The meantime things are going to get worse. The virus is surging. The Biden White House wants to pose as a vaccine each for 50 Million People or 100 million jobs in 100 days and that requires a pace of 1 million a day, not much higher than the 850,000 a day average in the final days of the Trump Administration. Now a member of a federal vaccine Advisory Board is quoted by the New York Times said i love that he set a goal but a million doses a day, we can do better. We are going to have to what we want to get on top of this virus by summer. God willing not just 100 million but more than that. It will earn easy republican support. This doesnt have a partisan piece to it. Some republicans balk at including items like a 15 minimum wage or funding for public transportation. There are some added items in there that he will have a real tough time getting through that arent part of covid relief. He will have to separate those out, but when we talk about vaccine dollars and we talk about testing dollars and so forth, ill think ill have pretty broad support. We are doing all outreach that the president has directed the team to do outreach to members of congress, to business and labor organizations to mayors and governors. Biden and Mitch Mcconnell around the same page about waiting until midfebruary to start the trump impeachment trial. The more time we have to get up and running the better. Now trying to prevent democrats from doing something that would completely marginalize the republican minority, getting rid of the filibuster. President biden has praised this distinctive feature of the senate on many occasions. One of the ways biden is trying to stabilize the economy is extending a pause in Student Loan Debt payments. I directed my administration to pause student loan repayments for interest for americans with federal Student Loans until at least september. When alexandria ocasiocortez heard about that, she asked for more. She said okay, now lets cancel them. Hes not there right now but wants to move quickly. We dont act, the rest of the world is not standing still in terms of their competitive advantage and competitive possibilities relative to us. To start keeping tabs on the rest of the road, President Biden is working the phone, tonight going to dial canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and mexicos president , these are his first foreign leader calls since becoming leader of the free world and its taking them from the oval office because walking out here, there was a marine posted outside the front door. Bret which is a sign he is in the oval office of the west wing. Peter doocy live from the north lawn, thank you. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will send that single articles of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the senate monday. That will set in motion the second impeachment trial against President Trump and a conviction could torpedo any plans he may harbor for another run at the white house. Also tonight, the current occupant of the white house is trying to gather support for his agenda for the first 100 days at least. Congressional correspondent chad pergram has details. Good evening. Walk us through monday. We met good evening, brett. Monday is the formal start of the impeachment trial. The nine impeachment managers led by jamie raskin will walk the sole article of impeachment over to the senate, one article, incitement of insurrection and they will read the articles of impeachment before the senate. The question is whether or not they can work out some sort of framework or guidepost for this trial or maybe they dont get to the meat and potatoes of the senate trial until midfebruary. Lindsey graham, republican senator from South Carolina says the trial once it starts, all other Senate Businesses off. We are not going to split today, at least i wouldnt. Theyre choosing to do this and will do with the way weve always done it. We never split the day. By rule 1 00 p. M. Six days a week is how you handle the senate trial but we might get some more information here in the next couple of minutes, the new Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer is going to be on the senate floor and has an announcement about the parameters of the senate trial. Bret thats any moment we will see that and we will turn it around once we get it. The senate also trying to get an agreement on how to operate in this 50 50 environment. How does that impact the filibuster of 60 votes . For the new Senate Minority leader, he wants a powersharing agreement and of course because mcconnell is now in the minority, he wants to maintain the filibuster and a Senate Democratic leader, the new majority leader Chuck Schumer says that is unacceptable. The republican leader however has made an extraneous demand that would place additional constraints on the majority, constraints that have never been in place before. In fact, his proposal would remove a tool that the republican leader himself used twice in just the last congress. Blowing up the filibuster for legislation is unlikely. You need at least 51 votes to establish a new precedent to kill the filibuster and doubtful there are 51 senators who would go along with ditching the filibuster. The right to filibuster