functional and humane immigration system. we feel very strongly about that. and as you know, we inherited a tough situation, and in five months we ve made progress. there s much more work to be done, but we ve made progress. charles: joining the panel, deputy editorial page editor dan henninger, kim strassel and gillian turner. kim, they ve made progress from the awful situation they inherited. absolutely crazy. harris has two jobs this trip. she had to go down there just to be there the, to clean up the mess that she hadn t, get down there before donald trump in a few days, but also to convince people that we a hand they have a handle on this problem, and she was uncompelling. we heard a lot about root causes but not much about the fact that they have reversed a lot of the policies that were, in fact, stopping surges like this. finish and a lot of the other root causes she addressed is things like immigration reform or fixing places like guatemala. americans understand a
as republicans in red states actively work to make it more difficult to cast a ballot. here s the kicker. it s all but a foregone conclusion that this vote will fail. it s going to be doomed by an easy republican filibuster, because it appears democrats don t have the numbers or the unity right now to stop them. with the hours ticking down to today s vote, all eyes on west virginia s joe manchin, who has repeatedly said he does not support the bill as it stands, and arizona s kyrsten sinema. you spoke to president biden about this bill yesterday. what was his message to you about it? he and i had a very good conversation. did you ask you to vote for this bill? we had a very good conversation. what do you say to democrats disappointed in your op-ed about the filibuster, feeling that you could still change your mind? the senator there chuckling and not giving a comment. joining us is lee-anne caldwell, vaughn hillyard and politico white house reporter eugene daniels
and was the lucas device giving compressions. the lucas device was giving compressions at the time. initially he was in asystole and you at some point saw on the monitor that there was the possibility of pulses electrical activity, is that right? correct. we would pause lucas, do a pulse check. it looked like a rhythm check with the pulses, and i elected to defibrillate that and he remained on his quote, unquote, dead state and we continued on with the cardiac arrest. and so just to be clear, i mean, when someone is in the state that you re describing, are you looking for any opportunity to administer a shock or provide additional treatment that you might be able to? yes. he s a human being and i was trying to give him a second chance at life. but ultimately were you able to generate a pulse or any positive change from that shock that was administered? sorry. can you repeat that, please? did anything change after that shock? did anything get better with mr.
it s been a day. have a great weekend. thank you. to quote my friend thank you. to quote my friend and radio show host jess mcintosh who said to me today it s been a very america kind of day. this morning house democrats led by speaker nancy pelosi passed the build back better act. the build back better bill is passed. [ cheers ] the biden social infrastructure bill passed today with near-unity among democrats and only one defection. and leader chuck schumer says he expects the senate to pass it by christmas. this once-in-a-generation legislation includes historic social safety net and climate provisions and sets aside nearly $200 billion to provide four weeks of paid medical leave starting in 2024. that provision in particular will have a direct impact on millions of people, including women, people of color, low-income workers, and their families. according to the national partnership for women and families, black workers are 83% more likely than their white counte
and tonight kyle rittenhouse, the kid who brought an ar-15 to a protest as one does apparently is no longer a defendant in a case that became a flash point over gun rights and vigilantism and self-defense in our country. after 3 1/2 days of deliberations a jury in kenosha, wisconsin, found 18-year-old rittenhouse not guilty of fatally shooting two men, injuring another during that protest with police conduct back in august of 2020. that unrest erupted after the police shooting of black kenosha resident jacob blake. during the trial rittenhouse took the stand testified he was target the and attacked in the midst of those protests and fired his ar-15 in self-defense. late today the family of anthony huber, one of the two men killed by rittenhouse issued this reaction to today s verdict, quote, it sends the unacceptable message that armed civilians can show up in any town, incite violence and then use the danger they have created to justify shooting people in the street. the pre