joe biden is swinging for the fences. you look at this speech, this is a once in a century opportunity to reset the american system. you're talking about a free community college? you're talking about child care. you're talking about family leave. you're talking about the family economics that are on display here will change people's lives in a real way. so i think nobody has really put it together yet. this is a big reveal. you put all the stuff together. you've got the deferred maintenance taking care of for how this country can work for more people. i think it's a big deal. >> evan, you wrote the book on joe biden. are you surprised by the direction he's moving? >> he feels this moment calls as van said for something larger than an ordinary set of policy items. in his inauguration address 99 days ago, he mentioned democracy more than any address in history not only because we were two weeks after the insurrection out capitol. it's because he really sees there is a risk if americans don't believe democracy can deliver f

this morning it might not be joe biden or zee others. how about joe manchin. he's putting himself in the middle of passing the $2 trillion bill. he indicated overnight he's opposed to passing key legislation on strict party votes, that he is alarmed by that process. and since we haven't heard any republican saying they support the white house infrastructure plan just yet, that puts it in serious, serious peril. later this morning the president will announce his first executive actions on guns in response to the latest flurry of mass shootings. >>> meanwhile the united states reporting more than 70,000 new coronavirus cases. hospitalizations climbing to their highest level in a month, and the cdc confirming that the highly contagious variant which was first identified in the united kingdom is now the most common strain of the coronavirus here in the united states. despite that, the cdc director says she believes all children will be back in classrooms by september. let's beginning with jeremy diamond who's live at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: sen

but you are hearing from people like senator joe manchin, saying they have questions how big joe biden is trying to go. but he is reasoning that, not in washington, but on the road today here in georgia for this first stop. he's going to pennsylvania tomorrow. he's got several more stops planned for next week, because what they're focusing on is selling it as -- i heard you talking about this transformational moment. they view it that way, but he sees an opening given the pandemic and given the economic disaster that followed that, see thing is a spot where they can succeed in getting a plan like this through with what he envisions. whether or not that happens still remains to be seen. how do american voters feel about this? we saw the polling on the coronavirus relief bill. that relief bill paired with the infrastructure bill and paired with the american families plan is about $6 trillion in spending. that's a whole lot of spending. so i think that is going to be a massive question facing them. but the way joe biden was trying to sell it here tonight, and what we are hearing from offi

joe biden again, 37 years in the senate. four decades thinking he should be the person delivering the state of the union address or it is not officially a state of the union address. but let's not forget history of tonight with the female speaker of the house and female vice president. that's a big deal. an optic for the country and the world. i do think, this is a competition of ideas. it is a competition of politics. we're sitting here at the end of april 2021. everybody in this town, and this is what america gets annoyed about washington, is already thinking about the mid-term elections. joe biden saying, i told you. i would reverse this vaccine will rollout. we would get vaccines in arms. i told you. now trust me as i want to do more. he's trying to get the american people to buy in. okay, the first 100 days worked. let's continue this approach. senator scott was trying to pull that back. he was saying, oh, no, no, we did some of this stimulus back in the trump administration. and president trump does deserve credit for

joe biden flipped jae. joe biden flipped arizona. it's incumbent on you to come more toward us but we don't live in that washington. >> no. and it was pretty clear that from day one, given the way joe biden was brought into office and what happened on capitol hill with the insurrection and the storming of it and how those republicans that you just saw there acted in response to that, including kevin mccarthy of course who has made several comments in recent days, deflecting the former prepo president's responsibility. brought the question of what the bipartisanship was going to look lick. the white house has invited republicans over to meet about certain proposals, the coronavirus relief bill and you saw those republicans come to the mic and ever since they've had those meetings we have not seen republican lawmakers come to the mikes to speak to reporters after. they're trying to navigate this relationship with the white house while appearing like they are putting forth proposals but the big question is does joe biden get what he wan

trying to turn trump's big lie on joe biden saying joe biden's lying about what's in georgia's new voting law that restricts ballot access. he's lying about this bill, he's lying to the american people about it to cause the raging fire he said he was going to put out. >> it all started with joe biden's big lie. >> it is a jedi mind trick. >> okay, think about this. joe biden's big lie. republicans are suddenly concerned about lies? when they never even acknowledged the former guy? was and is a serial liar -- and now they're like joe biden is a liar. really, republicans? what is that? lie? i never heard of the word. now you are concerned about lies? come on now. okay, so the premise of all these laws we have to remember over the country was actually built on the election fraud lie. so now they're saying joe biden's lie when all these laws built on a lie. as i said it is quite the jedi mind trick yet it is easy to expose. >>> also the all-star game, joe biden never called the game to be removed and it was a big lie, that's what they're saying. joe biden answered a question about the mlb. ml

