moore capito: we have to look at it.orkers forward in paying for any infrastructure is the gas tax. we know that fall short in terms of meeting the demands of where we are. i think this group has worked as i did with the white house to try and get the white house to reach wrote -- reprogram covid dollars that are not spent or are found they were coming out of the pandemic and not used in the right time. it is really hundreds of billions of dollars. we as republicans did not want to touch the 2017 tax cuts because we think they have been sick that's full in spurring the economy. the president did not want to ask users of electric vehicles to pay into a user fee. they use the roads and do not pay. we had a disconnect there. both sides are trying to get to reasonable pay-fors but i expect it will be tough to meet all the challenges. the question will be, is enough of it paid for it while the economic growth take care of the shortfall? people will have to answer that for themselves. judy: why do republicans oppose the idea o

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with president biden ending talks with a group of republicans led by senator shelley moore capito onto members of a bipartisan group of moderate senators >> seth: i'm sorry, which group of republicans do you think you're going to find common ground with? the group that thinks the forest service has the power to alter the earth's orbit, or the group that thinks the election was hacked by italian satellites "all right folks, how about a compromise how about instead of the forest service, we use the italian satellites to alter the earth's orbit? do we have a deal? also, there's a downside to humoring republicans, and that's time every day wasted on bipartisan talks that will inevitably go nowhere is a day that could have been spent working on or passing much-needed legislation on everything from climate change to voting rights that's mitch mcconnell's goal, to run out the clock didn't we learn that lesson from the obama era? he spent months making good faith efforts to woo republicans. he went to a house gop conference to take questions, a. in the end, all he got out of it was zero vote

joining us now is west virginia senator shelley moore capito.no on the hashtag infrastructure a week ago because there was no legislative text and my mind hasn't changed. there's still no legislative text or an explanation on how to pay for $1 trillion infrastructure plan. what do you say to your republican colleagues? >> i've seen the text, i am the ranking member of the public works committee and we work hand-in-hand with the bipartisan group on technicalities to help merge this bill with the surface transportation bill that we passed unanimously outside of our committee, or in our committee, and also the water infrastructure bill that we passed out of our committee. so i'm very well-versed on what's in this bill and i think it could be good for the country, i think it's paid for and i think we need to move forward. >> john: you did release a 57 page summary of the plan that includes a lot of pay for it is. i think $471 billion but some of your republican colleagues still want more details before they sign off on something with nine zeros were

republican senator shelley moore. capito says she is the co-sponsor of a bill that would level the playing field. the bill requires male and female athletes on the u.s. national teams to receive equal pay if they're professionals as well as equal medical care and expense reimbursement. if they're amateurs i as a woman who was very interested in myself, but also interested in able pay. don't think it's fair that our american male athletes are paid more than our american female athletes, the issue of equal pay for women, athletes gain momentum and headlines after the u.s. women's national soccer team won the 2019 world cup. 20 players filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the u.s. soccer federation seeking the same pay and benefits as the u.s. men seen. >> it's just great to see. >> but looks like that women on the women's soccer team speak out >> and make their case wisconsin democratic senator tammy baldwin supports the idea. >> hopefully we'll be able to pay equity there. the bill applies to 50 different sport's nat

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republican senator shelley moore. capito co-sponsor of a bill that would level the playing field. the bill requires male and female athletes on the u.s. national teams to receive equal pay if they're professionals as well as equal medical care and expense reimbursement. if they're amateurs i as a woman who was very interested in myself, but also interested in able pay. don't think it's fair that our american male athletes are paid more than our american female athletes, the issue of equal pay for women. athletes gain momentum in headlines after the u.s. women's national soccer team won the 2019 world cup. 20 players filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the u.s. soccer federation seeking the same pay and benefits as the u.s. men seen. >> it's just great to see. >> folks like that women on the women's soccer team speak out >> and make their case wisconsin democratic senator tammy baldwin supports the idea. >> hopefully we'll be able to pay equity there. the bill applies to 50 different sport's national governing bodie

. >> west virginia senator shelley moore capito says democrats are purposely misrepresenting the new state voting loss. as a way to paint. everybody has a racist or not. wanting communities of color to vote. that is so insulting. >> vice president kamala harris as the biden administration is committed to working with civil rights groups to combat more than a dozen states efforts to change election rules. and we're just weeks away from the start of the 2021 nfl season. and there are some that some significant changes coming off the field. the league announced a renewed commitment to social look at the latest now from juneau for today. she has more on what is in store for the upcoming season. >> lucy ahead of the 2021 season. nfl says it's looking to evolve its social-justice messaging. we the national football league condemn racism and the systematic oppression. a black people, the league planning to bring back a lot of elements first implemented last year, including on field signage decals on player helmets. >> and the continuation of playing the black national anthem at flagship eve

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talks that were taking place earlier in this spring and early summer west virginia senator shelly moore capito? >> right. you've identified the major risks to the deal which is really time. the longer this drags out, the harder it's going to be to come to an agreement. while the biden administration really wants to -- they see this as the best opportunity to make good on the campaign promises to get bipartisan legislation through the senate. a lot of democrats are feeling pretty restless. and want to see -- and are -- considering to pass something with their own caucus, a much bigger reconciliation package. i think there is this restlessness in the democratic party. and that's part informed by their experience during the obama administration where democrats mshgs democrats feel that negotiations over health care dragged out too long and ended up having to pass that bill in a partisan vote anyhow. they really don't -- the party is not going to tolerate this forever and the white house said that they also will not -- there say deadline to these talks. so we'll just have to wait and see how quick

president biden yesterday ended infrastructure negotiations with republican senator shelley moore capitopened talks with another group of gop lawmakers led by senator bill cassidy dude, you can keep searching, but you're not going to find a reasonable group of gop senators you're like a woman who says maybe if i go to a different buffalo wild wings i'll find a husband. [ light laughter ] during an interview this week with nbc news anchor lester holt, vice president kamala harris defended the migrant situation at the southern border, excuse me, and said, quote, "there's not going to be a quick fix. i don't know, it seemed like you had one the other day. >> do not come do not come. >> seth: according to a recent poll, brooklyn borough president eric adams leads the field in the new york mayoral democratic primary ahead of former presidential hopeful andrew yang. said yang, "what the hell is brooklyn?" right wing cable channel newsmax reportedly turned down former congressman matt gaetz earlier this year after he approached them about a job but if you knew what kind of job he was asking for

for more on where infrastructure stands, i'm joined by republican senator shelley moore capito of west virginia. she led a separate bipartisan effort on infrastructure last month. and, senator, welcome back to the "newshour." we appreciate you joining us. we know you're not part of this group that is negotiating the current plan, but is it your sense that there will be an agreement incoming days, that both parties can sign on to? >> you know, i think that the efforts of the bipartisan group has put forward has been very straightforward and very honest, very narrow in terms of a physical infrastructure, much like the package that i was negotiating with more dollars into it. i doexpect that early next week, hoefully as soon as monday, that they will have actual bill text so we uld know what we would be voting on. it it may take a couple of days to work the through the system, and maybe even another week. but i do think they'll be able to lay the last issues to rest and bring forward a bill. and then we can make the judgments on it when we see it. >> woodruff: we'll be watching very close