trading commission and rail brainerd are among the speakers at this form organized by the center for american progress. i am the executive vice president for policy at center for american progress and i want to welcome all of you to today's event. before we get started, a quick bit of housekeeping. live captioning is available by clicking on the closed captioning button at the bottom of your screen. we have a tremendous program at. senator brian schatz will offer remarks and then we will move on to a panel discussion. panel, the founder and board chair will speak with a member of the board of governors for the federal reserve system. sherrod brown will then offer closing remarks. before we dive in, a few words of introduction. climate change is one of the biggest challenges we face in the coming years. havoc andaked destroyed lives and livelihoods. it is already happening. earlier this year, our west coast was on fire, almost 10 million acres went up in flames, over twice the amount in 2019. firesf the top 20 largest in california's history happened this year. we have witnessed an increase in her conn

guest: she has been the head of a think tank in washington, the center for american progress. she was an advisor to hillary clinton when she was the first lady and when she ran for senate and president twice. she has been very steeped in policy discussions. she was an architect of the affordable care act, the law that president obama passed. she has a pretty active residence on twitter. some republicans are upset over statements she has made. she is somebody who has been in washington working on these policies way long time. she has developed quite a record. host: your newspaper and other publications have talked about the trouble on capitol hill in terms of her nomination. this is the headline in the new at tanden."balking and kamalaoe biden harris knew the scenario ahead of time and yet chose to go with her. how difficult to think the non-asian process will be for her? -- the nomination process will be for her? guest: if republicans decide to fight this and they have votes in the senate, it could be difficult for her. this takes some of the heat off of other [captioning perfo

trading commission and rail brainerd are among the speakers at this form organized by the center for american progress. i am the executive vice president for policy at center for american progress and i want to welcome all of you to today's event. before we get started, a quick bit of housekeeping. live captioning is available by clicking on the closed captioning button at the bottom of your screen. we have a tremendous program at. senator brian schatz will offer remarks and then we will move on to a panel discussion. panel, the founder and board chair will speak with a member of the board of governors for the federal reserve system. sherrod brown will then offer closing remarks. before we dive in, a few words of introduction. climate change is one of the biggest challenges we face in the coming years. havoc andaked destroyed lives and livelihoods. it is already happening. earlier this year, our west coast was on fire, almost 10 million acres went up in flames, over twice the amount in 2019. firesf the top 20 largest in california's history happened this year. we have witnessed an increase in her conn

for the american people, and in particular not standing up for working americans. >> laura: let's talk about the people who fund the think tank she heads up. the center for american progresslast year "the new york times" reported they took in millions. big banks, silicon valley titans, foreign governments, defense contractors, and the health care industry. in other words, the folks who sold out american workers for decades. one former staffer told the intercept about the not-so-subtle ways they were pressured to abandon positions that defended the center for american progress as donors. one instance, according to "the new york times," she removed an entire chapter from a report on anti-muslim bias. of course, this all happened after bloomberg breached the skids with 1.5 million bucks by the time the report was finished. he is still listed as a major donor on their website. now, her effort to cover up her work -- that has come in handy. she has purged over 1,000 never tweets most critical of republican centers and looks to secure her nomination. this type of corruption is positive to never-trumper who tweeted -- hard-hearted liberals should -- she is the right person for t

something, not supporting her is one of them and interesting that her think tank, the center for american progressery progressive and that tax and spend policy is not something they are looking to get behind and the last thing we need is more deficits which she is supportive of. that will be a hard one with both the left and the right not being supportive. >> kamala harris facing backlash for posting a tweet saying she and joe biden want to support small businesses but back in june she asks people to donate to the minnesota freedom fund, an organization that helped bail out protesters, some of the rioters who were put in prison, arrested because they looted and destroyed small businesses. how do you feel about this coming from kamala harris? >> i thought her comment about supporting small business was pretty rich. small businesses and apple pie, businesses that were vandalized because of looters and rioters, the majority of those businesses were black minority owned businesses that supplied services and goods to the community and employed folks in that community. we may find her walking that one b

