schumer: it should be investigated.t would be much at her to do it in a bipartisan way and that is what this will bid but better to investigate with a select committee then not investigate. >> when you had an exchange with senator collins, i want to say if you could talk? sen. schumer: senator collins wanted to make sure senator portman knew i supported her, which i felt many senators including mansion, so i told her i would and he voted yes. yes? >> senator mcconnell says the exact opposite? sen. schumer: surprise, surprise, surprise. >> [indiscernible] sen. schumer: let's take the boldest thing we have done, the aarp, supported by 75% of american people and 60% of republicans. there is a huge dichotomy as president biden as repeated between republican voters and republican senators. zero republicans in the house and senate vote for them. it is because unfortunately they are under the thumb of donald trump, who once nothing done. >> where are you on the reconciliation process? sen. schumer: as i've said , we tried to w

schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: mr., i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22, at a time to be determined on tuesday, june 8, the senate resume consideration of s. 1260, that all postcloture time be considered expired and the senate vote in relation to the cornyn amendment 1858. that if a budget point of order is raised and a motion to waive is made following disposition of the cornyn amendment, the senate vote on the motion to waive. that if waived, the senate vote on substitute amendment 1502 as amended. that the cloture motion with respect to s. 1260 be withdrawn, and that the bill be considered read a third time, the senate vote on passage of s. 1260 as amended, if amended, with 60 affirmative votes required for passage, all with no intervening action or debate. further, that the senate now vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to calendar number 60, h.r. 3233. that following the cloture vote, notwithstanding rule 22, the senate proceed to executive session an the cloture motions

schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on calendar number 58, s. 1260, a bill to establish a new directorate for technology and innovation and so forth and for other purposes, signed by 17 senators as follows -- mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed, madam president, to h.r. 3233. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 60, h.r. 3233, an act to establish the national commission to investigate the january 6 attack on the united states capitol complex and for other purposes. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance wit

schumer: thank you, madam president. the last time we observed mother's day most of the country could not spend time with their parents or have their kids spend time with them. standing outside of a window and waving to mom was the closest you could get. ii remember that. so this year i was beyond grateful to celebrate with my mother and my daughters in person. i know the same was true for americans across the country as covid-19 continues to recede, and more than half of eligible adults have received at least one shot of the vaccine, after a very painful and difficult year, it was another sign that our country is turning the corner. praise god. now as we begin this work period, the senate will continue working to help the country recover and build back stronger than ever. that includes filling vacancies in the executive branch with highly qualified public servants. this week the senate will consider the nomination of andrea palm for the deputy h.h.s. secretary and cynthia marten, a teacher of 17 years, to serve as the n

schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 117. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is adopted. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of health and human services, chiquita brooks-lasure of virginia to be administrator of the centers for medicare and medicaid services. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on nomination of executive calendar number 117, chiquita brooks-lasure of virginia to be administrator of the centers for medicare and medicaid services, signed by 17 senators as follow- mr. schumer: i ask c

we could see schumer force republicans to vote on it again.o in that same letter, chuck, he said that an investigation will happen. that perhaps is an open door to perhaps a select committee or whatever form that democrats want to take to investigate what happened on january 6. the point that senator cassidy made that i have heard from some other republicans as well, including senator lisa murkowski, is that the most bipartisan way to investigate is with this outside independent commission. now there's some concern among republicans that they have -- that the party has put this in the hand of democrats to completely control the narrative, not only this year but next year as the midterms approach. chuck? >> i want to play what mitch mcconnell said yesterday. jake sherman, what was astounding is he didn't hide the reason. he basically used politics as the rationale. take a listen. >> if we set up this commission, i think that the basic goal of our democratic friends is to keep relitigating in public what happened back on january 6 rather than ge

schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. surely schumer well, we were greeted this morning by some very sad news, that our former colleague, senator john warner of r, of virginia, had had passed away at the age of 94. a five-term senator, he was a consensus builder, authority on military affairs, one of the last world war ii veterans to serve in this chamber and he actually interrupted his law school studies to join the marine corps during the korean war. the kind of stature that he had, his great -- great, great reaching across the aisle in bipartisanship is something that this chamber misses and we miss him. at my request, the flags will be lowered to half-staff on behalf of his honor. on behalf of the senate i want to ex our condolences to his family. now, on the competition act, the senate today will continue work on the bipartisan u.s. innovation and competition act, legislation that will supercharge american innovation and preserve our competitive edge. not just for the next few years, but for generations to come. it w

