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Schumer and the senate democrats to continue to be methodical, to get this done because we have to. >> let me ask you something. >> democracy is on the line. >> real quick, if you can. do you think one day the president will look back and say after he has left office and say, you know, i should have gotten rid of that filibuster and preserved voting rights? because every president has that moment. >> he is just nine months in, don. it aint done yet. and so i think we need to give the president t...

Meanwhile, 76% care about deep political divisions and almost the very bottom of the list, if you can look down that far, only 65% are concerned about infrastructure. why is that the only thing joe biden and the democrats seem to care about? its like they flipped the pole upside down. here now, newt gingrich former speaker of the house. hes got a new book, beyond biden out on november 2nd, you can preorder your copy now on amazon. glad to have you, you can see whats important to americans, why i...

After Democrats gathered at a Tuesday lunch to discuss their long-delayed reconciliation bill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ...

Important day in democratic efforts to get voting rights legislation through congress. senate majority leader schumer has scheduled a vote for tomorrow afternoon on a bill that would set national standards for voting access. today he acknowledged democrats still need ten republican votes to cross over and move this forward. >> democrats are ready to work with republicans in good faith if they vote to begin a debate on voting rights. >> and dont stop us if youve heard some version of this before....

So, i mean, they have to show some kind of progress this week. the president is doing what he has to do. he needs to get involved. this is bidens agenda. this is the presidents agenda. so this is critical for him to be personally involved. hes the only one who can make this deal happen. speaker pelosi, senate majority leader schumer, they didnt do it. it has to be the president. >> when we say theyre going to the white house, kristen, is the president himself rolling you his sleeves and meeting ...

Biden is inviting all of the factions in yesterday and today. theyre going need orthopedic services have their arms are twisted presumably and well see if this advances. it does not mean tonight at midnight there is going to be an agreement. it could mean that they are closer and this is kind of the way the process is meant to work. it takes a little getting used to but this is the way it used to be. >> this is not rocket science. manchin and sinema started around 1.7 and they told schumer that....

Breaking news just into cnn. you see the pictures there on your screen. a small plane crashing this morning outside of houston executive airport. the waller county sheriffs office says all passengers were safely removed from that plane. look at the pictures, with just one minor injury. thats remarkable. well continue to stay on top of that story. if there are any new developments. back here in washington, if meetings guaranteed movement then the biden agenda would be in much better shape by the ...

The 4 of them they dont have one how hour of private sector experience. schumer came out of law school he ran for office, nancy pelosi has spent her entire career in politics. joe biden out of law school, city council and senate, kamala harris the same. not one has any experience in the private sector, when i hear them talk about what we need to do, this is your first point, idea ol. ideology and belief system. >> it suggests we cant grow any more. we have come so far, that is it. now time to di...

Welcome back. the senate will vote tuesday on a new voting rights bill, despite a seemingly impenetrable republican blockade. this bill is backed by senate majority leader and senator joe manchin. schumer wrote a letter to his colleagues on thursday saying manchin has been reaching across the aisle, quote, on a bipartisan basis to ensure all americans have their voices heard in our democracy. but some are looking at congresss failure to pass voting rights legislation earlier this year and wonder...

Schumer has called on voting rights. is there a plan b in the biden white house if they put something up and it fails? >> no. there doesnt seem to be a plan b. and the reason is because theres only plan a, right? there is nothing -- if theres something that this white house, that this president could do, that he could sign to put federal voting rights legislation back on the map to put some more teeth into the civil rights legislation, they would have already done it. they know they cant even th...