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and workers. the issue was sick time. the president said the deal ensures rail workers will get quote better pay, improved working conditions and peace of mind around their health care costs. amtrak had preemptively postponed long distance routes to avoid stranding passengers if a deal wasn't reached. a strike would have had a devastating impact on the economy since 40% of goods shipped long distance in the united states use the rail system. there's been no word yet from the labor unions or railway companies involved, but we'll be watching, willie. >> let's go back to jonathan lemire...

In the u.s. congress. we'll see what happens. it's a scary time, craig. honestly i'm not optimistic about it. but i do hope we see more bipartisan efforts happen on capitol hill through friendships. >> susan page, we just saw jesse jackson jr. there, we saw alexandria ocasio-cortez, aoc as she's known. this was congressman cummings' 13th term. he ran in '96 during the special election. what do we know about the future of that see? we saw fumai. it was elijah cummings who filled the side of fumai who ran the naacp for a long time. what happens to the congressional seat in baltimore? >> there wi...

>> what a moment that was. congressman cummings observing his 13th term in office over that time, republican congressman mark meadows and the moment accused him of committing a racist act by having lynn patton testify, a divisive time on capitol hill and still is right now and an incredible moment and reminder, and everyone looking at this yesterday in the form of a tweet. mark meadows reacting to his friend's passing saying there is no better friend than elijah cummings. i'm heartbroken for his wonderful family and staff, please pray for them. i will miss him dearly. so much reaction coming i...

>> the fact that someone would use a prop, a black woman in this committee is alone racist in itself. >> one of my best friends. i can see and feel your pain. >> distributes poor in for elijah cummings, a rare moment of bipartisanship resurfaces, defending his conservative colleague and best friend mark meadows to rashida tlaib when she tried to accuse him of racism. carly shimkus here with reaction online. >> what a moment that was. congressman cummings serving his 13th term in congress and over that time made the most unlikely

That's about to break? is there? are you retiring for the reasons you say you are? >> yes. thank you for having me on again, chris. thank you for correcting -- it is my 13th term. everybody keeps saying it's my 12th. it's been 25 years, chris. during those 25 years i've spent 4,000 nights away from my home. right? where my wife lives, where my daughters and my grandson. i want to be closer to them. but also, chris, think about it a moment. i love that island so much. it's my ancestral home. she's battered and bruised. and we've got to rebuild her. and it's not fair to the people of the fourth ...