1 00:00:07,290 --> 00:00:11,260 >>> IT WILL BE THE WORK OF THE NEXT PRESIDENT TO RESTORE THE 2 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:13,729 PROMISE OF AMERICA. WE WILL NOT ONLY BUILD BACK, WE 3 00:00:13,830 --> 00:00:18,967 WILL BUILD BACK BETTER. YOU HAVE MY WORD. 4 00:00:19,067 --> 00:00:21,702 >> JOE BIDEN HAS BIG IDEAS, BIG PLANS FOR THE COUNTRY IF HE WINS 5 00:00:21,802 --> 00:00:22,936 THE ELECTION. 6 00:00:23,037 --> 00:00:29,241 >> JOE IS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL 7 00:00:29,342 --> 00:00:29,775 WORK. 8 00:00:30,108 --> 00:00:31,210 >> WE'LL RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE. 9 00:00:31,309 --> 00:00:36,781 >> WE'RE GOING TO CANCEL A BIG CHUNK OF STUDENT LOAN DEBT. 10 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:38,683 >> JOE AND KAMALA WILL PROTECT YOUR HEALTH CARE BECAUSE JOE 11 00:00:38,782 --> 00:00:46,656 UNDERSTANDS THAT A PRESIDENT'S FIRST JOB IS TO KEEP US SAFE. 12 00:00:46,755 --> 00:00:52,226 >> NOW IS WHEN THE REAL WORK BEGINS, TO SAVE LIVES AND BEAT 13 00:00:52,326 --> 00:00:55,296 THIS EPIDEMIC. TO REBUILD OUR ECONOMY. 14 00:00:55,395 --> 00:00:58,698 >> AND ROOT OUT SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THIS COUNTRY. 15 00:00:58,797 --> 00:01:03,068 TO SAVE OUR PLANET BY GETTING CLIMATE UNDER CONTROL. 16 00:01:03,168 --> 00:01:06,538 AND NOW THE WORK OF MAKING THAT VISION IS REAL. 17 00:01:06,638 --> 00:01:11,275 WE CAN DO IT. I KNOW WE CAN. 18 00:01:11,374 --> 00:01:15,177 >> PRESIDENT BIDEN'S $1.9 TRILLION COVID RELIEF PACKAGE. 19 00:01:15,278 --> 00:01:19,213 IT'S THE FIRST REAL LEGISLATIVE TEST FOR THE NEW BIDEN 20 00:01:19,314 --> 00:01:20,082 ADMINISTRATION. 21 00:01:20,481 --> 00:01:25,753 >> IT HAS NO CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS SUPPORTING IT SO 22 00:01:25,853 --> 00:01:26,253 FAR. 23 00:01:27,086 --> 00:01:28,854 >> WHAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE PUT TOGETHER REALLY IS A LIBERAL 24 00:01:28,955 --> 00:01:30,157 WISH LIST. 25 00:01:30,256 --> 00:01:33,559 >> BIDEN IS FACING A DIFFICULT ROAD AHEAD. 26 00:01:33,659 --> 00:01:36,860 HE CANNOT LOSE A SINGLE DEMOCRAT ON THIS PACKAGE. 27 00:01:36,961 --> 00:01:38,095 THAT IS TOUGH. 28 00:01:38,195 --> 00:01:42,967 >> WE HAVE A 50/50 PROBLEM. IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE ANY 29 00:01:43,067 --> 00:01:44,168 SENATOR CAN STOP THE TRAIN. 30 00:01:44,267 --> 00:01:47,103 >> NEW FAULT LINES ARE BEING DRAWN OUT BETWEEN PROGRESSIVES 31 00:01:47,202 --> 00:01:48,503 AND MODERATES ON KEY POLICIES. 32 00:01:48,604 --> 00:01:52,440 >> A LOT OF REPUBLICAN COUNTERPARTS SITTING BACK AND 33 00:01:52,540 --> 00:01:55,109 LETTING DEMOCRATS SORT OF FIGHT OVER THE MINIMUM WAGE PACKAGE 34 00:01:55,208 --> 00:01:58,945 THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THE BILL. 35 00:01:59,046 --> 00:02:01,615 >> HE HAS TO UNIFY HIS OWN PARTY. 36 00:02:01,714 --> 00:02:07,252 >> HE'S GOING TO NOT JUST SET THE TONE, BUT TELL THE STORY OF 37 00:02:07,353 --> 00:02:10,388 POTENTIALLY THIS ADMINISTRATION. 38 00:02:10,487 --> 00:02:16,026 >> CRITICS SAY MY PLAN IS TOO BIG. 39 00:02:16,125 --> 00:02:18,894 LET ME ASK THEM, WHAT WOULD THEY HAVE ME CUT? 40 00:02:18,994 --> 00:02:19,895 WHAT WOULD THEY HAVE ME LEAVE OUT? 41 00:02:19,996 --> 00:02:23,231 THIS IS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR GOD SAKE. 42 00:02:57,091 --> 00:03:02,663 >> WOW. THIS IS A LOT OF SNOW. 43 00:03:02,763 --> 00:03:04,797 I'M DRINKING BEER IN A PUP TENT. 44 00:03:04,897 --> 00:03:06,164 >> BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T GET ENOUGH COLD IN MINNESOTA? 45 00:03:06,265 --> 00:03:11,535 >> I'M SO TIRED OF WEARING -- I'VE TURNED INTO A CANADIAN 46 00:03:11,635 --> 00:03:12,103 GOOSE. 47 00:03:12,871 --> 00:03:15,106 >> TEXTING A PICTURE OF YOU GUYS OF WHAT'S NOW ON MY TABLE. 48 00:03:15,205 --> 00:03:16,539 >> OH, MY GOD. 49 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:18,075 >> TWO PEA ZAS IS BOLD. 50 00:03:18,175 --> 00:03:21,377 >> JOHN, HAVE YOU EATEN PIZZA FOR THE LAST FOUR WEEKS? 51 00:03:21,476 --> 00:03:24,981 >> YEAH, THAT'S ALL I DO IS EAT PIZZA. 52 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:29,517 >> I'M JUST GOING AROUND A PIZZA PARLOURS. 53 00:03:29,617 --> 00:03:31,851 >> NORMALLY THE FIRST COUPLE WEEKS OF A NEW ADMINISTRATION 54 00:03:31,951 --> 00:03:36,389 IT'S LIKE HERE IS THE NEW TEAM, MEET THE NEW BOSS. 55 00:03:36,488 --> 00:03:37,057 YOU KNOW. 56 00:03:37,690 --> 00:03:39,259 >> A NEW ADMINISTRATION JUST THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE. 57 00:03:39,357 --> 00:03:43,128 >> BUT WITH EVERYBODY FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW, THE INSURRECTION, 58 00:03:43,228 --> 00:03:46,296 THE FALLOUT FROM THE INSURRECTION, THE IMPEACHMENT 59 00:03:46,397 --> 00:03:48,332 TRIAL. BIDEN LIKE HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, 60 00:03:48,433 --> 00:03:51,601 OFF STAGE IN SOME WAYS. IRONICALLY I THINK THAT THE 61 00:03:51,702 --> 00:03:52,868 IMPEACHMENT STUFF KIND OF HELPED HIM. 62 00:03:52,969 --> 00:03:55,236 EVERYBODY WAS SAYING THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE A DISTRACTION, I 63 00:03:55,337 --> 00:03:58,039 THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF COVER FOR THEM TO GO MAKE A 64 00:03:58,140 --> 00:04:00,241 BUNCH OF THE SAUSAGE WITHOUT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WATCHING, RIGHT? 65 00:04:00,340 --> 00:04:03,142 >> IT WAS A DISTRACTION FOR THE REPUBLICANS, NOT FOR BIDEN. 66 00:04:03,243 --> 00:04:05,878 >> YEAH, MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR BIDEN IS THE COVID PACKAGE 67 00:04:05,979 --> 00:04:10,315 AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE AND A 68 00:04:10,416 --> 00:04:13,652 PRETTY GOOD CHANCE TO PASS IT BY MARCH WHICH WAS THEIR BIG GOAL 69 00:04:13,751 --> 00:04:14,986 OF THE FIRST 100 DAYS. 70 00:04:15,087 --> 00:04:19,022 >> TO BREAK DOWN WHAT IS IN THAT $1.9 TRILLION BILL IT'S A 71 00:04:19,123 --> 00:04:22,424 TRILLION DOLLARS IN DIRECT STIMULUS, $15 MINIMUM WAGE AND 72 00:04:22,525 --> 00:04:25,695 IT'S $170 BILLION FOR SCHOOL REOPENING. 