simply put by agreeing to this order of things the romney group gave up all of their leverage. democrats are able to bypass them entirely on their way to a simple majority vote on a $3.5 trillion package no one sees. some of what we do know that will be included in the second bill, universal pre-k, free meals for all students, family medical leave, pathway to citizenship for daca recipients, greener farming and expansion of medicare and that is just the beginning and months after the romney group met with biden the democrats finally release their infrastructure bill $110 billion roads, bridges, major projects, $66 billion for railways, $66 billion for broadband but that is not all. there were more that most senators won't have time to read, 2700 pages including funds for new state imposed carbon reduction requirements, $1 million for the appalachian regional commission cochaired by joe manchin's wife come millions for wildlife crossing structures, refers to women as socially disadvantaged individuals and in one part of the bill stipulates that gender identity will be a protecte

but now, courtesy of the romney group, republicans have given biden bragging rights. they have given him a lifeline. he will not only be able to claim a huge legislative victory and more significantly a pass to gargantuan $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. and a single g.o.p. vote. and yet can transform huge sectors of american society perhaps forever. the democrats justified the cost of the infrastructure bill by claiming, either way, it was fully paid for. well, here is "the wall street journal" announcement that came out tonight. west virginia democrat joe manchin and senate republican friends are stressing that their deal is fully paid for but read their lips: no new deficit spending. read their bill, it relies on a great degree baked into the treasury. and that is unlikely to happen. now, given that we already loaded an unconscionable burden of debt on our kids and grandkids and given how fast the economy began to recover from the pandemic, that is good news. a smart path would be to the romney group right now to reassess their support for this infrastructure dea

joining me now, senator mitt romney of utah. thank you for joining us.released the names of the 13 service members killed in kabul and that includes a service member in your state. his parent say he was the best son parents could ask for. how will staff sergeant hoover be remembered? >> as an american hero. these young men and women showed passion and courage to help evacuate those who would come here legally. it's very much in keeping with our extraordinary national heritage. >> you have said it's unthinkable that the u.s. would leave anyone behind. you heard jake sullivan talk about how august 31st is not a cliff and some people might be left behind. to be fair, the white house says another terrorist attack at the airport is imminent, which is obviously complicating the evacuation efforts. should the u.s. stay? should there be a u.s. military presence in the kabul airport until every american citizen and legal permanent resident and afghan siv applicant is gone, even if that means service members staying for weeks and months? of course, there's this re

guest: mitt romney has an extensive background in infrastructure. he has been involved in state transportation policy matters as well as having policy background when it comes to transportation and infrastructure. when you look at his record and his resume, the other senators involved were mark warner of virginia. kyrsten sinema was one of the lead negotiators. these are senators who are part of the commerce committee that handle freight and ray -- rail. a quick footnote, the dpw highway authorization -- epw how authorization package, they have a staff that is very well fluent on these matters. they are working with the leadership of the committee. in crafting this. not only were they crafting this, they were relying on the work that the u.s. house did on their highway bill. to emulate certain provisions. enhance other provisions. to determine a path forward on how they put together the legislation. when the bell is debated on the floor during the amendment process, it would be the leadership of theebw committees -- the ebw committees. host: --, go

the other republican members in addition to myself were senators murkowski, cassidy, and romney. on the democratic side, in addition to senator sinema, were senators manchin, shaheen, warner, and tester. and all of us worked very hard, and we're grateful for the ideas and the input that we had from so many of our colleagues. i also want to thank our staffs. we couldn't have done it without them. they too were here night and day. they haven't had a weekend off in a very long time. so, madam president, it is essential that we make this historic investment, and i urge all of my colleagues in voting tomorrow morning for final passage of this long-awaited, much-needed, bipartisan legislation. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor.

or our own officer eugene goodman who after saving senator romney from walking directly into the mob of insurrectionists ran by himself to take on a group of rioters and then diverted that mob away. we have all seen it on the video. we know what he was doing, allowing the rest of us to safely depart. tragically the attack on the capitol also cost the lives of four brave officers including capitol police officer brian sicknick who died the day following the attack. i had the honor to meet his family. four other officers died following the events of january 6th, d.c. metropolitan police officer jeffrey smith, his colleagues gunther hashida and kyle defryda whose passing was reported yesterday and of course capitol police officer howard [inaudible]. we are also so inspired by the work of their loved ones who have come to capitol hill for a 9/11 style commission to look at the insurrection on why it happened to get to the bottom of it and advocate for the capitol police to support their officers. it's been reported that at least 140 more officers sustained injuries from defending the cap

