i'll have more to say after i return from a critical meeting in europe this week. but for now, let me lay out a few points. first, we face -- and i apologize for saying this again. we face an inflection point as a nation. for most of the 20 th century, we led the world by a significant margin because we invested in our people. not only our roads and highways and bridges, but in our people. and our families. we didn't just build an interstate highway system. we built a highway to the sky. we invested to win the space race, and we won. we're also among the first to provide access to free education for all americans, beginning back in the late 18 00s. that decision alone to invest in our children and their families was a major part of why we were able to lead the world for much of the 20th century. somewhere along the way, we stopped investing in ourselves, in our people. america's still the largest economy in the world. we still have the most productive workers and most innovative minds in the world. what we risk losing our edge as a nation. our infrastructure used t

fact they want to have a framework at least in place before the president does leave for that trip for europe. now only six days away the press secretary confirming he will depart on thursday. so time is ticking. and that's why when the president leaves for delaware tonight the press secretary said he won't be off the clock in any manner this weekend. he's going to continue to be in touch with senators manchin and sinema, we understand it, to really hash out what's left to be resolved here. and in terms of the vice president who was traveling, she did say this was a very unique moment, again, trying to underscore the sense of urgency the administration has right now in trying to finalize this so-called human infrastructure bill. listen. >> so i'm here today to ask people to see this moment for what it is and to step up. we can do this. it is the right thing to do. >> reporter: the president did travel as we saw this week, of course, to scranton, pennsylvania. last night he was in baltimore. really notably, though, next week, garret, he's going to have to craft this message a little bit more f

the president wants a win before he gets on the plane to go to europe. he wants to be able to tell different countries at the g-20, the climate conference, and the pope as well, what he's getting done at home. it's a big, big day with a lot of moving parts. >> and neal katyal, if you were running the 1/6 committee or advising the staff, what would you want asked to mr. clark and mr. eastman? >> i think jeff clark just has to come and tell the truth. he was a low level environmental lawyer running temporarily the civil division. he decided to try to overstep his bounds by far. basically try and machinate to become the attorney general and displace jeffrey rosen, the acting attorney general. we need to know the story about what happened. and particularly what did trump say to him, and what did he say to trump, and what was trump's role in this whole thing? it's been almost a year, and we don't have answers to those basic questions. which is just unforgivable. as far as john eastman, i think a subpoena on him is inevitable. he tried last week to say he didn

the white house ahead to get a deal before president biden leaves for europe. he's slated to go tomorrow but even they are lowering expectations. white house press secretary jen psaki, our guest yesterday on "way too early" has acknowledged it. some lawmakers are worried if the deal isn't agreed upon by the end of the week, they will lose momentum. and joining us now, co-founder of punchbowl, anna palmer. what more are you tell us about the deadlines that the president had last night with senator manchin of west virginia and sinema of arizona? >> this is the whole key for joe biden, senator joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. going to pieces of the package because they know everything is in their hands at this point but i do think you have to have a pretty miraculous 24 hours for joe biden to head to europe without any kind of a deal here. there is so much here still undecided. >> give us updates on a key components here, in terms of the family leave plan, or the child tax credit, or the mechanism to pay for it. there was some reporting last night this is being hur

>> in europe the president gave a thumb's up on commitments from the senators. yes. i wanted to be sure that i vote for an agreement. not just an aspiration. i have been concerned that neither of those senators and a few members in the house clear what they were willing to agree to. if we can come to a final vote in the house on tuesday or thereafter this week, i would just want to be sure it will be adopted in the senate and not agreeing to something and then see the negotiations start all over again to drive it found further. the other issue that's pending, i have the companion bill in the house to the prescription drug bill which is a much better approach on this, i'm glad he is still focused on this. you can tell that there's negotiation in progress. so i still -- i have not made a final commitment but it's important on prescription drugs that we get measure than nominal negotiation. the bill that we began with was weak. it excluded two thirds of drugs. now some who are very closely aligned with the pharmaceutical industry want to narrow it further. you can get t

they wanted american support for french independent defense efforts in europe. independent additional to nato. that is being done. and they wanted signals that france would genuinely be a partner in america, efforts to deal with china, competition in the indopacific and also that is being done, as officials talk in detail how to draw france into their efforts. i think they've worked hard on this. we'll just have to see over the next days whether biden is really back. whether he's seen as representing a strong and united america or whether european doubts continue. >> what are you going to be watching for to give you that answer? >> i'll be watching, as always, at these gatherings, the body language. i'm going to be watching the communique. i think biden will go to the glasgow summit conference, which begins on sunday, with a very strong hand, assuming that he can get the progress he's seeking and finalizing his budget deal. to go with a commitment of $555 billion in climate change spending to a conference where nobody has got anywhere close to that in terms of c

