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Feeling good, speaking out and bragging about the economic recovery and touting gains as well, when it comes to the labor market and rising wages. to counter the president's bragging points, the rising prices muddling this rather rosey picture for the president's spending bill. >> not only are more americans working, working americans are seeing their pay go up, weekly pay went up in october average hourly earnings up almost 5% this year. >> amidst a shortage of workers and intense competition in the labor market, 4.6 year over year, but the extra dollars may not go so far because of the numer...

Been a good bet to bet against the american people, never. what that really means is bet on the american people, give them a shot. give them a shot. that's what these plans do. they bet on average americans. they believe in america. they believe in the limitless capacity of the american people. if you look at the history of the journey of this nation, what becomes crystal clear, not a joke, given half the chance, the american people never ever ever ever ever let their country down. what about giving them a full chance this time, and when we do , there's going to be no stopping us. i truly beli...

, no matter who it hits that ultimately top-top rate. what is your definition of fair share, at 50% are they paying their fair share? >> yes, or closer to it anyway look we're talking about folks who are doing great, who will still be doing great under this tax provision, who are benefiting from an explosion in income and wealth inequality in this country. if you look at the ratio between what a ceo makes and what an ordinary worker makes, compared to what it was let's say during the reagan administration, i mean, that gap has exploded and i don't think it's because there's a gap in productivi...

Now the reconciliation bill has to stand on its own merit and that should go back to people having to stalk joe manchin to try and get it passed. whoever spoke, i can't see, don't know who it was, you've to remind them. once the hostage is released it can no longer be used as leverage. by the way, if good policy is good politics, then i think it's really good for republicans to support roads and bridges, access to high speed internet for all americans, help for people who are flooded. help for water problems in the west and ports and decreased cost to transportation and make our supply chain i...

Have you this morning. appellate biden saying that americans will start to see the impacts, the shovels in the ground within two to three months. i'm curious, where is that going to be? what is that going to look like? >> well, the first thing you're going to see is a lot of existing work that we do, but we'll be able to do a lot more. for example, right now there's a pile of applications on my desk figuratively speaking. they're digital. but we've got about $10 billion worth of applications for a program that's only got $1 billion in it. so we're going to fund a lot of great projects to impro...