romney says he sees no disagreements, so he is optimistic. here is what is in the bill.ds and bridges is the traditional part. $110 billion. electric grid upgrades, $73 billion. rail and amtrak, really important if you want to move people fast, $6 billion. broadband expansion, one of the leading economies in the world should have more broadband. drinking water and transit, they are all getting plenty of money. going back to joe manchin, he was on face the nation, he was on cnn today. he said that he sees the vote perhaps today, sunday night. the amendments starting on monday. he sees a vote by thursday. and he is confident it will pass. here is what he said. >> i think by this evening hopefully we can start the process, hopefully start the amendment process by tomorrow. >> you think it will pass? >> i do. absolutely. let me tell you, when you see chuck schumer and see mitch mcconnell both voting for the same thing, it is unbelievable. kathleen: it is one thing to get this through the senate. if the senate passes it this week, the house is on recess. there are plenty of v

romney: thank you. the remarks of my colleague from north dakota vin expired me to stand -- have inspired me to stand and join me and also we're in a room of great significance and silence reigns, and i hope just to fill it with words, but i think the topic we're talking about is extremely important. i appreciate the good senator's support and effort in helping craft this legislation, this bipartisan legislation, to improve our infrastructure in our country. i also salute the leadership on both sides of the aisle for allowing a robust amendment process. there's no question but that there are many opportunities to improve the legislation, as written, and the chance for our colleagues to offer adjustments and improvements is part of our tradition and a good part of our tradition. i would concur that we do need to upgrade our infrastructure. i think most americans who've experienced our infrastructure would come to the same conclusion. too often our roads are in need of repair. many times we have communiti

i think they need to figure out what is possible, what can they get manchin and romney, et cetera one anything activists want and activists should push for more. right now i'm not seeing any practical momentum on voting rights in the way we've seen it on infrastructure and that's concerning. >> as we talk with them, as you know, we met with them, martin luther king iii and i met with them a couple weeks ago. they can't even come up -- i'm talking about members of the senate -- on why they cannot put something on the table that can be -- that can pass. dana, you had a new neighbor on "the washington post" opinion page this week, the attorney general himself, merrick garland. he wrote to urge congress to act to protect voting rights. he outlined the history of the voting rights act and the gutting of the pre-clearance measure by the supreme court in 2013 by clearing the standard that the justice department has to have pre-clearance, and by taking that away, not having the justice department having enough tools remaining to stop voting suppression. will garland's voice finally be the on

romney: thank you. i have some remarks today and i drafted them out. i'd ask that they be available for the record, but i'm going to actually summarize them. so maybe both can be kept as part of the record. i'll submit them in that way. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. romney: thank you. it is said that politics is the art of the possible, and i'm afraid that over time someone might argue that politics has become the art of confusion. there's so much confusion that goes on around issues of significance, that sometimes the media has a hard time of what is a fact and not a fact. perhaps in some cases the confusion is purposefully spread by politicians like me and some others and i would like to reduce the confusion for those paying attention to this debate and i'll begin by focusing on some things that i think we can all agree on. the first is that we as a nation need to invest in our infrastructure. our highways are in disrepair. people spend too long getting to and from work. people in busi

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mitt romney said he is undecided on it. he already voted against the for the people act.things -- number one, democratic senator joe manchin who has been a thorn in the side of his own party needs his head examined when he talks about the need to protect our voting rights in a bipartisan way. a bipartisan way does not exist. it's going to be filibustered. number two, they may have stood up to donald trump, when it comes to voting rights, the likes of liz cheney, adam kinzinger, mitt romney are not your friends. and take. it. on... ...with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some rinvoq can even significantly reduce ra fatigue. that's rinvoq relief. with ra, your overactive immune system attacks your joints. rinvoq regulates it to help stop the attack. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious infections and blood clots, sometimes fatal, have occurred... ...as have certain cancers, including lymphoma, and tears in the stomach or intestines, and ch

look, this is mitt romney's bill. this is rob portman's bill.t of the united states. we're not going to have two years where we have the rob portman agenda or mitt romney agenda. we're going to have the joe biden agenda. this is his achievement on a bipartisan bill and we'll get the rest of his agenda and we will pass it by the end of the year. >> this bipartisan bill has overwhelming public support. i've seen numbers in the 70% range. i think that has to do with the perception of what is infrastructure. and by that i mean this. i went to your website and you like many others, i do it, cite the american society of civil engineers. and i think their most recent grade for our infrastructure is a c-minus in this country. but congressman, i'm putting on the screen right now how they define and i think how the public defines infrastructure. aviation, broadband, drinking water, levees, public parks, roads, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. not the definition that you're using in the so-called human infrastructure bill. i guess my question is do you thi

