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get a briefing on china while members of congress are holding hearings demanding answers about the u.s. response to that spy balloon that floated across the u.s. well talk to congressman gregory meeks who attended a house briefing on the matter earlier this morning. president biden is back on the road today heading to a key battleground state to sell his agenda, and hes doubling down on accusations that some republicans want to cut medicare and social security. and migrant crossing b...

Although everyone ultimately agrees that that was the right decision. you saw president biden with pbs explaining the decision-making process on that. in the longer term, i think its going to be interesting to see the ways that the house select committee on china, for example, uses this and pivots off of it from a policy making perspective. again, the posture here in congress is in bipartisan fashion positive for taking a stronger stance against china. notably it wasnt one of the focal points of...

Politics be damn ed. its on the senate. theyll be held accountable at the ballot box but do think if an inquiry takes place and it begins to have tom there there beyond what we know republicans get put on their heels and have to make a decision about whether or not theyre willing to risk their own re-election to keep this president in office and im talking about in the senate now. >> from a policy-making perspective, what changed when the president made that statement in the rose garden. congres...

Hugely influential since the 80s. established the countrys first conceal carry law. >> help us understand the role she plays from a policy making perspective. you detail in this piece a close relationship that she has with many members of the legislator in florida. >> its not just the lawmakers. its also the government, bureaucrats and staffers who end up making language and bills constitutional who are technically not partisan people. she has a lot of control over them as well and they take dir...

On top of that. you cant think of kids who want to go into the disciplines of science, math, will do it by themselves. you have to inspire them. >> it means a more flexible economy that can create the new jobs as the old ones get automated and individual workers need to take responsibility for helping themselves and their families make that transition. >> so what caught me was ken rogoff from harvard talking about the fact that, look, were overdue for a recession. theres nothing on the horizon t...

The country. as somebody with experience in fire fighting and somebody who has looked at this from a policy-making perspective, is it fair to say there really isnt a way to .output out the fires at least in the short-term? >> when these trains derail and start a fire you cant just walk in there and put the fire out obviously. the issue we are having in north dakota, as far as first responders 95% of our firefighters are volunteers. that means that they have volunteered, stepped forward to help t...