there's no susan collins or mitt romney that said they tried to compromise on the first spending bill. the president insists today that this is a genuine attempt at bipartisanship. >> some republicans say they're concerned about being window dressing, mr. president. >> i'm not big on window dressing if you have observed. >> republicans say that they don't like this plan because it would raise taxes too much and so much of the money, the funding in the american jobs plan would go to things that do not qualify as traditional infrastructure projects. here's republican senator john kennedy. >> mr. president, we appreciate the invitation to come over. the white house cookies are great. we've got some questions though, because this thing you proposed has more red flags than the chinese embassy. >> right now we're waiting to see if any of the republicans come outside and talk to reporters. we may get a better sense of how it went in a few minutes. in terms of timing, big picture here, the white house wants to move very fast. they want major action in congress by memorial day. charles? >> cha

i've worked very hard with susan collins to broaden support of the bill and to main the burps.uite simple t.recognizes the rise in height crimes against asians. this is a community that feels very much under attack and in many cases feels invisible and this is a chance for the house and senate to stand up with this community to say that this kind of racist attacks has no place in america. that's one thing. i call it a prettycism million bill is it asks the department of justice to appoint a person to expedite review of these crimes and to work with local state and law enforcement to get online reporting of these crimes and make sure that people in this community should report these crimes. >> let's talk about your back. you write about the fact that your brother was separated from your family for three years in the midst of when you and your mother immigrated from japan to a, a and you write about this giving you a deep personal investigation to a lot of these immigration issues. tell us more about that. how has that experience and the difficulties there impacted your role as a

biden is already sniping with key moderates such as senator susan collins and potential republican partners such as senators rob portman and shelley moore capito have slammed biden's proposal for going far beyond the traditional definition of infrastructure. is there any room for any type of negotiation, specifically when we're talking about that massive infrastructure bill? >> yeah, yasmin, it's really disappointing. we want there to be. i think joe biden, pete buttigieg and others have said very clearly, we would love to have the republicans work with us on this. but at the same time, there are fewer moderates in the republican party than ever before. we saw how many voted not to accept the pennsylvania returns or the arizona returns, how many were reluctant to do anything to criticize donald trump. so, even in the six and a half years i've been there, the number of moderate republicans has largely disappeared. the ones that are left, the adam kinzingers and the like, easy to work with and we can move forward. but too many are still right now short-term, the party of donald trump and matt

targeted most interestingly in west virginia and maine as senator joe manchin, a democrat and susan collins for the president's infrastructure plan by not only building awareness nationally, but also targeting two key swing state senators, joe manchin in west virginia and susan collins as the linchpins for trying to get us through this 50/50 senate. >> let's talk about manchin for a second. he has thrown yet another wrench at the white house saying he's not sure he's willing to raise the corporate tax rate to the 28% that the biden team has proposed. he would be more comfortable with 25. that's still an increase, but not quite as much of an increase. manchin seems to be very much enjoying his role as basically a one-man senate. >> for sure. any senator in particular has this capability right now on the democratic side or the republican side, but joe manchin has become the focal point for this first negotiating elements of the coronavirus relief package, stimulus, workers compensation rules, then in the tax package and now this in terms of the infrastructure bill. you have to wonder if all o

republican susan collins calls the whole thing odd for doing so. >>> as for what it actually does, cierra, it tells the department of justice to expedite and hurry along cases where someone is attacked and that attack is related to the pandemic and also instructs states what to do in reporting similar crimes. it's really short, about 375 words. >> all right. thank you. >>> and in other news, new reports say president biden tomorrow will announce the withdrawal of all u.s. troops from afghanistan by next september 11th. that's a long way off, and we've heard withdrawal plans from two previous presidents but we'll see. that was the end of scott mcgrew's report there. switching gears. new details. governor newsom going to sign a major bill that will hope flip keep california safe from wildfires. that's what you're looking at there. the governor announced the $536 million package last year creating defensible space around homes and hiring more firefighters, all of which is extremely necessary. we're dry this season so now it's time to look at your microclimate forecast for a better explanatio

