schumer: i hope not. i always try to do bipartisan stuff when we can and the senate has done far more bipartisan stuff than we did. my moderate members know that, appreciated, and thank me for it. for instance, we had before the infrastructure bill, which we had to push, prod, and i was instrumental in trying to make sure it got done. that is what the gang of five says, our five democrats. we had three weeks, bipartisan. we had the asian crimes bill, bipartisan. the water bill, bipartisan. we had the transport bill, bipartisan. we have had more amendments this year, skipping go to rama, -- voto -- voterama, we have had more events in month stan mcconnell often had in years. >> in terms of paying for the plan, increasing taxes and the ultra-wealthy and corporations, will that cover it? sen. schumer: yes. some are worried about inflation. if you talk to the leading economists, they way to deal with that is to -- the way to deal with that is to make sure you taper it. -- make sure you pay for it. we intend t

schumer: and now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to immediate consideration of s. 2093, for the people act of 2021. the presiding officer: is there objection? seeing none, so ordered. oh, the senator from texas. mr. cruz: reserving the right to object, this bill would constitute a federal government takeover of elections. it would constitute a massive power grab by democrats. it would disenfranchise millions of americans. and it would do precisely the opposite of its nominal title for the people. it is instead for the politicians because it entrenches politicians and ensures that the people cannot vote them out of office. it would strike down virtually every reasonable voter integrity law in the country, including voter i.d. laws supported by the overwhelming majority of this country, including prohibitions on ballot harvesting, again widely supported by people in this country. it would mandate that felons be allowed to vote. and it would automatically register millions of illega

>> we expect schumer to take a victory lap for the two.rame work of the 3.5 trillion human infrastructure bill. next they go to the house of representatives. nancy pelosi plans to take up one of those bills. the frame work, later this month. what is going to happen with a bipartisan bill, she will hold on to that for a little while. while the frame work is just that, a frame work, she is going to wait until the actual legislation is written in the house and the senate before she is willing to take on that bipartisan infrastructure bill. things are very complicated in this two-track process. we're also getting some signs including senator manchin who says he has a problem with that frame work. >> now that infrastructure has been checked off. tell us what is happening with police reform. >> that's right. just about six weeks ago i was talking to you and things seemed really, really close to a deal. that fell apart. they are still working, the negotiators are still working and they have blown through another deadline, self imposed. the good n

that's something senator schumer asks his staff. >> harris: leo. >> harris, she threw schumer under the bus. schumer called for cuomo's resignation so of all the democrats who are after cuomo she throws him under the bus. schumer is not on trial here. no allegations but she threw him under the bus to make a point. that's why lawyers cannot be trusted. schumer has nothing to do with allegations of these 11 victims against governor cuomo but it's a political strategy and what i'm talking about the political track. >> harris: look, to my knowledge, senator schumer -- he left the floor because they were voting on the bipartisan infrastructure bill and he was speaking at the same time she was saying that. i clocked it. he was like still on the floor. it was unbelievable. how desperate is cuomo that you have your attorney go after the highest ranking member of the democrats in the senate? that sounds like a man who needs a life jacket, a life ring, a boat. >> and harris, let me be clear. attention all democrats. there will be more democrats being thrown under the bus. cuomo has made it very c

we expect senator chuck schumer to address the bill in just a moment. breaking news from the upper chamber. we will go there as well. >>> also, the pandemic intensifying in new dangerous ways. we just crossed 36 million covid cases in our country since all of this started by nbc's tally, and it only took eight days to add 1 million new cases. coming up we will talk to health and human services secretary becerra is tackling the new challenges. but we are going to start with the infrastructure vote in the senate, and monica alba is in wilmington, delaware, and we're following this particular bill from the very start. and i want to bring in the assistant dean of public affairs at the university of texas, and she's also a msnbc contributor. and we will start with you, ali vitali. >> craig, a halting process all the way through. we saw negotiations repeatedly fall apart and start again. one of the early republicans that tried to reach across the aisle and put together a deal, once that fell apart we saw other bipartisan senators step into the breach there, a

schumer is saying we're going take this one step at a time. yes, it's imminent and every single step needs to be careful. and the house, there is no doubt now is the time to put on that pressure and say as you figure it out, there is a house need here in order for this bill to pass. but listen, everyone knows we are in unusual times. and so these measures, opening on sunday, making sure you have a bill that has the broadest reach at the very moment and you can tackle as many programs right now at this step is going to be really important to getting it all the way through. >> david jolly, walk me through the possible kind of delay that pairing these two things together will in fact do. the delay that will happen because of the pairing of this infrastructure bill with this reconciliation, and do you think that is for democrats' part a smart strategy? >> yeah, yasmin, i think nancy pelosi has some tough decisions to make this coming week, none the fault of her own. but should she be presented with just the bipartisan bill, as you heard from congr

