psaki: ms. psaki: part of our strategies to consult closely with partners and allies, and you saw the readout of these calls the past week or so, the president spoke with the prime minister of japan, south korea, the prime minister of australia, and china was an important topic of conversation during those conversations. he also discussed china in calls with his european allies thus far. part of our strategy is engaging with partners in the region, and doing those calls engagements first, and having consultations with democrats and republicans on capitol hill. i know i can't say this forever, but we have only been here two and half weeks. he has not called every global leader yet. i'm sure you will do more of that-- he will do more of that ahead. reporter: -- somebody who is not an ally. ms. psaki: certainly not. reporter: more than a week ago at this point. ms. psaki: he had that conversation because there was a timeline, and during the conversation he made very clear that there are significant

speaker psaki: that is true. some would argue they have not received calls and are still eager to receive them. i can assure you he will be speaking with the prime minister soon and is looking forward to doing that. >> are we talking about days or weeks as a timeframe for the president speaking to netanyahu? speaker psaki: i do not have an exact timeline other than he is looking forward to the conversation. they have known each other sometime. there are areas of mutual interest. as soon as he makes the call, we will let you know. >> [indiscernible] with an israeli counterpart to discuss iran yesterday? speaker psaki: i do not have details. i am happy to talk to jake and see if there are details. >> i know you're saying things are under review, including policy, but can you give us a broad sense of what the administration is trying to achieve in the middle east? do they still consider the saudis and israelis important allies? speaker psaki: there are ongoing processes, interagency processes, and we had a meeting l

psaki: in what way? reporter: he had certain gravitational pull with republicans that may make them more inclined to take a harder position. have you considered that? reporter: we don't spend a lot of time or thinking about president -- former president trump. i think that's a question that's probably more appropriate for republican members who are looking for ways to support a bipartisan package and whether that gives them space but i can't say we miss him on twitter. reporter: does the president agree with the continuing ban on president trump on twitter? ms. psaki: they have taken steps to reduce hate speech but we don't have more for you than that. reporter: is the president trying to keep touch with regular americans every day? ms. psaki: he is looking to remain engaged and it's hard when we haven't done any travel yet and we hope to do that at some point to engage with americans more directly. i don't have anything specific. he receives letters and it takes time for them to come in. they kind of go

psaki: you are right. there were conversations that occurred with the reporter as well as editors at politico immediately after the conversation. that is how we engaged, in a private matter. that is what we felt was appropriate at the time. >> i have a question on ambassadorship. when will the president begin naming ambassadors? i do not think as a candidate he said the same thing elizabeth warren said about barring big donors from ambassadorship. do you expect him to choose friends, people with whom he has a personal or donor relationship, to any of those jobs? press sec. psaki: there has not been a conversation with the president about who he would like to name for any ambassadorship roles. that may be tough news to hear for people interested in ambassadorship roles. there has not been a memo presented to him to make a decision. he is somebody who has worked for some time and values experience, foreign-policy experience. i am sure that will be reflected in some roles. i do not have qualifications outline

psaki: it was a lengthy call. as modern-day historians can confirm, there are few presidents who came into the job with more of a history of engaging in chinese leadership. the readout we released was quite robust and comprehensive about the range of issues that were covered. i am not going to have additional readouts to provide from here. i can outline where we are in the status of our relationship and our efforts as it relates to china. the president wants to lead with a clear and compelling affirmative u.s. policy agenda, take steps to strengthen our own economy. that is a primary focus of his. that means getting the pandemic under control. that means getting people back to work. he wants to work with partners and allies. he wants to take steps across government as you saw from his visit to the pentagon yesterday and the review he announced. he also is committed to being clear and candid in his engagements as he was last night in his conversation with president xi where he talked about the fundamental concerns

