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people moved into america, it was empty, and we are far from empty. >> one textbook picture of what a native american looks like and that is not how it is today. >> the common stereotypes. >> how? >> yeah, how. >> americans walk around on eggshells. like, what do we call you guys? we only want to have a seat at the table. we do not want anything more. you just don't want -- >> i would have to create space, opportunity for young people to know that there is hope. >> to most, this is the city of seattle. for me, this is joe amish land. my name is alyssa -- london. i grew up here, but i...

I'm thinking like, i can't believe this is going on in high school. >> there's still a lot of work to be done. >> people have seen -- while they're down fishing. hey, you know, indians, get off the river or they will say things about the casinos. >> i am glad you brought up casinos because we are on -- land and we have clearwater casino right down the street from us. they do provide a lot of economic vitality to our community and on the one hand, that helps us with our cultural preservation. then there's also the other side that plays into some, you want to? >> they don't really talk about the...

They need all 50 votes. >> are they closer than they were two weeks ago, yes. but democrats are not where they want to be at this moment. president biden is trying to resolve this by identifying a sweet spot of 1.9 trillion to 2.2 trillion in terms of the overall spending level. but the rival factions of the party are the no moving yet. joe manchin, the west virginia senator is not moving up from his $1.5 trillion ask, and senator bernie sanders is not moving down from his $3.5 trillion ask. that suggests that they're both still jockeying for leverage. in terms of policy, the party has difficu...

>> reporter: difficult with an uncooperative congress and the president's own pledge not to raise taxes. >> our meeting starts promptly at 7:45, so i'm going to -- >> reporter: her first meeting is with the president's chief of staff. >> we'll be back soon. >> reporter: she's outlasted four other chiefs of staff, rahm emanuel, pete rouse, bill daily, and jack lew. >> it has been said that karl rove was george bush's brain and you're barack obama's spine. >> well, i think the president has a pretty sturdy spine all on his own. >> reporter: he doesn't need you for that. >> he does not need me fo...

At what would happen if we took those -- the value of those programs out. and what we saw is, perhaps, a little bit surprising. we found that -- we haven't made much progress, if you ignore all the government programs. so if you just leave it to wages and earned income, there hasn't been a ton of progress made in the last 50 years. i think what we saw is that education has definitely helped lift people out of poverty, but that's been fighting a headwind of rising inequality and eroding value of the minimum wage. now, once we added in the government programs, things like eitc, s.n.a.p., and we ...