seen before. we have an opening expanding economy and then we also have earnings growth. we went into the corridor expected a decline of almost 10% year-over-year earnings and looks like we will have almost 2% growth. analysts go into quarters always overly optimistic, always to rosie, never do we go into a quarter and earnings come in it this far above analysts estimates. i think expectations for all of 2021 are p

you got these people like jim jones, following people right into the grave. have a good day. host: one more call with miken the republican line in baltimore. caller: good morning. host: good morning morning, mike. caller: i just want to leave my comment out there for everyone. how are we saddened by a bigot, openly misogynistic man who sowed hatred and fear? there are no tears and sadness here. it should be joyce and because this man has caused nothing -- it should be rejoicing because this fan man caused nothing but fear and hatred. host: focusing on a brand-new book about avraham lincoln, we are joined next by historian david reynolds, to talk with us about his new biography of the 16th president, and lessons learned from that turbulent time in office. later, more about the ways to heal the political divide in the country. our guests are the national conflict resolution senator david dink and, and arthur brooks, ♪ >> 117 congress includes over 60 new members. this group includes first-generation immigrants, television reporters, and former college and professional athletes. watch our conversations with

lawrence jones, murdoch talking, jason chaffetz and dan bongino and one of the things in addition to election integrity, the bill of rights, the fifth, amendment, tenth amendment and senator mikeesantis to say why the left hates the bill of rights and why we love it. so on going throughout this entire time, guys, here at cpac is a straw poll. i've already inputted my answers to the straw poll which interestingly enough on the final day on sunday, the results and a lot has to do with 2024, the results will be revealed 20 minutes before the former president of the united states donald trump takes the stage. a lot of anticipation for what that straw poll will say about who this crowd would want to be the nominee in 2024 and all of it will be playing out live on foxnation.com, if you don't have it, subscribe and get it now and we will be covering later as well. ainsley: how can i watch, i want to watch fox news and fox nation. maybe i will turn one on in one room -- >> steve: you can watch from the phone. pete: smartphone while you're doing the phone. i don't know if you saw the news, every speech will be on there. i don't know if you saw the news. twitter said that mark post to c

jones industrial average wasn't much but closed up 0.2 of 1% an all time high. everybody else was lower welcome back everyone to closing bell xxxx i'm sara eisen with wilfred frost and miked higher today. 62 points. biggest contributor to the dow's gain was goldman sachs that means a record high seventh positive session in the last eight and also heading for a weekly gain of almost 1% second week in a row into a thursday the s&p 500 did fall second down day in a row still higher for the week. but we saw some declines outside of energy, which continued to power higher on the back of eight straight days i mentioned of crude oil's gains the nasdaq finishing lower by about a quarter of 1% and the russell 2000 index of small caps which had been leading the charge higher over the past three sessions closing down the most down about 3/4 of 1%. consumer discretionary, materials, and industrials worst sectors. we have another big afternoon of earnings ahead awaiting results from uber, mgm resorts, zillow, and zynga. we'll break down the numbers as soon as they are released. plus tractor supply just announcing it is going to pay employees $50 to receive a coronavirus vaccine. you