all killed by individual shooters legally armed to the teeth, even with all that, no, the united states senate insists there can be no changes, no reforms. joe manchin insisted after sandy hook in 2012 that he was the one that could do it. that i would show that the united states senate was not broken, that it could absolutely do its job on this issue as long as you let someone like him define the job that was to be done. just as long as you let someone like him lead the way. just as long as you let somebody like him work with other senators like him who had so much credibility in the gun lobby. we can't do anything more ambitious that what he wants or what they want. watch what they can do once they finally decide to do on this. people like joe manchin said there's some credibility on this issue, they could get things done! things that we all agree should be done. just watch. the senate can work on this issue when they want to. just wash. just put things in the hands of the senators who disagree with 90 plus% of the american public on this. senators who represent the fringiest, smallest, most

not in the united states senate. not with filibuster rules in place that say a majority vote doesn't count. so nothing happened in american law. no law change. nothing made it through congress. in the final year of his presidency, president obama was still not just expressing regret about that, still not just exhibiting a rare for him show of anger about that. in the final year of his presidency, he was still actively emotional about that years later. >> 2nd amendment rights are important. there are other rights we care about as well. we have to be able to balance them. because our right to worship freely and safely, that right was denied to christians in charleston, south carolina, and that was denied jews and sikhs in oak creek. they had rights, too. [ applause ] our right to peaceful assembly, that right was robbed from moviegoers in aurora and lafayette. our unalienable schoolers at columbine. and from first graders in new town. first graders. and from every family who never imagined that their loved one would be

senators as a large state like virginia, and that was their intention. so the protection of minority rights was kind of built into the definition of the united states senate, and the filibuster became its manifestation in the procedure, the daily procedure of the senate. and under that filibuster, of course, one senator could stop the debate or at least slow it down by insisting on a filibuster, only to be stopped by a -- an extraordinary majority of the senate voting to return to the regular business. that was the case in 1957 because in august of 1957, senator strom thurmond took to the floor of this united states senate and initiated the longest filibuster in its history. 24 hours and 18 minutes. the man stood by his desk and spoke without stopping. he didn't have any permission to leave the floor for any reason, and certainly couldn't sit down without losing his filibuster. he did it. he did it for the wrong reason, i'm afraid, because he was trying to stop the march of civil rights in this country, but he did it, determined to achieve that goal. and when he did in 1957, that was the fifth filibuster in the history of the senate in the previous five d

and our first guest tonight is the person who got all those people confirmed in the united states senate today, senate majority leader chuck schumer is going to join us. and rachel, this new information tonight, the new tape of donald trump making a call to georgia to an election official, this one before christmas. so earlier than the one that we already heard is just such stunning additional information about what was clearly an ongoing campaign to try to change the result of that election. and as you point out, he seems to cross the legal line repeatedly in these phone calls. >> and it also fills in some of the pieces about who was involved in this campaign and what the pattern of corrupting events were. and this may be a racketeering investigation in georgia based on actions and statements from that district attorney's office. but the white house chief of staff really did turn up bodily in person surprised at the audit in georgia when they were auditing the absentee ballots in cobb county. he showed up in person and then the next day he apparently told the president to call the inves

i mean, if that's what debate and deliberation regularly sounded like in the united states senate, boy, we'd be a different country than we are, and a lot more people would want to run for public office than already do. senator warnock is going to join us live here in just a couple minutes. but that idea ha he is talking about, that the fight for voting rights is, yes, the latest battle in a long war for democracy, one that stretches back to the civil rights movement and well before that, but also one that is now being fought in this new crucible of the violent right-wing attack on the capitol ten weeks ago today, right, which at its core was an objection, a rejection of democracy, a refusal to accept the results of an election in which the voters chose to oust the last president and install a new one, that is the new crucible in which we are having these voting rights fights right now. the director of national intelligence today put out an unclassified report on the threat of domestic violent extremism. here's the top finding. "the intelligence community assesses that domestic violent