they mean this week to europe. they're in hand to hand combat. the ammo's all gone, they've switched to bayonnets. they're just trying to get it done, said john podesta. it's got to be a lot if it made podesta go military there. jonathan lemire, what reporting have you that they are any closer today really than they were yesterday or last friday night? >> yeah, bayonets are certainly a strong image. transportation bill funding runs out at the end of the month. number two, the virginia's governor race, terry mcauliffe literally pleading, begging the white house and congressional democrats to get this done, at least pass the infrastructure part of it, if not the reconciliation bill to give him something to run on, which shows the alarm he is experiencing about his candidacy. and then of course, yes, the president on thursday heads to europe, rome first an audience with the pope. then the g20 summit, although xi jinping won't be there so that takes out some of the heat of it. the president does have a meeting with french president macron. and then t

they've been doing this really in effect in europe for quite some time. their astrazeneca vaccine is similar to johnson & johnson, and they've been doing mixing and matching to good effect. >> i want to ask you about the doses now for these vaccines, particularly as we're about to open up vaccines for kids under the age of 12. we know some of the european countries have decided to do one dose instead of two because of the issue of the heart inflammation risk, particularly in young adolescent boys. what's your sense on this, and do you think there needs to be further investigation here by cdc and fda? it does seem as if we're -- we don't have the research yet to know for sure. >> well, first of all, pfizer who is first in line with their vaccine for children age 5 to 11 has reduced the dose in their vaccine. it's one-third of the dose that was required for adolescence in young adults, and they get a very good immune response, and their immediate safety profile is comparable. so that looks really pretty good. secondly, we -- although we don't know everythin

number one president biden could still be in europe, if not on his way back. perhaps democrats who sent him empty handed to europe will give him something to tout. also, it's the governors election in virginia. terry mcauliffe said he wants to see the bill passed. perhaps this is a gift they're giving to the governor in virginia ahead of a really tough race there. alex? >> thank you for that comprehensive report. >>> more breaking news to share. we're taking you live to rome. that's where the leaders are taking part in that g-20 summit. that includes president biden arriving there for that gala dinner. that is not president biden. it's been a very busy day overseas for the president meeting with several world leaders. just a few hours ago the president sat down with european allies to discuss the iran nuclear deal. meanwhile, the race for governor in virginia is as tight as can be. the candidates are neck and neck. terry mcauliffe, democrat, has 49% support of likely voters. youngkin close behind with 48%. democrats have taken the lead in early voting ahead of

biden is hoping to get a deal before he leaves for europe on thursday. also tonight, moderna now says its covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective for children 6 through 11 years old. tomorrow an fda advisory panel meets to discuss authorizing pfizer shots for younger children. with that, let's bring in our starting line on this monday night. philip rucker, pulitzer prize winning senior washington correspondent of the "washington post," carol leonnig with the "new york times" best seller, i alone can fix it, donald trump's catastrophic final year. and associate editor and columnist for real clear politics, and professor melissa murray, law clerk for justice sonia sotomayor on the federal bench prior to her nomination to the supreme court. good evening, and welcome to all of you indeed counselor, i would like to begin with you because the white house counsel has, again, said there's no privilege worries here. we're going to open up the files on the existing records from 1/6. what happens next, professor, especially considering this is under lawsuit? >> well

he has funneled tons of cocaine into the united states, into europe. he's an individual that has killed police officers, soldiers, social activists. he's engaged not only in cocaine trafficking but also the abuse of young females. this man is a very cruel, heartless drug trafficker and i'm sure he's going to be extradited to the united states because he's wanted on charges here in miami and then also in the southern district of new york. >> talk to us about the operation to get somebody like this. i mean, 500 armed officers plus special forces. you have dealt with some big takedowns over your career. what was it like to get this guy? >> it took a lot of planning. the planning took place on the 15th of this month in bogota. then it was executed very quickly. we knew that he had eight rings of security, of gunmen surrounding him. so it was going to take a huge force of army, air force and then also colombia national police. and they also had air cover provided by helicopters with .50 caliber machine guns that sprayed the jungle area to scatter all of his