psaki: we are having such fun together. i don't think you want me to get fired on week three of my time here. he will have more to say about actions being taken by the u.s. in response to the coup in burma. reporter: he has called for the military coup leaders to stand out. is there any indication they are doing that yet? ms. psaki: i have no specific update on the actions of the military leaders. we are following this closely from our entire national security team. as we have noted previously but is worth repeating, we are also in consultation in close coordination with our partners and allies in steps that can be taken, pressure that can be made. there has been a statement from the un security council, which is a significant act. so i don't have an update on the actions on the ground, but clearly this is on the president's mind and it is essential we lead here from the u.s. reporter: a second topic, has the president abandoned a plan to force the sale of tiktok's american operations? ms. psaki: i know there was some repor

psaki: i would send you to fema. they are very involved in providing generators, water, essential steps. but there are typically many agencies involved. fema is a core knitting body. i would send you to them for any other update on that. -- coordinating body, i would send you to them for any other update on that. i will have to follow-up with you on that particular question. sometimes, people don't give something up. sometimes they do something good. i will see if i can get more information. >> [indiscernible] sec. psaki: i have not spoken with the president about that. i know he has a great deal of respect for senator reid. he was any credibly important partner during the obama biden administration. in terms of the wii naming of airports, i believe that is up to congress to determine that. i know that -- in terms of renaming of airports, i believe that is up to congress to determine that. i know that the president was a big fan of harry reid. i am not sure if we will release a statement from the president, he has sp

psaki: that set the stage or in . the stage where it is working till continue to fight for her nomination and as you know, it is a numbers game for unit some out of getting one republican, to support her nomination will continue to do that outreach . and the questions that they have continued to be a great . reporter: that on the call expected to happen and working on scheduling it does present biden wants them to be on that call. [inaudible]. psaki: the president's intention is to recalibrate our engagement with saudi arabia and have counterparts communicates with counterparts. any community hated with the secretary of defense . that is the appropriate lines of communications . the president will stick with a keg at the appropriate time . will be soon as it is suzie an update on that been finalized enforcement habits will provide you off with more information . reporter: will be on the call. i would into space coping directly with the king . pinnacle of course with those would be the primary participants. reporter: m

>> press secretary psaki: it is incredibly urgent.now, there are timelines coming in and come i should say in terms of when the americans applying for insurance will be able to get access. as i noted earlier one in seven american families can't put food on the table. we need to plan for how we are going to get more vaccines in the arms of americans. we need to have funding to help public schools have the preparation needed to reopen. there is urgency. this is what the president is spending his time on as evidenced by the meeting they are today and the majority of the team is focused on at this moment. but there is still time to make changes to have a discussion. that is why we are kind of escalating the number of meetings and engagements throughout the course of this week. >> reporter: the president put out, he said the reversal of progress, the media review sanctioned followed by appropriate action. the appropriate action related to sanctions and what other type of response may be on the table? >> press secretary psaki: that it is ca

and joining us now, white house press secretary jen psaki.ou emma chris, thanks for having me on this morning. >> chris: president biden has taken to asking critics of his covid relief bill what would you cut? the nonpartisan congressional budget office says that more than one-third of the total bill, $700 billion, would not be spent this year, but would be spent between 2022 and 2031. so how does that qualify as covid relief? >> secretary psaki: first, chris, the focus of the package is getting direct checks to the american people, getting vaccines in the arms of americans and ensuring that people who need help at this very difficult time can get it. but people also have to plan. schools have to plan to reopen, they need to do budgetary planning over the course of the years, businesses need to do that as well. so this package is meant to of course provide immediate direct relief, but also provide a bridge to help us all get through this crisis. >> chris: but let's take one specific area that you just mentioned, schools. if the bill would giv

i want to get jen psaki on the economy, listen.udies on this plan including independent analysis from the wall street moody's, jpmorgan entries and the brookings institute and the analysis the economy is near capacity which would be news to millions of americans out of work or facing reduced hours and reduced paychecks. >> sandra: that analysis she was citing is not wrong. we actually do have a robust economy right now. there are some struggling americans that do need help though, sean. >> but it is going great for some and not for others. and jessica and i agree that we want to help people who actually need it. my mom and dad are pretty well off got a stimulus check and rachel got a stimulus check. they don't need it. they weren't impacted from covid. but there are people that have been so let's give a little more money to help them out and not give it to everybody. this is a basic redistribution policy from democrats to a family that makes $100,000 a year. give them all a check, no, let's spend money wisely and carefully and give