is a Hallowed Senate prerogative. Bret you may have others. We will see over the next few days. Where do we stand with the president s cabinet . Just one confirmation today, lloyd austin the defense secretary was confirmed today. The vote there was 932. Josh hawley and mike lee where the two no votes so only two confirmations so far for President Biden. We might have a confirmation on monday for tony blinken to be the secretary of state, may be janet yellen to be secretary of treasury. In impeachment trial threatens to derail confirmations and thats why it may be in the interest of the democrats to work out a deal for the impeachment trial. Okay, chad pergram with the latest, thank you. 7,000 National Guard troops are going to stay in washington, d. C. , until the end of january following the massive protective mission surrounding the inauguration and while the rest head home, there are increasing questions and accusations about how the troops were used and treated. Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich shows us tonight from capitol hill. Bipartisan outrage over National Guard troops packed into a parking garage resting on concrete amid car fumes after defending the capital for inauguration. It was utterly unacceptable. Its still unclear whos to blame for the National Guard telling fox Capitol Police ordered the troops out as congress was in session. Capitol police denying they gave the order of the republican governors from texas, florida, and New Hampshire didnt wait for answers to bring their soldiers home. I dont know who is responsible and frankly i dont care. I just have to protect my troops and do whats right. Guard members told politico we feel incredibly betrayed after a group of 5,000 were directed to the underground lot with only two toilets, no internet, and one electrical outlet. Senator Tammy Duckworth offered up her own office tweeting unreal. I cant believe the same Service Members we have relied upon protecting our capital the last two weeks would be unceremoniously ordered to vacate the building. Senator tim scott count for accountability saying this is unconscionable and unsafe. Safety questions are growing as defense officials confirmed more than 100 troops now tested positive for coronavirus. The committee is investigating if precautions were taken amid concerns the deployment is becoming a superspreader event. Troops maintained high spirits despite vetting for extremist ties and questionable accommodations only sending cots after these photos went viral. Im extremely honored to be here and help protect the process and protect the country. The new president and first lady expressed thanks and gave support. Joe biden in person, joe biden by phone. Talked about his own personal commitment to the National Guard given his son had served previously. Capital police on the National Guard said in a joint statement they are committed to the common goal of protecting the capital but did not resolve the question of who gave the controversial order. The troops are now working eight hour shifts instead of 12 allowing the more time to get hotel rooms outside the city. Bret Jacqui Heinrich on capitol hill, thank you. Also concerned tonight that the new president s rush to reverse his predecessors policy may not be in the nations best interest written explanation tonight from rich edson. Biden Administration Appointees are gradually staffing the state departments washington headquarters. The one nominee is missing, secretary designate Antony Blinken is still waiting for a Senate Confirmation vote. When he does arrive, he will face a series of major Foreign Policy decisions especially on china. President trump was right in taking a tougher approach to china. He agreed with the Trump Administration accusing china and blocking chinese products made with slave labor from the u. S. So the Biden Administration quickly moved to reverse President Trumps decision to leave the World Health Organizations analysts say the w. H. O. Last year publicly applauded china as the Chinese Government was refusing to share information to help contain the virus. How are we going to call the w. H. O. Accountable and reorient taxpayer funding to make sure it doesnt become this. China announced sanctions on more than two dozen former Trump Administration officials including outgoing secretary of state mike pompeo. A former senior Trump Administration official tells fox news that the Previous State Department staff prepared sanctions on senior Chinese Government officials to give the Biden Administration immediate options to retaliate. The Current State Department spokesperson said china sanctions are counterproductive and u. S. Officials will work with American Allies on chinarelated issues. Its also unclear whether the Biden Administration will maintain the Trump Campaign against Chinese Telecom companies, tariffs on imports, and penalties were steadily increasing repression in hong kong. The Biden Administration is also moving on russia proposing to extend for five more years the last remaining a Nuclear Arms Treaty between the two countries. The kremlin says it welcomes the u. S. Offer to maintain the new start treaty but still waiting for more details before officially signing off. Bret