and that's what, you know, joe biden and kamala harris were talking about today. the united states congress, in particular the united states senate has to pass the george floyd justice in policing act, or else all the excitement that we had, all the exhalation we had will be in vain because there won't be real reform. there won't be real policy change, which is what is needed to actually save black lives. >> so many people, mayor, white people woke up to the death of racial injustice after watching this video of george floyd. do you think that's enduring? >> i think should it be, but many times in america, even under these difficult circumstances, we continue to look away. and i just think that we can't look away from this anymore. we will if we can, but we shouldn't. what bakari said was absolutely correct. i hope they pass the george floyd policing act. but at the same time, they also have to put the resources behind it, and then that has to move to the ground. i'm read your book right now which is fantastic. you talk about policy, policing and prosecution. this

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

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

and president joe biden has the will and the courage to act. [ applause ]. as a united states senator, joe biden took on the gun lobby not once but twice and he won. in 1993 he worked to pass the brady handgun violation prevention act. this law established a background check system and has kept more than 3 million firearms out of the hands of dangerous people. a year later he worked to pass another law to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines for ten years. and as vice president, joe biden led the obama/biden administration's efforts to reduce gun violence. in fact, we were just reminiscing that he and i talked back then about his work because i was attorney general at the time of california. and his work resulted in nearly two dozen actions from narrowing the gun show loophole to expanding funding for mental health services. and as you will hear in a moment, president joe biden is a leader with great will, great determination and even greater empathy. he has seen the grief of all of those who have lost a loved one to gun violence. it is for them,

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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,

>>> 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

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

but joe biden here, i think, kim, at the same time is living up to an election campaign pledge, three bs, building back better. he thinks this is instrumental in terms of u.s. economy and i think it was interested that he targeted 13 million jobs but for the lower middle class and the poor. 75% of the jobs will go to those that don't have a four-year university education and this is excellent in terms of job creation going forward as well. and i noticed here, kim, the other thing is that if you look at the market reaction around the world, whether it's in asia and europe, we've had a rally because even though there's $5 trillion of stimulus spending on the pandemic, another $2 trillion in infrastructure is getting the nod of approval because people think it's the right thing to do. corporate tax, it's interesting that joe biden went the midway point, not 21% of donald trump, not 35% under president obama but something in the middle at 28% and closing the loopholes for corporations not to leave their profits overseas and lower tax havens like ireland and singapore. he wants to repatria

cnn's joe johns has more. >> reporter: how does joe biden stack up against some of his predecessors in the white house? he's coming in at the low end of modern american presidents, according to some of the recent polling. he's ahead of donald trump but substantially behind both barack obama and george w. bush. the question is why is that? the answer is the country has been polarized since donald trump left office. it's clear that most democrats give joe biden high marks. most republicans do not. it's going to be a big week for joe biden. the capstone of it will be that speech on capitol hill. the address to congress. but even before that, he is expected to lay out some of the facets of his plan for american families on tuesday. then on thursday, he's 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. >>> and earlier, i spoke with cnn political analyst and asked her what we could expect to hear from president biden during his address to congress. >> i think you're going to hear him talk a

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

appreciate it, sam. >> president joe biden is increasing the immigration cap at a low level and that sparked fierce grit schism. >> president biden acknowledged on friday he would increase the number of refugees allowed into the united states after some back and forth on that number on friday. but the white house said friday that the president would keep a current cap of ref frees which is at 15,000. this was count tore what president biden promised in the campaign and earlier when he said he would be lifting that number to over 62,000. and this announcement from the white house faced fierce and swift backlash. within a matter of hours the white house reversed course and announced that the president would be announcing a new figure for the refugees allowed into the u.s. by may 15th. they told advocacy groups that number could come much sooner. and the white house said they don't believe they will reach that number that the president had originally proposed. it highlights some of the problems that the admin administration -- the minors and the migrants coming to the southern border. t

