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Person in the building. >> so expand on this, jake, being the reality check for us. seems like jayapal is the reality check in the op-ed in "the washington post" and i want to understand this negotiation process. we cant be naive ant the difficulty of negotiating with someone who has not kept his commitments. not mentioning manchin by name but everybody knows who she is talking about and seems that the progressive caucus is going into this eyes wide open. >> they lost the leverage. they have giv...

Into my little dark cloud. she, i mean, to be the chair of the progressive caucus, is by design, to always be asking for things, that you are mostly not going to get. but she has a gift of asking for things, and presenting a case for, things in a way that is both reasonable and makes it seem likely that she is going to get, at least a lot of what shes asking for. and that is, it works even on me, i am the original dark cloud. but it works even on me. >> and the chair of the progressive congressw...

Among senate democrats this week who begin to talk about the frustration of dealing with senator manchin and the fact in a 50/50 senate, he is one of the main holdouts here on pushing this forward. now the presidents concession here that this isnt getting done ultimately running into the reality of the fact that they are not only far apart but also that time was indeed running out. the senate is about to go into recess just hours from now as they are expected to wrap up some nominations here. an...

He said there are some elements of the bill he can get behind, specifically on the climate elements. if you cant get paid family leave, if you cant get the child tax credit expansion extended, are you willing to find those, like, individual elements that the senator is behind that should go through, that you and the house -- the progressive caucus can get together and get passed? >> im willing to compromise. i have had good conversations with senator manchin. i believe hes open to getting to a c...

The trials that are happening in the united states, but also even earlier than the united states in israel. but also introduce you to families who have been dealing with this, jake. the thing that always strikes me about the cannabis as a medicine sort of story is that oftentimes its the evolution of things. these kids have tried so many different therapies, including powerful psychotropic drugs that dont work for them and they evolve to can base. and sometimes, not always, but sometimes they ge...

We could look no our left and right and see our counterparts and allies fighting with the same amount of righteous anger we bring to these debates and these wars every single day. i hope when we celebrate black women, we are delivering a lesson for others to learn. >> i think about corey bush, ayanna pressley, ilhan omar. all of these women taking the heat and the threats, the death threats, it is not easy. women of color have come together i have to say more broadly. the sisterhood of women of ...

Progressive caucus. i know youre quite busy and appreciate it. lets talk about what you expect to hear from the president in the speech this week lobbying folks to get on board coming to voting rights and a rule change with the filibuster. >> i hope the president underscores the urgency for a recognition that voting rights are too financial to be subject to the filibuster because without the freedom to vote act, without the john lewis voting rights act we face a constitutional crisis in which fr...

Excuse me. >> asking about progressives? theyre going to continue employing the leverage they have as caucus. the progressive caucus has been moving as block in the entire session and dont see that going anymore with congresswoman jayapal a leader in the movement. voting rights they have the backing of the voting rights leaders, civil rights leaders, activists and members of the king family. theres no reason to capitulate at this point. >> at some point joe manchin and progressives have to get o...

As josh was saying, the two key senators, manchin and sinema announcing they would not vote. theyre not going to get the ten republicans needed to advance this voting rights legislation. the conversation, though, is shifting away from blaming democrats, dem on dem blame in this key midterm year, more forward blaming republicans for why they wont support the right to vote and protect that. lets take a listen to what one democrat in the house, a member of the progressive caucus said on msnbc yeste...

Happens here in these years ahead here. >> yeah. indeed. big concern. okay, vaughn, thank you for that. well, joining me right now is washington congresswoman pramila jayapal, a democratic member of the house judiciary and budget committee. she is also chair of the progressive caucus. were always glad to welcome you. before we get to politics, my friend, let me ask you quickly about that tsunami warning, which would affect the coast of your state there in washington. have you gotten any update...