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is yet to come and on day one of their re-election campaign, vice president kamala harris makes it clear she wont shy away from the campaign spotlight, so why are both her supporters and her critics cheering were also keeping an eye on the white house where president biden will be holding a joint press conference with the president of south korea we are now hearing from the white house that should roughly start 30 minutes from now. we begin in new york where two trials involving ...

and were also going to save billions of dollars on going after criminals who commit fraud. a lot of people are saying to me they dont like the idea im prepared to forgive up to $20,000 if you got a pell grant or $10,000 for anybody who has a student loan during the recession. well, guess what, we pay the so called ppp program, we paid significant -- i think its $900 billion. dont hold me to that number, but its well over 9 for anybody who had a tough time with their business during the...

able to achieve without also acknowledging the cataclysmic situation american women find themselves in today. one that threatens to wipe away many of the advancements were supposedly celebrating. lets start with the unemployment crisis. the latest jobs report reveals that overall unemployment rate ticked down slightly to 6.2%. that number doesnt tell the whole story. for example, since the pandemic hit, the retail sector has lost nearly 363,000 jobs, 98% of which belong to women. pande...

Democrats really have? >> well, look, chris, there are not many options if democrats are going to stick with what president biden has said you know, ali knows, shes been on the hill talking to these folks. a number of democratic members now have been willing to say, oh, well, maybe its time to negotiate. theres been whispers in various caucuses, amongst the democratic caucus on the hill the reality is though, you ask folks at the white house, they say the presidents position has not changed. he ...

There is a place for extended debate on legislative issues. i am hopeful that i can convince him that we ought to treat constitutional issues the same way we treat budget issues. we move the budget forward without this filibuster application so as not to threaten the credit of the united states of america. and we ought to move forward on constitutional issues when it comes to the filibuster. so the filibuster i think has its place, but not when it comes to voting and other constitutional issues....

Conversations with joe manchin. i like joe manchin. we have been friends for a long time. we used to do a lot of these kinds of chores together, just like i did with joe biden. so both of us have developed a great deal of patience with each other. and so i think that joe has made me a little bit sensitive to the filibuster. i wanted to get rid of the whole thing, but he convinced me that there is a place for extended debate on legislative issues. i am hopeful that i can convince him that we ough...

Not moving the budget forward. but what that continuing resolution did was it got a pay raise of 3.1% to our veterans. it fully funded the census. so we have to do both. we have to continue to do substantive work and we have to continue the process of impeachment. so dont be alarmed if someone wont say yes, i will vote for impeachment now. >> sandra: not alarmed. >> its just a question: we certainly appreciate your time tonight. we will certainly be following up. >> thanks for having me on. >> s...

Play out? >> first of all, some news that nancy pelosi made, essentially pouring cold water of the idea to move the budget forward, this big budget deal because it doesnt actually include something for the dreamers, the daca deal. that is something dick durbin who i spoke with this morning trying to push his democratic colleagues to get on board. she says she cannot do it without it. youll see a flurry of activity on the senate side when they gavel to order. there will be a vote on a stand alone...

And move the budget forward. yes we have a debt ceiling issue that will be part -- >> and threats. >> and i think theyre real and legitimate threats and should not be, you know -- >> theyre real. i dont know if theyre legitimate. >> krystal, who won the year? >> i would say senator elizabeth warren. i think she has single handedly shifted the conversation in this country in a more populist and more pro-worker direction. shes been courageous since shes been in the senate. and she raised the issue...

Bow on it. a compromised two-year budget deal is advancing in the senate, and headed for a final vote. if approved, a deal would fund the government through late 2015, ending the shutdown politics that have haunted washington since the presidents re-election. the bill easily cleared a procedural hurdle earlier today. with 67, count em up, 67 senators voting to end debate. that tally actually included a dozen republicans. so a final vote is expected tomorrow with only a bear majority needed there...