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Free community college, clean energy programs, tax fairness for high income individuals and corporations. fox business susan lee tracking the numbers and joins us now. hello to you. how do you break down 3.5 trillion. >> you have to get past the 1.2 trillion first. it has to go through the house. that will add $250 billion with a b to the deficit over the next decade up until 2030. you have to remember the deficit is already as large as the u.s. economy. thats a lot of money. deficit spending. w...

And regulations. >> harris: a lurch toward socialism or is this actually it? the top republican in the senate, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is in focus. lets start here with jackie heinrich on capitol hill to get the latest there. >> good morning, harris. we just heard majority leader schumer on the floor saying he plans the first procedural vote as early as next wednesday. everything from president bidens plans that didnt make it into other legislation this session is included in that...

A law that made new plant regulations possible. the reality is different. republicans that control the house and enough votes to block most legislation in the senate and not to mention president obamas approval rating which is not so high, doesnt give a lot of authority there. do you think history will write about this time in a more positive light? >> i think so. people forget a lot got done in president obamas first term. i think at a time when congress isnt passing a lot you can look back and...

>> i dont know what is happening on the other side of the park. >> neither does de blasio. >> oh, stop. >> i heard. you talk about -- i heard more people laughing about the fact that no snow plows were sent to the upper east side. >> well, it happens. >> joe, this is really, i think, the great central point. do we do arithmetic in this country and pay for things that need to be pay for and can the rich pay a tiny bit more what is needed for poor kids? that is the fight. >> the question is about ...

Taxpayers have to bear the burden. if you want to argue it practically, if you dont at the front end of the process improve peoples incomes and benefits, even just a little, well pay on the back end. >> of those three things i mentioned, universal prek and the tax raise and housing, two of them depend in some part on the one, on the tax raise. but you yourself, nor does any mayor have the authority to raise taxes. the state plays a big roll in that, correct? >> of course. >> whats your relations...

>> laura: wildly unpopular, go ahead. >> wildly unpopular muption your viewers and not my friends and my generation. my generation is thrilled for the affordable care act. my generation is finally get somebody look after them and not make sure they are left in the streets. >> laura: whatter on that. >> ended two wars which my brothers and sisters front line. bring home. thats not true. universal prek game changer in terms of education. lure lawyer how has that helped income inequality. you are l...

Go ahead. >> wildly unpopular muption your viewers and not my friends and my generation. my generation is thrilled for the affordable care act. my generation is finally get somebody look after them and not make sure they are left in the streets. >> laura: whatter on that. >> ended two wars which my brothers and sisters front line. bring home. thats not true. universal prek game changer in terms of education. lure lawyer how has that helped income inequality. you are losing my point. jay-z is arg...

>> im sure you would agree that these statistics and numbers are pretty alarming. >> they are. they are. and what this report shows us is that if you want to turn this around, if you want your county to lead your state, if you want the state to lead the country, if you want this country to lead the world again, then weve got to do four things. we have to extend the school-day. weve got to invest in teacher training. we need to make sure that resources go -- are focused on the kids and the school...