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Is promising to fight like heck against efforts to restrict voting. in those remarks president biden took a pretty, i dont know if id call it thinly veiled shot, he didnt say him by name, thats about it. he took a shot at moderate democratic senators manchin and sinema for being roadblocks to action on some issues. >> i hear all the folks on tv saying why doesnt biden get this done? well, because biden only has the majority of effectively four votes in the house and a tie in the senate with two ...

At the end of the day i think we are pretty far from any kind of a deal. >> i will ask you for what might be an unknowable question, and i have to say you always seem to be the best source on this infrastructure stuff and have a great sense of the details. the question is this. how much is president biden willing to concede to get a deal with republicans, assuming a deal with within reach? >> so the optimistic scenario that i have heard from people familiar with these discussions is that he does...

Division and contempt for the established order, for law, for the constitution, for everything that the country stands for. why? because of his enormous ego and the fact that he cant tell the truth. her we are, sitting in a country badly in need of repair. were talking about the infrastructure stuff now, highways, bridges, new schools being built. airports being rebuilt, in order don the end and cope with the competition of the 21st century. and we have a permanent divisive force in american pol...

Through the amazon web services so over the past year, their business has been declining. they expected a 36% decrease in sales and with actually less than 30% so they are -- thats whats making these earnings really falter. >> charles: so this is not a proxy as for the american consumer? >> not really. amazon didnt spend a lot of money making sure that prime was up and running t to a buddy also to take a look at the numbers on web services. >> charles: a few years ago, they could spend all the m...

Sort of pivot. we hear that in terms of temperament, i think thats doubtful. on the policy side, it will be interesting to see how much he can get down because i think there is more bipartisan buy-in when it comes to the infrastructure stuff. >> its interesting. theres been reporting from some reporters who follow closely that the president feels like he hit his stride. he looks at the economy and the tax cuts in particular. and he sees that he is winning and that hes doing a great job and reall...

Now gotten the water pumps working and so weve been able to restore water to the large tanks in some of the areas that can gravity feed down to some of the homes so people have access to that. but its going to be a very, very, very slow process. >> governor -- on that -- >> sure. >> on that infrastructure stuff you were talking-b are you worried theres any critical infrastructure that sustained long-term damage? obviously, when we hear about people not having access to running water, im happy to...

Bar bar bartaroma, it will have a massive impact on the economy. >> wall street is pretty smart and they can add and subtract pretty well, and listen, he says the impact will be in 2018 if they get it passed in august. and now, what will the impact be if they get it passed in december? i mean, then its out further, by going by his logic. i dont know if id buy his logic. >> or if they dont get a passed. >> and here, again, is where it becomes problematic. there is fairly decent republican support...

We dont know what that looks like. >> does steve bannon care about the potential grenade hes about to throw over at capitol hill or is this all about his deconstruction of the status quo? >> what has steve bannon cared about throwing grenades? thats what the guy does. we wrote about he is reconstructing his relationship with paul ryan but there were some e-mails that were released last year that showed he didnt have such a great opinion of paul ryan and didnt want to see him in office. but i jus...

Theres some respect there. good first step. >> i hope you guys stay in touch with us. i didnt vote for the guy, big secret here, but i do like the infrastructure stuff. theres a couple things about trump that i liked from the beginning. this is the big part. terry osullivan and terry mcmanus. peace in northern ireland. when we return, let me finish with the academy award nominations today. this is "hardball" where the action is.

Less than 24 hours theres five executive orders that are going to make a difference in our economy, our country and in the lives of men and women we represent. >> chris, youre going to love this part, he asked to bring a plumber in, a steam fitter in, a pipe coverer, a sheet metal worker. he wanted rank and file guys who had -- they had jeans on. theres some respect there. good first step. >> i hope you guys stay in touch with us. i didnt vote for the guy, big s secret here, but i do like the in...