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Where are the tests? >> you know, i cant comment on where the funds have gone but i can say that we havent done what we needed to do in terms of tests. part of that i think was last spring where the numbers were going down. looked like we were reaching an end game in terms of this pandemic. so you werent seeing the same drive for testing. right now were seeing how critically important testing is, how valuable it would be for children to be able to be tested, to be able to stay in school if theyv...

Every right to ask what happened to the money, where the money went and why they didnt get a test for their $82 billion. that is the subject that they can continue to try to bear down on here. with regard to masking, listen to this from scott gottlieb, the former fda commissioner. >> this is an airborne illness. a cloth mask wont protect you from a virus that spreads through airborne transmission. could protect better through droplet transmission but not like this coronavirus. >> martha: you kno...

What i find fascinating about this is the $182 billion that went to school systems across the country and supposed to use it for testing and mitigation. president biden said we werent too happy with what happened to some of the money. once we give it to them, its their money to spend the way they want. why is it the only place that theyre watching where the money goes is arizona? >> theres been no accountability to the unions for the amount of money that theyve been given. they continue to focus...

Thousands of pages of a massive $1.5 trillion bill to avert a government shut down on friday. it still is very important, bret. because it includes $1.6 billion in aid for ukraine. thats humanitarian and defense dollars with rare bipartisan support. the bill also will expand the u.s. defense budget here at home to $782 billion. thats a big jump, a $42 billion jump over fiscal year 2021. now, house democrats tried to move on a vote on this bill this morning but it was stalled by progressives. the...

Trooper who says he was forced to resign by the texas department of public safety after returning from iraq disabled by his exposure to the open air burn pits. a group of bills currently on capitol hill and named it to pit exposure a presumptive condition for va health coverage. the cost, about $282 billion over ten years. in november, the va and white house made covering burn pit exposure a priority. president biden believes his own sons cancer resulted from it. its taken a long time to get to ...

Mission. >> tell the story about what he went through. my basic thought i woke up and give back to someone that has so much -- >> a group of bills currently on capitol hill aim to make burn pit exposure a presumptive condition for va health coverage. the cost $282 billion over 10 years. in november the va and white house made covering burn pit exposure a priority. president biden believes his own sons cancer resulted from it. >> well follow that mans story. >> dana: a federal court reinstated pr...

Theyll see a replay of 2010. they want to get something done for november 2nd. thats the one theyre most scared about. >> go deep on this one piece of this. leigh ann has laid out whats in, whats out, but theres also how to pay for it, right? the idea of this billionaires tax, but an annual tax on unrealized stock gains. that means billionaires will get taxed on their stock even if they havent sold them yet. as an example, the head of tesla, elon musk. eads seen a gain of about $82 billion so fa...

Thats sort of a pithy way to put it, but this isnt an easy snap your fingers kind of get it done situation. >> its really difficult. senator ron widen, the finance committee chairman, hes been talking about this for a couple years but theyve not released any kind of legislative proposal where we thought we could actually do something today. theyve received a framework for this, but think about what you said there. elon musk made $82 billion this year. thats an insane number. what theyre talking ...

He was in. but also, he came to the training center of the operating engineers. and as you know, the building trades unions are really supportive of the bipartisan infrastructure program. so, he came right to them and said hey, lets do both. because the build back better agenda has so much for you, to. 82 billion dollars of school construction spending and making the rules at the pro act right into the build back better act, so that employers who violate workers rights get penalize. so, that was...

Free community college for older students, feds picking up 75% of the tab, states covering the rest. there would be 82 billion for public school improvements, also more money for universities that serve minority groups, including historically black colleges. >> we need to deliver for the american people. >> reporter: there would be help with child care, middle to low income families with kids under five send no more than 7% of income on those services. proposes to help low income families save m...