>> i think joe biden did a great job. you know, in d.c., we often say that this night is a night that kind of lays the foundation for 2022 and 2024. but what joe biden did was really talk to people, who are suffering and who are in pain right now. and have been, for quite some time. but one thing that i thought was really interesting is, as i was listening to, particularly, like, that first-35 minutes, 40 minutes of the speech that really talked about the economy. it felt like that speech was written for women. moms and women, who have been impacted so much by this pandemic. being at home. really, bearing the brunt of childcare. and so, it -- it wasn't ironic, i don't think, that there are two women behind him making history. i also thought it was, you know, unique that he took the time to identify the asian-american/pacific islander community. transgender individuals. african-americans. immigrants. he really, really met the moment. i would -- my only critique would be, and that i was expecting a little bit more, he did t

that's where joe biden is strongest. where is he weak? non-call edge degree, men, whites and conservative. you would think largely the trump coalition, president biden has a lot of work to do to win them over there, if he can. campaign promises, so far the american people think this president, 6 in 10 americans think he's doing a good job of keeping his campaign promises, and by and large 6 in 10 americans say this president is keeping his campaign promises so far. let's bring into our conversation right now to share their insights, a republican pollster among the co-founders of public opinion strategies. this is the world we live in, right? joe biden is not going to have an approval rating like george w. bush or barack obama because we lived in polarized time. you focus on the middle of the electorate. why is that so important and how strong is this, 57% approval among independents? >> very strong, and even stronger, 60% among independents on covid, and we have independents for the first time positive on the economy, and they are the one

trying to turn trump's big lie on joe biden. saying, joe biden's lying about what's in georgia's new-voting law, that restricts ballot access. >> he is lying about this bill. he is lying to the american people about it. to cause the raging fire he said he was going to put out. >> it all started with joe biden's big lie. >> it is a jedi-mind trick. okay. i want you to think about this, right? think of it. joe biden's lie -- big lie. republicans are, suddenly, concerned about lies? when they never even acknowledged the former guy? was and is a serial liar. now, they're, like, oh, my god, joe biden is lying! really, republicans? did someone introduce the word lie, back, into your vocabulary recently? because, before, you were like, lie? what's that mean? lie? never heard of the word. now, you're concerned about lies? come on, now. okay. so, and the premise of all these laws, we have to remember, over the country, was actually built on the election-fraud lie. so now, they are saying it's joe biden's lie. when all these laws, built o

it's joe biden let's move. it's clearly joe's push. some think it's odd to be putting all of his muscle behind infrastructure right now, but that's clearly joe biden's decision. there is a certain decisiveness here with him on these actions, evan, and i'm curious why you think that is. >> you know, what we're seeing in some ways is a guy who's been thinking about what it means to be president for a very long time. he's thought about presidents who have had a big imprint on history and those who did not. he's met recently with historians. he thinks about what it is that could actually change how americans think of one another and of our relationship to the government, and so that's what drives a lot of these choices. he knows that a lot of them are politically, in some cases, difficult, they're risky and might not work, and ultimately whether he can achieve these is going to come down to whether he can get the votes. but he really believes over the years democrats have often negotiated against themselves, carved down their ambitions, re

a 46-point margin over his nearest primary opponent for joe biden. so it's not just the general election. the reason that joe biden won that primary last year was because of black voters, and it was because of voters who really wanted him to address the issues of race relations and uniting the country. >> i went down there and went to a polling place and spoke to him and interviewed him, and we saw -- >> i remember that. >> and we saw the difference. i said, look, people there loved him, right? that he had this connection, especially with black voters. then you saw what transpired after that. astead, biden said that his inauguration speech, that we can deliver racial justice. he said we can't stop here after the verdict of derek chauvin, the murder trial. he's clearly not shying away from confronting racial injustice head-on. does he see this as his best opportunity to get real change? >> i think so. i think you see an agenda laid out by president biden that tries to address these in a lot of areas, not just criminal justice where we often talk about

joe biden, it may be that we learn when all the facts come out, that all joe biden's justice department did was get out of the way of an investigation that was rolling down the tracks to begin with. >> john harwood, gloria can borger, elliot williams, thank you all. we have much more ahead on this breaking news. >> we sure do. >>> plus, a judge has just decided that the family of andrew brown jr. will get to see the body cam video of his death, but the public will not. van jones joins us live to discuss. >>> president biden's first address to joint session of congress is hours away. would he give you a preview. ♪ ♪i've got the brains you've got the looks♪ ♪let's make lots of money♪ ♪you've got the brawn♪ ♪i've got the brains♪ ♪let's make lots of♪ ♪uh uh uh♪ ♪oohhh there's a lot of opportunities♪ with allstate, drivers who switched saved over $700. saving is easy when you're in good hands. allstate click or call to switch today. this past year has felt like a long, long norwegian winter. but eventually, with spring comes rebirth. everything begins anew. and

