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Elections. >> you mentioned members of congress. talk us through where the members are and what the hang-ups right now? >> sure. on the infrastructure bill the hang-up is purely procedure. house members want to make sure that the reconciliation bill is agreed to. the reconciliation bill is where there are serious policy differences to be resolved. theres a question of prescription drug policy. there are issues of subsidies. the child tax credit. those $230 a month that parents get for raising ki...

Its not 3.5, but its "x" and ready to move? what are we doing this weekend? >> they could get closer to an agreement. they are working feverishly to resolve the policy differences, maybe come up with a price tag. and theres some possibility that they get there on a handshake agreement. but the progressive caucus folks have said, that is not enough. they want to build up past the senate. that is definitely not going to happen. if they stick to their demand, there doesnt appear to be a path. they ...

Illegal immigrants. how do you respond that the policy is inhumane and counter-productive? >> well, first of all, let me say we dont use the term illegal immigrants. i issued a policy in the department of homeland security. we use the term non-citizen, to respect the dignity of every individual as a preliminary matter. secondly, i will defer to the state department. thats a matter within the state departments province, but let me say this. having been in government service for more than 20 years...

International affairs analyst jonathan lemire is here. ambassador, take me inside what this was like for the world to see, an american president, not just with these major milestones, not just investing in vaccine supply for our allies and for other parts of the world. but to have the normal debates and policy differences, its sort of a more normal baseline. >> thats exactly the right word. this was a speech, a normal speech from a normal american president at the united nations general assembly...

Of state say weve got to get that special visa program for the afghan allies. weve got to put into overdrive. it didnt happen. the secretary of state, why was it the president of united states went out a few days ago and we are not aware of any criticism of our efforts after the british prime minister, the german chancellor, the french president, the leadership of nato castigated him publicly for the debacle. we have a chance to hold him accountable and its called the election of 2022 and it mig...

I want to ask you about that. ben, can you judge the success of squashing progressivism by the size of the tantrum the squad members throw? >> ben: i think theres probably some truth to that. sort of like my 1.5-year-old, the size of the tantrum is utterly disproportionate to any level of events, so im not sure how angry they are actually as related to the size of the offe. there are two modes. super angry, and not angry at all. theres no in between where they are a little bit angry. >> julie: i...

Forward to working with representative cheney. she and i worked on the house armed services committee together and i know her as somebody who is a patriot. while we may have policy differences, she is dedicated to this country and upholding the constitution just as the other members of the select committee are. >> oh, no, adam kinsinger, they voted with trump 90% of the time. theyre putting country first. heres what kevin mccarthy said about her today. >> i was shocked that she would accept some...

We forget that policy does divide us sometimes, but when we lay out an overarching vision, and we lay out a set of overarching goals, thats how you keep people united, whether its how do we beat china in a 21st century? we can rally around that. there may be some policy differences to get there. the same is true with russia. and the same is true for what senator scott said so eloquently that night, about race. >> trey: i look forward to introducing you to senator scott. i look forward to that. t...

6. she knows or should know that she has the capacity to inspire some tiny percentage of her followers to violence. so she should be much more responsible. she should be ashamed of herself. >> and the problem with that, there are plenty of policy arguments to make against aoc and the squad. there are plenty of them, we could go on all day about the policy differences that marjorie taylor greene has with aoc. thats what she should be doing, and not calling her names and not threatening her. she k...

Democracy first and let the policy differences figure itself out. but right now it is a -- never did i think in my 50-odd years of being on the earth that i would be speaking out about democracy in this country. we have had numerous discussions about democracy and never in this country like this and so it means gravely to me to continue and make sure that we support the elections workers, the poll workers, the folks doing the job under the threat of physical harm and the past year of health care...