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Thats the situation, chris. if youre vaccinated, you dont have a risk. and thats the reason why we say its as simple as black and white. youre vaccinated, youre safe. youre unvaccinated, youre at risk. simple as that. >> the data you just mentioned i hadnt seen broken out, and it might be the cdc dashboard has gotten very good and i just might not have gotten through it. if you take adults 30 and over, that youre in the -- weve reached that threshold, right? 70% with at least one shot. so, that ...

Number of 60. there are major hurdles for the democrats to meet that threshold, what is the update about that? >> two tracks in july, the reconciliation track and also the bipartisan track. deputy officials meeting with the democratic and republican senators on capitol hill today, the republican from louisiana indicated that they were down to the hard part which is the pay forest and the republican whip indicated that is going to be the real challenge in part, thought they might be taking three ...

Lowering it to 50 and tinkering. hes down. its senator sinema. i agree with the president, the battle is not over. democrats should not give up. >> norm, joe manchin says many of the ludicrous sayings that senator sinema says, like that today joe manchin once again said, the filibuster is needed to protect democracy. and its just -- its the most idiotic thing you could say. however hes got a much more interesting record. i had forgotten until today that ten years ago he sponsored -- sponsored a ...

>> this was a victory for the angels. this bill wouldnt make it easier to vote. it would make it easier to vote illegally. this is the corrupt politicians act and im glad we defeated it. >> harris: gop senators blocking the democrats election overhaul. the vote was 50/50 not meeting the threshold to move forward. chuck schumer is already eyeing his partys next steps on the issue. >> for the first time in this congress we got all 50 democrats unified behind moving forward on a strong and comprehe...

That is quite problematic. thats the situation chris. if youre vaccinated you dont have a risk and that is the reason why we say its as simple as black and white. youre vaccinated, youre safe, youre unvaccinated and youre at risk. simple as that. >> you know the data you just mentioned i hadnt seen broken out and i have to say the cdc dashboard on this has gotten very good i just might not have gone through it but you said that if you just take adults 30 and over then youre in -- we reach that t...

All eyes again are on the filibuster. you say the question to reform the filibuster boils down to do we want a functional or dysfunctional government? tell us why, adam. >> thats right. well, you know, the question were facing right now is something that the framers actually predicted when they created the senate. and, you know, one of the big myths about the filibuster is that its this foundational feature of the senate. thats just simply not true. the framers created a senate that was a majori...

Bipartisanship is hopeless in the united states senate on voting rights and so much more. joe manchin got an agreement with checked schumer, but democrats would adopt the compromised version of the bill and still, joe manchin could not get a single republican to go along with that. so republicans won today by preventing the bill from reaching the necessary 60 vote threshold to proceed. senator manchin released this statement today saying quote, unfortunately, my republican colleagues refused to ...

Plan. 66% of americans support the george floyd justice in policing act that has already been passed by the house of representatives. today democratic congressman karen bass and republican senator lindsey graham said they believe a bipartisan agreement on the frame work of a police reform bill that would need 60 votes in the senate could be reached by the end of the week. steve reshetty is a -- beginning in the clinton white house follow fwid obama white house, and today, he met with a bipartisa...

To say we did all we could. particularly manchin who put out a proposal that had voter i.d. to say, this isnt on the love. so now we have to move to change the senate rules. policing infrastructure thats great. my guess is its the only areas the biden white house will get senate republican support where they can do that thats wonderful. everything else from immigration, voting rights, tax changes, investment in child care, theyll be no republican senators. so we have to operate according lee. >>...

There is resistance among moderate democrats to do that, people like joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. angus king told me he does not support lowering that threshold down to 51 votes. that means at the moment they need to get ten republicans to break ranks and theres no sign this is going to happen. thats why democrats want to make this an issue heading into the midterm elections and blame republicans for blocking their efforts. now to the presidents plan to take on crime. kaitlan collins is liv...