of oregon procurement organizations and also known as ao po. its president joe pereira. finally, we will hear from matt wadsworth. matt is the president and ceo of an opio namely life connection of ohio. the witnesses will all be unneeded so we can swear them in. very good, please raise your right hands. do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god. >> i do. >> i do. >> let the record show that the witness answered in the affirmative. thank you. without objection your written statements will be made part of the record. with that, ms. cryer, you are now recognized for your testimony. >> thank you. good morning. my name is donna cryer and i am the president and ceo of global liver institute. thank you so much, kevin, and ranking member cloud and subcommittee members for your bipartisan support and commitment to solutions to save the lives of more than 100,000 or 107,000 americans who are need of an oregon transplant right now. i was once one of these people

oregon is one of six states gaining a congressional district. even though oregon is a deep blue state that will make it almost impossible for them to keep peter defazio, once the lines move. pete: you ran last year, ran a great race. because of things shifting you got a better shot. >> absolutely. we know any district like mine will go more republican. we'll be excited to take back the house in 2022. if anyone would like to help us out, go to alex for oregon.com. pete: alex for oregon cott.com. we need more common sense. overnight four astronauts return to earth as the americans spend six months in space. our next guest says private

it is hard for us in rural oregon to understand why this is taking place.t is where the majority of the population in oregon is at and they are controlling the state. we are saying let us go, let us continue with our rural freedoms. >> quick look at the 2020 presidential election results in oregon, president biden winning by a tremendous majority but look at the counties we are referencing here, donald trump did extremely well so obviously this is trump country. does this have any chance of becoming reality? >> it really does. it is gaining momentum. we have 7 counties that passed it, working on another four to five at the next election, it is marching on, getting a life of its own and we are tired of it. so we are speaking out but we are speaking out in a legal way. this is the way a representative government should work. when you have a problem, you should vote your choice and so we align ourselves closer with idaho, they are the same kind of folks that we are, the same values we have and we are saying please leave us, let us go, let us be part of idaho.

the the gentlewoman from oregon reserves. mr. lucas: i have no further requests for time and am prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lucas: i yield myself such time as i may consume. america's scientific progresser relies on stem professionals. our researchers are a critical link in the chain of developing the next generation of scientists. unfortunately in the stem community these young scientists have been affected by covid-related lab closhe yourself, reduced funding and hirke freezes. we will lose them if we do nothing. i'm championing this bill to support this up and coming generation of scientists and preserve america's research. in closing, i would like to thank chairwoman johnson and her staff. i encourage my colleagues to support this bill and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. lucas, yields back. ms. bonamici: i urge all of my colleagues to support the bipartisan supporting early career researchers act. i thank ranking member lucas and chairwom

oregon. the governor there, kate brown is defending her decision today to extend the state of emergency order once again, meaning more restrictions on businesses and other activities. this comes after the state had the fastest growing infection rate for covid in the country the past 2 weeks. governor says she is gravely concerned about hospital capacity restaurants and 15 counties there were required to close indoor dining today along with reduced capacity and gyms and other indoor entertainment spaces and with the british variant of covid dominant there and so many older folks fully vaccinated younger people are suffering more than ever. oregon. some 40% of people hospitalized there for covid right now are under the age of 50. >> i was presented with data showing to pass. oregon can take one in which we took no additional action and stood by while more people die from this disease or another that required a temporary tightening of restrictions for certain counties but could prevent as many a

to consider changing the map and allowing oregon to leave oregon and khein idaho permanently.eginning process of asking oregon to let oregon's rural counties go and asking idaho would you allow us to become part of your state >> in other words, they are not too happy about the influence of progressive places such as portland and the state's largely democratic government insisting among other things addicts will be attracted to oregon from all over the world by more liberal drug laws that they want to protect from criminals, wildfires and more and top of the list. oregon will continue to violate more and more american values and american freedoms because normal rural americans are outnumbered. those claims can be and are disputed. however -- >> i understand the frustration of some of my organize friends. >> the republican governor of idaho brad little is sympathetic. >> that's a decision that has to be made there. made in idaho and congress. >> and california might have to approve, it too, since they is significanceists would like to lop off the top of that state to give land-l