do you agree with senator romney? will the afghans who can't get out pay the price of this u.s.s needs for the next seven days to be on continuing to get out our closest partners. now, remember, we are not going to evacuate every single afghan who ever enrolled in their military. we are looking at our closest partners, those that are going to be most likely targeted for harm by the taliban. but the president has said that we are on pace to be able to bring those closest partners out by the end of next week. i hope that to be true. but i also don't want to let my republican friends who cheer led this war for the last 20 years get away without assessing the long story that led us to this moment. we have twice as many afghan partners we have to evacuate because we stayed in this war ten years longer than we should have. and, so, when we do an accounting of this moment, congress should also make sure to do a full review of how we got here over the last two decades. >> what do you make of the taliban's statement today that they will no longer allow any afghans to even reach the airpo

>> because this is the joe biden president, not the rob portman or mitt romney president.joe biden was elected president and he's entitled to have his agenda go through and that's infrastructure plus reconciliation. the bipartisan deal is something that romney came up with and agreed with, but we need to get the whole president's agenda. this is not the bernie sanders agenda, the elizabeth warren agenda. this is what joe biden wants. the progressives are on board with the president's plan. the question is will moderates be on board and they will? we had a caucus call this morning. everyone is on board with the speaker's strategy. i didn't hear a single dissenting voice so i don't know who is reporting the dissent, but the democratic caucus is actually unified behind the speaker and she's going to prevail. i wouldn't bet against the speaker. she has delivered time and again and will deliver this time. >> are you prepared or is your caucus prepared to hold up the bipartisan bill if the reconciliation bill does not move with the items that you want? >> i think it's a moot que

notice that she referred as a move by trump republicans, i'm a republican she didn't call me a mitt romney. bush republican or whoever he or she is a 22 to four although for that person. this shows you how desperate they are, we have four seasons winter, fall, spring, summer and fire he lies and governor newsom of how many trees he cleared away in dead vegetation, even the l.a. times in any newspaper said that he actually lied about how much he cleared, i don't know what he's doing but all his sons enjoyed in person private education will shutting down public school education for everybody else. 75% of black boys in california could not read proficiency and nearly 50% cannot and he abided by the teachers union and shut schools down for an entire year after the cdc said we resume in person schooling which are in precautions, the number one funder of gavin newsom they enjoy a whole year of being paid while doing virtual education and he appeared almost on the brink of giving him another year of a paid vacation essentially because again totally beholden to the teachers union one of the things

so there -- mitt romney obviously has minced no words about it.minced no words about it. there are people who see it clear eyed but you're right. it's taken over too many people, too many republicans. >> absolutely. >> yeah. how to -- how to get through to those people is -- i mean, that's hard because i think it's -- i hope it's okay to say that when you see ashli babbitt and you learn about her background. and you -- there is -- you have to have some sympathy for some of the people and what got them to that point. >> they were lied to. lied to. yeah. >> they are being lied to now about vaccines, about the election, about so many things. and until leaders truly stand up and put country over politics, our -- we are in a very dangerous situation. >> i just want to note, amanda, the house select committee investigating the insurrection has now sent letters to 15 social media companies requesting data on the rioters and -- and regarding how election misinformation spread on those platforms. what do you think they are hoping to find? >> i am hope -- i

we as a nation need to invest in our infrastructure utah republican senator mitt romney says both democrats and republicans want to invest in roads. bridges, railways broadband in water all these elements and more. are addressed in this bipartisan infrastructure agreement. but democrats are pushing to marry this infrastructure package to their 3.5 trillion dollar budget bill focused on climate change paid leave and health care. the 2 track process is moving along. it's been a process that has in a very good process. it's taken a while, but it's going to be worth it. house speaker nancy pelosi echoed the sentiment, which makes some republican lawmakers worried about the future of the infrastructure bill in the house reporting in washington. i'm basil john. >> coming up next on the kron 00:00am morning news, a fire breaks out near a gas station on the peninsula. we have the incredible video coming up after the break. >> on the peninsula. a massive fire in redwood city sent thick black smoke into the skies near a valero gas station and whipple avenue and veterans boulevard just east of highway

