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Watching thanks. Cnn, news central, and im Brianna Keilar alongside Boris Sanchez, Vice President Kamala Harris, and former president Donald Trump, Steppedup Cross paths for a second time today, both visiting shanksville, pennsylvania to commemorate 23 years since the 9 11 Terrorist Attacks. The two president ial candidates already came facetoface this morning. They shook hands ahead of a ceremony at Ground Zero in manhattan. This moment of civility, it comes after a fiery showdown at the debate...

Cocaine. mass incarceration. these are issues where black lives are really impacted and i would like to see this debate move from who did what in the mid 1990s to what can be done now and specifically and that seems to be the appropriate next step for this discussion. >> i assume you agree, don. >> jeffrey said what ill say because bill clinton, the former president admits heed a added te problem with the bill and sentencing and fighting drugs in the 90s. where do we go from here? now that youre...

Why? >> walkers hold is tennious. we have the first polling out that we have had since the great tsunami of the fox news channel debate move through the ecosystem of the republican field. it came out sunday. here is what we found out. they want outsiders. republican voters want people who are not politicians in a big way. you can say scott walker and you saw his numbers, eclipsed by people like ben carson. the guy is getting pretty good at running for office, but there seems to be the verdict of...

Because he was krnds about a tea party opponent in his own state. so they are going to put the bill on the floor and the republicans need to pass it and the white house needs to look at ways to lower wait times. theres a couple things to do. one is go to medicare system for nonservice connected veterans. people using the v.a. for their primary care. theres no way to privatize this thing. thats always been what this is about. were going to start seeing the debate move forward. theres a lot of cre...

Joining me now to discuss the cuts, heather mcgee, director of the washington offices of a non-partisan public policy reach and advocacy organization. thanks for being here, heather. >> thanks, chris. >> when youre looking through these at 2:00 a.m. in the morning, what stuck out to you? >> really the overarching lack of accountability for the number one issue on most americans ç minds which is jobs. >> right. >> we know that cutting non-defense discretionary spending by this much is going to ...

>> when youre looking through these at 2:00 a.m. in the morning, what stuck out to you? >> really the overarching lack of accountability for the number one issue on most americans minds which is jobs. >> right. >> we know that cutting non-defense discretionary spending by this much is going to cost about 400,000 jobs. we know, that for example, cutting high speed rail, high speed rail, $3 billion works have added 1 million jobs. theres just not the focus on what we know to be the most important ...

Usher in the united states, soviet states or something. i tend to lose track. joining me now to discuss the cuts, heather mcgee, director of the washington offices of a non-partisan public policy reach and advocacy organization. thanks for being here, heather. >> thanks, chris. >> when youre looking through these at 2:00 a.m. in the morning, what stuck out to you? >> really the overarching lack of accountability for the number one issue on most americans minds which is jobs. >> right. >> we know...

Time. im glad the american public has given him this grace period. i think he deserves it. i think hes done a masterful job at messaging. what i am hoping that, actually what i should say is what i fear is if the economy does not turn around sooner or later, that grace period will diminish and say, okay, you know what, you blamed it on president bush and hes been out of office for two years, three years, whatever point of time were talking about that period. im saying maybe one year from now or ...

To fix it. so im very pleased that after a few days of delay, it appears on agreement may be in hand to have this debate move forward on the senate floor on this critical issue. very pleased by that. and i want to work with anyone, republican or democrat, who wants to pursue these reforms in good faith. >> what do you make of that, joan? >> you know, i think hes feeling strong and hes worked hard. hes near a victory. i think that these poll numbers are really good news for people who believe in ...

Agreement may be in hand to have this debate move forward on the senate floor. very pleased by that. and i want to work with anyone, republican or democrat, who wants to pursue these reforms in good faith. >> what do you make of that, joan? >> you know, i think hes feeling strong and hes worked hard. hes near a victory. i think that these poll numbers are really good news for people who believe in the fundamental intelligence of the american people because not only do they not blame him for this...