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Warnock whos a leader in his party on this issue. then i asked him about the filibuster and he said its got to go. so thats where we are right now. they dont have a viable plan yet to definitively get around that 60-vote threshold. >> and theyre running out of time. one of the things this would do is change the way we do redistricting, banning partisan gerrymandering. theres a lot of redistricting as we speak. thank you. were staying close to washington at this hour with president biden at any...

Our children. does anybody think today for making that decision for the first time we would say 12 years is enough? in the 21st century? 12 years is enough? its not. but back then they did and thats the reason we left ahead of the rest of the world, not a joke. >> dana: we have been on a trip down memory lane with president joe biden and his hometown of scranton, pennsylvania. he was there to sell the bid back better, took him for 15 minutes and he was still talking about growing up in scranton....

Have a job. my dad move from wilmington, delaware, to scranton when he was a junior in high school. he went and then to st. thomas, not to the prep, it was called st. thomas in those days, and i remember him walking up into the bedroom and saying, honey, dads going to have to move. it will probably take about a year and i will come home every single weekend. its only 155 miles. i thought that was like 600 miles away. i will come home every weekend. and i will bring you and mom and everyone down ...

Memories about growing up in scranton and advice he got from mom and dad decades ago. when he got around to talking about these multi-trillion dollar spending plans, things that he claims would transform the country for the entire future of the united states, he mostly stuffed familiar lines that weve heard before. bret? >> bret: thanks, peter. americans are paying attention to the supply chain crisis. 71% of those have noticed products are out of stock. 55% noticed slow delivery times. 54% say ...

As President Joe Biden visits the city of his birth Wednesday for the first time as president, he will arrive at a pivotal time for him and one of Scranton’s

For the second consecutive year, the festive Santa Parade in downtown Scranton is canceled as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

President Joe Biden will travel to Scranton as he works to rally support in Congress for a social services and climate change package that had been a 10-year, $3.5 trillion proposal.

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 ...

The immediate greater in chief. he really is doing a phenomenal job. >> the president plans to sell his spending plans in scranton, pennsylvania tomorrow. but it doesnt look like a deal is going to be made by tonight about whats actually in. what democrats want to spend trillions of taxpayer dollars on. which means that tomorrow the president is going to be pressuring lawmakers to support a package before anybody knows for sure whats in it. bret? >> bret: coffee is for closers. peter doocy live ...

Some progress. theyre hopeful and optimistic that they are making progress. they are not committed to getting this done before the president leaves for his european trip. other than saying they want this soon, thats the best indication weve had. i would note, the president is going to be on the road tomorrow trying to sell this in his hometown of scranton. it is a question mark still, what he is exactly selling. because we have no idea right now what is on the table, what is off the table. the w...