looked at the same. millions of americans are now at risk of being removed from their homes after the federal eviction moratorium expired overnight. some progressive lawmakers led by congresswoman cory bush have been protesting on the capitol steps demanding the house come back into session to extend it. earlier today congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez expressing frustration that house democrats weren t able to take action. there was frankly a handful of conservative democrats in the house that threatened to get on planes rather than hold this vote and we have to really just call a spade a spade. we cannot in good faith blame the republican party when house democrats have the majority. we cannot kick people out of their homes when our end of the bargain has not been fulfilled. on the covid watch this hour nbc s josh lederman at the white house, vaughn hill erdogan in in vaughn hillyard. what are we hearing from the
peace of mind when they go back to work. congresswoman chu, i want to talk about the eviction moratorium while i have you but i want to play some sound of senator manchin talking about the timing of this infrastructure bill and pairing it with reconciliation that you re speaking of. there was frankly a handful of conservative democrats in the house that threatened to get on planes rather than hold this vote and we have to really just call a spade a spade. we cannot in good faith blame the republican party when house democrats have the majority. we cannot kick people out of their homes when our end of the bargain has not been fulfilled. all right. so that was obviously not joe manchin, that was alexandria ocasio-cortez on cnn talking about her support in pairing the reconciliation with the infrastructure bill. but obviously joe manchin was on cbs face the nation and i want to read for folks what it
congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez who was at the rally. good to see you in person. of course. so you ve been warning this eviction deadline was coming for weeks. yes. democrats control the house, you control the senate. noga gres sieve was done by leadership until a couple of days ago. who s to blame here? well, you know, i think there s a couple of issues here. first of all, you are absolutely correct in that the house and house leadership had the opportunity to vote to extend the moratorium. there was many, frankly a handful of conservative democrats in the house that threatened to get on planes rather than hold this vote. we have to really just call a spade a spade. we cannot in good faith blame the republican party when house democrats have majority. now there is something to be said for the fact that this court order came down on the white house a month ago and the white house waited until the day before the house adjourned to release a statement asking congress to
doctor, i m not totally sure that s the case. obviously a very fluid situation. you have constantly been one of those individuals helping explain things when they re at their most confusing. dr. jonathan reiner, appreciate your time. my pleasure. it s the first of the month and rent and back rent is due. the national eviction moratorium officially expired at midnight last night. without that protection, millions could be now could now be kicked out of their homes. lawmakers are playing a little bit of the blame game here. house speaker nancy pelosi is pointing the fingers at republicans and pointing the finger at the white house. republicans blocked the last-minute effort to extend those eviction protections. members of her own party made clear democrats also bear some of the responsibility. there were many, a handful of conservative democrats in the house that threatened to get on planes rather than hold this vote. and we have to really just call a spade a spade.
one was the last time you did a whole segment about mike pence or dick cheney? or george w. bush? i mean i am speaking. i m speaking. my point here is, i think the reason why she s getting at that is because she is the first woman to take a case. you are better than that. you are better than that. and the media was so nice to sarah palin. i m not going to mix apples and oranges, i ll call a spade a spade. greg: and so, so it s both when they were candidates and other she s a vice president. i think also it s very early in the vice president s term, she