Counts of attempt by congress. Thats expected thursday when he will appear before another federal judge. Bannon was released without bail but had to surrender his passport and must check in weekly with court officials. After todays hearing, he and his lawyer david showen, who represented trump, youll recall, in the second impeachment trial, went on the attack. This is going to be the misdemeanor from hell for Merrick Garland, nancy pelosi and joe biden. Joe biden ordered Merrick Garland to prosecute me from the white house lawn. If the Administrative State wants to take me on, bring it. Were here to fight this. You see how were going to go into offense. It is outrageous a criminal charge was brought in this case. He was instructed by his attorneys not to show up to congress. A layman has to listen to his attorneys, in my view, at least. Trump had asked his former Impeachment Attorney to take bannons case. There was a big lie in what was said there, and indeed, bannon had directed the Justice Department to prosecute him. The decision to bring these charges against mr. Bannon was made exclusively by the Justice Department. The president had nothing to do with it. We have an independent Justice Department that makes decisions about prosecution in specific cases on their own. There is more. Former Trump White House Chief Of Staff mark meadows, likely watching all of this very closely. Like bannon, he has also defied a subpoena by the committee, putting him at risk for contempt charges. Also Jonathan Karl reports in his new book called betrayal that there was plans to undo bidens victory. Were also hearing from someone now trying to position himself as something of a truth teller when it comes to trumps false claims of election fraud, even though he was an ardent trumper for years. Former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie was on tv this morning urging members of his party to get past the previous election and start setting their sights on 2024. You made trump really mad last week. I did. You called on republicans to stop wasting time talking about the 2020 election. Hes already punching back with insults about your time as new jersey governor. Uhhuh. Youve been his friend for years, although i dont really understand that. Why turn on him now . Ive always been about the truth. He lost the election in 2020. The former governor is also standing by and will join us later in the hour. Meantime, the current president has sealed one of his biggest wins so far in this administration. Late today joe biden signed the 1. 2 trillion Infrastructure Bill at a packed ceremony on the White House South Lawn that included republicans, one of whom rob portman found a way to praise trump, anyway. Biden celebrated the bill signing as evidence that bipartisanship is still alive in washington. Despite the cynics, democrats and republicans can come together and deliver results. We can do this. We can deliver real results for real people. 19 republican senators and 13 republican members of the house voted to pass the bill. At todays signing ceremony, one of those republicans echoed bidens sentiment while issuing a veiled warning about the danger of polarization. This bipartisan support for this bill comes because it makes sense for our constituents. But the approach from the center out should be the norm, not the exception. Increasing polarization of our country is keeping us from getting things done. Senator portman leaving the senate and not putting himself up for reelection. The white house has put former new orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu in charge of actually making the infrastructure plan a reality. President bidens big Priority Spending Bill is next on his todo list. The speaker told the House Democratic leadership tonight that lawmakers will not leave for their thanksgiving break without passing legislation. Tonight President Biden was focusing on u. S. China relations, holding a Virtual Meeting with chinese leader xi jinping. The two spoke amid rising tensions over chinas expanding Military Presence in asia and Global Economic competition. Also tonight we are following developments in the trial of kyle rittenhouse. The jury is to begin deliberations first thing tomorrow. He is accused of fatally shooting two men, injuring another during that 2020 protest over police use of force in kenosha, to which he brought an ar15. With that, lets bring in our Starting Line on a monday night. Jonathan karl, chief White House Correspondent for abc news. His upcoming back is called betrayal the final act of the trump show. It is out tomorrow. More on that in just a bit. And former attorney joyce vance who spent 25 years as a former prosecutor. She hosts the podcast sisters in law. Welcome to you both. A legal question to begin with. Biden doesnt want to cooperate. He wants something close to televised martyrdom. The committees hopes and dreams is riding on this in part. How long could this drag out . Well, steve bannon certainly has an agenda of making this twist in the wind for as long as possible, but hes capped on the criminal justice system, brian. For one thing there