>> secretary psaki: first, u.s.s question first and smartly, so when this meeting today, and i know for interagency process a little foreign in this building and in the government because of the last four years, so this is a principal committee meeting and we will not come from every one of these but for the sake of educating everyone, not in this room but people who are watching, it focuses broadly on the middle east. i'm sure that will be part of the discussion. it is an important issue and priority for the president and for many of our partners and allies around the world. but this is not a decisional meeting. it is not meeting where the policy will be concluded and not a meeting the president of the united states will be attending. this is a normal part of interagency process, just as there are meetings about immigration, criminal justice, economy every single day it across government. >> reporter: given that iran will be raised in this meeting, is there a timeline president biden would like to try to come back

>> press secretary psaki: certainly, i know it has been.cy steps to address the plate of immigrant migrant families to do so in a humane and more away is a priority to this administration. we obviously are going to continue to work on the immigration bill that we have proposed the congress. these executive actions are just part of our strategy and there is more to report to you on that, i am happy to get to you directly. >> reporter: following up on the report or question, changing or raising the refugee cap where president trump reduced and also the immediate relief of children from i.c.e. protection. why could he not do it today? >> press secretary psaki: i think that we will have more again soon in the coming days and weeks on more steps and actions that the president is interested in taking. i just will not get ahead of that right now. i was saying that there are additional steps the president will take, the policy teams will take, the experts will take to address immigration in a humane and more away, they are also steps that are under

psaki: he certainly would not agree with that. the president's view of the package -- well first, the president is not shifting gears. he has been focused every single day, even as others have not, on engaging with partners, stakeholders, people who agree with him, people who do not agree with him, on getting this package through. this is an opportunity to go out and have a conversation with people in wisconsin, but if you look at the polls, they are consistent. the majority of the american people like what they see in this package, and that should be an indication or noted by members of congress as they consider whether they are going to vote for it or not. >> >> is he hoping to build pressure on members of congress? >> no. humans to help those impacted by the pandemic, who are worried about whether or not they will get a shot, or do not know where to get information or are worried about where to get food to put on the table. that is the focus of this trip. they will have to make their own choice about whether they support the fi

jen psaki was asked if a decision was made on that. she said it's still under review the last time she talked to their intelligence officials who they are going to leave this recommendation up to, and they have not made a decision as to whether president trump can still get access to those briefings that would keep him abreast of what's going on throughout the world. >> that was interesting, gloria, because jen psaki said she had made this inquiry as well, and she was still awaiting the answer. >> it's clearly a hot topic among national security officials who, if gordon is saying you shouldn't do this, as kaitlan points out, and she was the one dealing with the former president every single day, you can imagine that her words are going to have a lot of weight. >> glorgloria, kaitlan, ryan, t you so much for all of you here after the white house briefing. >>> just in a capitol hill insurrectionist charged with hurting an officer that blacked out and collapsed. >>> plus, some of the people who attacked the capitol to overturn the electio

what's going on right now with jen psaki that you see?nk we've reached a state pretty much all of us agree with us in our discourse where we're -- instead of actually having real conversations about issues in this moment, people are digging up anything they can to cancel somebody. i think it's concerning because this tweet was from years ago. i am not one to -- i stand in solidarity with the lgbt community. what i'm saying we're sitting here pulling up tweets from years ago and making that equal to policies that were coming out of the trump administration when melissa mccarthy was defending and lying on stage about actual policies. this -- >> harris: let me put this in the mix then. we don't have to go back that far. we can go just to this week with the comments about the space force and the very dismissive way that she talked oh, i guess this is just a plane question. remember when the press corps wanted to know how biden would like the colors for inside air force one. that's how she tweeted a question about it. that's not positive. that