the american people don't agree with chuck schumer. americans overwhelmingly support the common sense requirement that you ought to have to show an id when you vote to authenticate your identity. we do it every day when we boarded a plane or buy drugs at pharmacies. american support that. that is a majority of whites, blacks, hispanics, asians, republicans and independents. people like chuck schumer say that is restricting the rights. that is not true. host: what about the part of the bill that would restrict super pac's from having any activities in campaigns? guest: there are many finance rules which in -- finance rules within s1 which seek to restrict free speech. there are already rules on political action committees and candidates. the restrictions they want to put in are really meant to chill speech and achieve the ability of americans to participate in the political process. host: what about the idea of trying to take politics out of congressional redistricting which will begin in all 50 states and put it in the hands of a nonpa

senate majority leader chuck schumer blasted republicans after the vote. vote has made it official. donald trump's big lie has now fully enveloped the republican party. >> all right. so that vote took place as president biden released his $6 trillion budget proposal for ne

they didn't push back on schumer's comments in any possible way. schumer was absolutely accurate, every center in that room, democrats and republicans understand this big lie and yet they are following a path to essentially continue the assault on the capitol by proceeding to try to enable states to block citizens from voting. january six it was about burning the ballots for 86 million americans now it is preventing millions of americans from voting by allowing states to enact barriers that target communities to infringe their right of vote. joe manchin is the only senator who has and signed on to it, do you have any sense of joe manchin's view of this legislation and why he has not signed on to it? >> well, joe has made it very clear that he wants to explore issues about how the buildings implemented and the ideas and concerns of secretary of state from across the country, make sure we're really tackling the issues that we need to tackle, with some thoughtful considerations. senator should be engaged in the process. i think what we propose today i

schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, madam president, yesterday was the last day that members of the national guard were stationed at the capitol. in the wake of january 6, they've all done -- they have all done us an extraordinary service, providing an additional layer of security here. i want to thank every one of them on behalf of the senate and the entire capitol complex. it was never our intention to have an element of the u.s. military on guard at the capitol for an indefinite period. it was always a temporary solution to a temporary security threat caused by the former president, a reality acknowledged by the house and senate minority leaders in the immediate aftermath of january 6 but not much since. going forward, we must establish and maintain a critical balance between security and access. the capitol is a place that belongs to the people. we want visitors and tourists to be able to come and go. we want constituents to be able to meet their representa

schumer: on january 6, only a few months ago. the memory is still fresh for all of us who experienced it firsthand. a violent mob stormed the citadel of democracy, assaulted our capitol police and tried to halt the peaceful transfer of power. 140 officers were injured. five people would eventually lose their lives in connection to the attack. i was within 20 feet of these hooligans. it was one of the darkest moments in american democracy. the first time the capital was breached since the war of 1812, over 200 years ago. and yet, not five months later, many on the republican side are trying to whitewash what happened. here is what one senate republican said about the attack last night. by and large, it was a peaceful protest except for a few agitators he said. even calling it an insurrection the senator continued was wrong. if there was ever a justification for creating a bipartisan commission to study and report on the truth behind the attack of january 6, the comments of that senator provide it. republicans in both chambers are

we saw senator schumer go to the floor. was an agreement reached between all senators as it seems to punt the vote on the china bill until they return in ten days after the memorial day recess. that would allow the senate to vote on this january 6 commission, something that we have been waiting for and we didn't know when it was going to happen. this vote on january 6 commission though, craig, it's just a procedural vote. this is the key procedural vote that needs the support of 60 senators in order to move on to the actual legislation. that's what we talk about when we talk about the filibuster here. only three republicans so far have come out and said that they would vote for this key procedural vote on january 6 commission. it's still going to be a very difficult vote for the republicans. it's going to put every single one of them on the record, even though this vote is expected to fail, on where they stand. it is causing a lot of heartache up here on capitol hill, not only among democrats who don't think they will be ab

