joe biden or barack obama? barack obama i think beat him by 12 or 15 points, which when you look at their legislation, there's no comparison at this point. if you landed on earth and said, who is the more progressive of the two, if you look at what they've done in the first hundred days is joe biden. when you look at objective strategy, tone and manner, that's why he's getting it done. when you want to get something dramatic done, you don't scream, you whisper. and i think his tone has been so pitch perfect. >> joe biden held a drive-in rally yesterday in duluth, georgia. joining us now, the chairman of the democratic national committee, jamie harrison who was with the president yesterday. good to see you this morning. let's get your snapshot of these first 100 days from president biden. what he's done, what he's proposing to do, and the ambitious agenda that he's laid out. >> well, thank you so much for having me, willie. listen. it is so refreshing to be able to go to bed at night and wake up in the morning a

i'm joe biden, i like the middle class. that was emblematic of democrats wanting sound, particularly too white working class voters that they're the party of the middle class. they're not helping some undeserving poor welfare queen fantasy that the reaganites concocted. and that has shifted to. i spoke to for my piece in "the atlantic,," reverend william barber. and they said, they are talking about poverty, using the word poverty, installing these benefits for low-income parents and various others ways, and that's one example in which -- i think the terms of the debate have shifted. i don't think there's that much daylight necessarily between ramesh and my's diagnosis of how far this guy has gone. that's not what i'm saying. i am talking about -- even on this show, that argument that joe and i might have had about capitalism and government six years ago is different than the one we have today, because i think reality has changed. i think there's a growing recognition that the american dream is fantastic, but it's a shame t

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joe biden is listening to his base. he's listening not just to his bait, but to what the majority of americans want. we know the majority of americans are supportive of this bill, that we understand, infrastructure is also human beings. you need child care workers, you need those workers who are taking care of the people who will be building the infrastructure and watching the children of those who are building the infrastructure. so it's a comprehensive bill that i think represents the best of america and what american government can do for its citizens. >> and mike barnacle, doesn't it also address something that has been important to this president, but that has been a problem now for years, which is income disparity. and getting people to work and paying them. >> you know, mika, this discussion we're having right now is an important one and one that's going on from coast to coast, no doubt about that, about income disparity and about the needs of ordinary people and ordinary people who have been really battered duri

so again, if you're joe biden, that's what you're looking at. and in terms of bipartisanship, no one has been more bipartisan in his professional, political life than joseph r. biden of delaware. nobody. you can look at his record in the senate. he was always working across the aisle, so now he's president of the united states, and now he has republicans into the oval office to sit and talk about things that his administration wants to do, and he's met with some who would like to do it, but they are still the facts of life in that party, they are still enthrall and in fear of donald j. trump, and they are reluctant to say yes to something almost every american wants to have happen and they've become the party of no. that's what you're dealing with if you are president joseph r. biden. that's the deal as he would say. >> so ahead we're going to speak with our friend who's calling this the new progressive era and that president biden is, quote, almost magical in his ability to make progressivism boring. we're back in a moment. [sfx: thunder rumble

they have no incentive here to try to either not just help joe biden but help joe biden dig this country out of its crisis. >> yeah. david drucker, we're starting to see a really interesting dynamic take place here, i think, where joe biden seems to me to be a mirror image of ronald reagan. reagan who was seen as temperamentally moderate, you know. everybody's grand dad. people liked reagan. he wasn't threatening. he was always being, you know, accused of being a fascist and accused of being threatening. people see reagan on tv and they go, he's my grand dad. right? and he passed very conservative legislation. it was a conservative revolution and yet, again, remarkably popular, here we have with joe biden a guy who is temperamentally moderate. a guy that republicans and talk radio bashes, suggests that he's just horrible or out of his mind and he's good old joe. but he's passing really progressive legislation here. he's going really big in a way that even larry somers and steve ratner and people who have been lifelong democratic economists or business people are saying, wait, wait, we're

against, joe biden's a president, he got elected president. he can pass whatever bill he wants to pass. i'm just saying, for people that are looking at these bills, as we've been saying for the past several weeks, richard, it's not a surprise that a lot of republicans just said, hey, you know what? i can't put more money into the economy from the federal government than was taken out by this pandemic. >> yeah, exactly right. look, i understand why republicans don't have a whole lot of standing here, given what they did over the last four years, i get that. but that said, there's a lot of spending here that's not targeted, so the concerns are really two-fold. one is the inflationer expectations or pressures you're building in. it obviously contributes to the deficit and debt. but also what people like larry summers were saying, you didn't get a whole lot for this in terms of infrastructure, in terms of moving things in the direction of green technology, so now you need a whole separate piece of legislation to do that. which simply adds to the p