cbs's jonathan vigliotti is in oregon, but first and mola lenghi is in new york, times square. with new york set to reopen, there are signs a vaccine could be on the way for millions to have children around the country. after months of clinical trials, we could be just days away from an approval for children 12 years old and older to be vaccinated. pfizer is set to receive f.d.a. emergency use authorization of its vaccine in children ages 12 to 15 within days, according to "the new york times." pfizer recently announced trial results showing the vaccine has similar efficacy in that age group to adults and study participants experienced few side effects. >> it's a smart reopening, it's a measured reopening. >> reporter: tonight new york is ready for revival. >> today is a milestone for new york state, and a significant moment of transition. >> reporter: in sync with neighboring new jersey and connecticut, the move comes on may 19 when most capacity limits will be lifted. museums and businesses including restaurants, retail, gyms and hair salons can fully reopen as long as space

but tonight five other states are still seeing the rate of new infections rising, including in oregone things are so bad restrictions aren't being lifted. new ones are actually being put in place in an attempt to stop highly contagious variants of the virus from spreading. well, we've got two reports on all of this news tonight. cbs' jonathan vigliotti is in oregon, but first cbs' mola lenghi is going to lead off our coverage from new york's times square. good evening, mola, some big news tonight. >> reporter: good evening, norah. with new york set to reopen, there are signs a vaccine could be on the way for millions of children around the country. after months of clinical trials, we could be just days away from an approval for children 12 and older to be vaccinated. pfizer is set to receive f.d.a. emergency use authorization of its vaccine in children ages 12-15 within days, according to "the new york times." pfizer recently announced trial results showing the vaccine has similar efficacy in that age group to adults, and study participants experienced few side effects. >> it's a smar

pot is legal in oregon and has been a huge tax revenue wind fall for oregon. relates to tax revenue among other things. this isn't going to happen any time soon ana. but it's fascinating when how states think about themselves and how citizens within the states think. >> it's very interesting. chris cillizza you break it down like no one else thank you. >> thank you. >>> and a reminder i'm asking to you tell us how you make your comeback after this pandemic. who are you seeing? what are you doing? what do you miss the most and are excited to do again? send me videos and pictures on twitter. make sure to tag me@ana cabrera and use the hashtag the comeback. and we'll feature you on the show more this week. thank you for joining me. i'll see you back here tomorrow. newsroom continues next with alisyn and erica today. oh no....! new bud light seltzer lemonade. ♪ ♪ oh no....! up to one million dollars. that's how much university of phoenix is committing to create 400 scholarships this month alone. if you're committed to earning your degree, we're committed to making

. >> in oregon, wait times might not clear for months. this driver says he's been trying to register and title four vehicles after moving to oregon from out of state. >> if you call the dmv they say you have to wait 17 weeks before you can actually ask questions about where your title information and stuff like that is. >> the covid-caused backups are also delaying a far weightier problem than licenses, the path to u.s. citizenship. the phone is ringing off the hook with immigration statuses hanging in limbo. covid delays have only caused more anxiety and headaches for people waiting. >> if you don't hear back for a year and a half, two years, your green card might expire, you might have to put on another $400 plus to renew that green card if you really need to, or you might go without a green card, which then you can -- it might have issues when you renew your license. >> now that their offices have reopened, under cdc guidelines more citizenship services are catching up. >> although there was a lot of advocacy for more components to go

we speak tonight to a school board candidate in the ultraliberal confines of been, oregon about the dangerous encroachment on education being waged there but first, losing liz, that is the focus of tonight's angle. one major prerequisite for being a good leader is that you actually like and respect the people you are supposed to be leading likewise you can't be in regular conflict with the team you are supposed to support and represents. imagine an nfl assistant coach who had no respect for most players and fans and instead of working to improve his team he constantly whined about some former super bowl quarterback who. the game. obviously that coach would be an incredibly stupid higher to have made but that is exactly what house republicans did when they voted to reelect liz cheney to a key gop leadership role in february. she detests former president trump and all his supporters, she thinks many if not all of them are racists, sexist, homophobic, xena phobic or just plain dumb. on the election follow she sounds like any garden-variety msnbc pundit, she can't quit talking about the capital r