utah republican senator mitt romney says both president biden and former president donald trump are to blame. the war is not over. we're just in a weaker position and the president is set to be briefed on the evolving situation this morning. reporting in washington. i'm kelly meyer and you can find much more on local efforts. go ahead and take out your phone scan. that qr code on your screen. >> well, going directly over to our web page at kron 4 dot com with all the latest details in ways that you can help. >> coming up on the problem to a service resumes in the south bay. but at a limited capacity. we're going to have an update on the lines available to write this morning. and east bay community comes together to pray for the victims in a crash that injured several teens and killed one. we have that story when we get back. strong winds and flooding from hurricane ida has it batters the state of louisiana. we're going live report in new orleans this morning. >> hurricane ida has weakened to a category 2 storm as it continues to batter the state of louisiana. the storm now tracking nor

that is why romney say it will happen anyway. i want to do this. if that is going to happen anyway and there is good things here for bridges and roads and broadband. the more cynical members that are conservative and don't want to spend money are saying you are hurtling toward $1 trillion. then you see analysis it is closer to $5.5 trillion when you look at everything else. >> there is not a ton of new spending here. >> in the trillion >> they plan to sell oil from the strategic petroleum reserve. unspent money from the covid re relief bill. there is not a ton of new money committed here it is being committed to things we know are projects that are important. $110 billion for roads and bridges. if you look around the country and drive around the country, you see the troubles and issues we need to have infrastructure spending on. >> on thursday, in fact. it was fun i have the whole thing planned out. stops planned out. >> did you take my advice on hotels >> yes and no. yes and no this time it is easier we don't have pongo. pongo is not coming. it ha

voted in the last three presidential elections for the blican presidentialandidate trump, trump and romney. after you voted to impeach donald trump the first time, many observers thought that you would lose your seat, but you didn't. you managed to win. how did you do it? >> frankly, because my district was republican and voted for donald trump, i was really wary of signing up for impeachment, right, and feeling like that would have been sort of a one-way ticket to lose my seat. but, you know, nine months in, it just became so clear that there was just a ton of information coming in about how the current president at that time had reached t to a foreign country and asked for help in an american election. and that was just too much for me. and i made this decision, along with six of my colleues, to write an op-ed and saying, hey, we're all from districts that are republican, that voted for donald trump, but it's time to at least have an inquiry. and that kicked off three straight months of me being asked, usually live on camera, you know, "are you going to lose your seat? are you going to b

repeat itself, and i really admire the courage she's had here to stand up to say that, along with mitt romney and a few others. my proudest moment as a senator so far was when senator blunt and vice president pence and i were walking through the broken glass, just the three of us, with two young women holding that mahogany box full of the ballots that still hadn't been counted at 3:00 in the morning and walking over to the house chamber, where representative cheney and speaker pelosi and everyone was there to take those ballots to finish our job. this is our democracy. there is a moment where politics end at the door. and liz cheney gets that. and that's why -- one ofhe reasons i've taken this on in my book "antitrust," because i see these monopolies and what's happening right now as also a major threat to our democracy and our way of life, and i'm willing to come out and say it. so that's what this is about. >> senator amy klobuchar, thank you for joining me on "firing line." >> this was an incredibly interesting convsation, and i look forward to being on again. thanks, margaret. >> we'll we

nation's core infrastructure, and the police to follow my colleague and friend from utah, senator romney, who was one of those who i worked with to negotiate this package. this is historic legislation that provides $550 $550 bin new federal investments over the next five years to respond to the needs that are facing our country. this bill will rebuild crumbling roads and bridges and tunnels across the country. it will provide clean drinking water in american-owned and address harmful contaminants. it will increase connectivity in our communities tohe bring broadband to even the most world parts of our country. it will prioritize sustainable solutions to improve our infrastructure systems for future generations, and it will combat climate change by making the monumental investment in our clean energy grid and electric vehicle infrastructure that we must make. now, this bill was a long time in the making, as i'm sure my colleague from utah would agree. over the past three months there have been many late nights, early mornings, countless conversations about how to make the best use of this

they wanted to get rid of this chinese and then mit romney's, you know, at least quiet them or put them over and the other party where they belong or on m . s. and b. c is jen, jen said, but they never belong at the head of our party and somehow they kept getting power through the apparatus. so those days are over now that the people can see what they can do when they demand their own candidate. and as long as donald trump has spouses those values, he is the man to watch and both 20222024. and as long as we re establish selection integrity, he will win and he will win in record record numbers. well, you know, i can let me go to david in, in new york again, let's look at the mechanics here. we know the power of big tech, and the in kind influenced, had, had on the election, particularly in the case of a hunter biden. and the new york post, and i very much fear that that's just to begin think of something. it wasn't a one off. ok. and i think that, you know, you know, we have jen and we have gina appraising president the former president and his ideas. but david, if you don't hear what tr

hello. romney what's you know? they're like, well headquarters here in dev also coming up the taliban claim, responsibility for an attack on the residence of the defense minister in the capital cobble also.