so lisa murkowski and susan collins and, you know, all kinds of folks shared ground. trying to go down the list. there were probably eight or 10 senators that i got to know their story all in one day. as dangerous and frightening as it was, it was an interesting kind of orientation. hans: well, those sort of relationships and i don't know friendships yet, but those relationships forged in a crisis, how can the senate get past some of the partisanship we have seen defined in the first 100 days of biden's presidency? senator hickenlooper: i was talking to cynthia loomis yesterday, and she talked about how being a freshman senator, it did polarize us. you went from there into the impeachment process. i think we both agreed we're now working past that and some of the intensity of that day and people sharing that experience in one room is going to make it possible to be more bipartisan, to find more common ground on things like infrastructure. hans: you obviously have a long history of working in a bipartisan fashion when you were governor. i believe the republicans contro

it is not your mitt romneys and susan collins. lawmakers a little further to the right than that, a little less willing to compromise with democrats, and yet president biden has decided these are the individuals he is going to meet with either because they have shown an interest in infrastructure, because of the parts of the country they represent. for member what the white house has done with previous legislation, particularly the covid package. they have defined bipartisan as not bipartisan on capitol hill, but bipartisan with voters across america, and that is something i think you will continue to see president biden make his pitch to those individuals. jonathan: i think he talked about uniting the country and not necessarily uniting congress. what we saw last time around was bipartisan talks invited republican senators into talk about the relief bill, and guess what happened? nothing. tom: gallup is on top of this, and another of other -- and a number of other pollers are as well, just how far away the politicians are from th

. >> harrington's roommate, susan collins, said winger invited harrington to his home. had claimed that she was present when roger harrington fielded a phone call from someone asking to meet him the day of the murders. >> the police found a note inside of the vehicle. it was a bank deposit slip, and on the back was the time of 4:30 p.m. the address, and the name mark winger. >> why did he leave the baby in her upstairs, the house unlocked, and him go down and play on the treadmill? >> roger harrington was not an intruder, but rather he was lured into that home by mark winger. >> attorneys for roger harrington's family say two new court documents in a civil case indicate winger planned the murders of his wife and harrington. mr. winger made some comments about perhaps it was easier if his wife were dead. >> deann schultz's cooperation with police, the fact that, you know, there was evidence that raised questions about mark winger's story -- all of that came out, prompting the voluntary dismissal of the civil suit. >> happy birthday, daddy. >> aw, thank you. >> i didn't s

martin: i do not, and it is interesting that some of the main people, susan collins, not attending.: why are they silent? martin: because they will not criticize their colleagues and have -- let them have their moment in the sun, but there are going nowhere near the infrastructure plan. jonathan: we thought china would be part of it, secretary blink en with strong words, why is this not affecting the republican party? martin: because it is a push on whether or not republicans can afford to show bipartisanship, even in the context of china, to support a close to $3 trillion unprecedented jobs recovery plan from biden. they just do not want to go there. jonathan: that is the optics pier 1 about the substance of this plan -- that is the optics. what about the substance of this plan? martin: republicans have criticized this plan because it is not roads and bridges exclusively but it is an investment in human capital, so there is this real intellectual argument going on on just what is infrastructure and what is the role of government in promoting societal change? jonathan: what kind of

. >> republican senator susan collins of maine and democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia, theyly announced honorary co-chairs of no labels, a group advocating bipartisan solutions in washington. >> everything no labels does is in a bipartisan way. it's not from one side ideologically or another. we're in the radical middle. >> trevor: that's right! joe manchin is in the radical middle! he'll eat extra vanilla ice cream! now crank up the ed sheeran and make a reasonable amount of noise! i will say the term "radical middle" is a great way to trick your friends into riding bitch, right? oh, middle back seat, so radical! both of your legs will be touching one of ours! whoa! manchin is right. it is radical to be in the middle during this time of politics. democrats and republicans are further apart than my nips after that botched boob job. the fact he can agree with both sides is extreme. it's kind of like being a robot who's also amish. >> we are simple people who believe in the old ways. >> trevor: but even if the working across the aisle is going out of fashion in washington, it

