1 00:00:37,277 --> 00:00:41,247 >>> IT WILL BE THE WORK OF THE NEXT PRESIDENT TO RESTORE THE 2 00:00:41,347 --> 00:00:43,716 PROMISE OF AMERICA. WE WILL NOT ONLY BUILD BACK, WE 3 00:00:43,817 --> 00:00:48,954 WILL BUILD BACK BETTER. YOU HAVE MY WORD. 4 00:00:49,054 --> 00:00:51,689 >> JOE BIDEN HAS BIG IDEAS, BIG PLANS FOR THE COUNTRY IF HE WINS 5 00:00:51,789 --> 00:00:52,923 THE ELECTION. 6 00:00:53,024 --> 00:00:59,228 >> JOE IS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL 7 00:00:59,329 --> 00:00:59,762 WORK. 8 00:01:00,095 --> 00:01:01,197 >> WE'LL RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE. 9 00:01:01,296 --> 00:01:06,768 >> WE'RE GOING TO CANCEL A BIG CHUNK OF STUDENT LOAN DEBT. 10 00:01:06,867 --> 00:01:08,670 >> JOE AND KAMALA WILL PROTECT YOUR HEALTH CARE BECAUSE JOE 11 00:01:08,769 --> 00:01:16,643 UNDERSTANDS THAT A PRESIDENT'S FIRST JOB IS TO KEEP US SAFE. 12 00:01:16,742 --> 00:01:22,213 >> NOW IS WHEN THE REAL WORK BEGINS, TO SAVE LIVES AND BEAT 13 00:01:22,313 --> 00:01:25,283 THIS EPIDEMIC. TO REBUILD OUR ECONOMY. 14 00:01:25,382 --> 00:01:28,685 >> AND ROOT OUT SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THIS COUNTRY. 15 00:01:28,784 --> 00:01:33,055 TO SAVE OUR PLANET BY GETTING CLIMATE UNDER CONTROL. 16 00:01:33,155 --> 00:01:36,525 AND NOW THE WORK OF MAKING THAT VISION IS REAL. 17 00:01:36,625 --> 00:01:41,262 WE CAN DO IT. I KNOW WE CAN. 18 00:01:41,361 --> 00:01:45,164 >> PRESIDENT BIDEN'S $1.9 TRILLION COVID RELIEF PACKAGE. 19 00:01:45,265 --> 00:01:49,200 IT'S THE FIRST REAL LEGISLATIVE TEST FOR THE NEW BIDEN 20 00:01:49,301 --> 00:01:50,069 ADMINISTRATION. 21 00:01:50,468 --> 00:01:55,740 >> IT HAS NO CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS SUPPORTING IT SO 22 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:56,240 FAR. 23 00:01:57,073 --> 00:01:58,841 >> WHAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE PUT TOGETHER REALLY IS A LIBERAL 24 00:01:58,942 --> 00:02:00,144 WISH LIST. 25 00:02:00,243 --> 00:02:03,546 >> BIDEN IS FACING A DIFFICULT ROAD AHEAD. 26 00:02:03,646 --> 00:02:06,847 HE CANNOT LOSE A SINGLE DEMOCRAT ON THIS PACKAGE. 27 00:02:06,948 --> 00:02:08,082 THAT IS TOUGH. 28 00:02:08,182 --> 00:02:12,954 >> WE HAVE A 50/50 PROBLEM. IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE ANY 29 00:02:13,054 --> 00:02:14,155 SENATOR CAN STOP THE TRAIN. 30 00:02:14,254 --> 00:02:17,090 >> NEW FAULT LINES ARE BEING DRAWN OUT BETWEEN PROGRESSIVES 31 00:02:17,189 --> 00:02:18,490 AND MODERATES ON KEY POLICIES. 32 00:02:18,591 --> 00:02:22,427 >> A LOT OF REPUBLICAN COUNTERPARTS SITTING BACK AND 33 00:02:22,527 --> 00:02:25,096 LETTING DEMOCRATS SORT OF FIGHT OVER THE MINIMUM WAGE PACKAGE 34 00:02:25,195 --> 00:02:28,932 THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THE BILL. 35 00:02:29,033 --> 00:02:31,602 >> HE HAS TO UNIFY HIS OWN PARTY. 36 00:02:31,701 --> 00:02:37,239 >> HE'S GOING TO NOT JUST SET THE TONE, BUT TELL THE STORY OF 37 00:02:37,340 --> 00:02:40,375 POTENTIALLY THIS ADMINISTRATION. 38 00:02:40,474 --> 00:02:46,013 >> CRITICS SAY MY PLAN IS TOO BIG. 39 00:02:46,112 --> 00:02:48,881 LET ME ASK THEM, WHAT WOULD THEY HAVE ME CUT? 40 00:02:48,981 --> 00:02:49,882 WHAT WOULD THEY HAVE ME LEAVE OUT? 41 00:02:49,983 --> 00:02:53,218 THIS IS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR GOD SAKE. 42 00:03:27,078 --> 00:03:32,650 >> WOW. THIS IS A LOT OF SNOW. 43 00:03:32,750 --> 00:03:34,784 I'M DRINKING BEER IN A PUP TENT. 44 00:03:34,884 --> 00:03:36,151 >> BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T GET ENOUGH COLD IN MINNESOTA? 45 00:03:36,252 --> 00:03:41,522 >> I'M SO TIRED OF WEARING -- I'VE TURNED INTO A CANADIAN 46 00:03:41,622 --> 00:03:42,090 GOOSE. 47 00:03:42,858 --> 00:03:45,093 >> TEXTING A PICTURE OF YOU GUYS OF WHAT'S NOW ON MY TABLE. 48 00:03:45,192 --> 00:03:46,526 >> OH, MY GOD. 49 00:03:46,627 --> 00:03:48,062 >> TWO PEA ZAS IS BOLD. 50 00:03:48,162 --> 00:03:51,364 >> JOHN, HAVE YOU EATEN PIZZA FOR THE LAST FOUR WEEKS? 51 00:03:51,463 --> 00:03:54,968 >> YEAH, THAT'S ALL I DO IS EAT PIZZA. 52 00:03:55,067 --> 00:03:59,504 >> I'M JUST GOING AROUND A PIZZA PARLOURS. 53 00:03:59,604 --> 00:04:01,838 >> NORMALLY THE FIRST COUPLE WEEKS OF A NEW ADMINISTRATION 54 00:04:01,938 --> 00:04:06,376 IT'S LIKE HERE IS THE NEW TEAM, MEET THE NEW BOSS. 55 00:04:06,475 --> 00:04:07,044 YOU KNOW. 56 00:04:07,677 --> 00:04:09,246 >> A NEW ADMINISTRATION JUST THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE. 57 00:04:09,344 --> 00:04:13,115 >> BUT WITH EVERYBODY FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW, THE INSURRECTION, 58 00:04:13,215 --> 00:04:16,283 THE FALLOUT FROM THE INSURRECTION, THE IMPEACHMENT 59 00:04:16,384 --> 00:04:18,319 TRIAL. BIDEN LIKE HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, 60 00:04:18,420 --> 00:04:21,588 OFF STAGE IN SOME WAYS. IRONICALLY I THINK THAT THE 61 00:04:21,689 --> 00:04:22,855 IMPEACHMENT STUFF KIND OF HELPED HIM. 62 00:04:22,956 --> 00:04:25,223 EVERYBODY WAS SAYING THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE A DISTRACTION, I 63 00:04:25,324 --> 00:04:28,026 THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF COVER FOR THEM TO GO MAKE A 64 00:04:28,127 --> 00:04:30,228 BUNCH OF THE SAUSAGE WITHOUT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WATCHING, RIGHT? 65 00:04:30,327 --> 00:04:33,129 >> IT WAS A DISTRACTION FOR THE REPUBLICANS, NOT FOR BIDEN. 66 00:04:33,230 --> 00:04:35,865 >> YEAH, MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR BIDEN IS THE COVID PACKAGE 67 00:04:35,966 --> 00:04:40,302 AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE AND A 68 00:04:40,403 --> 00:04:43,639 PRETTY GOOD CHANCE TO PASS IT BY MARCH WHICH WAS THEIR BIG GOAL 69 00:04:43,738 --> 00:04:44,973 OF THE FIRST 100 DAYS. 70 00:04:45,074 --> 00:04:49,009 >> TO BREAK DOWN WHAT IS IN THAT $1.9 TRILLION BILL IT'S A 71 00:04:49,110 --> 00:04:52,411 TRILLION DOLLARS IN DIRECT STIMULUS, $15 MINIMUM WAGE AND 72 00:04:52,512 --> 00:04:55,682 IT'S $170 BILLION FOR SCHOOL REOPENING. 