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>> mo, elise jordan here. civility was clearly a concern. >> hey, elise. >> among the people that you polled, but it wasnt the top concern. inflation was the greatest concern for those that you polled. can you talk a bit about what americans are concerned about covered in this survey, and was there any partisan divide in attitudes towards inflation? >> well, yes. what we saw was -- what was interesting is unlike some previous surveys there was no singular dominant issue, that there were a couple...

But universally across democrats, republicans and independents, political division was amongst the top two. >> mo, youve been at this for quite sometime, and on the issue of civility in this poll and the questions and the answers in this, is there a poll that could be taken, do you think, is there a question that could be asked, do you think, that would get the answer to how much damage people think has been done to this country by political institutions and political people over the last five y...

Civility, to address that openly in the public until its the proper time. >> reporter: before pence spoke, some here didnt see a need for pence to address his decision to certify the vote because they agree, trump lost, period. >> joe biden won the election, so i dont -- you know, i dont know what more i can say. i mean, joe biden won the election. the role of the vice president in that is very ceremonial. it counted the electoral ballots. the members of congress voted to certify. joe biden won ...

To be miserable, okay? its almost turned into a miserable situation because common sense and civility, cleerjality, all the things you think should go with it and youve heard about, were working like the kick ens. we have to, would harder now to be together, work on things together, buck our leadership at times. weve been vsh fortunate, our lead shim, schumer, he understands what were trying to do. he said, if you can get something done, do it. ive talked to mitch. mitch is supportive of things ...

Your viewers that this was about wearing a mask, which is mandated in the capitol and it is to protect our safety. our collective safety. the safety of our staffers. so the idea that, and this is happened to me, where you get on an elevator and people refuse to wear a mask and your choices are either to get off the elevator or get on and to tell them to wear a mask. that should not be a problem in the united states congress and i really believe that our colleagues who refuse to even adhere to th...

People sent you here? is that really what they want? i dont think people in alaska want that. i dont think people in west virginia expect that. yeah, its harder. it is harder. the easier thing to do is go along to get along. >> or just keep your mouth shut. >> keep your mouth shut. you know what? thats not why were here. were here to do some hard things, and sometimes the hard things are to say i want to get something done rather than just follow the messaging from our respective parties. lets t...

First mumbled something on the floor. that wasnt good enough. there was a public tweeted apology. if i had done that to one of my colleagues, there would have been a requirement of more than a tweet of an apology. do you think that there should be more? should the apology be the end of this? z z >> look, i think that the apology is the least that could be done and i think this really points to and i really stand right alongside chairwoman beatty. that was absolutely assault in my book to poke so...

Voters have felt like weve entered a new phase of the pandemic, and theyre looking at this longer term. theyre not looking at this as the crisis that it was. >> reporter: around much of the pandemic, tempers have flared over covid restrictions. even today canadian truckers are still clocking routes to the u.s. in protest. in congress, republican hal rogers is apologizing to his democratic colleague joyce beatie after cursing at her when she asked him to wear a mask on board a train. >> we want c...

Mask or not and that is civility and respect through someone who does not like wearing a mask, respect those who do. if you like someone wearing a mask please respect those who dont for a quick sound like little common sense right governor? will see if that is in place when many of these changes take place the transition could be difficult. okay governor brand-new numbers released this week showing the nationwide inflation spike to a 40 year height last month. 7.5%. president biden offered his t...

>> the fact of the matter is our experiences very different from the average american stay experience the cdc we have been adhering to from the get-go just got a much more complex reality the science and the data and the facts on the ground have allowed us to take this step. >> is this what the white house is getting wrong? the democratic governor is calling for civility and respect. >> what the white house is doing and should be doing is look at the cdc guidance. and again and districts where m...