patty murray i guess i was wrong was that it wasn't slow motion was really very fast when you think about it was really a matter of the. donald trump do solemnly swear i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states also this president of the united states. and there's no question that to put it out. we're well into that world we're well into the 1st world but this crisis there were is maybe we want to call it a legitimacy crisis right the status quo or the legitimating framework of capitalism right that has sort of guided us over the past 3 decades and this kind of organizing system has really lost legitimacy the main reason is simply that it's been a project that has benefited elites enormously and despite all of the kind of rhetoric of how much you know market flexibility will help workers how much free trade will help you know average people become more skilled and get better jobs the reality is ordinary working families are not doing well in fact they're doing substantially worse than they were doing a few decades ago and they're getting through so used to be.

package pushing for the coronavirus childcare education relief act being led in the senate by patty murray of washington. in addition to supporting childcare, early education and higher education, the bill provides 175 billion to elementary and secondary schools to help technology cleaning staff and other needs of schools. it provides school districts based on their share of low-income children, that way it is similar to the cares act o which brought more than $200 million to the chicago public schools in a total of 512 million across her state of illinois. compare that to 175 to the 70 billion offered on the republican side, another classic example, we believe this is a serious national issue when it comes to education, republicans do not. the amount of money that they propose is a fraction of what we offer at its condition on the schools reopening in person regardless of what is the safest thing for the school of the the students in any given area. --hocongress should not be puttg state and local officials in a position of choosing desperately needing federal assistance to the safety of

it's a big part of the coronavirus health and education bill that we put together with senator patty murraywashington. it's not just school. and school is critical. but it's day care as well. a safe day care setting for children so that people can go back to work. that is one of the realities of life in america today. and unfortunately, we haven't convinced the other side to invest in it. >> if congress can't come to any sort of agreement, the president is threatening executive action. is that going to be better for the american people than getting nothing from congress? >> let me tell you, the president has all these theories, his medical quackery theories, his executive order to restore the economy theory. the thing that works is when democrats and republicans sit down at the same table with the white house and come up with a bipartisan solution. we did on march 26th, 96-0, democrats and republicans. currently, the republican leaders in the senate and the house refuse to even enter the room and sit at the negotiating table. that is no way to resolve this problem. we have got to come toget

there have been wonderful champions in the senate, senator patty murray, and elizabeth warren who hadghting for them -- for the money. we need mitch mcconnell to see that if we do not get that money, we are putting a sector in crisis. i want to comment on one other point you made which is about pandemic.demic, -- pre- one of the things that people have woken up to was that the status quo was never ok either. we had a childcare system, and i say this loosely, we need more of a system. we had a system that relied on workforce,ely female that disproportionately, black, brown, and immigrant wages -- poverty wages to do essential work and then charging parents on -- unsustainable rates. cost of that is really a huge burden on parent budgets, and compromises park -- economic security and workforce participation. the system was never all right. that sound you hear is the primal scream of every parent and provider saying we have been seeing -- saying this all along. host: i will tell you one of our social media followers disagrees with you, and i will read his comments and i want you to respo

inclusion of the coronavirus child care and education relief act being led in the senate by senator patty murray of washington. in addition to supporting child care, early education and higher education, the bill provides $175 billion to elementary and secondary schools to help meet technology, cleaning, staffing, and other needs of schools. it provides funds to school districts based on their share of lowe inco-- low-income children and it's similar to the cares act which brought more than $200 million to chicago public schools and a total of $512 million across our state of illinois. compare that $175 billion to the $70 billion being offered on the republican side, another classic example. we believe this is a serious national issue when it comes to education. the republicans do not. the amount of money that they are proposing is a fraction of what we offer and it's conditioned on the schools actually reopening in person regardless of what is the safest thing for the school and the teachers and the students in any given area. congress shoontsz put state and -- shouldn't put state and local off