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Theres a lot to do on capitol hill. but not all that much is getting done. lawmakers averted a nightmare by striking a deal that raised the debt ceiling. congress delayed a vote on the infrastructure bill and dodged a government shutdown by a few hours. we are kicking some key cans down that road. only a short way. its towards a cliff. its a great time to have maxine waters, ranking member of the house financial services committee. thank goodness for her. tiffany cross is filling in. how are you...

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Class. low first grade, high first grade. as i did oral histories, they mention it that way. they read the same books, they did the same homework. what ends up happening is you discourage kids at a young age. one of the plaintiffs who i was able to interview, she mentioned she was such a good reader that they would take her to the white classroom to show the other kids how to read as a model. >> she was used as a model, but she couldnt advance with those same students? >> correct. >> because she...

Here is what i know. i have been talking to vets all over the place who have been involved in trying to get afghan special operators out of afghanistan who fought valiantly to the very, very end. all the way to the kabul airport. there were hundreds and thousands of them consolidate the afghan special forces into the capitalment allow them to control the streets. keep the taliban out. and while they are controlling the streets or at least a far wider perimeter than 10 feet, you are allowed to ev...

You know whats not awesome? gig-speed internet. when only certain people can get it. lets fix that. lets give this guy gig- really? and these kids, and these guys, him, ah. oh hello. that lady, these houses! yes, yes and yes. and dont forget about them. uh huh, sure. still yes! xfinity delivers gig speed to more homes than anyone. now you can get it, too. welcome to the party. as we discussed last block, the president is taking a tougher tone against vladimir putin in the wake of a chemical at...

National party if you have everybody of color alienated from your party going forward. these kinds of stories in the micro, and the macro, are going to shut the government down over daca. all of this is just further cementing the notion among most nonwhite americans that the republican party, not just doesnt care about them, but is actively hostile towards them. that is a path for political irrelevance for the republican party in the medium term, not the long term -- soon. >> i want to pick up o...

>> last block, what we actual the lower third which is right there. misidentified the name of the stanford swimmer who has been convicted of sexual assault and once that conviction overturned as we have reported and now corrected, his name is brock turner from stanford university. ♪ >> villagers are welcoming the arrival of winter this weekend with what they call the lord of the cold. chris emerges from the arctic ocean every year bringing cold to the air with his breath and it was definitely ...

Were from the russian government. he met with someone with information against their opponent. when i have worked on campaigns, i can tell you, there are many people i met with that i didnt know who they were at that moment. thats the nature of a campaign. when everyone is coming at you and asking you questions and want to meet with you, thats normal. >> but f you dont know who you are meeting with and you dont know how important it is, you dont pull in the chairman of the campaign or kushner, a...

In major programs affecting things like health care without including democrats from the very beginning. >> thats the ohio governor john kasich on cnn yesterday leading calls for bipartisanship in the wake of the obamacare repeal disaster. yes, working together would be a big change near washington. as we talked about last block, dont bet on it. there are giant policy differents different -- take bernie sanders for example. his definition of bipartisanship, president trump he says should back hi...

At one point i was hope the base will solve it. take more federal responsibility. this is a national issue now. three is to maybe reach out to people in a way to feel inclusive. maybe take this opportunity to call hillary clinton which hes not done, something that gives people a sense hes trying to use this not in a defensive way or political way? i agree, in the administration, hard for president to know when is enough enough, something this important. >> extraordinarily important. >> in that t...