is the 180day speedy trial act. Thats the time you have to go from indictment to trial. This is not a complex case with a lot of discovery, and ultimately, at least getting to a trial court and getting a jury to decide this case is something that could feasibly happen early next year. John karl, i said biden, i meant bannon. Two men who should not be confused, certainly. What did you make of the scene of bannons making outside court today, john . Well, hes enjoying every minute of this. This is his chance to play the martyr for trump. I think its important to take a step back. You know, bannon, of course, On January 5th talked about how all hell was going to break loose and it was game day the next day. The question that the committee needs to get at is was he simply lobbying for a pardon, or was he actually part of the planning of what was going on . I mean, it may well be that he was lobbying for a pardon. Brian, he was facing jail time for committing fraud, for committing fraud by fleecing Trump Supporters, for profiting on Trump Supporters in a fraudulent scheme regarding the wall. And somehow he managed to get a pardon on january 20th, trumps final hours in office. Clearly he was willing to do anything he could possibly do to please that man because it was the difference between going to jail or not going to jail. And, jon, in your reporting, do you pick up either hints or whispers or direct comment that fears among democrats that the democrats in leadership arent up to this, they arent up to the kind of menu before them, the consequences that especially their base wants to see . I think there is a lot of secondguessing there, but i have to tell you, my sense, brian, is that the january 6 committee is very serious, very organized, very determined, and there are going to be a lot of secondguessing because youre not going to hear a lot from them in the coming months. They are plotting and planning and deeply researching a case that they will present next summer. And thats what matters. It doesnt matter whats going to happen between now and then. There will be these you know, youre going to see witnesses going in. It will be behind closed doors. These are depositions getting ready for the big moment. What will happen next summer will be a series of prime time hearings. Late summer, before were into the Fall Campaign season, that will be a make or break for that committee, but my sense is they are doing serious work, theyre doing a lot of work that none of us are fully aware of. And by design, theyre waiting to drop all of this when they have it ready and ready literally for prime time. Joyce vance, you said this today on twitter steve bannon, its always a mistake for a defendant under indictment to publicly comment on his case. Anything he says can be used against him in a court of law. Videotape can be played. Joyce, whats the real danger for him after what he did today, remembering that he stays on brand by seeming to fear no consequence. Thats always been the brand, right . And its very likely that part of the brand here will ultimately be portraying himself as a martyr and using that to whip up trumps base and presumably everybody on the political side of the equation is prepared for that eventuality, because thats not what prosecutors plan to worry about. Prosecutors looked at that Press Conference today, and i feel quite certain that someone on the Prosecution Team said, wow, we need to get a screen grab of that video, because bannon is out there confessing to Obstructing Congress in the Press Conference. Im sure there was a moment of happiness when they realized they would be able to play his own words to the jury. Jon karl, back to the white house as backdrop. Can they enjoy todays victory knowing whats ahead of them, knowing theyre in a city that is, in effect, run these days by joe manchin . Look, this was a legitimate, serious accomplishment. This is, first of all, not just the substance of what actually happened, the biggest investment in infrastructure in this country since eisenhower built the interstate highway system. A big deal. A big deal on substance. But also a big deal because you actually had something we havent seen in an awful long time and something that joe biden promised that he would deliver on, and that is a bipartisan accomplishment. I mean, to see republicans, and not a lot of them, but to see republicans joining with democrats at the white house on a bill that will actually make a difference in peoples lives. So, yes, this may be the last of its kind before the next president ial election, but this was a moment that was extremely important for biden and for the democrats. And, joyce, lets talk about mark meadows. This is a former member of congress. This is obviously a former white house Chief Of Staff. What do you make of the legal advice he apparently is getting . Im sure that his legal advice is very sound, but its also the legal advice that hes asking for. Because its clear that meadows doesnt want to testify, wants to find a way to avoid testifying and perhaps jons book provides the key to that, because it may well be that mark meadows has