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Money for enforcement. democrats say thats one of the best ways to pay for the plan, and thats just the bipartisan part of bidens two-pronged legislative push, as cnns congressional correspondent ryan nobles reports. >> reporter: the legislation hasnt even been drafted. but already president joe bidens agenda is in serious trouble on capitol hill. >> i dont think its dead, i think its still alive. >> reporter: biden and congressional democrats are attempting to shepherd through two massive piece...

John lewis advancement act hasnt even really been written in the house or senate. so theres not a lot of legislative push. civil rights leaders spoke with him for hour and 40 minutes, not supposed to be that long, we were all waiting. when they came out said they know they have to take to the streets and build a public campaign. what was interesting, they reminded a lot of us of the 60s. said when it looked dire, when civil rights, asking for civil rights, kept pushing and pushing and something ...

That he has and thats with the civil rights leader said to him yesterday. they wanted to hear him uses pull pratt more than he has. kamala harris as for the test to lead on voting rights. but when it comes to legislation, its kind of over and dead. that is what happened with espy while not allowing any debate, republicans blocking any debate on it on the people act, essentially, democracy reform. john lewis advancement act hasnt even been written in the house or the senate. so theres not a lot o...

Breakthrough in combatting mental health emergencies could make it easier for people to get help. this month, the senate commerce committee and the federal communications commission approved a new three-digit suicide prevention hotline. 9-8-8. remember this. write it down. let people know about this. this thing has to become as prevalent as 9-1-1. 9-8-8. this could take months to implement, however. currently -- currently, the national suicide prevention lifeline is a ten-digit number. 1-800-273...

Changed that in washington or in various states across the country. >> as a father, my heart aches for the center is a families. you send your kids to school, you expect them to be safe. where is the leadership in washington going to come from? both parties. >> like i said, it is just heartbreaking to imagine what the parents of these victims are going through. with the families and teachers that lost their lives, what theyre going through knowing after every shooting previously that has occurre...

Here. a newly classified declassified memo has been released and provides new details on the scope of robert muellers investigative mandate. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein explicitly authorized mueller to investigate whether paul manafort colluded with the russians in the 2016 election and to probe any crimes related to payments that manafort received from the ukrainian government. meanwhile, president trumps focus continues to be on curtailing illegal immigration. the president tweete...

To start this new legislative push for new immigration reform legislation and it very much seemed that that effort was following the presidents tweets and meant to kind of put that policy muscle behind something that the president was talking about basically because hed seen it on tv. >> and jeremy, tomorrow baltic leaders visit the white house. theres going to be one of those planned press conferences, two questions for both sides of the press corps. in our like a good neighbor state farm is th...

Impulsive, reckless behavior lately is he is surrounded more and more by people willing to provide that affirmation. hes spending more time lately with people like corey lewandowski, dave bossy, people who coined of phrase "let trump be trump "and thats what youre seeing now, trump being his truest self. >> i always ask how did trump advance today and is there any strategy that you see employed in the situation in a jeremy talked about? >> its really interesting as you talk about that feedback l...

Homeland security actually put together a conference call with reporters and revealed that there theyre trying to start this new legislative push for some new immigration reform legislation. and it very much seemed that that effort was following the presidents tweets and meant to kind of put that policy muscle behind something that the president was talking about, basically because he had seen it on tv. >> and jeremy, tomorrow baltic leaders visit the white house. there is going to be one of tho...

And talk to trump about this stuff will tell you that the russia story from the very beginning has driven him crazy. he feels like it undermines this huge historic presidential victory that he had. he feels like its something designed to take credit away from him and obviously as its expanded, become a more concrete thing with the investigation, the indictments, it only -- it only further exacerbates his feeling that hes being unfairly treated, unfairly maligned. we have to look at the timing he...