chuck schumer took to the chuck schumer took to the senate floor for a victory lap with a twist. >> weave come to an agreement for final passage of the bipartisan infrastructure proposal as we move forward we are proceeding on both tracks. the track of the bipartisan infrastructure proposal and the track of the budget resolution with reconciliation instructions. >>laura: just went into end aoc. wanted he said that double tracking it's impossible tracking it's impossible because just last week the bec so-called republican senator cassidy of louisiana told me something very different. >> we think it's less likely to pass somehow if i may laura makes that bill less likely to pass but if we sink this and marry them to gay on —- it's more likely to pass. >>laura: who was right and wrong? wrong? joining me now with a final warning louisiana senator kennedy from the senate budget committee and voted properly on this so-called infrastructure bill. your message tonight to your 18 colleagues who took the path to help biden to throw him aato lifeline now three.5 t. >> i can share with you my pers

. >> chuck schumer addressed sexual harassment allegations against new york governor cuomo and called for him to resign. senator schumer said the senate would continue working until it passes both the infrastructure package and budget resolution. [laughter] [applause] >> the prerogatives of the majority. [laughter] can we have some quiet place? good afternoon. i am proud to be joined by fellow senators. when the democrats won the majority, i said it was the end of the senate legislative graveyard. the senate is moving forward on our two track infrastructure and we are making good progress. we have already held more votes on amendments then in any recent years under leader mcconnell. we are only in july. 56 amendments have received roll call votes this year. yesterday, we voted on three of them and adopted two of them. they were adopted by more than 90 votes. today, we voted on two more amendments. this is how the senate is supposed to work. i am proud of the work done by our members throughout the weekend to move the bill forward. the senate will continue to work through the bipartisa

leader schumer created and had the senate in session to try to move things along.ly agree to things, but it's still taking quite a bit of time and much longer than expected, yasmin. >> i want to get to this mccarthy news real quick, but just update folks while i have you kind of on what happens next once this text actually drops? >> reporter: yeah. so what happens next is that there will be some official filing of this legislation on the senate floor. it doesn't take any votes. but then senators will be able to file amendments, ways that they want to change the legislation. then they will start voting on amendments and that could start as early as tonight or it might start tomorrow, depending on when they finalize this legislative text. every amendment will need the support of 50 senators -- excuse me, the support of 60 senators in order to change the legislation so it's a very high bar. once they dispense of all the amendments that the leaders agree to hold votes on, then they have a vote on final passage. so leader schumer said this could take the next few days a

the far left has taken over the democrat party and the pressure that chuck schumer must be under hisd bernie sanders to offer this build is 3.5 trillion which we talked about before probably will wind up being north of $5 trillion when it is over, what he's done is move the entire democrat contingent so far left to the point it looks like aoc is calling the shots right now. maria: before we move on to the border, what kind of taxes should we expect from the 5 trillion-dollar bill coming in the fall now that the senate has paved the way for, who is getting a tax increase? >> first i'll say, everybody is. what's happening there accelerating inflation that a norm is pace, were seen inflation on the run in america right now, that's the most pernicious tax because it affects everybody the retirees the most everyone's dollars are worthless. what the $3.5 trillion of additional money along with a 1.2 trillion infrastructure will put more and more money into the economy and more inflationary pressure that will be the broadest base tax but to come back to your question this will cause corpora

president, i thank senator schumer for his leadership. the fact that we in the senate were able to come unanimously behind this important, important resolution which i will describe in a minute, and i also thank senator mcconnell. and i certainly thank my friend, senator blunt, for his leadership. we must pass this legislation honoring the capitol police and other heroes who protected the capitol on january 6 by awarding them this congressional gold medal. senator blunt joined me from the beginning in sponsoring the senate version of this legislation and worked with me on the rules committee. and thank you to the presiding officer, senator padilla, for his great service on that committee to continue the work of getting to the bottom of the security planning and response failures that we saw on january 6. while that work goes on, it is important that we recognize the bravery and patriotism of those who defended our democracy and our lives with congress' highest honor. the insurrection at the capitol was more than an assault on democracy. o

