amy: philadelphia city councilperson jamie gauthier, who was responsible for issuing the apology for the move bombing, also spoke at the protest wednesday outside the university of pennsylvania. >> the university of pennsylvania has apologized for its role in this situation, but an apology is not enough. saying it won't happen again is not enough. [applause] the damage is already done and now everyone involved needs to be held accountable for their actions. [applause] the africa family is out a full explanation of what happened by the university and the city of philadelphia betrays for the remains without consent. in the family is also owed some form of restitution to compensate for this egregious act. amy: this week, the university of pennsylvania museum of archaeology and anthropology known as the penn museum apologized via twitter, saying -- "we understand the importance of reuniting the remains with the family and we are working now to find a respectful, consultative resolution." princeton university president christopher eisgruber issued a statement that he is "concerned" over r

president biden in philadelphia celebrating the 50th anniversary of amtrak on lauren blanchard in washington, where the president says the rail the president says the rail service is a this couple is working hard on our state's recovery. supports our small businesses and communities. which means that beautiful baby gherkin atop this charcuterie masterpiece is like another brick in the rebuilding of our economy. job well done friends. calling all californians. keep your vacation here and help our state get back to work. and please travel responsibly. welcome to the place where the aroma of authenticity and help our state turns into the scent of home.y is in every bite. cacique. your auténtico awaits. one of the most important things you can do calling 811 to get your lines marked: it's free, it's easy, we come out and mark your lines, we provide you the information so you will dig safely. again today, two pitches infrastructure plan, and he stopped in philadelphia to mark the 50th anniversary of amtrak as fox is, lauren blanchard tells us, the president believes the service will be critical

. >> president biden was in philadelphia today, taking it on the road after his big speech to congress this week, as he continues to sell his agenda. and integral to this agenda are two economic packages that would invest roughly $4 trillion into roads, schools, green jobs, universal pre-k and affordable child care. and to discuss that and more, i'm joined by former secretary of state, hillary clinton. thank you so much for being here, secretary clinton, it's always great to talk to you. >> it's always great to talk with you, too, joy. >> i'm definitely going to ask you, because i know that issues regarding the defense fund and children are very important to you, so i'll get back to that. but i've got to get you to comment on an image of the two women, the vice president and the united states and the speaker of the house standing president joe biden. your reaction to seeing that happen? >> i was so happy, joy. i saw that when i was watching the speech, of course, and i loved the way the president turned around, applauded them, said that it was about time. it really was a watershed mome

and he goes to philadelphia to raise the money and in philadelphia, you know who's got the money? the guy in new york, arnold rothstein's got the money, go see him, and they do and they try to see him at the racetrack, they try to see him in his office and rothstein is not -- invites them to meet with him to discuss the fix, and he knows they are coming to discuss the fix. in the middle of the restaurant at the biggest hotel in times square, the hotel asked, or in the middle of everything, he's invited these guys not to his office, but there to discuss the fix. and they do, rothstein has at his table a former new york city police detective and reputedly a new york city judge. he's got witnesses to what will happen, which is rothstein blowing up and saying, i want no part of your fix. i want nothing to do with it. of course, he has another fix going on. that's why. and he is creating an alibi. a very big alibi he had nothing to do with any sort of fix. which is of course, false. and he soon comes to think that, well, maybe i can make these burns and others work for me. yes, i will

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[laughter] i'm serious. >> at that event in philadelphia, the president was just one stop on the line past his home station of wilmington and we heard him tell a story that we have never heard him tell before that in all those years of famously commuting from delaware to d.c. and back, he fell asleep and woke up in filly four times, bret? >> bret: are he can tell some stories about amtrak. the president came out on the white house lawn and had the announcement of the new cdc guidance about masks. so has he been following this that it's okay for him to take the mask off outdoors? >> bret, old habits die hard. we did see the president earlier today wearing a mask while he was making a long walk to the microphone on an outdoor train platform. but he says that he is going to stop wearing it outside like the cdc guidance says because he knows that it's unlikely that when he is out and about anybody is actually going to be able to come up and get too close to him. bret. >> bret: peter doocy, maskless on the north lawn. peter, thanks. up next, we will take you to an old gold rush town in cal