. >> let's start with joe biden. now, i get criticized because the joe biden i see now i can show you tapes of him in 2016. i can show you tapes of him in 2012. and to me he looks extraordinarily weak, frail. i think it's very transparent he's struggling cognitively. in fairness his aides said the wind -- it was very windy. did the wind ever blow you over? >> well, air force one is a very big plane. usually what they try and do is shield the wind. >> let me ask the question from this perspective, there are hostile regimes and many hostile actors on the world stage. i'm sure they're studying joe biden. knowing what you know, things i don't know, are you concerned about their perception of an american president that seems somewhat frail and weak? let me ask this, joe biden has been in washington 50 years. he's the ultimate swamp creature. >> if there is anything newsworthy from this mean girl group chat, it is donald trump telling his skeptical supporters whose vaccine hesitancy may prevent the u.s. from reaching herd

and without him, chuck schumer, joe biden, they can't move forward with any of their key agenda items. obviously, that could be a problem when it comes to infrastructure, when it comes to guns. that could be a problem when it comes to voting rights. obviously, manchin very much recognizing his role, very much taking it seriously, even though he did joke with me, no, he doesn't particularly like always be the guy at the center of the spotlight. >> he certainly is right now. i understand senator manchin, lauren, also, as you know, all of our viewers by now know he has been very outspoken about his position as far as not, not eliminating the filibuster. what did he tell you today? >> reporter: well, obviously, manchin getting a lot of pressure from the left to give up on the filibuster, especially when it comes to that voting rights bill that he says he still doesn't support. here is what he said about the filibuster and how he's not ready to give up on it yet. would you be willing to pass the for the people's act by killing the filibuster? would you be willing to carve out that exceptio

he was doing this joe biden as a candidate. i remember last summer talking to him who after the george floyd tape came out, he said after watching that video that hate hides and it can come roaring back if someone in power gives it oxygen. he was very aware the prior occupant of the white house didn't use the language of grief or inhabit that space with the public and biden felt it was something people were hungry for and he began to talk about it as a candidate and he talks about it now. it's delicate. you can get it wrong and say things that feel like you're being politically opportunistic or if you say something bland like thoughts and prayers. people don't want that they want real humanity. >> you can't question his sincerity in these moments we see it over and over. thank you very much. coming up, capitol officer voiceover: riders. wanderers on the road of life. the journey is why they ride. when the road is all you need, there is no destination. uh, i-i'm actually just going to get an iced coffee. well, she may have a des

and joe biden acknowledged that. he said he would, indeed, support the decisions that these companies and organizations are making on their own, whatever those decisions are, but he understood the other side of the coin of this, as you note. this is why stacey abrams has been reluctant to go full bore and call for these boycotts. >> amanda, there is more than 360 bills across the country that would make it harder to vote. will what's happening in georgia have an impact in other states pushing these bills, do you think? >> everyone's watching this. and it gets extremely messy because, as we learned and we know, all of the states administer their own election law. and so what i have been talking with people about and trying to encourage people to advocate for whatever the gold standard is in voting rights policies, because you look at a state like georgia what they are pushing and then republicans get upset. why are you seeing georgia when new york has more restrictive laws. maybe there is a landing place for the corpo

president joe biden called it jim crow in the 21st century. but the republican governor who signed the law says opponents are spreading falsehoods about what it really does. >> georgians and all americans should know what this decision means. it means cancel culture and partisan activists are coming for your business. major league baseball, coca-cola, and delta may be scared of stacey abrams, joe biden, and the left. but i am not. i want to be clear. i will not be backing down from this fight. >> cnn's natasha chen has more on governor kemp's reaction. >> reporter: on saturday, governor kemp doubled down on this voting law, saying major league baseball caved to cancel culture, bent to the left. he said that president joe biden and stacy abrams have been lying to the american people about this law. i asked whether lies about the 2020 election had anything to do with the urgency and timeline of passing this bill into law. is the timing of this based on your belief that there was some fraud in recent elections in georgia? >> i realize people have

