comments she made about israel at an event in chicago yesterday. the progressive caucus leader told a group of protesters that, quote, israel is a racist state. let s watch. guys, can i say something as somebody that s been in the streets and has participated in a lot of demonstrations? i think i want you to know that we have been fighting to make it clear that israel is a racist state, that the palestinian people deserve self-determination and autonomy, that the dream that the dream of a two-state solution is slipping away from us. cnn s priscilla alvarez is joining us now. priscilla, what are you learning about this? reporter: well, jim, just moments ago we saw representative jayapal put out a statement where she apologized for her remarks. quote, at a conference,
meeting with senator sinema or with the progressive caucus leader. he is trying to make it happen in the way that he was accustomed to as vice president and the senator. you get in the room and try to cut a deal and negotiate in good faith. josh is right about one thing. the democrat coalition is very, very broad. we have a very big tent and there are people who call themselves loyal democrats in that tent who disagree passionately on stuff. i think it s very hard to get to agreement when we can t lose a single democratic vote in the senate and only lose three in the house. dana: josh, this is not the progressive wing of years past. they are mightier, they are more popular, they have put themselves out there saying they will not vote for this. do you think ultimately they would or will they hold strong this time? i think there is a diversity of opinion within the progressive caucus. you have the squad members,
senate chamber, and if you re thinking, that sounds impossible, just this evening, the whole democratic and the house held a big meeting to try to hash out a way forward. we re going to talk to the progressive caucus leader, pramila jayapal about what went down in that meeting. republicans were busy killing a bill that would have simply kept the government open and running past the next 72 hours and raised the debt ceiling, avoiding a deliberate fault on the adult and economic calamity and the filibusters passed it. it would do nothing but keep the government open and avoid a self-inflicted financial calamity and the republicans filibustered it. which means the democrats in the senate and the house are now going to have to figure out how to pass legislation by thursday night keeping the government running at some point very soon they re going to have to figure out how to avoid the country deliberately defaulting on its debt. republicans have not just checked out on even the most basic
and the house held a big meeting to try to hash out a way forward. we re going to talk to the progressive caucus leader, pramila jayapal about what went down in that meeting republicans were busy killing a bill that would have simply kept the government open and running past the next 72 hours and raised the debt ceiling, avoiding a deliberate fault on the ecoadult and economic calam that would ensue it would do nothing but keep the government open and avoid a self-inflicted financial calamity and the republicans fill bustered it which means the democrats in the senate and the house are now going to have to figure out how to pass legislation by thursday night keeping the government running at some point very soon they re going to have to figure out how to avoid the country deliberately defaulting on its debt republicans have not just checked out on even the most basic tasks of governs, they re