73 00:04:25,794 --> 00:04:30,733 $1.9 TRILLION SOUNDS LIKE A TON OF MONEY, SOMETHING THAT THE 74 00:04:30,832 --> 00:04:33,801 PUBLIC MIGHT BALK AT EXCEPT BIDEN AND HIS TEAM SAID, OKAY, 75 00:04:33,900 --> 00:04:36,402 WE HAVE TO TALK TO REAL PEOPLE, BE ON TELEVISION. 76 00:04:36,503 --> 00:04:38,205 >> NOW IS THE TIME TO GO BIG. 77 00:04:38,304 --> 00:04:41,039 >> HE'S PUT FORWARD A BIG, BOLD PACKAGE. 78 00:04:41,140 --> 00:04:41,974 >> BIG AND BOLD. 79 00:04:42,073 --> 00:04:42,541 >> BIG. 80 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:42,907 >> BIG. 81 00:04:43,008 --> 00:04:43,575 >> BOLD. 82 00:04:43,676 --> 00:04:43,909 >> BOLD. 83 00:04:44,008 --> 00:04:44,810 >> BOLD. 84 00:04:44,909 --> 00:04:46,911 >> BIG, BOLD PACKAGE, SOME SAY VERY BIG. 85 00:04:47,010 --> 00:04:49,914 I AGREE WITH THAT. THAT'S WHY MORE THAN SEVEN IN 86 00:04:50,013 --> 00:04:52,916 TEN AMERICANS ACTUALLY SUPPORT THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE IN THAT 87 00:04:53,015 --> 00:04:54,650 PACKAGE. BUT BIDEN HAS A REAL 88 00:04:54,751 --> 00:04:57,085 VULNERABILITY IN TERMS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. 89 00:04:57,186 --> 00:05:00,589 IT'S JUST A REALLY BIG TENT PARTY RIGHT NOW. 90 00:05:00,688 --> 00:05:03,959 IT'S A CAUCUS THAT HAS TO MAKE ROOM FOR MODERATES ON ONE SIDE 91 00:05:04,058 --> 00:05:05,960 AND PROGRESSIVES ON THE OTHER. 92 00:05:06,060 --> 00:05:08,895 >> EVERYBODY KNEW THAT IN A 50/50 SENATE MODERATES WERE 93 00:05:08,996 --> 00:05:12,998 GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF POWER. JOE MANCHIN AND KYRSTEN SINEMA 94 00:05:13,099 --> 00:05:14,832 SAY THEY ARE NOT FOR THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE. 95 00:05:14,933 --> 00:05:17,268 >> BUT THE PROGRESSIVE WING OF THE PARTY REALLY WANTS THIS AND 96 00:05:17,368 --> 00:05:18,503 THINKS IT'S THE TIME TO DO IT. 97 00:05:18,604 --> 00:05:22,239 >> THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A COUNTDOWN CLOCK ON HOW LONG IT'S 98 00:05:22,339 --> 00:05:24,974 GOING TO TAKE BEFORE WE START TO HEAR FROM BERNIE AND WARREN AND 99 00:05:25,075 --> 00:05:26,176 OTHER PROGRESSIVES. 100 00:05:26,275 --> 00:05:29,344 >> IT FEELS LIKE THE FIRST BIG TEST FOR THE BIG TENT PARTY, 101 00:05:29,445 --> 00:05:30,111 RIGHT? 102 00:05:30,212 --> 00:05:31,380 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 103 00:05:31,479 --> 00:05:34,414 >> THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE TO $15 IS GOING TO BE -- IT GOING 104 00:05:34,515 --> 00:05:37,919 TO BE TOUGH TO DO, BUT IT'S VERY TELLING TO ME ABOUT BIDEN'S 105 00:05:38,017 --> 00:05:40,186 STRATEGY. THEY'RE WILLING TO GET CAUGHT 106 00:05:40,287 --> 00:05:41,320 TRYING AND GOING REALLY BIG. 107 00:05:41,421 --> 00:05:44,957 >> YOU KNOW, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WHAT THEY HAVEN'T 108 00:05:45,056 --> 00:05:46,491 DONE YET REALLY IS SORT OF -- IS REALLY SCORE AND IT FEELS LIKE 109 00:05:46,592 --> 00:05:49,027 THIS IS THE WEEK WHEN THEY FINALLY START TO PUT SOME POINTS 110 00:05:49,126 --> 00:05:50,327 ON THE BOARD. 111 00:05:50,428 --> 00:05:52,695 >> THE DEMOCRATS COULD COME OUT OF THIS WEEK AND SAY NOT ONLY DO 112 00:05:52,796 --> 00:05:58,667 WE HAVE POINTS ON THE BOARD, WE HAVE 1.9 TRILLION POINTS ON THE 113 00:05:58,767 --> 00:06:02,671 BOARD. BOARD. 114 00:06:02,770 --> 00:06:06,808 >> $1.9 TRILLION COVID RELIEF PACKAGE GETS ITS FIRST REAL TEST 115 00:06:06,907 --> 00:06:11,510 FRIDAY WITH A VOTE SCHEDULED IN THE HOUSE. 116 00:06:11,611 --> 00:06:14,948 INCLUDE SD A PROVISION TO HIKE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 AN HOUR. 117 00:06:15,047 --> 00:06:18,082 >> EVEN THOUGH PRICES OF YOUR DRINKS AND YOUR MEALS HAVE GONE 118 00:06:18,183 --> 00:06:22,986 UP, OUR WAGES HAVE NOT. WE DESERVE THE FAIR MINIMUM 119 00:06:23,087 --> 00:06:23,520 WAGE. 120 00:06:24,354 --> 00:06:26,156 >> WE ARE COMING OUT HERE, WE ARE FIGHTING FOR A $15 MINIMUM 121 00:06:26,255 --> 00:06:29,292 WAGE FOR EVERY WORKER ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. 122 00:06:29,392 --> 00:06:31,960 >> PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT IT 123 00:06:32,061 --> 00:06:34,729 BE A PART OF THE COVID RELIEF PACKAGE. 124 00:06:34,830 --> 00:06:38,500 >> I WAS HIRED AS A FOOD SERVER, I WORKED 40 HOURS PER WEEK AND 125 00:06:38,599 --> 00:06:43,169 ONLY MADE $300 A CHECK. WHY CAN'T WE HAVE A LIVABLE 126 00:06:43,270 --> 00:06:44,171 WAGE? 127 00:06:44,537 --> 00:06:48,007 >> YOU SAY TO DEMOCRATS IF YOU TURN BACK ON THIS YOU WILL BE 128 00:06:48,106 --> 00:06:55,012 ABANDONING THE VERY PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR YOU. 129 00:06:55,111 --> 00:06:58,849 >> THE PRESIDENT IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT THIS IS A MOMENT 130 00:06:58,948 --> 00:07:06,222 WHERE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REDEFINE THE ECONOMY FOR WORKING 131 00:07:06,321 --> 00:07:08,323 PEOPLE. HE IS UNEQUIVOCALLY COMMITTED TO 132 00:07:08,422 --> 00:07:10,625 GETTING THE MINIMUM WAGE RAISED TO $15. 133 00:07:10,724 --> 00:07:14,594 THE PRESIDENT PUT IT IN THE PACKAGE BECAUSE HE FIRMLY 134 00:07:14,695 --> 00:07:18,164 BELIEVES THAT NOBODY IN THIS COUNTRY SHOULD WORK A FULL WEEK 135 00:07:18,263 --> 00:07:25,871 AND LIVE IN POVERTY. 136 00:07:25,970 --> 00:07:29,640 >> YOU ALL DID NOT HAVE THE NORMAL HONEYMOON PERIOD AND 137 00:07:29,739 --> 00:07:32,407 THERE WAS LIKE A LOT OF TALK, OH, MY GOD, THE BIDEN WHITE 138 00:07:32,508 --> 00:07:35,912 HOUSE IS REALLY GETTING OFF ON A TOUGH FOOTING BECAUSE THE 139 00:07:36,012 --> 00:07:39,548 CONGRESS IS GOING TO BE DISTRACTED BY TRUMP. 