but if you listen to what joe biden actually said, there is quite a lot of scope for u.s. assistance to continue in the months ahead. he did say they would continue funding afghan security forces, that's a vital thing here, frankly, throughout which much of it would stop. there was a suggestion possibly that if the u.s. forces or the afghans were attacked during this withdrawal period that the u.s. would respond, that could potentially mean air strikes if the taliban move forward at some point. a lot potentially the u.s. can still do in these forthcoming months. you have to also realize the key element in this is the taliban's reaction. so far publicly it has not been good. it has persistently said that it will not attend peace talks in istanbul on saturday week which the biden administration hopes will kick start moves towards a transitional government which may eventually lead to a new constitution and the ultimate political resolution in all of this. in fact, yesterday the head of the biden speech it said that the u.s. had 16 days to get out. while the troops, biden sai

it wasn't democrats or joe biden even though republicans are trying to make this a joe biden thing, that he's the one canceling or somehow democrats are the ones canceling mlb and dr. seuss. go on, john. sorry. >> that's an important point, right? a lot of this is the outrage olympics is a distraction play by republicans to try to keep folks' eyes off the ball about underlying policy. we could have great big debates. the reason that corporations are stepping up on an issue is this isn't a question of policy anymore. this is about, do you believe in democracy and making it easier or harder for folks to vote? we can say that mcconnell believed all these years that corporations should play a greater role in plongs. he put his name on an fec complaint. where we are because of the big lie, this is not a basic debate about whether you think money is speech. this is about whether you believe democracy should be open or closed, and that transcends considerations and corporations are listening to their constituents, their employees, their customers and taking a stand, belatedly in some cases, but

turning now to a clear sign from joe biden that the biggest threat to the u.s. lies in cyberspace and not the mountains of afghanistan. the president carving out a foreign policy marked by new sanctions on russia aimed at protecting against hackers and election interference. now, this comes as the top u.s. diplomat, antony blinken, made a surprise visit to afghanistan one day after the president announced he would pull u.s. troops from the country starting may 1st, and they would be out by september. mr. biden meanwhile will welcome japan's prime minister to the white house later today, a signal to china that the two countries are united in their opposition to recent aggression against taiwan. >>> and u.s. climate envoy john kerry will wrap up meetings in shanghai on friday, testing china's willingness to cooperate on environmental issues. but those new u.s. sanctions on russia, they're sending a clear message to the kremlin. here's cnn white house correspondent kaitlan collins. >> reporter: president biden is vowing to hold russia accountable after four years o

president joe biden spoke with the floyd family by phone. he acknowledged that nothing can ever bring george floyd back, but he called out the outcome rather a giant step forward in the march towards justice. in a televised address a few hours later, the president called systemic racism a stain on the country's soul. phil mattingly reports now from washington. >> victor, president joe biden watched the verdict read aloud in his private dining room with his senior staff. one person in the room told me when all three charges were read, when the three guilty charges were read out, there was a collective exhale. those were the words used. but also a collective recognition shortly thereafter of just how much work there is left to do. it's something the president dealt deeply into in his stirring remarks in the wake of those verdicts to the country. take a listen. >> "i can't breathe." those are george floyd's last words. we can't let those words die with him. we have to keep hearing those words. we must not turn away. we can't turn away. we have

joe, so how does president biden compare at his point of this presidency to his predecessors? >> reporter: right. well, did you the top lines there, fred, 52% according to abc news. if you add the last five poles and average them, he comes out at about 54%, which puts him at the low end of modern american presidents. he does come in ahead of donald trump, but significantly behind barack obama, george w. bush and some others. so the question is why. and one of the issues clearly is the polarization of the american electorate. what we do know is that democrats give joe biden some of the highest marks and republicans simply do not. so that is one of the biggest reasons why we see biden ending up where he is. the good news for joe biden and his administration is that he gets some of his highest marks on handling of covid-19, which is the number one concern for americans. he sort of breaks even on the issue of handling the economy and he breaks negatively when it comes to handling immigration. so those are some of the findings of the polls we've seen over the last several days, fre

