heard senator mike lee saying he doesn t want republicans to support the infrastructure bill which generally there is a little bipartisan support for rebuilding the infrastructure in the country. that s a big question. bill: it was generally believed there would be 10 to 15 republicans who would vote with democrats on that. we ll see whether or not is the case or if it even happens. so much of what we re talking about we re trying to figure out what the path is to get this done. in the meantime the president is heading back to the white house and he has an address scheduled for 11:30 a.m. from the white house to explain what went down and how he sees the path forward. he told reporters leaving there martha said i believe we re in good shape. so they ve at least set themselves up to sell the idea that this can be successful before he leaves the country. martha: right. can they get progressives on board to be okay with a framework? you heard from aoc and jayapal
novel to have a party touting something this slimd down budget version when they are spending only $1.75 trillion. every single cent of this is borrowed. which means in effect every cent of it is going to be printed, which means all of it is going to further inflate the u.s. dollar, further impoverish poor and middle class americans who will find everything they buy more expensive. moreover, this isn t a bill. it is a framework. a framework the president said he needed so he can feel comfortable leaving on his trip to go to scotland and negotiate yet another deal that will make life difficult and more expensive for poor and middle class americans. martha: i understand your opposition to it and the reasons that you lay out for that. politically when you look at what is happening right now. there was some suggestion this morning oh, well, if we can just get the infrastructure deal through. we ve heard all along progressives no way. we want it both of it.
their tune. many are lap dogs to the ccp. when they say jump, they jump. the last cold war with russia. no companies in the united states were salivating to enter the russian market. the difference here is the tro january war. china may not be able to win t militarily but by inside undermining the moral credibility of the united states from within by criticizing the u.s. and not china. it will take brave people in athletics and popular culture for people to call out the hypocrisy so people can see it for what it is. bill: he has done it. martha: you look at the sneakers made with slave labor. black lives matter painted on the boards and you have him wearing these sneakers and a powerful message. more power to him. bill: nice to see you, vivek. we re waiting to hear from democrats after the meeting with the president.
pergram. bill: want to bring in marc thiessen from the wall street journal. fly by night taxation is the title. one day it s an increase in tax rates on corporations and the affluent. wait, that doesn t have the votes. how about a carbon tax? that won t fly either. there goes jeff bezos, let s tax him and other billionaires. everyone hates billionaires. i don t think you can underscore what s on the line for biden s presidency. it is everything. there is no excuse for them not to get something done. they control the white house, the house and the senate. it is all intrademocratic negotiations. republicans aren t part of this in any way. not like you have to reach across the aisle and compromise with the other side. you are reaching within your aisle and still having trouble doing it.
watch this. here we are trying to recover from a global pandemic that killed more than 700,000 americans, put millions in harm s way. we don t have time to waste on phony culture wars or fake outrage that the right wing media are peddling to juice up your ratings. we should be building on the progress we ve made not tearing it down. martha: phony out rage as you see it? it shows desperation on the part of the mccauliffe campaign. i saw it myself in 2014. they brought in barack obama and hillary clinton and wore eefd about losing the race. the president is trying to get democratic voters to the polls with rhetoric. i don t know if it will be enough to have mccauliffe pull it off. bill: there is talk especially among republicans and a lot of political analysts that democrats have misread their majority and they ve