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It has to move forward an agen da for the country on climate and severalert areas. a lot of this depends upon policy decisions by congress and congress needs to act. i hope the president will be aggressive but i also believe congress needs to act. this is an issue critically important to america and to our future. we need to get legislation passed in congress. >> speaking of things congress needs to act on, youve been vocal in saying you would prefer that the filibuster be reformed in some funda...

We are open to a way to reach the finish line. we want to make it as comprehensive as possible because the needs are just there. >> democratic senator ben cardin of maryland joins us now. i understand that youre being open to getting something passed, but do you really think that splitting the bills into separate entities increases its chance of success, given the fact youll need republican support to get that done? >> well right now we dont have any republican support. we have to recognize that...

>> i campaigned on that, so did the president. the build back bet ear gen da includes provisions for paid family leave. it is long past time to make it possible for every american mother and father to take care of their children when a new child arrives in the family. >> what do you say to the more than 100 million americans who dont have access to the kind of paid family leave you just benefited from and dont understand why the administration didnt fight harder to keep it in the bill? >> well, ...

Youre talking about paycheck fairness, wage increases, talking about something like immigration reform and of course talking about a lot of the provisions we saw in the build back bet ear gen da that would allow women to work outside of the home and at the same time care for their families. >> allicia, youre such a beacon for many of us. i thank you for being with me this morning. catch "american voices with alicia menendez" saturdays and sundays at 6:00 p.m. eastern/3:00 p.m. pacific on msnbc. ...

>> the speaker is an incredibly good vote counter and she knows exactly where her caucus stands and weve been really clear on that. >> the votes arent there. >> the votes arent there. so i dont think shes going to bring it up but look, i think the urgency is important. i mean, this in some ways, the fact that this is there has finally provided the urgency for senators to engage in reconciliation, for the president to really weigh in, and you know, ultimately were delivering on the presidents age...

Reconciliation, for the president to really weigh in, and you know, ultimately were delivering on the presidents agenda. i mean, the build back bet ear gen da is not some crazy agenda just a few people support. its the vast majority of the democratic caucus and theres a few people in the house and a couple in the senate who arent quite there yet but even moderates in front line districts all support this build back bet ear gen da. >> just to clarify, you dont think theres going to be a vote tomo...

Of this world when you talk to republican senators but those who recognize that they are in swinging districts or districts that could get caught up in a wave are staring at twitter right now and are staring at what they see on a daily basis and just saying, please stop. >> please stop. put your phone down. >> give us a chance in november with the money, with the opportunities w our agenda. give us a chance. please, dont san in our way. theres concern thats whats happening. >> even from camp dav...

Lawmakers on this. where do things stand now this bill? >> theyre not there yet and theres no question about that. theyre close and i dont know theyll have a lot of options going forward. you mentioned the time line. ten legislative days, its clear, senate leader innocence the republican party want to vote before july 4th. theres a lot of reasons. they have a huge list of agen da items they want to get to and recognition while this process doesnt look good publicly, behind the scenes theyve been...

Becomes. i dont think very many people expect a republican congress to impeach their own president, but if there is a democratic congress, you bet were having a different conversation. so trump needs to be very careful that hes not putting republicans who are going up for re-election in a tough spot politically by making this russia investigation essentially a criminal cloud hanging over this white house, anybody associated with them gets tainted with it. >> phil, theyre certainly feeling that o...

Presidents twitter feed. this morning he was close. >> double barreled message there. >> almost had a tweet that was about his agenda but he slipped in that witch hunt there. you have some aides shaking their heads. i dont think many of them think theres going to be much they can do to change it. >> the interesting thing about this morning, 140 of the 280 characters were on point. >> you counted. >> they were what people wanted to see. this is the biggest thing that i hear repeatedly and jeff hi...