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United auto workers for the first time in history are striking against the bigthree u. S. Automakers all at once. Economist forecast strike if it continues could end up costing the National Economy 5 billion by months end. This at a time when 70 of americans polled they feel the economy right now is getting worse. This is a quote, real time test, bidens economic agenda says New York Times called for higher wages for the middle class, apologetic pro union stand, Push For Electric Vehicles centere...

How about this for a friday flashback. you remember this map? this is the 020 democratic primary for president. i remember it. president biden now proposing a dramatic overhaul of the 2024 democratic nominating calendar. take a look. it strips iowa of its first in the nation caucuses. thats a 100 plus year tradition. instead it would go to north carolina then new hampshire and nevada on the same day one week later. after that georgia and michigan would move up. now, why these changes? you look a...

>> its original. ill give you that. >> so that was democratic presidential candidate andrew yang, using his opening statements to announce the surprise that he had been teasing for the better part of a day, part of the pilot program for his universal basic income plan, which would give every citizen over the age of 18 a $1,000 a month, yang is already testing the program with two families using money from his own pocket, this next phase, however, is coming from campaign donation, and msnbc contr...

Shot and killed in a burst of racist gun violence in 2012 and whose first bill for stronger background checks on gun purchases was passed with bipartisan support. it is one of the 50 bills passed by the democratic house in the last six months on issues including voting rights, prescription drugs, veterans services and climate change. but the new house might have to wait for a new president to sign those bills into law. the democratic nominating contest is now coming into sharper focus after the ...

Jordan, was shot and killed in racist gun violence in 2012 and whose first bill for stronger background checks was passed with bipartisan support. it is one of the 50 bills passed by the democratic house in the last six months on issues including voting rights, prescription drugs, veterans services and climate change. the new house may have to wait for a new president to sign the bills into law. the democratic nominating contest is now coming into sharper focus after the first debates here on ms...

This is the democratic establishment coming to coalesce around the democratic candidate. is that what todays democratic nominating electorate is interested in getting from their leadership? >> they are going to have a choice. this field is insane when you look at how many people there are. there are a lot of people to choose from unlike last time. i remember covering the first debate. there were a handful of people and a few debates in, it was two people. >> because there are so many people and ...

Straw poll done amongst republicans and they went on to elect donald trump as president. is it good for fund-raising? absolutely. is it very, very early, too close to call. probably going to be upwards of almost 15 candidates running for president on the democratic side. but i will tell you this, if youre tom perez right now, the dnc is having fund-raisers in dc, you feel good about the positions democrats are in right now in this country. no matter who we select as our nominee, we will have a g...

Orbit. you see a graphic on your screen there. 14 trump associates now known to have been approached by the russians during the 2016 campaign. let me ask you this. the issue of trump and russia was out there very much during the 2016 campaign. its something your campaign talked about. what do you know now two years later that you didnt know during the 2016 campaign? >> you know, our campaign manager just did an op-ed in "the washington post" that laid this out. we know most -- we knew most of wh...

Here, not withstanding what the president has asked them for. >> were starting to get reaction from around capitol hill. lindsey graham reacting to this meeting. we played some clips just a minute ago. heres what lindsey graham had to say. >> i love the fact that the american people got to see how politics works. the presidents right to want more wall funding. we need a wall as part of border security. schumer has voted in the past for a $42 billion border security package that included money fo...

Politics with our national security or with the running of government. social security recipients should be able to get their checks and not be part of his little gamesmanship. hes acting like hes a cornered animal and he lashes out. thats not the description of any president that i want in charge of our country. >> all right. congresswoman jackie speier from california. thank you for taking a few minutes. >> thank you. all right. next, it is already time for 2020 straw polls. how about this. ...