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Felix Morka, spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is trapped in the abyss of crisis.

We were supposed to have in congressional maps. we have the largest black population of any state in the country. and now, there is not one predominant black congressional district of the 38 that texas holds. so we as the latino population that have been -- we outpaced white growth in the state by 11 to 1, we thought we were going to gain possibly two congressional seats where we would be able to really have a say in what the issues were across the state and what solutions we wanted at the feder...

There is a degree of dysfunction within the russian government. so, for example, where youre showing minister lavrov, the foreign minister with that speech where, for example, he talks about not letting ukraine gain nuclear weapons, well, first of all, of course, thats nonsense that ukraine was trying to gain nuclear weapons. but aside from that, its a rehearsed talking point, a talk point from before this conflict began. i think there are questions about whether some members of the russian gove...

Joe biden that we saw in afghanistan. he picket the wrong place and the exact wrong policy to try to make this tough talk point. the policy of strategic ambiguity hasnt worked. it allows -- it has allowed us to be in the position of leading countries around the world, particularly china, to believe that we will defend taiwan without specifically saying that we will fight on their behalf. so you know, joe biden by stepping out there allowed china to escalate and as you saw through the global time...

Thats not what we consider physical infrastructure on modernizing our transportation system to meet the next century challenges and thats where i think we need to concentrate our efforts at this point. shannon: washington post did a fact check on this about republicans claims that only 5 to 7% of the biden plan is, quote, real infrastructure. he gave three out of four possible pinocchios on that, saying this, to say that bidens plan would only devote 5 to 7% in the cost since then toward real in...

Thats not what we consider physical infrastructure on modernizing our transportation system to meet the next century challenges and thats where i think we need to concentrate our efforts at this point. shannon: washington post did a fact check on this about republicans claims that only 5 to 7% of the biden plan is, quote, real infrastructure. he gave three out of four possible pinocchios on that, saying this, to say that bidens plan would only devote 5 to 7% in the cost since then toward real in...

Already have been up to capitol hill to testify on his behalf. that would be the republican talk point. since were not hearing any 06 that, i think its a safe assumption that it there wont be anyone able to say the president never said these sorts of things, never wanted to investigate the bidens and its going to be, i think, a painful two weeks for the republicans, which is to say their strategy will likely involve distractions by chasing other bright shiny objects, maybe joe biden, and by tryi...

2020 democrat shake his hand? >> i dont think you will see a single democrat, period, shake his hand. >> the state of our union is strong. >> it is always interesting to watch. >> yeah. >> but in the starkly divided room there was an issue that had bipartisan support. >> both parties should be able to unite for a great rebuilding of americas crumbling infrastructure. >> infrastructure. its withinbeen to popular talk point for democrats and republicans for years. >> it will help save lives. >> le...

Demented acts. >> reporter: today he repeated a talk point from house majority leader kevin mccarthy that video games play a part in increased violence in america. >> this includes the gruesome and grisly video games that are now common place. >> reporter: an old claim un substantiated by research. it was dismissed by supreme court justice antonin scalia in 2011. for the most part republicans are staying silent. those who are speaking are struggling to propose new solutions. >> bad people are go...

Us and fix this problem. >> look, its time for congress to come to the table. >> its time for them to come to the table and work with us. >> it seems like a talk point. but after today, what are they supposed to do to actually work on? that isnt even clear. earlier tonight i asked democratic congresswoman kathleen rice who is a member of the homeland security committee what she thought of the presidents plan. congresswoman rice, i wonder what do you make of the presidents speech today? is there ...