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Even if chuck schumer back in the sum emer agreed to what joe manchin put forward on that larger build back better plan, they almost certainly would have caused a revolt in the house and perhaps would have blown up in schumers face if they had done just that. it speaks to the real challenge to get so much through. they promised a lot. they got stuff through, infrastructure done, covid relief done, theyve confirmed more than 40 judges in their first year and could confirm a supreme court justice ...

Climate as a recession or depression and even more describe it as not good and pour despite the fact its never been easier to get a job or a high-paying job. joining me is jen palm merry, former white house communications director for president obama, matt gorman joining us. let me start with you and the balance. obviously hell lead with ukraine in some form or another. i think the question is how does he do the domestic messaing? we know hell do some of it. how is it framed? >> interestingly en...

His confidence about how things were going to go, and he wouldnt turn over his cards, but felt like he knew something we didnt know, and i think he did on a bunch of things, how to get infrastructure done, other things. but tonight he just kind of admitted, nope, i dont know anything more about manchin and sinema than you know publicly about where they are on voting rights. >> lawrence, what did you think of him saying that between now and mlk day, two weeks and now, between now and mlk day ther...

Clearly, you know, theres gambling in this establishment. candidly, as somebody who wants the president to succeed, i wish we would have passed the infrastructure deal two months ago. that would have given the president a big win and would have helped here in virginia. that being said, we will get them both done. we will get infrastructure done, i hope this week. we are going to get the second half that deals with childcare, climate, lowering prescription prices. im up to my eyeballs in the deta...

Not letting people claim asylum. if you have democratic leaders at a critical time when theyre trying to get infrastructure done, theyre trying to get this big reconciliation thing passed, criticizing your own administration, that signals theyre in big trouble. meanwhile, you have republicans very much latching onto this and theyre going to use this in 2022 to flip the house. >> its not just leader schumer. the biden/harris administration is is being criticized by biden and harris. take a listen...

To the idea that you pass infrastructure. does it change his current plan which is the democratic plan that we do these two together, or will the president say these communities need help. lets get that money in the pipeline faster and urge democrats to change their strategy and keeping it together? >> i dont think hes going to urge them to change their strategy, because he is relying on speaker of the house, nancy pelosi to know her caucus and know what needs to be done. if they could have gott...

The police officers, the custodial team members, anybody who was in the capitol that day fearing for their lives was traumatized by this and should never have to experience this attack on our capitol or on our democracy ever again. >> and not to mention it is completely altered our position overseas and the way in which countries see us and view us as people swarmed the capitol on january 6th. i want to quickly talk about infrastructure here, susan, as we have been talking about infrastructure a...

In this country. thats where were at. i think until democrats understand this is a four-alarm fire. its a four-alarm fire and the most important issue of our time, theyre not going to get infrastructure done, theyre not going to get tax reform done, theyre not going to get health care reform done, theyre not going to get any of that if our democracy falls and voters dont have the right to go to the polls. >> you know what scares me the most, matthew? that people like kyrsten sinema and joe manch...

The meeting. so just so that were clear, hes saying that bridges are not going to be fixed until hes no longer investigated, is that what we hear from the white house? >> so far what weve seen from the democrats in congress, alisyn, is that they are incapable of doing anything other than investigating this president. they spend all of their time attacking him and the fact that they would have a meeting an hour before they are set to arrive at the white house where nancy pelosi literally accuses ...

Doors they laugh at it. its just a continuation of the same nonsense. everybody knows -- they have to go to work, get infrastructure done, get a lot of other things done, instead of wasting your buddys time. >> harris: president trump going after house democrats over expanding investigations into his administration and businesses. as an extension of robert muellers russia probe. she continues to label a hoax. this, as fox news has obtained bombshell text messages against andrew mccabe and former...