rejecting his predecessors to deke nuclear seshan for the state of oregon making news tonight tellingusinesses they have to make people show proof of vaccination before they can let them inside without their masks. all the other security measures all that and capitol hill could not keep them that way. they are out in full force in many parts of the eastern u.s. including right here in the nation's capital. how the largest insect in the world is liking everyone including lawmakers. we begin with the floral plate of foreign policy from the mideast to the peninsula. tonight, good evening. >> good evening, shannon. no cicadas at my place, a lot o birds, maybe they are taking care of the problem. >> i have plenty over here. today's white house news conference, both leaders reiterated the long-held goal o reading north korea of its stockpile. though mister biden said he was under no illusions about the difficulty of getting that done. >> i would not do what had been done in the recent past. i would not give him all he is looking for national and international recognition that' legitimate an

noting this is the second straight week oregon has the fastest growing infection rate in the country.s she's gravely concerned about hospital capacity in oregon and with the british variant dominant there and so many older folks fully vaccinated and protected younger people are now suffering more than ever in oregon. a 40 of people hospitalized right now for covid are under the age of 50. now to the east bay. and while we wait for the autopsy results of mario gonzalez, who is the 26 year-old man killed in alameda police custody last week. today high school students joined city leaders for a virtual town hall and cried for suit ago reports that centered on police reforms and how officers are training to respond to mental health calls members of the group youth activists of alameda spent their lunch break from high school friday posing questions to alameda city leaders want to focus in on how the police department responded to the 911. calls regarding a 26 year-old mario gonzalez last week he died in custody. how should we build trust with the in this moment in time has policing. >> thi

rejecting his predecessors to deke nuclear seshan for the state of oregon making news tonight tellingusinesses they have to make people show proof of vaccination before they can let them inside without their masks. all the other security measures all that and capitol hill could not keep them that way. they are out in full force in many parts of the eastern u.s. including right here in the nation's capital. how the largest insect in the world is liking everyone including lawmakers. we begin with the floral plate of foreign policy from the mideast to the peninsula. tonight, good evening. >> good evening, shannon. no cicadas at my place, a lot o birds, maybe they are taking care of the problem. >> i have plenty over here. today's white house news conference, both leaders reiterated the long-held goal o reading north korea of its stockpile. though mister biden said he was under no illusions about the difficulty of getting that done. >> i would not do what had been done in the recent past. i would not give him all he is looking for national and international recognition that' legitimate an

. >> reporter: the neighbors states to the north oregon and washington are getting hit by a fourth surge -z. >> cases are widespre driven by new more contagious variants. >> reporter: bombing rack active tiffs like indoor dining. >> while fewer seniors are being hospitalized thanks to vaccinations, covid-19 is now knocking more younger people off their feet. >> reporter: in oregon, hospitalized cases of people 18 to 24 has increased by almost 15%. it's a similar store in california. >> young people who develop covid and some of them have been admitted to the icu, some have been on breathing machines and it's just been difficult to watch. >> reporter: dr. seth cohen says everyone hospitalized right now is unvaccinated. >> we're dealing with variants circulating in this area and it's been a race to get vaccines into people. >> there's no vaccinations in the border it's not like it's going to trickle over. but it's a harbinger of things that may come. >> reporter: 40% of adults in virginia are fully vaccinated while in oregon that number is 30%. >> there's a real tipping point. if we can ge

but in five states, infections are increasing including oregon. state health officials determined the uk variant is the dominant strain in the u.s. and is one of the factors driving the increase. >> we believe that the variants are making people sicker and are spreading more rapidly, exactly why variants are traveling this way in oregon, i can't say but it definitely is concerning. >> oregon has reinstated coronavirus restrictions including limiting gym capacity and banning indoor dining. the state is expected to fully reopen by july 1. >>> moderna helping the world's most vulnerable. the company struck a deal to supply as many as half a billion doses of its vaccine in agreement with a vaccine sharing facility run in conjunction with world health organization. half of the total vaccine supply is set go to 92 lower income countries this year. >>> to the biden presidency. today the president and first lady paid a visit to an elementary school and a trade center in virginia. stops were meant to highlight benefits of his american families plan focusin

tonight, the residents and police of portland, oregon, fed up with protracted unrest in their communityst a year. from looting to property destruction. much of the unrest blamed on antifa. now the rare interviews. two members of the self-described far-left group with a closer look at the motivation behind their actions. meet milo and ace. >> i'm milo, and i'm a member of rose city antifa. >> i'm ace, member of rose city antifa. >> reporter: along with these pseudonyms, they've asked to us frame their faces in shadow and alter their voices. >> the use of violence is a tactic of how we keep our community safe. >> reporter: they say they're members of the nation's oldest active antifa group. they rarely give interviews but they've agreed to sit down with us as tensions in their city of portland, oregon, have reached a prolonged and destructive stalemate after roughly a year of protest. much of the blame for the chaos, he self-described anti-racist, anti-fascist, far-left organizers.er ehe in the protest movement here, who now find themselves in a tense showdown with city officials. >> we'v