she heads the left-leaning think tank center for american progress is an outspoken critic of the gop. >> she will be radioactive. >> whether some of the pics were confirmed largely depends on who controls the senate which will be decided following two runoff elections in georgia in january. of the president-elect continues to build his team, a controversial special adviser and president donald trump is leaving his position. dr. scott atlas, the presidents coronavirus adviser who criticized lockdown restrictions and downplayed the need to wear a mask announce he resigned. this time was set to expire at the end of the week. natalie brand, cbs news, the white house. >>> to wall street. investor seem to be optimistic over potential covid-19 vaccine timelines. taking a look at the big book. the dow is up about 210 points. tesla stock will be added to the s&p 500 in one single step. is the largest to ever be added to the benchmark index with the market value of more than $500 billion. officials were considering adding into two steps but decided to go with the more straightforward process. a

. ♪ joining us are our guests in washington, d.c., senior fellow of the center for american progress er assistant secretary of defense, and the chief strategy officer for rasmussen global. you suffer -- you served the defense colonel. welcome to you all. these sanctions, should we describe them as light or heavy and have the potential to hurt turkey's military industry? >> they do have the capability to do that. the united states is concerned that with turkey buying the s400 , it will compromise the security of the united states and the nato alliance and basically make it more difficult for nato and the united states to deal with a potential threat from russia if they should decide to go into the baltics or go into ukraine. that is what they are trying to do, to say, to send a signal, you have to stop this because if you don't, you will undermine the purpose of the alliance as well as u.s. security. >> could be talk about a defining moment that could redefine turkey-u.s. relations? >> i think it is an important line that has been crossed by the united states. those sanctions are targe

amy: she is talking about her grip the center for american progress. >> yeah, look, all of the emphasis firsts, the diversity of this crew, but less emphasis on whether or not these individuals represent the interes of the group they are assumed to represent because of what they look like, right? we live in a country where 50% of african-americans rely on social security for upward of 90% of their income. yep someone being put forward by joe biden -- joe biden relate overwhelmingly on the support of african-americans to clinch the nomination -- speaking in cavalier terms about cutting one of the most important social safety net programs. i think rightly distressing to a lot of progressives on top of interpersonal issues and lack of decorum she is demonstrated on the internet. questions clearly, especially among young people in this country, is how the biden economic team will deal with the issue of student debt, which is now into the trillions of dollars. any since that you have from these pix far where the direction of his policies might go in that area? >> i'm not overly optimistic. i

late they are center for american progress on lessons learned from the 2020 election and the state of the electoral process. >> georgia's secretary of state announced the state's third election recount showing joe biden won. he announced that georgia would be recertifying results and emphasized that disinformation regarding election administration should be condemned and -- he was joined by the implementation manager. >> ok. get rid of that thing. ok. good morning. i'm glad you're here bright and early. i'm sure you have a place to be probably around 10:00. it's been a long 34 days since the election on november 3. we have now counted legally cast ballots three times. and the results remain unchanged. as secretary of state, i have worked to secure the vote for all georgians. on day one, we outlawed ballot harvesting. we strengthened at

again they gave her a lot of money will she was running center for american progress. then you get to the republicans, do you really think the gop keeps the senate that some of the cold mitch mcconnell moscow mitch is going to get confirmed? not in a million years. safe i bet mitch mcconnell shoulder his own moscow mitch shirts. he was hawking cocaine mitch stuffer while else i wish i would've bought some i'm not going to lie. god bless capitalism. which i don't have a problem peeping trolls, 27 getting people mad, that is what your candidates and that's her job at the center for american progress which is fine. but rob portman said you cannot have someone so overtly partisa partisan. and he knows what he's talking about, rob portman will not be accused of being a terribly partisan republican. think he's right there. if she had nothing to be ashamed of, don't delete the tweets. it's a sign of guilt. >> look, i think rob makes a good point. that shall be hashed out in the senate hearing. the fact that republicans like ned and others are talking about neera tanden tweets

