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Progressive caucus. good to see you back on the broadcast. thank you for joining me. let's talk about the six of your progressive colleagues who voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill. you voted for it, we should remind viewers. i want to start first with why you voted the way you did. >> well, thank you for having me back. for me, i had conversations with colleagues across our caucus, and i feel confident that when we bring the build back better act up for a vote, we will have the votes to get it passed, and i felt like getting the bipartisan infrastructure bill passed last night an...

Especially protecting against the serious consequences that we see with this very contagious delta variant. >> you feel confident the j&j vaccine is effective against the delta variant? >> yeah. good data on that including recently published study out of south africa where, again, for all the vaccines, very good protection against serious illnesses that cause hospitalization and death. we are unquestionably seeing a number of breakthrough cases and that's why people need to pay attention to masks and some of the other steps at the same time. and why we're looking closely at boosters as people ...

Ultimately at the end of the day i'm confident, rev, that we're going to be able to proceed along both tracks and do what's necessary for the american people in order to build back better. >> all right. you know, one of our staff at "politicsnation" said what's with the congressman's pink tie and your light three-piece suit? we're just two brothers from brooklyn trying to make a difference. thank you. let's fwling two former members of congress, democrat donna edwards and former republican david jolly. let me start with the house committee to investigate the january 6th insurrection. minorit...

Supporters. the former president describing the scene like this. >> they were ushered in by the police. i mean, in all fairness, the capitol police were ushering people in. the capitol police were very friendly. you know, they were hugging and kissing. you don't see that. >> reporter: president biden says everyone knows what happened that day. >> democrats and republicans, i don't care if you think i'm satan reincarnated. the fact is you can't look at that television and say nothing happened on the 6th. you can't listen to people who say this was a peaceful march. >> reporter: it comes as hous...