press secretary jen psaki noting it's up to states. some states are putting teachers at the front or near the front of the line to get vaccines hopefully to get students back in the classroom. getting vaccinated does not mean schools will be back to full capacity. dan springer reports. >> reporter: these students in oregon are among a select few, just 13% of all k-12 students in the state have been inside classroom since last march. that's expected to change soon as the governor puts teachers at the front of the covid vaccination line. >> for every teacher who's back in the classroom, they help 20, 30, 35 back on track. >> reporter: according to idaho have bumped them all ahead of seniors not living in group sets. 80% of all covid defts over 65, many retirees say holding them back will cost lives. >> seniors have more underlying conditions and are more prone to die. >> reporter: nationally, some 20 million students have done nothing but distance learning the last ten months. studies show they have significant learning loss and suffer a

jen psaki referred to lindsey graham as lady g.acting attorney general sally it's testify before the judiciary the graham chaired. jen psaki has not commented on the post, a graham spokesman responding in part, quote, it says more about her than it is about senator graham. >> after coming under fire -- >> space force has support from the president. >> white house press secretary jen psaki walking out comments, has the full support of the biden administration. seemingly not mocking the space force after reporter asked about it. >> wow, space force, the plane of today. >> a tweet inviting members of the team to brief reporters. and and saying the issue, former president trump for splitting the space force in 2018, congress enacted in 2019 is the sixth branch of the military designated the eighteenth branch of the intelligence community. intelligence officials told fox news space has become a national security focus. more than 80 nations operate in space. todd: thank you very much. jillian: a robbery suspect on a wild chase climbing a

so he had to follow up and say it's just a yes or no question and then jen psaki, kir kell back psakixandria ocasio-cortez, okay, one of the most liberal congress people in congress, has condemned andrew cuomo, has called for an investigation. obviously, there's an fbi investigation, u.s. attorney investigation, all these horrible things in terms of the way andrew cuomo handled this, putting covid-19 positive patients back into nursing homes and then it appears to be covering up, per his aide and jen psaki can't even say you know what, that was wrong and we disagree with the way the governor handled that. now, couldn't even do that in this situation. todd: unbelievable. >> it's shameful, quite frankly. todd: let's pop up the full screen about dare i say the muppets and one of the key lines from here is they have a harmful impact. if kermit and miss piggy have a harmful impact on you, isn't it time to start re-evaluating your life? >> if beaker -- that's my guy. if beaker has a problem -- look, the fact that disney is saying that, you know, we want to acknowledge its harmful -- this co

psaki saying we still have to discuss that going forward. that's going to be one of the key questions here about whether they can keep the key progressives on board and not anger them. >> let's dig in on this point because it's important both in terms of the substance of the bill. it's also important that you're watching a new president with his democratic party. if you assume on this first big package they may get no republican votes. bernie sanders, even as you were listening to jen psaki, issued a statement saying we're never going to get ten republicans to increase the minimum wage through regular order. the only way to increase the minimum wage to 15 th$15 an hou to pass it with 51 votes through budget reconciliation. they asked jen psaki about that interview, and progressives are not thrilled about the new president. their argument, leave that to us. don't do this too quickly. >> reporter: when the president said he did not think it was going to survive, who had told him it wasn't going to make it through, likely? >> the president was

jen psaki dated today saying don't come here yet. we have to rework the system.icials in dhs saying the same thing because people are listening to the talk in the narrative of the open border policy and smugglers are saying pay us the money. we'll take you to the border and you're going to be able to stay and also on the other side they are creating another public health crisis for themselves. the idea that you can't fly into the united states on an international flight without getting a covid test yet we are just going to have this narrative that we are repealing all of these pieces of memos and executive orders from a previous administration that were put into place for very purposeful reasons, it creates a number of crises in biden's first year. i think they are going to regret this. there will be consequences for these kids and they are going to find out that this was the narrative, separated families, you strip the kids away from their parents arms, their mother's arms. the fact is they were used as shields to get adults, many of them criminals come into the