140 00:07:39,647 --> 00:07:43,084 >> I THINK WE FOCUSED ON WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE LOOKING 141 00:07:43,183 --> 00:07:46,087 FOR, WHICH WAS A PRESIDENT TO STEP UP AND SAY, I'M GOING TO 142 00:07:46,186 --> 00:07:49,421 PUT FORWARD A PLAN TO CRUSH THIS VIRUS, AND I'M GOING TO PUT 143 00:07:49,522 --> 00:07:51,623 FORWARD A PLAN TO GET THE ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK. 144 00:07:51,724 --> 00:07:54,460 >> WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE 145 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,628 PACKAGE IS GOING TO DO. SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS 146 00:07:56,727 --> 00:07:57,662 MEANS FOR THEM. 147 00:07:57,996 --> 00:08:00,964 >> SO I KNOW WHAT THAT'S ABOUT. THAT'S A LESSON FROM OBAMA. 148 00:08:01,063 --> 00:08:04,600 >> I THINK HISTORY HAS SHOWN THAT YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE 149 00:08:04,700 --> 00:08:05,935 ENOUGH. THEY HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN 150 00:08:06,035 --> 00:08:06,636 THEIR LIVES. 151 00:08:06,735 --> 00:08:08,905 >> RIGHT. 152 00:08:09,004 --> 00:08:12,806 >> THE FIRST RULE OF OBAMA, ACA, AFFORDABLE CARE ACT PASSED BY 153 00:08:12,907 --> 00:08:16,710 2010 AND IT SEEMED LIKE THE BIG PROBLEM FOR US WAS NONE OF THE 154 00:08:16,810 --> 00:08:19,312 BENEFITS OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WERE REALLY FELT, SEEN, 155 00:08:19,412 --> 00:08:20,345 UNDERSTOOD BY THE PUBLIC. 156 00:08:20,445 --> 00:08:21,247 >> EXACTLY. 157 00:08:21,681 --> 00:08:23,215 >> I THINK WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST MONTH IS THE MORE 158 00:08:23,315 --> 00:08:25,883 PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT THE RESCUE PLAN THE MORE THEY LIKE IT. 159 00:08:25,984 --> 00:08:29,320 AND SO FOR US IT'S GOING TO BE APPLYING THE SAME KIND OF 160 00:08:29,420 --> 00:08:32,923 COMMUNICATION STRATEGY THAT WE'RE APPLYING TO TRY TO GET THE 161 00:08:33,023 --> 00:08:37,192 BILL PASSED TO THEN, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE BILL PASSES, 162 00:08:37,293 --> 00:08:39,527 HOPEFULLY, TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW IS IT GOING TO 163 00:08:39,628 --> 00:08:44,065 HELP THEM IN THEIR LIVES. WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC 164 00:08:44,165 --> 00:08:46,935 IS NOT WHETHER OR NOT YOU GET VOTES FROM THE HILL FOR 165 00:08:47,035 --> 00:08:48,567 REPUBLICANS, IT'S WHETHER OR NOT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE AN 166 00:08:48,668 --> 00:08:51,238 EFFECTIVE CRITIQUE AGAINST WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. 167 00:08:51,338 --> 00:08:52,538 >> YEAH. 168 00:08:52,638 --> 00:08:55,541 >> WELL, WE HAVE PUT FORWARD THE PLAN THAT REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS, 169 00:08:55,641 --> 00:08:58,810 REPUBLICAN MAYORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE SAID THEY NEED, 170 00:08:58,910 --> 00:09:01,646 THAT THEY SUPPORT. 50% OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS 171 00:09:01,745 --> 00:09:04,080 SURVEYED IN THE COUNTRY SUPPORT THE PACKAGE. 172 00:09:04,181 --> 00:09:08,283 IT'S REALLY ONLY REPUBLICANS ON CAPITOL HILL WHO ARE OPPOSING 173 00:09:08,383 --> 00:09:10,787 THE PLAN. TO PUT A FINE POINT ON T IF YOU 174 00:09:10,887 --> 00:09:13,821 ARE VOTING AGAINST THE PACKAGE YOU ARE VOTING AGAINST THE PLAN 175 00:09:13,921 --> 00:09:16,724 TO FIGHT COVID AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO HOME 176 00:09:16,824 --> 00:09:20,293 TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY 177 00:09:20,393 --> 00:09:22,494 THEY VOTED AGAINST DIRECT CHECKS, WHY THEY VOTED AGAINST 178 00:09:22,594 --> 00:09:25,031 MONEY FOR VACCINES, WHY THEY VOTED AGAINST MONEY TO GET 179 00:09:25,131 --> 00:09:28,200 SCHOOLS OPEN, AND THE QUESTION FOR REPUBLICANS IN WASHINGTON IS 180 00:09:28,300 --> 00:09:31,069 ARE YOU GOING TO LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS OR NOT? 181 00:09:31,168 --> 00:09:34,104 AND I THINK IF THEY DON'T, THERE IS GOING TO BE A PRICE FOR THEM 182 00:09:34,205 --> 00:09:40,575 TO PAY. I REALLY DO. 183 00:09:40,676 --> 00:09:42,777 >> THERE IS SORT OF A FALSE NARRATIVE GOING ON THAT THIS IS 184 00:09:42,878 --> 00:09:45,245 AN EMERGENCY RELIEF BILL. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF MANUAL 185 00:09:45,346 --> 00:09:49,383 RELIEF BILLS ALREADY. WE HAD A MASSIVE ONE, ABOUT $900 186 00:09:49,484 --> 00:09:52,118 BILLION WORTH IN DECEMBER. THAT WAS A BIPARTISAN RELIEF 187 00:09:52,219 --> 00:09:57,256 BILL, THIS ONE IS VERY MUCH NOT. SEEMS MORE LIKELY THAT THE 188 00:09:57,357 --> 00:10:03,128 DEMOCRATS WANT SOMETHING THAT BIDEN CAN SIGN. 189 00:10:04,561 --> 00:10:09,132 >> THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY THAT HAS NOT BEEN SPENT FOR 190 00:10:09,232 --> 00:10:10,734 DISBURSED, IT'S HARD TO GET EXACT NUMBERS BALLS THE 191 00:10:10,834 --> 00:10:14,235 ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT GIVE IT TO US, IT'S EITHER BECAUSE THEY 192 00:10:14,335 --> 00:10:16,638 REFUSE TO OR BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY DON'T KNOW. 193 00:10:16,738 --> 00:10:19,873 SO HOW CAN YOU JUSTIFY SPENDING $1.9 TRILLION WHEN YOU'RE NOT 194 00:10:19,974 --> 00:10:22,075 EVEN SURE WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY SPENT? 195 00:10:22,176 --> 00:10:26,278 >> WHAT THE BIDEN TEAM WOULD SAY IN RESPONSE TO THAT IS WE DON'T 196 00:10:26,379 --> 00:10:29,047 HAVE MONTHS TO FIND OUT WHERE EVERY NICKEL WENT, IT'S A CRISIS 197 00:10:29,147 --> 00:10:31,984 AND WE LEARN FROM THE ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT WAITING TOO LONG AND 198 00:10:32,084 --> 00:10:35,987 DOING TOO LITTLE IS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN DOING TOO MUCH TOO 199 00:10:36,086 --> 00:10:36,521 FAST. 200 00:10:36,955 --> 00:10:38,354 >> YEAH. AND HIS WORDS EXACTLY WERE, 201 00:10:38,455 --> 00:10:41,325 WELL, WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE OUT. 202 00:10:41,425 --> 00:10:41,958 >> YEAH. 203 00:10:42,392 --> 00:10:44,694 >> WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF THINGS, IN FACT. 204 00:10:44,793 --> 00:10:50,799 UNNECESSARY -- AND THE FORMULA FOR THAT OVERWHELMINGLY BENEFITS 205 00:10:50,898 --> 00:10:52,399 BLUE STATES. JUST IMAGINE THAT. 206 00:10:52,499 --> 00:10:55,469 OR STATES ESPECIALLY THAT IMPLEMENTED LOCKDOWNS, 207 00:10:55,569 --> 00:10:56,503 