lawrence: good morning, 8:00 a.m. on the east coast, monday, february 5, this is fox and friends. brian: fox and friends exclusive interview moments ago. people are thinking this is somehow like counting 5000 people in everyday and releasing them, that is absurd. ainsley: california facing hurricane-force wind warning, parts of l.a. and san diego under a state of emergency. steve: that is santa barbara and. and performance that got a standing ovation, luke combs and tracey chapman. beautiful. lawrence: a sight to see. remember mornings are better with friends. brian: yep. ainsley: a fox news alert. text of the senate border bill released and lankford just defended it on fox and friends last hour. steve: mark meredith joins us. mark: good morning. you are right, lawmakers have some reading to do with this package released overnight. senators have been working on this for months. we are talking about $118 million to cover foreign aid and specific mon
good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. could we be on the verge of the first ever criminal indictment of a current or former president? the signals coming out of the manhattan d.a. s office say yes, but how strong is their case? plus, the february job numbers blew by expectations adding over 100,000 more jobs than economists had forecast. will that help the markets? and the bad week on a good note. and the fda s brand new guidance designed to give women a better chance of detecting breast cancer earlier. but, at this hour, we are waiting for a decision by donald trump, will he make the unorthodox move of agreeing to testify before a grand jury investigating potential charges against him? the simple fact that manhattan district attorney alvin bragg invited him to testify is being seen by legal experts as a sign his investigation into hush money payments made to stormy daniels may be wrapping up, and that an indictment could come soon. i
for electric vehicles. that s any minute now. we ll bring it to you live. the president also putting gas prices front and center today, announcing new plans to try to tackle high prices at the pump. how he s responding to criticism that the move is purely political, with election day now less than three weeks away. and we re on subpoena watch. the january 6th select committee set to formally issue one to former president trump soon, but how soon? we ll talk to a member of the economy, congresswoman zoe lofgren who joins us later in the hour. good morning, i m garrett haake back from paternity leave and we speak with the new york times times political analyst and vaughn hillyard is in tucson arizona, dasha burns is with us, and national political reporter natalie allison rounds out the opening crew here. peter, we just heard from the president about this new plan that tries to tackle high prices at the pump, and he s answering direct questions on whether or not the move
remaining undecided voters to decide. there s a lot of them out there. with every day comes a new batch of headlines that can help or hurt. today, it is the economy. the job numbers are still strong, gas prices, inflation, and a declining stock market have a lot of folks feeling like this country is going in the wrong direction. and the numbers show that they are blaming the party in power. these are new polling numbers from the new york times and sienna college. republicans are winning on the genericic ballot, 49% of likely voters are leaning red, and 45% blue. it is a small margin, but it is significant because last month, democrats were in the lead. the big shift comes in part from independent female voters. we re going to ask our numbers guy, dave wasserman of the cook political report what accounts for their striking 32 point swing toward republican. and we will figure out how much weight to give the generic ballot and that s going on with the race for the senate? new
negotiators their due. he is meeting with them in the oval office. this case down to the wire with a source familiar with the negotiations telling nbc news the deal was reached early this morning after 20 hours of talks. there was, quote, a basic handshake at 2:30 a.m. and approval by the teamsters board at 4:30 a.m. it couldn t come at a more critical juncture as the biden administration tries to tame red hot 40 year high inflation with the midterms now just 53 days away. for some context about what a strike would mean for our economy, our web of railways are responsible for shipping about 40% of goods from grain to cars long distance across the u.s. a strike would cost our economy $2 billion every single day leading to empty shelves and higher prices for a public already feeling a price pinch. and just the last 45 minutes, transportation secretary pete buttigieg addressed the news while speaking in detroit. my appreciation to all of the parties that stayed at the table an