thank you. In just the past minute, the Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer saying the impeachment trial will start the week of february 8th. The week of february 8th, as we will follow that on the senate floor. The Biden Administration is going to review the Peace Agreement reached between the trump team and the taliban last year. White House National security advisor Jake Sullivan told his afghan counterpart today and a phone call the deal calls for u. S. Forces to leave afghanistan by this may in exchange for counterterrorism guarantees. If you smoke, drink, or eat too much, you may actually move to the front of the line for the coronavirus vaccine. We will explain how that works. One of baseballs alltime greats has died, hall of Famer Henry Aaron who broke babe ruths career home runs anchor, retired for 755 homers, died in his sleep according to the Atlanta Braves organization. Aaron was one of the sports first africanamerican superstars and endured racist taunts and threats has he approached ruths record. What a marvelous moment for baseball, what a marvelous moment for atlanta in the state of georgia. What a marvelous moment for the country and the world. Bret aarons home run mark endured until it was broken by barry bonds in 2007 at the height of the baseball steroid issue, but many still consider hank the home run king. Hank aaron was 86. Are you ok . Its just a cold. If you have high blood pressure, a cold is not just a cold. Most cold medicines may raise blood pressure. Choose coricidin hbp. The brand with a heart. For powerful cold relief without raising your blood pressure. 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The controversy over the coronavirus vaccine, the shortages of the drug and how its being administered. In a few places, some questionable lifestyle choices are putting certain people ahead of others on the vaccine waiting list. In several places, getting a shot means playing the long game. Correspondent Casey Stegall explains tonight from arlington, texas. At this covid19 vaccination hub in arlington, texas, thousands stood in line anxiously checking their paperwork. After finally being cleared by county Health Officials to receive their coronavirus vaccine. I have Underlying Health conditions, so it seems like the right thing for me to do. This location will inoculate more than 3,000 on friday alone. The moment you get here, you can easily recognize there are good things happening here. This is the first step in the process. The vaccine push moves forward with roughly 900,000 americans rolling up their sleeves daily. A number of public Health Officials say needs to be much higher. With this week marking one year since the first case was reported in the u. S. 12 months later, almost 412,000 americans have died from the disease. We are not a patient people. Many states continue to hit speed bumps with vaccinating the masses. New york city says it is dealing with a shortage of supply. Some sites closed despite the cdc web site saying that all of the allocated doses have not been used. As soon as we have vaccine, we can give people appointments quickly. Health authorities have come under fire over policies that allow cigarette smokers to jump to the front of the line taking high priority over nonsmokers because of their Underlying Health conditions. While leaders back in texas urge everyone to be patient reminding them such a feat has not been attempted in more than 50 years in the process should improve with time. Over time weve been able to increase efficiency. Back out here live in texas tonight, the cdc is now saying that a patient may be able in rare situations to switch vaccine manufacturers from their first dose to their second dose and saying that someone could also potentially wait up to six weeks before they get their second shot instead of the recommended three or four weeks depending on the brand. Bret Casey Stegall live in arlington, texas, thank you. Twitter says it has permanently banned what it calls a fake account thought to be connected to the office of irans supreme leader. The New York Post reports twitter took 17 hours to suspend the account linked to ayatollah after he posted an image of former President Trump playing golf in the shadow of a giant drone with the caption revenge is certain written in farsi. That tweet included the same language found last month and a posting for what appears to be the leaders official account. 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The issue is what groups are considered terrorists and whether that constitutes profiling. He was correspondent mark meredith. In his inaugural address, President Biden vowed to combat hate groups which he sees as a National Security threat. Now the rise of political extremism, white supremacy, domestic terrorism that we must confront and we will defeat. This week, democratic congressman introduced the domestic terrorism prevention act which establishes domestic terrorism offices at the justice department, homeland security, and fbi and would require congress be brief twice a year on domestic terrorist activity and examine if hate groups have infiltrated military and Law Enforcement agencies. A Senate Majority whip dick durbin said following the recent