officials will answer questions on how president joe biden plans to remake u.s. climate policy. that's on friday night at 10:00 p.m. eastern, saturday morning at 10:00 in hong kong. >>> and joe biden could become the first sitting u.s. president to declare the massacre of more than a million armenians by the ottoman empire a genocide. the move could further fray relations with turkey, but would fulfill a promise mr. biden made during his campaign. both presidents trump and obama avoided the term to avoid angering turkish president ra jip erdogan. president biden hasn't spoken with him since taking office. turkey argues turkish muslims and armenian christians died in vie lance in world war i and the death toll sin flated. >>> this just in from hong kong, investigative journalist troy has been found guilty of making false statements after searching a public database to expose details of an attack on pro democracy act choices and uncovering possible wrongdoing in the crack downs of the protests. choy could face up to six months in prison. it shows how press freedom

vice presidents who followed in his footsteps, including joe biden, were indebted. this from 2015. >> one of the things that i told president carter, i said if i'm going to help you in these kinds of assignments, they've got to believe that they're talking to you. we're partners, and i'm not just a visitor there. >> but you did, though, by the time it got to president obama, he didn't even -- i didn't have to ask him that. he had already made that judgment because you had -- you really did modernize the vice presidency. >> joe biden likes to speak of reading mondale's memo, that he wrote to carter, mondale then wrote an update for him when he was serving obama, before he was vice president, walter mondale represented his home state of minnesota for 12 years in the united states senate, also served as minnesota's attorney general, whatever your politics, a fine and decent man. thanks for joining us today on "inside politics," ana cabrera, picks up our coverage right now. >>> hello, i'm ana cabrera in new york, thank you for being with us. happening right now, deliber

. >> reporter: earlier, president joe biden sending this message from the white house requesting, quote, peace and calm. >> the anger, pain and trauma that exists in the black community in that environment is real. it's serious. and it's consequential. but it will not justify violence and/or looting. >> reporter: indeed the pain is real and this physical damage you're seeing this morning is a result of outrage, frustration and anger. but we want to make sure we keep the focus on why this is happening. this is all happening because of the death or the killing of daunte wright and his name is written here in spray paint. there's graffiti all over these buildings, but daunte's name is appearing on some buildings here in brooklyn center and, john, this is all happening at a time when the relationships between members of the community and the police is teetering on the edge. john? >> adrienne broaddus for us in brooklyn center, minnesota. thank you so much for being there for us. you heard daunte wright's aunt in that piece. well, she spoke with don lemon overnight about the police departmen

this is a question which joe biden has to look inward. this is a question in which many people have to look inward and see if they're prepared to lead this issue of race. it is something this country has never dealt with and it takes black blood flowing through streets for us to have these conversations. the question is now, are we going to have them? seriously? will it create any type of change in this country? >> he just mentioned president biden. what is the role of the new administration? we know the previous administration often fanned the flames of racial tension. that is when they were not setting the fires. i should probably say that. >> i think the role of this president and this administration is to remain peaceful. i know this administration regardless of this outcome is going to want to have peace in the streets of minnesota. and peace across this country. and that's what i think joe biden is best at. reassuring people. talking to people. calming them down. making sure that people know regardless of this outcome. and i think t

they liked the idea of trying to hobble joe biden. this is more than hobbling him. this is increasing distrust in democracy. >> maggie, the president, joe biden, is meeting with some republicans in this bipartisan group in the white house to discuss infrastructure today. you know, infrastructure -- there were many infrastructure weeks on the schedule in the last administration. there is this notion there does appear to be bipartisan support on. is there an extent in which the biden administration is dictating the playing field? as long as the deal involves the infrastructure, they're in a decent place. >> i am a little more skeptical. i think we've seen biden is trying to redefine what bipartisan means. he tends to look at it as getting a chunk of republican voters and sort of if we have to go it alone without lawmakers on the republican side, so be it. i think there are aspect os thf plan that appeal to republicans. i don't think the way it is right now they'll be able to get enough votes, but i think biden is setting the goalposts very far and on his way back hrk