referred to abandoned landmines instead of abandoned mines, at the white house press secretary jen psaki seemed to chuckle when asked about the space force. >> the president made a decision or maintaining the scope of the space force? >> space force. the plane of today. an interesting question. >> congressman mike rogers of alabama didn't appreciate your tone and called on jen psaki to apologize for appearing to diminish an entire branch of the military as the punchline of a joke. i'm sure china would find funny, speaking of china listen to this exchange from the white house briefing about the timing of a possible phone call between presidents biden and xi jinping which still hasn't happened. >> have they requested this? >> i don't have anything more for you. i don't appreciate putting words in my mouth. >> spirit conversation right there. all this is happening on a day that saw the president rollout more executive action, this time on immigration. those are largely to direct reviews of existing policies and won't have an immediate impact, remember we told you about a federal judge tempo

todd: a lot to say on the condescending tone from jen psaki. an actual plan, they have some platitudes but they don't have an actual plan to get those individuals who lost jobs jobs asap? >> absolutely, they took away the jobs and say they will find something else and to someone from south dakota, my entire family lives in south dakota and north dakota it is being felt and hurting those states, they lost their jobs and not only those people, not the thousands of jobs being lost in the fossil fuel industry in the pipeline industry but those communities that rely on them. think about living in a small town in north dakota or south dakota being a business owner you rely on those workers, you rely on those business and that is evidence there are so many suffering and being told by this administration don't worry, we will find you something else to do. it is incredible insulting, all the forgotten americans that were remembered during the trump administration have been forgotten once again. i hope they won't forget come midterms and the next electio

and jen psaki had no defense.ted, yesterday quote, this is not okay, this is not okay no matter the administration or party. so now we've had twice in the past week where jen psaki is asked about involving policy like this, governor cuomo, do you think that cuomo is the gold standard as biden said and he has the nursing home scandal and what we get from jen psaki, basically don't answer basic questions that have obvious questions and good for peter doocy for calling her out on that. ainsley: there's an op-ed section blasting the culture and headline is woke me when it's over. the op-ed behold in the little story dear reader the woke, no transgression on sensitivities is to trivial that it would not involve a more moralizing rebuke from social media at least the critic has the wrong ethnic pedigree. talking about the smallest little thing can get you canceled. what's your reaction? >> i know that was one of your favorite songs growing up the great late george michael. when you can work that in, great for bret steve

legislative agenda stalling out as you see that president biden and the white house press secretary jen psaki are shutting down any questions about impeachment, trying to focus on legislation? >> good morning, good to be on with you. i'm worried about the legislative agenda stalling out what we should focus to see what joe biden has done to create a crisis at the border. they have said we have a surge in migrants at our border. we should be addressing that kind of thing. why the fda is taking three weeks to approve the johnson & johnson vaccine or have a hearing on it. we're focusing yet again on donald trump. the democrats are obsessed with him. to convict and possibly remove from office a man who left office three weeks ago. i don't think many americans

king salman.en there was an interesting momenta at the white house today where press secretary jen psaki

>> secretary psaki: i have not spoken to the president about that proposal.meras, the hhs has had cameras in there also to make sure people and the public, the media are able to see the conditions in these facilities and we would certainly be able to supporting that in the future but i would have to follow up with him and our legislative team with that. >> reporter: lawmakers obviously need to go when -- >> the white house press secretary was asked several questions about governor cuomo in new york facing dual scandals and an fbi investigation on oneg home covid decisions that he was making and now this new sexual harassment and discrimination scandal with him at the heart of it as well. we missed the question because we were coming out of commercial break but you heard jen psaki answering some of that. if we watch some of this unfold, it's a fair question because as peter doocy reminded her, the president has said that the gold standard during the pandemic and decision-making was andrew cuomo. >> emily: that's exactly right and what we did hear the tail end

jen psaki pressed on parents perception. >> why should we be satisfied with that?they shouldn't be. i wouldn't be as a parent and i am a parent. >> jen psaki went on to say that is just the starting point and will not be celebrated when accomplished. as for the actual guidance it is expected to focus on medication through masks and distancing through vaccination for teachers and classifies schools based on transmission rates with red being most severe. jillian: the defense team for donald trump makes the case in the impeachment trial. >> i think if you analyze that speech, under no circumstances could be incitement. it is a powerful speech. >> reporter: robert charles served in the reagan and bush 41 administration that he joins us to break down the arguments and impact of impeachment on the nation next. todd: why can't the giants get players like this? watch this and don't mess with texas mom. one woman's takedown of a suspected peeping tom, the video everyone is talking about including nfl scouts. "fox and friends first" on friday returns. ♪♪ ♪♪ making me a fight