i got reporting of the legislative agenda as well as the president's trip to europe. how do you see them navigating the next two weeks or so? >> i got to flip it around on you and say what's your one big thing now? we know deadlines, and whether or not the october 31st deadline is really that real of a deadline, you want to go on recess or do you want to go on a district court period, whether or not the trip will go to europe, those deadlines will get postponed. >> hans, we have a little bit of a faceoff today, i think we navigated pretty well and we appreciate you being here this morning. >> thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us this monday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> it's 6:00 on the east coast, a beautiful shot of washington. >> happy monday mika. >> happy monday. >> look at that beautiful shot of washington. makes it feel like i am in my rush morning hour traffic. >> good

, bill any bill, beyond the naming of national peach month between now and when he is wheels up for europe on thursday? >> yes brian. president biden very much wants to have one if not both of these bills signs and done by the time he leaves for europe, in part because there is a major climate conference, convening this weekend, and he wants to be able to announce there that the united states, has signed into law, some major climate change legislation, that of course is contained, in what, happened a three and a half trillion dollar social spending package, that is now being whittled, down effectively in half, my colleagues on capitol hill are reporting at this hour, that it appears there honing in on a deal for that 1.7 five trillion, we were there still haggling with senator joe manchin of west virginia, senator kyrsten sinema of arizona, over a couple of the key elements of that bill. specifically the expansion of medicare and medicaid, the expansion of the paid family leave program. and some of the climate measures that manchin is opposing, in part because of the power of the coal indu

is it because the civil war happened in america versus europe? i'm sorry, rachel, that's to you. >> oh, well, i think the history of the holocaust, it certainly didn't happen here. the history of enslavement, the history of the civil war is deeply personal. this is our story. it is the story of the foundation of our nation. it is a lot harder to be honest with the difficult truths about your own history than about a history perceived as having occurred elsewhere. >> interesting. let's all take a listen to this clip from isabel wilkerson. here it is. >> those of us alive today have to find a way to explain to succeeding generations how is it that we saw a confederate flag inside the united states capitol this year, january 6th, how is it that a rioter was able to deliver the confederate flag farther than robert e. lee himself? >> okay. erica, if it's fair to connect slavery to the plight of black americans today, is it also fair to trace done content, that which we saw in the january 6th capitol riots, back to fallout from the civil war? >> i thin

again day 281 of the biden administration, the president may now be delaying his schedule departure for europe tomorrow morning so that he can continue to try to persuade members of his own party to pass his domestic policy bills. drama sometimes helps in these matters, we'll have more on that in just a moment. there is also news from the house committee investigating one six, just a short time ago. one committee member confirms, they expect to hear testimony from jeffrey clark. he is the former trump doj official, who was reportedly involved in the former presidents effort to overturn the election. >> i think the committee has acknowledged with scheduled, this friday for an interview, so i believe that is still on. >> as we reported, the washington post says that the committee expects to subpoena john eastman, the trump friendly lawyer who outlined that for overturning the election. by having former vp mike pence, nullified the electoral votes. last week in an interview with the national review, eastman disinvited the plan calling it quote, not viable and crazy. but eastman was caught on came

that had not happened in europe since world war ii but russia did that to ukraine in 2014. russia under putin had been pushing it to be considered a part of the g8. him invading ukraine and taking part of it and calling that part and the g-8 always had a bit of drama. the g-8 had big drama. that with of ukraine russia that was too much. was that was too much for the g-8. russia got booted indefinitely out of the g8 in 2014 and that is how the g8 shrunk and become the g7. so the g7 still exists minus russia now. but then there is also the g20. and the g20 is not seven countries. it's 20 countries. and, therefore, by definition, it's less exclusive. and it turns out if you want to be a part of the g20, it's fine if you invade a neighboring country and take part of their land as your own. even when they kicked russia out of the g7, they let them stay in the g20. and lots of people have stayed in the g20 through lots of scandals. but when president biden leaves washington tomorrow to fly off to this year's g20 summit in rome, there is a source of embarrassment, a sign of someth

