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It's still out there, but it is on life support. build back better. and the absence of the pillars of that legislation is making that answer to that question very difficult for democrats to give the american people. because there are things in there that are really important kitchen table policies that are stuck in the melees of partisanship in congress. they're stuck in the dysfunction of, you know, the procedure of the filibuster and all of that stuff. when we talk about covid exhaustion, one of the big pieces of that is child care. and the lack of child care and what this pandemic has done ...

Springs from. i hope tonight that in ord -- in addition to spreading the word about what good things and why we should be hopeful, you'll hear an empathetic speech about why we're concerned this has not all reached all of america's families. the kitchen table concerns about paying the bills, whether it's food, rent, credit card bills, education of their children, retirement, whatever it is. the same kinds of issues that keep people up at night and effect their opinion as to what the state of the nation is. but there's no one more empthattic than joe biden, no one who cares more. we are so bles...

What do you attribute to that? the decline in the president's polls, even on covid, on how he's handled it, what can he do to turn this around? >> well, i think tonight's going to be very important. because for people to appreciate what the president has done and working together with the congress, they have to know what it is. president lincoln said public sentiment is everything. with it you can accomplish almost everything. without it, practically nothing. but people have to know for public sentiment. and so, of course, we're proud that the president has, under his terms, 6.6 million new jo...

Behavior going into the midterms. we know republicans have enthusiasm gap over democrats. >> yeah, as you say, a lot of democratic leader haves to walk the line. they don't want to minimize it. that's before ukraine. you also to sell your economy. nobody else will do it. here is speaker pelosi here on the big night and will be up there in that traditional role behind the president. here is her remarks on m srksms today. >> very proud that the president and his term 6.6 million new jobs were created but people still are suffering. they have kitchen table concerns. i hope tonight that in order -...

Know, point they have with -- with manchin that he does not want to see biden's presidency collapse. and therefore, he is kind of going forward on reconciliation. but, you know, when -- when he says that nobody is compromised, um, you know, when they cut the price in half to meet primarily his objections, he is viewing it, i am told, from a perspective that by his druthers, he'd spend zero on this. so he feels like he's already given a lot. it's a really difficult situation for democrats. but i think if there is any clear message from tonight is they need to get this done. they need to -- they...