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Got done without your skill and determination. most of all, you have been a good friend, as different as we are, i think we both saw something of ourselves in each other, a couple of outsiders who had defied the odds and knew how to take a punch and cared about the little guy. and, you know what, we made for a pretty good team. the nevada democrat spent 30 years in the senate including eight years as majority leader. his successor is democratic leader is the current majority leader chuck schumer...

Know, charismaticly challenged. i couldnt believe that he was running to be in the famed club of 100. but, boy, did he prove me wrong in that campaign and going forward. and as mike barnicle said, his toughness cannot be underestimated. you heard all of the cliches about him being a boxer, growing up in poverty, in searchlight. this is when the cliches really resonate. thats who harry reid really was. this guy who grew up in a place that is almost unimaginable, this tiny spac in a nevada desert,...

Majority leaders. and for harry, it wasnt about power for powers sake. it was about the power to do right for the people. reid also helped propel barack obama to the white house. on tuesday, obama shared a recent letter he sent to reid. in it, he said, quote, i wouldnt have been president had it not been for your encouragement and support. and i wouldnt have got most of what i got done without your skill and determination. cnns dana bash now on the legacy of harry reid. ♪ >> reporter: he led d...

So far the white house covid response coordinator said the message the white house is sending is clear. if you need something, say something, and the federal government will mobilize to get it to you. tributes pouring in for long-time senate democratic leader harry reid who died tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. the 82-year-old nevada lawmaker became a washington power broker. he beat back an attempt to partially privatize social security. barack obama saying in part, quote, i wou...

There he met his wife of 62 years, landra gould. >> shes been the being of my existence in my personal life and my public life. >> garrett: reid was elected to the u.s. house in 82. he encouraged 47 man senator barack obama to run for the white house. on tuesday, mr. obama released a letter he recently sent to reid, "i wouldnt have been president had it not been for your encouragement and support and i wouldnt have got most of what i got done without your skill and determination. early in the ob...

For economic recovery bills during the great recession and affordable care act. 2013 he led the effort to lower the threshold for presidential appointments to 50 votes to break stalemate on then-president obamas nominees. president obama shared a letter he wrote to reid saying, i wouldnt have been president had it not been for your encouragement and support, and i wouldnt have got most of what i got done without your skill and determination. president biden said in a statement, if harry said he ...

People who are, you know, are you symptomatic, asymptomatic, this isnt exactly very clearly specified for people. there is a lot of judgment by people as to what qualifies. and so i think on the whole its -- it actually isnt helping, and there is, i think, for many of us, a great deal of suspicion that, as you put it, i think, it was economic reasons. its not the health of people. its the other considerations. can we keep the hospitals functioning, can we keep the airlines functioning and things...

Determination. most of all, youve been a good friend. as different as we are, i think we both saw something of ourselves in each other, a couple of outsiders who had defied the odds and knew how to take a punch and cared about the little guy. you know what? we made for a pretty good team. enjoy your family and know you are loved by a lot of people, including me. the world is better because of what youve done. not bad for a skinny poor kid from searchlight. barack." joining me now are jon ralston...

Personal life and this dogged determination to fight through it. it also bled into the way he legislated. yeah, its going to be hard. there is going to be tough things. this isnt easy. so embrace the friction. i think in this day and age there is a desire of bipartisan comity. we want things to return to normal. we want things to be nice. of course we want all those things. but reid was always clear about all of it. he said, you think republicans are going to agree to confirm all of obamas nomin...

What i got done without your skill and determination. most of all youve been a good friend. as different as we are i think we both saw something of ourselves in each other. a couple of outsiders who had defied the odds and knew how to take a punch and cared about the little guy. and you know what? we made for a pretty good team. i think you and i both covered the obama administration and i think when historians talk about obamas successes, they will include how harry reid was instrumental in so ...