they mean this week to europe. there are in hand-to-hand combat. the animals all gone they've switched to bayonet's, they're just trying to get it done. said john podesta, founder of the progressive thing town center for american progress. it's gotta be a lot if it made podesta go military there. jonathan lin here, what reporting have you that they are any closer than they were yesterday or last friday night? >> yeah, bayonet sterling a strong image, brian. there is some concern because there's a trio of deadlines. but at -- at the end of the month. number two, the number the race we've been talking about, the virginia governor race -- taking this a usual stephen begging the white house and congressional -- at least pass the infrastructure part of it if not the reconciliation bill. to give him something to run off. which shows the alarm he's experiencing about his candidacy. and then of course he has to present on thursday, had to europe, rome first audience with the pope, and then the g20 summit. jinping will take will be there. the president does

he's saying i'm getting on a plane, i'm going to europe. i've delayed my departure by a couple hours to meet with democrats and speak to the american people and his message to his own party is please get onboard with this. i expect to you get onboard with this. this may be a real last opportunity or shot to get everybody together and to get something done not just on what they're still negotiating when it comes to these social spending programs but also to get his already bipartisan infrastructure deal across the finish line. originally the white house hoped there had been major progress on this by the time he was going to leave for europe, but significant is yesterday the tea leaves were indicating he was going to push his departure back which is exactly what he's doing. he will go to capitol hill. but, remember, we've seen this movie once before at the end of september when the president went to meet with these same house democrats in order to try to see if he could get something accomplished, some agreement. remember, they decided they d

and that leaves biden in europe for a big climate change summit without congressional signoff on his climate agenda. it leaves the white house without a key victory at a moment where they badly need some wins as the president's approval ratings continue to decline. and it leaves democrats in virginia twisting in the wind in a governor's race where republicans seem to have all the momentum. a new fox poll out of virginia has glen youngkin up 8 points. eight points of terry mcauliffe. that poll is an outlier, but even if the poll is off by ten, it's still a tossup race. and tossup is where the new washington post poll has this contest. this is a dead heat. and there's also the political reality facing democrats that passing a huge piece of legislation ahead of a president's first midterm cycle isn't always the political life preserver the party in power hopes it will be. democrats found that out the hard way after passing the affordable care act and then republicans learned the sam lesson after signing in trump's tax reforms. the party in power got hammered hard in the following midter

was going to say, dave, ironically, the toughest legislation may come from europe or california. the weakness could be the federal government, right? >> that's right, but i think even as states like california move this direction, we're not going to see a let-up in washington for there to be some kind of national regulation of data privacy and some of these other questions about online safety. the united states is an outlyer in the western world of not having a comprehensive national law and even an agency that could regulate these questions in a really comprehensive way. there is very little in terms of a national privacy law or regulation. >> ten years ago people ran for office claiming there would be a digital bill of rights. we're still waiting for that digital bill of rights. let me switch quickly to facebook and what type of crisis management they're in right now. i know they're going to try to rename the company. they don't like to be compared to big tobacco. we don't like it, let's go by el tryo. there's still tobacco. >> wall street still loves facebook as a company, as

extremist parties in europe are covered very differently. even though germany's afd or italy's northern league are considered fringe parties their extremism is made clear. we talk about neo fascist and yet the american far right is no longer fringe. it is one of our two main parties right now. a lot of very serious people in washington, d.c. seem in denial about that. don't want to call the gop what it's become when it has become what we would call a far right party in any european country. >> david, it is an incestuous ecosystem. they are all friends, date each other, have sex, get married, get divorced, slap each other on the back. i remember a day before a white house press conference a couple years ago there was a big party. producers, hosts, reporters. you know who else was there? sean spicer. remember the man who literally lied to the press from the pulpit? he was having the best time mehdi back slapping someone. so it is a failure of the washington, d.c., new york incessuous press network that looks for access, looks for the bottom li

we will have the latest on the g20 summit right now in europe. "velshi" starts right now. >>> good morning. today, democrats may finally have a deal, but at a cost. heather from the white house council of economic advisers joins me next to talk about the latest and what we get and lose and what comes next. >>> the deadline for the new york city first responders to get the first vaccine dose has come and gone. that is setting up closures happening. i'll talk to the head of the new york firefighters union for the support for those protesting the mandate. >>> a preview of the post-roe landscape from someone who had been studying the laws for over a decade and a certain twice impeached president is trying to keep hidden from the january 6th investigation. "velshi" starts now. good morning. saturday, october 30th. i'm ali velshi. we are find ourselves in the middle of the breakthrough of the plan to shore up america's social safety net. there is a lot to gain from what the president announced this week, but much we are about to lose. the plan was cut

