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That news of covid vaccinations for kids ages 5 to 11. after that he could always take some questions, absolutely. my colleagues in the room are going to try to press him on all this since he did ignore those queries last night, returning at 1:00 a.m. from this european trip where just about 24 hours ago he sounded very optimistic, predicting that democrats were going to be triumphant in virginia. obviously that is not what happened. and so the white house here is grappling behind the scenes to ...

Theyre going to try to use this to propel some momentum forward on the currently stalled economic agenda on capitol hill. theyre going to try to make this argument, i think thats something you can expect to hear from the president, that voters were frustrated with inaction, with the nitpicking, with the back and forth, with the process piece of this because they want to see something get done. we should point out, though, that at the same time in our nbc news exit polls, voters said that for a m...

Country and that the sort of nitpicking and infighting wasnt helping, especially virginia, not helping the midterm, not helping other folks who may be up for election, and that the democrats dont see the big picture. they dont see the forest for the trees. do you understand what he is saying? do you agree with that? >> i agree that the infighting hasnt helped, but the forest here are the american people. are we going to actually get them child care? are we going to actually get universal prescho...

Negotiate on bidens agenda. theres also frantic energy to cut a deal on capitol hill. but theres still some details that need to be finalized. we see that. do you feel any closer to an agreement tonight? >> don, i do. we had a meeting with the progressive caucus executive board this evening. it ran late, and everyone there wants a deal. >> how soon? >> i think its possible to have a deal this week. the key is that we need some of the priorities in there, the medicare expansion. that is a huge is...

Learned from this experience, im going to alter some of my physicians on the covid mitigation strategies. i get it. all of us have been moved by the spirit but she doesnt do that. she goes back to pretending it isnt that big of a deal. and to be fair when you set the rules, you dont have to follow them. maybe thats the new rule book. >> shannon: she said it was nitpicking in the fun police were coming after her. im sure millions of americans feel the same way. >> she is 100% correct. >> shannon:...

Brothers ralph and duane wiggins who have not performed in public for i believe at least over 20 years. >> do you know who they are? i dont care where you are sitting. you are going to get up and start dancing. my drink was sitting at the table. i got up andtarted dancing because i was feeling the spirit and i wasnt thinking about a mask. >> pete: screw the mask mandate. tony, tony, tony was performing. its monumental. so leave her alone and quit nitpicking. >> dont feel as though you have to be...

And this is why it was important to take control of the kabul airport. >> we were in a position where what we did was we took precautions. thats why i thords that there be 6,000 american troops to flow in to accommodate the exit and provide the aircraft in the gulf to get it out. we operated that. >> what did you think when you first saw the pictures? >> i thought we have to gain control of this. we have to move this more quickly. we have to move in a way in which we can take control of the airp...

Out the other nine. this is what some insiders have specifically advised the governor not to do. but hes keeping his own counsel. hes increasingly isolated. hes not been in public for the last several days. hes holed up in the executive mansion. he has decided that this is going to be his avenue to try and redress what he feels is unfair treatment. it was a little surreal i have to tell you, wolf, just listening to this. the gravity of the charges, the number of the charges, the severity of the ...

Required nearly all americans to get health insurance. the individual mandate. or pay an income tax penalty. in 2012 the supreme court upheld the law as a legitimate use of congresss taxing power. then a republican-led congress set the tax penalty at zero, so 18 red states led by texas sued saying whats left is just an unconstitutional mandate. but todays ruling by justice steven breyer didnt weigh in on the larger question, instead saying the challengers have no legal standing to sue because th...

The case, if anything, its bipartisan in the other direction. the fact that the republican congress has held together has boosted the republican behind trump. >> laura: they did with kavanaugh, support behind kavanaugh was very strong. weve complained that the republicans are a circular fire squad. always hitting each other, nitpicking over every aspect of policy and look at the long ball. we want to play the long ball. >> the economist yougov see themselves as twice as unified as democrats righ...