, referencing the legislative filibuster and how important it was historically here in the united states senate. well, mr. president, about that same time, 2017, 61 senators out of 1 see here -- out of 100 here in the united states senate, signed a letter in which they supported retention of the legislative filibuster. and in fact it goes on to say that we are writing to urge you -- and this is to the senate leaders at the time, senators mcconnell and that you were -- to support our efforts to preserve existing rules, practices, and traditions as they pertain to the right of members to engage in extended debate before the senate in. senators have express add variety of opinions about the appropriateness of limiting debate when we are considering judicial and executive branch nominations, regardless of our past disagreements on that issue, we are united -- united -- in our determination to preserve the ability of members to engage in extended debate when bills are on the senate floor. 61 senators, including over 30 democrats, mr. president, on record as recently as 2017 in support of the legisla

states like delaware would have the same number of senators as a large statelike virginia . and that wastheir intention . the protection of minority rights was built into the definition of the united states senate and the filibuster became its manifestation in the procedure, the daily procedure of the senate and under that filibuster of course, one senator could stop thedebate or at least slow it down . i insisting on a filibuster only to be stopped by an extraordinary majority of the senate voting to return to the regularbusiness . that was the case in 1957 because in august 1957, editor strom thurmond to the floor of this united states senate andinitiated the longest filibuster in its history . four hours and 18 minutes, the man stood by his desk and spoke without stopping. he didn't have any permission to leavethe floor for any reason and certainly couldn't sit down without losing his filibuster. he did . he did it for the wrong reason i'm afraid because he was trying to stop the march of civil rights in this country but he did determined he could achieve that goal. and when he did in 1957, that was the fifth filibuster in the history of the senate in the previous five decades.

we've had a hispanic it is a senator representing the state of new mexico we have incredible senators along the way that with the responsibilities and leadership in the united states senate jeff bingaman and tom udall and now my senior senator from new mexico i think that election you have to earn the trust of voters and reach out and connect with them and i'm just so honored to be able to do that and in so many small communities throughout new mexico that i appreciate the advice and guidance especially from the older generation of the new mexicans that have been so active they gave me the guidance necessary to now serve proudly as the newest united states senator. >> i talk to your father the late speaker of the house very influential in your life. one of the things he has mentioned is new mexico has struggled for poverty for generations. especially in hispanic communities. and that kept him up at night. what keeps you up at night from one of the poorest states in the country with a lot of potential? >> actually similar to my father and my mom who retired after 33 years from a local public school district my father served as a state representative and spea

the senate has never confirmed a more qualified u.s. trade representative. as united states trade representative, katherine tai is the only member of the biden cabinet of asian descent. the senate unanimously confirming the first asian woman ever to serve as the u.s. trade representative is something joe biden would want to celebrate, but today was not the day for that. st. patrick's day is something that joe biden always celebrates, but today, before he publicly shared st. patrick's sentiment with the irish prime minister, president biden had to speak about the latest mass murder in america in which six of the eight victims were women of asian descent. >> whatever the motivation here, i know that asian-americans are in very -- very concerned because, as you know, i've been speaking about the brutality against asian-americans for the last couple of months. and i think it is very, very troubling. >> police say a 21-year-old man, robert aaron long, who confessed to the murders shot and killed four people at a business in cherokee county, georgia, a northern suburb of atlanta.

chuck, i'm one of only three african-americans in the united states senate. 1, only the 11th black united states senator elected in the history of our country. i think part of what this underscores is that representation matters. when you are inside of a kind of privileged echo chamber, you can say things and not understand the implications of what's going on. this is the reason why we've got to stand up for voting rights in our country. we've got to make sure that people from diverse backgrounds with their life experience, that they bring this to the great debates about the direction of our country. and that's why we've got to pass the john lewis voting rights act, and we've got to pass the for the people act. >> senator raphael warnock, a new democrat from the state of georgia, thank you for coming on and sharing your views with us. i know on most sundays you have another job you do. i appreciate you spending a few minutes with us. >> headed to church, chuck. great to be with you. >>> joining me is the chairman of the republican senate policy committee, roy