73 00:04:55,781 --> 00:05:00,720 $1.9 TRILLION SOUNDS LIKE A TON OF MONEY, SOMETHING THAT THE 74 00:05:00,819 --> 00:05:03,788 PUBLIC MIGHT BALK AT EXCEPT BIDEN AND HIS TEAM SAID, OKAY, 75 00:05:03,887 --> 00:05:06,389 WE HAVE TO TALK TO REAL PEOPLE, BE ON TELEVISION. 76 00:05:06,490 --> 00:05:08,192 >> NOW IS THE TIME TO GO BIG. 77 00:05:08,291 --> 00:05:11,026 >> HE'S PUT FORWARD A BIG, BOLD PACKAGE. 78 00:05:11,127 --> 00:05:11,961 >> BIG AND BOLD. 79 00:05:12,060 --> 00:05:12,528 >> BIG. 80 00:05:12,627 --> 00:05:12,894 >> BIG. 81 00:05:12,995 --> 00:05:13,562 >> BOLD. 82 00:05:13,663 --> 00:05:13,896 >> BOLD. 83 00:05:13,995 --> 00:05:14,797 >> BOLD. 84 00:05:14,896 --> 00:05:16,898 >> BIG, BOLD PACKAGE, SOME SAY VERY BIG. 85 00:05:16,997 --> 00:05:19,901 I AGREE WITH THAT. THAT'S WHY MORE THAN SEVEN IN 86 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,903 TEN AMERICANS ACTUALLY SUPPORT THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE IN THAT 87 00:05:23,002 --> 00:05:24,637 PACKAGE. BUT BIDEN HAS A REAL 88 00:05:24,738 --> 00:05:27,072 VULNERABILITY IN TERMS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. 89 00:05:27,173 --> 00:05:30,576 IT'S JUST A REALLY BIG TENT PARTY RIGHT NOW. 90 00:05:30,675 --> 00:05:33,946 IT'S A CAUCUS THAT HAS TO MAKE ROOM FOR MODERATES ON ONE SIDE 91 00:05:34,045 --> 00:05:35,947 AND PROGRESSIVES ON THE OTHER. 92 00:05:36,047 --> 00:05:38,882 >> EVERYBODY KNEW THAT IN A 50/50 SENATE MODERATES WERE 93 00:05:38,983 --> 00:05:42,985 GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF POWER. JOE MANCHIN AND KYRSTEN SINEMA 94 00:05:43,086 --> 00:05:44,819 SAY THEY ARE NOT FOR THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE. 95 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,255 >> BUT THE PROGRESSIVE WING OF THE PARTY REALLY WANTS THIS AND 96 00:05:47,355 --> 00:05:48,490 THINKS IT'S THE TIME TO DO IT. 97 00:05:48,591 --> 00:05:52,226 >> THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A COUNTDOWN CLOCK ON HOW LONG IT'S 98 00:05:52,326 --> 00:05:54,961 GOING TO TAKE BEFORE WE START TO HEAR FROM BERNIE AND WARREN AND 99 00:05:55,062 --> 00:05:56,163 OTHER PROGRESSIVES. 100 00:05:56,262 --> 00:05:59,331 >> IT FEELS LIKE THE FIRST BIG TEST FOR THE BIG TENT PARTY, 101 00:05:59,432 --> 00:06:00,098 RIGHT? 102 00:06:00,199 --> 00:06:01,367 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 103 00:06:01,466 --> 00:06:04,401 >> THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE TO $15 IS GOING TO BE -- IT GOING 104 00:06:04,502 --> 00:06:07,906 TO BE TOUGH TO DO, BUT IT'S VERY TELLING TO ME ABOUT BIDEN'S 105 00:06:08,004 --> 00:06:10,173 STRATEGY. THEY'RE WILLING TO GET CAUGHT 106 00:06:10,274 --> 00:06:11,307 TRYING AND GOING REALLY BIG. 107 00:06:11,408 --> 00:06:14,944 >> YOU KNOW, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WHAT THEY HAVEN'T 108 00:06:15,043 --> 00:06:16,478 DONE YET REALLY IS SORT OF -- IS REALLY SCORE AND IT FEELS LIKE 109 00:06:16,579 --> 00:06:19,014 THIS IS THE WEEK WHEN THEY FINALLY START TO PUT SOME POINTS 110 00:06:19,113 --> 00:06:20,314 ON THE BOARD. 111 00:06:20,415 --> 00:06:22,682 >> THE DEMOCRATS COULD COME OUT OF THIS WEEK AND SAY NOT ONLY DO 112 00:06:22,783 --> 00:06:28,654 WE HAVE POINTS ON THE BOARD, WE HAVE 1.9 TRILLION POINTS ON THE 113 00:06:28,754 --> 00:06:32,658 BOARD. BOARD. 114 00:06:32,757 --> 00:06:36,795 >> $1.9 TRILLION COVID RELIEF PACKAGE GETS ITS FIRST REAL TEST 115 00:06:36,894 --> 00:06:41,497 FRIDAY WITH A VOTE SCHEDULED IN THE HOUSE. 116 00:06:41,598 --> 00:06:44,935 INCLUDE SD A PROVISION TO HIKE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 AN HOUR. 117 00:06:45,034 --> 00:06:48,069 >> EVEN THOUGH PRICES OF YOUR DRINKS AND YOUR MEALS HAVE GONE 118 00:06:48,170 --> 00:06:52,973 UP, OUR WAGES HAVE NOT. WE DESERVE THE FAIR MINIMUM 119 00:06:53,074 --> 00:06:53,507 WAGE. 120 00:06:54,341 --> 00:06:56,143 >> WE ARE COMING OUT HERE, WE ARE FIGHTING FOR A $15 MINIMUM 121 00:06:56,242 --> 00:06:59,279 WAGE FOR EVERY WORKER ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. 122 00:06:59,379 --> 00:07:01,947 >> PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT IT 123 00:07:02,048 --> 00:07:04,716 BE A PART OF THE COVID RELIEF PACKAGE. 124 00:07:04,817 --> 00:07:08,487 >> I WAS HIRED AS A FOOD SERVER, I WORKED 40 HOURS PER WEEK AND 125 00:07:08,586 --> 00:07:13,156 ONLY MADE $300 A CHECK. WHY CAN'T WE HAVE A LIVABLE 126 00:07:13,257 --> 00:07:14,158 WAGE? 127 00:07:14,524 --> 00:07:17,994 >> YOU SAY TO DEMOCRATS IF YOU TURN BACK ON THIS YOU WILL BE 128 00:07:18,093 --> 00:07:24,999 ABANDONING THE VERY PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR YOU. 129 00:07:25,098 --> 00:07:28,836 >> THE PRESIDENT IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT THIS IS A MOMENT 130 00:07:28,935 --> 00:07:36,209 WHERE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REDEFINE THE ECONOMY FOR WORKING 131 00:07:36,308 --> 00:07:38,310 PEOPLE. HE IS UNEQUIVOCALLY COMMITTED TO 132 00:07:38,409 --> 00:07:40,612 GETTING THE MINIMUM WAGE RAISED TO $15. 133 00:07:40,711 --> 00:07:44,581 THE PRESIDENT PUT IT IN THE PACKAGE BECAUSE HE FIRMLY 134 00:07:44,682 --> 00:07:48,151 BELIEVES THAT NOBODY IN THIS COUNTRY SHOULD WORK A FULL WEEK 135 00:07:48,250 --> 00:07:55,858 AND LIVE IN POVERTY. 136 00:07:55,957 --> 00:07:59,627 >> YOU ALL DID NOT HAVE THE NORMAL HONEYMOON PERIOD AND 137 00:07:59,726 --> 00:08:02,394 THERE WAS LIKE A LOT OF TALK, OH, MY GOD, THE BIDEN WHITE 138 00:08:02,495 --> 00:08:05,899 HOUSE IS REALLY GETTING OFF ON A TOUGH FOOTING BECAUSE THE 139 00:08:05,999 --> 00:08:09,535 CONGRESS IS GOING TO BE DISTRACTED BY TRUMP. 140 00:08:09,634 --> 00:08:13,071 >> I THINK WE FOCUSED ON WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE LOOKING 141 00:08:13,170 --> 00:08:16,074 FOR, WHICH WAS A PRESIDENT TO STEP UP AND SAY, I'M GOING TO 142 00:08:16,173 --> 00:08:19,408 PUT FORWARD A PLAN TO CRUSH THIS VIRUS, AND I'M GOING TO PUT 143 00:08:19,509 --> 00:08:21,610 FORWARD A PLAN TO GET THE ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK. 144 00:08:21,711 --> 00:08:24,447 >> WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE 145 00:08:24,547 --> 00:08:26,615 PACKAGE IS GOING TO DO. SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS 146 00:08:26,714 --> 00:08:27,649 MEANS FOR THEM. 147 00:08:27,983 --> 00:08:30,951 >> SO I KNOW WHAT THAT'S ABOUT. THAT'S A LESSON FROM OBAMA. 