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hello, and welcome to "inside politics." im john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. right now the fbi is at mike pences indiana home trying to track down any classified documents that perhaps went home with the former vice president. it happens as pence also grapples with the big subpoena from the special counsel investigating donald trump. plus, ready or not, joe biden holds off on formally announcing hes running again but says he feels good about how the vote...

The insidity in-picky back and forth of this is fun to watch. as anyone whos watched senator mccottage for a long time -- mcconnell for a long time knows he never says something randomly. this is witnessing someone hanging someone out out to dry full stop, and vently skoeting to say we -- conveniently scapegoating to say it was one guy, everyone chase that ball of yarn over there. the greater question here is also watching president biden put republicans on the defensive about an economic and ki...

Diplomatic, and management skills. joining us now to talk about all of this is the washington bureau chief for "the chicago sun times" lin suite and political commentator errol news, a columnist for "new york" magazine. thank you for getting up with us on this sunday morning. lynn, i want to start with you, from the pandemic to whats going on with his legislative agenda which during the holiday break you saw senator manchin say he could not support the build back better plan, president biden has...

It a story. there have been high profile flashes of pelosi and others in this group. i wonder if it doesnt come to a head today. . >> its important not to miss the forest through the trees here with regard to where the democratic party is. we covered so many democratic debates and fights where progressives feel like they rolled over and agreed to wait for the next fight. they arent there now. they see they have the numbers. they see they have the democratic president on their side with issues th...

I can. senate majority leader chuck schumer and nancy pelosi came out and announced a frame work to pay for that $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. it focuses on education, health care, child care, other safety net issues. but they were pretty vague on the framework. framework. what more can you tell us? >> well. its an important step forward that theyve come together between what the house did and the ways and means committee, what were doing, the finance committee, to really narrow the options...

Look at the safety net issues. in 1977, 25 years ago, when the government asked if they should take care of people who cant take care of themselves, 75% of democrats, 62% of republicans agreed they should do that. 25 years later, the number for democrats is about the same but for republicans the number dropped about 40%. about half of what it was for supporting people who need to be taken care of. on the environment 20 years ago democrats and republicans essentially agreed on stricter laws to pr...

That the healthcare bills, the spending that wasunder are taken for the wars et cetera. that this was run away. run away spending. so you now have this mind-set that says, look, lets cut back on these things. im sure we can talk about how we get there. but lets deal with the spending side. >> because w was so ridiculous as to take us into war with iraq, it drove up the cost of government, we have to cut back on poor people programs. thats what you just said. >> no, thats not what i just said. >>...

Themselves. a columnist for the "washington post" and a republican chair for the national committee. the attitudes of democrats and republicans on a number of key issues. look at the safety net issues. in 1977, 25 years ago, when the government asked if they should take care of people who cant take care of themselves, 75% of democrats, 62% of republicans agreed they should do that. 25 years later, the number for democrats h republicans has dropped to just 40%. they essentially agreed there neede...

Side. >> because w was so ridiculous as to take us into war with iraq, it drove up the cost of government, we have to cut back on poor people programs. thats what you just said. >> no, thats not what i just said. >> the cost of wars. >> among other things, the safety net issues. and look, republicans have been consistent over the years arguing about the spending on the social programs without the benefit of going back and reviewing the program and making sure that those dollars are being -- >> j...

Gentlemen, lets get to the numbers. the attitudes of democrats and republicans on a number of key issues. look at the safety net issues. in 1977, 25 years ago, when the government asked if they should take care of people who cant take care of themselves, 75% of democrats, 62% of republicans agreed they should do that. 25 years later, the number for democrats is about the same but for republicans the number dropped about 40%. about half of what it was for supporting people who need to be taken ca...