president biden, who spent 36 years in the united states senate said, i've never seen anyone work as skillfully, as ably, as patiently with determination to deliver such a consequential piece of legislation. joe biden has seen the very best senate majority leaders at work in both parties, but he's never seen anything like what chuck schumer did to get the biden covid relief bill through the senate. after marathon negotiating sessions with democratic senators before and during the legislative action on the senate floor and after a grueling all-nighter in the senate fending off republican amendments, chuck schumer was grateful for and overjoyed by each one of the 50 votes he was able to get on his first big bill, the most important test of his leadership that chuck schumer has ever faced. >> i want to say one thing. i am so proud of my caucus. i love each one of them. they are just so great. and you know what unites our caucus? everyone knows especially with 50 votes we all have to pull together. everyone knows. >> and joining us now, the majority leader of the united states senate, chu

united states. michele is a state senator in georgia, the first asian woman to serve as a senator in the state and told the "washington post" that last night's shooting took place in a landscape where asian americans are increasingly terrified and fearful for lives and safety because of the escalating threats against our people. now we have a woman of black and south asian descent sitting in one of the highest positions of power in the country. kamala harris is the first female vice president, the first black and south asian vice president and spoke a little bit today about how speculation on the motive of the shooter right now is a little besides the point in terms of the impact of the killings on the asian-american community, regardless of what the killer does or doesn't say or explain about the murders. >> we don't know. we are not clear about the motive. i do want to say to the asian american community we stand with you and understand how it has frightened and shocked and outraged all people. but knowing the increasing level of hate crime against the asian american brothers and sisters, we want to

the bernie sanders wing of the party is center of gravity in the united states senate.he shots. and their leadership seems intent on moving a very far left agenda, completely devoid of any, you know, opportunity for republicans to get their ideas or their input into the discussion. mike: is part of going it alone because they plan to boost taxes in that same package? >> they do. they expect that, we expect huge tax increases which would be a horrible idea. the economy was performing at, you know, historic levels prepandemic. that was partly function of trump administration tax and regulatory policies, energy policies, states like south dakota, ag policies working with republican congress. they want to reverse all that. they want to raise taxes on all the small businesses, job creators in this country. that would reverse a lot of gains we made. a lot of economic growth that we've seen and, make it that much harder to create jobs. a heavy top down government with less freedom, less economic freedom, heavier taxes, heavier regulations is not going to lead to an economy tha

i see a united states senator and if you really were interested in unity or fair treatment and respect civil discourse, that's what you would see. so now, the senator from the great state of south carolina, tim scott. thank you for joining us, senator. >> tim: what's up, buddy? how are you? >> trey: i have to get something on to off my chest. thank you for joining us. i want to talk to you about what is in the covid relief bill that the senate just passed. >> tim: well, thank you. let me just say this on what you just said. woke supremacy is as bad as white supremacy. we need to take that seriously. for all of the folks who oppose common sense, matthew five, verse 34 is still relevant. it is not a covid relief package. it is more of a progressive plan. it pays everybody. it pays prisoners. think about this. california, that is predicted to have a $19 billion surplus gets 40000000000 out of $350 billion set aside for states who need help. if you don't need help, you shouldn't get it. and why is the taxpayer, or why are all taxpayers funding and subsidizing blue states that have surpluse

that is a complaint of republicans' own making, because it is only a partisan bill in the united states senate three out of four voters support the american rescue plan. this is a recent morning consult poll. it's been referred to before on the floor. 70% of all voters support the american rescue plan. not surprisingly there's some difference between democrats and republicans, but frankly, not p much. 90% of democrats support the rescue plan. 60% of republicans support the american rescue plan. why? because everybody is hurting in this country. everybody is hurting. republicans and democrats need an extension of benefits. republicans and democrats know their kids can't get what they need in school without additional supports. this is a unifying proposal in the american public. president biden made a commitment to govern in a way that unified the country. he's done that. he's proposed a bill that has the broad support of republicans and democrats. i don't know that it's his fault that it can't draw republican support in congress despite the fact that it draws republican support from the public.