democrats hold all statewide offices in oregon.a lot of people are moving around. i think there's a feeling that borders are not as firm as they used to be. there's sort of a fluidity that they feel, too. >> on that point, is it your sense -- oregon is not the first state that has threatened this. you have americans so divided. borders, as you say, more fluid in the eyes of some of the people. do you expect more of these efforts around the country? >> wouldn't be surprise me at all. the feeling that you hear from residents out there is that the old lines were drawn in a different time. why should they not be reconsidered now? whether they would, in fact, be happier in idaho is another question. there are a lot of things that they receive out there in the rural parts of the state from the oregon state system. >> kirk johnson from "the new york times," thank you for bringing us your reporting and what your sources are saying. that does it for us. we will see you back here tomorrow morning. right now, more with craig melvin. ♪♪ >>> go

lucy kafanov, cnn, umatilla county, oregon. >> thanks so much lucy for that report.g "what's going on." why hasn't it become an anthem for a new generation. it premiers sunday at 8:00. >>> thank you for joining us. the coverage continues. we'll see you tomorrow. i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. "at this hour with kate bolduan" starts right after a short break. applebee's irresist-a-bowls all just $8.99. up to one million dollars. that's how much university of phoenix is committing to create 400 scholarships this month alone. because we believe everybody deserves a chance. see what scholarships you may qualify for at phoenix.edu some days, you just don't have it. not my uncle, though. he's taking trulicity for his type 2 diabetes and now, he's really on his game. once-weekly trulicity lowers your a1c by helping your body release the insulin it's already making. most people reached an a1c under 7%. plus, trulicity can lower your risk of cardiovascular events. it can also help you lose up to 10 pounds. trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. it isn't for people with type

. >> reporter: the neighbors states to the north oregon and washington are getting hit by a fourth surge -z. >> cases are widespread. driven by new more contagious variants. >> reporter: bombing rack active tiffs like indoor dining. >> while fewer seniors are being hospitalized thanks to vaccinations, covid-19 is now knocking more younger people off their feet. >> reporter: in oregon, hospitalized cases of people 18 to 24 has increased by almost 15%. it's a similar store in california. >> young people who develop covid and some of them have been admitted to the icu, some have been on breathing machines and it's just been difficult to watch. >> reporter: dr. seth cohen says everyone hospitalized right now is unvaccinated. >> we're dealing with variants circulating in this area and it's been a race to get vaccines into people. >> there's no vaccinations in the border it's not like it's going to trickle over. but it's a harbinger of things that may come. >> reporter: 40% of adults in virginia are fully vaccinated while in oregon that number is 30%. >> there's a real tipping point. if we can

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give the eulogy in elizabeth city where there has been protesting attracting people from as far as oregon. in a memorial on sunday, his family renewed their call for transparency. >> the family is heartbroken,n,, angry, distressed, hurt, in disbelief. >> so far, police have released 20 seconds of video of the shooting to brown's family. the d.a. says brown hit the sheriff's deputies with his car, but his family says brown was driving away. >>> children as young as 12 could soon be able to get the vaccine. how we have reached a critical moreha 20% in the last few n weeks. ike 'goch chi is here with more. >> reporter: there are novel attempts across the country to try to get people vaccinated. this morning, the united states reaching a critical point in the ongoing battle against covid-19. just over 103 million american adults are fully vaccinated. that's a little over 31% of the population. now the u.s. says they will grant emergency authorization to administer the pfizer vaccine to children between the ages of 12 and 15, a decision that could come this week. 12-year-old caleb chung is par

looking at you kate brown in oregon.is issued an extension of emergency restrictions on restaurants and retail businesses and ordered a new and indefinite mask mandate. finally oregon is fighting back organization soon to end restrictions and rain in the governor's emergency powers. so how long can power-hungry governors keep holding their citizens down? you have a tale of two states. in the upper left, u.s. you have montana this is federal government we do not want your money we want to do this the right way. and then you have oregon which says to the restrictions what's going to happen there? >> i think that's what's so great about our federalism, kennedy the states can take different and there's going to increasing pressure as other states do that pressure florida's putting on new york. i think andrew cuomo and our politicians here are not even though they want to ignore it for some time they will ignore it they cannot ignore forever people will eventually, people and businesses will eventually move away from the stat