jen psaki is feeling that heat already. out in front of the cameras, holding press briefings five days a week, which is something reporters very much appreciate. in an exclusive interview, we sat down with her to dig into the biden press shop's ambitions. >> good evening, everyone. >> as a high profile face of the biden administration. >> with that, let's kick us off. >> white house press secretary jen psaki says she's confronting a challenge like no other. >> it requires something different that has been required in the past because of the administration we're following. >> an environment she believes is unique to this specific moment. >> there is an incredible level of distrust in government, in the media, in information. there is a lack of understanding of what's truth and what's not, what's accurate and what's not. so our role is different from what it has been in modern history. >> cnn sat down with jen psaki on her second week on the job with the contrast between president biden's press strategy and the style by presi

jen psaki has not commented on the post which appears to be on her account.am. senator rand paul pressing president biden's pick to lead the board of education asking miguel cardona if he believes transgender athletes should play according to gender identity. president biden has come out in support of it signing an executive order calling for equal transgender participation in school sports. it is an issue that threatens women's sports. >> the top 20% of boys running and track meets, all the controls in the state, completely destroy girls athletics, the girls are being pushed out. >> cardona only said he believes in every student absurd to participate. cardona from connecticut which has been on the forefront of the transgender controversy. todd: a high school track star who lost a spot in the finals to two biological males and an attorney spoke to tucker carlson last night about the frustration and how difficult it is to speak about it. >> there a biological difference between a man and female's body and that is why sports of always been segregated and that i

jen psaki in her first sunday show interview as white house press secretary and the response from the number two republican in the house, congressman steve scalise. >>> plus -- >> i started having second thoughts really as i sat down on the plane. >> it's a lie to say any numbers were inaccurate. >> senator ted cruz and governor andrew cuomo under scrutiny. and on defense. insight and analysis from our powerhouse roundtable. >>> and honoring john lewis. his legacy on what would have been on his 81st birthday. >> you have the moral obligation to do something, say something. >> announcer: from abc news, it's "this week." here now, chief washington correspondent jonathan karl. joe biden has now been president for a month, but this week seemed to be a new start for the biden presidency. his predecessor's impeachment trial over and the biggest distraction is over now, at least for now. as the nation approaches the once-unthinkable milestone of 500,000 confirmed american deaths from covid-19, there are signs of hope -- infections are down dramatically and there are signs of just how difficu

and this jen psaki.n psaki says strategic patience which is code board for appeasement. judge jeanine: peter navarro, we can always count on you for some good comments. why are the democrats forcing the national guard to stay in d.c. while ignoring the antifa riots? judge jeanine: national guard troops will be staying in d.c. through mid-march instead going to cities that actually need them like portland and seattle. charlie kirk and leo terrell join me now with reaction. leo, i will start with you. you know, we could have national guard there to protect a burning church when donald trump was president. but let's lock down washington with national guard. >> the democrats are antimilitary, anti-police. they defund the military and defund the police. they are using national guard troops in washington, d.c. as a prop. nothing more. where is the credible threat? the credible threat is in portland and seattle. they won't send them there because they are left wing socialist criminals that's the base of the dem

if that's too much ask sleepy joe's prom began last week when his press secretary jen psaki said this his goal that he set is to have the majority of schools, so more than 50%, open by day 100. of his presidency. so at least once a week hopefully it's more. >> high less like the president tried to clean things up in through psaki right out of the campaign bus, watch this. >> your administration set a goal to open the majority of schools in your first 100 days. you are now saying that means those schools may only be open for at least one day a week. >> that is not true that's what were supportive but that's not true and it was a mistake in the communication. >> it was a mistake in the communication. it's a communication breakdown for it i feel so much better now. honestly the only good thing to come out of this whole mess, the republican party's realizing parents are furious throughout the school issue. and they have begun using the broken promises and reopening delays to raise funds and helping win back seats in the 2020 midterms. i don't care about your seat, when our kids going back

