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Been talking about for decades and made popular within the party when he ran, first, in 2008. and then, in -- in 2020 -- was the idea that he -- that there is a social-safety net that matters. >> uh-huh. >> and that has, for the most part, taken hold. having said that, there still are -- um -- a lot fewer but there are a number of moderates. and in a party and in a congress where the margins are so, so narrow, erin, just three seats in the house, no -- no room to spare in the senate -- those dif...

Lets have a list tone what one afghan woman had to say. >> translator: women want to have a profession and to work. since the taliban came and took kabul they cant continue in their jobs. the taliban have taken away their freedom to work. >> reporter: and this is a huge issue. not just for women, but for all afghans because obviously joblessness is rife with humanitarian crises unfolding. the taliban cannot access the 9 billion in reserves that are in american banks. the international community,...

$3.5 trillion, almost twice as much. and manchin was the key. and we are able to describe this process -- i mean, this is what goes on in washington. people scream and yell and leverage and somebody like joe manchin, he kind of goes both ways on this. and he is saying, oh, no, we are not going to spend all that money. and then biden gets him on the phone and says, you know, look, youre f-ing me. you cant do that. youre a democrat. and eventually manchin comes along and supports this. . >> part o...

Take? causing interparty fighting that could blow up this whole agenda? i look progressives at this point and say, okay, only responding with leverage to make sure essential advancements are made, people in the economy and every bit of recovery we need in an ongoing pandemic. i fully expect fireworks for biden tomorrow when he calls everybody into huddle. hes over this, hes tired of it, he wants it done so they can move on to other priorities he mentioned, brian. i expect negotiations to come to...

Vote for both bills. that has been our position three months ago, it remains our position today. now, when the senate passed the bipartisan bill, senator sanders, senator warren, many other progressive senators only voted for that bipartisan bill because they were given a commitment by the senators in the democratic party and the president that we would move these two things together, the reconciliation bill, the build back better act, as its called now, and the bipartisan bill. so they come up ...

Be willing to take -- they would be willing to take something, which is the bipartisan bill. you would be willing to take nothing other than both. >> the reality, brianna, is that we are willing to deliver the entirety of the presidents agenda to his desk. >> why is it all or nothing? >> well, because if we dont do the rest of the package now, we will not have child care, we will not have paid leave, we will not have any of those things. you know how washington works. we are now at the end of th...

Whether we would lose votes as a result of putting that in, and it was completely different from what everyone in the caucus was expecting to vote for. but, listen, im not focused on that, we all voted for the cr, all voted for the debt limit and thats the important thing. we got everybody there. >> before i let you go, i do just want to revisit this issue of these two bills, and the fact that progressives, yourself included, youre saying all or nothing on this. and i hear what youre saying, you...

I doubt very seriously that mexico will enter back into that agreement. we have no leverage over them at this point. >> martha: i was watching last night, tucker carlson was asking why doesnt president biden get on the phone and call the president of mexico and work this out. right? work out something. i dont understand when you become -- when you take over a new administration when you dont look at the policies in play and say all right. we have different ideas about this but this worked right ...

International cooperation instead of confrontation and here we are today. the 620 confrontation and here we are today. the g20 is meeting in afghanistan. the g20 is meeting in afghanistan. the p5 is meeting on afghanistan and will be interesting to see how much they are on the same page. but from what im hearing from diplomat so far, it does seem like they are on the same page when it to approach the same page when it to approach the taliban and im sure they can assure a number of things. humani...

Presidency. first up on this set of meetings an hour from now is the two leaders, speaker nancy pelosi, senate majority leader schumer schumer. after that, a meeting with the moderates. who are concerned the party is going too far and too fast on the legislation. yes, joe biden in that meeting, by the way. then to end the day, a meeting with the progressives who are withholding their support from the bipartisan infrastructure bill as leverage to prevent moderates from watering down or walking aw...