capitol hill riots, lawmakers should feel an urgent need to act. The house passes legislation last fall and Senate Republicans objected. I hope they have a change of heart now. Critics fear the legislation might create more controversy and unfairly label some americans as domestic terrorists. We need to tread very carefully and we have laws on the books. The vast majority of americans do not support these groups no matter what side of the political spectrum they are on. 135 civil Rights Groups sent a letter urging them to focus on hate groups but not to enact a new domestic terrorism charge. Betty monroe was with the Leadership Conference on civil and human rights. Weve had no criminal charges created however well intentioned have ended up coming back to harm the very same communities in this case that white nationalists seek to harm. They are concerned for some lawmakers saying the government has too much power to surveillance citizens. Starting today, the white house is directing the National Security council to better focus on the threat of violent extremist pose. The administration also wants a full review of how officials can disrupt extremist networks. Bret thank you. Lets bring in a pollster who got some intervals this week, good evening, i know you kind of went through all of this and you had some tough times getting them to talk on issues, but want to play a couple of them. One is about the economy and their advice to President Biden. Take a listen. I think biden needs to seriously consider not reinstating a lot of the regulations that are choking the economy before. Needs to take control of covid and get Small Businesses and main street open it, get our lives back to a new normal. Exactly, which is the democrats want to focus on covid, the republicans want to focus on the economy and that one respondent who voted for joe biden is absolutely where the center of america is, do both, lets get through this disease right now, get through the virus, get people vaccinated and then lets open up the schools on the Small Businesses and get america back to normal which is what they really want even more than opening the economy, we want to return to normal. Bret did you get down the road of impeachment . We are hearing from Chuck Schumer that the trial is going to happen in the senate the week of february 8th, doesnt seem like thats a move that will bring people together. No, in fact, it will bring back all that negativity and all that division i didnt realize until you just told me that thats the day that its been scheduled. God help us because it is impossible to get people to be civil when you raise the issue of impeachment when talk about what happened on january 6th, we all agree that what happened was horrific. People need to be held accountable, but the raising of that topic, the raising of the election, bringing bactrim versus biden is guaranteed to bring back that ugliness that we experience with the last two months and for most of the last four years. Bret you experience this talking to these voters. He was one place where it starts to turn testing. Take a listen. I have worked for the g. O. P. I have never in my life not voted Straight Party ticket and i voted for joe biden for the first time. Did you go and listen to the georgia hearing . Stop. Everybody. Any of the georgia hearing . Stop or i will disconnect you. Bret or i will disconnect you, frank. Thats not the worst part. That was an example of it and both sides, the trump people do not want to hear that joe biden won. The biden people did not want to hear anything from donald trump. We are canceling each other. Ive heard people try to reject the philosophy of the canceled culture that it doesnt exist, its a creation. It is not, it is very real and it is frightening and its happening in academia, happening in the media, having an entertainment and is going to happen in business as well and i urge people to if you want to see that two minute clip, the entire thing, see the whole thing develop, go to my twitter and you can see it, its ugly and its horrible. We are not showing it because it really upsets people but i urge you if you can handle it to watch it. Bret we will check that out. We like having you on with all the reaction from voters and we will continue to do it. Thank you very much. Up next, our whatever happened to segment on puerto rico and what is behind a renewed push for statehood. Try boost® high protein. 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An official says they are willing to Pay Media Companies fairly but the proposed rules are unworkable in australia. The australian Prime Minister says he will not respond to threats. Just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. And tonights whatever happened to segment, puerto rico. Many there are hoping statehood is in the cards with the new government in washington but as correspondent phil keating tells us tonight, that would come with a hefty price tag. Now the democrats control the house, senate, and white house, Many Puerto Ricans and puerto rican americans believe this may be the best chance ever for the u. S. Commonwealth to become the 51st state in the nation. Has personally supported statehood for puerto rico. At Florida International