148 00:08:31,050 --> 00:08:34,587 >> I THINK HISTORY HAS SHOWN THAT YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE 149 00:08:34,687 --> 00:08:35,922 ENOUGH. THEY HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN 150 00:08:36,022 --> 00:08:36,623 THEIR LIVES. 151 00:08:36,722 --> 00:08:38,892 >> RIGHT. 152 00:08:38,991 --> 00:08:42,793 >> THE FIRST RULE OF OBAMA, ACA, AFFORDABLE CARE ACT PASSED BY 153 00:08:42,894 --> 00:08:46,697 2010 AND IT SEEMED LIKE THE BIG PROBLEM FOR US WAS NONE OF THE 154 00:08:46,797 --> 00:08:49,299 BENEFITS OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WERE REALLY FELT, SEEN, 155 00:08:49,399 --> 00:08:50,332 UNDERSTOOD BY THE PUBLIC. 156 00:08:50,432 --> 00:08:51,234 >> EXACTLY. 157 00:08:51,668 --> 00:08:53,202 >> I THINK WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST MONTH IS THE MORE 158 00:08:53,302 --> 00:08:55,870 PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT THE RESCUE PLAN THE MORE THEY LIKE IT. 159 00:08:55,971 --> 00:08:59,307 AND SO FOR US IT'S GOING TO BE APPLYING THE SAME KIND OF 160 00:08:59,407 --> 00:09:02,910 COMMUNICATION STRATEGY THAT WE'RE APPLYING TO TRY TO GET THE 161 00:09:03,010 --> 00:09:07,179 BILL PASSED TO THEN, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE BILL PASSES, 162 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,514 HOPEFULLY, TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW IS IT GOING TO 163 00:09:09,615 --> 00:09:14,052 HELP THEM IN THEIR LIVES. WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC 164 00:09:14,152 --> 00:09:16,922 IS NOT WHETHER OR NOT YOU GET VOTES FROM THE HILL FOR 165 00:09:17,022 --> 00:09:18,554 REPUBLICANS, IT'S WHETHER OR NOT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE AN 166 00:09:18,655 --> 00:09:21,225 EFFECTIVE CRITIQUE AGAINST WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. 167 00:09:21,325 --> 00:09:22,525 >> YEAH. 168 00:09:22,625 --> 00:09:25,528 >> WELL, WE HAVE PUT FORWARD THE PLAN THAT REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS, 169 00:09:25,628 --> 00:09:28,797 REPUBLICAN MAYORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE SAID THEY NEED, 170 00:09:28,897 --> 00:09:31,633 THAT THEY SUPPORT. 50% OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS 171 00:09:31,732 --> 00:09:34,067 SURVEYED IN THE COUNTRY SUPPORT THE PACKAGE. 172 00:09:34,168 --> 00:09:38,270 IT'S REALLY ONLY REPUBLICANS ON CAPITOL HILL WHO ARE OPPOSING 173 00:09:38,370 --> 00:09:40,774 THE PLAN. TO PUT A FINE POINT ON T IF YOU 174 00:09:40,874 --> 00:09:43,808 ARE VOTING AGAINST THE PACKAGE YOU ARE VOTING AGAINST THE PLAN 175 00:09:43,908 --> 00:09:46,711 TO FIGHT COVID AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO HOME 176 00:09:46,811 --> 00:09:50,280 TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY 177 00:09:50,380 --> 00:09:52,481 THEY VOTED AGAINST DIRECT CHECKS, WHY THEY VOTED AGAINST 178 00:09:52,581 --> 00:09:55,018 MONEY FOR VACCINES, WHY THEY VOTED AGAINST MONEY TO GET 179 00:09:55,118 --> 00:09:58,187 SCHOOLS OPEN, AND THE QUESTION FOR REPUBLICANS IN WASHINGTON IS 180 00:09:58,287 --> 00:10:01,056 ARE YOU GOING TO LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS OR NOT? 181 00:10:01,155 --> 00:10:04,091 AND I THINK IF THEY DON'T, THERE IS GOING TO BE A PRICE FOR THEM 182 00:10:04,192 --> 00:10:10,562 TO PAY. I REALLY DO. 183 00:10:10,663 --> 00:10:12,764 >> THERE IS SORT OF A FALSE NARRATIVE GOING ON THAT THIS IS 184 00:10:12,865 --> 00:10:15,232 AN EMERGENCY RELIEF BILL. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF MANUAL 185 00:10:15,333 --> 00:10:19,370 RELIEF BILLS ALREADY. WE HAD A MASSIVE ONE, ABOUT $900 186 00:10:19,471 --> 00:10:22,105 BILLION WORTH IN DECEMBER. THAT WAS A BIPARTISAN RELIEF 187 00:10:22,206 --> 00:10:27,243 BILL, THIS ONE IS VERY MUCH NOT. SEEMS MORE LIKELY THAT THE 188 00:10:27,344 --> 00:10:33,115 DEMOCRATS WANT SOMETHING THAT BIDEN CAN SIGN. 189 00:10:34,548 --> 00:10:39,119 >> THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY THAT HAS NOT BEEN SPENT FOR 190 00:10:39,219 --> 00:10:40,721 DISBURSED, IT'S HARD TO GET EXACT NUMBERS BALLS THE 191 00:10:40,821 --> 00:10:44,222 ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT GIVE IT TO US, IT'S EITHER BECAUSE THEY 192 00:10:44,322 --> 00:10:46,625 REFUSE TO OR BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY DON'T KNOW. 193 00:10:46,725 --> 00:10:49,860 SO HOW CAN YOU JUSTIFY SPENDING $1.9 TRILLION WHEN YOU'RE NOT 194 00:10:49,961 --> 00:10:52,062 EVEN SURE WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY SPENT? 195 00:10:52,163 --> 00:10:56,265 >> WHAT THE BIDEN TEAM WOULD SAY IN RESPONSE TO THAT IS WE DON'T 196 00:10:56,366 --> 00:10:59,034 HAVE MONTHS TO FIND OUT WHERE EVERY NICKEL WENT, IT'S A CRISIS 197 00:10:59,134 --> 00:11:01,971 AND WE LEARN FROM THE ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT WAITING TOO LONG AND 198 00:11:02,071 --> 00:11:05,974 DOING TOO LITTLE IS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN DOING TOO MUCH TOO 199 00:11:06,073 --> 00:11:06,508 FAST. 200 00:11:06,942 --> 00:11:08,341 >> YEAH. AND HIS WORDS EXACTLY WERE, 201 00:11:08,442 --> 00:11:11,312 WELL, WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE OUT. 202 00:11:11,412 --> 00:11:11,945 >> YEAH. 203 00:11:12,379 --> 00:11:14,681 >> WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF THINGS, IN FACT. 204 00:11:14,780 --> 00:11:20,786 UNNECESSARY -- AND THE FORMULA FOR THAT OVERWHELMINGLY BENEFITS 205 00:11:20,885 --> 00:11:22,386 BLUE STATES. JUST IMAGINE THAT. 206 00:11:22,486 --> 00:11:25,456 OR STATES ESPECIALLY THAT IMPLEMENTED LOCKDOWNS, 207 00:11:25,556 --> 00:11:26,490 ESPECIALLY HARD. 208 00:11:26,756 --> 00:11:28,491 >> IT MAY HAVE BEEN STATES