we know chuck schumer wants to do it and nancy pelosi wants to do it.s. bernie sanders is opposed. listen to this broader response when talking about how the democratic party is losing working class and non-college-educated voters. >> i think if i am a working class person in this country, i've seen my job go to china, i'm working for $9 an hour when i used to make $20 an hour, i don't have health care, i can't afford it or i can't afford prescription drugs. you're resentful. are we talking to those people? i think we're beginning to see that in the last few months under biden. but democrats traditionally have been very tepid about going big. and i think i would say -- >> i think there's a glossiness to it, as well. sort of san francisco, new york gloss. >> oh, yeah, i'm so smart. i am really smart and, you know, we got $100 dinners and who really cares about those working class people? >> kasie, clearly senator sanders is signaling that he wants the party to really focus on those voters. a lot of what he said there, his intonation, how he's talking is

remember, this commission, the appointment of the chair goes to schumer and pelosi. and they appoint the staff, all

schumer: last night, before a joint session of congress, president biden laid out a thoughtful vision for the country. he spoke about what we accomplished so far, and there was plenty to talk about. the deat

chuck schumer chuck schumer wants user three things about his new bill. >> three reasons.it is bipartisan. number 2, because it is going to take affect -- i forgot the third reason. i had three reasons i said in my speech. do you remember? what is it? oh yes. it is positive. we are very proud of it. >> it happens to all of us. check out my show, and get tammy bruce exclusively on fox nation. i am the president of independent women's voice. greg gutfeld is next. thing abo. joe biden has been a senator, vice president, and noah president himself. this with a lot of change in hi political career over the years with the one constant is that joe biden really, really loves ice cream. he talks about a letter to all the time. matter what's going on, no matter if he is a hitting president president or senator or what crisis us on his play, just get that man a cohen. he loves ice cream because you never have to worry about brain freeze.

and this is a real test for chuck schumer, the majority leader, always been such a staunch defender ofm alexandria ocasio-cortez who has had some tough words about israel in the past couple of days. how much pressure is he under as this crisis continues? >> a ton of pressure, kasie. i think that is actually probably the toughest position chuck schumer has been in since becoming majority leader. just given how divided democrats are on this issue. he's really -- chuck schumer has gone pretty far in working hard to embrace the progressive wing of the party. we have seen this in the discussions over the coronavirus deal, the american rescue plan earlier this year but then also in his conversations now for the infrastructure package. and this could kind of damage that standing. you're right. a.o.c. could potentially challenge him in 2022. it's something that chuck schumer and people close to him are very worried about, her or another progressive. progressives are really on the other side of this, criticizing benjamin netanyahu and israel for their actions the middle east. everyone is waitin

they deserve answers and schumer made it clear friday's vote is not the end as majority leader. reserve the right to force the senate to vote on the bill again. >> at the appropriate time. >> so schumer didn't give timeline of when that could happen. but if a vote would fail again, democrats have vowed to move forward with their own investigation. but republicans say the findings then would be partisan live in washington. i'm jessi tenure. thank you, jessica. >> president biden was at joint base langley-eustis in virginia today. he was thanking troops for their service and became emotional when he remembered his late son beau who was a veteran beau died 6 years ago. this weekend. biden acknowledged the sacrifices made by the troops and their families. >> you make of one percent of the population. the defending 99% of the rest of us. we owe you what you do your job. so graceful. it's hardly they were saying. the matters. >> the president highlighted his recent decision to pull troops out of afghanistan later this year. he thanked service members who signed up for several tours of

senate majority leader chuck schumer blasting the gop, accusing the party of trying to sweep the riot under the rug because they're afraid of former president trump. minority leader mitch mcconnell calling it a purely political exercise. rachel scott on the hill tonight. >>> new developments in the deadly mass shooting at a transit facility in san jose. authorities finding a massive stockpile in the suspect's home. 12 firearms, more than 20,000 rounds of ammunition, and multiple cans of gasoline. >>> three police officers pleading not guilty in the death of manuel ellis. video showing officers hitting him and pinning him to the ground says he didn't commit, celebrating his first night of freedom after nearly 30 years. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on this friday night. i'm whit johnson in for david tonight. >>> we begin with this memorial day weekend, a true turning point and a major test after a very dark year. the coronavirus is in retreat with more than half of u.s. adults now fully vaccinated. and this weekend, millions of americans are on the move, gathering to

