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So i dont think that dim view that if it passes it all, i do believe that a measure is going to be passed, it will be sent back to the house and then on to the president for his signature. and these are good things in this bill, things democrats across the country will be able to talk about and celebrate. universal pre-k, childcare, tax credit, expansion of medicaid, things that are in there that are going to deal with prescription drug prices. so i think its good celebration. there is a nil the...

[applause] >> today were finally getting this done. americas moving again. your life is going to change for the better. despite the cynics, democrats and republicans, we can work together, we can deliver real results. were at an inflection point in history, things are changing, not just here, across the world. the question is, how do we respond to it? >> you look good. >> earlier this month, pfizer announced that its anti viral pill for people infected by covid-19, im announcing that we have pur...

Collegiality among members, trust among members then the house had to take this action to censor gosar, whether it makes it more caught talks like -- how could it be more toxic? we have members of congress who, you know, have said words in support of an insurrection for petes sake! weve had members of congress who refused to hold president, former president accountable. all of these things really trickle into a toxic environment. its necessary to hold gosar accountable and censure his behavior. ...

Federal prosecutor in the civil rights division of the department of justice. good evening, welcome to you all. cynthia, given the news, given our lead story tonight, i would like to begin with you by asking you why did this case result in an acquittal? >> it resulted in an acquittal for a couple of reasons. the most important one was frankly the witnesses. the one witness said he approached the defendant and he had a gun in his hand pointed it at him, one of the witness went after rittenhouse w...

Particular order and how much pressure is schumer under, manchin under, and sinema under. >> no particular order, i dont know, schumer is under a lot of pressure to get it done, thats pretty obvious. manchin and sinema have their own calculations, and ive gotta say, manchins made an objection, but throwing this much more money into the system, this question in the short term. its fully funded over long term, sort of, not over the first years, and those inflation numbers have really given him a t...

Understand, i cant even say it with a straight face, speaking of guys we both love. anyway, congratulations on mr. big night in the nations capital. john, heres the question, what is the equivalent of other presidencies that we have known, and perhaps not quite loved, where is this moment in bidens office, or first term in office? >> right, brian, i just want to say having michael and i on that stage was like the two old guys in the muppets balcony. you would have fit right in, my friend. >> tha...

You either are not going up much, or going down a bit, because things just cost more. maybe its temporary, theres a big debate about that, maybe its gonna be a long-lasting though. inflation but -- even if its a little unfair, if it out happens on their watch. so id be pretty worried about, that if i were in the biden white house. >> indeed, donna and bill have agreed to stay with us, were gonna fit in a break here, and coming up when we come back and continue our conversation. we are going to t...

You take all of these things and what you see is we have a president who, as you pointed out we might support and try to help when i can, and i consider him a friend, he is trying to do something immensely important for us which is preserve and protect the constitution itself. that may sound overly grand and there may be center-right folks who are rolling their eyes, but it has the virtue, as henry kissinger used to say of being true. and this is a vital, vital moment. i think that the passage o...

I think we just have to remind ourselves that the stakes are different than they have been in recent decades. well, let me be annoying and rewind you to the second to last point you made, about inflation. because, as 41s biographer, no one needs to remind you that the label out of touch is fatal, politically. and a lot of democrats fear thats exactly whats happened. >> its a great point, its totally fair. george h. w. bush is a good example here, hes a man who made long term decisions, the budge...

We have seen and we can use this week as a microcosm. one of the things we need to find a way to do is have our common political vernacular be commensurate with the stakes and scopes of the unfolding crisis we are in. this is not 1986 when the president had a good week, a bad week, george mitchell was mad at bob doyle, and someone reported it. this is not that. a fundamental conversation that weve had in this country, i believe from 19 33 to 2017, which was this figurative tension between fdr, r...