in 2016 jon jen psaki white house communications director questioned the president's legal authority air strikes writing "assad is a brutal dictator but syrian is a sovereign country. does she still believe that today? and senator harris also publicly question the legal rationale now vice president harris. apparently, these are all just hollow, empty, political smears against donald trump. one standard for the democrats, one if you are a republican and according to a new shocking political report vice president harris is quickly being prepped to take the foreign policy reign from the biden administration. by this, now reportedly encouraging vice president to engage directly with warring leaders fear that would be his job. by the way, develop rapport with the u.s. allies. and here is meeting weekly with secretary of state antony blinken. so the question tonight is, why? if joe biden is not up to the task, well, we know he rarely appears in public, and we know he takes very few questions. we know he has not schedule joint session of congress for the state of the union address. this wee

he sent jen psaki out there and they prescreen the questions. biden doesn't take questions or answer questions. then the press secretary doesn't take the questions. donald trump love him or hate him. he would stand outside of a helicopter for 20, 30, 40 minutes and take the tough questions. he spoke to the american people. and what did they do to him for it? they took him off twitter, instagram and facebook. judge jeanine: it's amazing. we know simon and shoeser, they are not going to print the thank youly book. but they are going to print hunter biden's book "beautiful things." he gets rewarded with a book deal. josh hawley exercise his right as a representative from the state of missouri and he gets canceled. to the democrats, cancel me, i don't care. true republican, true trump republicans are not going to be shut up by the left. it's very, very clear. the left wants to dominate the agenda. i'll tell you, cans thing donald trump off social media did not deter 75 million trump supporters. because we are here louder and stronger. judge jeanine:

jen psaki tweeted in 2017 what is the legal authority for strikes? assad is a brutal dictator but syria is a foreign country. president biden getting similar criticism on his criticism from back then. back on the domestic front progressives very upset amid growing cracks in the democratic party. they hope to raise the minimum wage and the legislative filibuster, approve climate change legislation, make washington dc a state among other things but senate parliamentarian ruling does not bode well with those progressive ideas. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell talked about that tonight on special report. >> if you are looking for real civil war look at the democrats in the house, the progressives making it difficult for speaker pelosi to operate given the narrow margin she has in the house. shannon: welcome to fox news at night. to the breaking news around the world and kevin cork, good evening. >> one by one those campaign promises we heard so much about on the campaign trail in 2020 giving way to the harsh reality of washington. first it was $2,0

here's what what pa sasauk -- psaki had to say. >> she's a leading policy expert, led a think tank ins done a great deal of work on policy issues but done a great deal of bipartisan work as well. won widespread support ranging from labor unions rolled up her sleeves and done the work. met with more than 35 senators, democrats and republicans themselves. this was a process. confirmation getting individuals confirmed, has two committee votes we're working towards that and continue to work supporting her nomen asian. >> reporter: the white house continuing to push tanden's background reminding everybody the first asian-american woman to lead the omb, talked about her lived experience growing up with a single mother and benefiting from the programs she would have a hand working with and talking how that experience would make her a strong person in this position. but the fact remains that the white house spent the weekend working the phones according to psaki trying to find these votes. it's what senate majority leader chuck schumer pledged to do, find the votes to get tanden over the fini

>> absolutely, that miss psaki cannot answer a question without saying i'll circle back with you.ound and round. why? because she doesn't have the question in front of her before it is asked. she needs to be prepared every single time. if this happened under the trump admini all hell would break loose. he made himself so available. walking from the white house to the helicopter and stopping with the press and asking every single question that popped up. it didn't matter. nothing was prescripted for him nor was said who was going to answer it. i have to circle back on the cuomo thing. he said it was a political football. well, he decided new yorkers need to not keep him in office. that book he's selling needs sh not be sold. on leadership. he said, they died at the hospital or died at the nursing home. in circling back, i'm sorry. this matters. transparency that comes out of their mouth constantly is a bunch of bs. they are not being transparent. they need to take to it the court and make sure that information is given to these families so all new yorkers and the rest of the family