ESPECIALLY HARD. 208 00:10:56,769 --> 00:10:58,504 >> IT MAY HAVE BEEN STATES THAT SUFFERED THE WORST, TOO. 209 00:10:58,604 --> 00:11:01,272 >> WELL, EVERYBODY SUFFERED THE WORST, IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 210 00:11:01,373 --> 00:11:04,676 JUST COVID. NOW, THERE'S -- NOW, THERE'S 211 00:11:04,777 --> 00:11:07,110 SELF-IMPOSED SUFFERING AS WELL, WHICH IS IN THE FORM OF 212 00:11:07,210 --> 00:11:08,780 LOCKDOWNS. HERE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM, IF YOU 213 00:11:08,879 --> 00:11:10,513 ARE GOING TO GIVE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO THE SCHOOLS YOU HAVE TO 214 00:11:10,613 --> 00:11:13,016 AT LEAST SAY, LOOK, HAVE A REOPENING PLAN. 215 00:11:13,115 --> 00:11:15,950 GIVE AMERICANS SOME LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AND DON'T TALK 216 00:11:16,051 --> 00:11:20,354 TO ME ABOUT CLOSING SCHOOLS AND HOW THAT'S BETTER FOR OUR KIDS 217 00:11:20,455 --> 00:11:22,924 OR TEACHERS. THAT'S BEEN DEBUNKED BY SCIENCE. 218 00:11:23,023 --> 00:11:24,557 THE PARTY OF SCIENCE SHOULD LISTEN TO SCIENCE. 219 00:11:24,657 --> 00:11:26,359 >> THERE IS A PERCEPTION THAT THIS IS A GOOD THING. 220 00:11:26,460 --> 00:11:30,495 THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SUPPORTS IT BY 75%, REPUBLICANS BY 60%. 221 00:11:30,595 --> 00:11:35,133 SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT POLITICALLY? 222 00:11:35,233 --> 00:11:37,469 >> I'M NOT THAT WORRIED ABOUT THIS ONE ONE. 223 00:11:37,569 --> 00:11:42,138 THIS ONE IS EXTREMELY BLOATED. I EXPLAIN HARD ONES ALL THE TIME 224 00:11:42,238 --> 00:11:43,407 AND I WILL EXPLAIN THIS ONE. 225 00:11:43,506 --> 00:11:45,508 >> YOU DON'T THINK IT WILL BE HARD TO DEFEND YOUR VOTE AGAINST 226 00:11:45,608 --> 00:11:45,974 IT? 227 00:11:46,676 --> 00:11:48,210 >> NO, I DON'T. WE HAVE TO AT LEAST PRETEND THAT 228 00:11:48,310 --> 00:11:51,713 ONE OF OUR JOBS IS GOOD GOVERNANCE AND NOT SADDLING OUR 229 00:11:51,814 --> 00:11:53,714 CHILDREN WITH REALLY UNSUSTAINABLE AMOUNTS OF DEBT. 230 00:11:53,815 --> 00:11:56,651 >> WELL, DEBT IS SOMETHING THAT DONALD TRUMP DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE 231 00:11:56,751 --> 00:11:57,384 MUCH ABOUT. 232 00:11:57,484 --> 00:12:00,253 >> NO, HE DIDN'T. THAT'S TRUE. 233 00:12:00,353 --> 00:12:02,022 IT'S A PROBLEM. 234 00:12:02,122 --> 00:12:04,156 >> SO CPAC IS THIS WEEKEND. 235 00:12:04,256 --> 00:12:05,424 >> UH-HUH. 236 00:12:05,523 --> 00:12:08,526 >> YOU HAD THE NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER THREE LEADERSHIP OF YOUR 237 00:12:08,626 --> 00:12:15,165 PARTY PUBLICLY DISAGREE ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT 238 00:12:15,264 --> 00:12:16,466 OF THE UNITED STATES. 239 00:12:16,566 --> 00:12:18,901 >> DO YOU THINK FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD BE SPEAKING AT CPAC 240 00:12:19,001 --> 00:12:19,569 THIS WEEKEND. 241 00:12:19,668 --> 00:12:20,969 >> I SHOULD. 242 00:12:21,070 --> 00:12:24,772 >> I DON'T BELIEVE HE SHOULD BE PLAYING A ROLE IN THE FUTURE OF 243 00:12:24,873 --> 00:12:25,507 THE PARTY. 244 00:12:25,607 --> 00:12:27,841 >> ON THAT HIGH NOTE -- 245 00:12:27,941 --> 00:12:30,143 >> ISN'T THAT PROBLEMATIC FOR THE PARTY? 246 00:12:30,243 --> 00:12:32,612 >> IT ISN'T IDEAL. 247 00:12:32,711 --> 00:12:36,782 >> I MEAN, THERE ARE REPUBLICANS WHO, STICK MYSELF IN THAT 248 00:12:36,882 --> 00:12:39,685 BUCKET, THAT JUST SAY I'D LIKE TO SEE A VIBRANT HEALTHY 249 00:12:39,785 --> 00:12:41,085 REPUBLICAN PARTY. I THINK IF DONALD TRUMP IS PART 250 00:12:41,185 --> 00:12:45,321 OF THAT EQUATION IN THE FUTURE IT'S PROBLEMATIC FOR A LOT OF 251 00:12:45,421 --> 00:12:45,921 PEOPLE. 252 00:12:46,623 --> 00:12:49,526 >> I MEAN, THE FUNDAMENTAL ANSWER IS WHO IS GOING TO LEAD 253 00:12:49,626 --> 00:12:52,894 THE PARTY? WE DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT. 254 00:12:52,994 --> 00:12:55,396 LIKE RIGHT AWAY. SO JUST CHILL OUT. 255 00:12:55,497 --> 00:12:59,565 LIKE THAT'S KIND OF MY MESSAGE TO BOTH EXTREMES OF THIS WHO 256 00:12:59,666 --> 00:13:03,336 KEEP SAYING, NO, BRING HIM BACK IN, WE NEED HIM, AND THOSE WHO 257 00:13:03,436 --> 00:13:08,641 ARE SAYING, KEEP HIM AWAY, LIKE, NO, NO, JUST LIKE WHY DON'T YOU 258 00:13:08,740 --> 00:13:10,809 FOCUS ON WHO YOU ARE. LET'S JUST DO THAT AND I THINK 259 00:13:10,908 --> 00:13:16,680 WE WILL BE OKAY. 260 00:13:18,047 --> 00:13:21,651 >> ALL EYES IN WASHINGTON ARE NOW ON THE LITTLE KNOWN SENATE 261 00:13:21,751 --> 00:13:26,120 PARLIAMENTARIAN WHO WILL DECIDE SOON WHETHER BIDEN'S PROPOSED 262 00:13:26,220 --> 00:13:27,556 $15 MINIMUM WAGE CAN BE INCLUDED. 263 00:13:27,656 --> 00:13:30,724 DEMOCRATS ARE STILL SHARPLY DIVIDED WITH WHETHER THE WAGE 264 00:13:30,825 --> 00:13:35,162 INCREASE SHOULD BE IN THE BILL AT ALL. 265 00:13:35,262 --> 00:13:37,263 >> THE WHITE HOUSE IN THE AGE OF COVID AND THE BIDEN 266 00:13:37,363 --> 00:13:40,199 ADMINISTRATION IS DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING THAT'S EVER BEEN 267 00:13:40,298 --> 00:13:42,432 BEFORE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHITE HOUSE 268 00:13:42,533 --> 00:13:44,335 STAFF IS NOT WORKING IN THE BUILDING. 269 00:13:44,435 --> 00:13:50,407 THEY'RE STILL WORKING FROM HOME. FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A 270 00:13:50,507 --> 00:13:56,045 HAUNTED HOUSE RIGHT NOW. AND WHAT NORMALLY WOULD BE A 271 00:13:56,144 --> 00:14:00,248 HIVE OF ACTIVITY, PEOPLE COMING AND GOING, VISITORS IN AND OUT, 272 00:14:00,348 --> 00:14:03,584 YOU KNOW, HERE GIVES THIS KIND OF FALSE APPEARANCE THAT NOT 273 00:14:03,684 --> 00:14:09,155 MUCH IS GOING ON WHEN, IN FACT, A SHIT TON IS GOING ON. 274 00:14:09,254 --> 00:14:14,426 >> ALL RIGHT, GUYS, IN A WORD, ARE WE GOOD? 275 00:14:14,526 --> 00:14:20,663 OKAY. 276 00:14:20,763 --> 00:14:24,966 >> WHAT'S BEEN REMARKABLE TO ME HAVING SEEN -- I CAN'T EVEN 277 00:14:25,066 --> 00:14:28,137 COUNT HOW MANY TRANSITIONS NOW FROM THE OUTGOING AND THE 278 00:14:28,237 --> 00:14:32,373 INCOMING, HOW INCREDIBLY ORGANIZED AND COMPREHENSIVE THE 279 00:14:32,473 --> 00:14:37,777 WORK OF THE TRANSITION TEAM WAS. WHEN I'VE BEEN STRUCK BY 280 00:14:37,878 --> 00:14:44,349 THROUGHOUT, JOHN, IS THIS IS A TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT 281 00:14:44,449 --> 00:14:48,152 THEY'RE DOING. 