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Infrastructure. let's pull out the core infrastructure that everybody wants to do. that was $550 billion out of the 2.65 trillion and let's take all the tax increases out of it. we did. that's what this is right now, this bipartisan package represents. the reason marc thiessen thinks it's good in terms of saving the filibuster is right now the 60-vote margin is necessary to get things done. under a filibuster it would go away. the democrats would be able to pass all sorts of bad legislation including making d.c. a state and changing the supreme court and so on. what the democrats have argued i...

A big thanks to awful you. we are keeping an eye on capitol hill for another reason as well, because d.c. mayor, mural bowser testifying at a hearing that is all about making d.c. the 51st straight. we will get to the latest on that fight. also this morning, new warnings about the fast-spreading delta variant, and it's more contagious than other strains of the coronavirus. we will take a look at the risks and also a historic moment in professional sports. >> i just want to take a quick moment to say that i am gay. >> carl nassib, coming out to the league and other players, and that's next. ,...

Off-ramp. he's made strong comments about not wanting to get rid of the filibuster. kyrsten sinema is an enigma even to people in her state. she's going to be subject to some of the same restrictive voting laws that arizona is passing. ultimately she'll need to decide do i play a role in keeping my own job bypassing the for the people act or making d.c. a state. do i play a role in that? i think ultimately neither of these two will want to go down in history as the two very specific people that blocked democracy reform and other critical pieces of legislation from passing. >> that's a great wa...

By a majority party propelled by its extreme right and design to change the reading of the constitution. >> the fact is to move forward as contemplated by the majority is moving towards breaking the rules to change the rules. that's improper. it will change the senate forever. that's not good. that this is a slippery slope. once you have a rule changed illegally, then you can do it again. al hunt, we hear back in 2005, we hear charges of right-wing extremism and republicans rewriting the constitution. making d.c. more partisan and more poisoned. threatens our democracy. harry reid called suc...

Resolve it. it's plausible john boehner and barack obama could come to a deal. what's not plausible is they come to a deal the tea party signs off on. that's what makes it so hard to solve. it's not just obama care we've left. remember the other big thing that ted cruz was on, making d.c. listen. that was the two things. the big point was you got to make d.c. listen. ted cruz is now personally less popular an obama care. the republicans in congress are less popular than obama care. the shutdown is wildly unpopular. yet, no one seems to be listening. we've left both of the original things it be...