we begin with peter doocy in kansas city. hopefully you got a belly full of barbecue. >> i just had a brisket sandwich the side of my head. we are awaiting the president on his way to missouri. to pitch the extra base hits bill he made to a state that trump won by a lot. we talked to one of missouri's republican senators who doesn't get why the president is on his way here. >> it wreaks of desperation and to change the subject. what his visit will highlight in missouri is how bad his policies have been. i can't figure out what the president has against working people. he doesn't want them to buy cars or be fired if they don't get the vaccine. doesn't want them to have a say in school boards. he doesn't think much of working people and their families. >> voters do not like what they see. 63% polled by the "wall street journal" said the country is going in the wrong direction and republican leaders said biden and company are spending too much money on the wrong things. >> upside down on the economy. the reckless spending spree

back to the white house now, jen psaki and her briefing and peter doocy coming up with questions shortly. >> and signed so we can give relief to the american people. i can't make predictions beyond that. >> on the president's trip to kentucky, any guidance on what he may be doing, is the first lady or members of congress going to be traveling with him? >> he invited kentucky delegation to travel with him, i leave it to them to convey their travel plans. it is only natural some may have alternate plans, we'll leave that to them. we will provide you manifest list tomorrow. i would say that while the president is there, he will be serving storm damage first hand and making sure we are delivering assistance as quickly as possible to support recovery efforts. i can tell you from traveling with the president in the past, he will ask leaders what do you need, what are you not geting and how can we make it faster for you and he will get back in the car and give an assignment to a staffer and say, get it done. that is how i expect he will approach this and will be joined by governor beshear, secr

peter doocy at the white house. >> sandra: tennessee republican senator marsha blackburn. great to see you. thanks for being here. >> sure. >> sandra: spell this out. what is the case that republicans make? if democrats were able to push this through and there was a christmas miracle, what does your party say will happen to the average american family in 2022? what kind of costs? knowing the average american family is on the hook for $3500 for this year because of inflation. >> that's right. sandra, that additional $3500 per family per years if you are treading water. now what it does not take into account is what is going to happen for your childcare costs. this build back better, broke bill, as i call it, it would raise your child care costs $13,000 per child. they want to eliminating churches from providing child care you can use and get a subsidy. they are trying to take over the child care industry. i have not had anybody in tennessee tell me they think child care is broke and that the federal government needs to intervene. they like going to their local church for mo

peter asked what happened to president biden's promise to shut down the virus? we are waiting a news conference out of california at this hour. i believe he can put a live shot up. there's a wedding outside of city hall there. >> john: life goes on. >> sandra: we are expecting a news conference on the first confirmed case of the omicron fire to variant is that lovely couple takes their photos. >> john: and we are expecting more news on the terrible tragedy of the school shooting and oxford township michigan. a lot of you still ahead. we'll have it all for you as soon as we come back. >> sandra: we will be right back. >> you will love your job. >> there's room to grow... >> ...and lots of opportunities. >> so, what are you waiting for? >> apply now... >> ...and make a difference. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ >> man, i love that song! new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a job, you immediately get your shortlist of quality candidates, whose resumes on indeed match your j

peter doocy joins us from the white house with the latest on the fallout. >> good afternoon. we have got these law-enforcement groups saying they are not getting the help they need from the people who work here. that's why the national sheriffs association says this. several of the national trade groups resenting local law enforcement have formed their own working group to coordinate a better localized response to the latest crime trend. this group aggressively sought federal law enforcement resources to assist in this effort. thus far only we are unaware of any planned, orchestrated, or cohesive response by the federal government. the white house is pushing back and this is what that sounds like. president biden agrees we need to crack down on the surge in crime which is exactly why he's fighting for more federal support for community policing and why the justice department is working closely with state and local partners to address the disturbing state of retail theft we have seen in recent weeks. the white house claims are being plainly disputed by people who say that's no