THAT SUFFERED THE WORST, TOO. 209 00:11:28,591 --> 00:11:31,259 >> WELL, EVERYBODY SUFFERED THE WORST, IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 210 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,663 JUST COVID. NOW, THERE'S -- NOW, THERE'S 211 00:11:34,764 --> 00:11:37,097 SELF-IMPOSED SUFFERING AS WELL, WHICH IS IN THE FORM OF 212 00:11:37,197 --> 00:11:38,767 LOCKDOWNS. HERE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM, IF YOU 213 00:11:38,866 --> 00:11:40,500 ARE GOING TO GIVE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO THE SCHOOLS YOU HAVE TO 214 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,003 AT LEAST SAY, LOOK, HAVE A REOPENING PLAN. 215 00:11:43,102 --> 00:11:45,937 GIVE AMERICANS SOME LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AND DON'T TALK 216 00:11:46,038 --> 00:11:50,341 TO ME ABOUT CLOSING SCHOOLS AND HOW THAT'S BETTER FOR OUR KIDS 217 00:11:50,442 --> 00:11:52,911 OR TEACHERS. THAT'S BEEN DEBUNKED BY SCIENCE. 218 00:11:53,010 --> 00:11:54,544 THE PARTY OF SCIENCE SHOULD LISTEN TO SCIENCE. 219 00:11:54,644 --> 00:11:56,346 >> THERE IS A PERCEPTION THAT THIS IS A GOOD THING. 220 00:11:56,447 --> 00:12:00,482 THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SUPPORTS IT BY 75%, REPUBLICANS BY 60%. 221 00:12:00,582 --> 00:12:05,120 SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT POLITICALLY? 222 00:12:05,220 --> 00:12:07,456 >> I'M NOT THAT WORRIED ABOUT THIS ONE ONE. 223 00:12:07,556 --> 00:12:12,125 THIS ONE IS EXTREMELY BLOATED. I EXPLAIN HARD ONES ALL THE TIME 224 00:12:12,225 --> 00:12:13,394 AND I WILL EXPLAIN THIS ONE. 225 00:12:13,493 --> 00:12:15,495 >> YOU DON'T THINK IT WILL BE HARD TO DEFEND YOUR VOTE AGAINST 226 00:12:15,595 --> 00:12:15,961 IT? 227 00:12:16,663 --> 00:12:18,197 >> NO, I DON'T. WE HAVE TO AT LEAST PRETEND THAT 228 00:12:18,297 --> 00:12:21,700 ONE OF OUR JOBS IS GOOD GOVERNANCE AND NOT SADDLING OUR 229 00:12:21,801 --> 00:12:23,701 CHILDREN WITH REALLY UNSUSTAINABLE AMOUNTS OF DEBT. 230 00:12:23,802 --> 00:12:26,638 >> WELL, DEBT IS SOMETHING THAT DONALD TRUMP DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE 231 00:12:26,738 --> 00:12:27,371 MUCH ABOUT. 232 00:12:27,471 --> 00:12:30,240 >> NO, HE DIDN'T. THAT'S TRUE. 233 00:12:30,340 --> 00:12:32,009 IT'S A PROBLEM. 234 00:12:32,109 --> 00:12:34,143 >> SO CPAC IS THIS WEEKEND. 235 00:12:34,243 --> 00:12:35,411 >> UH-HUH. 236 00:12:35,510 --> 00:12:38,513 >> YOU HAD THE NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER THREE LEADERSHIP OF YOUR 237 00:12:38,613 --> 00:12:45,152 PARTY PUBLICLY DISAGREE ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT 238 00:12:45,251 --> 00:12:46,453 OF THE UNITED STATES. 239 00:12:46,553 --> 00:12:48,888 >> DO YOU THINK FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD BE SPEAKING AT CPAC 240 00:12:48,988 --> 00:12:49,556 THIS WEEKEND. 241 00:12:49,655 --> 00:12:50,956 >> I SHOULD. 242 00:12:51,057 --> 00:12:54,759 >> I DON'T BELIEVE HE SHOULD BE PLAYING A ROLE IN THE FUTURE OF 243 00:12:54,860 --> 00:12:55,494 THE PARTY. 244 00:12:55,594 --> 00:12:57,828 >> ON THAT HIGH NOTE -- 245 00:12:57,928 --> 00:13:00,130 >> ISN'T THAT PROBLEMATIC FOR THE PARTY? 246 00:13:00,230 --> 00:13:02,599 >> IT ISN'T IDEAL. 247 00:13:02,698 --> 00:13:06,769 >> I MEAN, THERE ARE REPUBLICANS WHO, STICK MYSELF IN THAT 248 00:13:06,869 --> 00:13:09,672 BUCKET, THAT JUST SAY I'D LIKE TO SEE A VIBRANT HEALTHY 249 00:13:09,772 --> 00:13:11,072 REPUBLICAN PARTY. I THINK IF DONALD TRUMP IS PART 250 00:13:11,172 --> 00:13:15,308 OF THAT EQUATION IN THE FUTURE IT'S PROBLEMATIC FOR A LOT OF 251 00:13:15,408 --> 00:13:15,908 PEOPLE. 252 00:13:16,610 --> 00:13:19,513 >> I MEAN, THE FUNDAMENTAL ANSWER IS WHO IS GOING TO LEAD 253 00:13:19,613 --> 00:13:22,881 THE PARTY? WE DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT. 254 00:13:22,981 --> 00:13:25,383 LIKE RIGHT AWAY. SO JUST CHILL OUT. 255 00:13:25,484 --> 00:13:29,552 LIKE THAT'S KIND OF MY MESSAGE TO BOTH EXTREMES OF THIS WHO 256 00:13:29,653 --> 00:13:33,323 KEEP SAYING, NO, BRING HIM BACK IN, WE NEED HIM, AND THOSE WHO 257 00:13:33,423 --> 00:13:38,628 ARE SAYING, KEEP HIM AWAY, LIKE, NO, NO, JUST LIKE WHY DON'T YOU 258 00:13:38,727 --> 00:13:40,796 FOCUS ON WHO YOU ARE. LET'S JUST DO THAT AND I THINK 259 00:13:40,895 --> 00:13:46,667 WE WILL BE OKAY. 260 00:13:48,034 --> 00:13:51,638 >> ALL EYES IN WASHINGTON ARE NOW ON THE LITTLE KNOWN SENATE 261 00:13:51,738 --> 00:13:56,107 PARLIAMENTARIAN WHO WILL DECIDE SOON WHETHER BIDEN'S PROPOSED 262 00:13:56,207 --> 00:13:57,543 $15 MINIMUM WAGE CAN BE INCLUDED. 263 00:13:57,643 --> 00:14:00,711 DEMOCRATS ARE STILL SHARPLY DIVIDED WITH WHETHER THE WAGE 264 00:14:00,812 --> 00:14:05,149 INCREASE SHOULD BE IN THE BILL AT ALL. 265 00:14:05,249 --> 00:14:07,250 >> THE WHITE HOUSE IN THE AGE OF COVID AND THE BIDEN 266 00:14:07,350 --> 00:14:10,186 ADMINISTRATION IS DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING THAT'S EVER BEEN 267 00:14:10,285 --> 00:14:12,419 BEFORE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHITE HOUSE 268 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:14,322 STAFF IS NOT WORKING IN THE BUILDING. 269 00:14:14,422 --> 00:14:20,394 THEY'RE STILL WORKING FROM HOME. FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A 270 00:14:20,494 --> 00:14:26,032 HAUNTED HOUSE RIGHT NOW. AND WHAT NORMALLY WOULD BE A 271 00:14:26,131 --> 00:14:30,235 HIVE OF ACTIVITY, PEOPLE COMING AND GOING, VISITORS IN AND OUT, 272 00:14:30,335 --> 00:14:33,571 YOU KNOW, HERE GIVES THIS KIND OF FALSE APPEARANCE THAT NOT 273 00:14:33,671 --> 00:14:39,142 MUCH IS GOING ON WHEN, IN FACT, A SHIT TON IS GOING ON. 274 00:14:39,241 --> 00:14:44,413 >> ALL RIGHT, GUYS, IN A WORD, ARE WE GOOD? 275 00:14:44,513 --> 00:14:50,650 OKAY. 276 00:14:50,750 --> 00:14:54,953 >> WHAT'S BEEN REMARKABLE TO ME HAVING SEEN -- I CAN'T EVEN 277 00:14:55,053 --> 00:14:58,124 COUNT HOW MANY TRANSITIONS NOW FROM THE OUTGOING AND THE 278 00:14:58,224 --> 00:15:02,360 INCOMING, HOW INCREDIBLY ORGANIZED AND COMPREHENSIVE THE 279 00:15:02,460 --> 00:15:07,764 WORK OF THE TRANSITION TEAM WAS. WHEN I'VE BEEN STRUCK BY 280 00:15:07,865 --> 00:15:14,336 THROUGHOUT, JOHN, IS THIS IS A TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT 281 00:15:14,436 --> 00:15:18,139 THEY'RE DOING. 