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From the early days of the administration, really embraced the comparisons to lbj or fdr, to go big. he said im a big government democrat i believe government can help people. this is a moment as the nation battles the pandemic that he and his advisers feel they can rewrite the role the government plays with citizens lives and particularly those who are less fortunate to help them get a hand up. but, though, this should be, youd think, easy, quote, to get all democrats in line, its not going to ...

The associated press and i think really most importantly jonathan lemires boss, thank god theres one person keeping him in line. >> this is the kind of oversight he needs. i need to show up at 6:00 a.m. >> exactly. i know hes so happy youre here to see how he does. jonathan, lets begin the audition in front of your boss. so jonathan wiseman of "the new york times" laid it out well this morning in describing just whats at stake. he said, as mika said also, cradle to grave reweaving of a social sa...

Orienteds that is fair but the truth is the disenfranchised -- the majority of disenfranchised groups we represent, they dont want to see us having power and not using. it i would love to get the merrick garlands moment back. i would want all of 2016 back. but we have to -- we are in this position where, historically, presidents have gotten a lot done. lbj passed anti poverty programs. bill clinton passed a. bills obama passed the affordable care act which would be a resilient piece of legislati...

Easily be the most dramatic expansion of the social safety net since lbjs great society. and all he needs are democrats to vote for it. here we are the day after labor day. theres been a lot of maneuvering this summer. whats it look like? will the democrats be able to stick together and make -- again, let me underline this for people who may not have been following over the summer. democrats dont need a single republican vote to make this happen. are they any closer to making history here? >> il...

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Germany will make up to 70 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine available to African countries this year, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday, more than doubling a previous pledge to donate 30 million.

President trump. stop blaming the past and start taking charge of the now, so no more service members are killed. do your oversight responsibility. call president biden and tell him to lead and unleash our military and stop micromanaging this war like lbj did to vietnam. >> laura: kash, thank you. and americans overwhelmingly, as we think about all of this, they want to get out of afghanistan. im right there with them, but this is not how they wanted it to happen. and biden is suffering at the p...

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