world. now, he wasn t partisan but it was principled. he was kind but he was a quiet and undeniable force for all the presidents and leaders not only american presidents but foreign leaders who he gave advice. to say those who sought his advice in the process. i was reminded as i said earlier, brit and i were on earlier, he soared above the politics colin powell did. that s one of the reasons why there was ambiguity around his politics all the time that he served the bush family and the reagan family as president. when in many ways what he was was a patriot more than anything. i think the gratitude we owe him for those of us who love politics those of us who have been in it and those who seek to serve is to remember all of his lessons. and that is first and foremost, serve america. serve our people and as i told those students at howard university, don t just find the fault, fix it don t curse us, we are america. we are bigger and better. if we are at our best, we can solve any problem
to politics nationally, you can t get much done unless you have some authority and power to do it. democrats have the power now. don t squander it. particularly when a victory is in front of you and terry could certainly use it. bret: kimberly the chasm between are progressives and moderates seems like a big one. they missed the w when they had the best shot. the time to pass it back was when there was momentum and possibly would have had 30 or 40 republican votes. would have had a bipartisan win and already that law on the books. instead they tried to tie it to reconciliation. what you see in warner there too and other democrats is this growing worry that they might not just get infrastructure. they might not get neither. and then you head into the new year on the board other than that covid relief bill in the beginning. that s what s really worrying democrats at the moment. bret: all right. panel, stand by. i m out here at the nixon library and presidential museum. i have a boo
that, plus to mask or not to mask. washington, d.c. mask etiquette. white house correspondent peter doocy has details. the president s words and actions this weekend contradicted his words and actions from recent months. you can see i didn t get my [inaudible] from jill. for example, the biden administration defieds mask mandate d.c. there are moments we all don t put masks on as quickly as we should. biden long promoted mask. mask. want this rule infraction excused. i don t think we should lose lose a forest through the trees and not overly focus on moments in time that don t reflect overarching policy. president is also now saying he wants witnesses who don t cooperate with the january 6th committee prosecuted. should he be prosecuted. i do yes. but that contradicts a simple pledge from before the election. i will not direct them who to