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, i've done a lot of work in, europe's biggest rake in germany in decades, just happened in berlin. where the workers, 30,000 workers striking in berlin, hospital workers just saying we're not going to take it anymore. what's interesting is, we have a great minority of workers said that you are represented by unions, but i think to your point. there are a lot of people who are watching unionized workers going on strike and winning, and that's the motivating factor in. think when people see people going on strike in winning. and not being punished, it actually emboldens more people to, do it and it's a way to show american workers at large, hey there's something you can do when you act collectively you can win more. >> i also wonder, to him thinking about. this is the psychological effects of the pandemic, that life is too sure. honestly, i think a lot of people. look at these numbers, 1952, 2.7 million workers out on strike. in 2020 which is during the pandemic, 27, 000, so that's a factor of 1000, but we think of the world war ii period in the period afterwards, at this period of n

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haugen in the united states and europe. what do you think the prospects are for totally different ways of regulating disseminators of disinformation, not just facebook but all of them. >> very much so and i think you're right, miles is right, regulation will probably occur overseas first, and the business models of all of these platforms, including facebook, build in a certain presumption of an unregulated industry. it has been the secret of their success. look, i think facebook, though, the one argument that does land with a lot of people is this. any engagement, knowing engagement and amplification of otherwise criminal behavior certainly should be regulated and certainly should be subject to prosecution. but the broader context of this, and i'm sympathetic to this, is with all of the amplification, all the engagement in hate speech, in lies, who bears responsibility? because in many ways, this debate we're having as a nation about regulating facebook is also us as a society looking at our own selves in the mirror. i mean

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the president is still pushing for an agreement before he heads to europe. holding a meeting yesterday with leaders from several key congressional caucuses and meeting once again with west virginia senator joe manchin and arizona senator kyrsten sinema. with me now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ali vitali. and jonathan lemire, politico bureau chief as well as an msnbc political analyst. and jonathan, congrats, also the new host of "way too early," which airs at 5:00 a.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. ali, let me start with you. depending on who you listen to, democrats are either very close to an agreement or trillions of dollars away from one. where do things stand? >> yeah, that's a pretty large gap there, jose. and it's right, it depend who you talk to here, the varying levels of optimism that we're hearing from different lawmakers and senators, who are central to these negotiates. the one who i think probably hit the tone just right is the guy whose office i'm standing outside right now, is senator joe manchin, who described these negotiations as

interestingly, one senior europe diplomat told me in the past 24 hours that they were convinced, actually, that the president would get the build back better act passed. that's important because part of that act is the climate change measures that he hopes to kind of bring with him for the big climate change conference that he now goes onto in scotland. it looks good. interesting thing on the iran deal, yasmin, i think, actually, despite the fact that in the past few hours, we heard the news from the europeans and americans, that may be one of the trickiest aspects at all, those negotiations with iran are very, very difficult. it is nuclear brinkmanship and there's no necessary certainty that there will be a deal. >> and we well know, iran can oftentimes be its worst enemy. keir, i'm curious, how are leaders perceiving what's happening domestically? who are they placing the blame on when it comes to getting infrastructure and build back better across the finish line. is it president, democrats, republicans? are they kind of up to speed on the nuances of what's happening here at home? >> r

that had not happened in europe since world war ii. but russia did that to ukraine, in 2014. russia under putin, and frankly been pushing it for a long, time in lots of ways. to be considered part of the g8. but him invading the ukraine and taking part of, and calling that part of ukraine russia, was too much. that was too much for the g8, russia got booted, indefinitely out of the g8 in 2014. and that is how the g8 shrunk, and it became the g7. so the g7, still exists, minus russia no. but then, there's also the g20. and the g20 is not seven countries it's 20 countries. and therefore by definition, it's less exclusive. in a turns, out if you want to be part of the g20, it's fine if you invade a neighboring country, and take part of their land as your own. even when they kicked russia out of the g7, they let him stay in the g20. and lots of people have stayed in the g20, through lots of scandals. but when president biden leaves washington tomorrow, to fly off to this year's g20 summit in rome, there is one source of embarrassment, one side of something gone wrong in our count

