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Member that have caucus understands that working people are hurting right now. and finally we need a government that represents ordinary people, not just the wealthy campaign contributors and the 1%. >> the house problem solvers caucus is probably more aligned philosophically with sinema and manchin at least right now it seems that way, and that group is proposing $487 billion in new spending for their infrastructure bill, a bipartisan group of people who as their title would suggest think that they are problem solvers. i know you think $487 billion is not enough. but ultimately isn't somethin...

Hasn't seen these last few years anyway, but is this the new normal? >> i'm hoping that it is the new normal. if you look at the bill, there are great things in the bill. listen, there's a new way for president obama to report the congress dealing with sanctions. there's this policy regarding the irs. there are great things in there, but this is how the congress should work in a democracy. it should be bipartisan support. you shouldn't have republicans on this side and democrats on that side. so i'm hopeful that this will continue, but we have a new congress coming in, julie. >> let's talk abo...

Capitol hill. where is this money going in the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill? the big ticket item is defense. nearly half of the money, $487 billion goes to the pentagon with another $85 billion for operations overseas. among the other expenses, the education department will get about $160 billion to fund school programs and try to keep the job market humming along as well. also, $5.4 billion of the 6.2 billion the president asked for to fight ebola. thousands of protesters sweeping through the streets of washington at this hour. al sharptone justice for all march to call attention t...

Something magical happens when you become a new mom, you become a target, a target for a $23 billion baby product industry. some items you'll actually need, diapers and a car seat. depending on your income a car seat that can range from $50 to $350 and diapers that could cost upwards of $100 a month can be pretty pricy but you'll just have to have them. all those items that eric, my executive producer and dad to. 3-year-old lucy, you don't need that. you probably have bags that carried things other than diapers. i know, i know, it has compartments. but whether it's the $29.99 version from the ...

Cutting our climate change programs instead? senator james inhofe of oklahoma says yes. and he joins us right now to break down the numbers. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, steve. >> it is startling given all the things that are going on in the world right now that we're talking about gutting our military to preworld war ii levels. >> yeah. let me put this in perspective 'cause i remember i was on your show five years ago. five years ago when obama first came out with his first budget, i went to afghanistan so i could respond to his disarming of america. in that first budget he did ...