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Chairmanship to sweeten the deal and to get jeffords to make that leap. but of course, harry reid was not just a senate leader. he was a senator from nevada. and so, of course, he left his mark most especially on his home state and his constituents. in fact, just two weeks ago, las vegas renamed its airport in reid's honor. travelers to vegas will now fly into harry reid international airport. joining us now is john rawlson, coe of nevada independent. he was first to report the news of reid's passing tonight. it is great to have you with us. i know it's such a sad state -- a sad night for your...

But you cannot take away from him what his legislative genius was. barack obama would never have passed the healthcare bill that bears his name -- obama care -- without harry reid. president obama would acknowledge that and so would everyone else around him. his tenacity, his legislative skil -- bribery of some of his colleagues to get their votes, ayman. i wrote back at the time and i believe now even having collected more data and reporting on what happened during then, it should be called reid care as much as it should be called obamacare. and maybe, only harry reid possessed the skills tha...

Diffuse that bomb in his car. there was a famous video clip. i urge everyone to go see it. of harry reid confronting the mobster or mob front frank rosenthal during a gaming commission meeting. it is a fascinating piece of -- of video. frank rosenthal. to make him more accessible, was the person that robert de niro's character in "casino" was based on. it is really worth watching that clip to see the toughness of harry reid. >> and, john, i mean no disrespect to the state of nevada and to the residents of that great state, but he also managed to get nevada to punch above its weight in our nati...

Tonight on the life and legacy of harry reid. ceo of the nevada independent, thank you so much for joining us on this night. greatly appreciate it, john. >> appreciate your having me. thanks so much. >> as we mentioned earlier, out of nevada, longtime senate majority leader harry reid passing away this evening at the age of 82. when we come back, a big update from the cdc about the new omicron variant of the coronavirus. it is leading to a lot of questions, and we will get some experts to try to answer those questions for you. but first, unfortunately, one more thing to share in addition to ...

Party for many, many years. >> and listen. two things. one, make sure you back up the harddrive on that computer because we are going to want to see every minute of those 24 zoom interviews you did with him because there is a lot of insight in those interview, i'm sure. but i am curious to get your thoughts, john, on this. when you look back at whether -- the way he changed or impacted the filibuster, his ability to pass the obama care bill. whether or not his views og doon away with the filibuster now that he wrote about as recently as september of this year, what do you think harry reid's le...