though the head of the liberal center for american progress think tank is already drawing criticism from some republican lawmakers who said she has been too hard toward the gop. >> i any she is going to be radioactive. >> if republicans are concerned about criticism on twitter their complaints better directed at president trump who has made a hobby out of criticizing republican senators on twitter. >> as the cabinet continues to fill out the president continues to lash out against republicans who won't overturn their state's legal results. the president took to twitter calling out gop governors who don't support his claims of widespread voter fraud. yesterday wisconsin certified its elections results as did arizona which went to a democratic presidential candidate for only the second time since 1952. cbs news, washington. >>> a shocking new study on the county where segregation still exists. the results and the the authors came to their conclusion. >> and let's take a live look outside. this is a view at the city of san francisco from the camera on treasure island. it is 4:41. we will be

lawrence korb is senior fellow at the center for american progress and a former assistant secretary of defense in suntanned fabrice's his the chief strategy officer for us muslim global and the former director of policy planning at nato in uncle are you surf a lot of the his security and defense analyst and retired turkish colonel a warm welcome to you all lawrence these sanctions should we describe them as lights or have the and have the potential to hurt turkey's military capabilities or ministers military industry are they do have the capability to do that because the united states is concerned not with turkey piny yes or 'd 100 it will compromise the security of the united states unknown a nato ally winds and basically make it who aren't you have to call for nato and the united states to deal with a potential threat from russia if they should for example the site to go into the baltics are going to. war into ukraine so i think that's what they're trying to do is say send a signal got to stop this because if you don't you're going to undermine the whole purpose of the of the allianc

of the center for american progress once again millionaire neera tanden meanwhile the other biggest storyof the week was the continued mockery of donald trump and brooklyn bridge troll rudy giuliani's continued toys r us flop sweat temper tantrums over their last election and dash dreams of 4 more years of being the center of everyone's attention because these are the headlines of our day these are not the news that roughly 52000000 americans this year are facing food insecurity thanks to the code would 1000 crisis or that 87000000 public and private sector workers could potentially lose their federally mandated paid sick and family leave by the end of the year that's that and that's not news or or that despite all of the rest of us getting financially crushed by cope with this year america's $614.00 billionaires like washington post owner jeff bezos or even on musk saw their collective wealth grow by $931000000000.00 almost a trillion instead over.

. >> reporter: but tanden, head of the liberal think tank center for american progress, is facing stiffublican opposition for her sharp criticism of the g.o.p. >> if we want to make sure this nut job, tanden, doesn't become director of the budget, in charge of the office of management and budget, then make sure we win in georgia. >> reporter: "georgia" is a reference of course to those two senate runoff elections scheduled for january 5 in georgia, around the time the new congress is set to begin. today, mr. biden called on the senate to schedule confirmation hearings for his picks early next year, regardless of which party controls the senate. norah. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe, thank you. unless congress acts soon, millions of americans will face eviction, a loss of unemployment benefits, or both. but there are signs of compromise after months of gridlock. here's cbs' nancy cordes. >> reporter: in miami today, this was the line for a chance to nab a $250 grocery gift card handed out by the city. >> my coworker picked me up at 3:15. we got here about maybe 3:50. >> reporter: in the mornin

of the center for american progress once again millionaire neera tanden meanwhile the other biggest story of the week was the continued marker e. of donald trump and brooklyn bridge troll rudy giuliani's continued toys r us flops what temper tantrums over there last election and dashed dreams of 4 more years of being the center of everyone's attention yes these are the headlines of our day. these are not the news that roughly 52000000 americans this year are facing food insecurity thanks to the cope with 19 crisis or that 87000000 public and private sector workers could potentially lose their federally mandated paid sick and family leave by the end of the year that that's not news or or that despite all of the rest of us getting financially crushed by kovar this year america's $614.00 billionaires like washington post owner jeff bezos are evil on musk saw their collective wealth grow by $931000000000.00 almost a trillion instead over and over and over and over again we are inundated with a steady stream of left versus right democrat versus republican proud boy vs and and while americans d