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schumer: madam president just a word. i was proud to be a cosponsor along with senator gillibrand of this legislation. the harlem hell fighters are an example of bravery and courage under fire. and even though this regiment was consigned to racial segregation, they still loved america and fought hard for america and died for america. they are brave they did a great job in world war i. it's unfortunate that it's taken so long for this country to recognize their bravery because so many of our soldiers of color were not recognized for their service, but this brings us to a wonderful, wonderful moment where the harlem hell fighters will get the congressional gold medal. i am very proud that we have done this. now, madam president i ask unanimous consent that the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration and the senate now proceed to senate resolution 202. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 202, designating may 7 2021, as united states foreign service day and so forth.

schumer has made that very clear. i am optimistic that we have a path forward, that can really help the american people. >> i hear you're not counting those chickens before they hatch. i totally hear even. that anything can happen from here in. now but one thing some senators seem to be optimistic about, is enough republicans will support the. bill that includes senator sue collins of maine. this is part of what she said earlier today. watch. >> i have worked with the members so that we have a state by state analysis. and in the end, i think we will have more than ten republicans, who support the bill. >> senator, how do you see it? >> i think this bill will get more than ten republicans. we're talking about building roads that are desperately needed in our community. improving our transit systems, improving the rail service, improving getting let out of play. i can't believe that a lot of republicans don't want to be part of this historic effort. and the committee i serve, on the environment public works committee, w

is this the end of time when chuck schumer is busting rhymes.re getting into the printing business. a chicago pharmacist got busted for selling fake vaccination cards on ebay. that's a website, kat. facing 120 years in prison but in chicago that makes him less likely to get murdered. since last week u.s. customs and border protection received a shipment of more than 3,000 fake vaccine cards from china. they stamped them made in taiwan. the tsa extended the mask requirement through january of 2022. if you are coming through san francisco, we recommend you wear a mask while pooping on the street. chuck schumer is so serious about getting things back to normal he's become a rapper. >> ♪ [rapping]♪. i don't have hip hop fame. >> [cheers and applause]. >> greg: yeah. chuck dropped the mic because of his arthritis. you can't cell rap without aarp. there is an extra a. schumer is not the only one demanding vaccine paper work become part of our daily lives. covid cops are taking things too far. >> what is it this time? >> explain what you were doing in

senate majority leader chuck schumer just told the senate that he would be working on saturday to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill. there remains a slight possibility that senator schumer will be able to get unanimous consent, to vote on final passage of the bill as early as tonight. but that would require mitch mcconnell's full cooperation and last night on the floor of the senate, rob portman, usually closely aligned with mcconnell, put public pressure on mcconnell on an important bridge that joins their two states, ohio and kentucky. the bryant's pence bridge, it crosses the ohio river joining the two states. last night, senator portman, the lead negotiator on the infrastructure bill for republicans, let mitch mcconnell's voters in kentucky know what is at stake for them in this bill. >> for 25 years, i have been involved in the effort to find the funding to replace this bridge, because it needs it. funding will give us the ability to do that. we will have the ability to help with kentucky and ohio. and with the federal government working together, with the local community, t

one other point, we are fighting with schumer, senator schumer, over raising the debt limit. look, it's your debt, chuck. you raise the debt limit. but by passing this bill which created at least 250, maybe $400 million worth of debt and passing the american frontier act which i have talked about with you before, that means that republicans voted for between 600 and $800 million worth of new debt and chuck is going to throw that right back in their face. he's a shrewd politician. i don't see the win policy wise or politically. >> sean: one question is, is there any signs of hope? pelosi has got her own problems because we really need three democrats to switch and republicans could stop it in house. usually house republicans don't buck the leadership. you have the squad that's really been leading the effort behind the scenes. do you see all 50 republicans standing together to stop this reconciliation bill? that means lisa murkowski, the 19 that we mentioned, that means mitt romney, that means ben sasse. are they going to support this bill? are they -- or are they going to hold

senate, well, aoc is still holding out, watch. >> are you going to challenge senator schumer? in the primary race? >> [laughs] i do not look at things and i do not set my course positionally. i make decisions based on what i think our people need and my community needs. and so, i'm not commenting on that. >> laura: mollie, they are terrified of her. they are positively terrified of her. >> well, they should be terrified of her. she has been a very effective member, she came in representing a fairly small contingent that continues to grow them really sets the policy of the democratic party. throughout the 2020 election we were told that the people who were running were moderates and that they would restore to the united states some wonderful situation, instead whether it is a presidential level, the senate, or the house, we are seeing absolutely radical policies that are alarming so many people, they are very much in favor with that wing of the democratic party that is in control and they are setting policies, we sought even with president biden saying that even though we knew