this "n" word voted for joe biden. the people that were with them joined in and said this "n" word, fu, fu, voted for joe biden. boo. >> whoouk it means about the state of america, where we are today? how do you -- you've had a little bit of time now to process it. >>. >> we have a long way to go. we have a long way to go. >> in this hour, a long way to go. we got a long way to go. >> so in this hour we identified two key individuals the officer was just describing, describing what it was like from the police perspective. and then also look at a few key moments, there were certain critical turning point moments at the beginning when the rider peeled back the fence and they weren't stopped and able to approach the western steps. the scaffolding turned out to be a major factor. going through thousands of hours of tv footage and rioters on the cell phones videos and taking selfies, we were able to identify digital moments. so that's what we're putting together this sunday. >> amazing. nbc's richard engel, thank you very m

so what does joe biden do? what do they do to draw a line in the stand, but we've already used that language in the past. what does joe biden's administration do to push back? >> well you're right. when somebody in the kremlin decides to use milt force in region of the world, we have few capabilities to deter them. and if dr. brzezinski were here today he would add to your list, czechoslovakia 1968. that is true. having said that, i think you need to signal what the cost might be ahead of time and i think the biden administration is doing a good job of that. they've made statements and made statements with the g-7. i think that is important. they just signaled yesterday, very important, there was a news report that said that the javelins, that the trump administration had provided to the ukrainians, are not stored in western ukraine as we have previously stated and the ukraine military is free to move the javelin, those are anti-tank missiles to wherever they want. i thought that was a very important signal. wh

so i actually put that in joe biden's hands. in terms of police reform, that is something that i would really hope could happen. and this is an area where we actually have seen in the past some bipartisan work done, right? even donald trump was able to work on criminal justice reform. obviously, this is something that tim scott, the south carolina senator, is passionate about and has talked about in the past. so that -- i see some cause for hope here, without being too naive or quixotic. >> all right -- >> jonathan lemire, on the question of bipartisanship, it's something that president biden has actually been striving for, hasn't achieved it, obviously. he's brought in those republican senators, first on the covid relief plan and then on this infrastructure plan. no votes yet. is hope dwindling that there actually might be a breakout of bipartisanship under president biden? >> well, willie, i think we saw some small signs of progress yesterday on a few different issues. certainly this, josh hawley aside, on this covid hate crim

i will not pass this responsibility on to a fifth. >> president joe biden is pulling all u.s. troops from afghanistan by september 11th. the 20th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks that led to u.s. military intervention in that country. that decision ran counter to the recommendations of his top military commanders, who said it could undermine security in the country. joining us now, president of the council on foreign relations, richard haas, and staff where you are for the new yorker, dexter filkins. joe, you may take it away now as you tap the table. i think you need to say something. go ahead. it's all right. >> i'm a little frustrated. >> why? >> with the decision. >> that's okay. it's been made. >> well, dexter -- >> yes, it is. >> richard haas is going to tell us how we can live with it. >> and that's great. dexter, so, i think about you often and what -- the number of times you've been on our show. i remember you talking about how terrible things were in iraq in '07, '08. i remember you coming back on in 2010, saying you didn't even recognize the country, becaus

he occasionally unofficially advises president joe biden. and award winning historian professor and writer kiesha enblain, associate professor of history at the university of pittsburgh. but let's go now to the murder trial of derek chauvin. the former officer decided against taking the stand yesterday. he invoked his 5th amendment right passing up his final chance to give his side to the story to the jury. >> have you made a decision today whether you intend to testify or whether you intend to invoke your 5th amendment privilege? >> i will invoke my 5th amendment privilege today. >> with that decision, the defense rested its case. let's bring in professor of law at georgetown university paul butler, an msnbc legal analyst and former u.s. attorney now an nbc news law enforcement analyst, chuck rosenberg is with us this morning. good to have you both. >> gentlemen, thank you for being with us. paul butler, was it just too much of a risk for the defense to put the defendant on the stand? i mean -- and were you expecting this? was this a surpri

he was very vocal of the criticism of joe biden. of course, general petraeus commanded forces in afghanistan for a long time and said the endless war doesn't end just because we leave. to your point, we may have to go back and clean up what we leave behind. katty kay, obviously, 2,500, nearly 2,500 americans have lost their lives over those 20 years. about 500 offer allies from the uk as well have lost their lives. this is not a celebratory moment, just talking to veterans yesterday and people who served there, they're thinking about the friends who they lost there. they're thinking about the long-term damage to their own lives. and they worry, frankly, about what joe was just talking about. leaving, yes, they want to go home, but they worry that they may have to go back. >> the irony of the u.s. forces in afghanistan compared to iraq is that the u.s. forces are actually welcomed by the afghan people. they recognize that they depend on them to preserve some sort of quality of life. we had an interview yesterday with a taliban leader