the president vice president say they're taking their message directly to the people with stops in philadelphia and cincinnati today to sell their american red. the american jobs plan. they say will create jobs and improve the nation's transit system. >> i'm writing check almost as long as you've been in that room. >> in philadelphia. president biden expressed his gratitude for amtrak on their 50th anniversary and spoke about the importance of his infrastructure plan to modernize and repair the vital services trains provide. >> to make investments that can help america get back on track. the president took the opportunity to make the pitch for his 2.3 trillion dollars, american jobs plan. >> that would invest in transportation and infrastructure jobs. >> and rail and hopefully expansion of rail provides good union jobs, good paying jobs. they also connect people to jobs and economic opportunities that can be. >> reached. the american jobs plan will help growth at a round table event in cincinnati. vice president kamala harris discuss the potential impact of investing in the nation's public tran

tour selling his tax-and-spend agenda, today in philadelphia the president promoted his infrastructure plan including $80 billion for rail, some of that will go to amtrak which has been losing money consistently over a long period of time. so is this yet another example of throwing taxpayer money problems? take a look at this. >> in my american jobs plan i propose spending $10 billion a year on passenger rail and freight rail. of this two thirds would support existing amtrak routes including the northeast corner but nationwide. were talking about union jobs, i said, were taking care of wiring switches, fixing bridges, tunnels, modernizing stations and repairing and rebuilding the vital infrastructure. gerry: for reaction let's bring in texas congresswoman beth van duyne. she's on the infrastructure committee, thank you for joining me. >> thank you for having me i appreciate the opportunity to answer these questions. gerry: we know the president loves trains he's like a kid with a vinyl train set but he loves it intel spent ten of money on amtrak, amtrak has been losing taxpayer money f

philadelphia, new york, one of the capitol back. the rebuilding began in part because dolley lead the rallying cry for washington d.c., and she quickly reestablished the social convenience. and by the fall of 1814, she's already in the drawing rooms now in the octagon house, which is their temporary residence. she's the one who actually announces that the treaty of good and has been signed, and signals the end of mr. madison 's war. today we expect the first lady to champion particular causes. we had roslyn carter and mental health, nancy reagan, just say no, barbara bush and literacy, michelle obama and childhood b city. but that was not an expectation in her time. the women organizing to create change was very novel. so, again kim dolley is a trendsetter, which is rife of the secretary of state, she's interested in the lewis and clark expedition. she knows they're not adequately provisions, so she gets all of the other ladies of the cabinet together, money together, and help outfit this -- this is sad for her, because she's fairly

chicago, washington, dc, baltimore, and right here in philadelphia. we are invested -- investing in our infrastructure. we are making strides up and down the northeast corridor and projects like our gateway program and the baltimore potomac tunnel. planned infrastructure projects will improve quality, and offer greater reliability. all of these projects and investments in our future but they're also investment in our planet. amtrak provides a more sustainable mode of travel and demands of rail travel will continue to grow. in fact, traveling on amtrak emits 83% fewer gatt -- green -- greenhouse emissions. we have a truly dedicated workforce that carries on the legacy of the railroaders preserved before them and who take great pride in connecting america. it is because of our employees that amtrak serves a vital role in the countries mobility started. we continue to see their conservations play out in real time as we navigate through the pandemic. when the world stopped in many ways, due to the still -- spread of the coronavirus. our employees made sur

he made these remarks at 30th street station in philadelphia. >> good afternoon. i am bill flynn, ceo of and track.

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one is at the national constitution center in philadelphia. the very first amendment proposed by congress isn't the one involving freedom of speech. it said resolve there should be one representative of congress for every 30,000 inhabitants. if that amendment had passed there would be 6,000 representatives in congress today, which is about the same size interestingly of the athenian assembly that the founders believed to have degenerated into demagogues and is also the size of the chinese national congress today. the reason they were so concerned about the size of apportionment is because they wanted enough representatives to be responsive to their constituents but not so much the size of the assembly would become unwieldy and degenerate into demagogues. and hear their cautionary tale is cleon in athens who seduced the assembly into invading sparta and causing the peloponnesian war. subsequent scholarship has suggested that aristotle and plato and anti-democrats and that athenian democracy was more effective in producing economic stability and

for more on the significance of mr biden�*s visit to philadelphia here's our washington correspondent gary 0'donoghue. this is part of selling the message to the _ this is part of selling the message to the american people, persuading, if you _ to the american people, persuading, if you like. _ to the american people, persuading, if you like, that this money as well worth_ if you like, that this money as well worth spending, going over heads, in some _ worth spending, going over heads, in some cases. — worth spending, going over heads, in some cases, of republicans in congress _ some cases, of republicans in congress. but this is also a bit of a personal— congress. but this is also a bit of a personal voyage for him, if you like him — a personal voyage for him, if you like him amtrak is something that is pretty— like him amtrak is something that is pretty close tojoe like him amtrak is something that is pretty close to joe biden's like him amtrak is something that is pretty close tojoe biden's heart. he travelled on what's called the train _ he travelled on what's called the t