282 00:14:48,253 --> 00:14:52,589 >> THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A BIG DISCUSSION GOING ON ABOUT 283 00:14:52,690 --> 00:14:54,724 BIPARTISANSHIP, BUT IT'S TURNING OUT LIKE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT 284 00:14:54,824 --> 00:14:59,293 WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE THIS BIG COVID PACKAGE GET DONE WITHOUT 285 00:14:59,393 --> 00:15:00,461 ANY REPUBLICAN VOTES. 286 00:15:00,561 --> 00:15:02,196 >> WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO PARTICULARLY WITH THE AMERICAN 287 00:15:02,296 --> 00:15:04,799 RESCUE PLAN AS THE FIRST MAJOR PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS DELIVER 288 00:15:04,898 --> 00:15:09,101 THINGS THAT PEOPLE NEED, DEALING WITH EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT 289 00:15:09,201 --> 00:15:12,403 BENEFITS, STUDENT LOAN PAUSES, YOU KNOW, REDUCING CHILD 290 00:15:12,503 --> 00:15:14,138 POVERTY. I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY ELEMENTS 291 00:15:14,239 --> 00:15:18,276 IN THIS PACKAGE THAT MEANINGFULLY WILL DELIVER FOR 292 00:15:18,376 --> 00:15:22,812 REGULAR PEOPLE AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ON A 293 00:15:22,912 --> 00:15:24,781 BIPARTISAN BASIS GET THAT THIS IS A GOOD PACKAGE. 294 00:15:24,881 --> 00:15:29,652 MORE THAN 70% OF AMERICANS IN VIRTUALLY ALL THE POLLS WANT 295 00:15:29,752 --> 00:15:32,086 THIS. SO THAT IS ACTUALLY 296 00:15:32,186 --> 00:15:32,954 BIPARTISANSHIP. 297 00:15:33,421 --> 00:15:35,824 >> ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT THIS QUICKLY ON A THING THIS BIG, 298 00:15:35,923 --> 00:15:38,091 THIS IMPORTANT IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC THAT YOU HAVE NO 299 00:15:38,191 --> 00:15:39,325 REPUBLICAN PARTNERS? 300 00:15:39,426 --> 00:15:43,629 >> WELL, LOOK, WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP SEEKING THAT SUPPORT, 301 00:15:43,729 --> 00:15:48,333 BUT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT FORTHCOMING WE WILL DO WHAT THE 302 00:15:48,432 --> 00:15:49,200 PEOPLE WANT. 303 00:15:49,634 --> 00:15:50,634 >> I UNDERSTAND, BUT IS IT NOT A LITTLE STUNNING TO YOU? 304 00:15:50,734 --> 00:15:53,204 IT'S A LITTLE STUNNING TO ME AND I'M PRETTY CYNICAL. 305 00:15:53,304 --> 00:15:55,171 >> YOU AND I HAVE BOTH BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME. 306 00:15:55,272 --> 00:15:56,238 >> I KNOW. 307 00:15:56,605 --> 00:15:58,907 >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT STUNNING. I GUESS I'M NOT SUPER SURPRISED 308 00:15:59,008 --> 00:16:00,876 ABOUT HOW THINGS GO DOWN IN THIS TOWN. 309 00:16:00,975 --> 00:16:05,079 >> YOU KNOW, OVER THE BIG CRISES THAT BIDEN LAID OUT, THE FOUR 310 00:16:05,178 --> 00:16:09,182 BIG CRISES THAT HE LAID OUT AT THE INAUGURAL, COVID, ECONOMY, 311 00:16:09,282 --> 00:16:12,185 RACE, CLIMATE, RACIAL EQUITY IS THE ONE THAT IS OBVIOUSLY JUST 312 00:16:12,286 --> 00:16:15,053 AS BIG IN SOME WAYS AS THE OTHERS. 313 00:16:15,153 --> 00:16:17,123 I KNOW PART OF THE WAY YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ABOUT IT IS IT'S 314 00:16:17,223 --> 00:16:21,559 NOT ABOUT PASSING A PARTICULAR BILL OR EXECUTIVE ORDER BUT HOW 315 00:16:21,660 --> 00:16:23,793 DO YOU PUT A PRISM, A LENS OF RACIAL EQUITY ON TOP OF 316 00:16:23,893 --> 00:16:24,527 EVERYTHING. 317 00:16:25,061 --> 00:16:26,530 >> FIRST OF ALL, LET ME TELL YOU WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT. 318 00:16:26,629 --> 00:16:30,867 TAKE HEALTH CARE, COVID HAS EXPOSED EXTRAORDINARY 319 00:16:30,966 --> 00:16:35,070 DISPARITIES WHICH MANY OF US KNEW EXISTED, SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T 320 00:16:35,169 --> 00:16:40,374 PERHAPS REALIZE IN THE HEALTH STATUS OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE 321 00:16:40,474 --> 00:16:41,742 IN THIS COUNTRY VERSUS WHITE PEOPLE. 322 00:16:41,841 --> 00:16:44,209 IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID RELIEF EFFORT THE PRESIDENT 323 00:16:44,311 --> 00:16:46,980 ESTABLISHED A HEALTH EQUITY TASK FORCE WITH THE AIM OF MAKING 324 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,881 SURE WHEN IT COMES TO DATA COLLECTION AND TESTING AND 325 00:16:49,982 --> 00:16:52,716 VACCINATIONS AND THE RESOURCE THAT IS WE'RE TRYING TO DELIVER 326 00:16:52,817 --> 00:16:54,051 THAT THEY'RE REACHING EVERYBODY. 327 00:16:54,151 --> 00:16:57,020 >> I THINK FOR A LOT OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS JOE BIDEN IS 328 00:16:57,119 --> 00:16:59,889 THE CRIME BILL GUY. THEY LOOK BACK ON THE MASS 329 00:16:59,990 --> 00:17:02,425 INCARCERATION THING. I THINK IF YOU HAD ASKED A LOT 330 00:17:02,524 --> 00:17:04,627 OF PEOPLE THE WORLD OF RACIAL EQUITY THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN 331 00:17:04,726 --> 00:17:07,829 LIKE, WELL, JOE BIDEN WOULDN'T HAVE NECESSARILY BEEN THE GUY 332 00:17:07,928 --> 00:17:10,532 WHO I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THIS IS THE GUY WHO IS GOING TO BE THE 333 00:17:10,631 --> 00:17:11,831 RACIAL EQUITY PRESIDENT, RIGHT? 334 00:17:11,932 --> 00:17:16,234 >> I'VE KNOWN JOE BIDEN FOR MANY YEARS AND TRUTH BE TOLD I'M NOT 335 00:17:16,336 --> 00:17:19,405 SURPRISED. JOE BIDEN WAS AND IS EXTREMELY 336 00:17:19,504 --> 00:17:23,207 POPULAR AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICANS WHO UNDERSTOOD THAT HE WAS 337 00:17:23,308 --> 00:17:26,811 SOMEBODY WHO UNDERSTOOD THE NATURE OF OUR CONCERNS AND 338 00:17:26,910 --> 00:17:28,579 ASPIRATIONS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY SOUTH 339 00:17:28,678 --> 00:17:32,682 CAROLINA WAS SUCH A PIVOTAL PRIMARY, THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, 340 00:17:32,782 --> 00:17:38,353 THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE WAS VERY, VERY STRONG FOR JOE BIDEN 341 00:17:38,454 --> 00:17:40,955 AND KAMALA HARRIS. JOE BIDEN IS SOMEBODY WHO IS 342 00:17:41,054 --> 00:17:43,624 AIMING TO MEET THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE IN. 343 00:17:43,724 --> 00:17:49,261 RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY LONG OVERDUE, BUT VERY IMPORTANTLY A 344 00:17:49,361 --> 00:17:51,930 TIMELY MOMENT TO TACKLE THESE THINGS. 