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secondly, while my colleagues from oregon are huddling here, oregon has -- back to you i say, ms. cover, oregon has done a pretty good job on this, on the planning and development stage. the university has leading experts on clt. i don't know why it is, but oregon has adopted this focus. >> we work with washington. we get brilliant. >> we need to keep batting down some of the misconceptions about building. people think it's more flammable. in reality it's not. these buildings are being built around the world. i think they should be built in the united states. probably one of the largest ones, definitely 20 to 30 stories in british columbia. in the pacific northwest we've built schools and buildings and facilities. we need to think about what we need to do. mr. chairman, i think we need to marry up the science. we have pine forests that is are going to burn down because of climate. we have fire breaks that we want because it will help us and we have rural communities that could with predictable contracting produce more cross laminated timber. we thought it was a win, win, win situa

oregon doing what they do.ice now says basically we will dismiss cases unless we can prove beyond a reasonable doubt and get a conviction. to see scores of these cases being dismissed when he saw video of officers out there and in some cases fighting with the protestors is surprising. >> harris: we have to get to the point where video matters or it doesn't. it seems pretty easy. i know not everything is admissible in court. we watched it play out. people weren't even shy about covering their faces. 16 assaults of the 19 felonies, nothing? wow. nothing? >> some of these cases being -- yeah. crazy. >> harris: dan springer thank you for following up on that and the big headline, too, it is continuing. they just had to declare one. good to see you, a riot there. we'll move to this. >> children as young as 6, 7 years old coming here with no adult who are sent on a dangerous journey. i don't think it's because of a speech joe biden gave. it is because of horrible conditions in those countries. >> we inherited a total

and then, secondly, i -- you know, while my colleagues from oregon is huddling here, oregon has, backto you i'd say, ms. cover, oregon has really done a pretty good job on this. on the planning and the development stage, the university there has some leading experts on clt, i don't know why it is that oregon has adopted some of these -- some of this focus -- >> we just work with washington. we get brilliant. >> i think we need to keep batting down some of the misconceptions about building as a material here, people that it's more flammable when in reality it's not. i mean, these buildings at a high-rise level are being built around the world and i think they should be built in the united states. i think probably one of the largest ones, i don't know how many stories it is, definitely 20 to 30 stories in vancouver, british columbia. so to me we should be batting down these arguments. in the pacific northwest we've built schools and buildings and, you know, facilities. so we do need to think about what we need to do. but mr. chairman i think actually we need to marry up the science. we

oregon. descended on the city in 2020. it turned into the battle for a soul of our nation. democracy fundamental civil rights as americans. ♪ >>> portland, oregon. we have been here before. remember? gentrification. >> when you were a kid, they weren't telling kumbucha on tap? that seems very portland. >> embarrassingly portland, yeah. >> whacky bike riding. simpler times. the question is how did a city that's 70% white become the epicenter of 2020 black lives matter activism. honestly, where else but portland? portland is a bright blue dot in a state surrounded by red. activists have been fighting here for years. since way before it was cool. add to that the killing of george floyd and a president set on making an example of liberal cities. >> we could take care of portland in 45 minutes. >> it is no surprise at all that portland became the epicenter of the blm movement. >> yeah. we'll do that. >> groups like black unity pdx have been protesting in portland nightly since the killing of george floyd. they want it all. police defunded, wealth redistributed, all of it. this 1

portland, oregon, 800%. we are talking deaths of human beings.he minneapolis police force lost 105, new york city 5300 officers retired or put in papers to retire. in new york city just outside our building you don't see as many officers and we are near times square where you don't see as many offices. we squandered our moment to create positive change and focused on the wrong things that led to this? >> it is obvious and speaks for itself because you can see these crime spikes and the morale of police officers and police departments. they use the devil george floyd, have yet to explain to any of us including myself how that had to do with race or that we are a racist nation or cops are racist or systemic racism. it was a tragic incident, we all know this, we watched the trial play out in justice be served for george floyd and his family but they used it to create a racial divide in this country, the very police that are out there every day protecting and serving all communities especially minority communities that have high crime areas in high c

