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michigan state university, naming several others, most of whom remain in critical condition. today, funeral services were held for two of the slain msu students, and in just a minute, i will talk to a michigan congresswoman with her reaction to this tragedy, which was on my mind even as i was marching in florida on wednesday, joining a peoples protest against the states governor, ron desantis, and his escalating war on black history. it was while i was on the ground in florida that i g...

Been able to accomplish. i mean, think of where we were around the inauguration roughly this time last year in the promises he was making, to get covid under control, control a sense of national unity and stability after four years of chaos. and to pass this really ambitious legislative agenda consisting of infrastructure, social spending programs, and voting rights. now, look at where we are today. covid continues to run rampant. the supreme court just struck down part of that vaccine mandate. ...

Quickly. and it seems as though how do you continue this momentum as youre saying that the longer things kind of wait and are diluted, the tougher it is to get these things done. so is there -- are there conversations right now about getting all of this on the front burner? >> absolutely there are. but at the same time, like, this is a huge bill to be negotiating. you have sinema already saying shes not happy with whats in the house bill and she wants to work more closely with the white house. y...

Becoming more elusive every day. >> bill: manchin put out a statement about a month and a half ago, lengthy statement and heart felt saying we cant take care of medicare and social security. why would we expand ourselves into other social spending programs? who knows the fate of those and ultimately you have a debt thats looking at what, is it $29 trillion? >> again, put this in context of what they wanted to do. they wanted $6 trillion in spending is what bernie sanders and ocasio-cortez and th...

Want to put in, once theyre in, they never get out. what the democrats did in this bill the weight reason they tagged it is because they only had the child tax credit for about five years. the vision and dental benefits and medicare dont kick in until 2028 and thats only for to years. if you run that spending for ten years, all these programs they want to do, its about five and a half-$6 trillion so trimming down the price tag is irrelevant if youre going to keep these programs and. this is a wi...

Concerned? >> i think we always have reason to be concerned about the future of america. problems reagan, never more than one generation away from extinction. as you cite, we are only 250 years old compared to great republican empires of human history. i want to make sure we drive another 250 years and more. one reason i am so concerned about making sure military is adequately funded which the biden budget does not do, it cant it after the biden inflation but even straight up dollars, it is so f...

Going to be a bipartisan package unless there is a reconciliation package. >> press reports suggest youre interested in additional 6 to $10 trillion for these other social spending programs. republicans say thats too much and some democrats say thats too much. joe manchin said hes eyeing $2 trillion for those things. would you be willing to come down? >> the important thing to think about is what are the priorities we want to deliver on. we didnt come to the number and figure out what to do. we ...