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To that state to make this argument, a state where a large population of retirees who benefit from programs like social security and medicare. and bidens advisers look at their polling and believe that this is a winning issue for them and it is a message biden is unlikely to back down from anytime soon with one official here at the white house saying that we want this fight, we relish this fight. arlette saenz, cnn, the white house. lets bring in zachary wolf. you wrote a piece called medicare...

Scott name checked by president biden about social security. scott, a republican, has claimed he was misrepresented. thats why we want to bring you this sort of chaser from none other than the republican leader, mitch mcconnell, basically saying biden had it right. >> well, unfortunately, that was the scott plan. thats not a republican plan. that was the rick scott plan. i mean, its just a bad idea. i think it will be a challenge for him to deal with this in his own re-election in florida, a sta...

Wanting to back down from with one white house official saying we want this fight. we relish this fight. >> cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz, thank you very much. lets bring in cnn political director david chalian, senior political analyst nia-malika henderson, and chief political affairs analyst, casey hunt. the president clearly sees going to florida and going after senator rick scott and what he said about social security and medicare as giving him a political advantage, at least i...

Trajectory. youd have to cut about $7 trillion. that would wreck the economy. you cant do that. politically its toxic. waste, fraud and abuse sounds great. why? members does like to talk about cutting entitlements. its the third rail of american politics. >> neil: where do we go with this? i remember 2011. s&p down graded our debt not because we went to the brink but because we came close. they were not impressed that that was the performance of a triple a rated nation. they knocked us down a pe...

Back and says dont tell me what they found. i will have my other people handle it. he has been ducking every interview since. when asked yesterday, will he give testimony, what should he be asked by the special prosecutor assigned to investigate him and, remember, these documents date back as much as 16 years. listen to what he said. >> if the special counsel would ask for your testimony, would you give testimony? >> oh, i dont know know about the special counsel. >> steve: he touched the third ...

Federal budget without touching entitlements like medicare or medicaid without touching third rail, and the republicans know that they cant be touched without the deep cuts, and if you take the three off of the table, it is difficult to see how you can cut trillions of dollars from the federal budget. i dont think they have a list of cuts. they dont. well see how this works. if you fall into the trap of saying that they want to tamper with medicare or social security in any way, shape, form, it ...

The Volusia County Council is set to yet again take up the beach toll schedule something that always reignites the beach driving issue.

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And full industries having control of what legislators are committed to doing, and setting boundaries on what they wont touch. and sadly, gun violence prevention is that third rail for the republican party. they live and die by that nra rating. and that needs to change. because what they need to prioritize is the needs of their communities. i dont know what the hell is going to make them up, stephanie ruhle. >> stephanie -- i wanted to say something about the thoughts and prayers thing. every ti...