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Republicans, if any, are actually going to vote with democrats to raise the debt ceiling and fund the government because so many are opposed to increasing the debt ceiling. theyre arguing democrats need to do this by themselves. but this becomes a real problem, once you get to the u.s. senate. over there, you need republican votes. you have to get to 60 to fund the government. now, republicans are arguing, we are not going to do this under any circumstances. you have someone like mitt romney who...

To take all of his mastery with capitol hill, its going to take all of the speaker and the majority leaders mastery on capitol hill. i think the one thing that unites democrats on capitol hill and president biden is really this idea that failure is not an option. its really hard to imagine how you go into 2022 arguing to keep democrats in control of the house and the senate, in addition to the white house, and not have anything really important and tangible around infrastructure and reconciliati...

Time. >> but also, again, just to play devils advocate here. i mean, for the biden administration, this is thousands and thousands of people who have turned up, illegally, in this situation. they are, already, overstretched with the afghan situation. processing people right now into the -- the system within the u.s. is stretched beyond capacity. there are only so many resources, particularly after the afghanistan situation. this -- the biden administration is arguing -- is the only way that they...

Weeks. we also know republicans had hoped this would not be included. what theyre arguing is if there is a pathway forward it should be in negotiations with them. clearly that may be the directions democrats hoped to go. they hoped to give 8 million immigrants in this country a way to get a green card, including daca recipients, tps recipients, farm workers, other essential workers which helped during the coronavirus pandemic. now its unclear what the permanent solution for individuals in this c...

State. and electing democratic pro-choice women across the country is the work that we need to do. >> lafonza, i saw this and i found it incredibly interesting, which is that a former doj spokesperson under trump says the anti-abortion victory in texas could backfire for the gop. let me read you some of what she writes. "for decades, republican state lawmakers have been able to vote for and pass highly restrictive abortion laws without living through the political consequences, because the laws ...

Mississippi delegate. im tired of being second tired. i think someone is going to come forward and say americans, deep breath now, as lincoln said in his first inaugural, we are not enemies. we must not be enemies. people disagreements, big deal. if you dont like arguing, you pick the wrong country. we are in argumentative people. but someone is going to come forward and say weve had enough of data, mr. trump has worked one petal on the organ long enough. relax, and the country is going to sigh ...

If one man can change public life for the worst -- i dont think we need to name names -- that also means, ergo, one man can change it for the better. i heard that and i was briefly filled with hope. how about a couple nominations. anyone come to mind? >> sure, there is ben sasse, there are a number of governors to come forward and say what needs to be said to a nation that is weary of being weary. remember when fannie lou hamer said, im sick and tired of being sick and tired. i think someone is ...

Trying to leverage this issue. this was something for which there was an agreement, therefore its important as not just another political game that should be played. the president should continue to go out on the road, go to the public and share his views on this with the american people who support this plan. >> and garrett, also now chuck schumer says theyre trying to get immigration protection for the dreamers into the package and theyre waiting for the parliamentarian. thats just an announce...

Millions from the family law firm, and the 2018 death of the murdaugh long-time housekeeper who allegedly fell at the murdaugh home. tonight murdaugh is headed back to rehab, but his legal woes are likely far from over catie beck, nbc news and in another deepening mystery, new body cam shows a missing 22-year-old woman weeks before she vanished on a cross-country trip with her fiance. the video shows a distraught gabby petito telling utah officers she and fiance brian laundrie had been fightin...

Contributors. katie, this is your reporting. take me inside what doj is trying to do here. >> sure. so the justice department is trying to get enforcement of the law stopped. when the supreme court said in the beginning of september that it was not going to step in, you saw providers in texas scramble to comply with the law. you saw abortions halted. you saw appointments cancelled. and you saw women all over the state try to figure out what to do next. basically what the justice department is ar...