282 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:22,576 >> THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A BIG DISCUSSION GOING ON ABOUT 283 00:15:22,677 --> 00:15:24,711 BIPARTISANSHIP, BUT IT'S TURNING OUT LIKE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT 284 00:15:24,811 --> 00:15:29,280 WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE THIS BIG COVID PACKAGE GET DONE WITHOUT 285 00:15:29,380 --> 00:15:30,448 ANY REPUBLICAN VOTES. 286 00:15:30,548 --> 00:15:32,183 >> WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO PARTICULARLY WITH THE AMERICAN 287 00:15:32,283 --> 00:15:34,786 RESCUE PLAN AS THE FIRST MAJOR PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS DELIVER 288 00:15:34,885 --> 00:15:39,088 THINGS THAT PEOPLE NEED, DEALING WITH EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT 289 00:15:39,188 --> 00:15:42,390 BENEFITS, STUDENT LOAN PAUSES, YOU KNOW, REDUCING CHILD 290 00:15:42,490 --> 00:15:44,125 POVERTY. I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY ELEMENTS 291 00:15:44,226 --> 00:15:48,263 IN THIS PACKAGE THAT MEANINGFULLY WILL DELIVER FOR 292 00:15:48,363 --> 00:15:52,799 REGULAR PEOPLE AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ON A 293 00:15:52,899 --> 00:15:54,768 BIPARTISAN BASIS GET THAT THIS IS A GOOD PACKAGE. 294 00:15:54,868 --> 00:15:59,639 MORE THAN 70% OF AMERICANS IN VIRTUALLY ALL THE POLLS WANT 295 00:15:59,739 --> 00:16:02,073 THIS. SO THAT IS ACTUALLY 296 00:16:02,173 --> 00:16:02,941 BIPARTISANSHIP. 297 00:16:03,408 --> 00:16:05,811 >> ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT THIS QUICKLY ON A THING THIS BIG, 298 00:16:05,910 --> 00:16:08,078 THIS IMPORTANT IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC THAT YOU HAVE NO 299 00:16:08,178 --> 00:16:09,312 REPUBLICAN PARTNERS? 300 00:16:09,413 --> 00:16:13,616 >> WELL, LOOK, WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP SEEKING THAT SUPPORT, 301 00:16:13,716 --> 00:16:18,320 BUT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT FORTHCOMING WE WILL DO WHAT THE 302 00:16:18,419 --> 00:16:19,187 PEOPLE WANT. 303 00:16:19,621 --> 00:16:20,621 >> I UNDERSTAND, BUT IS IT NOT A LITTLE STUNNING TO YOU? 304 00:16:20,721 --> 00:16:23,191 IT'S A LITTLE STUNNING TO ME AND I'M PRETTY CYNICAL. 305 00:16:23,291 --> 00:16:25,158 >> YOU AND I HAVE BOTH BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME. 306 00:16:25,259 --> 00:16:26,225 >> I KNOW. 307 00:16:26,592 --> 00:16:28,894 >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT STUNNING. I GUESS I'M NOT SUPER SURPRISED 308 00:16:28,995 --> 00:16:30,863 ABOUT HOW THINGS GO DOWN IN THIS TOWN. 309 00:16:30,962 --> 00:16:35,066 >> YOU KNOW, OVER THE BIG CRISES THAT BIDEN LAID OUT, THE FOUR 310 00:16:35,165 --> 00:16:39,169 BIG CRISES THAT HE LAID OUT AT THE INAUGURAL, COVID, ECONOMY, 311 00:16:39,269 --> 00:16:42,172 RACE, CLIMATE, RACIAL EQUITY IS THE ONE THAT IS OBVIOUSLY JUST 312 00:16:42,273 --> 00:16:45,040 AS BIG IN SOME WAYS AS THE OTHERS. 313 00:16:45,140 --> 00:16:47,110 I KNOW PART OF THE WAY YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ABOUT IT IS IT'S 314 00:16:47,210 --> 00:16:51,546 NOT ABOUT PASSING A PARTICULAR BILL OR EXECUTIVE ORDER BUT HOW 315 00:16:51,647 --> 00:16:53,780 DO YOU PUT A PRISM, A LENS OF RACIAL EQUITY ON TOP OF 316 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:54,514 EVERYTHING. 317 00:16:55,048 --> 00:16:56,517 >> FIRST OF ALL, LET ME TELL YOU WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT. 318 00:16:56,616 --> 00:17:00,854 TAKE HEALTH CARE, COVID HAS EXPOSED EXTRAORDINARY 319 00:17:00,953 --> 00:17:05,057 DISPARITIES WHICH MANY OF US KNEW EXISTED, SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T 320 00:17:05,156 --> 00:17:10,361 PERHAPS REALIZE IN THE HEALTH STATUS OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE 321 00:17:10,461 --> 00:17:11,729 IN THIS COUNTRY VERSUS WHITE PEOPLE. 322 00:17:11,828 --> 00:17:14,196 IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID RELIEF EFFORT THE PRESIDENT 323 00:17:14,298 --> 00:17:16,967 ESTABLISHED A HEALTH EQUITY TASK FORCE WITH THE AIM OF MAKING 324 00:17:17,067 --> 00:17:19,868 SURE WHEN IT COMES TO DATA COLLECTION AND TESTING AND 325 00:17:19,969 --> 00:17:22,703 VACCINATIONS AND THE RESOURCE THAT IS WE'RE TRYING TO DELIVER 326 00:17:22,804 --> 00:17:24,038 THAT THEY'RE REACHING EVERYBODY. 327 00:17:24,138 --> 00:17:27,007 >> I THINK FOR A LOT OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS JOE BIDEN IS 328 00:17:27,106 --> 00:17:29,876 THE CRIME BILL GUY. THEY LOOK BACK ON THE MASS 329 00:17:29,977 --> 00:17:32,412 INCARCERATION THING. I THINK IF YOU HAD ASKED A LOT 330 00:17:32,511 --> 00:17:34,614 OF PEOPLE THE WORLD OF RACIAL EQUITY THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN 331 00:17:34,713 --> 00:17:37,816 LIKE, WELL, JOE BIDEN WOULDN'T HAVE NECESSARILY BEEN THE GUY 332 00:17:37,915 --> 00:17:40,519 WHO I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THIS IS THE GUY WHO IS GOING TO BE THE 333 00:17:40,618 --> 00:17:41,818 RACIAL EQUITY PRESIDENT, RIGHT? 334 00:17:41,919 --> 00:17:46,221 >> I'VE KNOWN JOE BIDEN FOR MANY YEARS AND TRUTH BE TOLD I'M NOT 335 00:17:46,323 --> 00:17:49,392 SURPRISED. JOE BIDEN WAS AND IS EXTREMELY 336 00:17:49,491 --> 00:17:53,194 POPULAR AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICANS WHO UNDERSTOOD THAT HE WAS 337 00:17:53,295 --> 00:17:56,798 SOMEBODY WHO UNDERSTOOD THE NATURE OF OUR CONCERNS AND 338 00:17:56,897 --> 00:17:58,566 ASPIRATIONS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY SOUTH 339 00:17:58,665 --> 00:18:02,669 CAROLINA WAS SUCH A PIVOTAL PRIMARY, THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, 340 00:18:02,769 --> 00:18:08,340 THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE WAS VERY, VERY STRONG FOR JOE BIDEN 341 00:18:08,441 --> 00:18:10,942 AND KAMALA HARRIS. JOE BIDEN IS SOMEBODY WHO IS 342 00:18:11,041 --> 00:18:13,611 AIMING TO MEET THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE IN. 343 00:18:13,711 --> 00:18:19,248 RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY LONG OVERDUE, BUT VERY IMPORTANTLY A 344 00:18:19,348 --> 00:18:21,917 TIMELY MOMENT TO TACKLE THESE THINGS. 