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You, go on and do it. and more and more democrats are waking up to the very real possibility that the only way theyre going to get anything done facing a republican minority that is digging in its heels is to blow up the filibuster. president bidens frustration on display when he took a swipe at two unnamed senators, presumably he meant joe manchin and kyrsten sinema, who claimed vote more with republicans. >> i hear all the folks on tv saying, why doesnt biden get this done? well, because biden...

Trouble? >> im not a cat, i dont have nine lives. >> yes, you do. get in trouble, good trouble. john lewis says we get into good trouble. >> were in the wrong business to be in good trouble. >> well be all right, trust me. >> talk to me, brother. name your witness. >> right now, and im going to get the name of the show right tonight. >> always a plus. >> this is "don lemon tonight" and i have got a question for you. chris and i are just having fun -- that was good advice i think we were giving e...

Biden, under tremendous pressure to get the voting rights act across the finish line, facing steep odds in the senate -- republicans and the party of the big lie are resisting at every single turn. do you really want to be the party or the person who got in the way of voting rights for everyone? that so many people fought and died for? do you want to be that person? you want that to be your legacy? if you do, go on, republicans. im talking to two people specifically, dont get me wrong. do you re...

Ancestors who came over jews, irish, german, italians, chinese, japanese, people have died and been beaten in order to give us what we take for granted which is the right to vote. and we only honor their legacy if we push back and do something about this. so i think democrats need to come at this in a much more strong way, to stay disciplined on it, but three, not forget the legacy of who allowed us to be in this position to begin with, because we dishonor them if we dont confront it. >> right o...

Still want to flood into this booming city as president biden mentioned earlier today. the goal was to ensure that they made promises of restitution without actually spilling it would restitution would look like. the reason mother fletcher and her brother and mother randall are advocating in the way that they are is because, for so long, there are stories were silenced on purpose. and their desire is not just for those stories to be told, but those stories that are told might indicate what we mi...

Work of rooting out systemic racism across the country. by the way, the white house is pointing to the june 9th house transportation committee markup as a "relevant date" in terms of overall time frame adding that this week will be incredible critical to determine if theres any clear direction to advance any possible bipartisan plan. in washington speak thats about as threatening as they get before they allowed all the stops to move on with or without you but even that plan could face stiff oppo...

An embassy [inaudible] returned from reporting in tulsa. let me get both of you this. caleb, beginning with you, i dont presume to direct you, and your response to what you heard the president say today. i want to give you an opportunity to react to his speech or any other aspect of this 100-year marking of this tragic event. >> lawrence, thank you so much. its hard to underestimate the potency of the president were counting for americans and the world exactly what happened. in doing so with gra...

It was not out of place to link an infrastructure bill, which is your nuts and bolts, two questions that loomed very large about the countries reckoning with race. there is another president, president obama, who had an interview this weekend. that was insightful and the same kind of way we have to tell the country the full story. the arc of justice. if we worked really hard at it. right do you see with biden, you know the infrastructure bill not just about infrastructure. its about -- proving y...

Like when eight million more people voted federally. we want to make it harder to vote. we are going to roll back some of the provisions that you didnt have to get a notary and have them sign it through the window of a hospital room when you had covid just to be able to cast your vote. those are the kinds of arguments that i dealt with on the committee. we got the tied vote that we needed. i know it sounds like a small thing, anderson, but it allows the procedure to take place where senator schu...

If we get detail about them and this meeting is hoping that the president can stick to this. >> we get how frustrated, and it was apparent the president is, and he said yesterday that sinema and manchin vote with republicans more than they do democrats and thus far, they have voted with president biden 100% of the time. yes, were only a few months in, and what are your sources telling you about how united they are behind biden. its not 100% of the time on amendments and theres the $15 minimum wa...