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>>> the constitutional convention began in 1787, in philadelphia. virginians james madison and george mason found themselves on opposing sides regarding key components of the document. next, a re-enactment of a debate between the two men, as they argue about issues from the bill of rights, to slavery. hosted by the colonial williamsburg foundation, this is an hour. >>> well, hello. and welcome to the great constitutional debate, right here at colonial williamsburg. my name is stuart harris and i teach constitutional law at lincoln memorial university in knoxville, tennessee. today we have a real treat for you. we are going back to the time when the constitution was ratified and we're going to talk about some of the great debates that occurred during that rat fiction process. but first, let me set some historical context. in 1776, you will recall, we had our declaration of independence, but don't mix that document up with the constitution. they are two very different things. and both important, but today, we're focused on the constitution. indeed, th

the president begin right now in philadelphia to promote $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, let's get live at the white house, lake, pennsylvania a key battleground state during the election, still a very important place to make big statements on infrastructure. >> have been for a while, key battleground states and probably will be for a long time going forward. pennsylvania is state he knows well, he's there. a live look in philadelphia today, the american jobs plan, 50th anniversary they are celebrating, of amtrak and part of the american jobs plan, doesn't $80 billion commitment to the amtrak backlog and try to update and maintain the northeast quarter. the white house and lead into this is highlighting exactly certain needs of what pennsylvania needs. for example, they say 5% of the state doesn't have acceptable broadband internet, $16.8 billion in water infrastructure will be needed over the next 20 years. manufacturers, employing 9.3% of the workforce and 93000 people work in clean energy, something the american jobs plan wants to transition to, there are other questions how tha

he is with the president there in philadelphia. and we'll get to garrett haake, hopefully, in just a minute. but let me start with mike. mike, you know, this was a pretty important speech for the president on a personal level because of, you know, his attachment to amtrak. the role that he played. he told some anecdotes about the time he spent going back and forth between delaware and oversleeping and missing his station. but tell us what the scene is like there and who he has been visiting with. >> yeah, ayman, i'm sure it was evident who those who were watching that along with us, but i don't think president biden has enjoyed himself more in these first 100 days as president as he has today. perhaps even more than inauguration day, considering the task of what was ahead of him. but clearly, joe biden's political identity has been shaped by amtrak. as you mentioned, it's celebrating 50 years now. 50 years ago, joe biden was first collected to public office. and of course, he took those 8,000 by his own estimation trips between was

this time he is headed to philadelphia to celebrate amtrak's 50th anniversary. the train station makes a good backdrop to se the plan to rebuild america's infrastructure. he kicked off the road trip with a drive in rally in georgia yesterday where he pitched his american families plan. the plan includes universal preschool, tuition free community college, expanded benefits. >> how will we pay for that? it's simple. it's about time the very wealthy and corporations pay their fair share. >> the president is pushing pressure on republicans for bipartisan support. they remain set fastly opposed to large price tags and to raising taxes on the rich. >>> this weekend cal trans will begin construction on gill man interchange project. gianna franco has been tracking this project for sometime. >>> if you live and commute near northwest berkeley gear gill man interchange, you know all too well how bad traffic can get. that's about to change. starting this weekend phase one construction will begin. the second phase will begin in november and will include two round abouts. i

he's there in philadelphia. the vice president is in cincinnati. they'll be trying to take this to the people for support. let's go to jeff zeleny at the 30th street station in philadelphia. the president started with a lot of thanks, a lot of stories and then got down to business. >> reporter: it was more a walk down memory lane than a sales pitch about the details of this infrastructure plan. clearly, as you said, you can tell president biden's strong affinity for amtrak and a slice in time. he was right when he said, he's been riding amtrak almost as long as it's been in existence. this is the central part of the argument why he believes all of these plans are needed. the infrastructure plan is needed. it's to keep the united states competitive with china, a globally competitive world relies on reliable infrastructure. we have seen time and time again, bridges are crumbling, airports are not up to speed like other countries. that's a central part of his argument. what he didn't get into are the details. how will these plans be paid for? this is