president joe biden will welcome his first foreign leader to the white house in just a few hours. japanese prime minister suga arrived in washington thursday evening, he is scheduled to meet with president biden this afternoon. the topics of discussion are expected to center around the two countries' opposition to china's recent aggression against taiwan. two the leaders will also hold a joint news conference. let's bring in blake essig who joins us from tokyo. blake, the prestige of being the first leader to visit the biden white house, what message is that sending to china and to japan? >> reporter: you know, kim, it really speaks to the importance of the u.s./japan alliance, a relationship that here in japan has been called the cornerstone of diplomacy and security. this is the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders and president biden's first visit from a foreign leader since taking office in january. now, the summit between president biden and prime minister suga on friday is expected to cover a wide range of topics including covid-19, the climate crisis, the olym

president joe biden says what is happening to him is unfair and inappropriate despite the physical danger, he is sticking with it and one of his colleagues tell us why. >> it's the last measure that an inmate can apply in this circumstance. it's not something that people do lightly and put their life in danger. all that he requests is that he is given proper medical care with a doctor of his choice. his recovery last ought is not really complete. and now we're joined from moscow. they are putting out some dire founding warnings. what can you tell us? >> without any ind -- independent medical assessment we can't say, but according to sources witness his movement, they have seen the result, and they say that sound indicate that he is in emanate danger were or danger from a dance rouse or potentially fatal heart condition. we cannot get any kind of a respond out of the russian authorities nor any ind dependent medical treatment. it is still in recovery from an at attack. they denied responsibility with that attack, but it is coming at a time when his movement is spacing socially being banned

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british prime minister boris johnson also said what joe biden is proposing is ambitious. he said, look, this is not a discussion for elitist, in his words bunny huggers, he said this is an urgent conversation that must be had for businesses and others around the world. interestingly as well, of course, russian president vladimir putin making an appearance at the submit, as did president xi jinping of china. clearly their emission goal is much different but the fact that they were participating in this meeting convened by president biden means that the united states after four years of denying climate change is back at the forefront of leading this fight. the hard work now, though, continues by cutting emissions here in the u.s. by half by the end of the decade. jeff zeleny, cnn, the white house. >>> ending global addiction to fossil fuels will take time, money and sustained commitment and obviously that's the challenge. cnn's bill weir has our report. >> the signs are unmistakable. the science sun deniable. the cost of inaction keeps mounting. >> reporter: you could call

so what joe biden is saying is let's put it to a reasonable middle. let's put us in line with other industrial nations, which is 28%. and secondly, if you don't like this, then come and tell us how you would pay for it. of the polling that's been done out there on this, more people support paying for infrastructure rather than racking up deficits than not. and that includes republicans. people know that you can't just continue to spend without paying for it. so what joe biden wants to do is to do it in a fair way and the fact that 91 companies a couple of years ago that in the study that we were showing -- of the fortune 500 companies, 91 of them, after donald trump's tax cuts were passed, after that 91 of them still paid zero taxes because of the incentives in the tax code to move assets offshore. so that they don't get taxed. so if the tax code's not fair and so what joe biden wants to do is to say corporations should pay their fair share in the same way that a plummer and a teacher would have to pay 22% or 44% of their income, corporations should h

>> i'm much more dubious that there are ten republican votes for anything meaningful that joe biden wants to do. first of all, i think mitch mcconnell has made very clear that as in 2009, 2010, behind the scenes, he's going to be putting pressure on them to avoid allowing democrats to claim that anything is bipartisan. i think on voting rights, he's made very clear his goal is to provide air cover in washington to the ground cover in the states. i don't think he will accept anything that establishes a nationwide framework, a baseline of voting rights. even on infrastructure where you think that it could be possible, the fact is that republicans are arguing that any attempt to pay for it by reconsidering the trump tax cut is inherently, you know, a deal killer. i mean the trump tax cut reconsidered democratic tax policy from before. so the idea if you're going to go back and kind of look at tax policy, that's a deal killer doesn't leave you with a lot of room. joe manchin has made very clear he wants to test whether republicans are willing to work. the question is what do him and kyrsten s

