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Program thats dedicated to ending child poverty? >> again, we have a republican party to derail a peaceful transfer of party, willing to sabotage the full faith and credit in the united states. theres no doubt in my mind republicans would deny a critical safety net to poor people. >> fair enough, fair enough. so that program -- what about the environmental programs? a lot of the progressives i talk to are really frustrated that some of the more aggressive environmental and climate provisions see...

Whats the latest? >> theyre still discussing it. they dont have a deal yet. the hope is they can bring the party together, the moderates and progressives behind this negotiation that has been going on for months, bring a deal behind some sort of outline, a framework, as they call it over this larger plan, that initially it was $3.5 trillion. some progressives are pushing for now money. theyre going to see demands fall short because of push back from moderates like joe manchin, kyrsten sinema, an...

Expose the big lie of stolen elections to expose the presidents wrongdoing, to expose the corruption of his proxies. and if we do that, we can start chipping away at the big lie. we can start bringing this country back together, and with that move ahead without accountability, we cant do that. >> and i think people at home see how trumps allies are trying to stonewall these proceedings. they see steve bannon doing it right now. they wonder what is the point of this process if its so easy to get ...

Control. they are doing to this country with these two bills, what they have never been able to do before. and it is scary. because when trump and the republicans took over, they got rid of the regulations, and they cut taxes and revenue to the treasury went up. and so the fax increases are coming are pretty scary. will: i have to leave it here, brian, to your point though, we are already seeing inflation. we are seeing disincentive to work. now throw gasoline on that fire. brian brenberg, jason...

Democrats lost seats in the house. that should have gone by a wayside with the small majorities in congress. he has no mandate for the vast expansions of the government hes proposing. if democrats somehow manage to pass after of it, theyll be crushed in 2022. joe, the wall street journal is right. the majority race are slim. >> you look at the election results. democrats underperformed in the

Gave a framework for where democrats could go and where he could negotiate an agreement. thats pretty much what happened on the voting rights bill in the summer when he put out a very critical statement in the op-ed but negotiated a bill that democrats find surprisingly congenial. sinema is something else entirely. people have no idea what her bottom line is or what her end game is, what shes trying to ach achieve. a pac was started in arizona to find a primary challenger if she sinks the reconc...

Republicans what they want, that you know, the moderates wont say, okay, weve done enough. we can campaign on this in west virginia and arizona. weve built bridges and fixed roads and the president has done his infrastructure deal and then the soft infrastructure and the various parts of the -- of the expansion of the social safety net will get left by the wayside and thats really a concern. >> the challenge for democrats, and i think this is why we saw leadership try to tie these bills together...

With ten other senators to reinforce this idea, hey, dont bring up the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the house until the larger reconciliation bill is done. why cant you trust centrists or moderates or however we want to classify the folks that theyll be there, why not pass this on monday, put points on the score board for president biden, which right now helps the whole party and trust that the moderates will be there for this? >> i dont think its a matter of trust. ive been around this tow...

So we have to qualify the level of change. but in many ways, the story of merkel is the story of the first 20 years of the 21st century. we have to keep repeating this. when she first became chancellor, george w. bush was the president of the united states and tony blair was the uk prime minister. and shes seen and worked with nine of them during that period. and that 21st century story, particularly when it came to europe, was about the european central bank. it was about the european currency....

But its written that senators should ignore the rule and push forward. this cant be the end of the fight for dreamers whose fate is otherwise held up in court with me is someone directly impacted by policy decisions a daca recipient, and activist and extraordinary young man im privileged to call friend. what does it mean for you and so many others if a path to citizenship is forgotten, blocked, or just left along the wayside? >> well, you know, here in washington d.c. it cannot be understated ho...