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Reframe this. number three, democrats coming together to support him. it is the oldest lesson in the book and republicans played it well for a few years which is stick together no matter what. what biden encountered is the interior firing squad and taking incoming from the republicans and not just manchin, the progressive wing. they were painting him as a conservative not in step with the party. as progressives came together to support president biden. we hear him talk about theres no difference...

See there be some leakage within the democratic party. what we havent heard a lot of in terms of expression of support are from the more progressive wing of the democratic party. the alexandria ocasio-cortezs of the world. they havent expressed that warm support that weve seen from other members. theyre all singing from the same hymnal, but well see if that continues on when the real work begins in january. >> and the 117th still had some work to do before we head into the next one. i want to pl...

We just talked about it, listed it, really, on whats ahead. heres how the "new york times" puts it, the courts supermajority seems poised to dominate the new term as it did the earlier one. what do you make of that, joyce? >> i think that thats where we are with this supreme court, with the six three supermajority, they can even afford to lose the chief justice on occasion when he votes with the more progressive wing of the court, and so many of the cases the court will hear this term are cases ...

Ron l desantis a competitive ra in november. >> carlos, do you agree? >> i agree, alicia. i think the momentum has shifted hereas in the last couple month. democrats were against the ropes for months, really since almost thent beginning of the biden presidency. the focus was on inflation, the economy, cost of living and that has all changed now. and democrats here in florida today did something very different than what they did fourey years ago. they were pragmatic in choosing a candidate in cha...

In new york redistricting has two veterans facing off for one seat. they are 75 and 76 years old, and a third candidate, a 38-year-old former obama staffer, argues its time for a generational change. another congressional race in new york city is a test of whether the moderate democrats can hold off the more progressive wing of the party. and the governors race has implications. ron desantis would like nothing more than to win by a big margin to set up his presidential run that we anticipate. bu...

Break this up, he said i think were going to need to do that, he thinks he can get big chunks done. two things that might be out are going to concern a lot of progressives notably. the child tax credit. the president said the votes arent there for that right now. joe manchin has opposed the spending associated with it. and community college as well. early education is a priority. the presidents focussed on that here. the bottom line for democrats is this challenge within their own caucus right n...

Up 32%. transit crimes up 70%. and car thefts jumping a staggering 93%. yesterday thousands of police officers from all over the country mourning officer willbert mora, killed along side his partner, jason rivera, while responding to a domestic violence call. gabe, this is a balancing act for the president. supporting law enforcement being tough on crime, while standing up to violence crime. of course, theres the issue of the base, which is calling for police reform. this is partly what he got i...

Democratic national committee is headed to help stave off a republican takeover of congress. democratic officials are calling the investment the largest cross-party mobilization ever for a midterm. this comes as the dnc announces a record fundraising offer last year but it still falls short of republicans who have nearly $220 million in combined cash on hand. joining us now, white house deputy press secretary chris meagher, chris good morning, great to see you, one of the defining issues of th...

Strong progressive wing of the democrats in the house. seeing the chair of the progressive caucus after president bidens speech finished up, seeing her be the first person on the floor today, not just talk to the president, but give him a hug, is a reminder of how much progressives are expecting from this administration and from this president. it is 11:00 right now on the east coast. president biden has wrapped up the state of the union address. the president used most of the will stay to showc...

Whole leadership of the caucus over the weekend was supporting her in full force in cleveland, so there really is a sense here of establishment versus the progressive wing. john, its clear that the 2016 campaign with bernie sanders and hillary clinton, even hillary clinton weighing in supporting shontel brown. that race is still a defining moment here between these wings of the party. >> ironically, though, bernie sanders has been working very closely with joe biden throughout this whole time. i...