testimony he would have to give if he were truthful that he simply cannot afford to give because it portrays him in just too negative of a light in a central figure in putting forward the insurrection. If not, the plot to try to avoid certifying the biden election. Meadows has a choice to make here. He may well decide hes so protected by the white house that hes ready to run the risk of noncompliance with the congressional subpoena. The problem that he has,s and coverage covers him, even though the conduct hes decided on is a campaign of serious privilege may not cloak him. Trump is a former president , hes not the current president , and the current president has decided on a final lien to encourage operations that will help identify. Ultimately biden has the final say here, not trump, and thats the case even if we cant fully characterize these folks who were around trump in the final days trying to prevent the certification as doing anything other than engaging in campaign activities. This just isnt part of what Executive Privilege was meant to protect. We also wanted to put a question to our friend phil rucker tonight, the pulitzer prizewinning correspondent for the Washington Post. Phil, i just wanted to get your read, your white house reporting on how theyre thinking tonight. Obviously theyre proud of this accomplishment. Obviously they can look forward as well. I think thats right, brian. Theyre very proud of this accomplishment. You can see it in the hall. They know this is only part 1 and others will be very busy from marketing to try to pass this second portion of the president s domestic agenda, that larger bill on what we could call human infrastructure. Its a very progressive base and the clock is ticking. They realize that come 2022 next year, all focus will be on the midterm election. So the window of opportunity here seems to be closing. Even though theyre celebrating a victory tonight, theres more work to begin tomorrow morning. And, indeed. With folks paying what theyre paying for gas, uncertainty over Holiday Gifts and the life americans are living. It doesnt matter what happens on the white house lawn if theyre uncomfortable. To my friend phil rucker, thanks for calling in. To joyce advance, Jonathan Karl. Later in this broadcast, as we mentioned, Chris Christie. He says he tried to call the president four times to call off the madness that day, january 6. Well talk about that and what trump is still doing running that party. All of us as our 11th hour is getting underway on monday night as we start a new week. Nday nigt as we start a new week oh nice. Kevin, where are you . Kevin . . . Hey, whats going on . Im right here i was busy cashbacking for the holidays with chase freedom unlimited. Im Gonna Cashback On A Gingerbread House oooh, its got Little People inside and a snowglobe. Oh, i wished i lived in there. You know i cant believe you lost another kevin. Its a Holiday Tradition that it is earn big time with chase freedom unlimited. How do you cashback . Chase. Make more of whats yours. Youre a oneman stitchwork master. But your staffing plan needs to go up a size. You need to hire. I need indeed. Indeed you do. Indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. Visit indeed. Com hire are you taking a statin drug to reduce cholesterol . It can also deplete your coq10 levels. 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Jonathan karl remains with us to talk about his book betrayal the second act of the trump show. Jonathan, trump was flying down to maralago, and if im not mistaken, the background of your interview is the lobby of maralago. That sounded familiar, at least to me. I could be wrong. Why such Bitterness Toward Mccarthy who outwardly has done everything in service to this one guy . Well, first of all, youre exactly right. I was interviewing him in the middle of the lobby right before dinner. He wanted to be sure that all of his guests saw that he was being interviewed as they came in for dinner. It was really quite a scene. But as for mccarthy, i think its a real lesson that no matter what you do for donald trump, no matter how much you betray your own principles and your own beliefs, your own credibility, he will turn on you. Hes done this over and over and over again. And with mccarthy, he was still seething at the fact that mccarthy had that moment, had that moment on january 8th when the house came together to have you know, to talk impeachment. And he said that donald trump bore responsibility for what happened on january 6th. He still held that against him, and i thought it was especially notable that he put mccarthy in the same camp as mcconnell, and you know how much he hates mcconnell. So if i were Kevin Mccarthy right now looking to become the next speaker of the house, things are looking very good for republicans in the midterms, i would be very worried about what donald trump would do after a republican victory in the midterms. I was amazed at the depiction of exactly how much of a Keystone Cops Operation was going on inside the white house page after page, and you as an author, probably had to check yourself not to point