pleased it's always to welcome back to the house former leader, the majority leader of the united states senate, senator chuck schumer, with appreciation for the great work that he did in the senate. brought all of that beautiful exuberance together so that we could have success today. mr. leader, welcome back to the house. >> thank you. nancy let me thank you for your beautiful exuberance as well. and the thinks goes to the senators who are standing here. our greek committee chairs. and all of our senators who pulled together as one unit. beating back killer amendments. making sure the bill was as strong as possible. i want to salute them. those who are here and those who could not be here. i want to salute the house as well. we were seamless, we worked together. democrats on the house side. democrats on the senate side. altogether because we knew how important this was to america. so what do we say to america? we say to america help is on the way. help is on the way. you will receive 1400 dollar checks by the end of march. help is on the way. vaccines will be available for more quickly far mo

news the wire from berlin and united states senate passes a mammoth coronavirus relief package handing joe biden his 1st major legislative victory as president that includes emergency unemployment benefits and a direct payments for taxpayers but the sweeping bill totaling $1.00 trillion dollars wasn't backed by a single senate republican also coming up on the show a historic meeting between pope francis and iraq's top shiite cleric grand ayatollah sistani. the christian and muslim leaders came together with a plea for peace in the holy city of najaf plus he said is going to be good to go deal with. the group of days he says that the child although he wasn't 100 continues in south africa for some crocodiles that have escaped from a grieving father. hello i'm claridge's and welcome to the show the united states senate has approved a $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus relief plan after hours of debate and a marathon overnight a vote democrats in the chamber voted to adopt the plan without any republican support the bill includes a $1400.00 direct payments to taxpayers and an extension of j

the bar apparently in the united states senate is impossible for an impeachment trial.arly the bar you're facing is lower. but to what extent? what is the kind of thing you would have to prove to have a jury find for you? >> well, i think the first thing that we have going for us is it won't be a stacked jury of not really peers but as much as enablers who don't have enough courage to make a stand when they had a chance to. so, i think that's at least a check in the right box. i think in terms of the bar, i mean, you could look at it that way, but i think it's also just a different function of the -- or a different part of the system. there certainly was a place for the impeachment trial. the managers put on a master class in marshalling all the evidence. and there should have been a conviction because trump was in office and had in his personal capacity for his own personal reasons had gone way beyond the bounds of the office. this is another venue for getting the relief that the american people deserve. it happens to be the only venue right now because the senate punt

the way to deal with this problem and i started to deal with it back when i was united states senator for i mean vice president for putting together a bipartisan plan of over $700000000.00 to do the root causes of why people are leaving what a trump do he eliminated that funding he didn't use it he didn't do it and in addition to that what he did he dismantle all the elements that exist to deal with what had been a problem and quick and has been continued to be a problem for a long time he in fact shut down the number of beds available he did not fund h.h.s. to get people to get the children out of those those border patrol facilities where they should not be and not supposed to be more than a few days a little while but he dismantle all of that so what we're doing now is which attempting to rebuild rebuild the system that can accommodate the there what is happening today and i'd like to think is because i'm a nice guy but it's not just because of what's happened every year let me say one other thing on this if you take a look at the number of people are coming the vast majority the o

pick somebody else's cotton went to the polls in january and picked her youngest son to be a united states senator. ours is the land where possibility is born of democracy. a vote, a voice, a chance to help determine the direction of the country in one's own destiny, possibility born of democracy. that's why this past november into january, my mom and other citizens grabbed hold of that possibility and turned out in record numbers 5 billion in november, 4.4 million in january, far more than ever in the states history. turnout for the typical runoff doubled and the people of georgia sent their first african-american senator and first jewish senator, my brother to these hallowed halls. but then what happened? some politicians didn't approve of a choice made by the majority of voters in the hard-fought election in which each side got the chance to make its case to the voters. and rather than adjusting their agenda, rather than changing their message, they are busy estrying to change the rules. we are witnessing right now a massive and unabashed assault on votingee rights, unlike anything that we have