i mean, i have a lot of questions about susan collins is trying to do that with her own colleagues andthey say, hey, we should do this we should change the rules, we should do the opposite of what joe manchin is suggesting, they say, well, mitch mcconnell wouldn't hesitate for a second. now, that's not entirely the case. mcconnell insisted that the filibuster should remain in place for legislation when donald trump was president and was urging him to break the filibuster. but keeping the filibuster in place gave mcconnell the ability to say "no" to a republican president who many republicans in private thought was completely off the rails. do you think if mcconnell were in chuck schumer's shoes right now he would hesitate to change the rules around the filibuster? >> it's a complex question. i don't think mcconnell necessarily wants to change the rules around the filibuster, but it's not because he's an institutionalist, necessarily. it's because he looks at the long game and says his priorities, which are stacking the courts, passing tax cuts, can be done either through a 50-vote mini

can't garner one vote from republicans and how he is able to broker the field, how he can get susan collinsr murkowski on board, what he can do to talk to house members and see what he can do there and the democratic party obviously has a lot of challenges, they can't count on themselves. he's going to need republicans to help him more and i'm curious if he can broker those deals and keep his promise as we talked about on the campaign. >> talk about the sense of unity and bring the country together and as it moves forward, the notion that you paint a picture of joe biden collectively had a tough time getting to a decision and has in one camp or the other camp, hard to push him to get to a decision. does that undermine that sense of not just importance for governance, decision-making when you are president but don't know if you want to pick up a couple other examples, an example two that undermines that -- a lot of people say biden is focused it on a mission and had a settled message but seems like he did there's a lot throughout this book. what is an example of that in the book and how is t

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. >> you wrote that susan collins is, quote, the worst, that tom cotton is a fraud, that vampires have than ted cruz. >> you call senator sanders everything other than an ignorant slut. >> bind chats with most foes and allies. >> it's good to see you. >> but refuses to hold this one accountable, despite the u.s. concluding the saudi crown prince approved the operation which resulted in the murder of an american journalist and despite biden's campaign promises. >> yes, we were, in fact, going to make them pay the price and make them the pariah that they are. they have to be held accountable. >> biden gets into it pretty quickly with china and russia. >> you know vladimir putin. you think he's a killer? >> mm-hmm, i do. >> it takes one to know one. >> putin then challenges him to a live debate. biden declines but proposes a summit. and in the first diplomatic meeting with china, fireworks. >> isn't this the intention of the united states judging the way you have made your opening remarks that it wants to speak to china in a condescending way to a position of strength? >> the white house

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we're going to have to look at susan collins, lisa murkowski, maybe folks like ben sass and others whothere is initially a salvo to republicans. the question here, alongside whether republicans are support it, is will he have 50 democratic votes. because if he gets the joe manchins on board or the kristen sinemas from arizona, that means they have more options, particularly if they try to move this through reconciliation. so this is going to be kind of critical just like the covid relief package, where certainly the white house will reach out to republicans. they have already made clear that this train is going to keep moving, whether mitch mcconnell jumps aboard or not. >> you mentioned joe manchin, let's just admit we're going to mention joe manchin for every piece of legislation the democrats try to get through. kristen sinema as well. for every one of those, do you jeopardize losing a progressive in the house because the majority is so narrow there, representative alexandria ocasio-cortez tweeted this out, this is not clearly enough. the important context here is that $2.25 trillio

