see on camera are to these productions. first of all, i m happy to be making my debut on the cross connection. secondly, what people don t know as hard as actors work, crew members work even harder. when i get to set, they re always there before us, they re always there after us. what we get as protections as actors we get a 12:00 hour turn around. if i work at 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., i can t come back to 9:00 a.m. crew members don t get that. they re more concerned about my safety than they are about these hardworking people that are the heart of every production. i don t care who you love on the screen, the crew members are the heart of any production that you love, and they deserve the same safe conditions, fair working conditions, money that we get. and so i m standing in solidarity with them, and i m hoping the best. absolutely, and john, you know, what yvette lays out, there are dire consequences when people don t have this, when you re overworked, when you don t have time
and all of the other initiatives the house has been delivering on throughout this year while republicans have tried to obstruct, then the american people will see that democrats are delivering, republicans do not want to govern, they want fascism and they will pull us back in and help us to maintain our majority in both the house and the senate. but it s thin and we need everyone engaged and informed as we pass the build back better ac, which as you said has so much in it that s going to be transformative for women, for black women, for children, for juniors, for housing. it s an exciting time we got to get it done. you say keep the people informed. let s do that and talk about spec things in that bill. as you know, the president is negotiating with his own party to lower the price tag. now they want to take this, get it to between 1.9 trillion and 2.2 trillion. is that enough to include all of the things the congressional
connection to my brother jamal, it s good to see you this morning as well. i think that what we are in is unprecedented time when you have a former president during the time that he was president attempting to an insurrection against not just our government, not just against the election, but to democracy, itself and our constitution. so i m really confident, however, that not only does the white house have a tremendous council but the select committee as well. listen you know in talking with chairman benny thompson, he said he is going wherever the truth leads him. he is going to be sure that the select committee does what s necessary to ensure that we create safeguards for our democracy so that this doesn t happen again and that includes the planner of that insurrection, former president donald trump while he was president. yeah, let me ask you, the
listen, through the american rescue plan, democrats were able to drive child poverty down by 50% with the child tax credit. we know that we can put money in american s pocket, protect our most vulnerable americans, ensure that they have the resources to grow as well as to make sure that as president biden has said that this country is leading and not following others and ensuring that we are the innovators and that all people have a shot here in this country. you laid out a lot there. congressman, considering everything that s in this bill, we have been showing it on our screen so viewers understand how comprehensive this is. now, obviously, democrats are trying to pass this through reconciliation. this is a way to fast track this which enables senate to approve it without republican support. yes the two people holding it up the most are in your party, senator joe manchin and kirsten