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Democratic leader in the house of representatives. it was his endorsement of joe biden in the south carolina primary after joe biden lost the iowa caucuses, lost the new hampshire primary, that sent joe biden on its way to the democratic nomination. congressman clyburn, thank you very much for joining us tonight on this very important night. we've been discussing discharge petitions on this program a few times, it is complicated, and i have to review it a little bit for the audience each time. it is a petition which requires the signatures of a majority of members of the house, and those signa...

How much of that action actually is on capitol hill and how much of it is in state legislatures? >> there's no one of the other. we need to be doing both. and, you know, capitol hill with speaker mccarthy, we obviously have an uphill climb. i think there is a path forward with the discharge position on something like background checks which is so universal and bipartisan. but, obviously the state level work is an important cause and we need to be pushing at every level and one of the things we are hoping to do with this campaign is make people aware of the different ways that they can get invo...

>> to quote a famous line from jay-z, no one wins when the family flueuds. we see with this republican caucus in the house there's a lot of feuding going on. it remains to be seen whether there will be, let's say, five house republicans who would, if all else fails, join a discharge petition -- what's called a discharge position, join with 213 house democrats and force a floor vote on a clean bill because the white house is signaling and democrats in congress are signaling that they are not willing to agree to the demands of these republicans to simply, especially as part of a process that wou...

To do a discharge position if there's a good-faith effort by biden. i guess that's plan b. >> there are certainly moderates, republicans like bacon who have talked about how they don't want to see the u.s.. there's going to be so much grandstanding on both sides before then until they can reach a solution on this one. >> what do you think? >> first of all, i'm sick of the grandstanding on both sides. both sides do it. it is really upsetting to people like me who came up in an era when the parties at least talked to each other. i can remember bob dole and daniel patrick moynihan getting togethe...

There is a possibility of a discharge position. also gets the votes there, as well. we'll see how that goes. again, though, want to salute both leaders for a good -- >> civil. >> -- first day. civil. by the way, if you're complaining i'm saying that, well, you know, i'm sorry. i just don't want the economy to be recked. >> on personality problems. >> right now, markets are probably looking at that as a very positive first day. speaking of markets, breaking news from "reuters," the bank of england raises interest rates to 4% but says inflation probably peaked. they believe it is slowing down th...