that is no different for joe biden tonight. what is different, though, is the impact of the pandemic on all of this. tonight's address will look very different from previous presidential addresses in the house chamber. usually some 1600 people will be filling the room. you know the video i'm talking about. tonight only 200 will attend in person. chief justice john roberts will be present to represent the high court. only two cabinet members will attend. no need for the morbid assignment of one cabinet member, there will be no designated survivor this time. also no first lady's box and no other guests in the house chamber, no unmasked faces except for the president. one historic and long overdue change, two women seated behind the president of the united states for the first time, house speaker nancy pelosi and vice president kamala harris. also important, remember that president biden will be speaking tonight at the site of the violent attack on american democracy, the site of the january 6th insurrection. a lot is going on ton

they tried to paint joe biden as a crazy liberal. this was tried during the campaign where the russians and the trump campaign tried to paint joe biden as not mentally competent. and he still won. so, why would this work now? >> yeah. and i'm glad you noted, there are two things here at play, right, john? it is sort of the notion oh he's this old out of touch guy. so other people have to be in charge. and it's the and other people are in charge that are going to be so much more extreme and liberal than joe biden presents himself to be. they're trying both in this one line of attack. to your point, john, i've seen no evidence yet that it's working. obviously we lived in -- we live in very polarized times. and there's some benefit that animates the republican base with these lines of attack. but i see no evidence that broadly with the american people that joe biden has suffered in any way because of this line of attack coming from republicans. and i think they know it, which is why they're continuing to search. i mean, john cornyn is s

and so it will be interesting to see where joe biden takes it next. he's been very focused from a policy perspective on what he wants to accomplish, but these partisan divides and frankly the strain of anti-democratic, you know, fervor that is on the right right now is something that is still out there. and it hasn't gotten any better. in fact, perhaps i think a lot more people are sympathetic to the idea that there was something behind what these rioters were rioting about. and that's a really i think -- that should be a little bit concerning to a lot of people who care about this country and care about law and order and democracy and don't want to see insurrections happening because people don't like the results of an election. >> listen, abby, i know we don't have sort of a draft of the speech and i know you don't have a crystal ball. but he will be talking about the riot at the scene of the crime, right? >> yeah. >> what do you think we're going to hear from him? do you think he's going to set the record straight about this big lie? >> in some way

cnn's joe johns has more. >> so how does joe biden stack up to some of his predecessors, and he's coming in ahead of donald trump but substantially behind barack obama and george w. bush, and the question is why is that? the answer is the country has been polarized since trump left office. it's clear that most democrats give joe biden high marks and most republicans do not. it's going to be a big week for joe biden, and the capstone of it will be the speech on capitol hill, the address to congress. even before that he's expected to layout some of the facets of his plan for american families on tuesday, and then on thursday he is expected to fly out to georgia to celebrate what he sees as the accomplishments of his first 100 days in office. joe johns, cnn, wilmington, delaware. >>> joining me now is cnn political analyst, sabrina saddiqui, and he's a analyst for "the wall street journal." >> thank you for having me. >> joe biden's approval rate something at 53%, and that's 13 points above former president donald trump but below other presidents. what do you make of the number with most am

well, joe biden has big plans for his next-100 days in office. the u.s. president delivered his first address to a joint session of congress, just a few hours ago. touting an ambitious economic plan, costing $4 trillion. on top of the nearly $2 trillion, already, approved for covid relief. his new american families plan would include money for a host of bread-and-butter issues, like paid-family leave, childcare, preschool education, and free-community college. the president calls it an investment in the future, that will create millions of jobs and trillions, in economic growth. he is hoping to capitalize on the success of his covid-vaccination efforts. and americans' approval of how he's handled the pandemic. >> and inherited a nation, we all did, that was in crisis. the worst pandemic in a century. the worst economic crisis, since the great depression. the worst attack on our democracy, since the civil war. now, after just-100 days, i can report to the nation, america is on the move, again. >> and the president's address has americans feeling optimistic

they voted overwhelmingly for joe biden. a 50-point margin, according to a kaiser family foundations poll. and what about uniting the country? that was something that joe biden spoke a lot about. healing the wounds of this country. what do you see there? the voters who said that race relations, uniting the country was the most important quality. look at this margin that joe biden got over donald trump. 51 point. so they want to see if they can bring the country together especially on race relations. >> yeah. and he's just doing it as best he can and not paying attention to the noise. especially the noise from cable news. and listen, wasn't just the general election. you found the democratic voters in the primary put biden ahead of his opponents on these issues. >> remember we were coming out of new hampshire and nevada and joe biden hadn't won a single contest yet. you remember that. we went down to south carolina, right? and the first, that was the first primary in which african-americans had a heavy say what was going on.