345 00:18:22,018 --> 00:18:31,991 AND I THINK HE UNDERSTANDS THAT WE MUST AND WE CAN AND SO WE 346 00:18:32,093 --> 00:18:32,492 SHOULD. SHOU 347 00:18:32,593 --> 00:18:33,094 SHOULD. 348 00:18:33,859 --> 00:18:34,993 >> BREAKING NEWS, THE SENATE PARLIAMENTARIAN RULED AGAINST A 349 00:18:35,095 --> 00:18:38,063 $15 AN HOUR MINIMUM WAGE IN BIDEN'S COVID RELIEF BILL. 350 00:18:38,163 --> 00:18:43,667 >> WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY EN PSAKI SAID THAT PRESIDENT 351 00:18:43,768 --> 00:18:47,137 BIDEN IS DISAPPOINTED IN THIS COULD YOU TELL COME, HE RESPECTS 352 00:18:47,238 --> 00:18:47,871 THE DECISION. 353 00:18:47,971 --> 00:18:49,405 >> A BIG SET BACK FOR DEMOCRATS. 354 00:18:49,506 --> 00:18:55,144 >> PROGRESSIVES ARE GOING TO PUSH TO OVERTURN THE 355 00:18:55,243 --> 00:18:56,010 PARLIAMENTARIAN. 356 00:18:56,545 --> 00:18:58,046 >> FOR AN ADMINISTRATION THAT SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR 357 00:18:58,145 --> 00:19:02,682 BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE, FOR WOMEN, FOR EQUALITY, FOR RACIAL 358 00:19:02,782 --> 00:19:05,719 EQUALITY, YOU'VE GOT TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE AND THE SKY IS 359 00:19:05,818 --> 00:19:13,892 NOT GOING TO FALL IN, THE GROUND IS GOING TO BE LIFTED UP FOR 27 360 00:19:13,991 --> 00:19:18,095 MILLION PEOPLE. 361 00:19:18,194 --> 00:19:22,097 >> I THINK THE PARLIAMENTARIAN ISSUED AN ADVISORY OPINION, BUT 362 00:19:22,198 --> 00:19:26,101 IT IS JUST THAT. IT IS NOT A RULING. 363 00:19:26,201 --> 00:19:29,304 AND NOW WHITE HOUSE AND THE SENATE LEADERSHIP HAVE THE 364 00:19:29,404 --> 00:19:31,439 OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT OPINION. 365 00:19:31,538 --> 00:19:34,342 WE ARE GOING TO DELIVER ON THE PROMISE OF RAISING THE WAGE FOR 366 00:19:34,442 --> 00:19:38,044 PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND WE HAVE TO. 367 00:19:38,144 --> 00:19:41,547 WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO PEOPLE AND SAY, I'M 368 00:19:41,646 --> 00:19:46,718 SORRY, I PROMISED YOU A RAISE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE, YOUR FAMILY 369 00:19:46,817 --> 00:19:50,287 SUFFERING, YOU CAN'T LIVE ON $15,000 A YEAR BUT THE 370 00:19:50,386 --> 00:19:52,689 PARLIAMENTARIAN RULED WE COULDN'T DO IT, SO, SORRY, NO 371 00:19:52,789 --> 00:19:53,190 GO. 372 00:19:53,723 --> 00:19:55,424 >> THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT BIDEN IS SAYING. 373 00:19:55,525 --> 00:19:57,859 THE PARLIAMENTARIAN HAS RULED, LET'S FOCUS ON THE BIG PRIZE, 374 00:19:57,960 --> 00:19:59,693 WHICH IS THE PASSAGE OF THIS BILL. 375 00:19:59,795 --> 00:20:02,230 HOW HARD ARE YOU GUYS PRESSING YOUR CASE WITH THE BIDEN WHITE 376 00:20:02,329 --> 00:20:02,763 HOUSE? 377 00:20:03,596 --> 00:20:05,365 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN PRESSING IT AND WE KNOW WHAT 378 00:20:05,465 --> 00:20:08,434 THEY'VE SAID. PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 379 00:20:08,535 --> 00:20:13,404 BLACK, BROWN, INDIGENOUS, POOR, WOMEN, WORKING CLASS, TURNED OUT 380 00:20:13,505 --> 00:20:16,942 AND DELIVERED US MAJORITIES IN THE HOUSE, THE SENATE AND THE 381 00:20:17,041 --> 00:20:18,409 WHITE HOUSE. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A 382 00:20:18,509 --> 00:20:21,179 CHOICE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE MAT AND FIGHT. 383 00:20:21,278 --> 00:20:25,648 >> EVEN IF THE WHITE HOUSE GOT ON BOARD WITH THE PLAN TO 384 00:20:25,749 --> 00:20:28,550 OVERRULE THE PARLIAMENTARIAN AND SAID, ALL RIGHT, FULL STEAM 385 00:20:28,651 --> 00:20:28,884 AHEAD. 386 00:20:28,983 --> 00:20:29,684 >> YEAH. 387 00:20:30,286 --> 00:20:33,788 >> IT LANDS AT THE DOORSTEP OF JOE MANCHIN WHO HAS ALREADY SAID 388 00:20:33,887 --> 00:20:36,990 HE'S NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR IT. 389 00:20:37,089 --> 00:20:39,792 >> THE POLITICAL REALITY IS IT'S A POPULOUS POLICY, WHETHER UNOR 390 00:20:39,893 --> 00:20:42,394 TWO DEMOCRATS DON'T WANT TO DO IT, IT IS A POLICY THAT THE 391 00:20:42,494 --> 00:20:46,730 MAJORITY OF DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS 392 00:20:46,832 --> 00:20:47,465 BELIEVE IN. 393 00:20:47,965 --> 00:20:50,968 >> BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE VOTES WHAT'S THE POINT? 394 00:20:51,067 --> 00:20:52,936 >> YOU NEVER KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE VOTES UNTIL YOU PUSH TO THE 395 00:20:53,037 --> 00:20:53,436 END. 396 00:20:54,371 --> 00:20:55,605 >> IT SEEMS LIKE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS LOOKING AT THIS MOMENT 397 00:20:55,704 --> 00:20:59,608 AND SAYING THIS IS GOING TO BE JUST LIKE THE ACA, THE DEMOCRATS 398 00:20:59,709 --> 00:21:02,109 WILL GET OVER THEIR SKIS AND WE WILL PUNISH THEM IN THE 399 00:21:02,211 --> 00:21:03,679 MIDTERMS. YOU TALK TO PROGRESSIVES AND 400 00:21:03,778 --> 00:21:05,645 THEY SAY THIS ISN'T THE ACA. 401 00:21:05,746 --> 00:21:08,482 >> I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE AFFORDABLE 402 00:21:08,583 --> 00:21:11,317 CARE ACT, WE'RE PUTTING MONEY IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS. 403 00:21:11,417 --> 00:21:15,520 AT THE END OF THE DAY PEOPLE HAVE TO WAKE UP AND FEEL LIKE 404 00:21:15,621 --> 00:21:17,923 THEIR LIFE IS APPRECIABLY DIFFERENT. 405 00:21:18,022 --> 00:21:20,959 INEQUALITY IS AT ITS HIGHEST SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. 406 00:21:21,058 --> 00:21:26,563 THAT LEVEL OF DESPERATION IS PART AND PARCEL OF WHAT LED TO 407 00:21:26,663 --> 00:21:27,865 TRUMP'S SUCCESS. 408 00:21:27,964 --> 00:21:30,866 >> TRUMPISM AT ITS CORE PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PARTS 409 00:21:30,967 --> 00:21:32,300 OF IT WAS THE POPULISM. 