[applause] >> martha: there you have it, president biden in philadelphia this afternoon wrapping up remarks there. selling part of his enormous $4 trillion expansion of government spending from education to travel to transportation. he was talking about high speed rail projects. elder care is part of this plan as well. it's all jammed into two very large $2 trillion roughly each bills as the president works to transform the country while his party has control. so now we want to get reaction to all of these plans and what the republican response would be from rnc chair woman ronna mcdaniel. thanks very much for being here today. you were watching along with this. i feel like i've been hearing about high speed rail most of my life across the country. now joe biden -- president trump pulled the plug on a very large program to do that in california because he felt like they were wasting federal money there. what do you think of this program? >> well, he just gave amtrak a $80 billion birthday present paid for by american taxpayers without looking at their business model. they've been losing mon

the president is celebrating amtrak's 50th anniversary in philadelphia today. his $2 trillion infrastructure package includes $80 billion for rail improvements while he says he wants to work with republicans in a deal, he signaled he might again be willing to move forward without them. like last time they came in with 1/4 of 1/6 of what i'm asking and say that's the final offer. there's no no goat. vice president kamila harris is heading to cincinnati today, and cabinet members are expected to travel in the coming days, as well as part of the back on track tour and washington mountain. rivera ktvu fox two news. california senator alex pd is also marking 100 days on the job this week, the senator spoke with our political reporter greg li, about what he's done what he wants to do and what he calls the past 100 days. a whirlwind. understand as president biden marked his 1st 100 days in office with a congressional address. california senator alex padilla sat in the chamber, one of the few people invited to attend in person. hey, up the path ahead. american jobs pla

we leave here to take you live now to philadelphia where president biden will be speaking from the train tracks outside center city's 30th street station. he's there to commemorate amtrak's 50th anniversary and also highlight his american jobs plan improvement to rail infrastructure. >> great to be back at the 33 station. you are family. please, sit down guys. your dad, greg, is here too. as far as i'm concerned the weavers are family. justin gray, speaking a family, your father and i bought a lot of fights together, plans a lot of flights on amtrak coming back to philly and i did not come all the way to philly and it's wonderful tribute to the station to bear his name. thank you for having me. governor wolf, mayor kennedy, congressman evans, thank you for the passport into the city and i appreciate it. we have another and i don't know they are all here still but i met a lot of really important friends that were here to or for this occasion. i understand senator blumenthal is here and there you go and the former attorney general took care of my son of bo when he was attorney general. tha

indeed, simply getting from montpelier to philadelphia was quite a challenge. his trips were over roads that wouldn't be called roads today. he often traveled in the rain. i'm struck by how often it was muddy on those roads. and one time it was worse than that. he was forced to dismantle his carriage, take the whole carriage apart, make three trips with it in what he called something like a boat over a swollen pond, and then he had to swim his horses across. so, this is an extraordinary amount of energy to spend if you're sickly. now, it's true that madison had the gastrointestinal problems that plagued almost everyone in the 18th century. this was a time, remember, when people believed that illness was caused by bad air, and doctors didn't wash their hands. but, in addition to the common ailments of the day, madison suffered from what he called sudden attacks, which he described as somewhat resembling epilepsy and suspending the intellectual functions. madison's most influential biographer described these attacks as epileptoid hysteria. now, he was writing in

we're waiting to see president biden there in philadelphia. he is just getting on of a train car there, walking up. >> look how happy he looks to be in his natural habitat. >> indeed, enthused next to an amtrak train. 50th anniversary for amtrak. he's going to make this big push for his infrastructure plan. he must hear me vamping for him to get to the mic. he put on some speed for us. >> he's jogging. this is where he is comfortable, as we know, he really likes take the train. >> great to be back in philly. great to be back to 33rd street station. blake, you don't treat each other like family, we are family. please, sit down, guys. sit down. your dad, greg, is here, too. as far as i'm concerned, the wooefrz are family. and justin gray, speaking of family, your family and i fought a lot of fights together, planned a lot of those fights on amtrak coming back to philly. i didn't come all the way to philly. it's a wonderful tribute to this station to bear his name. and, bill flynn, thank you for having me. governor wolf, mayor kenny, congressman