for all americans, not just some. all. lisa: it's a team of policy heavyw fghts. formeral reserve chair janet yellen to serve as treasuryecretary, neera tanden, the president and ceo of the center for american progresso the office of management and budget, and labor economist cecilia rouse to chair the president elect'snc c of economic advisors. >> we will be an institution that wakes up every morning thinking about you. your jobs, your paychecks, your struggles, your hopes, your dignityd, our limitless potential. lisa: if confirmed, neera tanden would be the first woman of color to be omb director. she rlected on being raised by a single mother, an immigrant from india. >> i am here today becrose of socialams. lisa: tandon has become a lightly erotic for summit republicans, including senator tom cotton -- become a lightning rod for some republicans, including senator tom cotton. deanld rouse w be the first african-american to lead a council of economic advisors. >> this is a moment of emergency and opportunity. lisa: ang other selections, the deputy treasury secretary. jared bernstein would serve on the council of economic advisers alongside economist heather boucher, the president and ceo of the w

she runs a think tank called the center for american progress. millions of dollars from wall street financiers, lobbyists, banks defense contracts. she has her own research of criticism while hyperventilating about russian collusion that never existed. >> you see it in detail after detail and i think most importantly, the predicate and we had a long discussion last year of collusion. this sets the predicates of their with criminality behind what russia was doing and to thr next set of questions, bannon, other people putting down is what kind of collusion the trump campaign was part of. >> tucker: in case you don't follow the white house carefully, this job, director of the office of management and budget, is one of the key jobs in washington. buglenn greenwald is probably te most independent of our independent journalists and he joins us tonight to explain why neera tanden. why? >> well, first of all, the package you did as critical as it was, was generous and she's so much worse than that. in my opinion, she is unqualified for that opinion like

nominee, as director of the office of management and budget, the leader of the far left center for american progresscould face trouble getting confirmed by the republican-led senate. republican senator some cotton blasts biden's pics saying they do nothing to deliver on his promise to bring unity. >> like so many of the nominations joe biden has made show that he's not committed to unifying the country, not committed to governing from the center as he said so much. is dhs nominee, alejandro myyorka.s. was intervening on behalf of rich democrats to sell citizenship to america. congress should not pass another coronavirus leave package unless we are willing to give checks to illegal immigrants. if she were the head of the office of management and budget she would probably cook up nonsense numbers to suggest amnesty raising cities would somehow reduce the federal deficit. she is so far to the left that it gives a lie to joe biden's promises during the campaign trail to govern from the center. >> facing criticism from both sides of the aisle, conservatives have slammed her for hyping the russia probe, p

though the head of the liberal center for american progress think tank is already drawing criticism frome republican lawmaker who say she has been too hard on twitter toward the gop. >> i think she will be radioactive. >> if republicans are concerned about criticism on twitter, their complaints are better directed at president trump who has made a hobby out of criticizing republican senators on twitter. >> as his cabinet continues to fill out the president continues to lash out against republicans who won't overturn their state's legal results. the president called out bop governors who don't support his claims of widespread voter fraud. yesterday wisconsin certified its elections result as did arizona which went to a democratic presidential candidate for only the second time since 1952. cbs news, washington. >>> san francisco's public utilities chief is off the job this morning. harlan kelly resigned after allegedly taking bribes in exchange for insider information on city contracts. this according to the united states attorney's office. the mayor called the allegations disturbing and u

we're also going to hear about neera tanden, head of the centers for american progress. progressives like her, many progressives like her, but republicans are already pointing out the tweets that she made, some of which are being deleted and over time she may not be the best choice. republicans about who would be the first woman of color to serve as the white house budget director. >> what she did is just pretty reckless and, unfortunately, she is the one that will have to pay the price for it. >> the hypocrisy is astounding. if republicans are concerned about criticism on twitter, their complaints are better directed at president trump. >> reporter: that could be a tough process when we don't know when they're happening. they're just being announced as nominees today. we're expecting within the hour a news conference by lawmakers to talk about a possible compromise that they're trying to work out behind closed doors. >>> let's bring in scott mcgrew. scott, one of president trump picks to help run the task force has quit, and some of his own team members are saying good

to serve as the chairwoman of the council of economic advisers, and neera tanden, the center for american progresso lead the office of management budget. that name receiving fierce opposition from the progressive left and republicans. >> very interesting they are putting somebody who is fairly hard core left in that powerful position. could be very very difficult. >> reporter: both positions require congressional confirmation. >> thanksgiving has always been a special time for the biden family. >> reporter: biden also making headlines over thanksgiving weekend by naming an all female communications team at the white house. appointing key campaign and transition aides to senior most roles. kate bedingfield, his deputy campaign manager named white house communications director. >> every day is critical in transition planning, which is why for months the biden/harris transition team has been preparing for all scenarios. >> reporter: jen psaki, a veteran obama aide and transition official chosen to be white house press secretary. biden also elevating several women of color. simone sanders as spokesper

