president biden and we have a democracy. so, one of the people you are talking about is kyrsten sinema and she s made clear she does not support tax hikes on corporations. biden laid that out last night. senate democrats are now looking at what they are calling a billionaires tax. it would raise hundreds of billions off of the richest of the rich, about 700 people. would you support that instead of the initial tax hike plan to pay for this thing? well, i would like for both things to happen. i think it s far past time for large corporations to pay their fair share. but if it doesn t because of the makeup of how this deal s coming together, what do you think of that? well, you asked me what i want. what i want is large corporations paying their fair share, international corporations paying their fair share. a billionaire s tax. taxes on unrealized capital gains, as well as a polluters pay climate fund because we know the top polluters of our
negotiating, both, the bipartisan infrastructure framework as well as the build back better act. he is very involved. he understands the importance importance of this. especially, as we respond to covid. the president had a vision, you know, and i align with his vision to invest at least $6 trillion into our economy and to deal with the issues that are catastrophic, like climate change and many others. but he is not king biden. he is not emperor biden. he s president biden. and he has to work within the framework of congress and our democracy. and the majority of democrats are working in alignment with him. unfortunately, there are one or two, particularly in the senate, who have their own agenda that doesn t align with polling, doesn t align with the working class, and doesn t align with the majority of congress. so, he s still negotiating and we re still working with him. but he s not king biden, he s
the constitution is a political act. but, to pretend that they are somehow completely divorced from politics as justice barrett appeared to be saying, i think that doesn t align with reality. maybe not political hacks, maybe just political. right? there you go. there you go. jeffrey and gloria brown marshall, thank you so much both of you for joining us this morning. thank you, your honor. thank you. up next, the incredible catch. i know you saw this. off the field at the miami game. man, we re going to talk to one of the fans who caught that falling feline. cats falling out of the sky at a football game. happened all the time. new cnn reporting on how house democrats want to pay for the $3.5 trillion budget plan. mmm, licorice records. wonka, digital workflows for it tell us this machine needs updating. kids don t really have records anymore. but it tastes better on vinyl.
we have to understand that did delineation of that. that s what nancy pelosi said in the statement. the important thing to remember is it s patriotic to defense. it s patriotic to call america s actions around the world into question. that s what congress people do every single day of the year. martha: by the same token, everybody has the right to express their own outrage if they think that it s a viewpoint that doesn t align with america s missions and who we are. governor, you know, in terms of the pure politics of this, is this revealing, a divide in the party? they re trying to get together on infrastructure, racing taxes. they have a tough 2022 landscape ahead of he them. how much does this hurt? it hurts a lot. the other squad says she s attacked because she s a muslim
president trump hiding? this afternoon mitch mcconnell responded, telling reporters, quote, we ll be getting together and we ll have more to say tomorrow. the only two democrats who voted in october against authorizing the house impeachment inquiry announced that they will vote against impeachment, as expected. one of those, congressman jeff van drew of new jersey actually spent the weekend speaking to republicans about switching parties. that provoked members of his staff to cosign a letter of resignation, sayings, sadly, the congressman s decision to join the ranks of the republican party doesn t align with the values we brought to this job. as such, we can no longer in good conscience serve in the congressman s employ. the letter is cosigned by the newly unemployed but still principled members.