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sirious xm progress. and former aid to clinton in many, many roles. i'm courious from both of you, where are we? how do you describe this moment where we are? paul, to you first. >> well, the president may be in st. peter's basilica, but his bill is in purgatory. right now, but they'll get it. i'm confident they will. why do i say that? well, to put it in perspective, f.d.r. had 318 democrats when he was president. l.b.j. had 295. those guys could lose 100 and still pass their bill. clinton and obama had eye margin of 80. nancy pelosi has a margin of six. so she can lose three and that's it. but she's the most able leader i have seen. she will get this through. i guarantee it. the phrase they're using on the hill is land the plane. she's captain sully sullenberger. it mayland in the potomac, but she will put it down and biden's
pope pfrancis and some barking dogs. this is a big day for both men personally and professionally. let's bring in father dave dwyer, host of the busted halo show on sirious xm radio. good to see you as always. >> good morning, good morning. >> in terms of the perspective on this, could say, and i have been saying, only the second catholic president. >> sure. >> only the second, therefore, to meet with a sitting pope. it is a first, in a way, is it not? >> it is. popes have met with u.s. presidents over 39 years since dwight d. eisenhower. formalized diplomatic relations with the holy see and the united states only happened in 1984. so it's really the first sitting u.s. catholic president to meet with the pope since that has happened. and, of course, vatican city as a state, we know it's the smallest country in the world. only about 800 people are residents of it so you wouldn't say why is this all that significant? but there are 1.2 billion catholics around the world and
joust going to be a strategist now not a media person. and you point out he also lost his sirious xm show. steve bannon, will we be talking about him as much in november of this year, bill crystal? >> no. i think it's striking how much the result of the alabama race mattered. if romney had won in alabama, suddenly, bannon would have been the guy who pushed him across the finish line despite, you know, terrible charges against him. suddenly the notion of bannon backed primary challengers would be there, trump would not have felt detrade by bannon but the opposite. that 1.5% percentage points could have been a defining moment not just for bannon, but since a ban onite for trump is trump. sorry.