you have another problem for joe biden. you've got actually a group of moderate democrats who maybe they're the moderates that don't like the price tag but there are some moderates who want this bill to repeal what's called the s.a.l.t. tax, which affects high-income states like new york and new jersey and a handful of moderates say we want this repealed, otherwise this bill doesn't fly. where does this situation stand right now in terms of negotiations? >> well, i think that the moderate democrats feel like they had to put a line in the sand very early as they start having these negotiations with their leadership. i talked to representative josh gotheimer about his position and he said, yes, this does affect high-income earners but it also affects middle class earners in high tax states, california, new jersey, new york. those are places where middle income family get hit by the fact that they cannot just deduct all of their state and local taxes, they can only deduct up to $10,000. this was a major issue for democrats bac

i think the issue here is joe biden, the incentive for republicans to cooperate with joe biden is very low. the disenincentive is very high because donald trump can attack them. that's something joe biden can't control. he can't control how republicans think working with them. that's why the next 200 or 300 days are going to be a lot more challenging for him. the first 100 days dealing with covid was hugely challenging, but challengeing in a different way. >> and democrats view as the white house knows that things could change in 2022. they don't have a lot of time to try to get these -- go ahead. >> well, look, if history is a guide and i always say because donald trump gotten elected may have broken history, at least we think of it in terms of politics. >> that's a good point. >> political history is a guide, the first midterm election of a president, 2022 for joe biden almost sees significant house seat losses. democrats don't have a lot of seats they can lose in the house to lose the majority. if they lose any seats in the senate, they lose the majority. liberals really want to get

. >>> that as the president, joe biden, is marking 100 days in office on the road in georgia, promoting his multi-trillion dollar package of plans for jobs, infrastructure, and american families, calling his ambitious ideas a once-in-a-generation investment in america. tomorrow he heads to pennsylvania, also saying today that he does not believe the american people are racist. >>> and rudy giuliani slamming the raid and seizure by federal officials of electronic devices from his home and office. tonight in a tv interview, claiming the warrant was illegal and denying he did anything wrong. there's lots to discuss now. cnn's senior political analyst nia-malika henderson joins me and political commentator amanda carpenter. i'm so happy to have both of you on. i got the "a" team tonight. good evening. amanda, let's start with this new daily beast reporting that congressman matt gaetz's friend wrote a confession letter saying he and the congressman paid for sex with several women including a 17-year-old girl. the letter was an attempt to get a presidential pardon from trump with the help of

>> i think the joe biden is misreading his mandate. it was to normalize and stabilize the country and govern ourselves. which has done with covid. and high marks for that. i don't think the mandate was this to go this big. 6 trillion in spending in the first year. he's misreading that. these proposals are not quite as popular as he thinks they are. i think he's taking a great risk given the fact he has such narrow majority in the house and in the senate. he's taking a great risk. and willing to go this big and forsake the house because he fig yirs he won't get anything in the second two years of the term. he's taking a huge gamble with the go big proposals. i don't think that's what the american people voted for. they wanted to get rid of trump. they want rest not a revolution. they're getting more of a revolution. >> different flavor of revolution. emphasis tonight on january 6. january 6th is a weak spot for the right in terms of caring about law and order. i say it on my show. i don't want to hear about blue lives matter if you don'

i know that as well. >> i know joe biden does. i have to tell you, those were three people that were sort of a very emotional night that way. >> yeah. good to see you, congresswoman. thank you so much for taking the time. >> thank you. >> long negotiation ahead. appreciate it. coming up for us, a judge denies request to release body cam footage from the shooting of andrew brown jr. for now. one of andrew brown's sons is our guest next. their only friend? the open road. i have friends. [ chuckles ] well, he may have friends, but he rides alone. that's jeremy, right there! we're literally riding together. he gets touchy when you talk about his lack of friends. can you help me out here? no matter why you ride, progressive has you covered with protection starting at $79 a year. well, we're new friends. to be fair. eh, still. if you have this... and you get this... you could end up with this... unexpected out-of-pocket costs. which for those on medicare, or soon to be, is a good reason to take charge of your health care. so consider th

line against joe biden. you saw this on issues over and over where he would concede. yeah, joe biden seems like a good guy, but he's pulling the country apart. he promised to lower the temperature. obviously he's lowered the temperature from donald trump. if you look at the polling, the most significant thing he's done, he's getting broad support from the american people. on race, tim scott, african-american senator from south carolina, was making case that, yes, i understand what racism feels like. i understand what discrimination feels like. but then pivoted to the argument that is pretty widespread within the republican party right now that it's white people who are being discriminated against. so he's saying, kids are being taught, if you're white, you're an oppressor. he didn't say white, but that's what he meant. that is an argument that many republicans believe, but when you look at the context of american society and the history of america as we've evolved to this point, that's a hard argument to sus