it out every time. There is a very benign scene where Rudy Giuliani is at the Northwest Gate on Pennsylvania Avenue trying to get into the white house. He wasnt clear, and he wasnt allowed in to do debate prep, because on that day, trump was angry at him. He made his way in later. Talk about johnny mac, John My Mcintee who before enjoyed brief fame on youtube doing Football Tricks when he played college ball at the university of connecticut. Tell us how this guy rose to the top of power in the white house into and including the dismissal of the secretary of defense. I mean, he became truly one of the most powerful people in the white house. He is somebody who started out working as carrying the president s bags. He was just a few years out of college when trump got elected, and he was the socalled body guy. But he got fired early on by john kelly, issues that came up in his background check. But he was back in the beginning of 2020, and he was put, at 29 years old, brian, he was put in charge of President Trumps personnel, the office that does all the hiring and firing for all the employees, the political appointees and the Executive Branch even though he had never hired or fired anybody in his life. He was put in charge of the top hr office. And he, i think, is really somebody who made january 6 possible, because over the course of 2020, he, with a group of friends that he brought into that president ial personnel office, all kids, 27 of them, didnt even graduate from college yet, went out and systemically interviewed people throughout the Executive Branch about their loyalty to donald trump. And those that were not deemed sufficiently loyal were either fired, denied promotions, jettisoned, cowed into silence so when trump made that dark turn into transition, there was nobody around him that was willing to push back, to question him, to stand in the way. They had all been intimidated into silence or been fired. And the pentagon, he orchestrated the decapitation of the entire civilian leadership at the pentagon. Mark esper, the defense secretary, the undersecretary for intelligence and security, the Chief Of Staff at the pentagon, the undersecretary for policy, all fired under mcantees design and considered true trump loyalists. Prestigious author, it turns out, this is Jonathan Karls new book called betrayal the final act of the trump show. It comes out tomorrow. This has certainly controlled the coverage of the former president s white house. A break for our coverage tonight. Coming up, a former leader trumper who says hes just not into him anymore. Him anymore but im relentless every day. And having more days is possible with verzenio, proven to help you live significantly longer when taken with fulvestrant. Verzenio fulvestrant is for women with hr , her2 Metastatic Breast Cancer that has progressed after hormone therapy. 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Develop or worsen. Serious allergic reactions may occur. Watch me. Ask your rheumatologist about cosentyx. We can no longer talk about the past and the past elections. No matter where you stand on that issue, no matter where you stand, it is over. People want us to be direct with them. They want someone to fight for them. But they want them to fight in a way that doesnt hurt their ears. Those comments by the former governor of new jersey prompted a predictably angry response from the former president. To that end, Chris Christie has a message for his Republican Party. He writes this in his new book, and we quote, we need to face the realities of the 2020 election and learn not hide from them. We need to renounce the Conspiracy Theorists and truth deniers, the ones who know better and the ones who are just plain nuts. We need to quit wasting our time, our energy and our credibility on claims that wont ever convince anyone or bring fresh converts aboard. Joining us now, Chris Christie, the former governor of new jersey. His new book is out tomorrow. It is called republican rescue saving the party from truth deniers, Conspiracy Theorists and the dangerous policies of joe biden. Governor, will it not surprise you to learn that twitter has thrown its loving arms around you, to wit, don winslow. He writes, Chris Christie, in trying to whitewash Chris Christies fiveyear worship and active support of donald trump is disturbing. Olivia nuzzi writes, Chris Christie has spent the last five years proving that he is a coward and any member of the press who continues to promote The Myth Of Being Dirty is a myth. Heres the question. As you are viewed as partly responsible for trump and trumpism, a guy who was present at the creation, you wrote the victory speech Election Night. You prepped him for debate with biden and on and on. How do you ever get away from that . I dont try to get away from that, brian. Thats what people like don winslow, whoever he is, and olivia nuzzi, unfortunately, i know who she is, thats what they dont understand. Elections are about choices, and you make choices in those elections and i dont shy away from the choices that i made. But on Election Night when donald trump stood up and said that the