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You were closer than us. what did you make of what we heard from both leaders? >> i struggled to hear it but from the body language and some of the key points i can at least say this, the u.s./france relationship is in a much better place than it was some weeks ago when this diplomatic dispute really spilled out into the open and france recalled its ambassador from the united states back home to paris because of this dispute over the u.s. signing a partnership with the united kingdom and austral...

Call and invite here to make progress. the next couple of days are going to be important. we are also in a middle of a process. hes a great listener. hes working to do that with this package. >> he plans to meet with anybody and move this forward? well see. maybe well meet with people at a staff level or maybe people will go to the hill. we make decisions hour by hour on how to move things forward. >> i still want to know if paid leave are going to see the light of day. not getting a complete ye...

Came. this has obviously been complicated over the course of the last couple of weeks. but officials maintain theyre glad they laid out that process because they believe boosters will be necessary at one point or another, possibly as soon as next week. >> so this is not something i ever really envisioned asking you or really anyone in regards to fighting the pandemic, but what is going on with the white house and nicki minaj about covid? >> yeah, look, anderson, i didnt ever envision myself on y...

Week really for the president on not only infrastructure, but also on voting rights? >> when you think of the agenda items that could be defining for the biden presidency, a lot of it is at play right now. because the president has long burnished his reputation as being someone who wants a bipartisan result for legislating, doing it sort of the hard way, the not so pretty, not quick, not overnight way. and that is certainly at play with infrastructure. and when you talk about voting rights, that...

Member in another branch of government. the doj must have further layerings of that. the only thing they had, as we can tell, is an intimidating call from the president and/or his agents. the interesting thing is, he was investigating comey and mcgahn, who happened to be, really, under his jurisdiction. so, there can not be a staff level that maybe the actions by that staff are directly related to directions from the white house. there has to be documentation of the attorney general, whoever it ...

Angela merkel said the german economy is contracting a little bit. say, listen, you cannot keep messing with the global economy, thats going to impact us pack at home as well. >> well, when you talk about the delegations the staff level, when you get past the president i think there are a lot of frank conversations. but it seems the rest of the world has figured out like most people in america have that president trump is the only one who makes decisions so they can have conversations with the s...

A disservice to victims, the cities that are reeling, the families that are suffering from gun violence. theyre not an apples to apples comparison. >> i know you met with ivanka trump for your inauguration to talk about some of the challenges facing chicago and some of the short term and long term things that might be done. has she reached out to you at all since then? >> we have had contact at the staff level, but she and i havent spoken since that meeting in washington. but it doesnt matter. i...

But conflating the hateful rhetoric that i think motivated -- sounds like motivated the shooter in el paso, and we still dont really know what the motivation of the shooter was in dayton, to what were experiencing i think really does a disservice to victims, the cities that are reeling, the families that are suffering from gun violence. theyre not an apples to apples comparison. >> i know you met with ivanka trump for your inauguration to talk about some of the challenges facing chicago and some...

Debate came when tim ryan was asked by klobachar that she would meet with kim jong-un. >> we saw what happened with president trump. he goes to the demil-militarize zone and gives his more photo op and weeks later he launches missiles. it does not make any sense. >> what i dont like is how this president has handled it. >> joining me now candidate tim ryan. you made it clear that you would not meet with foreign dictators like kim jong-un. how would you deal with north korea? >> well, you start a...

We have a responsibility to try to find common ground. >> got to go to work. >> shes there to go to work. hans nichols is live at the white house for us. hans, the president insisted on wednesday that nothing gets done. whatd he say, theres no -- theres no -- hes not getting anything done until they stop the investigation. >> taking his toys and going inside. >> its a nice day, so i would go outside to play if i had may way. but were hearing they will work with congress at a staff level and that...