he is on the road today in philadelphia selling this plan. >> jen psaki said that they were open to splitting this up and making this individual bills if that would make it easier to pass. michael steele, taxes usually are the third rail, but i'm finding when i watch republicans try to push back against this plan that they're flailing a little in trying to respond to this idea that the wealthiest among us at the very, very top shouldn't be taxed more. >> well, they are, and it's largely because a growing number of republicans around the country are sort of agreeing with this idea that, yeah, those over $400,000 a year and corporations probably should be taxed to pay for some of this. this idea of taxation being forbidden is not agreed to inside the party any longer and a lot of it has to do with government since the early 2000s. they've watched republicans spend wildly without somely real, and then on the back end try to cut taktsz they are right, though, that the fundamentals of the bill, let the economy go back to what it was doing before covid-19. but the president's argument is, look, we'

the steps there of air force one headed to philadelphia, amtrak. the president was asked on nbc about this very topic, whether or not this spending was needed or if it would endanger it and here's what the president said. >> that's the reason why it's recovering, because we are investing. look at how rapidly it's recovered since we past the last piece of legislation, and that legislation was $1.9 trillion if we don't invest in this country, we are going to actually fall behind even further. >> john: contrast that with what "the wall street journal" said in an editorial and said "mr. biden wants to take credit for rescuing an economy inflames. the democrats in washington have been dousing dead embers for the economy was poised to accelerate as vaccines rolled out no matter who was president." your thoughts. >> this is all about joe biden taking credit for a number of things that president trump did and put in place before he left office grade it's amazing that joe biden can somehow try to convince the american people he's done something in 100 days

. >>> in just a few moments president biden will be arriving in philadelphia talking infrastructure, he'll be giving a speech at the 50th anniversary celebration of amtrak, in hopes of getting more people on board with his pricey proposal. cnn's kaitlan collins joins us now from the white house. remind us what's in this massive plan and how is the president trying to sell it. >> reporter: it has a lot in here. the way the white house is really framing this, ana, is as human infrastructure, how they're billing it. he already unveiled his actual infrastructure plan that dealt with roads and bridges and broadband and other aspects as well. this is more focused on education, child care, paid family leave, things you wouldn't normally define as human infrastructure but the white house is saying that given the pandemic, given the economic devastation that followed it caused people to take a hard look at what was going on and president biden and his aides believe that this is the time to invest in this so things aren't back to normal the way they were at pre-pandemic levels but that things

in just a few minutes, president biden will be in philadelphia to mark the 50th anniversary of amtrak. it's all part of pennsylvania. it's all about pennsylvania, it helped them narrowly win the state in 2020. we've been watching the county basically on the other side of the state because it's that area that democrats have been struggling with. dasha burns is talking to beaver county voters about how they're feeling about the first 100 days of the biden administration. when i think about his speech to congress, dasha, and he talked about, why can't these be built in pittsburgh and not beijing, i'm thinking, he's trying to talk to those beaver county voters who live in and around pittsburgh. did they listen to what he had to say and did they like it? >> reporter: they listened, chuck. they did not particularly like it. i've been asking voters to give president biden a bit of a report card for his first 100 days, and here in beaver county, he is averaging a grade of about a c-minus, d-plus. people here not thrilled with the president that they did not cast their ballot for, which isn't

and i want to say it was in philadelphia. but i want to know how the person who had that hidden behind the wall got those things, those very important things and why they had them. >> okay, sherry, thanks so much for all the detail. >> and i'll just answer it quickly because i want to say that this is happening in the 1950s and '60s, so not that long ago. and the story of how the ladies of greensboro historical society found and financed this collection deserves a television program of its own. >> is that right? >> yes. it was very fascinating. it really was hidden behind a wall. they raised money i think in a way that dolley would approve one chicken dinner at a time to pay the princely sum of $20,000 to get this valuable stuff. >> and is greensboro, north carolina, close to where she was born? >> they wanted to save this legacy rather than having it be scattered to the winds. and you can go there now and see parts of that. >> so dolley madison returns to washington after the death of her beloved james. how does she spend he

we leave here to take you live now to philadelphia where president biden will be speaking from the train tracks outside center city's 30th street station. he's there to commemorate amtrak's 50th anniversary and also highlight his american jobs plan improvement to rail infrastructure. >> great to be back at the 33 station. you are family. please, sit down guys.

