what s going on here? why are they not telling him? like, hey, dude, you ve got something. lemire at the white house, we want to check you out before i see a bug flying around. i see something behind you, man. that was horrifying. awful! there haven t been too many cicadas spotted here at the white house. a handful we ve spotted in recent days, not like other places in washington that are infested with them. but my god, i can t even look at that. if you see one, please tell me. why didn t they tell him? manu raju, you need to tell your friends that they re not friends and your colleagues, they re not friends. they re very excited about this, when this finally attacks your neck. eww! friends don t let other friends do hits with cicadas on their neck. no, day don t. former house speaker paul ryan weighs into the debate over the future of the republican
america. manchin is kind of a throwback to an older style in washington when there were a bunch of blue dog democrats and members, you know, who had been there for a while and knew each other and socialized and had relationships, you know, to use the across the aisle washington phrase that used to mean something. it doesn t really mean anything right now. and i agree with heilemann that mcconnell is taking a risk in endangering that relationship that he has with manchin. manchin cannot believe him. cannot believe republicans, just on this basic level, that they want to participate in
well. have a great weekend, guys. coming up, senate democrats respond to the latest infrastructure counteroffer by the republicans. plus, the d.c. cicadas strike on capitol hill. oh, my god. this was horrible! we re back in just a moment can nobody tell him what s happening? can nobody tell him what s happening? wait, this isn t your bed. how d you get here? ah yes. groceries. earn points now to use on travel later.
this is what i think the president is focused on, is making sure rebuilding after the economic crisis we re seeing, because of a public health crisis. we re focused on making sure that we re making these investments in infrastructure. it s how we got out of the great depression. it s how we ll get ourselves on the other side of this so we can get to a thriving economy. we re focused on the president is certainly focused on creating millions of jobs and also tackling climate change. i think that these things are only partisan in d.c. my hope is that the republicans will continue to stay at the table and negotiate on some of these really important priorities and issues that the american people want us to get done. congresswoman, we have adrienne elrod with us and she has a question for you. adrienne? congresswoman, it s great to see you this morning. you know, there are some
peaceful demonstrators. nothing to see here, move along, move along. no, it was quite different and the american people know that. that s what again, i don t get the upside of this political play. i don t get the upside of it. i don t get the upside of it either, joe. but this is you know, identify been in washington for a long time, so i ve seen a lot of cynical things. this is it s hard to beat this for sheer cynicism that clearly for nothing but raw political reasons and the desire to regain power. the senate is refusing to investigate you know, this is the first time the capitol was sacked since 1814, right, when the british sacked and burned