also showing support for different things president macron wants to do, like strengthening europe's defense capabilities in the future. it's something blinken showed support for when they met. >> meeting for biden and macron scheduled in europe later this month. the president will be over there, his second overseas trip for g-20 in rome and then the climate meeting in scotland. also, president xi will not be there, taking a little of the heat out of the summit. tell us about the exclusive data axios has about former president trump's post oval office online engagement. what did you guys find? >> as you know well and others watching this show well know, former president trump is no longer on twitter. he desperately wants to be back on twitter. we have some new data provided to axios by news whip, which tracks social networks, engagement with article, things online. it really shows in spite of the different ways that donald trump has tried to put out messages -- he created his own platform of sorts. he's put out messages and emails to look like press releases and statements. there's far less

they also say that president biden will delay a thursday morning flight to europe if the deal is finished. >> an agreement is within arm's length and we are hopeful that we can come to a framework agreement by the end of today. >> the president's getting everything he has to make this happen. he's trying to meet everybody halfway. >> 90% of the build back better act is done and we're just waiting on the final agreement from the two senators. >> earlier today, white house officials held another meeting with the two senators you just heard quoted. the ones who have become characters on snl because they have been proven to be so essential to getting to 50, which is what biden and schumer need to do on every big vote. t manchin and sinema. sources tell nbc one of the things that's happening is the negotiating is actually making the hard calls. that's another sign they're closer to the end because you can throw in all the adjectives you want about essentially done, but then you have to check are things moving forward according to the parties that have the vote and veto. that brings us to this

it could be next year, perhaps somewhere else in europe. that's going to be an important moment akin to what we saw when president biden met this past summer. there is an opportunity for biden who is mostly popular with his foreign con temp contemperaries. is biden the aberration or was trump the aberration. we won't know that until 2024 at least. on climate change hope even if the president comes there without meaningful legislation in hand that he will strike a tone that other nations can follow and hopefully then white house aides say in short order after he returns to the united states they can get this legislation done. >> let's turn to the latest with covid-19 where new coronavirus cases plummet nationwide. the united states is now averaging roughly 70,000 new cases per day. that's a 20% drop the past two weeks. >> great news. >> the number of people dying from the virus is still high. about 1,400 each day. but represents a 15% drop over the same period. that number has steadily decreased throughout the fall. that is good news. >> and

this was certainly a personal highlight for the president as he begins this nearly week-long tour of europe the first stop being here at the vatican. of it back in 1980 when senator biden met with pope john paul ii and that meeting lasted 40 seconds and being extraordinarily long. today the visit almost twice that length going 75 minutes where the two met privately in the papal library. among the takeaways from the visit, they have developed a personal connection, the president with later visits was asked to pull back the curtain on the visit and said that pope, pope francis, said he was a good catholic and said that he should continue to receive communion, which was notable because many american bishops have sparked controversy saying catholic politicians, including president biden, should not receive communion for their support of abortion rights. andrea? >> and want to bring in george waggle, of course, president biden in meeting with the pope and in passing on that information about communion, that's been a controversy, at least raised political issue here for the president, certainly s

and so on thursday before heading off to europe for a series of crucial meetings with world leaders, the president did, in fact, have some news to share. i'll let him tell you. watch. >> today i'm pleased to announce that after -- after months of tough and thoughtful negotiations i think we have an historic -- i know we have historic economic framework. >> framework? really? four months later and we're still stuck if the framework stage? many on capitol hill are expressing optimism that an actual deal could be finalized before a potential tuesday vote, we've seen this before, and i'm not holding my breath this time around either. biden campaigned as a competent washington insider who could make the town work again. but as susan glasser wrote in "the new yorker" "what i keep coming back to is that biden has struggled so much for a deal he can't quite close with his own party." these are democrats he's negotiating with. republicans, they're pretty much out of the equation, frankly. why is the timing of this so critical? one big reason, though, tuesday's election for virginia's governor

not just because of the election in virginia, but because our president goes to the g 20 meeting in europe and then to the climate meeting in glasgow. i want to see us send him off with the strongest possible hand to pull together our allies in the fight against climate change and in strengthening our place on the world stage. >> let me ask you about that specifically. i know that climate change is something you've talked a lot about. it's top of mind for many democrats. we've seen what joe manchin has done. he has pushed back against many of these initiatives, including that clean electricity performance initiative that he says cannot happen. do you have a line in the sand the way you just heard bernie sanders talk about? is there something in climate change that you say this has to be in the bill? >> i'm not one of the members who's going to say but for this one thing, i will vote against the bill. i have worked diligently, tirelessly with my colleagues, because virtually our entire caucus agrees that investing in combatting climate through new tax incentives for scaling up clean energy

