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Experience or is it a systemic one, even in a community like southlake. i think that s what makes your story so powerful. it s recognizing that racism sadly is bleeding across socio economics and we have to address it as a country because we are a multicultural country. antonia hylton, thank you for joining me today. the next episode is available on monday morning. listen and subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts. don t go anywhere. we ve got much more this sunday morning. house majority whip jim clyburn joins me to discuss the continued attacks on voting rights and much more. another hour of velshi starts right now. good morning. it s sunday, september 12th. i m maria teresa kumar in for ali velshi. the simmering infrastructure discussion is about to heat up ....
Regularly is in america s cities and with mayors. today the message we want to bring to the white house is we stand in partnership ready to move and take action to see infrastructure actually get digging in america s cities. mayor holt, one thing that republicans in congress are balking at is how to pay for this. as a republican mayor of a big c city, what do you say to republicans in congress who aren t going for this yet? well, i want to be careful to draw the distinction. mayor whaley alluded to a letter yesterday. that s in support of the bipartisan framework. that s what we have consensus on. the plan for that seems to have bipartisan support, at least in the senate so far. there s discussions about tax policy, but those tend to relate more to the other portion of this infrastructure discussion. we re really focused on this part that seems to have bipartisan support and seems to have legs. i think as mayors, we re kind of ....
Get a deal? not far in joe manchin s direction, that s for sure. but we have seen progressives staging climate rallies outside of the white house and refocussing the infrastructure discussion to include climate change and ways in p which the infrastructure package or their complimentary package could address the issues that the progressives are fighting for. they were holding this kind of rally, protest, demonstration outside of the white house last week. this is an issue they ve been pushing president biden on. one they don t think he s been moving as far to the left in their direction as they would want. so that s where we should watch progressives moving this infrastructure discussion around climate change, policies, not so much bridges, roads, things like that. so, curt bardella with the information that democrats have gotten from the 2020 election ....
And others meat plants and others, so we have got to ensure cybersecurity is included in that infrastructure discussion. jon: there seems to be growing concern among the american public that all of this spending is going to bring on the kind of inflation we haven t seen since the 1970s and 1980s. according to moan moth university poll when asked how concerned are you that president biden s spending plan could lead to inflation, 47% say they are very concerned. 24% somewhat concerned and you see the rest of the numbers there. sounds like you are concerned as well, congressman. oh, the cost is rising through the roof. you can t buy a home. the cost of home prices and, remember, a home is core part of the american dream. so what does that mean? you basically get priced out of owning part of the american dream. you can t build a playground in your backyard for your children because lumber is through the roof. you know, you can t take this family vacation. you have been cooped up in your ....
Are taking new shape on capitol hill this morning. back with us, josh ledderman. and our capitol hill correspondent garrett haake is back with us as well. following a couple of major developments on the hill. josh, what s president biden s next big focus? huge challenges awaiting president biden on his domestic agenda now that he is back from the summit and his first overseas trip. first and foremost, the infrastructure discussion, which has been raging here in washington even as the president was overseas. as he left geneva, he acknowledged that he had not yet had a chance to get briefed on the bipartisan framework for an infrastructure deal that lawmakers on the hill have been working on. a white house official has said that today the president will be briefed on that and on an update that white house officials got yesterday from the democrats who are part of the bipartisan ....