university is skeptical. Especially because that would entail a significant increase in the federal budget for puerto rico and therefore an increase in the federal deficit. The territory of puerto rico came into possession of the u. S. After the 19 spanishamerican war. They are u. S. Citizens but they cannot vote for president and they have no voting representation in congress. They also pay no federal income tax but do receive federal benefits. In november, the push to go from commonwealth to statehood passed on the island with 52 of the vote. At florida representative darren soto, the first florida puerto rican elected to congress has introduced a bipartisan House Resolution to support that. There comes a time when territories need to be given the option to be a state especially when there are millions of people who live in those areas. Of puerto rico became the 51st state, this nation would inherit an island and economic crisis and a massive debt Restructuring Plan for the federally appointed Oversight Board created in 2016 his managing puerto ricos 70 billion debt restructuring. Due to the devastation Hurricane Maria caused more than three years ago, u. S. Taxpayers have already spent 40 billion for repairs and infrastructural improvements especially to the power grid which was absolutely crippled leaving millions without electricity for many months. Last week, the Trump Administration which has blasted the island as corrupt and inept announced it will reward in nearly 4 billion grant to help puerto rico rebuild water and Wastewater Treatment plans, pumping stations, and reservoirs. Even today, thousands of homes remain damaged. The last time u. S. Added estate, it was hawaii in 1959. It would take congress but republicans are resistant as they believe the state of puerto rico would automatically add to democrats to the senate. Brett . Bret thank you. When we come back, the panel on President Bidens economic initiatives, the impeachment trial plans, and battling the coronavirus pandemic. This almost doesnt have a partisan piece to it. 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Of course, the last time it went after impeachment was right at the beginning of the Global Pandemic in which people were dying and that ground the federal government to a halt to focus on that and still are and then of course, you fastforward to today and if they were a mandate out of the election, i think there were a lot of people who voted for joe biden because they just wanted to stop hearing about donald trump and wanted to stop listening to all of the fighting about donald trump and then send that. So for democrats to pursue an impeachment trial during joe bidens honeymoon when he could supposedly get anything he wants done i think is so disastrous for democrats and it also looks like they are not they dont have any other agenda but that, and i think its kind of interesting to listen to joe biden punch the question. He can stop this if he wanted to. He is the leader of the party but then it also raises the other question which is what are democrats going to do when donald trump is actually off the pages out of the debate . What are they going to talk about then . I think its a terrible mess play by them. Bret what about that and what do you think about republicans independence and concerned with democrats catching their head about this political move as charlie puts it . First, thanks for having me on. I think charlie is largely right. I think the fact that Senate Democrats have pushed off the start of the trial until after the super bowl, a lot can transpire. In they will have different perspectives about sports and even politics over the next few weeks, so theres still a chance this may not have been in. The important thing when you listen to joe biden talk about how pleased the important ones to National Security are being advanced, i would caution people not to underestimate joe bidens political skills. This is a guy who respects the country and understands how government works. Im hopeful that we can find a way out of this without distracting too much from Covid Vaccination distribution, a covid relief package, and Foreign Policy challenges and many policies i hope he made continue including how this president looks at asia and russia. Bret byron . First of all, they wont be able to do a quickie trial if they have a trial. The house throughout all the rules and impeach the president and about 10 minutes and at some point, he has to have some due process. What i think you will see in the senate is republicans getting together over procedural issues. You dont even have to go to the question of whether donald trump incited insurrection if you believe that impeaching the former president was unconstitutional. Impeachment is the constitutions mechanism for removing a president and article two section four says the President Shall be removed upon impeachment for a conviction of treason, bribery, high crimes and misdemeanors and republicans are going to say what did the constitution mean by president . It means the president of the united states, only one of them at a time and thats not donald trump right now. That argument is gaining a lot of support among Senate Republicans right now. Bret it will