recently that facebook wants to double down on the metaverse and they're going to hire 10,000 engineers in europe to work on the metaverse. wow, do you know what we could have done with safety if we had 10,000 more engineers? it would be amazing. >> while twitter may be tone deaf to some, the brand stock continues to climb. so what are we to make of this? if shareholders don't care that facebook is too big or that it has a coercive effect on a public discourse or that it fuels the spread of misinformation, should we be surprised that facebook is doubling down on ideas that make shareholders happy? i'll ask my panel when we come back. don't go anywhere. panel when we e back don't go anywhere. they need customized car insurance from liberty mutual so they only pay for what they need. what do you say we see what this bird can do? woooooooooooooo... we are not getting you a helicopter. looks like we're walking, kid. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ when you really need to sleep you reach for the really good stuff. new zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and lon

president biden did formally delay this planned morning departure to europe for the g20 that was today which seems like a sign that's spending negotiations are getting close, maybe. today was a policy roll are coaster, progressives and this group of holdout democrats made what could be the final moves in the march to pass this giant spending package so crucial to biden's opening plans for his administration and according to the president crucial for america. now what is the president telling us? why is it like i said to be just honest and transparent with you hard to interpret in he combines sort of the victorious language of historic, the well worn washington caveat of a framework implying no final written legislation. >> after months of tough and thoughtful negotiations, i think we have an historic, i know we have historic economic framework. no one got everything they wanted, including me, but that's what compromise is. that's consensus and that's what i ran on. >> no one got everything they wan-ted, biden almost dipping into past tense this is ending because he's won and there are

some sort of framework before he heads to europe for the climate change summit. there are some holdouts, though, in the democratic party. where do you assess the state of negotiations and what is the frustration level for you for senators manchin and sinema who seem to be holdouts? >> my overall assessment is i'm highly confident this will get done. both the bipartisan package, already approved by the senate, and the budget reconciliation package, which is needed. while i appreciate there's a lot of attention on senator sinema and senator manchin, if you step back the big picture is why we're here to begin with. republicans refuse to cooperate and do what our country needs done in terms of investing in infrastructure, investing in the economy, investing in working families. if we have to go a democratic only route, that's what we'll do. this is sort of the diversity of the defensemen caucus playing out in public. at the end of the day everybody from senator manchin and sinema to sanders and everybody in between knows we have to get this done and we will get this

sending the biden administration asking for an executive order for tests that have been approved in europe. why do you feel this is popularity? have you received a response to your letter? something we keep circling back to is how do we make access to those tests equitable? >> well, my goodness, so many things to unpack there. i would like all of your viewers to imagine for a moment if the school year had started and we had access to a test that you could do at home, you stick a q-tip in your nose, 15 minutes you know if you're positive or negative. if your child tests positive, they just stay at home from school. just imagine how different the school year would have been. we probably wouldn't have had any spike in cases in children, and that is what rapid testing can do. i took a test at home because i was planning on seeing my elder elderly parents today. >> it has brought so much comfort. congresswoman schrier, thank you so much for your time. >>> next, vaccine skepticism , what caused it? how to overcome it. we'll talk to an author of a new book detailing the lessons of the vice presid

all of this is happening as the president prepares to head to europe later this week for a series of high-level engagements, including the cop26 climate summit in glasgow, g-20 in rome, and a meeting with the pope in vatican city. meaning that at the risk of sending the president abroad empty-handed, the pressure for lawmakers to work fast could not be greater. and the capitol hill infrastructure stalemate is but one of this administration's many moving targets. in a bipartisan vote on thursday, the house of representatives voted to hold former trump adviser steve bannon in criminal contempt of congress for defying a subpoena from the january 6th select committee. the vote was 229 to 202 with nine republicans clearly voting their conscience. now, it's up to attorney general merrick garland and maybe van grand jury to decide if bannon will face criminal charges. >> the department of justice will do what it always does in such circumstances. we'll apply the facts and the law and make a decision consistent with the principles of prosecution. >> congress shot down bannon's specious claim

i come from a large family, and i have, you know, some that are from europe, some that are native american, some that are african-americanment and the reality is that we're not a race. we're a self-identified culture and ethnicity. there is no race, just a human race. if you look at the genome and what is the difference between african-american, non-hispanic life, there is crosses all over. and you can't define, this is a race. this is a race. having said that, it is important to keep race in the conversation because it does motivate action, political action, social justice, et cetera. >> yeah. i agree with you that i te in, d to see people for people. but as an immigration attorney, i also see the direct impact for individuals. i remember -- i have been doing this for over 20 years, but i remember back in 9/11, we had great clients that weren't allowed on the plane because of their background. it's extreme right now. the politics are extreme. how do you get in front of that? i think by talking about these distinctions, these differences and at the same time that we're not involved in this