remember, i think this is consistent with the way joe biden campaigned. he did not overindex twitter talk. he focused on where the real votes were in the democratic primary. you have some polarization in congress where you have the republican party disproportionately dominated. where folks are playing to the fox news crowd, where being a troll is a sign of success rather than getting things done. biden is betting on his proposals are popular with republican voters. there's all this talk of bipartisan support but we haven't seen any evidence of it. so he is moving forward alone. there is risk of blowback in that, but at least he is going big and trying to get things done, betting that those actions will help them hymn cobble together a ma skrort in the long run. >> well thank you. >> being a troll is a sign of success. and that is exactly what is happening on the right right now, rather than actually working for their constituents and for the american people. i had this conversation just now with charlie dent and gloria borger, about joe manchin, kirsten,

joe biden is marking 100 days in office and promoting a plan for jobs and infrastructure and american families and calling his ambitious ideas once in a generation investment in america. tomorrow he heads to pennsylvania. saying today he sdnts believe the american people are racist and rudy giuliani slamming the raid and seizure by federal officials of electronic devices from his home and office. tonight, in a tv interview, claiming the warrant was legally and denying he did anything wrong. there is a lot to discuss now. senior political analyst joins me and also a political commentator amanda carpenter. good to have you both on. i got the 18 tonight. good evening. start with the daily beast reporting. the letter was part of the joel greenberg's attempt to get a presidential pardon from trump with the help of roger stone. we reached out. i got to say all of this stuff right so we can be responsible here. we reached out to greenberg's attorney. he said no comment citing attorney/client privilege. this is how matt gaetz responded congressman hasaying the following. okay. so this is gett

biden that's not terrible, and that is progressives who want more of what joe biden is proposing, biden can now say to them i can't. in order to get anything through i need joe manchin. so in that sense it might work for him but in a larger sense it's a real problem. >> listen, charlie, for the country -- people know this. voting rights, it's important for our democracy. does joe manchin really want to go down as the guy who held up the voting rights act, who restricted voting for people in this country, poor people, people of color? does he want to go down as that guy? >> well, i think, don, i think it's a bit unfair to put this all on joe manchin. i happy to agree with him on the filibuster. i witnessed when republicans were in control, listening to most extreme voices in the republican conference and the house at the time demanding mitch mcconnell eliminate the filibuster. this was always coming from the extreme voices because they wanted to jam very harsh partisan legislation that would not be sustainable or durable. and i think the democrats know in their guts this is not a good th

i can do that again with your help. >> so, amy, is joe manchin helping joe biden be the president he campaigned to be? >> right. he's getting pulled to the center from his own party, not from republicans. interestingly enough, you can argue this happened during the obama era as well. it was -- there were so many more moderate democrats at that time, from places like nebraska and north dakota, and louisiana, pulling the party further to the center than it was republicans, of which there were still just a handful that were helping to moderate the party. now it's just joe manchin and i think, again, at the end of the day what democrats want to see are "w"s on the board. interestingly enough, i think what i'm also not hearing about is any discomfort from moderate democrats in the house. at least not yet. nancy pelosi has a very narrow -- narrower than she had on election day -- because there are still special elections that need to happen, she can only afford to loose a couple of members on her side too. >> jonathan is back with us. i want to play a little bit more from our interview wit

so the question is, why did joe biden decide to do this at this time? number one, there has been a big lobbying effort that's gone on for decades here in the united states to get this recognition to actually happen. joe biden used it as part of his campaign promises while he was running for president. also, the biden administration has been working very hard to try to stress the importance of human rights here in the united states. there's also a tough relationship between the president of the united states and turkish president erdogan. in fact, joe biden called erdogan on friday, indicating to him that he was going to make this statement. previously the president of the united states has referred to him as an autocrat. the turkish government did respond with a long statement. some of it was muted, however. once again, denying there was ever a genocide. also suggesting joe biden may have had domestic political motivations for putting his statement out. at the end of the day, the government did promise to maintain dialog and cooperate with allies. the q

joe biden is president. but seven in ten republicans still say the president of the united states is an illegitimate president, seven in ten republicans say that and 27% of independents say that. imagine how much this complicates president biden's efforts to talk to the country when 70% of republicans think he doesn't deserve the job, that he has. now, you would think, months would pass, the election is over, this would fade. it has faded some. but not much. in 58 -- in january 58% of republicans said there was solid evidence, not just donald trump says, but solid evidence biden did not win enough votes. that's down to 50% among republicans but still half of republicans still say they believe there's solid evidence. like to see it, because there is none, but that's what half of republicans believe. this complicates joe biden's job, trying to talk to the american people, all americans and it's part of the reason republicans are doing this. republicans still say there was all this nefarious conduct in the 2020

so i think what's happened is both sides are character joe biden. that's obviously what happens in our modern politics. you get a single-sided guy. you don't get a three dimensional person. but he's not the timid pra pragmatist who's not going to do big things. nor is he at least so far this wild-eyed socialist who is going to fundamentally transform the american economy and our way of life. he's something kind of in between those two things. >> hmm. how about that? i wonder what we call those. >> truth not told. >> oh, reasonable. chris cillizza. thank you very much. we'll be right back. >> thank you, my friend. rely on the experts at 1800petmeds for the same medications as the vet, but for less with fast free shipping. visit petmeds.com today. >>> we saw something positive come out of the senate today. after more than a year of hate against our asian-american brothers and sisters, today republicans and democrats aligned, voting overwhelmingly to pass a bill to help fight back. one exception. senator josh hawley. ring a bell? this guy raised that f

