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 republican senators comparing their plans for economic relief. Now, huge gaps remain between the president s 1. 9 trillion plan and the republican 600 billion counteroffer, but we have new details on what happens next in negotiations even as today democrats introduce the framework for passing the president s version with only democratic votes. And the second Impeachment Trial of former President Donald Trump ramps up today. This morning, we will 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, quote, completely unconstitutional, end quote. And there are new warnings from one prominent Senate Republican who says next weeks trial could lead to delays in president ial bidens agenda and cabinet nominations. Were also tracking the snow totals from the monster winter storm that continues to bury the northeast. A noreaster was one of the biggest to hit New York City in years. But we begin with those relief talks. Cnns Jeremy Diamond live at the snowy white house with the latest. So whats happening . Reporter good morning, alisyn. After weeks of talking about bipartisanship and unity, joe biden finally putting his money where his mouth is, sitting down with ten republican senators in the oval office for a lengthy twohour meeting. Even after that meeting no, sense theyre any closer to reaching a bipartisan deal. Reporter two hours in the oval office. President biden and ten republican senators hashing out their differences over the next round of Coronavirus Relief. Republicans pushing their plan, aiming to scale down bidens 1. 9 trillion package to 618 million dollars. Trimming the direct Stimulus Checks to 1,000, lowering the president s Unemployment Payments from 400 until september to 300 through june. Slashing bidensn ask for state and local aid and eliminating the 15 minimum wage increase from the plan. While there were some broad areas of agreement in that meeting, like the need for relief for small businesses, th will settle for nothing less than what is needed to urgently meet the need for the American People. Reporter leaving the white house, the republicans calling the discussion useful. It was very Good Exchange of views. I wouldnt say that we came togethertonight. No one expected that in a twohour meeting. Reporter other republicans agreeing with their colleagues on the need to slash the price tag. We do have to be fiscally responsible, but also provide relief to those that need it the most. What we dont want to see is a bailout of bad behavior from previous years. Reporter but Congressional Democrats are quickly moving to pass Coronavirus Relief without republican support. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer beginning procedures to pass the Stimulus Bill using reconciliation, allowing the senate to pass the bill with a simple majority. It makes no sense to pinch pennies when so Many Americans are struggling. The risk of doing too little is far greater than the risk of doing too much. Reporter the white house says the president is on board if it comes to that. White House Press Secretary jen psaki writing in a statement that Biden Reit Tated that while hes hopeful the rescue plan can pass with bipartisan support a reconciliation is a path to achieve that end. Theres no rule that republicans cannot join us in helping the American People in the path that were choosing. Reporter and this morning were also learning about three Executive Orders that President Biden intends to sign focussed on immigration. Taking aim at the hardline Immigration Policies of his predecessor. Senior Administration Officials telling us one of those Executive Orders will establish a task force to reunite the hundreds of families separated at the border who still remain separated today. Other two Executive Orders will order up wholesale reviews of some of President Trumps Immigration Policies, including that Asylum Policy that required Central American migrants to stay in squalid conditions in Refugee Camps along the u. S. Mexico Border on the mexico side, of course. Today also the president s Homeland Security adviser sorry, secretary of Homeland Security is also expected to be confirmed in the senate. Alisyn . Jeremy, back to that covid relief, i thought that Susan Collins statement was gracious, but where are we this morning . Are talks continuing . Reporter they made very clear this was a productive discussion, that it was nice to have this kind of opaline of communication between the white house and between republican senators. Certainly bipartisan talks like this are something that we havent seen for years here in washington largely because of the personality and the politics of the previous president. But at the same time, even as those discussions were under way, we got the clear signal from the white house yet in that statement from jen psaki and in the comments that you heard from Symone Sanders and cedrik richmond, two key white house adviser that this white house is prepared to move forward without republicans if necessary. That is to say theyre clear they want to maintain many of the key elements of their 1. 9 trillion proposal. Theyre certainly not going to come down to something along the lines of 600 billion that these ten republicans proposed and essentially theyre saying, look, this aid is needed urgently and were certainly not going to slow down in order to negotiate for weeks on end. So again, there were discussions. It does appear there are going to be more discussions to come out of this, but at the same time, we know that democrats this week are moving forward with that Budget Reconciliation Process and as of now that appears to be the most likely path for this next round of Coronavirus Relief. Okay. We will await updates. Jeremy diamond, thank you very much. John . Just hours house Impeachment Managers will lay out their case against the former president. And were hearing for the first time from the former president s new maybe cheaper lawyers. Cnns Lauren Fox Live On capitol hill from what we will see and hear today, lauren. Reporter well, thats right, john. Just a couple hours we expect to see some preliminary arguments being set forth by both the president s lawyers and the house Impeachment Managers. We expect that the democrats are going to make the case that the president intentionally worked for months both before the election and after the election to subvert the will of votes. Theyre going to argue its more than constitutional to move ahead with an Impeachment Trial in the senate even though the former president is no longer in office. We also expect on the former president s side of the aisle that they are going to be arguing that this is not constitutional and, of course, thats significant. Thats an argument that many republicans have adhered to over the last several weeks. You saw multiple republicans, 45 of them to be exact, voting that