be fascinating not only the substance, but the politics as weve been talking about here. I want to turn the page to the National Guard and what has happened with these troops that have been deployed to the nations capital, the treatment of them. Take a listen. There was one Uniformed Police officer who issued an order without authority or without going through the chain of command. It breaks your heart. These are people who were here protecting our freedom in our democracy and theres no excuse for that and im glad i got corrected and quickly. Both sides of the aisle can agree that we have to treat our troops better than that because they did a phenomenal job of securing in the capital they did a phenomenal job at securing the country. The National Guard will always hold a special place in the heart of all the bidens. Bret what transpired was really sad. I think its telling that everybody on capitol hill is running for cover, nobody wants to take responsibility for any of the decisions that got made that so obviously and clearly short shift of the National Guard but i guess what we should take advantage of one thing and that is that at least this is a unifying saying. I havent seen thats much unity about National Guard troops over the police were basic law and ld order anything out of washington in a long time, so i sort of grasp at that little bit of an olive branch that everybody is sort of rallying around the National Guard troops as well they should. Bret harold . I think charlie nailed it. It is bizarre how that was and thought about before they arrived in light of the Covid Protocols that so much was happening. Appreciation for that amount of violence in and around the capital area and in and around washington for the swearing of the new president. Bret lets do winners and losers around the horn. Winter then loser. My winner tonight is senator Bernie Sanders who stole the show, the fashion show at the inauguration with this ridiculous outfit featuring these huge mittens and a look that said i dont want to be here. And my loser actually same story is a woman named jenna ellis and she is a vermont woman, big fan of Bernie Sanders who made him those mittens out of recycled sweaters or something and after the sanders picture goes viral, she gets a lot of people asking where they can buy some and she is not making them anymore she said because taxes are too high. Shes an antitax activist so maybe republicans can recruit her to run for office in vermont. Bret thats a full story. The memes with that picture are quite something. Winner and then loser. Whenever someone thats been talked about a lot today, hank aaron who lived his life the right way in the face of a lot of hard work and because he worked so hard in the face of a lot of adversity starting in the negro leagues, finishing in major league baseball, one of the Great American heroes. Rest in peace, hank aaron. My loser of the week for all those haters of tom brady who cant stand the fact that he is playing like a 23yearold, he is a michigan grad, so go blue. Bret all right. All those Patriots Fans just cant come to grips with the fact that hes doing so well. Bring it home, winner and loser. Im afraid the loser of the week is me because everybody had so much better winners than me. In winner of the week is Mitch Mcconnell because he is running circles around Chuck Schumer, got so bad today that a reporter stopped to ask Chuck Schumer about with the plans were in the senate and he said i dont know, ask Mitch Mcconnell so hes no longer majority leader but still acting like it. With the flick of a pen, joe biden is wiping out a couple thousand jobs between the xl pipeline and stopping Donald Trumps border wall, and now there are hundreds of migrants at the border waiting to come in and take more cheap jobs. Bret youre all winners in my book, have a great weekend and we will see you guys. 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It is somewhat of a liberating feeling. Former senator, the d harris of california. Need to catch my breath. So much has happened. History, faith, and the reason show the way. The way of unity. On the bidens administrations very first day, it took several big steps in the wrong direction. Just got my vaccine, come with me if you want to live. Democracy is precious. Democracy is fragile. At this hour, democracy has prevailed. Bret one week in washington, hard to believe we got all that in them. This weekend on fox news sunday, Chris Wallace will speak with two republican senators, mitt romney and marco rubio, check your local listings for the show time. Thank you for inviting us into your home tonight and all this week and through 2021. Thats it for this special report, fair, balanced, and still unafraid. A fox news prime time hosted by Brian Kilmeade starts right now. You can officially start your weekend at this moment, go ahead. If good evening and welcome to fox news prime time. I am Brian Kilmeade but brett gave that away. He said we have a moral obligation to get people back to work. We cannot, will not let people go hungry. We cannot let people be evicted because of nothing they did themselves. We cannot let people lose their jobs and we have to a
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