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among those lawmakers are mitt romney and susan collins and as well as joe manchin and dick durbin. figuring out how to pay for any infrastructure bill remains one of the biggest sticking points for all of these separate groups to agree on. joining us now to discuss this is andrew, thank you so much for being here. and let's start with the infrastructure discussions because i think that my main question here and what we have been trying to sort through is what is real, what is messaging, and then what is actually going to than. and the reality is this proposal from republicans only is really in my view just an attempt to say okay, we are trying to do something on this, we know it is popular. it is not what is ultimately going to become law. but that bipartisan group, what kind of influence do you think that they could have over this process? >> they could have significant influence. and look, the idea here is let's agree on what we can agree on and then let's fight on things that we can agree on. what that means in practical terms is the idea that the sghat senate would pass on a bi

appeals to people on both sides of the political divide as opposed to something that appeals to susan collins, right? so this is a bipartisan initiative because it has the support, you know, overwhelming support of the majority of the american people. >> right. >> and in some polls it has more support when it -- when there are tax increases for the rich included than when it's, you know, kind of paid for by debt or paid for in other ways. >> yeah. and cliches and bad ideas linger and endure for all sorts of the wrong reasons. you and i have spoken about fact checking this idea, something that has tens and millions of republicans supporting it. by definition, one senator or ten doesn't cancel that out. it just adds to the number. so collins or whoever can't cancel that out. it is incumbent on washington to sort of re-learn that and not just use the pun intended incumbent premises about this. michelle will stick with us. thank you very much because we have a break. but a lot more coming up, including why the president did something he hadn't done yet today. and tonight on "the beat" our special

susan collins said she is concerned about the cost.d he wants the childcare money to go directly to families and called universal pre-k a federal incursion. how do you change their minds? >> thank you for having me. people do not think we can get the american rescue plan across the table. we do the same way. he got 200 million shots in arms for vaccinations. people do not think he even get into the 100 millions. you just believe it. we are president who worked the heck out of this. you cannot just rescue the american people. you cannot just create more jobs for the american people. you have to also give the american family a chance. these three legs of the stool are critical for america to come back. >> you are dealing with republicans among whom there is some discontent already. they say the administration has not been working with them as much as they like. some even say they have been dismissive of the work done before president biden. after the joint address, lisa murkowski said this. there needs to be recognition of the success of

honey, our unemployment benefits are expiring a month earlier, and it's only a $600 check but, susan collinsgot collins? "we got collins! whelp, off to work a triple shift. in fact, even when fox does try to latch onto something biden said, they melt down over the most insignificant bull[ bleep ] because that's all they have for example, they obsessed over the fact that in his primetime address last week, biden suggested that if we keep wearing masks and get as many people vaccinated as possible, we might be able to safely have july 4th barbecues with friends and families this year and in response, fox pundits lost their minds >> the message that joe biden was sending to the american people was a lecture. it was a demand that basically said you'll only be able to have a fourth of july if you go along with all the different things that i say you have to do. >> we might be getting back to normal around the fourth of july if only we all behave. >> well, i hate to tell joe biden but nobody needs his permission to gather in our backyards on the fourth of july or any holiday or any day for that ma

susan collins has tried to talk about it. i mean, these are, in fact, popular proposals.ete buttigieg, was on "morning joe" the other day saying basically i don't care what you call it. the policies, themselves, are popular. vote for them or don't. how do republicans argue against this if they, in fact, think it's a bad idea in. >> they have shown that they can't. the ridiculous infographics we have seen coming from the gop on social media around elder care, around services we know their constituents want and we know americans want. they have also really emphasized the tax cut. and if their only rebuttal to this infrastructure plan, as we know from their 2017 action, and -- and cutting taxes for corporations and billionaires. that was a priority for the party. so, the rebuttal of elder rebut not infrastructure, and we don't want to raise taxes for corporations that already pay nothing, that's not going to cut it. i think the other thing that this signals is that the gop has not had a coordinated response to any of the substantive plans laid out by democrats, because they

i'm watching the republican side of the dais where susan collins, lisa murkowski, those in the meetingoom and starting to win over and convince, perhaps, some of the republicans it's time to move forward slow or fast, because it will be key to the administration's push. it really starts in earnest this week here on capitol hill, steph. >> they need every vote they can get. we're also expecting an explosives hearing on voting rights today. what do you hear about that? >> this will be interesting, the most political committee in the senate will be talking about voting rights issues and the star witness is stacey abrams, the one and perhaps future democratic gubernatorial candidate down in georgia, who's become somewhat of a boogieman, boogiewoman, gender neutralish figure for republicans. they are those looking for possible presidential races to go toe to toe with abrams, particularly on the issue of the georgia restriction bill, will be very interesting to watch, steph. >> certainly is, garrett. thank you. >>> now to the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. the number of covid infections

