suicide. his mother does laundry for brothels. and look what he becames. and i want to ask you about what he fought for in the senate, right? he had no healthcare and he was critical in getting obamacare through. talk about his legacy in terms of what he fought for, from where he came from. yeah, and there is no doubt that the passage of obamacare is a part of harry reid s legacy, forevermore. there is no doubt about that. he navigated those 60 senators that then turned into 59 senators but got that bill to president obama s desk. and there is no doubt, he talked about it at the time, that his own experience in search light, nevada, fed his drive to pursue that. you are right to call it an american story. even mitch mcconnell, who did a lot of political battle across the aisle with him. they were not really good friends at all. spoke yesterday after the news of harry reid s death about how quintessentially american reid s story is. yeah. and and and of his legacy,
legislative skills far from the spotlight. during his time in the senate he pushed through the passage of obamacare as well as the sweeping economic stimulus after the great recession and new rules governing wall street. a one-time amateur boxer he could bob and weave on the political stage as well. and tonight the current majority leader chuck schumer wrote this. harry reid was one of the most amazing individuals i ve ever met. he never forgot where he came from and used those boxing instincts to fearlessly fight those who were hurting the poor and middle class. schumer has ordered flags at the capitol lowered to half staff. we ll have more on harry reid s legacy just ahead. our other big story tonight continues to be omicron. the latest variant converging with the delta strain to drive covid infections to a new record in this country today. the latest cdc data showing the seven day average of new cases
think is beyond debate is that it was essential for barack obama to have harry reid as a partner during the debate over the affordable care act. obamacare would not have happened without the legislative wizardry of harry reid, and barack obama s not the only president to have benefited from harry reid. george w. bush and there s no love lost between those men. george w. bush and harry reid worked together to deal with the great recession. it was a democratic congress that passed the bush administration s approach to the great recession, and harry reid was there doing what he felt was necessary for the nation at a very difficult time. obama was new to the presidency, and he needed someone like reid in effect to mentor him, to help him along, to help him navigate the very you know, the complexities of the senate and the house. he did very, very well with that, and i think harry reid will always be remembered as the father of obamacare. at the same time, one can t
0 legislative skills far from the spotlight. during his time in the senate he pushed through the passage of obamacare as well as the sweeping economic stimulus after the great recession and new rules governing wall street. a one-time amateur boxer he could bob and weave on the political stage as well. and tonight the current majority leader chuck schumer wrote this. harry reid was one of the most amazing individuals i ve ever met. he never forgot where he came from and used those boxing instincts to fearlessly fight those who were hurting the poor and middle class. schumer has ordered flags at the capitol lowered to half staff. we ll have more on harry reid s legacy just ahead. our other big story tonight continues to be omicron. the latest variant converging with the delta strain to drive covid infections to a new record in this country today. the latest cdc data showing the seven day average of new cases topping 250,000 per day. as of this afternoon shattering the previous high of
enough credit for the passage of obamacare. we see the white house getting the president out there now to show some specific examples of how this law is going to benefit people in specific communities. today he ll be in minnesota at a technical school and make the case that students being trained there will have jobs coming out because of this infrastructure bill and those will be high paying union jobs, is one message we expect to hear from the president. you mentioned the signing of this veteran s bill today, the supply chain issue and of course this new covid variant which seem to be overshadowing everything as we await more insight. we just saw president biden take to the podium there flanked by the vice president. we are going to keep an eye and ear on the president s comments