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It couldn't be more serious. this is whether in three years we have a democracy in this country or not. >> liz cheney named kevin mccarthy. would you like to know what he knows? >> it would be interesting to know the details of his conversations with the president. we know because of press reporting and because one of my republican colleagues in the room that he did speak with the president. and again, we need to know all the facts. i couldn't feel more strongly about this. this is not do we tax more, less, build highways, this is whether we're going to have a democracy. we need to get to the ...

You that money goes into the infrastructure bank and the infrastructure bank turns around and says, unions, we're going to contract you to do the work on it -- >> that's not true. all americans benefit from a robust transportation infrastructure. you can't move products to market without functioning infrastructure. we do build highways. we don't make any apologies for that. it's good work. it's honest work. and -- >> not necessarily the most efficient work for us as a taxpayer. not necessarily the cheapest work -- labor we can pay for, right? >> that's not true at all. and the question isn't, ...

All the pressure is on one leg. he wants to reduce taxes on the whole. he wants to increase military spending and cut the deficit. that means everything we do to improve the quality of life at home, build highways, build public transportation, clean up the water, have the fbi out there helping us, it all has to get slashed deeply. >> well, you know, the right wing calls ryan a deficit hawk. but look at his record. he voted for the bush tax cuts adding $1.7 trillion to the deficit. voting to extend the bush-era tax cuts adding another $620 billion. authorized military force in iraq. $853 billio...

trucks, to pluck people from their homes and their cars. a bus filled with middle school students got stuck in four feet of water. more than 20 inches of rain came down in some areas. >> it's more than we bargained for. we even had some local citizens that volunteered with their boats and came help do some rescues. >> there's still a flood warning for lafayette parish today. and the republican presidential candidates fighting for southern support. voting underway in the alabama and mississippi primaries. shannon travis at a polling place in ocean springs, mississippi. shannon, good...