we don't really have a separation of powers in oregon right now.have a supreme court that overturned an effort to overturn her emergency powers. we have a legislature that has done nothing all year. they need to look at her powers and take them back. and as a result, we have a governor who keeps giving herself more and more power. >> pete: as so many governors are. there is a reason we started this program with the mayor in eastern oregon enough is enough, i'm going to declare a real sanctuary city based on common sense. i hope people look up baker city, oregon and look at what you are doing and follow your lead. mayor, thank you so much for being with us tonight. we appreciate. >> it thank you for having me. >> pete: that's awesome. also here tonight, two "new york post" columnists who have been brave enough to find and share stories that no one else has been covering. miranda devine a fox news contributor and karol markowicz who has a awesome glum today's "new york post" who say take off junior's mask. i could not agree more, karol, let me start

driven by new, more contagious variants. >> while california is reopening, oregon governor kate brown tightened restrictions rolling back activities like indoor dining. >> fewer seniors going to the hospital because of the vaccinations coronavirus is now knocking more younger people off their feet. >> in oregon hospital cases of people 18 to 24 has increased by almost 50%. it's similar in washington. >> young people who develop coronavirus and some of them have been admitted to the icu. some have been on breathing machines and it's heartbreaking to watch. >> director of infection prevention said that everybody in the hospital right now is unvaccinated. >> we are dealing with a lot of variant that are circulating in this area. it's really been a race to get vaccines in to people. >> there's no population on the border. it's not like it'll trickle over. it is a -- you know it's a shadow of things that could come. >> so far california is outrunning any potential surges by vaccinating quickly. 40% of adults in california are fully vaccinated whereas in oregon that number is about 30%. >>

>> well, i would start with the framework of trusting oregon ians.e spread that happens in the state with less restrictions, for those like in oregon with an over-restriction. you look at other states they are rolling back these kinds of lockdowns. oregon is doubling down, and you think about the portland business journal. they just said that we're about to lose over a third of oregon businesses over the next six months. it's time for a new way. i mean, you look at the folks we're supposed to be protecting our seniors our most vulnerable citizens. those are the ones truly exposed to this virus. the vaccine is out there in either works or it doesn't, but it's time to open backup and get back to normal life. neil: you know what you have probably more current numbers than i do, mayor, but there's been no shortage of vaccinations they've saying in fact it's in the upper tier of states that the vaccinations have gone through, but yet, it still experiences these issues. why is that? >> right. i mean, i'm not sure. i've been traveling the state on a listeni

it's truly mind-blowing what's going out in oregon.now, if i was a business owner in oregon, i would declare that i was never closing down again. you talk about businesses going out of business the portland business journal reported that a third of oregon businesses are going to go out of businesses in the next six months. these lockdowns have been devastating. i will tell you the mayor of my hometown dependent on mainstream street small businesses the heart of our community. they can't take this any longer. their employees are suffering. our children are still stuck in these lockdowns with virtual learning and drowning in isolation and despair. it is setting oregon back for generations. will: you know, it's just becoming stark, it's clear. there is no other way to put it red states like texas and florida are opened up and their numbers are declining. blue states like oregon and michigan and new york and california are watching numbers rise while businesses get crushed there is a clear leadership choice. by the way, mayor, are you goin

but, the oregon government and government officials do not come out to eastern oregon.see anybody from the government other than our local officials who we all love and support. but know that they have no voice in salem. emily: that's unfortunate trend. all of the big cities get the attention. thank you for being here today and best of luck to you. >> thank you very much. emily: still ahead, president biden makes cuts to infrastructure deal targeting actual infrastructure like roads and bridges. republicans say they are further apart now than they were ever before. jason chaffetz on that top of the hour. ♪ how bizarre, how bizarre ♪ ♪ oh, baby ♪ oh, baby ♪ making me crazy ♪ making me crazy ♪ with e-commerce that runs at the speed of now. next day and two-day shipping nationwide, and returns right from the doorstep. it's a whole new world out there. let's not keep it waiting. - i'm norm. - i'm szasz. it's a whole new world out there. [norm] and we live in columbia, missouri. we do consulting, but we also write. [szasz] we take care of ourselves constantly; it's important

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