a lot coming up including the president in philadelphia, more aid for amtrak. if you look at the $80 billion he is looking for on top of the spending he's looking at over 100 days of his administration. no president has submitted this much in spending plans than this one either on percentage of gdp or across basis, better than $6 trillion. ♪♪ ♪♪ set me free ♪♪ i really want to hear down town ♪♪ we're here for small business, every day. and to celebrate, we're doing something special. come in for verizon small business days. our team of trained business specialists will give you a complimentary tech evaluation to help jumpstart your communications connectivity and security. and we'll design a technology approach that's tailored for your business. plus, limited-time offers worth up to $1000. come into a participating store or book a virtual appointment to jumpstart your tech. (vo) ideas exist inside you, electrify you. they grow from our imagination, but they can't be held back. they want to be set free. to make the world more responsible, and eve

. >> this hour, the president will be going to one of his favorite places, philadelphia's iconic 30th street station to promote his favorite mode of transportation, amtrak. joining me not nbc news co-host kristen welker, a philly girl, garrett haake. and kristin, first you, and craig preferring the president on the $6 trillion, do we really need it. he had a direct response. here it is. >> that's the reason why it's recovery, because we're investing, look how rapidly we've recovered since we passed the last piece of legislation. and that legislation was $1.9 trillion. if we don't invest in this country, we're going to actually start to -- we're going to fall behind even further. >> kristin, he's absolutely going strong on this. and despite republican complaints about the spending he believes that this is popular and this is going to get him across the finish line. he's got a hard road, though, in an evenly divided congress. >> it is going to be a tough sales job, there's no doubt about that. what you saw with that exclusive interview with craig melvin was president biden doubling down

. >>> president biden heads to philadelphia shortly, part of a swing state tour to sell his multitrillion dollar infrastructure and economic plan, the rollout comes amid new proof the economy is gaining steam, biden critics say saying that more spending is not needed right now but the president says those critics are sort sighted. >> the reason why it's recovering, because we're investing. look how rapidly it's recovered since we passed the last piece of legislation. and that legislation was $1.9 trillion, if we don't invest in this country, we're going to actually start to -- we're going to fall behind even further. >> the white house correspondent for the "washington post" joins me right now. this is the fascinating sales test for the president and his team, no votes to spare really in the house or the senate. there's talk of bipartisanship but i'm convince it had main goal here is actually to keep democrats from getting scared. republicans are saying you're raising taxes, so not only is the president giving interviews, the president, the vice president, members of the cabinet are trave

philadelphia, new york, wanted the capitol back. the rebuilding began, in part, because dolley led the rallying cry for washington, d.c. by the fall of 1814, she's already in the drawing rooms, now in the octagon house, which is their temporary residence. she's the one who actually announces that the treaty of gent has been signed and signals the end of mr. madison's war. you know, today we expect a first lady to champion particular causes. we had ross lynn carter in mental health. nancy reagan, just say no to drugs. barbara bush and childhood literacy. but that was not an expectation in dolley's time. the idea of women organizing to create change was very, very novel. so, again, dolley is a trendsetter. when she's wife and secretary of state, she's very interested in the lewis and clark expedition. she knows they're not adequately provisioned so she gets all of the other ladies of the cabinet to gather money together and help outfit this. this is sad for her because she's fairly convinced they will never come back. when they do, sh

what are we expecting in philadelphia later today? >> well, philadelphia is where almost exactly two years ago candidate biden held his first major campaign rally. he is back here now getting back on track. i see what you did there, white house bringing him to a train station here to sell his infrastructure plan. amtrak could not throw themselves a 50th birthday party without celebrating with their most high profile customer. they would go towards the passenger rail. they called for a second great railroad revolution. i spoke with an executive that the money, the covid package, was critical to getting am track back to the point where it could bring some service levels wac to normal and some employees back to work. the president a frequent rider, commuting to and from washington. he talked about those who worked on the passenger rail, those conductors, the attendants, as part of his family as well. he will be introduced by blake weaver. that is a conductor whose father into introduced joe biden in 2009 when he was going to washington a