schumer is making the case. but lisa murkowski, one of the republicans senators who vote today advance with this, pretty much agreed with it the other day, saying she was disappointed, profoundly, that her republican colleagues in the interest of politics, the 2022 midterms, in the interest of power, wanted this commission to go away. >> reporter: yeah, and that's actually been what other republicans have said too, that supported this commission going forward. mitt romney who did vote yes just now, voted to convict donald trump twice at his two impeachment trials, he told me earlier this week that he is concerned that not moving ahead with the commission could lead to the perception among the public that republicans don't want the truth. that was his concern, his view of what the -- how the public could perceive all of this. and another republican senator who voted yes just now, bill cassidy made the argument that why not have an outside commission? because otherwise there's just going to be a democratic-led inv

schumer blaming fear or fieldty to donald trump. >> he put his finger on it. i can be partisan and throw down like that, but the reality of this moment was focused on the events of january 6 and for all of us to understand how it happened, why it happened. the republicans in the house and the senate. i think we need to understand that what the republicans in the house did was not absent any discussion or understanding with republicans in the senate. because they wanted to coordinate if we are going to do something bipartisan, let's be -- coordinated in the first stage of that, the house bill. because they were given everything they wanted, their dissent was no longer valid. now it will be left up to the american people to evaluate this and see and decide for themselves how they process what republicans did today. for the democrats, they are going to have to make a hard decision about how they process this and go forward as well. >> i want to get back to the hill. michael, stay with us. and the panel as well. the final vote was 54-35. they needed ten republican

that, of course, is chuck schumer.ing about the january 6th commission with a vote expected today on that. we have been talking about it this morning. he is saying republicans should be ashamed of not supporting it, saying they are under the thumb of donald trump. we know on the house side, kevin mccarthy urged his fellow republicans not to back that commission, setting up a showdown in hours. we will monitor what's happening. we will bring you updates throughout the morning. >>> we turn to the intersection of politics plus tech. you might use venmo. you might use it to split the bill at a restaurant, pay the baby-sitter, donate to a fund-raiser. it's easy and everywhere. even apparently at the white house. with a new report uncovering what they say is president biden's venmo account. experts say it goes beyond the president with a warning to all of us. sending or spending money with the swipe of a finger takes almost no time. that's apparently about how long it took for buzzfeed to find president biden's secret accoun

schumer saying for the sake of our democracy, it is crucial to end the poison of the big lie.ms that the election was not valid. he has said he is going to move to bring a commission up for a debate and a vote. that could happen as soon as next week. >>> lawmakers on capitol hill are also negotiating police reform. tasked by the president to have something concrete by tuesday, that's the anniversary of george floyd's death. sources familiar with the negotiations telling me it's unlikely they will meet that deadline. new police body camera footage has been released in the death of a black man when he was pulled over by louisiana state troopers. ronald green died in 2019 after the police say he was speeding at over 100 miles an hour in a chase and then the impact from a crash caused his death. the video was obtained by the associated press and tells a different story of police brutality. we will show you a bit of that video. we do want to warn you, it's graphic. it's very difficult to watch. >> get out of the car! >> i'm sorry. i'm sorry. >> get out of the car. >> i'm scared. i'

the number one bill chuck schumer has as a priority in the senate. many are calling it the corrupt politicians act. it federalizes elections and strikes down virtually every voter integrity law that has been adopted at the state level. for example, 29 states require identification to vote. a common sense position that over 70% of americans support. what does the corrupt politicians act do? repeals every one of those laws and strikes them down. 31 states prohibit ballot harvesting. the corrupt practice of paying operatives to collect other people's votes. the reason it is prohibited in 31 states is because it is repeatedly leant itself to fraud as unscrupulous operatives throw away votes they don't like. what does the act do? strikes down every one of those and mandates ballot harvesting across this country. this bill would automatically registered millions of illegal aliens to vote and millions of felons and criminals to vote and the reason the democrats want to do it is that they believe reasonably, i think, that millions of illegal aliens and milli

it is proof that donald trump still has a grip and chuck schumer said it flat out.aces for the 2022 midterm elections more than eight in ten republicans say they would prefer to see someone who mostly agrees with donald trump, but overall a majority of americans would prefer candidates running for elected office that don't agree with donald trump. what does it say about holding on to the house any senate in 2022. >> i think what you are seeing in the poll's findings is that the republican base continues to dwindle. it is held hostage by donald trump. republican voters, still a majority of voters support donald trump and that base is shrinking by the day. all you have to look at the returns in 2020 to see how many moderate republicans supported the biden-harris ticket and that number continues to grow. so the republican party is the party of donald trump. i give props to the liz cheneys and the adam kinzingers of the world that are trying to hold on to the conservative values that used to drive what the republican party stands for, but that is not what the republican

