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Campaign. >> we should all be for democracy. i think the problem democrats have is they ramp this up and chuck schumer says theyre trying to ramp things up before the birthday. this is an amended thing. i think its important to remind folks that in particular on that threshold, the idea that this is status quo and its the way its always been is a lie. they should return to what was reality for a long time for most of us which was a talking filibuster. that said, what michelle obama is saying is ...

They are blurring the lines between democrat and republican in the most polarized environment in our lifetime. they are making the american people act for their families as much as they. to act for their parties. thats what we are seeing when it comes to school. and thats what we are seeing when it comes to crime. its not right and left. its right and wrong. >> steve: out in california, gavin newsom actually voted for proposition 47 back in 2014. and so when you have got this democratic assembly...

And lead to loss of life, loss of livelihoods, this is why we are concerned about climate change. and melting in the tropics, the ice that is disappearing from some of africas highest mountains. i have come to cairngorm mountain in the heart of the scottish highlands, the ski resort has been growing since the 1960s and while the weather can vary from one season to the next, a recent report on the effective climate change here predicts fewer snow—covered days and a a chance of more days above t...

Difficult. >> i think these are things republicans and democrats both could and should agree on. so we want to talk to everybody. i want to engage everybody. im just not going to from one side. >> reporter: so a couple of senator manchins concerns is eliminating that 60-vote threshold for it to pass the procedural votes, and then also changing the rules with the just democrats. he wants republicans onboard, too, and so im told my sources are saying that, of course, theres discussion about broad-...

Youre at the threshold. thats happening in new york as well. they know what they can get away with and the petty crimes. its the quality of life that affects new york the greatest. when you start building on that and the broken window theory again, do it and fine tune it, but quality of life crimes in new york is so essential right now, with the drugs on the street, with the drug addicts shooting up in public view, and everything thats going on. you want to do something with the turnstile jumper...

Only if the white house lowers the income eligibility for the child tax credit or completely removes it from the package. the senators engagement on specifics indicates negotiations could potentially get back on track after he affirmed he was a no on the package back on december 19th. despite the back and forth-on both sides, reports say the senator spoke with the president and kept in touch with administration officials over the holiday break. manchin wants that child tax credit passed separate...

Insurmountable challenges -- seemingly insurmountable challenges. >> raphael warnock has become the conscience of the senate on voting rights and voting rights legislation. we now know senator schumer has now been public about it. he was public about it with rachel maddow tonight. he as of tonight only has 48 votes in the senate for the possible rules change that would be necessary on the 60-vote threshold in order to get voting rights through. joe manchin and kyrsten sinema have not come around...

About 2,000 teachers and students reported positive cases. thats about half a percent of all 275,000 student, 40,000 employees at nonchartered schools so its a low percentage. but the issue is those close contacts are on quarantine. a lot of school districts reporting half of their opportunities and teachers would have been at home this week anyway. the union wants to sort of set a threshold, if 30% of teachers are out because of covid, the school closes down. >> let me ask you this, we know how...

Walk back from this cliff. >> i know the idea is that you dont want to lose the 60-vote threshold because you want there to be compromise in the senate, but there is so little compromise in the senate right now, anna, and so little actually gets done in terms of major legislation because of partisanship, because no ones willing to go to the other side to vote on legislation any longer because all elections are now settling national elections. >> yeah, i mean, i think your point is worthwhile in ...

Staff and students, and there will be paid contact tracing. perhaps most significant for members of the union. there will be a threshold, talking about a threshold, a metric that would trigger individual schools to flip to remote learning while in high transmission or if theres a surge in covid cases, and that surge will be outlined by what the cdc recommends. as students prepare to return to the classroom, a local dermatologist said safety is top of mind. >> i think that everyone has a valid, y...