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kasie? congresswoman, it s kasie hunt. it s lovely to see you this morning. we were just talking a little bit about a piece in the new york times this morning that says even though we re in this period of incredible change, the coronavirus going behind us, the former president s companies just indicted, all of these things, nothing is changing about the fundamentals of where people stand that we re still a closely divided country and even the big headlines don t sway people one way or the other. what is your experience on the ground when you go home to pennsylvania voters, historically the philadelphia suburbs have been a swingy area but the state does represent this divide we have. why do you think it is that people are still so divided and what are democrats going to try to do to break through as we head towards the midterm elections? it s nice to see you, too. ....
All. i m not going to rest until both get to my desk. by moving forward with this two track system are you putting the bipartisan bill in jeopardy? look, the bipartisan bill from the very beginning was understood there s going to have to be the second part of it. not just signing the bipartisan bill and forgetting the rest i proposed. i proposed a significant piece of legislation in three parts. all three parts are equally important. it was a tale of two press conferences, endorse the agreement in one breath and threaten to veto it in the next. less than two hours, it almost makes your head spin. an expression of bipartisanship and then an ultimatum on behalf of your left wing base. let s bring in nbc capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt ....
And host of politico, sam stein. kasie let me start with you. to mitch mcconnell s point what we saw was the president coming out to the bank of microphones with that bipartisan group of senators turning and giving rob portman from ohio an atta boy we got it done and then going i m not going to sign it until we get the other piece of legislation done. so what does it mean to have these two tracks and what s the bills? it s very unusual strategy, willie to say in one breath we should note those microphones where you saw the president in that first clip that s where the members of congress go afterwards, the president doesn t need to, he has these rooms behind him to go. ....
Those interests, but this is going to be really i think the biggest test yet. kasie hunt and sam stein, thank you both. coming up we ll talk to one of the senators who helped shape that bipartisan infrastructure deal, democrat mark warner joins us. plus one of the contenders to be the next mayor of new york city katherine garcia will be our guest. she wasn t the top choice of voters but can she overtake the lead. also, kerry sanders joins us from south florida as crews continue the frantic search for survivors in the rubble of that collapsed condo. morning joe is coming right back. d condo. morning joe is coming right back of petsworth vetworld. business was steady, but then an influx of new four-legged friends changed everything. dr. petsworth welcomed these new patients. the only problem? more appointments meant he needed more space. that s when dr. petsworth turned to his american express business card, ....
The democrats were going to throw away every idea that they had and everything that they wanted to isn t this the best of both worlds and a way forward? or is it more of the same? mika, we ll see if this is a fleeting moment of bipartisanship. i think that s the early sense of it. let s be clear, as kasie lined out. it s a fragile moment here. this is not a certainty that this bill is going to come in. the linkage that biden is doing with reconciliation could go wrong in any number of ways. but before we move on to that, president biden deserves some credit here. he bet big on bipartisanship, campaigned on it, has tried to govern on it, no republican signed up for his covid relief bill, he wouldn t give up despite mitch mcconnell saying his goal was to 100% the biden ....