how important is his type of voice in comparison to someone like chuck schumer who's pretty quiet at the moment? nancy pelosi being very supportive of the party stands and right behind israel. what you're saying are members of the democratic party who recognize their power and recognize their power over us foreign policy. and we see that evidence by the chair of the house foreign affairs committee, congressmen gregory meeks, from new york democrat, who is also calling for a delay in the sell of a 735000000 dollar weapon system to israel again, unprecedented. the israel is the biggest beneficiary of u. s. foreign aid, including military 8 in the region. and now what you're seeing are members of congress who are willing to say this needs to be put on hold until we figure this out. and so this is making it difficult, not only for the president, for his, but for his apparatus, for the secretary of state, tony blank and to be able to adequately engaged. because what you're saying are democrats who are willing to go out on the live and they, there is an imbalance in this relationship and i

you have senator schumer there, who is really dropping some fire here. get more people to vote for you. you're not supposed to ban the other side from voting. this thing is getting heated. >> it is and it will continue to get more heated throughout the week. many of which are designed to strike portions of this bill that they oppose. and i think the fact that chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell are showing to get it through. mitch mcconnell made it his personal mission to kill this bill. what they're planning is a series of changes to the house passed version that gives states more time and flexibility to implement portions of the bill like automatic voter registration. there are dozens of states that will need more time and they're same day registration mandates that they worry won't be able to do in time and in the manner prescribed in a manner. there is a 15 day ruling out jurisdictions and those that mail in ballots to everyone. it's things like that that democrats are doing based on feedback and they urged republicans to accept those amendments and co

chuck schumer says the u.s. the semiconductor manufacturing in a bill to enhance u.s. competitiveness with china. a measure to authorize funding to support the domestic chip industry is included in the defense bill. the addition to the china bill remedies that. schumer calls the measure "a very big deal." senator schumer: this legislation will not include an historic an immediate infusion of federal money in the semi conductor industry to boost domestic production and shore up critical supply chains. this is a very big deal. vonnie: the price of beef is expected to go up globally thanks to a change argentina is making. the south american nation says it's -- beef exports for the next 30 days as inflation approaches 50%. the effects china which relies in argentina for 22% of its beef and will now have to get the protein elsewhere. beef prices have surged on short supply during the pandemic. carrie lam is defending the freezing -- assets. she told reporters it was necessary under hong kong's new national security l

heard from chuck schumer moments ago come out in favor of it. we expect to hear from mitch mcconnell any moment now. this hour, we will get insight from a man who knows congress better than most, former senate majority leader tom daschle will join me. >>> we start now with the criminal investigation into the trump organization. it's a major escalation by new york attorney general james. she's been looking into the former president's organization since 2019. she had been looking into it as a civil appropriate. in a statement late last night her office confirmed it is no longer purely civil in nature. we are now actively investigating the trump organization in a criminal capacity. once again, senior white house correspondent hallie jackson is back. also with us is nbc's chief legal correspondent ari melba. what do we know about this? >> it's significant. at least from a perspective of the optics as well as the legalities, given that we knew that there was this manhattan district attorney investigation that had been happening. that involves the for

unfolded. 35 republicans broke ranks and joined democrats to support it, and today majority leader chuck schumer took to the floor of the senate to dare senate republicans. >> i was within 20 feet of these hooligans. it was one of the darkest moments in american democracy. and yet not five months later, many on the republican side are trying to whitewash what happened. my senate republican colleagues must now ask themselves, are they going to join us in pursuing the truth, or are they going to cover for donald trump and his big lie? >> over the last 48 hours, we've heard many republicans, including senate leader mitch mcconnell say there are plenty of investigations already underway. but a member of his senate gop leadership added another reason. >> it could be weaponized politically and drug into next year, anything that dets us rehashing the 2020 election, i think, is a day lost on being able to draw contrast between us and the democrats' very radical left-wing agenda. >> so it's also about concern not over the riot but politics and the potential fallout from an investigation bleeding into 202

