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fantastic group here to help us understand all thats going on in the political news. kelly odonnell in the white house, the co-founders of punchbowl news and the editor of the nevada independence. kelly, what are the president and vice president going to say about this bill that hasnt always been said? >> a lot of it will be a focus on the real underpinning of this. the biden administration, president in particular, wants to sell to the public that government can work for them. that th...

jacob soberoff, and garrett we will start with you. we have a surge in migrant children. there is a scarcity of shelter beds. what will femas assistance mean for the situation now at the border? >> well, fema is the federal governments emergency logistics experts. thats why they show up after hurricanes and natural disasters. their goal is to try to alleviate the overcrowding situation. the border patrol stations here and at hhs shelters that are limited in how much they can take. so t...

border. a crisis at the border starting to take shape. a surge of migrants crossing. fema stepping in to help with the more than 3,200 migrant children being housed in customs and border facilities as of last week. that figure is a new record. republicans are seizing on it. in a matter of hours, kevin mckathy and other congressional republicans will be at the border in texas. they are calling it a crisis. democrats are calling it a challenge that they inherited from the previous admini...

package and its this new child tax credit which is really revolutionary. its very, very popular. 70% popular with the american people. what is the thinking behind this big kickoff this week to promote it nationwide? >> well, look, we are still in the midst of this pandemic, and we know that we cant get out of our economic crisis until we get through the health crisis. so the thinking behind the american rescue plan is that we need to address the problems caused by the pandemic. part of...

take the dough. you can be sure that all of their states and communities will be benefiting from this, and they wont be complaining about it back home. >> the republican party clearly adrift in the absence of donald trump. and without a new plan, theyre returning to their greatest hits. on that familiar set list, culture wars. a recent example, senator ted cruzs new fund-raiser. hes now signing copies of dr. seuss book "green eggs and ham," and it can be yours for a $60 donation. that ...

disappointed but he worked very, very hard to build up his law practice. >> lincoln was a great spinner of tales for juries. one time they said this reminds me of the little boy on the farm who comes running in his father and says pap, pap, sister is in the barn and shes got her pants down and her friend, joe, got his pants down and hes squatting to do the other thing. the father says you got the facts straight but you come to a wrong conclusion. he turns the the jurors and says, somet...

address. and in that speech, the president cast a vision of a post-pandemic summer. >> i set a goal that many of you said was kind of way over the top. i said i intended to get 100 million shots in peoples arms in my first 100 days in office. tonight i can say not only are we going to meet that goal, were going to beat that goal because were actually on track to reach this goal 1060 million shots in arms. tonight i will direct allstate®s, prescribes and territories to maybe all adults...

is a political debate these days. even what time the sun rises and sets. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, and joshua johnson. welcome to the week. did you have a good week? president biden certainly did. over the course of 48 hours, he took big steps toward addressing his priority. the pandemic. on wednesday, congress passed the american rescue plan. the next day, he signed it into law. that night, he delivered his first primetime presidential address. and in that spee...

made sure to get this one right. its daylight saving time, not savings. whatever time it is, we want you to remember that the week starts early now. on the streaming service peacock, join us fridays at 7:00 p.m. eastern sharp on the choice, a channel within the peacock app. you can download it from the app store or sign up for free at pck.tv/theweek. well be here for you on msnbc saturday nights from 8:00 to 10:00 eastern after the mehdi hasan show. its the top of the hour and its ...

normalcy by july 4th weekend. there is light literally now that the lights have sprung forward. well have an extra hour of daylight. after the year we had its hard not to feel a little good about what is on the horizon. however it could be a vastly different reality right now if the insurrection on january 6th had not failed. it has been two months and eight days since that day. the fbi is still working to make sure everyone that stormed the capital is fully prosecuted for their crimes...