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Every important program in someones life in this country is the difference between thriving and perhaps sort of falling off the brink versus the perception, unfair, i will land on the side of it being totally unfair, that democrats are struggling to get through the presidents agenda. >> yeah, look, i think for this election, virginia, were in a unique situation because the local newspaper for a lot of suburban and big counties in virginia is "the washington post." and they have seen a debate abo...

The United States is delivering an additional 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan, a senior U.S. administration official told Reuters, increasing to 4 million the total number of shots donated by Washington to the self-ruled island, which is under increasing pressure from China.

India and the Asian Development Bank on Tuesday signed a $4.5 million project readiness financing (PRF) loan to...

Two pairs of bejewelled Mughal-era spectacles set with diamond and emerald lenses are expected to fetch up to $3.5 million each when they are auctioned in London on Wednesday.The glasses were commissioned by an unknown 17th century prince, auction house Sotheby's said, with the precious stone lenses believed to boost spiritual enlightenment.One pair, named...

All negotiating and in good faith i think you have to keep all options open. i think $1.5 is fair because we just did $1.9 and we did $2.1. >> there you hear a conservative democratic senator talking like a conservative about the money that will be spent here. but from our reporting today the bigger problem may not be the spending, it may be the revenue. i for the life of me cannot square the optimism that a deal come come together this week with so much unsettled about the so-called billionaire...

Tributes for the late actor have been pouring in across social media. jennifer aniston posted on instagram, friends would not have been the same without you. thank you for the laughter you brought to the show and do all of our lives. you will be so missed. kevin bright, former executive producer said, he was an incredible person who spent his final days helping others. god bless you, james. gunter lives for ever. courteney cox, who starred in france says the size of gratitude you brought into th...

To cover the price tag that could be near $2 trillion. >> were going to fully pay for the plan. we were ready to pay for $3.5, so we certainly can pay for half of that. >> reporter: democrats considering several ways to tax the nations billionaires. progressive leaders now saying if theres a handshake on this, theyll be ready to vote for the presidents other bill for traditional infrastructure too. >> im confident that the president will be able to give his word to the house caucus that he has t...

Significant progress. >> representative clark, we have heard a lot of criticism over, um, not necessarily adequately covering what exactly is in this bill. and i think one of the reasons why, despite the fact on this program, we have covered adequately what is in this bill. and i continue to listen over and over again so folks can really understand. but one of the reasons why is, it keeps getting pared down. this is off of $6 trillion. that is what democrats wanted as a whole. its not necessaril...

Trying to get on the record. but now the reality is setting in, and there are still significant, significant battles over a lot of these remaining provisions. and the expansion of the medicare benefits to cover hearing, dental, vision is a really interesting one. that is one where senator manchin has been really not willing to get onboard with. but on the other hand, for bernie sanders, if bernie sanders has a redline, that is it. this is the biggest priority for him. he made it clear in a serie...

Tax on high-wage earners, and president biden has acknowledged that might mean you cant pay for the rest of the bill using those sources of revenue. do you have an alternate way? >> we do. we were ready to pay for $3.5, so we certainly can pay for half of that. >> what is that alternate way? is it a billionaires tax? >> the billionaires tax has an appeal, but it doesnt produce that much money. because the bill is not written yet, and we hope it to be written today and introduced tomorrow, only t...