jen psaki when she was a civilian questioned trump doing a similar operation in 2019 tweeting what isssad is a brutal dictator but syria is a sovereign country. psaki said there's a big difference between policy and law between these air strikes and the ones in 2017. have democrats and republicans on capitol hill seen a big difference? >> it certainly mirrors the criticism we're seeing from prominent progressive democrats who say these strikes -- primarily criticism is on two points. first, there was no congressional authorization for these strikes and second they're worried that congressmen like rohana and omar jen psaki has responded now saying that biden is the commander in chief and that there was a responsibility and a right to respond to those rocket attacks in self-defense. >> thank you, oren. appreciate it. >> breaking news in our politics lead. president biden speaking in about an hour as he visits storm-battered texas just moments ago. president biden met with food bank volunteers after deadly storms left millions in texas without heat and water. joins us live from houston.

in 2017, jen psaki, white house medication director, even question the president's legal authority for strikes writing, "assad is a brutal dictator but syria is a sovereign country." that she still believing that today? senator harris public we questioned the legal rationale, now vice president harris. apparently these are all hollow empty political smears against donald trump. one standard for the democrats, one if you are a republican. according to a new shocking political report, vice president harris is quickly being prepped to take the foreign policy rains from the biden administration. biden is not reportedly encouraging his vice president to engage directly with world leaders. that would be his job. by the way, even develop her own rapport with u.s. allies. harris has also been meeting weekly with secretary of state anthony antony blinken. if joe biden is not up to the task, we know he rarely appears in public and we know he takes very few questions. we know he hasn't scheduled a joint session of congress for the state of the union address. this week he struggled mightily to rea

psaki: this is not kids being kept in cages. this is a facility that was open that is going to follow the same standards as other hhs facilities. it is certainly not -- it was never our intention of replicating the policies of the past administration.ne >> sean: let me make a prediction. jen psaki, she is going to circle back on this one since the situation at the southern border is only going to get dramatically worse. that, you can take to the bank. biden's open border policies are a green light for migrants, and in the coming weeks and months, mark my words, there will be another huge, massive uptick in illegal immigration. now, this is especially true given that biden's pick for attorney general, merrick garland, isn't even sure that illegal immigration is illegal. he wants to be attorney general. illegal immigration, he's not sure is illegal. okay. take a look. >> do you believe illegal entry at america's borders should remain a crime?>> >> well, i haven't thought abous that question. i just haven't thought about that quest

earlier today white house press secretary jen psaki was asked if the u.s.f course, have a review under way. a domestic violent extremism review that's under way by our national security team to take a look at violence and this type of concerning group activity across the country. i expect we will wait for that review to conclude before we make any determinations. >> stand by for a decision. that designation would have both financial and legal consequences. >>> a prominent lawyer who vehemently pushed voter fraud conspiracy theories is now under investigation for alleged voter fraud, himself. lynn wood falsely claimed georgia's election was stolen and while there was zero evidence of widespread fraud, georgia's secretary of state brad raffensperger is investigating if wood was even eligible, himself, to vote in the state. it all started after wood sent an email to a local reporter claiming he'd been living in south carolina. joining us now, a political reporter for the "atlanta journal and constitution." good to see you again, greg. so what more do we know a

. >> reporter: jen psaki said president biden is not bending with his $1.9 trillion request for covid relief despite monday night's show of bipartisanship. the meeting with ten republican senators who want a less expensive and more targeted package. >> the risk here is not going too big. it is going too small. he supports the efforts by senator schumer, leader schumer, and speaker pelosi to move this package forward. >> reporter: today the democratic leadership did press forward with a key vote to set up passing the president's proposal through an obscure but powerful tool known as any republican support. while psaki said the president is, quote, hopeful the rescue plan can pass with bipartisan support, a reconciliation package is a path to achieve that end. republican senator mike vaughn doesn't see it that way. >> looks like an approach of, hey, i want to talk to you, but if you don't come my way, we're going to do it anyway. >> reporter: today president biden and janet yellen dropped in virtually on senate democrats weekly luncheon. >> he was very strong in emphasizing the need for