just when -- we just spoke with chuck schumer.e from the u.s. to israel? he would not respond. guys? >> we know that the president says that he's speaking with prime minister netanyahu today. we'll see if we get a readout of those two call. manu raju, thanks. >>> next, gay officers serving in the nypd slamming the decision from the city's pride parade organizers to ban them from participating. one of those officers is going to join us live next. in business, it's never just another day. it's the big sale, or the big presentation. the day where everything goes right. or the one where nothing does. with comcast business you get the network that can deliver gig speeds to the most businesses and advanced cybersecurity to protect every device on it— all backed by a dedicated team, 24/7. every day in business is a big day. we'll keep you ready for what's next. comcast business powering possibilities. [ crowd cheering ] [ engine revving ] [ race light countdown ] ♪ ♪ when you save money with allstate you feel like you're winning. safe dr

>> i think maybe there is -- i mean, schumer is indicating that that is what he is going to do.i was in the biden white house, beyond the vote that will happen on the commission, i would find it very interesting that manchin and sinema took it upon themselves to insert themselves in this way. it suggests to me that while they're both very much -- they've been very clear that they want to keep the filibuster, you know, why put out a statement like this? i think you're putting out a statement like this to put republicans on notice, yes, we want to keep the filibuster, but if you continue to obstruct, you know, things that should very clearly have bipartisan support -- seven republicans senators, i remind you, voted to impeach the president. there should be republican support for this commission. we're watching and our views can change here. i think it's not insignificant that they both put a statement out. >> i agree. gene, they could implore republican senators as i'm sure joe manchin already has done. doing it publicly is him telling west virginia, look, i'm imploring them. i ha

it gives chuck schumer a federal agency as an attack dog. this bill is welfare for politicians. it provides a federal match of 6-1. if a candidate raises money for a campaign the federal government matches it 6-1. that would give hundreds of million dollars to politicians. as you look at needy populations in america it's hard to think of a group more needing a federal fund than politicians. they can play their own expenses out of this. it's a massive democratic power grab. the number 1 priority of joe biden and chuck schumer and nancy pelosi is to stay in power for 100 years and to steal the rights of the voters to vote them out. i am leading the fight against this. it's the single most dangerous thing in congress right now. >> sean: you went to harvard law and won cases before the u.s. supreme court. my understanding is that the constitution is clear. time, manner, place of elections. that would be up to state legislatures. maybe i am mistaken or misinterpreted our constitution and the clear language in it? >> it's a bit more complicated than that. under the constitution the st

chuck schumer and joe biden want to pass. >> look, i think of this in two ways. in the specific way you identify it is to say i get it, on any given bill i am not going to get everything i want so better figure out what things are most important to me and what things i can say under the day. we'll come back to them. because it's going to take 50 of us that somehow have worked out in a bill that that's enough for us to be on and that every one of us feels like we can vote for. but i also think of it this way, right now, lawrence. it goes to the point about persistence. it goes to the point of what this book is about. it's about the big pieces and what we are trying to move. it's about the rescue package in part and the fact that we said we're gonna put bernie and for peoples health and peoples housing, for childcare. now, it's time to take the next step and to say as a nation, yet, we want people to be able to go to work and we want businesses to be able to prosper and we know that that takes. resident bridges, you bet. communications, broadband, yeah. and childca

chuck schumer said today they would do everything they could to get it done, but it could also cost theial pay for. bret? >> bret: all right, chad, more on this with the panel later on. thank you. a bipartisan group of lawmakers including house speaker nancy pelosi says the u.s. should carry out a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 winter olympics in beijing. she told a congressional hearing today heads of state of countries that attend the games would not have the moral authority to speak out about human rights. up next, a new case of potential brain injury from an unknown weapon and this time the location is the white house. >> at this point, at this moment, we don't know the cause of these incidents. >> we have to get more information and we have got to tell the public what's going on. >> bret: as we go to break, actor charles grodin has died. grodin appeared in movies such as midnight run and the heart break kid. later years he became a liberal commentator on radio and tv. his family says he died of bone marrow cancer. charles grodin was 86. ♪ and new ways for them to reach you... is wh

