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And that is going to be a knock-down, drag-out fight in every way, political, legal, and otherwise. >> ron, ive got to get your take on cnns reporting is that senators manchin and sinema made it clear to their colleagues that a deal on the infrastructure packages are far from being secured. with these two calling the shots, when will this ever be resolved? >> as we said before, it is a rubiks cube. theyre trying to do so much in one bill, since it is their only way around the persistent obstruct...

The fact that the unemployment rate continues to fall steadily, at its lowest point that it has been in the 18 months since the pandemic started. thats something the president always does talk about, and im sure will highlight today. and then yes, he will absolutely pivot to making the case for his domestic agenda, what he believes, if these infrastructure packages get done, in terms of creating jobs, why that would be such a very big benefit, to the economy, and i think you will also hear him t...

Trump. he sued her claiming she violated her nondisclosure with him over her on bombshell book in 2018. >> i believe that now people can see that this type of lawsuit was clearly retaliatory and no other explanation but donald trump wanted revenge. and he did so while being a sitting president, which is unprecedented to go after his political rivals, or people who criticized him while sitting in the oval office. >> get this. not only did trump lose, he has to pay omarosas legal bills. i hope she...

Said you are going to vote on it. get it done. thats good. thats the bipartisan infrastructure bill that you are referring to, right? um, and you issue -- you said yesterday -- i quote you, congressman, i just dont buy at the end of the day that folks will vote against it. of course, there are progressive members of your party who have said they will do that, right? if they dont get a guarantee on their much bigger plan. have you had any conversations with progressives that have directly told yo...

Tactics. so, you know, hes got steps he can take. but its hard. and im not going to sit here, having been there, and say, gee, you know, if you just follow these four steps everything will be great. these are -- these are tumultuous times. >> a final point. i notice that you used the plural -- bills. both those infrastructure packages. do you see them equally? because some think theres far more political peril in the 3.5, given the price tag? >> well, if all the discussion is about the price tag...

Benefits of the combined infrastructure packages, so it is a tailored approach to pay for the bill, for joe manchins of the world who are concerned about being fiscally responsible here, heres the path. here is how to invest significantly in infrastructure in ways that are needed and urgent and pay for it. so i think its a strong step forward in getting the second of the two-bill package done. >> let me ask it this way. you describe it as a framework. let me put it to you plainly. do you see wig...

Bonds and leverage and thats the approach we need to take. brian: we can talk for another couple hours but in congress the three.5 trillion in the three.2 trillion infrastructure packages is in trouble not because of your party that the democratic party this so-called moderates wont do three.five until they get one.2 100 members of the lesson they wanted one.2 or until they did a three.51st does pelosi have a way out of this? >> that what will she do? he is listening to the left and beholden to ...

Week that we are back to vote on voting rights and the infrastructure packages, and in that meeting, im really going to be focused on two things. one is the security of kabul. that is really going to be a linchpin for the potential phav declassification and investigation strategy to hold to account the last 20 years worth of national security officials who knew more than they told the american people about the viability of this mission in afghanistan. >> last month, you talked about how importan...

Filibuster to advance this voting legislation, and then bless. because im looking at this like this is a do or die moment for democrats to protect their voting rights of black and brown voters who we know are being targeted across the country. and ali, as you mentioned, the texas democrats -- look. they have succeeded on their three primary objectives of delaying any kind of voter suppression bill being passed in texas state, house by advocating and congress for legislative action, and by garner...

Thats. it >> now speaker pelosi issued -- congressional campaign committee. the dccc. the democrats might be in trouble in -- comes the midterms, if they dont change their messaging on the economy. still with us juanita tolliver and bill kristol. when utah will start with you, what do you think of the questions and nancy pelosis? response >> from the dccc will put perspective, lets make our case to the public and -- his agenda is widely popular for -- afforded the american rescue plan to the inf...