welcome back to the house a former member here, now the leader, the majority leader of the united states senate, senator chuck schumer, with appreciation for the great work that he did in the senate to bring all of that beautiful exuberance together to send back to us so that we can have this success today. mr. leader, welcome back to the house. [applause] mr. schumer: thank you. let me thank you for your beautiful exuberance as well. and the thanks goes to the senators who are standing here, our great committee chairs, and all of our senators who pulled together as one unit, beating back killer amendments, making sure the bill was as strong as possible. and i want to salute them. all of those who are here and some who couldn't be here. [applause] and i want to salute the house as well. we were a seamless web and we work together. democrats on the house side, democrats on the senate side. all together. because we knew how important this was to america. so what do we say to america? we say to america, help is on the way. help is on the way. you will receive $1400 checks by the end of march. help

and the united states senate passes a mammoth coronavirus relief package handing joe biden his 1st major of legislative victory as president but the bill wasn't backed by a single senate republican. welcome to our viewers around the world i'm michel oku pope francis is scheduled to visit mosul today the one time stronghold of the so-called islamic state as part of his historic visit to iraq he's currently in the city of erbil where the christian community suffered at the hands of the terrorist group despite the pandemic the pope plans to celebrate mass for an expected crowd of 10. 1000 people in a sports stadium people have been gathering for that event ahead of the pope's arrival. the pope is now heading to mosul a former stronghold of the so-called islamic state of course i'm joined now by correspondent oh in the whole the way what's pope francis's main message in northern iraq today i think the air as you said in your introduction. there. to keep your eyes the islamic state in in 20222015 to 2017 when for the for a cluster them for the christmas you typically was it was devastated cer

out and squeezed out of their own democracy, and i'm going to do everything in my power as a united states senatoro give the people their voice back. >> senator raphael warnock of the great state of georgia, sir, thank you for making time to be here tonight. i know this is a big day at the start of your senate career. it's an honor to have you here. thank you. >> thank you. >>> much more ahead tonight. stay with us. much more ahead to. stay with us ♪ pepto bismol coats and soothes your stomach for fast relief and get the same fast relief in a delightful chew with pepto bismol chews. (woman) what should we do with it first? (man) road trip. (woman) yes. (woman) off-road trip. (man) how hot is the diablo chili? (waitress) well, you've got to sign a waiver. [loud laughter] (woman) is this even a road? (man) yeah. (woman) so what should we do second? (vo male) the subaru forester. the most adventurous forester ever. (vo female) get 0% for 63 months on select new 2021 models. now through march 31st. when we found out our son had autism, his future became my focus. lavender baths calmed him. so we made

that is discharging our duties as united states senators. so i would say to that senator and others, i agree completely with senator schumer. we need to bring bills to the floor that will reduce gun violence in america. keep firearms out of the hands of people who should not have them. convicted felons and mentally unstable people should not be having guns and buying them and able to kill innocent people who are just stopping by at the super market to pick up something to take home. that's what happened in boulder, colorado. and as the stories are printed in newspapers across america about those lives lost, it is a grim reminder that this is not ridiculous, it is not theater. it is a life-and-death issue, which we have the power to change. i hope that we can bring this measure to the floor, the one that passed the house of representatives, and others to bring sanity to our second amendment to make sure that we have constitutional commonsense gun safety that is consistent with any constitutional right. mr. president, i yield the floor. the pre

including one question about the delicate balance that manu was just talking about in the united states senateats. you've got a 50/50 split. any one democrat going off the reservation means a priority item potentially of the president of the united states does not get through. so i'd like to hear from him on that. obviously there were a lot of objections raised during this senate debate about some of the specific things in the bill that republicans say have absolutely nothing to do with covid or helping the economy along. it would be also good to try to get a question or two to the president there but i think this frankly is going to be a good day for the president to come out and speak to the media. he has not done a news conference just yet. hopefully we'll get there at some point. and would love to hear what he has to say today, back to you, fred. >> so, joe, remind us of the efforts that this president made. i mean, you know, decades long student of the senate, he knows how it works and his involvement here. whereas he may not have been able to be successful in getting that bipartisan legi