. >> the polling shows that joe biden is doing well, at 53% overall. that's remarkable compared to where donald trump was. normally, though, during the first hundred days we give presidents big honey moons. they rack up approval ratings in the 60s and seven percents. we are not seeing that with joe biden, which reminds us what a deeply divided countries we are. but i think history is going to look well on what joe biden has done. he has evened the temperature of our country. he calmed things down. he responded with dignity after the horror of the january 6 insurrection. he works daily with kamala harris, historic first person of color as vice president. he's pulling us out of afghanistan. was able to start really getting shots in arms. i mean, the covid rollout, all things considered, are going very well under joe biden. failures with immigration, but overall, it has been a remarkable 00 days with joe biden, and they should be proud of where they are. they have got their cabinet by and large confirmed, which is also a good thing. >> now, arguably, the

you see how joe biden overwhelmingly won the election. a lot of people found a place in our tent because they were suffering from the economy. they were out of work because of the pandemic. and they needed a vaccine. and what has happened in the last 100 days? it's been a complete different spirit that is uniting our country. it may not be uniting congress. i'm not naive about that, but i can feel it out there where people see hope. they see a lighthouse on the horizon. >> let's talk about your book. this new book, you say you want to make "antitrust" cool again. really? how. >> well, because you have people all over this country that are starting to say, how come it costs so much to get cable? why did the epipen prices go way up like they did. or why is insulin so expensive? or how come we don't have any privacy or misinformation, real controls on social media? it's because when you have monopolies, they have no incentive to do those things. i think exhibit "a" is when facebook goes out and buys instagram and whatsapp. those companies co

so, this is not news -- good news for joe biden. and it puts manchin right where he wants to be, which is at the center of everything. >> but it's at -- you said he needs ten republicans in the -- gloria, is that ever going to happen? >> he would need -- yeah. i -- i mean, well, you know, we'll -- we'll have to see. >> i would hope. but -- >> in a way, and -- it -- well, but, in a way, there is one thing this does for joe biden, that's not terrible. and, that is, progressives who want more of what joe biden is proposing. biden can now say to them, i can't. in order to get anything through, i need joe manchin. so, in that sense, it might work for him. but in the larger sense, it's a real problem. >> listen, charlie, for the country. and, listen. i -- people know this. voting rights. that -- it's important for our democracy. does joe manchin really want to go down, as the guy who held up the voting-rights act? who restricted voting for people in this country? poor people. people of color. does he want to go down, as that guy? >> well,

i think there's three things that joe biden is going to do in that speech. the first is to celebrate the progress in getting the pandemic under control, which has been his number one priority. announced the relax of the mask guidance today. 200 million shots in arms. we're getting closer back to a return to normal. the second thing is to use that success and say, i know what i'm doing. here's a plan to get our economy back. the recovery plan, families plan, jobs plan, all of the components of that, $4 trillion, and try to build momentum for that. but the third thing is to raise the stakes and say, this is about showing that democracy can still work, that we can compete with autocracies like china. and this is an argument that works on a couple of levels. it accommodates the possibility that republicans may somehow come around to participate in passing a big portion of his plan, though that's a long shot. but in the event that that does not happen, which is likely, it sets the stage for him to say to democrats, if we're going to save democracy, it's not going

did joe biden's justice department go after the former president trump? no. they stepped out of the way and stopped blocking as evan's reporting and "the new york times"'s reporting, stopped the effort to impede the investigation and that's a fundamentally different thing? >> susan, this is extremely sensitive for joe biden and his administration. for federal prosecutors to move forward with it, what does it tell you about the risk reward there in the doj and white house on this? >> i think you are right to bring that up, absolutely. the bottom line is that everybody involved clearly understood the political stakes because the warrant was previously blocked by the previous administration. nobody is under any illusions that rudy giuliani is a private citizen here. he brings the story into the office, and giuliani is the guy that got donald trump impeached not once, but twice, and in the ukraine, the question was also was skwrgiuliani acting on behaf some cukrainian interests, in addition to donald trump's interest, and i think that's why it has always been mys

