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Interesting. i grew up not very far from the senator where he grew up. if you add it up, i think about five blocks, six blocks. and his dad and i were about 18 years apart and were 17 years apart. so its like a continuum going down here. but i just want you to know, we went to the same schools, same parish. just a few years apart. give a few -- give or take a few years. and scranton is where i played shortstop with the little league in the first year it was put up. my dad helped build the field ...

Gabby petito case, what could be a massive clue in the search for brian laundrie. some of his things apparently found in a park and cadaver dogs are now on the scene. welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. we start with our politics lead. in the next hour, president biden returning to his roots. visiting his hometown of scranton, pennsylvania, where the white house says he will lay out exactly what is included in this new compromise over his massive economic bill. heres what sources tell us wi...

There was a discussion yesterday that they wanted to f a framework and top line number finalized by the end of this week. its still a huge, outstanding question, however, whether or not theyre going to be able to come and finish that proposal in the next 48 hours. it is a critical 48 hours up here on capitol hill. >> lets take that to kaitlyn in the presidents hometown of scranton, pa. hes there to sell the policy, but how much work does he have to do to get buy in from either faction on the pri...

Trying to blame republicans for not getting this thing passed, but if you look at the independents and what they are doing, they cant do it anymore. its all about the democrats. the last thing i would say -- >> dana: president biden is an scranton, we will go to him now. >> president biden: st. pauls church, my uncle jack finnegans house. his daughters are here, and he taught up at that you, and i just want you to know that amtrak is here, they can tell you coming you should name half the line a...

Spewing just at a time when americans are going to the grocery store and the milk has been out for a week and their diapers are out and their costs are going up, i dont think they want to hear from the president and scranton talk about his other nicknames that he had when he was growing up in scranton. they dont want to talk about or hear about the fact that he rode amtrak as vice president for 36 years, which is what he said, he cant ride amtrak as a vp for 36 years, you can do it for eight yea...

Came back to scranton and back to scranton, and started here in scranton and i resolved to bring values to bear with the fundamental shift in how they work for people, and look from the top down, wealthy have not done very, very well. talking about for a fundamental stake, for most of the 20th century we lead the world by a significant margin because we invested in our people. we invested in ourselves, not only in our roads and our highways and our bridges, but in our people and our families. we...

Wilmington, delaware, to skrantson when he was a junior in high school. he went to what was called st. thomas. not the prep. st. thomas in those days. and i remember him walking up and entering the bedroom and saying, honey, im going to -- dads going to have to move. but its going to probably take about a year. ill come home every weekend. its only 155 miles. i thought that was like 600 miles away. come home every weekend. and when we get enough money im going to bring you and mom and everyone d...

Amtrak system cost to begin with. we will change the nation in a big way. [applause] i want to thank you for the introduction, i really do, and madame mayor page, you have done a great job, a great, great job. i really mean it, im a big fan, and when i got elected, its the gods truth, after i checked the margin and what it was in the state of delaware, i called up here. she had one bank two years too and i found out i won every precinct in scranton, and i looked up to say, mom, i did it. i did i...

Blackbird. bye, bye, bye, blackbird, wasnt meant as a compliment. i wasnt very big. you could beat me, but id hurt you. you think im kidding, im not. but, you know, its one of those things that i was fortunate because the people i was surrounded by, our neighbors in scranton as well, that people -- people stuck up for you. stuck up for one another. my mother used to say and i never quite understand. remember, joey, look at me, joey. youre a biden. you are -- i swear to god. youre a biden. nobody...

Reduced from 12 weeks down to 4. and climate proposals they will almost certainly be pared back, too. im also joined by ana palmer, punch bowl news co-founder and msnbc contributor. christian, president biden has been working hard behind the scenes. >> youre absolutely right. president biden who left just moments ago joined by senator casey is taking his sales pitch on the road. shes going to use that simp balk backdrop as way to make his case this spending plan will help working class americans...