about the pandemic, about the role of the united states and europe in the world, so these are still his objectives. they are just a little bit undermined or undercut by the complicated reality of the mess in washington and the global pandemic and climate change that is proceeding unabated. >> i want to read some of the reporting ashley is talking about. one of the key abductions to shifting away from oil has been the costs but the president has been making the climb that nature is already exacting a price. president obama is also going to lend a hand to this agenda. the obama foundation is going to be sort of coming in and undergirding that message. i wonder if you think that this issue with all corners of our country, seeing this extreme weather from flooding in new york city and new jersey to rampant fires in places that have never burned in california. if you think this might be soft of part of that. >> i absolutely do. i mean, the evidence is in the tex dream that we're seeing when you see this nation from coast to coast, all facing weather emergencies, things that don't happen at t

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and europe will impose more sanctions, and that the u.s. will have to look to other measures to try and counter the iranian nuclear program. it really is the last chance with these talks, alex. very, very difficult. to give an example, iranians so far have not agreed to talk directly to the u.s., but through intermediaries. so just getting to the stage where they talk directly to each other is difficult, never mind getting to a new deal. >> tell you it is so delicate. what do you expect to happen, keir, with regard to now, i guess it's end of november. right? there's about a month for all of this, it's going to be sorted out. is there any expectation that iran will eventually talk directly with the united states, given the next few weeks of being able to put something together? >> reporter: yeah. look, if november really is the date. because iran, in the time since these talks restarted, it's had an election. the new more hard-line president. so iran, many people think, is not in a mood to compromise. certainly some of the things iran has b

in europe, european countries on average supplement childcare to the tune of $14,000 per child. and our country, $500 per child. we -- people want childcare so they can go to work. people want to work. and it is so expensive to have quality childcare. people want to know they can leave their kids with somebody who is in a safe environment, where they're being nurtured, where people know how to do child education. we need to do these things. that's what's the curator this is. is getting this done. and that's why, my quorum a colleagues have to get this done, and the sooner the better. >> i'll franken, thank you for having us in, as always greatly appreciated you spending some time with us on monday night. coming up for us, why some republicans are worried the only twice impeached retiree in the entire state of florida, could actually cost the party he controls. seats in congress. we'll explain. congress. we'll explain. comfortable, dually-adjustable, foot-warming, temperature-balancing, proven quality night sleep we've ever made. save up to $800 on sleep number 360 smart beds. -

representatives respectively through europe and california, we published an op ed last week in a prominent newspaper. we think this is essential, and given that it now is incumbent on the democratic party, we have to deliver for immigrants alone, because republicans have taken themselves out of the equation because of trump. we have to deliver relief and a guarantee of peace of mind to the immigrant community. >> so separate from the parliamentarian's decision one way or another on this, is there not a plan b like what happened in 2013, right? when the senate, that gang of eight got together and put through a complete process of immigration reform? it wasn't even brought up in the house of representatives. but is there not something that could be discussed, bipartisan or not, to get this rolling in the house, for example? >> i think there is. there is the possibility that in the coming days, if republicans just can't be convinced to join an effort to provide relief to the immigrant community, that we go it alone, and let me just underscore that republicans in the past have gone as far as t

weekend, but a deal could be on the horizon as democrats work to reach a deal before bidenre leaves for europ. plus tired of seeing those qanon posts fromei your uncle on facebook? we're going to take ar look at what facebook knew about how it radicalized users. >>> and getting covid on purpose. yes. american conservative radio talk show host is making headlines after a bizarre, bizarre rant. i'm ayman mohyeldin. let's get started. so for the first time in a long time there is a feeling of optimism among democrats in washington about enacting president utbiden's agenda. the house democratic leadership told its members to expect a vote on both the build back better legislation and the bipartisan infrastructure bill next week.ll but the fact remains that we still don't have a final copy of the bill yet. yes, we're starting to hear more about what's in and what's out as i mentioned earlier. spoiler alert, much of what is included w is a significantly watered down version of the items the president campaigned on. but washington and the future of our country is still dancing to the whims of two co