election was stolen and we had no evidence to prove that, and subsequently its been proven that the election was not stolen, that to me was just too much. And so i spoke out, and lets face it, brian, and you know this because you watched me talk on television for a long time after i left office. I had a number of disagreements with donald trump over the years about his presidency. I expressed them privately and i expressed them publicly. Olivia nuzzi is the sewer that is twitter, and it doesnt bother me one bit. They can continue to say whatever they want to say. I am presuming that one does not write a book called republican rescue if one is not at least toying with the idea of running in 2024. Im further assuming that anyone thinking of running in 2024 probably has polling out, and i want to ask you, what do you see as your path forward in a party that, top to bottom, has sold out to donald trump and theres every indication that come primary season, its going to go to who can be the trumpiest . Well, brian, im not making any judgments now about a path to the presidency. What im trying to do now is get us the House Of Representatives back and the senate back in 2022 and elect as Many Republican governors as we can. Thats what im spending most of my time on from a political perspective as the cochair of the victory fund for the republican governors association. But i will tell you this, that i disagree with the premise of your question in this respect. There is a new poll out just today from the Des Moines Register of iowa republicans, and i can tell you having been there for a significant period of time, there are some of the most conservative republicans in america. They were asked a question by the Des Moines Register, who do you feel more loyalty to, the Republican Party or donald trump . 60 of iowans said the Republican Party, 66 said donald trump. My point is everybody wants instant gratification these days. Donald trump dominated our political life for days. Hes only been gone a couple of months, and that wont be gone overnight, but they said if they had to make a choice of where their loyalty was, its the Republican Party. Thats the party i write the book about, that i am attempting to get a path forward on, doesnt look in the Rearview Mirror but looks forward to provide an effective, truthful counter to the policies that joe biden and Kamala Harris are putting forward for the country. I want to rewind briefly to your choice to use the word donald trump dominated the party. What evidence have you beyond the anecdotal Polling Information in iowa, the leadership of the Republican Party through mcconnell, Through Mccarthy and on down are all trumpers. You would be in a party, were you to be successful, alongside confirmed, proud insurrectionists. Youve seen the portrait of the party that weve laid out just tonight. Steve bannon livestreaming his appointment with the fbi. Thats the brand that youre trying to break or bend . Thats simply not the brand. I understand thats the way you put together your package tonight. Thats the prerogative and the prerogative of your producers to do that. But Glenn Youngkin was elected governor of virginia on a platform of reforming education, cutting the grocery tax and eliminating it in virginia, and by affirmatively saying he didnt want donald trump to come into the state and campaign for him. In our home state of new jersey, jack came within two points of his opponent. We took back both houses of legislature despite him being reelected at the top. The Republican Party is much brighter than what you display, with all due respect tonight, at the top of your show with steve bannon. Steve bannon is, in my view, one little, small slice of what this party is in the same way that on the democratic side, many of the people on the wild Left Progressive side are just a small slice of their party as joe manchin proves every day in the United States senate. So this party is much bigger and broader than that and has very different opinions than just the ones that you represented tonight and certainly a much different image. As for Mitch Mcconnell, let me just say to call Mitch Mcconnell a trumper, i think is unfair to the Senate Minority leader. He has spoken out numerous times since the election about those things and has been attacked by donald trump because of it. Would you call him an independent republican Minority Leader . I would call him the republican leader in the senate. And he leads a very diverse caucus of 49 other people along with him that has lots of different opinions about how things are supposed to work. He has Lisa Murkowski and mitt romney that support him and hes got Lindsey Graham and john borosso who support him. Mitch mcconnell is the republican leader of the United States senate. Has been for a long time under lots of different circumstances, and i think to try to narrowly define him as beholden to any one person is just not a fair and accurate portrait of him. But more importantly, brian, its about the party as a whole. And the book is laying out a prescription and a path forward that doesnt engage in republican on republican