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Years ago when this was all happening. it seemed like such a long time. but that time is now. >> it is incredible. meanwhile our politicians dont agree on much. but the one thing they have always agreed on it is the need to fix our nations infrastructure. so whats the problem? john avalon has our reality check. we need some reality. >> we need some reality on this one. its looking like its never actually going to be infrastructure week in the trump era and thats genuinely a damn shame. if ther...

The president has, by my count, tried six or seven times to get infrastructure going. many of those times there were no investigations under way. so this feels like a red herring. >> the joke in washington is its infrastructure week every week. so the president campaigned, as you suggested, somebody who could get infrastructure done. he campaigned as a builder. the democrats in the house want to get infrastructure done. they like to do spending on big domestic projects, they believe that will he...

Economic journalists, we would love to see an infrastructure program. it is not something that has been successful in years gone by. >> and the fact that the presidents background is a builder, many people thought, this is going to be his lane. and we should point out one other thing, sarah sanders this morning stepped outside the white house and talked to reporters and said, this is a witch hunt. when are these democrats going to actually do something that they were elected for in terms of a le...

Part because there was a different electoral base that turned out. thats how barack obama won. thats how many of these people, even in swing districts won. they turned out younger voters, black voters, women. these are the groups that joe biden is something to have to energize if he wants to get through the primary. and i dont -- i think -- what does electability mean? >> this is a different election. donald trump is going to energize those people. they know theyre coming. its who can get that s...

Electoral base that turned out. thats how barack obama won. thats how many of these people, even in swing districts won. they turned out younger voters, black voters, women. these are the groups that joe biden is going to have to energize if he wants to get through the primary. and i dont think -- i think its about -- what is electability mean? >> just, look -- this is a different election. donald trump is going to energize those people. everybody knows, theyre coming. its who can get that swing...

>> that seems pretty unlikely. i think this plan is in the hands of kushner and my colleagues at the post have reported the president is far more focused on the design and architectural details of the wall. for example, he wants to make those barriers all black. he wants them to have a pointy top spear at the top so if any immigrant tried to cross over the wall he or she would be injured. hes very focused on that. hes much less focused on this sort of moderate plan that jared kushner has put tog...

Them with the language, proposed legislation, anything about that. were hearing that in the next couple weeks they might have the language. but if you want to unveil something and say you got republican support, they need it the republican support to come out when the plan came out. >> so theres a show of force. nick, you have fantastic reporting along with your colleagues about how how engaged on the granular level president trump is in terms of looking at, thinking about, what his border wall ...

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Us in our future. but for me and my wife. ed: jennifer, talk about what kind of burden this meant for you? you have a beautiful daughter. >> yes. ed: what does it mean for the family. >> for the family its everything. we are absolutely grateful for andy and the volunteers our builder and our community to have this opportunity to have a mortgage-free home. its really continued to launch our family in a new direction. nathan can get everywhere in the home independently of me. it is his home. it wa...