345 00:17:52,031 --> 00:18:02,004 AND I THINK HE UNDERSTANDS THAT WE MUST AND WE CAN AND SO WE 346 00:18:02,106 --> 00:18:02,505 SHOULD. SHOU 347 00:18:02,606 --> 00:18:03,107 SHOULD. 348 00:18:03,872 --> 00:18:05,006 >> BREAKING NEWS, THE SENATE PARLIAMENTARIAN RULED AGAINST A 349 00:18:05,108 --> 00:18:08,076 $15 AN HOUR MINIMUM WAGE IN BIDEN'S COVID RELIEF BILL. 350 00:18:08,176 --> 00:18:13,680 >> WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY EN PSAKI SAID THAT PRESIDENT 351 00:18:13,781 --> 00:18:17,150 BIDEN IS DISAPPOINTED IN THIS COULD YOU TELL COME, HE RESPECTS 352 00:18:17,251 --> 00:18:17,884 THE DECISION. 353 00:18:17,984 --> 00:18:19,418 >> A BIG SET BACK FOR DEMOCRATS. 354 00:18:19,519 --> 00:18:25,157 >> PROGRESSIVES ARE GOING TO PUSH TO OVERTURN THE 355 00:18:25,256 --> 00:18:26,023 PARLIAMENTARIAN. 356 00:18:26,558 --> 00:18:28,059 >> FOR AN ADMINISTRATION THAT SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR 357 00:18:28,158 --> 00:18:32,695 BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE, FOR WOMEN, FOR EQUALITY, FOR RACIAL 358 00:18:32,795 --> 00:18:35,732 EQUALITY, YOU'VE GOT TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE AND THE SKY IS 359 00:18:35,831 --> 00:18:43,905 NOT GOING TO FALL IN, THE GROUND IS GOING TO BE LIFTED UP FOR 27 360 00:18:44,004 --> 00:18:48,108 MILLION PEOPLE. 361 00:18:48,207 --> 00:18:52,110 >> I THINK THE PARLIAMENTARIAN ISSUED AN ADVISORY OPINION, BUT 362 00:18:52,211 --> 00:18:56,114 IT IS JUST THAT. IT IS NOT A RULING. 363 00:18:56,214 --> 00:18:59,317 AND NOW WHITE HOUSE AND THE SENATE LEADERSHIP HAVE THE 364 00:18:59,417 --> 00:19:01,452 OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT OPINION. 365 00:19:01,551 --> 00:19:04,355 WE ARE GOING TO DELIVER ON THE PROMISE OF RAISING THE WAGE FOR 366 00:19:04,455 --> 00:19:08,057 PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND WE HAVE TO. 367 00:19:08,157 --> 00:19:11,560 WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO PEOPLE AND SAY, I'M 368 00:19:11,659 --> 00:19:16,731 SORRY, I PROMISED YOU A RAISE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE, YOUR FAMILY 369 00:19:16,830 --> 00:19:20,300 SUFFERING, YOU CAN'T LIVE ON $15,000 A YEAR BUT THE 370 00:19:20,399 --> 00:19:22,702 PARLIAMENTARIAN RULED WE COULDN'T DO IT, SO, SORRY, NO 371 00:19:22,802 --> 00:19:23,203 GO. 372 00:19:23,736 --> 00:19:25,437 >> THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT BIDEN IS SAYING. 373 00:19:25,538 --> 00:19:27,872 THE PARLIAMENTARIAN HAS RULED, LET'S FOCUS ON THE BIG PRIZE, 374 00:19:27,973 --> 00:19:29,706 WHICH IS THE PASSAGE OF THIS BILL. 375 00:19:29,808 --> 00:19:32,243 HOW HARD ARE YOU GUYS PRESSING YOUR CASE WITH THE BIDEN WHITE 376 00:19:32,342 --> 00:19:32,776 HOUSE? 377 00:19:33,609 --> 00:19:35,378 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN PRESSING IT AND WE KNOW WHAT 378 00:19:35,478 --> 00:19:38,447 THEY'VE SAID. PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 379 00:19:38,548 --> 00:19:43,417 BLACK, BROWN, INDIGENOUS, POOR, WOMEN, WORKING CLASS, TURNED OUT 380 00:19:43,518 --> 00:19:46,955 AND DELIVERED US MAJORITIES IN THE HOUSE, THE SENATE AND THE 381 00:19:47,054 --> 00:19:48,422 WHITE HOUSE. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A 382 00:19:48,522 --> 00:19:51,192 CHOICE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE MAT AND FIGHT. 383 00:19:51,291 --> 00:19:55,661 >> EVEN IF THE WHITE HOUSE GOT ON BOARD WITH THE PLAN TO 384 00:19:55,762 --> 00:19:58,563 OVERRULE THE PARLIAMENTARIAN AND SAID, ALL RIGHT, FULL STEAM 385 00:19:58,664 --> 00:19:58,897 AHEAD. 386 00:19:58,996 --> 00:19:59,697 >> YEAH. 387 00:20:00,299 --> 00:20:03,801 >> IT LANDS AT THE DOORSTEP OF JOE MANCHIN WHO HAS ALREADY SAID 388 00:20:03,900 --> 00:20:07,003 HE'S NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR IT. 389 00:20:07,102 --> 00:20:09,805 >> THE POLITICAL REALITY IS IT'S A POPULOUS POLICY, WHETHER UNOR 390 00:20:09,906 --> 00:20:12,407 TWO DEMOCRATS DON'T WANT TO DO IT, IT IS A POLICY THAT THE 391 00:20:12,507 --> 00:20:16,743 MAJORITY OF DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS 392 00:20:16,845 --> 00:20:17,478 BELIEVE IN. 393 00:20:17,978 --> 00:20:20,981 >> BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE VOTES WHAT'S THE POINT? 394 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:22,949 >> YOU NEVER KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE VOTES UNTIL YOU PUSH TO THE 395 00:20:23,050 --> 00:20:23,449 END. 396 00:20:24,384 --> 00:20:25,618 >> IT SEEMS LIKE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS LOOKING AT THIS MOMENT 397 00:20:25,717 --> 00:20:29,621 AND SAYING THIS IS GOING TO BE JUST LIKE THE ACA, THE DEMOCRATS 398 00:20:29,722 --> 00:20:32,122 WILL GET OVER THEIR SKIS AND WE WILL PUNISH THEM IN THE 399 00:20:32,224 --> 00:20:33,692 MIDTERMS. YOU TALK TO PROGRESSIVES AND 400 00:20:33,791 --> 00:20:35,658 THEY SAY THIS ISN'T THE ACA. 401 00:20:35,759 --> 00:20:38,495 >> I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE AFFORDABLE 402 00:20:38,596 --> 00:20:41,330 CARE ACT, WE'RE PUTTING MONEY IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS. 403 00:20:41,430 --> 00:20:45,533 AT THE END OF THE DAY PEOPLE HAVE TO WAKE UP AND FEEL LIKE 404 00:20:45,634 --> 00:20:47,936 THEIR LIFE IS APPRECIABLY DIFFERENT. 405 00:20:48,035 --> 00:20:50,972 INEQUALITY IS AT ITS HIGHEST SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. 406 00:20:51,071 --> 00:20:56,576 THAT LEVEL OF DESPERATION IS PART AND PARCEL OF WHAT LED TO 407 00:20:56,676 --> 00:20:57,878 TRUMP'S SUCCESS. 408 00:20:57,977 --> 00:21:00,879 >> TRUMPISM AT ITS CORE PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PARTS 409 00:21:00,980 --> 00:21:02,313 OF IT WAS THE POPULISM. 