i am wondering where is chuck schumer's voice? where is the insistence, the urgency? i can ask you guys. i just don't understand for a man who wanted that position for so long why he's laying low. and i do believe it's just because the administration says, oh, let this play out. there's a reason. i'm not sure what it is, but he's got to get onboard and he's got to start using his voice. he's the majority leader of the united states senate, and we have heard boo. >> well, jason, there is a sense that manchin is also out of control and think he's the majority leader. manchin is exercising control as if he's in charge of the senate. doesn't that have to stop? >> yeah, yeah. this flex he's going on here, it's not impressive. it's not making anybody happy. it's not him, not his drip, whatever. and quite frankly just on some eco level stuff if i were chuck schumer, why don't you act like you're the boss? the democrats have this conflict between what they think is supposed to be the way government works and what the people actually want. the the american people want an answe

house speaker nancy pelosi and kevin mccarthy and chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell. never before in history has the chair of the house minority leader, in the oval office meeting been completely empty of ideas. white house chief of staff kept it simple and direct in trying to reach out to congressional leaders in an interview with axios and hbo last night. >> i don't think it's big government to fix the ten bridges in this country that are most economically significant. but here is a part of the package that republicans are talking about. >> all of them speak for themselves but would i'm saying is that what we're doing is common sense reform. most of these republicans have stood in front of a rotary club or a coup on his club about how we need to fix our infrastructure. people say we give speeches all the time about how people should have affordable childcare. we are putting forward and again i think they should have bipartisan support. >> for a party that lies about who won the presidential elections have no problem lying about who got the local bridge fixed after t

chuck schumer, you know, if he had his own way, he would reinstate it tomorrow.ed by left-wing progressives like aoc, alexandria ocasio-cortez, the congresswoman from the bronx, and many others who think it's a tax writeoff to the rich which it kind of is except for the fact that in new york state the rich pay most of the taxes, and they can easily leave. so until they can sort of bridge this divide e between aoc and schumer, it's going to be the hard to get this thing reinstated even with a democrat congress. as you know, the republican congress they couldn't care less because they represent a lot of western states, southern states which don't even have a state income tax the or local income tax. so it wasn't a priority for them. they had no problem screwing new york. so that's the pickle they're in here, particularly people like schumer, governor cuomo who's a democrat as well who's con instantly are worrying about his tax base eroding because of the inability to write off the state and local tax deduction which was a right and a given for decades. that's why t

we want you to hold a public execution of pelosi aoc schumer. a member of alexandria ocasio-cortez' staff said they took that threat seriously. the defense stressed the point that brendon hunt took down the kill your senators video the day after he posted it. he took it down. so what could be the problem? in his final argument, david kessler, the prosecutor said once you make a threat to kill members of congress for doing their jobs, you've committed a crime. it doesn't matter if you take it down later. you know, in terms of taking the video down, he, you know, you wipe your fingerprints off a knife you used to stab someone, that's not evidence that you didn't commit the crime. that's evidence that you knew you committed the crime. he made the choice. he chose to cross far over the line and decided to commit a crime. he made a choice to threaten and kill members of congress for doing their jobs and chose to threaten them repeatedly. that's what the law does not permit. ladies and gentlemen, you didn't leave your common sense down stairs with you

this looks like a possible win, win, win for chuck schumer in the following ways. he brings the bill to the floor. either you get enough republican votes, or republicans by the way, they do not have to get a 60 vote challenge to, it they can go without challenging it procedurally. in any event, it passes the senate. and you get your commission investigating january 6th, and that keeps some focus on january 6th, which is not politically helpful group for republicans, only for democrats. on the other hand, if chuck schumer loses this on the senate floor, he gets to turn to joe manchin and say joe, look at this. this is a bipartisan piece of legislation created in a bipartisan traditional way in the house of representatives. and look at what they did, joe manchin, joe, you have to help us change the senate rule on the 60 vote threshold. >> yeah, absolutely. i think that pretty much nails it. if i was advising the democratic -- i would give my two cents worth arguing very strongly, take the bill to the senate floor, recognize it will be filibustered again. quite frankl

that's why this year, in march, it was visually and procedurally very unusual to see both chuck schumerwn, both seated around the table at a proceeding of the rules committee. both schumer and mcconnell showed up to that committee in person that day to argue with each other over the merits of the democrats voting rights bill. the for the people act. that usually doesn't happen and you don't see the leadership of the two parties in the committee. it happened in march on the voting rights bill and it's gonna happen again tomorrow on the voting rights bill. tomorrow, the rules committee is going to discuss that big voting rights bill before the people act. once again both public and leader mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer are going to sort of break the rules, not really, but they're not really on any committee including that one but nevertheless they are going to bigfoot that committee and show up there in person themselves to do some of the arguing. now, the reason this is so important is that -- all of the voter suppression bills that are being rammed through republican control states o

