Um yes, desperately. Also i want to call the police but maybe youre the police. Yeah. Just incredible. Thank you, my friend. Well done. Well done. And thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Tonight we are going to be joined live this hour by the person who is fast becoming one of the most familiar faces and voices of the new administration, jen psaki, white house spokesperson is going to be our guest tonight. Even though were only one week into the administration, i can show you this many pictures of her conducting different White House Press briefings because we have daily White House Press briefings again. She does these every day. Under the Trump Administration, they started out bad until they disappeared entirely. They seemed not to be able to handle talking to the press every day and bring questions. But immediately day one, President Biden brought back the briefings and jen psaki is the spokesperson. They started reversing things that were broken by the previous presiden
Every day and bring questions. But immediately day one, President Biden brought back the briefings and jen psaki is the spokesperson. They started reversing things that were broken by the previous president as they set to restore some of the basic things that had gone by the wayside over the years like daily briefings. As they set taught pass ambitious policies and programs that biden campaigned on, that democrats in congress campaigned on, it is sort of awkward but i think unavoidable to realize that one crucial thing that going to make the lifeordeath difference as to whether or not the new administration and new congress are actually able to get stuff done is a thing that we only have because of Richard Nixon being such a terrible president. And specifically because of something that Richard Nixon did right before he resigned. And it seemed like nothing much at the time. It got not that much attention at the time, but it very well may now determine if the biden presidency and the De
Underway. President biden sitting down with House Democratic leaders, this is as Congress Pushes forward with his 1. 9 Trillion Covid Relief Package. Republicans so far have pushed back on the size and scope. They proposed less than a third of that value. But democrats do have the votes to pass their own bill. Putting the president s call for bipartisanship and unity to the test. We are also watching less than an hour from now, the white house covid19 team holds a Press Conference as we get new warnings on Coronavirus Variants rapidly spreading across the country. Lets begin with manu raju on the hill. John harwood joins us from the white house. Manu, it is really interesting, Jared Bernstein said, no, were still negotiating but still full steam ahead into not needing a single republican vote. It is unlikely that this bill will win over any republicans, certainly not any Senate Republicans based on the size and scope of the legislation. They are pursuing this morning, early this mornin
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Sunday night at 8 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. Next, a panel looking at ways to improve the budget process held before the House Committee on modernization of congress. Congress. The meeting will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled recommendations from previewing the budget and appropriations process. A look at the work of the select Committee Budget and process reform and i now recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. The 104th congress which convened in 1995 was the last to pass all Appropriations Bills prior to the start of the fiscal year. That was almost 25 years ago. Most house members serving today have never seen a process that works the way its supposed to where stand alone bills are passed on time. And the joint select committee on budget and appropriations process reform on which i served, along with my colleague rob woodall was established, and the committe