the center for american progress is a very far left organization.have bernie sanders attacking her as not being far left enough, that's a pretty divide their when it comes to democrats. they are all pretty far left. >> juan: i think they are left of center but far left, i would never have said that. coming up next, dr. fauci taking heat as critics accused him of flip-flopping on reopening schools. next on "the five." ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) once-weekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. a majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. here's your a1c. oh! my a1c is under 7! (announcer) and you may lose weight. adults who took ozempic® lost on average up to 12 pounds. i lost almost 12 pounds! oh! (announcer) for those also with known heart disease, ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death. it lowers the risk. oh! and i only have to take it once a week. oh! ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) oze

the center for american progress hosted the event. >> this year we saw significant strains on the electoralystem. >> ultimately our system demonstrated democracies resilience we saw a higher share of the voting eligible population than any time in the last 120 years. that is a great site of the vibrancy of democracy. it often means a heavy load for . it meant quickly to a once in a century pandemic that meant shifting to mail-in bas

neera tanden has been running the think tank center for american progress and confirms two years agoing about sexual harassment among executives there to use the accuser's first name during an open staff meeting which buzzfeed reported that the time had her staff shocked. but neera tanden has sparked controversy with democrats and the senate who are not pleased with her. neera tanden had a strongly worded letter addressed to her from senator bernie sanders last year he wrote this "the senate for american progress leader with neera tanden calls for unity while simultaneously lining my staff and supporters and belittling progressive ideas and had a competitive relationship with progressives not just politically but also physically. neera tanden is refused of punching bernie's 2020 campaign manager in the chest back in 2008 when he asked her a candidate hillary clinton a question that neera tanden did not like. she said she did not punch him but she pushed him, harris. >> harris: physical altercations are always complicated. wow thank you very much. what happens when someone crosses the

be nominated to lead the office of management and budget though the lead of the liberal center for american progresshink tank is already drawing criticism from some republican lawmakers who say she has been too hard on twitter toward the gop. >> i just think she is going to be a radioactive. if republicans are concerned about criticism on twitter their com complaints are better directed at president trump who made a hobby out of criticizing republican senators on twitter. >> as mr. biden's cabinet continues to fill out the president continues to lash out against republicans who won't overturn their state's legal results. the president took to twitter calling out gop governors who don't support his claims of widespread voter fraud. yesterday wisconsin certified its election results as did arizona which went to a democratic presidential candidate for only the second time since 1952. cbs news, washington. >>> there is a new app that could help curb the spread of the coronavirus. meantime its giving tuesday and a lot of people are expected to be in the diving mood, hopefully. live in new york with more

she's the ceo for the center for american progress. the one nominee that's gotten blow back from both sides, liberals and republicans on the hill. so it'll be an interesting confirmation battle for her. and cecelia rouse who would lead the council of economic advisers, a princeton economist and obama alum. those are some of the key women. as you mentioned, they are going to have so much to do. they want to get together to put together an economic stimulus package. we know that's something biden wants to do, but a worsening economic situation by the day, as you mentioned, jim. >> ambitious plan for the first 100 days. tell us about it and how much depends on democratic control of the senate. >> well, yeah. a lot of this is going to depend on how the senate all shakes out. we're waiting on the two senate seats in georgia to see what the balance of power will be in the senate. that notwithstanding here's what we're learning about what president-elect biden wants to do in the first 100 days. no doubt about it, covid leading the list. they

economics team he nominated ceo of the center for american progress to lead the management and budget. nominating former federal reserve chair the first woman to serve as treasury secretary. he will introduce the economic team tomorrow in delaware. joining me now. democratic senator of hawaii. senator, you look at this contrast between a president-elect to a setting up government trying to balance the needs of diversity and make sure constituents are well represented and the way that his cabinet is populated. and you have this sort of madness in the white house. "washington post" story was stunning. the united states senator, what do you make of this the end stage of trumpism? >> i only hope it's the end stage. and as he continues to flail around and file more lawsuits, every single one of which except for one minor he calls it a victory. he will keep ongoing. 51 days and i smile now. maybe some level of sanity can be expected. but it's going to be a hit the ground running for the biden harris team. and i'm so glad he is appointing people who come do their job. and understanding of wh