will the united states senate once again, as it has now we can say year after year, will the united states senate surrender to gun violence? that's a question i've been asking myself. i certainly asked it on this floor. will the senate continue to surrender to gun violence? and by extension, therefore, the country is not taking action when we don't take action. the only way that we can begin to solve this problem over time is to take action here in the senate. the house has acted over and over again, as we know, bill after bill. in a larger sense, we have to ask ourselves is it really true, will it be true again that the most powerful nation on earth, really the most powerful nation in the history of the human race, will that nation once again surrender to this problem because of inaction here? i know this is true in every state in the union, but i certainly know it's true in pennsylvania. the people of my home state and the people of america expect us to act. they don't expect us to surrender once again to this problem. they expect us to take action to pass commonsense gun measures that w

understand that doing away with the legislative filibuster would create a nuclear winter in the united states senateional civic engagement group called on congress to pass the for the people act, to increase public pressure on the senators who have the power to pass these popular bills. for more i'm joined by amy klobuchar of minnesota. you used to be a skeptic about getting rid of the filibuster -- >> a wise and thoughtful senator. i was just listening to senator thune's words. so go on. >> yeah, sorry about that. i didn't mean to step on you. you used to be skeptical, but you've made a hard turn on that. what triggered your change of heart a that. >> i think it was the winter that senator thune referred to that we have not been ability to get anything major done, short of a natural disaster when we have the pandemic upon us. then make people scurry, scrum together and get things done, but we have major, major issues before us. one of them, it would be the first time, thanks to senator warnock and senator ossoff and their wins in georgia, we'll have the gavel and we'll have a hearing, i am, on the

only 18% of americans are represented by 52 united states senators. ers in the senate, because it disproportionately favors rural and other interests. and urban interests are chronically underrepresented. now i don't see that as distorting or swaying anything i see that as a correction of a much needed imbalance, so the voices of american citizens who have issues not getting addressed by the senate might get addressed. it's not about partisan politics but it's about correcting an underrepresentation that has denied fundamental equality and a fair hearing on important issues that americans living in cities in all 50 states are counting on finally getting addressed. >> senator paul strauss, we really appreciate you coming on to talk about this issue. it obviously continues to be one in the news. thank you. >> thank you. >>> ahead, how former president trump is plotting his return to social media when he is still banned from twitter and still banned from facebook . securely drop off your documents, have them picked up, or upload them, and work with a tax

and to introduce, again, my 129th dreamer story on the floor of the united states senate, which i havefor years. diana endino, she was born in ecuador and came to the united states when she was 11 years old and grew up in texas. she graduated in the top ten% of his -- 10% of his high school class, went ton to earn a -- went on to earn a behalf -- bachelor degree with honors. she said, i found my calling in medicine after volunteering at a local county hospital while i was in college. and here is what she said about the difference that daca made in her life. i graduated from college in 2011 and my dream of becoming a physician was truncated by my lack of citizenship status. daca came a year later and i was able to apply for medical school at loyola. and let me add hats off to loyola and their medical school. they have led the nation in accepting wonderful students just like diana. they were the first in the nation to accept daca applicants. more than 30 have since attend it had their medical school and many are practicing in underserviced area. she is now a third-year resident at loyola

news the wire from the united states senate passes a mammoth coronavirus relief package handing joe biden his 1st major legislative victory as president it includes of merchants the unemployment benefits and a direct payments for taxpayers but he sweeping bill totaling $1.00 trillion dollars was in fact a single senate republican also coming up on the show. the darkest days of the pandemic in brazil an aggressive virus very sweet since the country while presidential year polls narrow downplays the threat must defend its case because we don't 2 know where. to put the daily beast. reptiles on the run mr hunt continues in south africa for some crocodiles that have escaped from a breeding farm. oh and welcome to the show the united states senate has approved a want to points 9 trillion dollar coronavirus relief plan president biden says it will give families struggling to pay their bills the breathing room that they need the rescue package narrowly made it through the chamber as one democrat threatened to vote against it but that was prevented with some a last minute tweaks to the bill and th