410 00:21:02,414 --> 00:21:03,549 >> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 411 00:21:03,647 --> 00:21:06,583 >> AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DOES NOT SEEM TO WANT TO EMBRACE 412 00:21:06,684 --> 00:21:07,118 THAT. 413 00:21:07,952 --> 00:21:12,222 >> THEY DON'T WANT TO EMBRACE THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY EMBRACED 414 00:21:12,321 --> 00:21:14,523 TRUMP AND DEMOCRATS -- 415 00:21:14,624 --> 00:21:20,829 >> IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU HAVE A VERY CLEAR-EYED ASSESSMENT OF 416 00:21:20,928 --> 00:21:24,197 THE WORK AND THE WORK IS NOT ABOUT REACHING ACROSS THE AISLE. 417 00:21:24,298 --> 00:21:27,734 >> WE DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THERE, I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND MY 418 00:21:27,833 --> 00:21:31,971 COLLEAGUES, WE WERE TRAPPED ON THE GALLERY FLOOR DURING THE 419 00:21:32,070 --> 00:21:32,771 INSURRECTION. 420 00:21:33,070 --> 00:21:36,574 >> THEY BROKE THE GLASS? EVERYBODY STAY DOWN. 421 00:21:36,675 --> 00:21:37,441 GET DOWN. 422 00:21:37,908 --> 00:21:41,778 >> WE STILL CONTINUE TO HEAR OUR COLLEAGUES DEFENDING THOSE 423 00:21:41,878 --> 00:21:46,381 PEOPLE ACTIVELY PROMOTING THEM, NOT WANTING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM 424 00:21:46,482 --> 00:21:49,784 OF WHAT HAPPENED. I DON'T HAVE MUCH FAITH THAT WE 425 00:21:49,885 --> 00:21:54,155 ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE COMMON GROUND WITH PEOPLE WHO 426 00:21:54,254 --> 00:21:56,857 WON'T EVEN ADMIT THAT JOE BIDEN IS THE LEGITIMATE PRESIDENT OF 427 00:21:56,956 --> 00:21:59,626 THE UNITED STATES. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S A VIEW 428 00:21:59,725 --> 00:22:04,563 THAT IS JUST IN THE PROGRESSIVE SIDE OF THE PARTY AND I THINK 429 00:22:04,664 --> 00:22:12,468 ANY NOTION THAT THE SENATE CAN DO BIPARTISAN DEALS OR THAT THE 430 00:22:12,570 --> 00:22:14,405 HOUSE CAN BE BIPARTISAN IS MISSING THE POINT. 431 00:22:14,504 --> 00:22:17,372 WE CAN BE BIPARTISAN FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, BUT 432 00:22:17,473 --> 00:22:22,945 NOT WITH THESE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES. 433 00:22:23,044 --> 00:22:28,282 >> THE BIGGEST GATHERING OF CONSERVATIVES, CPAC, STARTS 434 00:22:28,381 --> 00:22:29,381 TODAY. CPAC SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO 435 00:22:29,482 --> 00:22:32,018 BE A DOOZY THIS YEAR. 436 00:22:32,118 --> 00:22:38,990 >> HOW IS IT GOING, CPAC? 437 00:22:39,089 --> 00:22:43,194 >> I HEARD SOMEONE PHRASE IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER, TPA C. 438 00:22:43,292 --> 00:22:45,161 IT'S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, GUYS. 439 00:22:45,262 --> 00:22:48,297 >> DIDN'T ANYBODY TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CANCELED? 440 00:22:48,397 --> 00:22:50,800 YOU DIDN'T GET THE MEMO. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO ASK 441 00:22:50,899 --> 00:22:56,204 PERMISSION BEFORE YOU CAME HERE TODAY. 442 00:22:56,303 --> 00:22:56,804 TODAY. 443 00:22:57,438 --> 00:23:02,574 >> JUST LIKE WE TOLD YOU, HE IS LEADING FROM BEHIND. 444 00:23:02,675 --> 00:23:06,145 FROM BEHIND KAMALA, THAT IS. 445 00:23:06,244 --> 00:23:09,447 >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS' COVID RELIEF PLAN? 446 00:23:09,548 --> 00:23:12,649 >> I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO EXTEND -- THEY SHOULD HAVE MORE 447 00:23:12,750 --> 00:23:14,484 CONTROL OVER PEOPLE FOR A LONGER TIME. 448 00:23:14,585 --> 00:23:17,087 >> COVID RELIEF PACKAGE WOULD SUGGEST THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY 449 00:23:17,186 --> 00:23:18,355 RELIEF FOR COVID IN THERE. 450 00:23:18,455 --> 00:23:20,724 >> DO YOU THINK THAT MESSAGE HAS GOTTEN OUT BECAUSE IT'S VERY 451 00:23:20,823 --> 00:23:21,991 POPULAR WITH AMERICAN VOTERS RIGHT NOW. 452 00:23:22,090 --> 00:23:25,860 >> I THINK THE COMMUNICATION SHOULD BE BETTER ON WHAT IT ALL 453 00:23:25,961 --> 00:23:27,160 FUNDS OTHER THAN COVID. 454 00:23:27,261 --> 00:23:32,398 >> THE PROBLEM IS THE GOVERNMENT HAS PREVENTED US FROM EARNING A 455 00:23:32,499 --> 00:23:36,167 LIVING AND BEING FREE. THE IDEA THAT SOMEONE WOULD GIVE 456 00:23:36,268 --> 00:23:38,904 YOU MONEY TO HELP COMPENSATE FOR THAT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE 457 00:23:39,004 --> 00:23:39,538 POPULAR. 458 00:23:40,172 --> 00:23:41,839 >> WHAT IS FRUSTRATING REPUBLICANS IS ONE OF THE THINGS 459 00:23:41,939 --> 00:23:52,214 THEY WERE REALLY HOPING FOR FROM JOE BIDEN WAS BIPARTISANSHIP. 460 00:23:52,314 --> 00:23:55,117 >> YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A GUY THAT WAS WORKING WITH RONALD REAGAN 461 00:23:55,216 --> 00:23:59,352 BACK IN THE DAY, HE WAS WORKING WITH GEORGE BUSH AND YOU ARE NOT 462 00:23:59,453 --> 00:24:03,023 SEEING ANY OF THAT RIGHT NOW. REPUBLICANS THEY WERE HOPING 463 00:24:03,124 --> 00:24:06,458 THAT IT WASN'T JUST CAMPAIGN RHETORIC AND NOW THEY'RE GOING 464 00:24:06,559 --> 00:24:10,596 TO GO AND JAM THIS STIMULUS PLAN THROUGH AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE 465 00:24:10,695 --> 00:24:12,630 THERE'S ANY NEGOTIATIONS GOING ON. 466 00:24:12,731 --> 00:24:16,466 WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, THEY'RE TELLING US 467 00:24:16,567 --> 00:24:20,570 THAT THE RADICAL LEFT WING IS RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT RIGHT 468 00:24:20,670 --> 00:24:22,937 NOW. REMEMBER BARACK OBAMA'S STIMULUS 469 00:24:23,039 --> 00:24:25,307 PLAN? OH, EVERYBODY SUPPORTED IT. 470 00:24:25,407 --> 00:24:32,780 ONCE PEOPLE FIND OUT WHAT'S IN IT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE 471 00:24:32,879 --> 00:24:33,246 IT. 472 00:24:34,048 --> 00:24:34,982 >> GENERAL PROSPECT OF REPUBLICANS, HOW ARE YOU FEELING 473 00:24:35,081 --> 00:24:35,749 ABOUT IT? 474 00:24:35,948 --> 00:24:37,849 >> REMEMBER AFTER THE '92 ELECTION? 