speakers include ben ginsberg, norman, and genetic nelson of .he naacp the center for american progress hosted the event. >> strength in our electoral system. ultimately our system deck demonstrated democracies resilience we saw a higher share of the voting eligible population than any time in the last 120 years. that is a great sign of the vibrancy of democracy but at the -- adopt quickly to a once inside the century pandemic meant quickly shifting to mail-in ballots, recruiting new and younger coworkers, and confronting prohibitions in some states against counting mail-in ballots prior to election day. it continues in fact many voters confidence in the election outcome. our democracy has remained strong because our election leaders and state and local election officials appreciated the importance of public confidence in our elections. tension, election day was remarkably normal. people voted, many before election day, and votes were counted. litigation ensued. states have been certifying results. we look backwards and forwards, asking what went right, what did not, what lessons we sho

the chief executive of the center for american progress. the smoothness of the senate confirmation process will depend entirely on the outcome of the senate elections in georgia on january 5th and we are joined later in the hour by jon ossoffe democratic candidate for senate in georgia. members of the president's economic advisers do not have to be confirmed by the is not, so cecilia rouse will be the chair of the three member house. and heather boucher, serving as the other members of the president's economic advisers, leading our our discuss tonight is sam stein, from the daily beast, and aneesh, both msnbc analysts, and the biden presidency continues to come into view. we now know most of the key players who will be working in white house positions that do o not require senate confirmation and the cabinet is also shaking shape and we are seeing the -- what will be possibly a future senate confirmation battle, or not, depending on the outcome of the senate races in georgia. >> that's right. and democrats are really going to have to hammer

labor economist, to chair the council of economic advisers, and neera tanden, head of the center for american progress, as director of the office of management and budget. tanden would be the first woman of color and the first south asian woman in the role. but many progressives object to her playing a role in the incoming administration, citing her organization's cozy relationship with corporate funders, her record of antagonizing and undermining progressive democrats and her hawkish foreign policy positions. meanwhile, two alums from the world's largest asset manager, blackrock, will hold key economic positions. brian deese, a current executive at the investment giant, will be biden's pick for the national economic council. and wally adeyemo, senior international economic adviser under obama, will act as janet yellen's top deputy at the treasury department. climate activists have condemned the picks due to blackrock's funding of fossil fuel companies, among other issues. joe biden is currently recovering from fracturing his foot while playing with his dog. president trump's efforts to overturn the e

for secretary of the treasury. she would be the first woman in that role in american history. and neera tanden, president and ceo of center for american progress the office of management and budget. she would be the first woman of color, the first south asian american to head omb. biden chose wally adeyemo, president of the obama foundation and veteran of the obama-biden administration, for deputy secretary of the treasury and cecilia rouse, currently the dean of the princeton school of public and international affairs, as chair of the council of economic advisers. both are also historic choices. would be the first african-americans to hold those jobs. >>> now, the nominees for those four top jobs have to be confirmed by the senate. and the incoming biden administration clearly seems to be trying to avoid any big confirmation fights with most of its choices, not all but most of its choices right now. remember what mitch mcconnell did one of the last times he had an opportunity to confirm a nominee from a democratic president, refusing to even consider then president obama's nomination of merrick garland to the supreme court. now, that's a life

the center for american progress is the host, this is about an hour. subject this year we saw significant strength in our electoral system. ultimately our system deck demonstrated democracies resilience we saw a higher share of the voting eligible population than any time in the last 120 years. that is a great site of the vibrancy of democracy but at the heavy load for a lecture to biggest ration vertically during the pandemic the conditions around covered for states to adopt quickly to a once in a century pandemic that meant shifting to mail-in ballots recruiting new and younger poll workers and confronting prohibition in some states against counting mail ballots prior to election day. sadly we also saw the effects of disinformation shared by politicians. and amplified over digital platforms and continue to impact monee butter confidence. our democracy has remained strong because our elected leaders those seeking office and state and local election officials appreciated the importance of public confidence in our election and did their jobs. election d

