This magnitude. We are not out of the fight yet. The continued message is to please stay off the road. Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world, this is new day. Its tuesday, february 2nd, 6 00 a. M. Here in new york. And a cancer for the Republican Party, scathing comments from Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell about a fellow member of congress. Honestly, you never hear this kind of talk from mcconnell about another republican member. So why is he saying this only now about congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene . What does it tell us about where that party is going . We have new reporting about a possible showdown between republicans today in just a minute. Meanwhile, a peculiar sight at the white house. Look at this. What would you call this . This is like a political unicorn. I it doesnt compute. A substantive bipartisan meeting inside the white house. President biden with a group of re
Ramps up today. This morning, well see legal briefs from the house Impeachment Managers and trumps legal team. But we already have a preview from mr. Trumps newest lawyer who says the trial is completely unconstitutional. And there are new warnings from one Prominent Senate republican who claims next weeks trial could lead to delays in President Bidens agenda and cabinet confirmations. Were going to begin with new reporting on the pandemic relief talks. Joining us, john harwood and aisha roscoe, a White House Correspondent for npr. John, i want to put on the screen this picture, this remarkable picture of people actually having a conversation, a civil conversation about substantive issues. President biden with nine inperson republicans, one on zoom, and when i saw this, john, i realized what you had been trying to tell me patiently about your reporting and your analysis. That sometimes bipartisan is the way you go about doing things, even if what you ultimately agree on isnt 100 unanim
Away. Theres also movement this afternoon on pandemic relief. Despite a twohour meeting in the Oval Office Last night on the president s plan and a much smaller republican counteroffer Congressional Democrats are now moving to fast track their 1. 9 trillion package. We have so much more on what that means for struggling americans in just a moment, but, first, lets Dig A Little Deeper on this legal response filed by the former president s attorneys. Our cnn chief domestic correspondent jim acosta is live with me this afternoon. Jim, this all goes down one week from today. What will we be hearing from team trump . Well, what youre going to be hearing, brooke, is part of what you just said a few moments ago, constitutionally they will argue that the president cant be convicted at the senate trial after leaving office as president , but they are also going to say that the president s comments on january 6th, that rally on the ellipse just before the riot that took place at the Capitol Fall
Because of the pandemic nuisances and to roll some people said before, cuomos calls under the microscope in recent days. Was an internal the Teacher James releasing report that states undercounted nursing home Patient Deaths by 50 after not including residents dying in hospitals. Governor George Pataki suggesting another investigation. A new low. For months theyve been trying to get those numbers stonewall. Representative lee results and call the cover up. New york state ordered these Nursing Homes to take an affected patients and paste from replaced with healthy residents and it spread like wildfire. Shannon new York Governor Andrew Cuomo facing more criticism for telling people to stay off the roads but driving himself from albany to new york but if hes going to have responders out here like the Person Plowing the road that he himself would want to be here as well. The storm continuing across the northeast blanketing the city in new york and 44 counties across the state under an emer
They are lit up and in bloom. Neil only trees that arent covered in white in the metropolitan area because as you can see. Jillian you are watching Fox And Friends First on tuesday morning. Todd a powerful winter Storm Pounding the northeast as much as 30 inches in parts of jersey. Jillian Live Team Coverage this morning, janice team tracking the system live that we start in time square with aishah hasnie. Reporter it is clear out here but snow is picking up in the last hour. Lets show you a live look at times square. The pavement you can see for the first time in a lie long time, they cleared that way. The roads are still slushy and it is still a dangerous situation so please do not get out and drive. Around the northeast, one person dead in pennsylvania as this winter storm slammed 70 million americans from georgia to maine, parts of new york, new jersey, connecticut and pennsylvania under state of emergency restricting travel. In new jersey 660 crashes reported since the storm began