this is consistent with the joe biden campaign. he did not overindex twitter talk. he focused on where the real votes were. you have some polarization in congress where you have the republican party dispro disproportionately dominated. where being a troll is a siphon success rather than getting anything done. biden is betting on his proposals are popular with republican voters. there's all this talk of bipartisan support but we haven't seen any evidence of it. there is a risk of blowback. in. at least he's going big and trying to get things done, betting those actions will help him cobble together a majority. >> that's really, being a troll is a sign of success and that's what's happening on the right right now. rather than actually working for their constituents and the american people. i had this conversation just now with charlie and gloria borger about senator joe manchin out with his new op-ed saying that he will not vote to weaken the filibuster. does this mean no voting rights act? >> yeah. that very well could be the outcome. and i think the idea that, you k

joe biden? >> no, actually, i didn't. >> you never asked anything about joe biden? >> the only thing i asked about joe biden is to get to the bottom of how it was that wothe dismissed the case against -- >> so you did ask ukraine to look into joe biden? >> of course i did. >> you just said you didn't. >> reporter: they threatened to withhold military aid to ukraine and withheld a white house visit for the newly elected ukrainian president in order to furth ir their efforts. the main focus of trump's first impeachment trial. investigators also want to know if giuliani acted as an illegal lobbyist on behalf of ukrainian officials. for example, giuliani's insistence that the u.s. ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovich be fired. trump did eventually fire the ambass ambassador. >> our ukraine policy has been thrown into chaos. >> reporter: two ukrainian associates of giuliani's were indicted in 2019 on several charges, including illegally funneling foreign money to pro-trump political groups. igor f

what joe biden is going to say is, look, we got you these vaccines. we got you money in your pockets. we are restoring jobs in this country, and that is because government is on your side. >> yeah, normally there are about 1,600 people in the house of representatives for a speech like this. tonight there will be 200 because of the covid pandemic. nia, the president also plans to lay out what's being described as part two of his massive infrastructure plan, but already democratic senator joe manchin is signaling his discomfort with the price tag. so is tonight more about winning over republicans or getting fellow democrats on board? >> it's about both and more broadly the american people. you look at some of the polling like this, something like 60% of americans think that this infrastructure plan is a good idea. 80% of democrats, something like 70% of independents. so if you're joe biden, you want to maintain that good feeling that most americans have about this infrastructure plan and then explain it. this administration has a very broad idea of what

i have to be honest, listening to joe biden, i think he accepts that it will be ugly. i don't think he believes that this is necessarily going to lead to dancing in the streets and general harmony across afghanistan. quite the contrary. but for him i think he has calculated that the 1% of americans who have been involved in this war, the 99% just have an opinion on t they have been bearing the brunt here and if he's not able to have the questions he asked of his military leaders why are we staying? what can we achieve? he doesn't get good enough answers he can't keep asking americans to come here and potentially die here as well. there's been over 2,000 deaths so far. he said he carried a card in his pocket with the exact number with him every day. so a deeply personal decision as a commander in chief and one that longer term strategists might say, look, frankly, american needs to fight tomorrow's wars not keep fighting yesterday's wars. they've tried everything, surging, withdrawing troops down, counterterrorism missions to peace talks, the one thing they haven't trie

>> well, yeah, voters did vote for it when they voted for joe biden and kamala harris and against one of the most divisive presidents in history. right now january 6th which is proof that we all don't have the same facts of what goes on in this country and mitch mcconnell's party is perpetuating the big lie even though that election had been over for months. voters voted against all that. mcconnell is trying to distract this from all this matt gaetz problem and all the marjorie taylor green and donald trump is still the leader of the republican party. this is all a distraction. he's starting the war for christmas earlier. >> a lot of these are distractions from serious issues. i think that's really important. let me ask you one other thing because i know a lot of people are talking about this and thinking about this. the original new york times 1619 project included a core claim that the u.s. reserve aleutian was launched to maintain slavery. they issued a clarification s saying it was not the primary motivation for colonies. t that can be part of a curriculum but not its core. please

which, joe biden won fair and square. which party? and they voted to overturn those results, while the destruction at the capitol was, still, being cleaned up. which party is behind the nationwide effort to suppress the vote in future elections? the assault on voting rights. simply, because their guy lost. which party? which party just passed voting restrictions in florida? a key-swing state. including, limiting the use of drop boxes. and adding more-i.d. requirements for absentee ballots. which party? which party is it that passed a law in georgia making it a crime to give food or water to voters in line. come which party is that? which party is it, whose governor signed that law behind closed doors while a duly-elected state representative was literally locked out and then arrested for knocking on the door. >> for what? under arrest, for what? for trying to see something that our governor is doing? >> hi, tim scott. mirror. which party? do you know which party is trying to rig elections, in the future? you know, like i said. we have