that was her circling back on a conversation that she and peter had yesterday. for which she was highly criticized, and forgive me for plane one more bite, but this was the moment where she placed blame for all of his crime on the pandemic. listen. >> so when a huge group of criminals organize themselves and they want to go loot a store, cvs, nordstrom, home depot, until the shelves are clean. you think that's because of the pandemic? >> i think a root cause and a lot of can communities is the pandemic. >> sandra: she obviously felt that she needed to come back and clean up that response a bit. >> ari: yeah. it's not the pandemic paired the root cause in california is the decriminalizing of theft. when you turn it from a felony and to a misdemeanor, you're basically sending a signal that you are entitled to about a thousand dollars worth of freeloading. and then when people see it on tv, they see it on youtube, and they people wheeling themselves in a bicycle after committing theft. they think, i can do that too. that is why it is growing in california. let me d

peter doocy live from the north lawn. >> you are right. americans are looking to officials here in a time that is uncertain because of the new variant. the information is confusing. the president said they didn't see this new variant coming. >> covid is spreading so rapidly. we know this. it it happened almost overnight. just in the last month. >> [laughing]. >> an alarm bell went off. i don't think anticipated this would be as rapidly spreading as it did. >> president biden said they were blind sided by the new variant but the cdc director said they were not. >> we anticipated this. this is what we have prepared for. from are doubling times of this virus in other countries that had the virus before us in 1.5 to 3 day range. this is what we anticipated. >> officials are trying to take a victory lap and a problem they think was caused by the pandemic the supply chain crisis. >> we heard about the supply chain crisis leading to problems around the holidays. packages are moving and gifts are delivered. shelves are not empty. >> so, that's bee

member of house armed service committee and will join us in a moment but first to the white house, peter doocy with the latest on this. what a way to start the week. >> told me about it, john, good afternoon. this russian build upon the ukrainian border has been happening slowly but biden administration officials are telling us they are upset he has one half of 75,000 troops he would need in the area to carry out a plan to invade ukraine. he's also got tanks and artillery there. >> what happens if vladimir putin doesn't invade ukraine? what does the u.s. do? >> i certainly won't speculate on different scenarios, but again i would point back to what the president said and that certainly we are committed to ensuring that ukraine has what it needs to protect itself in sovereign territory. speak with the white house has on a virtual call president biden will underscore u.s. concerns with russian military activities on the border with ukraine and reaffirmed the united states to support the sovereignty and territory of the integrity of ukraine. that raises new questions how exactly president b

i am a remake of the peter the great and i will protect the home land. the president just split the difference. say to putin, ukraine remains a sovereign nation. we won't bring them into nate. you leave them alone. it's an european issue. let's go on to more important things around the globe. we have adversaries in china that we need to pay attention to. we do not need to be distracted from a european event. we are more focussed on russia and ukraine than china and taiwan. >> sandra: i want to bring in every detail we are learning from that phone calls. not specifics from it. but the length of time. how it began. we know that the white house kept that meeting closed to reporters. it was all virtual over zoom. the kremlin released photos and video between the two leaders. the white house hasn't provided a full readout of that call. what we are expecting is that jake sullivan biden's national security advisor will did you say that with reporters this afternoon and we will bring that to our viewers. we are learning this: president biden will convene a call

hello, peter. >> hello, mike. officials here have gone for morning that unvaccinated americans could lose their jobs to warning that unvaccinated americans could lose their lives. >> for those who choose to remain unvaccinated, he will issue a stark warning and make clear unvaccinated individuals will continue to drive hospitalizations and deaths. >> that sounds harsh, especially when compared to the latest comment from the vice president. >> is it the fault of the unvaccinated? >> i don't think this is a moment to talk about fault. it is no one's fault that this virus hit our shores or hit the world. >> more than five months after the president teased we were closer than ever to the end of covid, the new plan is kind of more of the same. a thousand military doctors and nurses ready to deploy to overwhelmed hospitals, making covid vaccines more available, and then to mail 500,000 at-home covid tests to american citizens for free. that problem comes at thousands of americans are waiting hours in long lines in the c