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Agenda, you see scranton stlu out, the need to repair our aged infrastructure, a need for an amtrak line to connect us back to new york city, the need to help working families with kids trying to manage in an economic situation changing rapidly around us, the need for universal pre-k. so throughout his agenda, you see that hes from scranton, he knows what its like to be a family in scranton, trying to make it work with sthees economic changes. were looking forward to hosting him today as he cont...

Are two, i was the only kid in my era that i was able to walk across the pipe that was just above that thing. if you found lackey, you are in trouble. anyway. [laughs] thats right. no matter how long you live here in scranton, its a place that climbs in your heart and never really leaves you. thats the gods truth. like the old saying goes, you can take the boy out of scranton, but you cant take scranton out of the boy. theres something special about it, and i believe home is where your character...

Part, for some of these policies, it has been unclear whats going to stay in and stay out, but what the president tried to focus on today were some of the fundamentals he knows are absolutely going to be in, like the idea of putting money out there for the first time in an aggressive way, to help people take care of people in their households who need it, whether its their parent or their child, and they come out of the workforce to do that. things like universal pre-account. he obviously went t...

About where things are going. and thats why the president tonight is heading to scranton, pennsylvania, his hometown, which really, they are saying is a symbolic choice venue and backdrop to continue to sell this. but its a tricky line he needs to walk, because he cant necessarily pitch all of these things that might end up in the final text. and the other huge challenge here for the white house is trying to see if they can get this done before the president leaves for europe a week from tomorro...

Public pressure campaign. scranton was sort of an ideal opportunity and venue for the white house to sort of signal what an important moment this is and try to refocus the conversation on the "why" rather than the sort of finer points of it all. >> before i hop over to jake on the hill, give us a sense of what latest is on these negotiations, what the white house is now willing to give up. >> yeah, i think a very significant development was the reporting from our colleagues that the president to...

Biden. 39% approve of his performance. 59% disapprove. the presidents overall approval drops from 50 to 46%. his disapproval market those from 49 to 53%. the president is making another sales pitch for his massive tax and spend plan in his hometown of scranton, pennsylvania right now. you look live. hes trying to get moderates and progressives on board with a smaller scaled back version of his original tax and spending plans. we have fox team coverage on all of this. william la jeunesse in long ...

Privilege claim hes trying to wash over anything to prevent him from speaking. well keep an eye on this. ryan nobles is on it. ryan, thank you for that. still ahead for us as well, president biden will be making a pitch for his economic agenda in his hometown today. why hes headed to scranton and what his message is to americans. is the planning effect. this is how it feels to know you have a wealth plan that covers everything thats important to you. this is what its like to have a dedicated fid...

My grandfathers pantry and say, st. ambroses, can i leave jean and the kids with you? i promise i will make it up to you, i will be back every weekend but i promise i will make it up. its a hard thing for a proud man or woman to do that. but some of the had to. and all of my friends know this, literally this phrase, they heard him say it no i dont know how many times. joey, a job is a lot more than a paycheck. its about dignity, its about respect. its about to look at kid in the eye and say, its...

Which essentially means the sentencing phase of this, and the prosecution has said that they do not plan to take the death penalty off the table. >> their capacity for forgiveness, those families, is truly remarkable in the face of all this. leyla, thank you. lets turn to this now. in just hours president biden will travel to his childhood home of scranton, pennsylvania. this will be the first trip hell be making there since taking office. the president is on a mission to sell his economic age...

With those on capitol hill and in large part driving some of the momentum we have seen come to the forefront. >> it certainly is, and dana, as you know, scranton a very meaningful place for the president. how effective was he as he tries to get this plan through in the next few days. >> this kind of speech, not talking about the numbers, the top lines, intra-party fighting, but what exactly is in this extremely large package they hope will finally come to fruition in the coming weeks. a lot of d...