then we were divided in 2020. so, the way i would go about it is very direct and very simple. that there is no bad opinion. you want to express your opinion in this country, express it i want to hear. and then everybody gets a round table and resolve our issues. one of the time. the same way we used to do at dinner parties for the last eight or ten years. it wasn t like there weren t political differences to discuss. it s just that people did not start throwing their cutlery and it was a little more civilized. and it was not as if our democracy was at stake. see, in the end if you make everything a crisis, and it will be. and i heard the president today, joe biden earlier today talking about how he was concerned about democracy of donald trump getting elected again. and then i heard donald trump yelling and screaming about how badly he s been treated, these two guys need to stop worrying so much about themselves and start worrying about you. my approach to being president wou
to this that is not constructive in our country. joe biden looked all of us in the eye in 2020 and said, elect me and i ll bring us together. and then he ran far left and abandoned most of the country philosophically. so, how could he be the uniter in a second term? a second term all he ll do is keep doing what he s doing, which is dividing the country even more than we were divided in 2020. so, the way i would go about it is very direct and very simple, that there is no bad opinion. you want to express your opinion in this country, express it. i want to hear it. and then everybody gets around the table and resolves our issues one at a time. the same way we used to do at dinner parties before the last eight or ten years. wasn t like there weren t political differences discussed. it s just people didn t start throwing the cutlery. it was a little more civilized. and it wasn t as if our democracy was at stake. see, in the end, if you make everything a crisis, then it will be. a
and you congressional class will be sworn in republicans will officially take back control of the health of representatives. let us pause and reflect on that for a moment. less than two years after i violent stormed the capitol in attempt to stop biden from becoming president. we ll be back in control of the lower chamber of commerce. many of the republicans returning to congress or joining it for the first time this week supported the big lie that led to that armed insurrection. granted, republicans only have a slim majority in the house. the roadways that some folks initially warned about never actually happened. but it is remarkable that it barely took one election cycle for the gop to regain power at the seat of our government. in the lead up to this year s election, republicans fixing high gas prices and inflation in the influx of microsoft. they grabbed but all of that for months. and offered real solutions for those, an obvious effort to rile up the base and put de
house. perhaps as we re turning the corner here now, about a year and change away from election day, to confront this age issue which another poll shows is real. it s kind of like when i said, would you like a five spot? that s the way we talk, twenty and change. willie in your old category? i m getting there, mika. we re old enough to remember when duke used to beat clemson in football. wow. that s how old we are. what a game. can you believe that? okay. first of all, duke beats clemson, right? fsu, the night before, routs lsu. never saw that coming. alabama, alabama rolls over middle tennessee state. i m telling you, i thought middle tennessee state would win by two or three touchdowns. doing good things in murphysboro but not enough in tuscaloosa. college football turned upside down this year, mika. we ll get to all that, as well. meanwhile, half of congress returns to capitol hill today with a long to-do list, including a new federal budget, but
good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. we begin this morning with the historic united auto workers strike against the big three u.s. automakers, ford, general motors and stellantis. union members say they had reasonably productive talks with ford saturday. but the union and throw major companies are far apart on wages and benefits. the companies are essentially offering half of what at unions are demanding as it relates to pay increases. hundreds of workers walked off walked the picket lines, i should say. they are prepared to wait in order to get an agreement that suits them. gabe cohen is in ohio with more. reporter: saturday we saw the first small signs of any progress in these negotiations between the union and the big three automakers. this after the union met with ford, a source with the union telling cnn we had reasonably productive conversations with ford today. certainly no deal. b