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Sandra Smith, John Roberts to dive into Trump's last 24 hours in office on 'America Reports'

2021-01-19 | 🔗
'America Reports' co-hosts Sandra Smith and John Roberts report on the end of the Trump presidency and look ahead to the Biden Cabinet confirmation hearings on 'Fox & Friends.'
This is an unofficial transcript meant for reference. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
Empire state building a couple blocks south of where we are sitting joining us. Now we have Sandra joining us now. We have Sandra Smith in New York and John Roberts with a brand New America reports where he for years covered. The Trump administration so like today will be a busy day at the White House final full day, a bunch of pardons coming shortly, plus the president is going to make a video address, which we imagine will be a greatest hits of the Trump administration after living in the basement of the White House for four years. It is nice looking down years. It is nice looking down but no question in the last twenty four hours of not the presidency, because it is a little more than
that, but the presidents last twenty four hours in Washington hes leaving tomorrow morning, he will arrive in Palm beach at 1100 in the morning still president, which means he gets to fly on Marine one and air force, one making a farewell address one making a farewell address and event at joint Base Andrews before he boards air force. One Barack Obama did the same thing. George Bush had a little one when he left in two thousand and nine the next twenty four hours somewhat the next twenty four hours, somewhat melancholy. The big house behind me that wasnt to be the question, will he be able to run in twenty twenty four? It depends what happens in the Senate trial if they have a trial, a lot of Trump supporters in Florida, pretty conservative area. What can we expect? Congratulations on the new show. What can we expect from the
Senate? Confirmation hearing look forward to seeing you this afternoon. These cabinet hearings throughout the morning a keen interest for the market, JANET Yellen, testifying for the Senate Finance Committee. The world will be watching because she has the enormous task of explaining how she will help so many millions of struggling Americans shes getting pressure on how big shes going to go with stimulus. She is expected to say in her own words, she plans to go big with stimulus when it comes to those direct payments. Extending the unemployment benefits to struggling Americans and the Wall Street Journal is asking. How much is too much. You are looking at twenty six dollars trillion. You are looking at twenty six dollars trillion in this country more than we are putting out as an economy.
She will make the case to lawmakers that now is the time to do it with those historic vote, interest rates that have if we are going to borrow all this money and spend all this money now is the time to do it. She will face a lot of tough questions, but the markets have a lot of confidence in her Goldman Sachs rolling. That market seemed to do this. The first female Treasury secretary, the first federal secretary, the first Federal Reserve chair as well Yellens perspective, is the same as Larry Kudlows. If they do it at all, one to three America remarks, one to three America remarks I am here in New York, John Roberts is in DC and it is
remarkable to have this split show, because so much news to cover folks. The next couple days, where you are in DC will the power center in Dc New York City Sandra, and I are such friends you dont, have to be in the same studio to have great chemistry. We have a great lineup join us at 100 this afternoon, Steve. That means they have not booked them. Yet it is great to have the two of you so much going on and you were both journalists and explainers of what things are and ultimately what impacts the
world and was were you watching how black gold grows in a musty basement did Peter Doocy know the basement is only at the White House. I havent told him yet Ainsley during the show our audience might not know. You occasionally send us all emails that tell us this is what is happening at the White House. So we really appreciate it. We learned one thing about John Roberts. What is the shoe he wears? I have big shoes to fill. I have big shoes to fill. Look at that. Our new White House correspondent said the outgoing chief White House. Correspondent has been nice and welcoming and
showing the ropes for which we are grateful. He is a terrific guy, terrific correspondent and hes right outside the door and coming up soon any messages.
Transcript generated on 2021-01-20.