410 00:21:32,401 --> 00:21:33,536 >> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 411 00:21:33,634 --> 00:21:36,570 >> AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DOES NOT SEEM TO WANT TO EMBRACE 412 00:21:36,671 --> 00:21:37,105 THAT. 413 00:21:37,939 --> 00:21:42,209 >> THEY DON'T WANT TO EMBRACE THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY EMBRACED 414 00:21:42,308 --> 00:21:44,510 TRUMP AND DEMOCRATS -- 415 00:21:44,611 --> 00:21:50,816 >> IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU HAVE A VERY CLEAR-EYED ASSESSMENT OF 416 00:21:50,915 --> 00:21:54,184 THE WORK AND THE WORK IS NOT ABOUT REACHING ACROSS THE AISLE. 417 00:21:54,285 --> 00:21:57,721 >> WE DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THERE, I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND MY 418 00:21:57,820 --> 00:22:01,958 COLLEAGUES, WE WERE TRAPPED ON THE GALLERY FLOOR DURING THE 419 00:22:02,057 --> 00:22:02,758 INSURRECTION. 420 00:22:03,057 --> 00:22:06,561 >> THEY BROKE THE GLASS? EVERYBODY STAY DOWN. 421 00:22:06,662 --> 00:22:07,428 GET DOWN. 422 00:22:07,895 --> 00:22:11,765 >> WE STILL CONTINUE TO HEAR OUR COLLEAGUES DEFENDING THOSE 423 00:22:11,865 --> 00:22:16,368 PEOPLE ACTIVELY PROMOTING THEM, NOT WANTING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM 424 00:22:16,469 --> 00:22:19,771 OF WHAT HAPPENED. I DON'T HAVE MUCH FAITH THAT WE 425 00:22:19,872 --> 00:22:24,142 ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE COMMON GROUND WITH PEOPLE WHO 426 00:22:24,241 --> 00:22:26,844 WON'T EVEN ADMIT THAT JOE BIDEN IS THE LEGITIMATE PRESIDENT OF 427 00:22:26,943 --> 00:22:29,613 THE UNITED STATES. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S A VIEW 428 00:22:29,712 --> 00:22:34,550 THAT IS JUST IN THE PROGRESSIVE SIDE OF THE PARTY AND I THINK 429 00:22:34,651 --> 00:22:42,455 ANY NOTION THAT THE SENATE CAN DO BIPARTISAN DEALS OR THAT THE 430 00:22:42,557 --> 00:22:44,392 HOUSE CAN BE BIPARTISAN IS MISSING THE POINT. 431 00:22:44,491 --> 00:22:47,359 WE CAN BE BIPARTISAN FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, BUT 432 00:22:47,460 --> 00:22:52,932 NOT WITH THESE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES. 433 00:22:53,031 --> 00:22:58,269 >> THE BIGGEST GATHERING OF CONSERVATIVES, CPAC, STARTS 434 00:22:58,368 --> 00:22:59,368 TODAY. CPAC SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO 435 00:22:59,469 --> 00:23:02,005 BE A DOOZY THIS YEAR. 436 00:23:02,105 --> 00:23:08,977 >> HOW IS IT GOING, CPAC? 437 00:23:09,076 --> 00:23:13,181 >> I HEARD SOMEONE PHRASE IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER, TPA C. 438 00:23:13,279 --> 00:23:15,148 IT'S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, GUYS. 439 00:23:15,249 --> 00:23:18,284 >> DIDN'T ANYBODY TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CANCELED? 440 00:23:18,384 --> 00:23:20,787 YOU DIDN'T GET THE MEMO. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO ASK 441 00:23:20,886 --> 00:23:26,191 PERMISSION BEFORE YOU CAME HERE TODAY. 442 00:23:26,290 --> 00:23:26,791 TODAY. 443 00:23:27,425 --> 00:23:32,561 >> JUST LIKE WE TOLD YOU, HE IS LEADING FROM BEHIND. 444 00:23:32,662 --> 00:23:36,132 FROM BEHIND KAMALA, THAT IS. 445 00:23:36,231 --> 00:23:39,434 >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS' COVID RELIEF PLAN? 446 00:23:39,535 --> 00:23:42,636 >> I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO EXTEND -- THEY SHOULD HAVE MORE 447 00:23:42,737 --> 00:23:44,471 CONTROL OVER PEOPLE FOR A LONGER TIME. 448 00:23:44,572 --> 00:23:47,074 >> COVID RELIEF PACKAGE WOULD SUGGEST THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY 449 00:23:47,173 --> 00:23:48,342 RELIEF FOR COVID IN THERE. 450 00:23:48,442 --> 00:23:50,711 >> DO YOU THINK THAT MESSAGE HAS GOTTEN OUT BECAUSE IT'S VERY 451 00:23:50,810 --> 00:23:51,978 POPULAR WITH AMERICAN VOTERS RIGHT NOW. 452 00:23:52,077 --> 00:23:55,847 >> I THINK THE COMMUNICATION SHOULD BE BETTER ON WHAT IT ALL 453 00:23:55,948 --> 00:23:57,147 FUNDS OTHER THAN COVID. 454 00:23:57,248 --> 00:24:02,385 >> THE PROBLEM IS THE GOVERNMENT HAS PREVENTED US FROM EARNING A 455 00:24:02,486 --> 00:24:06,154 LIVING AND BEING FREE. THE IDEA THAT SOMEONE WOULD GIVE 456 00:24:06,255 --> 00:24:08,891 YOU MONEY TO HELP COMPENSATE FOR THAT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE 457 00:24:08,991 --> 00:24:09,525 POPULAR. 458 00:24:10,159 --> 00:24:11,826 >> WHAT IS FRUSTRATING REPUBLICANS IS ONE OF THE THINGS 459 00:24:11,926 --> 00:24:22,201 THEY WERE REALLY HOPING FOR FROM JOE BIDEN WAS BIPARTISANSHIP. 460 00:24:22,301 --> 00:24:25,104 >> YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A GUY THAT WAS WORKING WITH RONALD REAGAN 461 00:24:25,203 --> 00:24:29,339 BACK IN THE DAY, HE WAS WORKING WITH GEORGE BUSH AND YOU ARE NOT 462 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:33,010 SEEING ANY OF THAT RIGHT NOW. REPUBLICANS THEY WERE HOPING 463 00:24:33,111 --> 00:24:36,445 THAT IT WASN'T JUST CAMPAIGN RHETORIC AND NOW THEY'RE GOING 464 00:24:36,546 --> 00:24:40,583 TO GO AND JAM THIS STIMULUS PLAN THROUGH AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE 465 00:24:40,682 --> 00:24:42,617 THERE'S ANY NEGOTIATIONS GOING ON. 466 00:24:42,718 --> 00:24:46,453 WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, THEY'RE TELLING US 467 00:24:46,554 --> 00:24:50,557 THAT THE RADICAL LEFT WING IS RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT RIGHT 468 00:24:50,657 --> 00:24:52,924 NOW. REMEMBER BARACK OBAMA'S STIMULUS 469 00:24:53,026 --> 00:24:55,294 PLAN? OH, EVERYBODY SUPPORTED IT. 470 00:24:55,394 --> 00:25:02,767 ONCE PEOPLE FIND OUT WHAT'S IN IT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE 471 00:25:02,866 --> 00:25:03,233 IT. 472 00:25:04,035 --> 00:25:04,969 >> GENERAL PROSPECT OF REPUBLICANS, HOW ARE YOU FEELING 473 00:25:05,068 --> 00:25:05,736 ABOUT IT? 474 00:25:05,935 --> 00:25:07,836 >> REMEMBER AFTER THE '92 ELECTION? 