and as to what happens now, though, the next steps, like you said, schumer could bring this commission back for a vote, but it doesn't have a very optimistic future. what house democrats can do is look to establish a select committee that would give them that partisan power to investigate the events leading up to and through the attack at the capitol on january 6th, and in a partisan way, be able to issue subpoenas, have people come in to testify, as well as set scheduled hearing dates so they could establish what they're going to exactly look into. there was a push from congressional leadership to want to do this in a bipartisan way. now that that's not seeming like an option, this is the other avenue for house democrats. and i want you to hear some of what congresswoman madeleine dean said earlier today about the potential for this select committee that house democrats could do when she spoke with our own ali velshi earlier this morning. >> we should have done it by way of an independent commission. sadly, it will have to be now through oversight in the house. with subpoenas, with ge

this is what chuck schumer has been up to instead.it within the democrats coming up shortly. another rules for the but not for me, this time it's for the governor of mentioned-- michigan as she was caught breaking her own indoor dining room walls and yes, we have the story. ♪♪ you packed a record 1.1 trillion transistors into this chip i invested in invesco qqq a fund that invests in the innovators of the nasdaq 100 like you become an agent of innovation with invesco qqq keeping your oysters business growing like you has you swamped. you need to hire. i need indeed indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a shortlist of quality candidates from a resume data base claim your seventy-five-dollar credit when you post your first job at indeed.com/promo these are the people who work on the front lines. they need a network that's built right. that's why we created verizon frontline. the advanced network and technology for first responders. built on america's most reliable network. built for real interoperability. and bui

this looks like possible win/win/win for chuck schumer in the following ways. he brings the bill to the floor. either you get enough republican votes, or the republicans -- by the way, they don't have to mount a 60-vote threshold challenge to it. but in any event, it passes the senate and you get your commission investigating january 6th, and that keeps some focus on january 6th, which is not politically helpful to republicans. it's only politically helpful to the democrats. on the other hand, if chuck schumer loses this on the senate floor, he gets to turn to joe manchin and say, joe, look at this. as jonathan capehart just outlined, this was a bipartisan piece of legislation created in a bipartisan, traditional way in the house of representatives, and look at what they did, joe manchin. joe, you have to help us change this senate rule on the 60-vote threshold. >> yeah, absolutely. i think option two actually pretty much nails it. let's put it this way. if i was still advising the senate democratic leadership, i'd be giving my two cents' worth, arguing very st

shannon: is this what it has come to for chuck schumer?is so pathetic and immersing for the democrats. the fbi has launched a massive investigation of the feds are holding many people in custody, some in solitary confinement, presumably some will be tried for various crimes, evidence will be put on, testimony will be taken, we will find out a lot more about the events of that day in the normal course of a jury trial, that is the way it should go but the morons want us taxpayers to spend millions of dollars and god knows how many years on another idiotic congressional commission. we don't need no stinking commission to tell us what happened on january 6th, no one with a brain does. we know what happened, there was an election that some believed was tainted by fraud, then on january 6th, the same day as trump's be a few hundred people ended up breaching the capital, police were overwhelmed. this obviously was really dumb and shouldn't have happened. things got very chaotic and dangerous. thankfully only one person was charged with having a g

laura: need an honest account of january 6th, honest account from chuck schumer, that is hilarious.he hyperbole is rich. >> it will never happen. the fact of the matter is calling it an insurrection, it wasn't. i condemn the breach, i condemned the violence but to say there were thousands of armed insurrection us breaching the capital intent on overthrowing the government is simply a false narrative. i got -- was vilified for entry into the regular 14 page up 14 page observer that laid out what happened. i've been in wisconsin and talk to people who were there. by and large it was peaceful protest except for a number of people, agitators with the crowd who breached the capital and that is the truth of what is happening here but they like to paint that narrative so they can paint a broad brush and impugn 75 million americans and call them potentially domestic terrorists and potential armed insurrection us, this is all about a narrative left wants to continue to push and republicans should not cooperate with them at all. >> very quickly, the angle discussed this idea of possible comin