joining me now is the junior senator from vermont, democrat peter welch, when thursday hand deliveredution to be reinvigorated. senator waltz, thanks for coming on the show. i want to start with that letter you gave to the president following your own trip to israel in the occupied territories. in it, you say, quote, as far as the netanyahu government is concerned, the two state solution is that. so senator, what can be done about that? what can president biden do? what can congress do? >> i can hear the senator. technical issue, is he muted? should we try that again? >> once i. now, i'm back. >> that's all right. we're about to hear the solution to peace in the middle east and you are muted. let's try again. what can you do, what can congress do? >> number one, that's gotta be a frank acknowledgment that the two state solution has become a fiction. we give lip service to it, we don't do anything to enforce it. yes. and secondly, what we have is, the president has got to take that seriously. and start advocating for it. what you see in israel right now, what we see in israel right now

amy: you had senator peter welch on your show this weekend who is supporting bernie sanders' call aboutof israel. you called what is happening a pogrom. >> that was an israeli general who used that word. many are starting to talk of the same debate. we cannot just give billions of dollars to israel every year when they carry out massive human rights abuses. we keep saying shared values and that is what we support israel. these are not shared values and i'm glad democrats are slowly starting to speak up. let's see if the rest of them do. amy: medhi hasan, thank you for being with us, journalist and author, host of shows on msnbc and peacock. is -- his new book is "win every argument: the art of debating, persuading, and public speaking." [captioning made possible by democracy now!] ■Ññ?ñ?ñ?Ñ?Ñ?ñ■vño;o;ó7ó7 i spend a lot of time in montreal. it really is, together with copenhagen and barcelona, one of my favourite places on the planet, a home away from home. but i still have a problem putting my finger on what makes this city so great. through the centuries, montreal has found itself at a

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provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable peter welch, a senator from the state of vermont, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of treasury. brent neiman of illinois to be a deputy under secretary. >> this is the first day of the week for the senate and as we wait for a synergistic, a look at what we will see on the floor. senators considering president biden's executive nominations including brent nyman to be under secretary of the treasury. a vote is scheduled at 5:30 eastern today. later they will pick up eric garcetti's nomination to us ambassador to india. senators are expected to start work on a bill to repeal the 1991-2002 your rack war authorizations. punch bowl news reports this will set up a

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