475 00:24:37,949 --> 00:24:40,019 REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS DEAD. WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 476 00:24:40,118 --> 00:24:42,253 '94 ELECTIONS, YOU HAD A REPUBLICAN LANDSLIDE. 477 00:24:42,353 --> 00:24:45,691 >> YEAH, WE DIDN'T THINK WE WERE EVER GOING TO BE BACK AFTER '29. 478 00:24:45,791 --> 00:24:47,858 >> THAT WAS IT. SOME OF THE WASHINGTON 479 00:24:47,957 --> 00:24:50,961 POLITICIANS MIGHT NOT BE UNIFIED BUT THE CORE CONSERVATIVE BASE 480 00:24:51,061 --> 00:24:54,630 WHICH DRIVES THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THE PEOPLE HERE AT CPAC, 481 00:24:54,731 --> 00:24:57,398 THEY'RE UNIFIED. DO YOU KNOW WHO PICKED DONALD 482 00:24:57,499 --> 00:24:58,599 TRUMP? WASHINGTON DIDN'T PICK HIM. 483 00:24:58,701 --> 00:25:01,636 THE ESTABLISHMENT DIDN'T PICK HIM. 484 00:25:01,735 --> 00:25:04,038 IT WAS THE GRASSROOTS REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 485 00:25:04,138 --> 00:25:08,340 THEY KNOW WHAT THEY WANT. 486 00:25:08,442 --> 00:25:10,943 >> BIG DAY FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN. 487 00:25:11,042 --> 00:25:14,647 >> THE HOUSE VOTES TONIGHT ON A NEARLY $2 TRILLION CORONAVIRUS 488 00:25:14,746 --> 00:25:15,379 RESCUE PLAN. 489 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:16,548 >> ENORMOUS BILL. 490 00:25:16,647 --> 00:25:18,983 >> MASSIVE PRICE TAG. 491 00:25:19,083 --> 00:25:29,858 >> I REMEMBER SEPTEMBER OF 2008. WHEN THEY MET WITH HANK PAULSON, 492 00:25:29,957 --> 00:25:32,727 THE SECRETARY OF TREASURY, ALL THE LEADERSHIP WAS AROUND THE 493 00:25:32,828 --> 00:25:33,294 TABLE. 494 00:25:33,895 --> 00:25:36,030 >> GOOD EVENING, I'M VERY PLEASED TO WELCOME THE 495 00:25:36,129 --> 00:25:38,264 DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP OF THE HOUSE AND 496 00:25:38,365 --> 00:25:38,866 SENATE. 497 00:25:39,532 --> 00:25:52,176 >> AND THEY TOLD US WE'RE GOING TO NEED $700 BILLION. 498 00:25:53,709 --> 00:25:56,580 $700 BILLION? WE'VE NEVER VOTED FOR A BILL 499 00:25:56,679 --> 00:25:59,915 $700 BILLION. OF COURSE, WE VOTED FOR IT. 500 00:26:00,014 --> 00:26:02,585 IT KEPT US FROM GOING INTO A DEPRESSION. 501 00:26:02,684 --> 00:26:06,687 IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND VERY FRANKLY IT WAS A REPUBLICAN 502 00:26:06,788 --> 00:26:10,523 PRESIDENT ASKING FOR IT AND IT WAS TWO-THIRDS OF DEMOCRATS THAT 503 00:26:10,624 --> 00:26:13,126 PASSED IT. IT WOULD NOT HAVE PASSED WITHOUT 504 00:26:13,225 --> 00:26:15,762 DEMOCRATS SAYING IF THIS IS NECESSARY FOR OUR COUNTRY, WE 505 00:26:15,861 --> 00:26:19,196 WILL DO IT. AND THEN OF COURSE FAST FORWARD, 506 00:26:19,297 --> 00:26:22,398 NONE OF US WOULD HAVE EVER PERCEIVED WHEN WE WERE ELECTED 507 00:26:22,500 --> 00:26:25,735 OF VOTING FOR SOME $1.9 TRILLION. 508 00:26:25,836 --> 00:26:33,509 FORGET ABOUT $700 BILLION. BUT THE CHALLENGE, THE DANGER, 509 00:26:33,609 --> 00:26:37,110 THE CONSEQUENCES TO OUR AMERICANS' HEALTH AND TO OUR 510 00:26:37,211 --> 00:26:40,580 ECONOMY WERE SUCH THAT THIS WAS WARRANTED. 511 00:26:40,679 --> 00:26:43,349 >> DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE REPUBLICANS? 512 00:26:43,449 --> 00:26:49,487 IT DOES NOT SEEM -- I MEAN, I GATHER THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT 513 00:26:49,588 --> 00:26:53,558 THEY CAN TAKE A $179 TRILLION BILL, SPEND THE NEXT TWO YEARS 514 00:26:53,657 --> 00:26:56,560 PICKING IT APART, FINDING THINGS THAT ARE POLITICALLY UNPOPULAR 515 00:26:56,659 --> 00:27:00,830 AND TRYING TO RUN AGAINST YOU ALL ON THOSE ITEMS. 516 00:27:00,929 --> 00:27:03,432 DOES THAT -- IS THIS A STRATEGY THAT CONCERNS YOU? 517 00:27:03,532 --> 00:27:06,167 >> I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY A BILL OF THIS MAGNITUDE SOME THINGS ARE 518 00:27:06,268 --> 00:27:08,869 GOING TO WORK AND SOME THINGS AREN'T GOING TO WORK, BUT 519 00:27:08,970 --> 00:27:14,741 FRANKLY I THINK THE REPUBLICANS ARE COMFORTED IN THEIR POLICY OF 520 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:16,975 OPPOSITION BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THE BILL IS GOING TO PASS. 521 00:27:17,076 --> 00:27:19,811 THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. 522 00:27:19,911 --> 00:27:25,249 THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PANDER TO THEIR HARD LINE DON'T DO 523 00:27:25,349 --> 00:27:29,820 ANYTHING, DON'T WEAR MASKS BASE, AND AT THE SAME TIME NOT INCUR 524 00:27:29,919 --> 00:27:34,857 THE WRATH OF THOSE FOLKS WHO SEE THIS AS SO NECESSARY. 525 00:27:34,956 --> 00:27:40,227 SO REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION IS SOMEWHAT OF A SORT OF A FREE 526 00:27:40,328 --> 00:27:41,462 OPPOSITION STROKE. 527 00:27:41,562 --> 00:27:46,332 >> BIPARTISANSHIP IN WASHINGTON MAY BE A THING OF THE PAST. 528 00:27:46,433 --> 00:27:49,601 ARE YOU VIEWING THESE NEXT TWO YEARS AS I AM THE MAJORITY 529 00:27:49,702 --> 00:27:52,137 LEADER AND WE HAVE TO GET DONE WHATEVER WE CAN GET DONE IN THE 530 00:27:52,236 --> 00:27:55,407 NEXT TWO YEARS AND WE CANNOT RELY ON THE REPUBLICANS FOR 531 00:27:55,506 --> 00:28:02,911 PROGRESS AND WE CANNOT LET THEM INTIMIDATE US INTO NOT ACTING? 532 00:28:03,012 --> 00:28:09,184 >> 500,000 AMERICANS HAVE DIED. THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF 533 00:28:09,283 --> 00:28:13,387 BUSINESSES HAVE EITHER SHUT DOWN OR GONE AWAY. 534 00:28:13,486 --> 00:28:17,523 PEOPLE ARE IN FOOD LINES THEY NEVER EXPECTED IN THEIR WILDEST 535 00:28:17,624 --> 00:28:19,792 DREAMS THEY WOULD NEED TO BE IN A FOOD LINE. 536 00:28:19,893 --> 00:28:22,727 I DON'T WANT THIS TO SOUND CORNY BUT I THINK THE BEST POLITICS 537 00:28:22,828 --> 00:28:27,866 FOR US FOR '22 OR FOR '24, '26, WHATEVER, AND I THINK BIDEN IS 538 00:28:27,965 --> 00:28:33,837 IN THE SAME BOAT, IS TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 539 00:28:33,936 --> 00:28:37,639 >> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. 540 00:28:37,740 --> 00:28:38,808 THE AYES HAVE IT. 541 00:28:39,041 --> 00:28:43,043 >> THE BILL IS PASSED WITHOUT OBJECTION A MOTION TO RECONSIDER 542 00:28:43,144 --> 00:28:52,051 IS LAID UPON THE TABLE.