crime and violence, doesnt engage in making loyalty to just one person, a loyalty of a set of principles and beliefs that could be contrasted to what joe biden and Kamala Harris are proposing for their country as we speak. I was happy to read how many new jersey mentions were in the book, and it was shocking to read from you just how serious your illness was from covid more than the world knew in realtime. Of course, medical privacy being what it is, the story as contained here. Chris christie is the author of his new book republican rescue. He has been our guest tonight. Governor, thank you very much. Brian, thank you so much for having me. Good to see you. Coming up for us, our political experts are here to talk about todays big announcement in the world of texas politics. And the growing list of challenges facing the guy on the lefthand side of that picture. 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Quote, a growing number of democrats worry that the white house has repeatedly underestimated the scale of the challenges facing the country, exacerbating the partys political problems and making its already perilous path to Holding Congress in 2022 even more difficult. Its a lot to talk about, and with us to do that, victoria defrancesco, soto and Assistant Dean at University Public affairs in austin, and head of the george w. Bush president ial campaigns, stuart stevens. His book is called it was all a lie how the Republican Party became trump. Welcome to you both. Stuart, i dont have to tell you, no one has to tell you that this label out of touch destroyed George Bush Xli and it played him vulnerable and on the attack with the young and vigorous bill clinton. Is this white house allowed a day to feel good knowing whats coming down the pike and looking across this country from Washington To The Port Of Los Angeles at the problems that lay ahead . Look, i think its a day they should feel really good. They just passed this historic bill that is going to fly across the country dropping money on a lot of projects that people really like. You know, we spent 6. 5 trillion in afghanistan and iraq. Now were going to spend a lot more money here at home. I mean, arguably we spent more money on infrastructure in iran and iraq over the last 20 years than we have in the United States. So i think this is historic. Its something that republicans said they were going to do. But if you had been a child born the first week of republican infrastructure week, you would be headed to the first grade now. So the democrats finally got it done. All the stuff thats in this bill is really popular. Roads, bridges, internet. I think they have to get about the business of selling this stuff and making it clear. Ill tell you one thing to watch, watch these republicans who voted against this Package Bragging about how much money its going to put in their states. Its going to be sort of ironic and funny, but its going to be very telling. Thats as sure as the sun coming up tomorrow morning. It happened during the rescue act, during the pandemic. Professor, big news in your state today. Beto orourke is running for governor. A cynic would ask you, what about the texas that weve seen during covid, the texas weve seen restrict the rights to voting and abortions . What about that texas is going to elect this guy . Yes. So, you know, here we have a beto orourke who is taking this extremism that we have seen in texas, abortion, guns, voting restrictions, and hes saying, you know what . We have reached a tipping point. Because the truth of the matter is, brian, that a majority of texans dont want permitless carry. A majority of texans dont want restrictions to abortion like the ones weve seen, so hes harnessing that and saying, lets put aside these extremely critical views that divide us. Its very much a bidenesque message from beto orourke. The other hook is being a massive failure in february of this year when our Electrical Grid went down. Beto is also going lock and key with lets come together and unite, but at the same time, saying, i am the candidate who can keep your lights on while Governor Abbott could not. Thats going to be the fine line that beto orourke has to walk in terms of saying, im the person that can solve the problems in the state of texas but also stay unified. It was a tall order in 2019. He was riding a blue wave as it was stated hes going to be swimming against the red tag. Both of our guests have agreed to stay with us while i fit in a break here. When we come back, why good messaging, or at this point any messaging at all, will be critical for these democrats in the coming months. Itical for th the coming months. Ow bizarre by no annual fee on any discover card. Do you take aspirin . Plain aspirin could be hurting your stomach. New vazalore is the first liquidfilled Aspirin Capsule clinically shown to cause fewer ulcers than plain aspirin. Vazalore is designed to help protect. Releasing aspirin after it leaves your stomach. Where it is absorbed to give you the benefits of life saving aspirin. To help prevent another heart attack or stroke. Heart protection with your stomach in mind. Try