475 00:25:07,936 --> 00:25:10,006 REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS DEAD. WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 476 00:25:10,105 --> 00:25:12,240 '94 ELECTIONS, YOU HAD A REPUBLICAN LANDSLIDE. 477 00:25:12,340 --> 00:25:15,678 >> YEAH, WE DIDN'T THINK WE WERE EVER GOING TO BE BACK AFTER '29. 478 00:25:15,778 --> 00:25:17,845 >> THAT WAS IT. SOME OF THE WASHINGTON 479 00:25:17,944 --> 00:25:20,948 POLITICIANS MIGHT NOT BE UNIFIED BUT THE CORE CONSERVATIVE BASE 480 00:25:21,048 --> 00:25:24,617 WHICH DRIVES THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THE PEOPLE HERE AT CPAC, 481 00:25:24,718 --> 00:25:27,385 THEY'RE UNIFIED. DO YOU KNOW WHO PICKED DONALD 482 00:25:27,486 --> 00:25:28,586 TRUMP? WASHINGTON DIDN'T PICK HIM. 483 00:25:28,688 --> 00:25:31,623 THE ESTABLISHMENT DIDN'T PICK HIM. 484 00:25:31,722 --> 00:25:34,025 IT WAS THE GRASSROOTS REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 485 00:25:34,125 --> 00:25:38,327 THEY KNOW WHAT THEY WANT. 486 00:25:38,429 --> 00:25:40,930 >> BIG DAY FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN. 487 00:25:41,029 --> 00:25:44,634 >> THE HOUSE VOTES TONIGHT ON A NEARLY $2 TRILLION CORONAVIRUS 488 00:25:44,733 --> 00:25:45,366 RESCUE PLAN. 489 00:25:45,467 --> 00:25:46,535 >> ENORMOUS BILL. 490 00:25:46,634 --> 00:25:48,970 >> MASSIVE PRICE TAG. 491 00:25:49,070 --> 00:25:59,845 >> I REMEMBER SEPTEMBER OF 2008. WHEN THEY MET WITH HANK PAULSON, 492 00:25:59,944 --> 00:26:02,714 THE SECRETARY OF TREASURY, ALL THE LEADERSHIP WAS AROUND THE 493 00:26:02,815 --> 00:26:03,281 TABLE. 494 00:26:03,882 --> 00:26:06,017 >> GOOD EVENING, I'M VERY PLEASED TO WELCOME THE 495 00:26:06,116 --> 00:26:08,251 DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP OF THE HOUSE AND 496 00:26:08,352 --> 00:26:08,853 SENATE. 497 00:26:09,519 --> 00:26:22,163 >> AND THEY TOLD US WE'RE GOING TO NEED $700 BILLION. 498 00:26:23,696 --> 00:26:26,567 $700 BILLION? WE'VE NEVER VOTED FOR A BILL 499 00:26:26,666 --> 00:26:29,902 $700 BILLION. OF COURSE, WE VOTED FOR IT. 500 00:26:30,001 --> 00:26:32,572 IT KEPT US FROM GOING INTO A DEPRESSION. 501 00:26:32,671 --> 00:26:36,674 IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND VERY FRANKLY IT WAS A REPUBLICAN 502 00:26:36,775 --> 00:26:40,510 PRESIDENT ASKING FOR IT AND IT WAS TWO-THIRDS OF DEMOCRATS THAT 503 00:26:40,611 --> 00:26:43,113 PASSED IT. IT WOULD NOT HAVE PASSED WITHOUT 504 00:26:43,212 --> 00:26:45,749 DEMOCRATS SAYING IF THIS IS NECESSARY FOR OUR COUNTRY, WE 505 00:26:45,848 --> 00:26:49,183 WILL DO IT. AND THEN OF COURSE FAST FORWARD, 506 00:26:49,284 --> 00:26:52,385 NONE OF US WOULD HAVE EVER PERCEIVED WHEN WE WERE ELECTED 507 00:26:52,487 --> 00:26:55,722 OF VOTING FOR SOME $1.9 TRILLION. 508 00:26:55,823 --> 00:27:03,496 FORGET ABOUT $700 BILLION. BUT THE CHALLENGE, THE DANGER, 509 00:27:03,596 --> 00:27:07,097 THE CONSEQUENCES TO OUR AMERICANS' HEALTH AND TO OUR 510 00:27:07,198 --> 00:27:10,567 ECONOMY WERE SUCH THAT THIS WAS WARRANTED. 511 00:27:10,666 --> 00:27:13,336 >> DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE REPUBLICANS? 512 00:27:13,436 --> 00:27:19,474 IT DOES NOT SEEM -- I MEAN, I GATHER THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT 513 00:27:19,575 --> 00:27:23,545 THEY CAN TAKE A $179 TRILLION BILL, SPEND THE NEXT TWO YEARS 514 00:27:23,644 --> 00:27:26,547 PICKING IT APART, FINDING THINGS THAT ARE POLITICALLY UNPOPULAR 515 00:27:26,646 --> 00:27:30,817 AND TRYING TO RUN AGAINST YOU ALL ON THOSE ITEMS. 516 00:27:30,916 --> 00:27:33,419 DOES THAT -- IS THIS A STRATEGY THAT CONCERNS YOU? 517 00:27:33,519 --> 00:27:36,154 >> I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY A BILL OF THIS MAGNITUDE SOME THINGS ARE 518 00:27:36,255 --> 00:27:38,856 GOING TO WORK AND SOME THINGS AREN'T GOING TO WORK, BUT 519 00:27:38,957 --> 00:27:44,728 FRANKLY I THINK THE REPUBLICANS ARE COMFORTED IN THEIR POLICY OF 520 00:27:44,827 --> 00:27:46,962 OPPOSITION BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THE BILL IS GOING TO PASS. 521 00:27:47,063 --> 00:27:49,798 THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. 522 00:27:49,898 --> 00:27:55,236 THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PANDER TO THEIR HARD LINE DON'T DO 523 00:27:55,336 --> 00:27:59,807 ANYTHING, DON'T WEAR MASKS BASE, AND AT THE SAME TIME NOT INCUR 524 00:27:59,906 --> 00:28:04,844 THE WRATH OF THOSE FOLKS WHO SEE THIS AS SO NECESSARY. 525 00:28:04,943 --> 00:28:10,214 SO REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION IS SOMEWHAT OF A SORT OF A FREE 526 00:28:10,315 --> 00:28:11,449 OPPOSITION STROKE. 527 00:28:11,549 --> 00:28:16,319 >> BIPARTISANSHIP IN WASHINGTON MAY BE A THING OF THE PAST. 528 00:28:16,420 --> 00:28:19,588 ARE YOU VIEWING THESE NEXT TWO YEARS AS I AM THE MAJORITY 529 00:28:19,689 --> 00:28:22,124 LEADER AND WE HAVE TO GET DONE WHATEVER WE CAN GET DONE IN THE 530 00:28:22,223 --> 00:28:25,394 NEXT TWO YEARS AND WE CANNOT RELY ON THE REPUBLICANS FOR 531 00:28:25,493 --> 00:28:32,898 PROGRESS AND WE CANNOT LET THEM INTIMIDATE US INTO NOT ACTING? 532 00:28:32,999 --> 00:28:39,171 >> 500,000 AMERICANS HAVE DIED. THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF 533 00:28:39,270 --> 00:28:43,374 BUSINESSES HAVE EITHER SHUT DOWN OR GONE AWAY. 534 00:28:43,473 --> 00:28:47,510 PEOPLE ARE IN FOOD LINES THEY NEVER EXPECTED IN THEIR WILDEST 535 00:28:47,611 --> 00:28:49,779 DREAMS THEY WOULD NEED TO BE IN A FOOD LINE. 536 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,714 I DON'T WANT THIS TO SOUND CORNY BUT I THINK THE BEST POLITICS 537 00:28:52,815 --> 00:28:57,853 FOR US FOR '22 OR FOR '24, '26, WHATEVER, AND I THINK BIDEN IS 538 00:28:57,952 --> 00:29:03,824 IN THE SAME BOAT, IS TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 539 00:29:03,923 --> 00:29:07,626 >> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. 540 00:29:07,727 --> 00:29:08,795 THE AYES HAVE IT. 541 00:29:09,028 --> 00:29:13,030 >> THE BILL IS PASSED WITHOUT OBJECTION A MOTION TO RECONSIDER 542 00:29:13,131 --> 00:29:22,038 IS LAID UPON THE TABLE.