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The president doesn't want to do it, you won't get any. >> and that's the thing, we think there is great opportunity to take this on as well, having that balance in washington is critical, ultimately what i think americans want so we can put forth legislation, restart the process of securing the border by continuing construction of the wall already appropriated. william: may i ask you, if you have any leverage? is there anything you are willing to give up to get what you are talking about? >> at the end of the day, when you take an oath, you have to uphold the laws and border security is natio...

Week when he was asked if he was governing too far to the left. >> you guys are trying to convince me that i am bernie sanders. i'm not. i like him. i'm not bernie sanders. i'm not a socialist. i'm a mainstream democrat and i have been. >> what was your reaction when you heard that? >> well, i'm not joe biden. i like him, but i'm not joe biden. i'm a progressive who believes the democratic party should make it clear that we are prepared to take on powerful special interests like the drug companies, like the insurance company, like the fossil fuel industry, that we have to demand that the wealt...

Done something quite unusual. he has taken a hard look at the problems facing the american people. he's brought forth legislation to tryry to address that andnd i respect that . but obviously we i have strong differences. so new nbcce news poll shows an overwhelming majority of americans believe the country is headed in the wrong directionre. e who feels like we are in a better place now than we were a year ago? >> show of hands. >> no one believes we're in a better spot now if you're a democrat and chuck todd questions your competency, co guess what ? it's bad. clearly joe biden's presidency ...

Company, like the fossil fuel industry, that we have to demand that the wealthy start paying their fair share of taxes. look, i think president biden has done something quite unusual. he has taken a hard look at the problems facing the american people. he's brought forth legislation to try to address that. i respect that. obviously we have our strong differences. >> and what do you say to those who say part of the reason why you're stuck, as you just described, in process and policy, is because joe biden is governing more like bernie sanders than joe biden and that's not what the american peop...

Factors in but there is much more to it, especially some of these prosecutors who are not moving forward with prosecuting. >> bret, are you reading the articles i write for fox? because last week i wrote just that that democrats can't just -- look, i am against guns but i want everybody to have them. bottom line democrats cannot just push forth legislation to combat how many guns are on the street and the gun violence that contributes to the crime. largely contributes to crime. because there are, as you said, rightly so. many other areas. this is the multifaceted problem. we know the departmen...