he'll be in philadelphia where he hopes to garner more support for two bills that will cost trillions of dollars if passed. one bill aims to help working families, the other tackling infrastructure. right now, however, he faces big hurdles from capitol hill to get both done. almost unified opposition from republicans and even moderate democrats such as joe manchin. with me now to talk about the president's ambitious agenda, someone that knows hhis life wes the author of the book "joe biden." >> good morning. >> so the first 100 days he has done some great things. now we're seeing the infrastructure bill, family bill, enormous proposals, ambitious and also very expensive. and they do go beyond at least the billing of biden as a candidate, as a moderate. somewhat middle of the road candidate. i just wonder, has he overestimate the his mandate? >> well, in a way, it may be that we never fully understood what he was envisioning when he said on inauguration day, remember, i'm putting my whole soil into bringing this country together. i think the default understanding was that you go for th

he will be in philadelphia today. yesterday he was in duluth for a drive in rally. he is asking for a multi trillion dollar investment by congress inamilies and the country's infrastructure. weijia jiang has the story. >> i want to thank you, the people of georgia. >> reporter: president biden made georgia the first stop on a tour to sell his infrastructure proposals. the state gave them control of the senate and approved the covid relief package. >> we passed one of the most consequential rescue bills in history. >> reporter: he wants to spend $4 trillion on infrastructure plans, one that focuses on creating new jobs with projects to rebuild the nation, the other supporting families with measures like universal preschool, tuition free community college, expanded child care benefits. >> it is about time the wealthy corporations start paying their fair share. >> reporter: republicans are slamming an extreme spending spree. >> what's being recommended here jeoparse of our enti cntry. the massive amo of debt to deal wit theconomy that's >>eportehereon its pushing an po

. >>> let's get to your news at 8:00 the president heads to philadelphia today to promote his vision for investing in america's infrastructure, its families, and its recovery from the covid crisis. >> on thursday, i sat down with the president for an exclusive one-on-one interview, and i asked him about the effort to get kids back in the classroom full time, and about the latest guidance on wearing masks outdoors >> reporter: kids in k through 12 schools, obviously, are not going to be able to get the vaccine by the fall. should all schools in this country be open this fall for five day a week, in-person learning, regardless >> based on the science and the cdc, they should probably all be open there is not overwhelming evidence there is much of a transmission among these young people. >> reporter: cdc guidance this week about outdoor mask wearing. a lot of folks excited that they can now shed these masks if they've been double vaccinated are you going to be one of these folks now? are we no longer going to see the president of the united states outside with a mask on on >> sure, sure

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> president biden will be in philadelphia today to mark the 50th anniversary of amtrak but you will also talk latest jobs plan which includes money for real infrastructure. live coverage at 2:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> booktv on c-span2 has top nonfiction books and authors of the weekend. >> watch booktv this weekend on c-span2. >> transportation secretary pete buttigieg testified on the present fiscal year 2022 budget request. he talked about the administrations transportation priorities along with president biden's american jobs plan and answered questions from the house appropriations subcommittee. >> the hearing will come to order. good afternoon and welcome to the first fiscal year 2022 budget hearing for the

today's stop, philadelphia. jeremy diamond is at the white house. more americans support means more leverage with congress and negotiating. it strikes me not only do you have a unified republican front againsts the plans but folks like joe manchin and other democrats getting sticker shot. >> reporter: yes, joe manchin and jeanne shaheen having sticker stock in the wake of that speech you talked about. as president biden heads to philadelphia to commemorate the 50th anniversary of amtrak he will be looking to tout this infrastructure plan and try to build on the public support the white house believes they already have from much of the public on this. the president making the case this morning, these are the kinds of thing only government can do. listen to him this morning in an interview with nbc. >> i don't have any inordinate faith in government. there's certain things only the government can do. we rank number 8 in terms of infrastructure. and building billions of dollars of highways, airports, bridges, will they do that? these are things only th

. >>> in just a few hours, president biden gets back on the road again heading to philadelphia as he continues to push one of the biggest and most expensive economic plans in decades. nbc's monica alba is outside the white house. garrett haake on capitol hill. monica, walk us through how he's going to make his pitch because expensive is the key word here, and the suburbs of philly, those are an awful lot of people who will see their taxes go up. >> you said it, steph. on the road we heard the visions and plans during that joint address wednesday evening so now comes the sales pitch portion of this and what they're calling getting america back on track tour. you're going to see the president heading to philadelphia today, as you mentioned specifically for an event on his beloved amtrak, a critical piece of infrastructure this president known to so many as amtrak joe is going to highlight. he's going to do an event around their 50th anniversary for the rail system at the iconic 30th street station, where he's less, of course, going to be talking about his jobs plan and trying to make t

