and the $15 minimum wage that the house voted to include in the covid relief bill. but even with democrats in control, the possibility of any of this becoming law is nowhere near guaranteed. and without a change to the filibuster, much of this progressive to-do list will die. joining me now is senate majority leader chuck schumer of the great state of new york. leader schumer, thank you very much for coming to the sunday show. good to be with you, jonathan. the old days back in gotham. so, listen, you were able to get the senate to pass the covid relief package, and as a result it became law. how do you hold your razor-thin majority? how did you hold it in order for all of these progressive to-do list items to get through passage? well, first, it s such a major piece of legislation. it s the most significant change for middle-class people, for poor people, people trying to get into the middle class in decades in a very long time. and it has amazing things in it. the c
three vaccines thanks to donald trump s operation warp speed. there were already a million vaccines being administered to peoples arms every day when biden was sworn in, 36 million doses at already been distributed. according to joe it was the biden administration that stepped in, heroically saved america from covid-19, none of this is true. where s the unity, joe? president biden: i m using every power i have as president of the united states to put us on a war footing to get the job done. it sounds like hyperbole but i mean it, war footing. and thank god we are making some real progress now. now because all the work we ve done emma we will have enough vaccine supply for all adults in america by the end of may. that s months ahead of schedule. sean: that would be moderna, pfizer, that would be johnson & johnson and that would be her predecessor, president trump, operation warp speed. all due respect to the president, he didn t have anything to do with that vaccine and ha
donald trump s operation warp speed. there were already a million vaccines being administered to peoples arms every day when biden was sworn in, 36 million doses at already been rpdistributed. according to joe it was the biden administration that stepped in, heroically saved america from covid-19, none of this is true. where s the unity, joe? president biden: i m using every power i have as president of the united states to put us on a war footing to get the job done. it sounds like hyperbole but i mean it, war footing. and thank god we are making some real progress now. now because all the work we ve done emma we will have enough vaccine supply for all adults in america by the end of may. that s months ahead of schedule. sean: that would be moderna, pfizer, that would be johnson & johnson and that would be her predecessor, president trump, operation warp speed. all due respect to the president, he didn tti have anything to do with that vaccine and had nothing to do with
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Manafort. That is a fact. That is news. That is legally concerning for donald trump and politically concerning as confessions are not a great message heading into the midterms. But donald trump has his own plan. While he didnt know this trial of this Campaign Trial would be on track for a verdict heading into labor day, which is of course a key time for the midterms, he has long known he has his own plans divert attention. He told a confidant he would revive his attacks on the nfl over people that kneel in protest leading up to the midterms because trump believes its return to the headlines will help republicans win votes. There it is. Today donald trump reupping his attacks on nfl players over the kneeling. This is on a friday heading into the anniversary of course of that Charlottesville White power
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Midterms because trump believes its return to the headlines will help republicans win votes. There it is. Today donald trump reupping his attacks on nfl players over the kneeling. This is on a friday heading into the anniversary of course of that Charlottesville White power rally. Were not going to read the tweet tonight from the president attacking the players in last nights game because it is not particularly newsworthy and were not going to show you all the headlines it sparked. You can imagine there were many of them. The actual developments we are going to show you because that is what trump is distracting from. They include mueller pressing for a wider interview with trump than hes willing to give which would launch a Supreme Court fight, an associate of roger stone in the Grand Jury Box today and getting another roger stone aid held in contempt today for refusing to testify at all in this probe. It includes the issuance of a new subpoena to an associate of
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