bridges that desperately need the help. >> today senator schumer explained why what we're seeing in theght could never happen when mitch mcconnell was majority leader. >> this senate is operated much differently under democratic leadership this year than it did under republican leadership over the past six. we've taken more amendment votes this year than nearly any year in recent memory. in fact, we've had more roll call votes on amendments this year only half way through than during the past two years where the republicans were in charge combined. in other words, one-half of the year in 2021 where democrats got in charge we've had more amendments than in all of 2019 and 2020. so any talk that we are not working the senate whenever we can in a fair and bipartisan way is just wrong. legislators should have a chance to legislate. today we'll consider even more amendments and hopefully can bring this bill to a close very shortly. our goal is to pass both a bipartisan infrastructure bill and a budget resolution during this work period and we will stay here to get both done. >> senator portm

and an honor to stand with senator schumer.other domestic policy issue that will have a second vote in a short period of time. we are looking forward to the new version of the for the people act. there is so much trip wire in the state of texas. we will take any relief but i'm encouraged by the things i hear, making voting a national holiday. almost haing a no excuse absentee voter system and has allowances for people to provide other documents to prove who they are. i will tell you there are a number of things on there shining the light on money, having independent redistricting commissions instead of elected politicians drawing on congressional districts, all of these things are really heaven sent for us in texas and we're looking forward to the senate hopefully having a vote sometime in the coming days. >> representative reynolds, we have been following this so closely and you have been living it day to day that it is sort of easy to lose track of how wild this has all been, that have state legislators haing to escape their

right now they're moving forward on what schumer would call the hard way to do it, the slower way of doing it. the clock has started, 30 hours of debate, then we're going to see another procedural vote. at any time, all 100 senators could come together and say that they've decided on a quicker process to move forward on many of these amendments that are still up in the air, and that could go the expedited route, the chuck schumer deemed easier route. regardless, the senate is staying here in washington, staying in session. the only real clock that they're up against is their own senate recess. it's really a question for some of these senators of how quickly they would like to get back home and start that recess period. at the same time, though, while all of these are happening, some democrat senators, if you look at how they've been talking on tv, are also looking ahead on what's next. it's not just the bipartisan infrastructure bill that's the traditional infrastructure piece, it's also the family that has been touted. >> when we get to the other bill, that's just going to require t

chuck schumer says the chamber will reconvene today at noon as lawmakers work to finalize the text of that $1 trillion infrastructure plan. senators waited on this package to be finalized and leader schumer is urging that a group of lawmakers work as quickly as possible. >> but i urge the bipartisan group to finish their work so we can begin the amendment process here on the floor. i've said for weeks that the senate is going to move forward on both tracks of infrastructure before the beginning of the august recess. the longer it takes to finish, the longer we'll be here. but we're going to get the job done. >> that august recess, by the way, is set to begin on august 9th. that gives the senate just a little over a week to finish up on this bill. the physical infrastructure plan so they can move on to the larger infrastructure plan the democrats try to push through on their own using a legislative maneuver to get around the filibuster. not the only major piece of legislation introduce new voting rights legislation named after john lewis this week. the bill is likely to contain some of

. >> on friday after a meeting at the white house, biden, kamala harris, nancy pelosi, chuck schumer all, quote, agreed on the moral imperative of passing

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the democrats are on the fence now about what schumer around pelosi want, that massive tax-and-spending plan now in jeopardy. bernie sanders wants it. the far left wants it. speaker pelosi, trying to talk about everything but afghanistan. also up next the latest on hurricane ida, knocking out power in the gulf coast. rescues now underway. energy expert phil flynn joins us. stay with us on "the evening edit." >> it was loud. we could hear the wind. we could hear things hitting the house, hitting the vehicles. heard a lot of crashing sounds. that was probably the hardest hurricane i have ever been

if schumer is holding out on this, if schumer knows something as far as agreements within the caucushat they will carve out and push out the filibuster to advance this voting legislation, and then bless. because i'm looking at this like this is a do or die moment for democrats to protect their voting rights of black and brown voters who we know are being targeted across the country. and ali, as you mentioned, the texas democrats -- look. they have succeeded on their three primary objectives of delaying any kind of voter suppression bill being passed in texas state, house by advocating and congress for legislative action, and by garnering national attention to voting rights. which we know, getting oxygen on this has been a problem, especially competing with infrastructure packages and other issues in washington right now. so the texas democrats have done their job, now looking to the senate as well as the democratic caucus in the senate to do their job, because we know republicans have absolutely obstructed everything at this point and will continue to obstruct everything. and bill, o

should chuck schumer be afraid of aoc? the progressive congresswoman not ruling out a primary challenge with the senate minority leader for when he's up for re-election next year. >> are you going to challenge