this process was unconstitutional just a few days ago in the u. S. Senate. So that is something thats going to be resonating with them. Meanwhile, you have the fact that the senate is essentially going to be put on standstill once this Impeachment Trial begins, really on full display this morning. You had last night senator Lindsey Graham who is currently and technically still the chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee saying he would not move forward next week on monday with a Nomination Hearing of President Bidens nominee for Attorney General. Hes arguing essentially that thats supposed to be a twoday hearing. And right now because the Impeachment Trial is going to start on tuesday, they dont have monday and tuesday to be working on that. Now, democrats disagree, but because there is still not an organizing resolution that has passed the senate, republicans still are chairing those committees, john. Its making for complicated fireworks behind the scenes as they try to navigate how to get some of the nominees to the floor of the senate and confirmed. Lauren, i do not think i have ever heard Mitch Mcconnell, the Republican Senate leader, ever talk this way about another republican member of congress. He basically called Marjorie Taylor greene, although not by name, a cancer on the party. Whats going on . Reporter well, i think this Statement Last night from the majority leader and again, he did not say Marjorie Taylor greene by name, but its very clear who hes talking about is one of the most remarkable statements i have seen from the Minority Leader in my time covering capitol hill. Remember, hes very strategic about what words he uses and when he speaks. And its really a stark contrast given the fact that we have heard very little from Kevin Mccarthy, the leader of the House Republican conference. I want to read you part of mcconnells statement. It says, quote, looney lies and Conspiracy Theories are cancer for the Republican Party. And our country. Somebody who suggested that perhaps no airplane hit the Pentagon On 9 11, Thats Re Prestaged and that the clintons crashed jfk jr. s airplane is not living in reality. This has nothing to do with the challenges facing American Families or the robust debates on the substance that can strengthen our party. And i just want to highlight that last line. Everyday that republicans are talking about Marjorie Taylor greene, they are not talking about the differences between President Bidens agenda and the republican future and what their agenda could bring. I think that is something that republicans in power are getting very frustrated about on capitol hill. Because remember, they could be going out and talking about immigration policy. They could be going out and talking about the problems with bidens 1. 9 trillion covid relief plan. Instead, theyre stuck everyday in a news cycle about Marjorie Taylor greene in part because she continues to make news and a lot of leadership is not standing up against what she is saying. And i think that that is What Mcconnell is trying to put an end to with this statement yesterday. Two issues that need to be discussed going forward. Number one, why did Mitch Mcconnell speak out about this and maybe not years worth of somewhat similar statements from the former president of the United States. Number two, what will Kevin Mccarthy do about this. Hes in a corner somewhat. Lauren fox, thank you for your reporting. Alisyn . Okay, john. The powerful winter storm pounding the northeast and its still not over. 30 inches of snow are already on the ground in some parts of new jersey. This storm is one of the biggest to hit New York City in years and cnns Polo Sandoval is live near central park for us again with more. How much snow did they get . Reporter alisyn, the big Breaking News this morning, its finally not snowing in New York City. Actually those flurries let up just a little while ago to answer your question almost 17 inches of snow in central park. Making for quite the beautiful scene but will make for serious headaches for commuters this morning, people will be walking or driving to work. Obviously people walking very carefully on the sidewalk. It is still very cold here in the city. You think the conditions here are bad, go 30 miles northwest of here where parts of new jersey seeing a foot, almost a foot and a half of snow. In fact, state authorities responding to hundred of vehicle accidents. Here in new york, seems that things are slowly getting back online, at least to a certain degree. Mass transit back online right now. The vaccinations, covid vaccinations we talked about yesterday, those are still going to be postponed today. Those will be happening late this week or early next week. Also inclass teaching, that will be scheduled for tomorrow as well. Guys . All right, polo, thank you very much. Lets figure out who got the most snow. Cnn meteorologist chad myers with that. Chad . Do you call that the winner or the loser, john . Im not sure. Yeah. We talked about these bullseyes yesterday where there were going to be spots with 30 inches of snow. And it happened. And these are old numbers. These numbers came in at 10 00 p. M. Last night. Were expecting brand new numbers at 7 00 a. M. So, well add one or two inches into these. New york, new jersey, pennsylvania an awful lot of snow came down. The biggest bullseye is in western new jersey and two and a half feet of snow and windy as well. Its Still Snowing right now but a small dry area around New York City. Most of the heavy snow is up state. Even some of my peeps might be able to get a little snow from there but not much. Still snowing up on Hazelton Mountain and edwardsville picked up almost 20 inches of snow there, back up to the north, this is what its going to look like today. Still snowing across parts of new jersey. So adding to those totals. Back up into burlington, vermont, seeing some snow. Up into the ski resorts and they will take it if they can get it. Finally by 7 00 a. M. Really tapering off. So were not expecting as much as we had yesterday, but there are still some pockets in here with 12 to 18 inches, most of that way up state or up into maine. As for the heavy snow fell yesterday night, last night and its Still Snowing there now. Well see what happens to the numbers here, john. Im sus suseptembering theyll 35. Thank you very much for that, chad myers. We heard from the former president s new Impeachment Lawyers for the first time. We have a preview of the case they will make, plus, the one argument that republican senators are telling them to stay away from next. Insurance is cool. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Wanna build a Gaming Business that breaks the internet . That means working night and day. And delegating to an experienced live bookkeeper for peace of mind. Your books are all set. 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