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bidens massive 1.9 trillion dollar covid relief bill. all of this is happening as we approach the official one year anniversary of essentially lockdown america. right now they are still debating the measure, the vote on final passage will follow. we know what will happen there. joining me is kristen welker outside the white house. i will say this. this biden white house, it does seem to want to not avoid whats happening at the border. they want to take it, at least, give the appearance...

>> its performative cruelty, hes using that for infrastructure, helping kids to get back to school. for his aspirations. its inappropriate and unacceptable. massachusetts as we have for years, help them build a life in the commonwealth. americans deserve a border that is secure and accessible. and thats the immigration system that this nation deserves and president biden and democrats in congress have been putting more resources, crashing down on drug trafficking and human trafficking at the bor...

Focus of more media scrutiny that could be harmful for her? >> as you know -- >> walter. >> okay. >> walter isaacson. >> okay, youll see something fundamentally different because biden and warren who seem like now the two people contending most closely for the nomination are fundamentally different in their personalities. warren is giving you plans. shes a very rigorous thinker who has thought through every policy. you ask her a question, you get a policy answer. joe biden as we just said is a s...

Emotional, almost outraged way. because bernie got some criticism for the question. but instead, michael gave a policy answer. it was his position and it was accurate. but it didnt reflect the emotion that you needed to reflect when that kind of question was asked at that time. >> but this is whats interesting about it. when we sit here, it sounds easy, almost. well, of course you should be emotional for the emotional question. what do you do to prepare newer candidates, and we have some that ar...

The debates and what the candidates sound like, what theyre pressed on. lets look at this famous moment with dukakis. >> governor, if kitty dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer? >> no, i dont, bernard, and i think you know ive opposed the death penalty during all of my life. i dont see any evidence that its a deterrent. i think there are better and more effective ways to deal with violent crime. >> one question was, was he so overprepared f...

Even if the ethics office says he should, correct? >> i dont know whether hes legally required to. but heres the thing. we have every right to expect all of the employees of the justice department to follow the ethics rules and that means especially the attorney general. but, you know, i want to make this very clear, if he doesnt recuse himself, if he has any involvement whatsoever in this russia probe, we are going to find out whether he made commitments to the president about the probe, whethe...

Because most of the sources are turkish, and we know they are have a strained relationship right now. >> lindsey set a bunch of really aggressive stuff there and i think im mostly aligned with it but i want to get back into the skiff, back into the classifieds environment where we read our intelligence and i want to talk to investor bolton at the white house as well. i think everything needs to be on the table from arms sales to everything else, to where we go with the saudis from here. the poli...

Campaign promise made to coal country. the administration will begin repealing the clean power plan. environmental protection agency chief scott pruitt made the announcement in kentucky today alongside senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. the move is already infuriating critics. our report from kentucky tonight. >> tomorrow in washington, d.c., i will be signing a proposed rule to withdraw the so-called clean power plan of the past administration. >> it was welcomed news in eastern kentucky. ...

And donald trump won best in class." >> and now roy moore has come to the front. the republican party has succumb to a rage machine and they cant turn it off and not even donald trump can turn it off. for those of us who think theres a policy answer for this, a few personnel moves, i mean, this is something -- the beast has been released, and they realize that they cant ride it anymore. >> i think a civil war implies that both sides are still fighting, and i dont see the sort of, the wing you ta...

>> we found that donald trump himself cannot contain what he helped unleash. you know, congresswoman from kentucky -- >> by the way, we have it up. people can follow the quote along. its a great one. i think we have it here. "i thought they were voting for libertarian republicans. but after some soul-searching, i realized they werent voting for libertarian ideas. they were voting for the craziest s.o.b. and donald trump won best in class." >> and now roy moore has moved to the front of class. th...