in texas and in every other state senate majority leader chuck schumer says the senate plans to take one more shot at passing the voting rights bill before its overdue summer break. oregon democrat jeff merkley is one of the bill sponsors in the senate. it is wrong. deadly wrong to deny any of your fellow americans the right to vote. we have. >> voter intimidation and suppression has a virus challenging the health of our democracy. san antonio, democrat trey martinez. fischer says the texans are not going home, at least not yet. if congress is in

chuck schumer asked earlier a few moments ago about the inflationary threat of the 3 1/2 trillion dollar package, it will all be paid for, will it? >> absolutely it will not be paid for. that is one of my frugs traces with the infrastructure package and the bipartisan infrastructure talks we were told it would be paid for. it actually it is just not. the pay-fors we're talking upwards 30 new taxes in the infrastructure bill to pay for it. the actual pay-for they're discuss something 200 plus billion dollars in unspent covid relief funds. that is still deficit spending. the congressional budget office as you know scored the infrastructure package with another $256 billion in deficit spending over the next few years. i read this morning, i'm sure like you did, neil, that the consumer prices just for of the month of july went up 1 1/2 of 1%, making the consumer price

it senator schumer said was not borne out today.ffered a full package of amendments for the body to vote on. i can vote on them right now and so are my colleagues. the democrats objected to that. that is their true intent. they are trying to rush this through that was evident on thursday night when i stopped this. they found out they had a terrible budget score over a quarter of a trillion dollars in the hole but they been saying all along this would be paid for. it's not. they missed it by a long shot. one quarter of a trillion dollars in the red and then to pass this in the middle the night on thursday night have blocked it now today offered to have as many amendments as we want to hear. what they are really trying to do is rush ahead on the three.5 trillion-dollar budget. jon: the cbo says this was improperly funded. it will not pay for itself. >> exactly right. what will happen later on this evening the senate will be forced to vote to waive the requirement that legislation passed is paid for. that underscores that this is not p

when you see chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell voting for the same thing, it is something beautiful.athan: senator joe manchin speaking to cnn over the weekend. good morning, alongside tom keene and lisa abramowicz, i am jonathan ferro. into the bond market, yields unchanged on the session so far. the euro is stronger and the dollar is weaker against everything. here is the line. when you see chuck schumer and you see mitch mcconnell voting for the same thing, it is unbelievable. tom: it is. it is extraordinary, and this is how the laundry is cleaned in america. emily wilkins joins us right now in the heat of this battle. it is just a vignette into what happens today. does a congressman from iowa say if i don't get this, i won't vote for it? what actually happens now, as the sausage gets made? emily: right now you have a lot of senators who are not within that negotiating group, looking at the 2700 and two pages -- 2702 pages. the magic number is 60. ideally from majority leader chuck schumer, he will have all 50 democrats on board and then an additional 10 republicans. a lot of peop

schumer: i rise today wit sen. schumer: i rise today with some horrible news about the passing of a friend richard trumka who left us this morning. lost a fierce warrior at a time when we needed him most. just yesterday rich was lending his support to the striking miners in alabama. followin

maria: schumer wants two bills passed in the next two weeks.ocrats are already threatening to squash the infrastructure bill unless they also pass a massive $3.5 trillion spending bill using reconciliation, although most sources say this spill actually $5.5 trillion. republicans slamming the proposal on the price tag saying that will only fuel inflation. meanwhile, shocking new drone video to show you this morning, at least 1,000 migrants being held by border patrol agents in mission, texas. take a look. this is under a bridge where migrants were being taken to processing facilities. we visited this bridge, this is an incredible shot here and shows you how chaotic and incredibly crowded the situation is. the biden administration reportedly ready to spend millions more on securing lawyers for the migrants held at the border. yes, taxpayer dollars will pay for their legal representation. meanwhile, in texas, texas taking matters into its own hands, governor greg abbott has ordered state troopers to arrest anyone who crosses into texas, there he i

chuck schumer wants to get this done by thursday or friday.l happen. is there a but? >> definitely. thursday or friday is lightning speed for the u.s. senate. you saw over the weekend where they had to write the bill 2702 pages is the final tally. that took from wednesday when they announced the bill until last night around 7:30, 8:00. that's how long it took to write the bill. they have to go through amendments. it's going to be a while. there are parliamentary things. they can stretch this out into saturday or sunday if he wants to do so. but i think they're on target to get this done by the weekend at some point. >> there are a number of complicated pieces. i want to put out on the screen, you say what's in this for me or my community? it's roads, bridges, money for airports and high speed rail, whatever subway. there's water money. electric vehicle transformation. there's a lot of money for creating jobs and to help states which have states and localities with dilapidated infrastructure. the president in the sense, a report at camp david c