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Well as other priorities they hoped to have. there are some big parts of this bill when you talk about negotiations that are happening, and that includes expanding medicare kocoverage, billions o dollars for climate change in the fight they would like to take on in a more aggressive manner, and pre-k for the progressive democrats. the president will be in scranton, his hometown today, to talk about the bill. its not a finished bill. he is here tuk o talk about a b that they are still trying to h...

Work to combat that by having the president on the road selling it. but the issue is they dont exactly know whats going to be in this bill. so we got an indication last week that those two free years of community college might good by the wayside because the president said he may not get it in there this time that isnt something, don, that he has touted time and time again on the campaign trail and on the road of course now that he has been in the white house and laid out these proposals. and no...

Grandfathers pantry and say, can i leave jean and the kids with you? i promise ill make it up to you. ill be back every weekend. but i promise ill make it up. thats a hard thing for a proud man or woman to do. but so many had to do it. and i remember when we moved down to delaware and my dad would say, joey, and all my friends know this. literally this phrase. youve heard them say it how many times. joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. its about your dignity. its about respect. its a...

Built on industry, built on the different technologies and fell often off. >> the money to combat climate change seems to be one area thats id say just most unclear where its headed at the moment in these negotiations. the funding hasnt been dropped from talks, but it is not clear what its going to look like on the other end because west virginia senator joe manchin has problems with certain parts of it, especially when it comes to the push with clean energy and electrical. as the mayor of scran...

>> dana: president biden about to speak in his hometown of scranton, pennsylvania, trying to sell the public on his trillion dollar spending pan, but poll numbers show that not many americans are buying into it. his approval rating sinking that 37%. and the independents who carried him to victory are souring with 66% disapproving of the job he is doing. and prices continue to pile up for the white house bottlenecks in the supply chain along with distressing americans with the prices of food and ...

Democracy is at real risk. and so that is a very clear mission and it has been passed by the house of representatives, so we do have the legislative cover for what it is that were doing. >> meantime, trumps legal team is asking a federal court in washington to stop the national archives from turning over white house records to the select committee. now, the lawyers are asking for a hearing within 21 days on trumps lawsuit over documents from his presidency. more than 45 records that trump wants ...

It may be that the body is not on the one place either. we will find out soon. >> sandra: i am sure we will get an update. john, great to be with you. all right, thank you for joining us. im sandra smith. >> john: i warned you it would be jam-packed. and john roberts, we will turn it over to martha maccallum now who will continue with the news breaking as it >> martha: thanks, guys. good afternoon. im martha maccallum in new york. we have two really big stories that are unfolding right now. on t...

In my era that i was able to walk across the pipe that was just above the lackey. if you fell in the lackey, you were in trouble. at any rate -- look, no matter how long you live here in scranton, its a place that climbs into your heart and it never really leaves you. and thats the gods truth. its like that old saying goes. you can take the boy out of scranton but cant take scranton out of the boy. something special about it. and i believe home is where your character is etched. and i really mea...

Reportedly on the chopping block to get the package from 3.5 trillion down to 2 trillion is free college tuition for all. some of the climate focused proposal to cut emissions are also in danger now. officials of the white house continued to claimed the plan does not contribute to debt. republicans say they are seen proof that is not true in real time. >> the bottom line is that at a time when inflation is skyrocketing, gas prices are surging, and we have a supply chain crisis that is leaving gr...

From the beginning. republicans worried from the beginning, saying, if it passes, that is an entitlement program that will never be taken away. republicans since 2010 have been doing everything they could do to undermine the affordable care act. they controlled the white house. they controlled the house. they controlled the senate after donald trump got elected for a couple of years before he blew all of that and they lost it all. and they still couldnt get rid of the affordable care act. so dem...