neil: all right, want to take you to the floor of the united states senate. ted cruz is addressing his colleagues right now. they are in the middle of what they call a vote-a-rama where there are amendments, sometimes dozens that could come up, and they vote on them and some get in, most never get in, but the back and fourth on this as the debates ensued in this case between dick durbin and of course ted cruz over this whole $1.9 trillion package is even necessary. the vote, some time tonight in the senate. so that's the way it's looking as they get through these various amendment votes and debates. it's a drawn out affair, they were there all night long, and they did get together an agreement on reigning back some of those weekly unemployment benefit checks, it's $300 from $400 with the compromised ground found on extending them until at least september 6. so, they are making progress, but in inches and progress could be in the eye of the beholder here because many people say do we need something of this size? take a look at what happened in the markets and

me who grew up in public housing, first college graduate in my family, and now stand as a united m states senator. i had an older father. he was born in 1917. serving in the army during world war ii once asked to give up his seat wearing his soldiers uniform. s they said making the world state for democracy. but he was never bitter. and by the time i came along, he had already seen the ark of change in our country. and he maintain the his faith in god, ande in his family. and in the american promise and he passed that faith on to his children. my mother grew up in wake cross, georgia you know where that is, way across georgia. [laughter] and like a lot of black teenagers in 1950s she spent her as youlo recalls picking somebody else's tobacco and somebody else's cotton. but because this is america. the 82-year-old hands that use to pick somebody else's cotton went to polls in january and picked her youngest son to be a united states senator. a land where possibility is born of democracy. a vote, a voice, a chance, to help determine the direction of the country in one's own destiny within a possibl

the united states senate was supposed to bring constancesy to public policy, predictability to public policy. >> senator, the dnc unveiled an ad targeting you and joni ernst, the opposition to the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill. local polls showing you might be in trouble. what is your response to that? people like free money. how do you push back to that? >> isn't it an example of how political this operation was the 1.9 trillion. particularly when we did five bills the year before that were very bipartisan and passed with 90 votes in the u.s. senate. they didn't want to do it because with republicans just wanting to do things connected with the pandemic about $600 billion, the wish lists that the democrats wanted and got wouldn't have been accomplished. so it really is a democratic agenda with the cover of helping people hurt by the pandemic. so it's -- you got to see it as purely as a political move. look who paid for the billboard. the democrat national committee. >> senator, i know you've been calling for the justice department to review how states have handled this nursing home cri

when i've done my entire life and that's what i'm going to continue to do for them in the united states senateappreciate it and we will follow the race. thank you for your time. >> appreciate you, sir. thanks for having me on. >> bret: former governor running for senate. up next, latest on the breaking news out of colorado, we have someone on the scene and get you the latest plus brit hume on the federal judge's scathing comments about biases in the media. later, a wild spring break down in miami. >> you can't go to the beach and here we go! >> that's not fair! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ miracle-earmini- a nearly invisible hearing aid from the brand leader in hearing aids with over 70 years of experience. (deborah) when i finally had miracle-ear and i could hear for the first time, i started crying. i could hear everything. new miracle-earmini. so small and comfortable that no one will see them, but you'll notice the difference. call today to start your 30-day risk-free trial at your local miracle-ear. is now a good time for a flare-up? enough, crohn's! for adults with moderate to severe crohn's or ulcerative co

still, doing that could jeopardize its chances also in the united states senate where one democratic senator, joe manchin, has expressed reservations about going that route. wolf, even though there's still a lot on the agenda and a lot to move forward, it will require consensus on both sides, consensus on issues that frankly have divided the parties badly over the last several years and that means where things end up from here is a big question for the new president as he tries to bring the two sides together. democrats are pushing agenda on their own votes. >> 50/50 senate, and the margin that the democrats have in the house is narrow, 220-211. it's a tight, tight margin in the house as well. we'll see what happens. manu raju on capitol hill, thank you very much. more now on the breaking news. chief national correspondent john king is with us. also with us, chief political analyst gloria borgborger. americans are about to feel it within a matter of weeks. how significant is this moment? >> it's a giant political win for joe biden at the 50-day mark. he wanted $1.9 trillion and he got

