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Followed by a sophomore slump with some third year recovery or dazzling achievement. >> michelle, it is fascinating. i've seen articles from 1983 saying ronald reagan was too old to run for re-election. already, political insiders inside the republican party were trying to figure out whether they were going to be able to push a weak george h.w. bush to the presidency or go somewhere else. the biden administration, they understand this happened to reagan in '81 and '82. this happened to barack obama in 2009/2010 with the elections. this happened to bill clinton. bill clinton had a dreadful 1993...

Historical context into today's news coverage? >> well, look, i think when you take the reconciliation bill that's in congress right now, there's this baked-in idea that the democrats have to basically pare back the promised agenda to basically win the midterm elections. of course, if you go back to the 2009/2010 era, which we do during our fodpodcast "meltdown democrats do the same thing. they did it for regular people. they did a huge bailout for big bankers, bankers who created the problem unto itself. and there was a huge back lack. democrats ended up getting shellacked, the words of barac...

Oh, your life is getting worse. the best hope for biden is people are getting vaccinated, the economy is growing. that was his basic promise to us. i liked that ad that rachael showed. it's trying to say, look, your life will get better with democrats. that wasn't really happening in 2009/2010, right? i think obama can say it happened later in his administration, but it wasn't happening at the time of those midterms. and that's, i think, the number one priority for democrats, is to make sure people's lives are getting better in concrete ways and talk to the public about what it is they are doi...

Warehouse for water for all people. >> reporter: the logistics of this plan do sound daunting but bishop james says it has been done before during sandy and, quote, we'll get it done. >> now the work of brian thompson for our local station, the "new york times" has also been covering this crisis. the reporter for the latest piece in the paper has been kind enough to join us in our studios tonight. your story talks about the sign you see on some new construction that says city of newark, lead safe house, which leads me to believe that lead has been a thing in newark for a good many years. how l...

Administration? and when it comes to immigration, the lessons of the past are, number one, and this goes to something that ben said. look, you have to prioritize. and i believe that one of the lessons that we learned from 2009/2010 is that we can't wait on immigration reform. that there were 60 votes in the senate, there was a democratic majority in the house, obviously a democratic president in '09/'10. you know, if i had that again or even if i have 50 plus the vice president then i will go forward with immigration reform at the beginning of the -- of my tenure. secondly, that, you know, you...