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Testify about Michael Flynn and Russian Ambassador kislayak. At todays briefing, sean spicer pushed back hard on the allegation and at one point the briefing kind of went off the rails when russia came up. Listen. Reporter how does this Administration Try to revamp its image, 2 1 2 months in, youve got this yates story today, youve got other things going on, youve got russia, youve got wiretapping. No, we dont have that. Regarding the allegations of capitol hill. I have said it from the day that...

Xctsed to fail in the u.s. senate. does president biden have any options left when it comes to legislation? >> he does. first of all, im really glad hes making a speech defending the fundamental right to vote that he says that we ought to be able to pass this with 51 votes when it comes to equality. if it doesnt pass, i believe he will sit down with the leadership and the senators who voted against this to see what can we protect? can we at least make sure the people cant be kicked off the rolls...

African-americans voting just as much as americans is an indicator of where we are today and what we have to push. >> you congresswoman, before we lose you, id love to hear your reaction to this bill pushed by your governor, ron desantis, in his race for the gop presidential nomination effectively banning public schools and private businesses from teaching anything that would make white people feel discomfort or guilt over race. i know it may pass your states education committee this week. do yo...

What matters today is that we get this bill on the house floor. thats what we plan to do, what the president asked us to do, and what house leadership is aiming toward. >> and if it doesnt pass? because this is the choice that you have now. if it doesnt pass, what do you do? >> well cross that bridge hopefully when -- what we plan to do is to get this done. so, you know, were not going to deal with the hypotheticals yet. were going to plan to hold this vote. were having those conversations. the ...

Of the progressives. >> jesse: thats a pretty good line. dan, jacqui heinrich one of our reporters on capitol hill spoke to a democrat source told her bidens visit right now nothing burger. >> dan: thats the chicken guy. a character that guy. here is the problem, obviously, this is a cesspool of government waste. government as i said yesterday and i will say again to do nothing right, nobody -- everybody they touch they burn to the ground. its assess pool. you are better off taking your money an...

Of the progressives. >> jesse: thats a pretty good line. dan, jacqui heinrich one of our reporters on capitol hill spoke to a democrat source told her bidens visit right now nothing burger. >> dan: thats the chicken guy. a character that guy. here is the problem, obviously, this is a cesspool of government waste. government as i said yesterday and i will say again to do nothing right, nobody -- everybody they touch they burn to the ground. its assess pool. you are better off taking your money an...

Particularly those independents. we have seen independents go from a 60% approval rating to 36% after the fall of afghanistan. so it is going to be very important for joe biden not only to pass it but to tell americans why it is so important to them. >> but, mark, if it doesnt pass, the sweeping pieces of legislation he wants to get through, how much will people remember at least that he tried, the message that he was? do those things just get relegated as footnotes? >> i think the fact that he ...

Senate majority leader chuck schumer said there cobe voting this week. if it doesnt pass because of the filibuster, what happens next? >> were so grateful. weve met with schumer several times. the fierce urgecy now, weve had legislators come across the country, clergy, activists, grassroots. we have a groundwell. theres momentum. we know were on the right side of history, and we believe there is democratic support for it. unfortunately mitch mcconnell has made it clear the republicans dont want ...

And so that is what the administration thats been focused on a big piece of his domestic agenda. biden is overall arguing that his agenda, if it doesnt pass and if what hes trying to push at g7 doesnt happen that the u.s. will not be as competitive against china and that china will continue to grow and emergence and outcompete the country and that is one of his central pillars of his agenda. >> there has been, between the vaccine announcement, john, and also this announcement about a sort of glo...

Coalition from all of these different parties. theyre coming together, theyre saying we want a government. but in order to confirm that they can have this government, they have to take their government to the parliament and have a vote. there are 120 members in the israeli parliament. they have 61. the likelihood is that their vote is going to pass as long as this coalition stays in place. they keep all 61 members on side. now, if it doesnt pass and the vote is likely to happen in about a week, ...