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Plan becomes law, the estate wouldnt be taxable but it would be subject to the death tax on $1 million of unrealized gain from that home. they do the math, her grown children would inherit $408,000 less than under the current law. speak to that because ive gotten a lot of questions on this. >> this is called the step up in basis, a law putting 100 years ago to protect family farms. otherwise just as that womans house is going to be torn apart and sold off because i have to sell it to have the mo...

He was asked about mitch mcconnell. he sort of chuckled and said, well, you know, mitch always says no. and you know, i dont think biden and his team are under any illusions here. i mean, math is math. im not that good at math but a 50/50 senate was never likely to produce transformative results in terms of legislation. it is just not how the numbers add up. i do think that john is right. that biden may have come to enjoy his europe trip a lot more than his return home. he even got the leaders o...

Get something done on infrastructure as well as voting rights, the big domestic issue on his agenda right now. >> garrett, lets talk about those two areas, infrastructure and voting rights. lets start with infrastructure. there has been some potentially significant bipartisan movement on that front. i know you have expressed your skepticism in the past on where all of this may end up. where are we now? >> josh lays it out nicely. weve got 11 republicans who say they are supportive of this bipart...

Playoff elimination after blowing a 26-point lead at home and losing game five of the series against the atlanta hawks. this after the sixers coughed up an 18-point lead in their game four loss. ouch, john berman. >> it was almost mathematically impossible for the sixers to lose. they had a 99.7 win probability im told. not only did atlanta beat the sixers, but atlanta beat math. >> someone has to be in the 99 percentile. doesnt happen often, but, yikes. >> youve lived there your whole life. a...

Specific mission. if its about opening up science an opportunity to people who may be have not felt that they had a track at nasa i think we would say thats a laudable goal but what do you make of it? >> we need to revive a movement that puts excellence first. excellence in space exploration, math, science, medicine, sports, music. we need to start putting excellence first again. in my opinion diversity can be an important part, an important means of the end toward achieving excellence. if i had...

Vote isnt counted, that is an entirely different level of autocracy and that is where republicans want the country to head. >> jason johnson back to you. the texas democrats came to the hill this week. they have some commiserating to do with democrats in the u.s. senate. thats the math. the math that stares them in the face every day they wake up. what do you tell people who get down when they realize the math in texas, where matthew lives, the math in washington where senator schumer is trying ...

Vaccination penetration, american adults at least one shot. the goal was 70% by july 4th. the math looks like well miss that by a bit. but ultimately, i am guessing your confidence level is high that we will look back on a date certain at some point and declare our nation at least 70% vaccinated. >> i think thats true. we also have the people that may not have been vaccinated but did have a documented case of covid-19. they will also have immunity. so collectively, hopefully, those who had gotte...

First hour in a monologue talking uninterrupted lee about how much he hates the united states and how he feels very aggrieved by everything about the united states so i dont know if theyve built an hour for him to win but will see. after the talks, president putin will give a solo press conference and then president biden will give a solo press conference after him as well. all we can say for sure is that will have a very very nice backdrop and it will get started again early tomorrow morning, 7...

A lot to discuss when we come back. jason johnson, matthew dowd are going to stay with us. coming up something matthew knows about. texas democrats bringing their voting rights push to washington in an effort to ease the gridlock. the problem is, they and the national democrats have the same national democrats have the same damn math looking right at them.

Anti-fascist and they have to be anti-fascist now to battle the republican party so anytime i hear someone is new information it doesnt shock me. there is no depth so with this previous administration could go that would surprise me in 2021. >> i dont know much but i think were in a hell of a place. were gonna pause this conversation right here take a break. theres a lot to discuss when we come back. jason johnston, matthew daughter gonna stay with us. coming up, some think matthew knows about. ...