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Stranded if there was a strike. that has been averted for the time being. this obviously, john, its jes morales rocketto -- interesting. hes called himself the most pro-union president in history. how much was his hand on the negotiation. we know marty walsh, the labor secretary was at the table all week working on this. but how much did president biden get involved here? >> yeah, walsh had 20 straight hours of negotiations here in washington with the two sides. but the president played a role a...

It is very similar to joe biden to be on us. biden is originally from scranton. hes there in pittsburgh. and you see all those union shirts around him. that is one of the battlegrounds between trumpism and democrats. that union worker. i remember interviewing a bunch of union workers in 2016. and was surprised by how negative they were about the democratic party in the democratic candidate. and they openly preferred donald trump. he used that steel worker man of still kind of message, to start t...

Expense of working and middle-class americans. its just like with the infrastructure bill that was really not about infrastructure. its just like with the inflation reduction act which did actually nothing to reduce inflation. this is not actually about debt forgiveness. these are all just euphemisms. you cant forgive debt. all you can do is transfer debt from one party to another and thats exactly whats going on here. >> shannon: more about that because we had another piece that was written by ...

That discussion, that the target is going to end up being a 1.9 trillion, to 2.2 trillion. that would be a compromise down from the biden 3.5 trillion. what is your reaction to that? >> well lawrence, i think its important to note that thats not an arbitrary number. that number is in line with the priorities with the president laid out before congress, and its really responded to the needs of the people. and meeting the moment. i remain focused on what ive always been, and that is substance, and...

>> well, lawrence, i think its important to note that that is not an arbitrary number. that number is in line with the priorities that the president laid out before congress, and its really responsive to the needs of the people and meeting the moment. i remain focused on what ive always been, and that is substance and impact and making sure that we leave no one behind. i simply reject these often unjust binary false choices that are foisted upon us. i wont choose between a union worker who lays ...

Trying to get support for his build back better. the american labor movement across the board has the single best workers in the world. serious, serious training goes into being a union worker. i mean it, the best in the world. i was kidding. someone said to me earlier that, i said, im a union president. and someone pointed out to me that i allegedly used the word union as president more than the last seven presidents combined. you built the country, no, not a joke. you built the country. and it...

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Infrastructure. while the $928 billion g.o.p. plan focuses on most exclusively on traditional infrastructure items, roads, bridges, airports, et cetera, bidens $1.7 trillion effort expands the term "infrastructure" to cover virtually every aspect of the workers relationship to the economy including measures to combat crime and change, promote green energy, early childhood education, union worker protections and elder care programs. and the democrat wants to pay for it all by raising taxes. wedne...

>> thank you very much. miguel is in las vegas. lucy is also in las vegas, at the bellagio hotel, what are you seeing, lucy, over there? >> reporter: well, this is an unusual caucus site. the bellagio is one of seven caucus sites on the strip that are specifically aimed at getting shift workers to come and participate. so these are gas station attendants, and union worker, nonunion worker, restaurant employers, people who are working within a 2.5 mile radius of the las vegas strip and not able t...