>> i mean, i'm thinking just the mitt romney, susan collins, again, tim scott, maybe lisa murkowski. sure of all the names because you just never know in the senate. i hate to say. but it's true. but those are some of the names that i have seen that possibly might come on board. >> what are some of the most important things you think that need to happen when it comes to police reform? i want to read a part of your statement after the chauvin verdict was delivered in which you say people of color across the country fear police brutality every single day and one conviction is not going to change that. we must pass the george floyd justice in policing act and additional bold police reforms. by additional bold police reforms, what do you mean? >> well, i mean, we have to stop the no-knocks and drug cases. we have to stop the chokeholds. i believe in -- i voted for the bill, so qualified immunity, i think there needs to be a national registry, so those folks that should not be police officers can't jump from one police department to another. we have to stop the racial profiling and religi

i was struck, though, by the bipartisan cooperation and senator susan collins, what she did on the other side of the aisle with senator hirono. and the 19th has great reporting on those two women worked together to bring together this bipartisan group and consensus that it's completely unacceptable that there have been over 3,800 reported hate crimes against asian americans over the last year. and so that -- the overwhelming 94 votes for this bill shows the seriousness with which lawmakers are taking this. and it's a strong statement. and it's an important one. and i'm glad that we could come together on this issue. >> yeah, and matt, moving beyond josh hawley, mr. insurrection, what does this outcome bode for police reform and infrastructure and other bills? is there hope that there will be more bipartisan outcomes? >> we can certainly hope for that. infrastructure, honestly, i think that a lot of that is in the hands of joe biden in terms of infrastructure. i think that you definitely could get republican support. probably not for $2 trillion. probably not for things that we call infra

a letter produced by 10 republicans yesterday, lisa murcowski and susan collins and mitt romney.o the oval office on the first of february we want to do a deal and they put one on the table. yesterday joe biden said they didn't move an inch but the point in early february is that democrats in the senate went to reconciliation within 24 hours of that meeting in the oval office. so if that's the track record, why would any republicans get behind your plan now? >> well, this is a different bill. that was a rescue package. we had to get shots in arms. this is a recovery package, if you will. this is making sure that we set our nation on the path to win the future. that means we must have bipartisan support. lisa murcowski and joe manchin are the two senators who brought democrats and republicans together for that energy bill i described that was passed just in december. i know that leadership exists and i know people want to be able to vote to put people to work. >> you have to have them work, too. >> say that again. >> bill: you have to work with them, too and you would grant that,

liz cheney is, i have said this before, she's no susan collins, she's moderate on nothing.to the homeland. and her sort of political faith is around the splendor and the majesty of a democracy. so i don't think liz cheney, you just interviewed her, you tell me, i don't think she cares at all if her efforts to defend democracy she ruffles every last feather of kevin mccarthy and everybody else. >> true. this interview was conducted at the republican retreat earlier this week in orlando, florida. i interviewed mccarthy, steve scalise and liz cheney. the entire leadership level of the team and most of the conversation was actually about policy, right about foreign policy, which as you know nicole, she spent a lifetime dealing with, worked in the state department in the bush administration when her father was vice president, so she has experience in that realm, we talked about china and things of that nature. and at the, as a throw away question not throw away but i couldn't get away without asking a question, by the way you have a primary challenge, obviously you're running yo

