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of the quick news stories this morning, punch bowl news with their morning newsletter, some updates on that police reform negotiation. a lot of focus on tim scott, the republican from south carolina leading the negotiations on the gop side. the punch bowl news story this morning notice that scott turned heads in the senate yesterday when he told reporters that we had good progress over the weekend. i think we can see the end of the tunnel. he added, obviously not this week coming, i think we're starting to see a framework, though. as we await those negotiations and look to the white house and around the country today for remembrances of george floyd, we're hearing from you and your thoughts this morning. robert's up first out of riverside, california, up very early in california, good morning, robert. >> morning. i just want to say that as republicans we should be against government corruption. we should be against government overreach and government bureaucracy. and we need to stop pretending like the police departments are immune to that. and there's a lot of people out there who have conspiracies about this all being a politically moti

we talk about this in punch bowl news this morning. timina leading the efforts for senate republicans told us among other reporters in a vote last night that he sees light at the end of the tunnel. we're not exactly sure what that means, but there seems to be some sort of positive ending in the offing for this. now, karen bass, democrat of california, stayed in town. the house had a session. that's a sign that at least in-person talks are going to happen this week. we're going to report that in-person talks are scheduled to happen. some people will join virtually. i think, kasey, i get the sense you and i have been through enough of these things you get the sense sometimes that a negotiation is going well and it's going to come to some sort of positive conclusion. it's going to come to some sort of deal. i do feel like that with this effort here. i just feel like it's inevitable. the right people are in the room in the sense that the people who are trusted by their leadership and trusted by their rank and file are in the room with the spac

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tim scott, cory booker, karen bass. interestingly enough, we put in our letter in punch bowl news this morning, bass stayed in town this week to continue talks. they're going to continue this week. we anticipate that something will come out maybe next week. i just don't want to -- from a practical point of view, willie, we haven't even seen the opposition on capitol hill mobilize. we know -- i would imagine, to be honest with you, if i were a gambling man, i do believe this will pass both chambers and get signed into law. i think it will take a little bit of time to get done. but, you know, we're hearing the right things, seeing the right things, hearing the right information, all positive signs at this point. but qualified immunity is a big thing. >> yeah, jake, let's talk really quickly about a couple of other issues that are obviously interesting to a lot of people on the hill. first of all, the massive infrastructure bill. republicans moved 500 -- you have the 325 or so that's based there -- there are about $800 billion. biden is at $1.7 billion. is there a possibility that that ends up around $1.2, $1.3 billion? >

quick news stories this morning, punch bowl news, their morning news later -- newsletter, some updates on that police were from negotiation. a lot of focus on timcott, republican from south carolina, leading the negotiations on the gop side. the punch bowl news story noting that scott turned heads and the senate yesterday when he told reporters that he had good progress over the weekend. he said i think we can see the end of the tunnel. he added, obviously not this week, but i think we are starting to see the framework though. as we await those negotiations and look to the white house and around the country today for remembrances of george floyd, we are hearing from you and your thoughts this morning. robert is up first out of riverside, california come up very early in california. good morning, robert. caller: i just want to say that, as republicans, we should be against government corruption, against government overreach and government bureaucracy, and we need to start pretending like the police departments are immune to that. a lot of people out there have conspiracies about this being a politically motivated thing. a medical examiner said g