it s about saying, i am delivering what i promised in the campaign. it s interesting to hear some of the comments the president made at the events. connecting with his roots as a working class warrior. bringing back lines from his 2008 stump speech talking about passing these homes on train ride home, seeing the flickering and lights in the homes, wondering the conversations that americans are having at their kitchen table. he is trying to get outside of washington as much as possible. we know there s a big washington fight. that s over the debt ceiling. we will see it come to a head in the first meeting tomorrow between mccarthy and biden. let s listen to an exchange that kristin welker had with the president this morning. the most responsible thing to do is that we sit down. we have a time period between now and june. we find places we can find savings for the american public and put ourselves on a path of
faster than in an automobile. you don t take the car. you get in the train. that s how important this project is for up to 200,000 passengers who take amtrak or new jersey transit under the hudson river every single day. you know it matters the northeast corridor from here to boston, boston to washington. for years people talked about fixing the tunnel. thanks to the leadership of chuck and the bipartisan infrastructure law, we are finally getting this done. this law is the most significant investment in rail, the most significant investment in rail since we created amtrak over 50 years ago. billions are going into projects along the northeast corridor including replacing the existing hudson tunnel. that s why it s so important. 2,200 trains. 2,200 trains run along the northeast corridor every single day. it s the busiest corridor in the united states of america. one of the busiest in the world.
david was a reporter before he was a strategist. democrats often have trouble communicating and keeping their focus. the infighting, the infighting is one of the things that has undermined them. that list you showed, john, think about the lack of the the lack of ability in washington to get things done in recent years because of polarization. it is an impressive list. but democrats promised the moon, stars and beyond when they won those two georgia senate seats. they delivered maybe just the moon here and still a lot of anxiety in the democratic party. also hard to breakthrough to voters in a time they re exhausted, after covid and then getting still in covid, and then getting hit with inflation. there is your message. the moon is good. the moon is good. we have the moon. don t worry about the stars. i want to return, though, and get your take on the comment, because it seemed like a classic washington gaffe, telling the truth out loud unintentionally. i have no idea why she
even the two remaining republicans from the so-called gang of eight who supported it have been running away from it ever since. so the immigration debate is a classic washington stalemate, politicos make more money fearmongering and fund-raising off a problem than they do actually fixing it. with a balanced bipartisan plan. now the war in ukraine has reminded many americans of the patriotic reasons to welcome refugees into our country. but when it comes to the southern border, people still retreat to their partisan corners and amid the reports that a biden administration is now considering a delay in their title 42 plans, it is a reminder that while increased legal immigration is america s life blood, there is no constituency for the appearance of chaos along the border. and that s your reality check. john avlon, thank you. ukraine is releasing new audio of a russian commander in mariupol discussing plans to, quote, level everything to the ground.
nato actually didn t do anything right now. this is all a putin creation here. and now here we are talking about biden and his messaging. that s the thing in an international crisis like this when the importance of messaging in the advance of military conflict is so important to avoid it. there are many examples where the united states and great britain were unclear in their messaging and that can lead to increased risks of czar let s talk about nato. we heard from the president if there is a minor cursing, there would be this fight within the organization about what to do. how much dissension is there in the organization? well, i think this one falls in the category of perhaps a classic washington gaffe named after the great writer michael kinsley who defined this kind of gaffe as telling the truth in public about something that is best left unstated at a press conference.