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slow start, putting it bluntly, quote, welcome to the seinfeld congress. it is a show about nothing. the vote on congresswoman omar is one of the political squabbles unfolding while the nation ticks a day closer to defaulting on its debts. house speaker kevin mccarthy met with president biden yesterday, but there doesn't appear to have been any progress on the debt limit. the president did strike this optimistic tone while speaking this morning. >> start treating each other with respect. that's what kevin and i are going to do. not a joke. but a good meeting yesterday. >> we'll get l...

Until tomorrow as frozen trees are knocking down power lines. cities from dallas to memphis are still paralyzed with ice blanketing the roads. and air travel is still crippled. today, more than 1400 flights have been canceled, more than 8,000 delayed according to flight aware. in all, the weather has been attributed to at least eight deaths across the region. nbc's guad venagas has more. that area behind you has been an ice rink. how are people faring where you are? >> reporter: lindsey, well, i have a piece of ice here, this is what we find on top of our cars. so, yeah, the temperature has be...

Will: smoky mountains. i was on the other side of the smoky mountains on the tennessee side. when you think about mountains you think rockies. can you even think about the appear flags up here. the smoky mountains are beautiful. >> lawrence: i like seeing the trees of the you don't get that in tennessee. there is no nature just buildings. carley: so true. like late may when i finally looked out my window oh my gosh there are leaves on the tree. so few trees on the city i didn't think about that wow that's actually kind of nice. moving on in the world in this year. all right, speaking of moving...

Money. people upset by this, you're the one paying for it and many times this happens because there is no accountability. professors know they are getting away with it because people don't know where their money is going, he might pull federal funding for schools that don't protect free speech and some people pull federal funding from schools teaching things like this. jillian: 47 after the hour, time to check in with what is coming up on "fox and friends". >> reporter: we are in a place called olive branch, mississippi, close to the tennessee side of mississippi. we are at the neighborhood gr...

>> well, after a weekend of relatively quiet weather through much of the country, we didn't get that snow at the tale end of the weekend yesterday. and this arirea didn't get a lo of snow this weekend. this was on i-75 near the ken tuck day border on the tennessee side. 50 people were treated, five were hospitalized. no fatalities, but 18 cars were in involved on that wreck alone. this was the storm. this had to be ten shl to be a big nor'easter. unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on if you like snow or not, it's heading safely off the coast. this was just a southern stream that just kep...