. >> today, president biden will stop in philadelphia where he will commemorate the 50th anniversary of amtrak as the senator, biden was a fixture on amtrak trains taking it from his home in delaware to dc. he continued writing as vice president, kumasi. >>> thank you, jobina. california small businesses will get more than $6 tax breaks under legislation signed by governor some. the governor visited with several small businesses in the san fernando valley yesterday. many of them devastated by the pandemic. the legislation will allosmall expens a ate taxe those exnsre forgiven. >> the stress, the anxiety, the fear that so many people have had to struggle with over this last year, the pandemic indu session, the impact that has had on this economy, and impact that has had on small businesses. >> the bill could cost the state $6.2 billion over the next six years and it comes as california is seeing a one-time budget surplus that might be as much as $16 billion. >>> article i look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway this morning. still down to about 135 points. >>> you

infrastructure plan to america pretty expensive one, but one they hope to get past president biden going to philadelphia vice president harris in cincinnati and in d c. >> jessi turnure our washington correspondent with the latest. good morning. >> good morning, daryn. james, the president has assigned the vice president. another task this week. and that's really leading the push on this plan in congress. but senate republicans are already making it clear their former colleagues still has a lot of work to do to find common ground. >> the biggest jobs plan in this country since world war 2 american jobs plan will put america to work. president joe biden and vice president kamala harris will continue their pitch today for the 2 trillion-dollar infrastructure plan infrastructures and just steel and concrete its people. the package would invest in roads pipes and high speed internet. we connect americans to economic opportunity but also fund better benefits for caregivers and measures to combat climate change. we can do what we need to do is saving the planet and yet create millions of good-paying jobs. but

he will head to philadelphia to 30th street nation to celebrate amtrak's 50th anniversary. you used to shuttle back and forth from d.c. to delaware when he was in congress. he can't just hop on the northeast regional now as the president. >> dana: wifi is terrible, thank you, mark. sorry, it's true. >> bill: all in time. amtrak is looking for $4 billion. nicole malliotakis out of new york, good morning to you. you stopped the president on the floor on wednesday night. what was your pitch? >> i told him that he needs to go to the border. he needs to see what i saw and what we heard a couple of weeks ago from our customs and border patrol agent and he needs to support these agents in doing their job. they feel they have been abandoned and a drug cartels are taken over the southern border and diverting cbp attention with the migrant flow of 175,000 individuals per month and as they are being distracted with paperwork and overseeing the facilities and watching the children that have come unaccompanied the cartels are operating in nefarious activities over the open and porous pa

. ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> the constitutional convention began in 1787 in philadelphia. virginians james madison and george mason found themselves this is on opposing sides regarding key components of the document. . next a re-enactment of the debate between the two men as they argue about issues about the bill of rights and slavery. hosted by the williamsburg foundation. this is an hour. >>> hello, and welcome to the great constitutional debate right here at colonial williamsburg. my name is stuart harris and i teach constitutional law at lincoln memorial university in knoxville, tennessee. today we have a real treat for you. we're going back to the time when the constitution was ratified and we're going

. >> today biden will stop in philadelphia where he will commemorate the 50th anniversary of amtrak as a senator. he was a fixture on amtrak trains taking it from delaware to d.c. and continued riding as vice president. >>> cal fire crews gearing up for the front lines of wildfire season. the special training happening now in the south bay to make sure they are ready. >>> enit has been more than a year since disneyland went dark, but the wait is finally over. the park reopening today and we are taking you inside. but first we have a check of the weather with mike nicco. >> we can stay on this for as long as we want. it is beautiful, isn't it? it gives you hope seeing that open with all the lights on it. we are getting there, almost there. those are the lights at the end of the tunnel. >>> 46 at castro valley, berkeley 49, the rest of us 50 to 53. mostly cloudy along the east bay. 61 in antioch, easily the warm spot. a lot of low to mid-50s in the east bay valley, upper 40s to low 50s in the south bay. mid-40s to low 50s around the r- 40s. a look from sfo. we pulled the picture out to s