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Todd: the president is overseas, the progressive push to link infrastructure and social spending suffering a huge setback. >> jackie ibanez has details all the drama and it is a dramatic situation on capitol hill. >> reporter: something we are getting familiar with. joe manchin telling progressives it is time to stop playing political games with the infrastructure bill and forget about coercing him into supporting the bill back better agenda. >> i not support the reconciliation legislation witho...

On this disagreement within the democratic party. >> bret: one democrat would love to have it done november 2nd, that is terry mcauliffe, the democratic gubernatorial nominee in virginia. there is this moderate progressive push, weve talked about it for weeks now, and heres how 5:30 eight put it about kyrsten sinema, the moderate senator from arizona, once a staunch progressive, they write, arizona senior senator has taken a hard turn to the right. on the surface that appears to have been an eff...

Okay, thats because you all have xfinity mobile. its wireless so good, it keeps one upping itself. paul: a bipartisan infrastructure bill supposedly aimed at investing roads and bridges and broadband internet public transit and electric utilities but critics are pushing back pointing to billions of dollars spent on green energy initiatives and a progressive push to transform the us energy economy the bipartisan plan would increase federal debt by $2,056,000,000,000 over a decade according to the...

Federal standards for voting. >> we will come back juanita tolliver and michael steele, former lieutenant governor of maryland and host of the michael steele podcast. good to see you both. juanita, nbc news has confirmed that chuck schumer and -- are headed to -- to talk about voting rights. can we talk a bit more progressive push on this and see that it and congress can indeed walk and chew gum at the same time? >> the fact that the senators already taking up revised voting legislation is a sig...

Shes open to the idea of disarming police and enforcing corp. uses a waste of money. during her time in builder policy owes administration, she was in charge of contracts for businesses owned by women and minorities. only 5.3% of government spending went toward those businesses when she left, the spending has dropped to 4.9%, even al sharpton took a swipe at wiley saying the goal is to get minority contracts up not down. its unclear of alexandria cortez was aware of wileys fail at city hall when...

Idea of disarming police and enforcing corp. uses a waste of money. it than theirs are pushed toward diversity. during her time in builder policy owes administration, she was in charge of contracts for businesses owned by women and minorities. only 5.3% of government spending went toward those businesses, when she left, the spending has dropped to 4.9%, even al sharpton took a swipe at wiley saying the goal is to get minority contracts up not down. if its unclear of alexandria are causing a was ...

Ainsley: slamming manchin, in fact. >> they happen to be some of the most radical members out there and, yet, you see the biden white house kamala harris but you certainly see nancy pelosi trying to play her political hand and make sure that she stays in power by ache he ising to what these people want. these comments happen time and time and time again. but, hey, put it up for a vote, folks. lets see where you stabbed on that. kevin mccarthy can do that this week. ainsley: do you think this pus...

Mild behaviors can be, prison isnt going to rehabilitate him, you know, and now he comes and commits more terrorism, we are very encouraged to hear our british partners speaking in terms of getting tougher on this front, we the u.s. government offer support as soon as the potential terrorists happened and lets not forget, you are the news organization, this is happening less than two weeks before they have an election. there could be public uproar beyond just the terrorist attack to any discussi...

2022020 democratic hopefuls have until tomorrow to get on the primary ballot in arkansas and all eyes are on new york city mayor michael bloomberg. the advisor says he is still weighing whether or not he will jump into the race. the democratic candidates gear up for another debate next week in miami. harold ford is tennis of tennessee is here. your thoughts on bloomberg jumping in? >> i think its good for democrats to have more voices in the field. bloomberg is someone who has made his money and...

Im flattered. im flattered. folks, look, we have got to -- we have got to beat this man. >> reporter: so joe biden in a workmanlike speech there, his crowd not nearly as big as pete buttigieg or elizabeth warren. >> so, jeff, elizabeth warren, speaking of, made a big case for her progressive push. what did she say? >> reporter: elizabeth warren gave, i would say, one of her most pointed speeches yet by really showing the divisions inside the democratic party about ideology. she urged democrats t...