new liquidfilled vazalore. Aspirin made amazing were back. We continue our conversation with professor victoria Defrancesco Soto and stuart stevens. Stuart, this one is for you. What happens if democrats dont find a way to talk to the American People . You could argue thats how they lost a huge swath of the population to begin with. You cant express to the American People that they should just assume you have their best interests in mind. In this era, you have to say it and say it a couple dozen times. Many times. The risk here of further losing that base, getting disenchanted with the president. People are realiing its very clintonesque. Its going to be twofold because if you dont do the first part of recognizing the pain, people are going to feel like youre distanced and dismissive. It has to be a strategic twostep messaging process, brian. And stuart stevens, what do you make of the fact that the most effective ads on behalf of the democrats, youll forgive the phrase, are being made of all you lapsed republicans. Theyre all coming from the Lincoln Project and affiliated groups who seem to have you seem more free with language than the democrats could ever be. Well, look, the democrats did okay in the last election. They won it by what, 8 million or so. I think we have those of us who work with the Republican Party can speak more emotionally, perhaps, than democrats do and be able to talk about issues that resonate. And, look, we have a certain credibility to go out and talk about biden, because its not a choice that falls de facto to us. Its an active choice. We think its about saving the country. To all those viewers who think any discussion of messaging is inherently superficial, these days, sadly, messaging tends to be ball game when all is said and done. Good night to our friends Defrancesco Soto and mr. Stevens. Up next t kevin kevin . Kevin. Oh nice. Kevin, where are you . Kevin . . . Hey, whats going on . Im right here i was busy cashbacking for the holidays with chase freedom unlimited. Im Gonna Cashback On A Gingerbread House oooh, its got Little People inside and a snowglobe. Oh, i wished i lived in there. You know i cant believe you lost another kevin. 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Its Dictionary Meaning is, quote, the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise. Fdr would have called it jobs. He would have called it a new deal for america. What the president signed today is about jobs, and yes, roads and bridges and broadband and all kinds of things for all 50 states. An estimated 75 of the jobs created with the stroke of a pen today are blue collar jobs not requiring a college degree. As we mentioned, Ohio Republican senator rob portman actually showed up and spoke at the white house today. Hes leaving office, hes not running for reelection, and even still, because all republicans are fraidy scared about donald trump saying mean things about them, portman couldnt resist Praising Trump for furthering the discussion on infrastructure. But he was only kidding of the heres the actual truth as compiled by the daily show. Today kicks off infrastructure week at the white house. Its infrastructure week at the white house, but that may have gotten lost in the shuffle with President Trump bringing controversy. It is indeed infrastructure week this week, folks. You may not have known this, but this is infrastructure week in america. It is infrastructure week yet again. Hes going to meet with nancy pelosi, apparently, next week to talk about infrastructure week, which may be coming back. So this is supposed to be the friday of infrastructure week. Hes also not visiting the cdc headquarters. He is trying to make It Infrastructure week once again. Where is the infrastructure plan . Its happening, and its going to happen, and weve done a lot of infrastructure. So thats how that went, and now the jobs are coming, lots of them. The democrats now have to learn how to say that out loud, how to point out to each of the 50 states whats coming their way and when and keep saying it while acknowledging at the same time what life is like in actual america, prices up for everything, insane prices for gasoline. Christmas gifts sitting on containerized shipping offshore. Some Grocery Stores putting names on wait lists for thanksgiving turkeys. As we say here quite often, it would be a good time to start paying attention. That is our broadcast for this monday night as we start off a new week with our thanks for being here with us. On behalf of all our colleagues thanks to your home for joining us this hour. President biden gave his first state of the Union Address, in april this year. He couldve done it in january or february which is pretty typical for one state of the Union Address tends to happen this days. But he decided to wait until almost the end of april, until he was 100 days into his ministration before he gave his state of the union. And, yes i know its not technically called the state of a Union Address when a president delivers in his first, year but honestly talk to the hands. Its exactly what it is, theres no point and pretending otherwise, ill