i'm going to begin with you and try to restate what i think was senator romney's question.and i am directing it at you because you are in the department of defense. with the repeal of the 2002 aumf impact u.s. forces that remain in iraq now? >> no. >> can you provide a scenario in which the president might need to rely on that aumf to use force in iraq? >> no, i cannot think of one. i'm not sure who to direct this, some have thought about attaining enemy combatants. maybe you would take the first crack at this. what of any effect you anticipate the repeal of the 2002 aumf would have on the detainee issue? >> none whatsoever, senator. certainly deferred to them if they have anything to. my impression is none. >> senator, the 2002 aumf is not a source of security, including those at guantanamo. >> secretary sherman, i think you answered this in your opening statement, i do believe the previous administration cited strikes against iran and its proxies and, as you pointed out, this administration doesn't believe that the aumf provides authority for force against around backed m

so romney reminder of all top stories. abraham roy has been officially endorsed as around the next president by the supreme leader, at least. how many? certainly inter, from what you see from it takes that to let what he described does tyrannical sanctions imposed by the us. also winds and temperatures of a 40 degrees celsius ascending while on the mediterranean. and the g and co funds, at least 8 people have now died in the region in the past week. and the russian activists to is reported missing, found dead and new friends, capital baton, the show kia based non profit organization to help fellow russian seeing persecution, n g a has called his death, a planned operation. ah, councils is continued to battle. the taliban for electrical ga city, and this concerns it will soon fall to the group. the un says at least 40 people have been killed in the past 24 hours. the capital of the southern hellman province was also seen heavy fighting and frequent strikes and saturday. they by kandahar and several other cities also under attack. after the government of deployed delete special forces. and he'

important role protecting human face in ah, ah ah, look back here watching over there in the the hill romney reminder of all stories. at least 3 rockets struck. can hire port in southern, i'm going to stop flights in and out of the city of suspended that's been intense fighting between the television and also the false have been blame for bombing a private hospital killing at least one person. hospital owner says it was wrongly targeted because the rumors, alabama finances were being treated as military. nita has promised multi party election 6 month after season time and a case made on line says the vote will take place by late 2023. when you have time to list the states, the emergence, controversial changes, the hong kong immigration law of come into effect could excite. it'll give the government sweeping power to stop people from coming in or out. thousands have been leaving for it came into force. and as adrian brown reports now from hong kong, that figure is growing. hong kong, international airport is a quiet place these days. except here, the check in area for flights to london. these

headlines inside story on our jazeera oh, the me look about you're watching out there at least a whole romney reminder of all top stories of got a song president has told parliament a state of aggression is being imposed on the country by taliban bulls in attacking several cities. god, he added that us forces are withdrawing from more quickly than expected. at least 8 people have now died in the files that have burned across turkey for the past 5 days through the still battling several wild on the popular tours marius natalia and lucca. the international olympic committee says, russian olympian christina, just mental sky. it is safe in the hands of japanese authorities. she says her olympic team tried to force her to leave token after she publicly criticized her coach in washington. her down to the appropriate response to an attack on israeli operated tank off the coast of oman, u. s. and you have joined israel in blaming iran for thursday strike to ron has denied any involvement. 2 people were killed all the in the massive streets when it was hit by what appears to have been a drone strike.

cabins were all saved, cal fire says as the fire heads toward lake tahoe crews from santa clara to romney and calibers counties bought hard to save the camp camp. sacramento now says all reservations, though, for the 2021 season have been cancelled. berkeley's echo lake camp in el dorado county was not as fortunate firefighters who were there helping battle the cal door fire were evacuated this afternoon when spot fires reached the campgrounds. berkeley's wild land cruise had prepared for the possibility that the fire would move into the camp by clearing debris near buildings but hot, dry weather and forceful winds pushed the flames into the camp today. there is no word yet on the level of damage there. many long time residents in self like tahoe are reliving memories of the angora fire back in 2000 and seven the angora fire destroyed more than 250 homes. commission set up after the fire found that the fierce wind and dry conditions overwhelmed any defensible space around homes. still the fire resulted in a large forest clearing program more than 48,000 acres of trees were thinned in the