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He mentioned several things in his speech that i've heard you talk about. paid family leave, a path to citizenship for dreamers, infrastructure, prison reform. do you see potential common ground here with the president? >> well, conceptually of course. but the issue is that i had to put all of the words i heard tonight in the state of the union in the context of the conduct and the policies of this administration over the course of the last year. and i have a very difficult time actually reconciling the words with the way they've actually been prioritizing issues. so who knows where it goes? b...

Well, he also cut the budget of the department of labor and in particular that aspect of the budget that is focused on training workers. so i don't really know that we can rely so much on the words that were spoken tonight. and i think the american public really needs to hear the truth instead of just a lot of talk. >> there was an interesting moment during the speech when president trump mentioned that black unemployment is at its lowest level in years, which is true. and the cameras cut to a shot of the congressional black caucus, the members were sitting, most of them were not applauding. c...

Does. there were a lot of words he spoke tonight. he talked about, for example, investing in training workers. well, he also cut the budget of the department of labor and in particular that aspect of the budget that is focused on training workers. so i don't really know that we can rely so much on the words that were spoken tonight. and i think the american public really needs to hear the truth instead of just a lot of talk. >> there was an interesting moment during the speech when president trump mentioned that black unemployment is at its lowest level in years, which is true. and the cameras...

It will be a blast. >> giving americans looking for work a new way to soar. >> it's an interesting concept. instead of training the people yourself, find the programs where people are enrolling where you know that you can call and help them develop their training programs. they'll come work for you. >> it's a great example of a public-private partnership. i do think it's interesting, though, that the training is going on outside of the company, right? like a few decades ago, a couple of generations ago, the companies would have been investing and training that talent themselves. i looked up so...

The plan laid out this week in an executive order aims at closing the so-called skills gap by training workers for jobs and companies are struggling to fill in states across the country. earlier, i spoke with republican senator ron johnson about the labor shortage in wisconsin. you and i talked after the election and you said something that stuck with me which is that as you traveled the state, when he for reelection, you had heard that from manufacturers, and small businesses that there wasn't a single manufacturer in the state that could find the number of skilled workers that they needed. i...