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>> stewart, i know that youve been diving into the good mandatory will election upcoming young converse is, mccall off and the commonwealth of virginia. what are your notes on this race and its potential -- disability to be the national parameter? >> yes donald trump is on the ballot on november 2nd, he was on the ballot of november 3rd last, year and it was overwhelmingly rejected. there is a very deliberate plan by donald trump to try and take over these governors. and why does he want to do t...

Experienced this screaming in the oval office. we have the scenes in the book. >> crazy. its really well rendered and really important. for anybody watching right now, especially lawmakers, we might 2079 want to think about the idea of whether the united states should have just one person, whatever party, be able to determine whether or not to unilaterally launch a nuclear strike, changing perhaps even ending the world. something for us to think about. the founders werent hip on the nuclear weap...

Important that we pick the few impactful things and do them very well. the child tax credit, making sure we extended at least through 2025. making sure we have refunded biloxi to do it well, so that people can know and rely on. it i think that thats an important ten ever any final piece of legislative. so that we do things well and so that the american people we could help them right. now as folks are continuing to struggle through the impact of the pandemic. and as we work to build back better ...

That right now they dont support a vote on that bipartisan bill. what this really gives the picture of is that the democratic party on one of its top legislative of priorities of infrastructure should be rowing in the same direction but the boat are not moving. >> the dems are in the majority. republicans should join us because its their debts as well as ours and when the shoe is on the other foot the democrats did the responsible thing when president trump was in the white house on debt ceiling...

Really across washington and beyond, they believe it is because of this osha act, an act by congress, again, not just a legislative -- or not just an executive act. they believe they are acting under that framework of the grave danger in the workplace. so again, the president said have at it. and they seem to mean it, john. >> is there a sense of how prepared the administration is to implement and enforce these either vaccine or testing mandates? >> well, look. that is the question here and the ...

Executive branch or the legislative, brands pressed tech ontarian jen psaki said theres no piece of legislation, theyre getting behind, either and even if they did, theres always such a crowded legislative agenda. and so little time left, to get anything done, before the midterm elections, that that route seems unlikely. maybe theres something they can do to nibble around the edges from the doj perspective. but i dont think theres a lot of expectation that something big is going to be able to co...

Becoming more diverse. >> what were looking at is a 1950 play. many legislative bodes are trying to take us back in time. we have a system where voters elect officials to oversee governance, not elected officials selecting which voters they want to participate. and thats why its so important for us to adopt voting protection to say roll back legislative bills like in georgia, in texas, and across the country, to ensure that the democracy we proclaim globally is a democracy we realize here at hom...

Involving a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the white house, that agreement has been reached, some sort of agreement, at least, that will provide the way for a draft of this bill to be made available as early as tonight. with negotiations possibly concluding, as you mentioned, by the end of this week. that is before the senate is due to go off on its summer recess. this bill, of course, is crucial to president biden�*s legislative agenda. it is something that he has put a lot of store in and ...

Two key players here. the other greens to not gonna get rid of the filibuster but will they do a carve out? around voting rights to protect democracy and i think thats where this is headed and i think that the key thing is -- >> but has the president done enough? i think he has. i think he will do more. i think the most important things he is doing is probably things were none of us are witness. to the conversations in the calls, with democrats on capitol hill. to make sure, heres what you have ...

>> well, i agree with my sell. weve got a pretty dysfunctional system, you know, as it stands now. look, i do think it is more than just sinema and manchin. those are the ones who are -- you know, have made public statements. but i think there are other senators there, too, and i believe thats probably what joe biden was referring to. i mean the president was basically saying everything would go nuts, but i just dont know that i share that. i think there has to be a lot of public pressure put ou...