in that vote, our former colleague senator john mccain and our colleague senator susan collins, senator lindsey graham joined with senate democrats in retaining the b.l.m.'s methane rule that promoted responsible development of natural gas resources on our public lands. i would hope that all of us and i mean all of us, sincerely this is an effort that should receive the support of every single senator in this body. i would hope that all of us can come together on a bipartisan basis once again to restore and strengthen responsible federal methane standards for ail and gas operators. i am so pleased that senator collins has already joined us as a cosponsor on this resolution. and finally, i'd like to point out that these rules are important, not just to the health of oil and gas producing states like new mexico or wyoming or colorado because these rules will ensure the safety of not just oil and gas production sites but also of the gas pipelines and the storage sites that exist in every state in this country and in communities across this country. these upstream segments of the oil and ga

at one point she commented, how many of us are done with susan collins' concerns? now, i want to be clear. disagreement with or even deep dislike of members of the senate does not disqualify her for any position in the federal government. people are entitled to have their opinions. they're entitled to have their political views. but honestly, the associate attorney general of the united states must be able to effectively represent the united states in court while also working with congress on important issues. it might be hard to represent the united states in court when you've accused dozens of federal judges of being opposed to human and civil rights or being a disgrace or a liar. likewise, i wonder what senator collins thinks about vanita gupta being done with her concerns. perhaps most concerning, though, is that ms. gupta has repeatedly misled the judiciary committee under oath. every single republican member of the judiciary committee joined a letter on march 23 outlining some of her most blatant misrepresentations. ms. gupta made -- that she made during her

mitt romney was in the room, susan collins, dick durbin, jon tester, joe manchin among many others.on like? obviously, we've heard from mitch mcconnell that republicans will not vote for the plan put forward by the biden administration 2.2 trillion. they don't like raising the corporate tax rate. so what's the discussion yesterday? and do you believe there's a bipartisan way forward on this big infrastructure plan? >> well, i do think there's a bipartisan way forward. in fact, we've already passed some surface transportation bills through the united states senate, just in recent years. we have water legislation that's been crafted in a bipartisan way, that's been passed through the senate. we can look to pass precedent and see how some of those things have been funded through government subsidized loans, through various types of user fees. we also have a very important opportunity to take a look at some of the funding for the pandemic. much of that funding was absolutely needed, but in my home state of indiana, just to take one example, there's $2 billion at the state level. there's

susan collins, a few others. for the stimulus bill. was too small for the recovery they wanted. that, at least, was the conclusion of all the republicans, who spent the next-ten years attacking obama for the recovery being so weak. so, i think he feels burned, in many ways, by republicans. >> a lot of this is lessons learned from those eight years. particularly, the first -- the beginning, where there was a real crisis. not unlike, what he inherited when he -- when he took over. but, it doesn't mean that he doesn't have, in his dna, the desire to work with republicans. what it does mean is that, the time is going to be up sooner than obama let it -- let it play out. the open question is whether or not he can do it. because president obama had a supermajority of democrats, in the senate. they had 60 votes. it -- this -- it was about trying to get democrats to be onboard. and it's going to be a lot harder to get his fellow democrats on board with some of these giant proposals. big, big-ticket items. >> yeah. and it's worth noting that th

susan collins opposed the confirmation a days before the election but they went through it. have ed markey on the senate side, and mondaire jones, as well as jerry nadler who happens to be the chairman of the house judiciary committee, they have this proposal to add four seats to the supreme court. it's not in the constitution, the number of justices on the court rate it's up to congress to set that number. congress has changed the number seven times in our nations history area it's within congress's power tomorrow -- move in a straightforward unconstitutional constitutional way to achieve balance to this lopsided 6-3 super majority that exists. so i wrote that op-ed the other day. and new polling came out that the proposal introduced to add four seats is supported by a plurality of the american voters by six points. more people support adding seats than don'ts. host: since you mentioned delay justice bader ginsburg -- you mentioned the late just escape -- justice bader ginsburg. what do you think about members of the court itself who had this idea? guest: i have been asked