and that's what i think that joe biden is best at, reassuring people, talking to people, calming them down, but making sure that people know regardless of this outcome -- and i think this is really important. regardless of whether this is a guilty for murder or guilty on manslaughter or a not guilty verdict, that he is going to do things about law enforcement reform in this country. we have waited. we saw it fall last year. but i think that this administration is getting ready, and they wanted to get through this case. it would not have been appropriate -- i think it would have been a bad move to try to push that before this case was completed. but as soon as this case is over, i think you're going to see the administration move one way or another. but their role is to also be reassuring, to let folks know that they are not going to be forgotten and they're going to move forward to try to make progress on this front. >> bakari, got to ask you about this, get your take on the defense using comments from congresswoman maxine waters to call for a mistrial. take a listen, and then we'll t

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and let's put joe biden in his historical context, john. you can see here he's down near the bottom of the pack actually even though he has the majority support, something donald trump never had. he's sort of in the bill clinton range, but you see our polarized country is what keeps our number down here. >> this may speak more to polarization, where we are now more than anything else because when you actually look at the issues, it's a little bit different story for biden, and that may, these days, be a better way to look at things. >> coronavirus is the thing that is driving his popularity right now. 66%, two-thirds of the poll respondents approve of how he's handling the vious. 51% on the economy, 50% on taxes, 48% on foreign affairs. these are the two weak issues, immigration and gun policy. >> his number is up on the economy. >> yes. >> tonight, the president's first address to a joint session of congress, not a state of the union but basically the same thing. what are you looking at tonight? >> i'm looking at the theatrics first and fo

they said it's time to get out just as joe biden says. what is your reaction to those criticisms? >> well, you know, in it is highly possible, if not probable, there will be bad outcomes of the u.s. leaving. the question is whether the outcomes would be any better if we leave in a year or two years or five years. i mean, i think ultimately what biden was saying is that we cannot solve this problem unless we are willing to, you know, essentially stay there forever. that is the gamble that he is making. >> very quickly, to russia now, the biden administration says there will be consequences if kre kremlin critic navalny dies in prison as a result of the hunger strike. what might the consequences be? where could the issue take relations with russia? >> i think this is, you know, the clearest turning the page. one of the clearest turning page. trump found a way to kind of tempize on russia and not excuse their behavior. biden is making very clear he wants to respond forcefully to it. i would assume there would be significant sanctions. as you know, the eu is talking about this, as wel

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president joe biden is walking a very fine line right now. he is faced with the most prominent protests of his administration, his short administration of three months, following the killing of a black man at the hands of police in minnesota. he is trying not to inflame the situation, but he is acknowledging that there needs to be accountability following what happened on sunday with the killing of daunte wright. the 20-year-old black man who died at the hands of police in minnesota. in his vice president kamala harris actually went a step further to call for accountability. she said that daunte wright's family deserves an explanation for why their child died on sunday. and joe biden met with the congressional black caucus yesterday in the oval office where he said that this week has been very painful for minnesota and for the country and he is vowing for real change on how police interact with black americans. here is what he had to say yesterday in the oval office. >> we're in the business all of us meeting today to deliver some real change

joe biden said he would sign this bill and he would fly up members of george floyd's family on air force one to bring them to the white house to witness the signing of the bill, so there's a lot of anticipation behind this and there's momentum but it's a matter of finding out if bipartisan work can happen. >> but there's a record number of democrats supporting the bill, and if there's not that element of ending qualified immunity, and warnock said he was not committing to support any bill without taking that protection away? >> yeah, it's a big sticking point and big question and there are few opportunities to do bipartisan legislation these days and democrats will try and hold out for the best kind of bill they can get, and they know this may be their only bite of the apple, and the qualified immunity is something that george floyd's family is asking for and activists have been asking for that, and it's a major plank for what democrats are asking for, and maybe republicans can come up with a compromise to limit qualified immunity that is amenable to both republicans and democrats, and t