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Companies? and i wonder why haven't we seen some more creative ideas for giving people some relief, you know, on the home front. we've seen previous presidents send tax rebiates to people. why not do something like that to get people through these summer high gas prices? >> well, hopefully, jim, you and i -- say maybe we ought to push this -- you know, maybe we ought to push this thing a little harder. i talked to people that do focus groups endlessly, and they all say the same thing that they're being manipulated and the president needs to be strong and stand up to these oil companies, and i ...

Actually speak to the issues on the ground. in san francisco, it is more complicated. there was a whole bunch of outside money that came into this. in san francisco, there is a debate about whether the mayor is engaged in a power grab. these three would go up for election in november. we begin to chart the money. we see the money is not necessarily local. it is part of a concerted campaign around the country by folks who are targeting school boards, who are connected to crt. mind you -- >> san francisco though. this is not birmingham, alabama. >> you're right. >> it is outside money. there's s...

President Joe Biden’s proposed “billionaire tax” may sound good to many voters, but it is fraught with vagaries ...

Jobs that would be shut down. >> you wouldn't be concerned about the federal jobs that would be lost? >> of course i'm concerned about them, but i'm more concerned about 20% to 30% of jobs in kansas being lost. this is a temporary thing. we understand the clock is going to roll out on us probably by monday and we end up at the same place. >> just to be clear, if there is an agreement to pass the vote tomorrow night by the 16th amendment, you would vote for that? >> that would be okay. >> they want a threshold on his amendment so it would pass here, but he said he would object to that. it could...

Morning it's not just the politics of this billionaire tax proposal, there's also this question of whether it's constitutional. unpack your reporting for us. >> absolutely. and one thing about what manchin said, it didn't sound that definitive to me either. there's a little wiggle room, it doesn't mean he would vote against it in the final package. there are really two questions. if you go back to the original constitution it says congress can only have taxes in a way that's proportional among the states. then the 16th amendment said they could do income taxes in addition to that. the question...