what's at stake here is not the integrity of the united states senate alone.t's at stake is the integrity of our voting process in every election. federal, state and local. we have a sad history in this country after the civil war of restricting the right to vote, particularly for african-americans and poor people. we don't want to return to those days. we want to move forward into fuller participation by everyone in this democracy. >> senator, i woke up to news reported by cnn that i wasn't aware of that you held a bipartisan meeting yesterday. i want to repeat that because it seems so rare. you met with a bipartisan group of senators on immigration. first of all, congratulations to each and every one of you who chose to do that and sit in the room and have that discussion. what came of it? >> it was a good meeting. there's clearly differences of opinion within that subject matter. the people boycott it or stand up and walk out. we talked about putting together the different points of view and see if we can find some middle ground. i want to prove there's a p

this is d w news the wire from berlin the united states senate passes a mammoth coronavirus relief and then joe biden his 1st major legislative victory as president includes emergency unemployment benefits and direct payments for taxpayers but the sweeping ability totaling want to point 9 trillion dollars was impact by a single senate republican also coming up on the show a historic meeting between pope francis and iraq's top shiite cleric grand ayatollah sistani a christian and muslim leaders came together to make a plea for peace in the holy city of new jobs. and the darkest days of the pandemic in brazil an aggressive a virus various sweeps through the country of presidential year both to narrow down place the straps. low in claridge's and welcome to the show the united states senate has approved a want to point 9 trillion dollar coronavirus relief plan after some 24 hours of debate democrats in the chamber voted to adopt the plan without any republican support and includes $1400.00 in and direct payments to. taxpayers and an extension of jobless aid the house of representatives is

but you said in the case of ron johnson that ron may be the one case in the united states senate where he just doesn't know better. he actually doesn't know better. so why don't we as a public service to wisconsin's struggling senator, why don't we just tick off the list really quickly, claire, of all the conspiracy theories and all of the bogus mitigating factors that ron and others keep trying to bring up to try to distract from the real culprit here which was donald trump, trump terrorists, seditionist josh hawley and seditionist ted cruz. we had wray saying, it wasn't antifa. we have no evidence it was antifa. it wasn't anarchists. no evidence there. no, it wasn't people dressing up to look like trump supporters. asked that twice. wasn't people wearing disguises. he left those senators based on all of the fbi's evidence with the inescapable conclusion that those were trump supporters turned trump terrorists who committed an insurrection against the united states of america. >> you think this is going to stop ron johnson from repeating the lie? i mean, you're talking about a republi

>> is amazing think about the united states senate and the founders built this a slowdown legislationy delivered a process and is that what the people want and is what they need and the democrats are planning on doing and we already seen them start to do we don't need political support for this we just need a very narrow majority 50 plus one to pass anything that we want and that can include trillions of dollars of spending and honestly the behavior i see from democrats suggest that they don't think they will be in power in two years there sprinting into passing every single political giveaway that they can to the contributors, their donors and people connected to their party. this is the latest indication to be, on a hot mic saying we will not be bother with the senate rules we will be using a special role to pass through the filibuster more spending. elizabeth: let's listen to the audio. >> i think it's going to be a process into some action in certain parts of it but ultimately it will be put together similar -- [inaudible] most likely reconciliations. elizabeth: why do we have the

as i used to say as a united states senator, t-shirt, i yield the floor to you. >> thank you mister president. i express my condolences to the people of america and indeed the people of atlanta and the families of those people who are victims of the awful shootings yesterday. i know, mister president, st. patrick's day is very special to you, and the people of ireland are happy to have you as president of the united states of america. i can think of no way to extend a warm message. happy st. patrick's day as you said, it seems strange, but irish people love to come together to celebrate our heritage and culture, with song, with dance, with parades, with poetry. this year, because of the pandemic, here and ireland, people are marking the occasion and their own homes, but we are thinking of those around the world and sending thoughts and wishes. we do so in the hopes that next year will be better, which i believe it will. with people vaccinated, we move closer to a place where people can hold each other and celebrate again. and i greatly look forward to you being able to visit ireland, as you h