she runs the center for american progress which of course i founded. and i've been a close colleague of hers for more than 20 years. she's a brilliant policy analyst, she's quite creative. she's a person of her word. i think that if republican senators who had actually sat down and talked to her, they would find someone who they could have an honest relationship, work with. she, as i said, knows the depth and breadth of the federal government, having worked both in the clinton white house and then as one of the early architects of the affordable care act. so she's highly qualified for this position. most of the people who have looked at and worked with her know the depth of her intelligence or expertise, her creativity. the country is in a lot of trouble, and we need people like neera who are dedicated to finding solutions to the problems that we're facing. if the biggest thing they can hold against her is mean tweets, you know, it's just remarkable hypocrisy on behalf of the republican senators. >> and it does seem to be a new standard, given the fact

the merits is steve brishuto and lily roberts is director of economic mobility at the center for american progresslcome to you both. steve, should this be something that's put on hiatus until the pandemic is over >> the problem with these kind of programs is that they're intentioned well and they're designed with the idea that they're going to somehow or another minimize income distribution problems within the economy. the reality is they tend not to work as they've been expected to or they've been advertised to. i don't think putting them on hiatus would make any sense. it's too hard politically to get it done. but expecting any kind of major shift in the distribution of income or tax revenue generated by increased employment, increased wages is just not something that's going to be validated in the data. >> lily, i know a lot of the proponents of minimum wage, and i know you're among them, say that there's no evidence that it hurts workers. i guess a different way to ask the question, though, is do we need it federally or state by state mandated, especially at a time when a lot of companies, the

the center for american progress hosted the event. >> will this year we saw significant strength in our electoral system. all to your system demonstrated democracies resilience but also weaknesses. on the positive side we saw higher share of the voting eligible population than it anytime in the last 120 years. that's a great sign of vibrancy of democracy, it also means a a heavy load for election administration particularly during the pandemic. the conditionsor around covid force states to adopt quickly to a once in a century we hope and then the that meant quickly shifting to mail in ballots, dew point drop boxes come recruiting new and gender poll workers probations in some statesl against county mail out prior to election day. sadly we also saw the corrosive disinformation this information shared by politicians and have to fight over digital platforms and continue to impact many voters confidence in the election outcome. our democracies remained strong because our elected leaders, those seeking office impress most important state and local election officials, appreciated the importan

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the center for american progress hosted the event. >> this year we saw significant strains on the electoral system. >> ultimately our system demonstrated democracies resilience we saw a higher share of the voting eligible population than any time in the last 120 years. that is a great site of the vibrancy of democracy. it often means a heavy load for . it meant quickly to a once in a century pandemic that meant shifting to mail-in ballots recruiting new and younger poll , workers, and confronting prohibition in some states against counting mail ballots prior to election day. sadly we also saw the effects of disinformation shared by politicians. and amplified over digital platforms that continue to impact many voters confidence. our democracy has remained strong because our elected leaders those seeking office and perhaps more importantly state , and local election officials appreciated the importance of public confidence in our , election and did their jobs. -- onll the fraud is an election day was remarkably -- normal. people voted many before election day to be sure and then votes were co

neera tanden, think tank for center for american progress, and cecilia rouse, to chair the white housel of economic advisers: one thing his team made clear in the announcement is they will be focusing on workers, they say, not corporations. >> i have spent my career trying to make sure people can work and achieve the dignity and self-worth that comes with it. >> i believe that's what public service is all about at its best, making sure that our economy works not just for the wealthy but for the hard working people who make it run. >> excited to get to work, helping build an economy, rooted in the values that we share. a quality, opportunity and the dignity of work. >> however, the "wall street journal" editorial board is criticizing the team writing quote that obama veterans who believe in more spending, more regulation, higher taxes and easier money. out front now, douglas holz e kin, chief economist of the council of economic advisers and austin goldsby, former chair of economic advisers for president obama. what do you say to the "wall street journal"? >> well, i mean, their complai