the president's plan, fix your roads and bridges, the water systems, i can increase it by 20% if susan collinsthe republicans that i represent, at the supervisor level, the mayors, the county executives, i talked to them every day. they love the rescue plan, they love the jobs plan and they want it done. so let's not confuse republicans in congress who are trying to criticize and obstruct just to get back to power. let's not confuse that with what the american people want and need across party lines. and we're going to deliver and then we'll stand for re-election and they can decide. >> yeah. you know, david, every time we have conversations like this, it certainly makes sense at the national level and then i get off the show and i'm like, oh, wait a second. i'm not thinking like, you know, a former member of congress because what is true and congresswoman aoc's district i new york 14. it is a delicate balance that nancy pelosi has to strike every day to figure out how, like you said, rev up the base but at the same time still reach out to those swing voters. >> right, joe. every swing congres

so i'm very hopeful and i have worked with susan collins and others to broaden the support for this billne version of it. >> >> you did a really great job because this is a very noncontroversial bill. and you explained it perfectly. and what it does is it enables us to collect data on hate crimes and incidents because these crimes have very underreported. it requires or it enables us to reach out to the aapi community to encourage them to report these crimes and incidents so that we have a data base in which to make further decisions and take further actions if necessary. and what is really important i think is that this is a bill that enables the senate to stand up and say we abhor these kind of crimes and we're going to take a position and we're going to start the process of doing something about it. i think that message is so important to the aapi community, which is really traumatized right now. they feel under siege right now. >> i want to turn to your book, which it is a memoir and it is dedicated to your mother who left an abusive relationship by fleeing to hawaii from japan, leav

susan page, thank you. >> thank you very much. >> woodruff: "apollo 11" astronaut michael collins died today after battling cancer.ayed in lunar orbit alone, for 28 hours while neil armstrong and buzz aldrin made the first landing on the moon. collins said he had no regrets. he said he was focused instead on making sure his crewmates could return home during the 50th anniversary, collins told miles o'brien that he was mesmerized by his home planet. >> on their ride back home, they marveled at our perch in the universe. the moon was their destination, but, for collins, the real discovery was earth itself. >> all right, i have got the world in my window for a change. the moon was nothing compared to my view of home planet. it was it. it was the main chance. i would look out the window, and there would be a tiny little thing. you know, you could obscure it with your thumb. but every time you put it away somewhere, it would pop out. it wanted you to look at it. it wanted to be seen. it was gorgeous. it was tiny, shiny, the blue of the oceans, the white of the clouds, little streak of rust color that we call continents

susan >> as an sfusd parent who worked hard through the years for restorative practices i feel some people on the boe are acting like bullies towards allison collin. i ask you all to reconsider your stance and put her back as vice president. she's done an excellent job. she's a hard worker. i really urge you guys to reflect on how you're behaving. thank you. >> thank you. >> hello, juliette. >> this is the part about commenting on the vice president election? >> yes. >> you know, i think that any candidate would be good. i still push for the fact that alison collins should be pushed to force to resign. it's sad she's teaching so many children what she said was okay. you don't get to tell me how your comments made me feel. they were offensive. my parents are not supporting white supremacists ideology. to compare that to an extremist group is offensive. again, we reiterate she's teaching children and children are watching as so many say it's okay to make these racist comments. it's offensive. she should resign and do the right thing for the group. there is no role for restorative justice for her because she sued all you who voted against her. those

in 2018, she tweeted that senator susan collins had failed her constituents, based on her support for justice brett kavanaugh and was, quote, sending a dangerous message to a survivor of sexual assault. while ms. gupta repeatedly asked senators for forgiveness for her many inappropriate tweets and asked for is a second chance, it is significant here that she didn't give that second chance to others when the shoe was on the other foot. for example, when ryan bounds was nominated to the u.s. court of appeals for the ninth circuit, ms. gupta said the following about some comments he had made when he was in college. quote, while he has recently apologized for those comments, the timing of that apology suggests it is one of convenience rather than remorse offered in a last-ditch effort to salvage his nomination and win the support of his home state senators, close quote. it appears here that ms. gupta perhaps wants to provide no grace, no second chance to others for things they wrote in college, but then has asked for senators to give her grace and a second chance for insensitive statement