House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she believes the democrats have a "very strong argument" for the Senate Parliamentarian to rule to keep the $15 minimum wage provision in the coronavirus relief package. 

Plus, partisan fights on Capitol Hill over who gets to serve on the 9-11 style commission that will investigate the January 6th riots. 

And will U.S. coronavirus cases spike again in March due to the spread of variants?

On today's program: CNN's Nia-Malika Henderson, Shimon Prokupecz and Vanessa Yurkevich. Plus POLITICO's Melanie Zanona, Caitlin Rivers from Johns Hopkins University, and Votebeat's Jessica Huseman.

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