joe biden is not stepping down. i don't care if you have to play "weekend at bernie's," joe biden is not going to step down from running for president in 2024 as long as he's remotely ambulatory. this idea that the republicans would be able to face off against vice president harris is ridiculous at this point. it's going to be desantis or josh hawley or i think ted cruz will run again. there are plenty of trumpians that will come forward in 2024 and try to stake their claim. but what we have seen so far, and greetings in missouri might be a good indicator of this, is that trumpism doesn't seem to work for anybody long-term, except donald trump. i may disagree with everything donald trump ever did. i may think that he was a white nationalist, that he mismanaged covid, that he was corrupt. but he did have a certain charisma that none of these other trumpians have. none of them do. nobody likes ted cruz, nobody trusts josh hawley. he reminds you of the kid the that ran for student council president 12 times. and donald

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so tonight will be a critical and very important moment in joe biden's presidency. and it will be important for couple of reasons obviously because of the details of what he's going to propose but because he believes, truly believes that this is the way to change the country. these are people he knows. these are people he grew up with. this is what he wants to do. he's committed to doing it to getting it done and it will change the country. >> to me fascinating speech to watch tonight. fascinating proposal to follow. and to see exactly what is possible, what is politics is the art of the possible. what can he pass not just through the house but what can he get joe manchin and kyrsten sinema to support as well when you start adding up all the money and the bill for all of these very, very aggressive programs that a lot of progressives have been fighting for for generation. before we go to break, i would love for you to talk about the republican conference for a second. i spoke with somebody close to kevin mccarthy yesterday who said, basically admitted that kevin mcc

and as joe biden said, and i think this is so important. joe biden talked about those police officers who every night, who last night had to kiss their children good night, had to hug their spouse good night, and then put on the badge and go out through the night and protect us, all of us. those good cops, they need to be recognized. they need our prayers, and they need our support through legislation that will lift them up and that will pull out and cull out the bad cops. i don't believe that their duty is to protect and serve. there are so many, so many that we're so grateful for. >> right. >> and we thank god for them and what they do when they say good night to their children and go out to protect us. they have to be lifted up now, too. by legislation that encourages their type of behavior and culls out the behavior of the bad cops. >> reverend al, thank you all, all your work on all of these cases and this issue for so many years. jon meacham, jonathan lemire, thank you both as well. we're going to have a lot more ahead on this histori

the vice president was the lead point, joe biden was the lead point for president obama. we worked on long-term and short-term. long-term is investment. anybody that understands the appropriations, let's look at it. we will appropriate the money at the end of the year. by the time we move on this, it will be next year. we have to look at the long term. but at the same time, we have to get those countries to do a lot more. in fact, i have talked to all the ambassadors. we got personal meetings this week from the ambassadors in central america to address and talk about some of the short-term issues. >> what about the changes that mexico has implemented, limiting the number of families that the united states can send to mexico to process? >> what mexico does has have an impact. i know this. i talk to the border patrol every day. i just got in late last night with some of my friends from the problem solvers. i have been there with democrats and republicans addressing this. certainly, it does have an impact what mexico does. if you don't mind, correcting something you asked mi

still ahead on "morning joe," president biden says when it comes to infrastructure, he's prepared to compromise in an effort to gain republican support. we'll talk to congressman and house majority whip jim clyburn about just that. >>> plus, senators an gust king and mazie hirono will both be our guests this morning. >>> but first, historian michael beschloss on the life and legacy of walter mondale. you're watching morning joe. we'll be right back. ale. re watching morning joe. we'll be right back. ♪ (ac/dc: back in black) ♪ ♪ ♪ the bowls are back. applebee's irresist-a-bowls all just $8.99. dry eye symptoms again? inflammation might be to blame. time for ache and burn! over-the-counter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. those probably won't touch me. xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. xiidra,... ...noooo! it can provide lasting relief. xiidra is the only fda- approved non-steroid treatment specifically for the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease one drop in each eye, twice a day

senator joe manchin, however, voicing his opposition to a key aspect of president biden's infrastructure plan. the west virginia democrat said yesterday, he would vote against raising the corporate tax rate above 25%. meanwhile, the biden administration not backing down from its 28% proposal. >> this bill will not be in the form. if i don't want vote to get on it, it's not going anywhere. so we're going to have some leverage here. and it's more than just, hoppy, there's six orsen other democrats that feel very strongly about this. >> the president felt it was responsible to propose a way to pay for his proposal. that's exactly what he did. he knows some members think it's too big, some think it's too small. there have been folks that have come out on both sides. he knows that some will come forward with different ways to pay for this package. and some have views that it shouldn't be paid for at all. >> senator manchin is not the only democrat with his doubts. senator mark warner of virginia also telling reporters that he has reservations about the package and has reached out to the white