, most of the republicans saying they don't support joe biden. so the one good news here for joe biden is that he gets some of his highest marks on his handling of the coronavirus. fred? >> and then joe, the president is also preparing for his first address to congress. what more are you learning about what might be in his talk? his speech? >> well, there's a lot of thought that he's going to talk about covid and what he sees as his successes, and getting the vaccine out. so expect him to talk about what he wants to do with the economy going forward and there's the american family plan which the president is expected to put out, a lot of people don't have a whole buchlk of information about that but what we do know is they are expecting to put in an increase in taxes, including the capital gains tax as well as marginal tax rates. so republicans oppose, of course, tax increases and that could be controversial. it's going to be a real mix, very different speech from what we've seen for the united states presidents and their first term before the un

his approach >> you won't hear him yelling or sending angry tweets because for joe biden actions speak louder. >> now those ads are part of a multi-million dollar advertising campaign trying to rally support out in america, but, jake, the question is what effect will it have in the congress? will any republicans come on board with this big spending plan? infrastructure is one area where they do believe they can get some republican buy-in but like will the not for the entire plan. you know, the question also can they keep democrats together? next week there will be meeting is at the white house i'm told. this is a central challenge and test facing the administration in the coming months. jake? >> all right. jeff zeleny in the great city of philadelphia, thank you so much. appreciate it. one activist says it's an attempt to prosecute black americans for calling out systemic racism. we're going to take a look at what's going on with all these laws to limit protests across the country. that's next. not all 5g networks are created equal. ♪ t-mobile america's largest and fastest 5g network

>>> a busy almost 100 days for president joe biden. >> today we did it. today we hit 200 million shots. >> his promises kept, goals unfulfilled and the challenges that lie ahead. we'll talk to two freshman members of congress, democrat cori bush and republican peter meijer about the president's performance and the first few months in office. almost a year after the death of george floyd. >> we the jury find the defendant guilty -- >> a verdict and accountability. what will congress do to fix the problems with policing. >> a measure of justice isn't the same as equal justice. >> plus how d.c. statehood went from a fringe cause to the top of the democrats' agenda. >>> welcome to "inside politics," sunday, i'm abby phillip and thank you for spending part of your weekend with us. joe biden once described himself as a transitional figure, for the democratic party but nearly 100 days into his presidency, his record is looking far bigger than bolder. his facing a deeply divided political -- politically divided nation struggling to fight back the pandemic. biden

it is much harder to attack joe biden. look at the poll numbers. >> absolutely. of course we all know if you look at the numbers, the tax increases whether you support them or not do not add anywhere up to the cost of spending. that's a separate talk for a separate day. >> senator tim scott is going to give the republican response, the other party gets the response. tim scott will give it tonight. he'll say and here is a quote we got from him "before covid we had the most inclusive economy in my lifetime. that happens because republicans focused on expanding opportunities for all americans." >> so can tim scott and republicans turn the economy on biden here successfully? >> well, look let's give biden some credit for rolling out the vaccines although it is produced by the private sector and distributed by the private sector. he touched base with our allies and his tone has been good. erin, they spent $6 trillion in the last year. $6 trillion. look, i was the chairman of the budget committee and now they're saying what they're going to do is get all this money out

. >>> joe biden does what no u.s. president has done before, calling the mass killings of armenians a century ago a genocide. i speak to the former u.s. ambassador to turkey about the potential fallout. >>> debris from a sunken submarine in indonesia is recovered. >>> great to have you along this hour. we begin with signs that the coronavirus vaccine supply in the u.s. may soon outstrip demand. more than 225 million doses have been administered across the country, but daily vaccination rates are starting to taper off. now this comes as the government cleared the johnson & johnson vaccine to resume after a brief pause over reports of a rare blood clot. now that's putting even more doses back in the supply chain. so the drop in vaccinations is concerning health officials. as you can see here, the u.s. is far from reaching herd community. i want to go straight to polo sandoval, looking at what might be behind this drop. >> reporter: as johnson & johnson's covid-19 vaccine is cleared to go into arms again, a slight but on

president joe biden will speak to lawmakers in a joint session of congress on april 28th. he got the formal invitation from house speaker nancy pelosi on tuesday. she asked him to share his vision for addressing the challenges and opportunities facing the country. pelosi had said she held off inviting the president amid concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. >>> and a likely hot topic at that point session of congress, afghanistan. later today president biden is set to announce u.s. forces will leave the country by september 11th. that will be two decades since the 9/11 attacks and the start of america's longest war. but despite trillions of dollars and thousands of lives lost, afghanistan remains extremely volatile. many observers fear a hasty exit by the u.s. will be a win for the taliban. the militants could erode basic rights, especially for women, and bolster a safe haven for terrorists. >>> for the latest from afghanistan cnn's nick paton walsh joins us live from kabul. nick, what impact will a withdrawal of u.s. troops in september likely have on the lives of afgha