welcome back, america. comedian flame monroe, john berman and donie o sullivan. nfl free agent rk russell, s.e. cupp, and comedian helen holmes. come on in. we put chlorine in the pool. it s the grand reopening for all the best, all the worst, 2021. i m tom foreman. welcome, and congratulations. we all survived a tough 12 months packed with unheavals, conflicts, difficulties, and yet also victories, hope, and happiness. that s saying something considering we were up against a raging pandemic and the deepest social divides the united states has seen in decades. so how did we make it through? let s sort that out by starting with the biggest news. that sounded like gunshots. run, run! worst story of the year, the violence invasion of the u.s. capitol by people angry over joe biden winning the last presidential election. the idea that 2021 was going to be better, i think, probably lasted for about exactly six days. the january 6th insurrection was straight up cr
and comedian helen hong. come on in. we put chlorine in the pool. it s the grand reopening for all the best, all the worst, 2021. i m tom foreman. welcome, and congratulations. we all survived a tough 12 months packed with upheavals, conflicts, difficulties, and yet also victories, hope, and happiness. that s saying something considering we were up against a raging pandemic and the deepest social divides the united states has seen in decades. so how did we make it through? let s sort that out by starting with the biggest news. that sounded like gunshots. run, run! worst story of the year, the violent invasion of the u.s. capitol by people angry over joe biden winning the last presidential election. the idea that 2021 was going to be better, i think, probably lasted for about exactly six days. the january 6th insurrection was straight up crazy. the losing candidate, then president donald trump stoked the fury with the big lie that he had won. they rigged an
because if you look at the 17 nobel prize winning economists, they said that it will ease inflationary pressures, help with the supply chain, and invest in the human capital in this country all at one time. the pushback from moderates all about the price tag. the bill started at a price tag of $3.5 trillion. the white house and democrats have worked the total down to $1.75 trillion, which will pass muster with moderates if the congressional budget office report matches white house estimates. to be clear, that number, $1.75 trillion, is over ten years. the house just approved a defense budget for 2022 that is four times more expensive. as for progressives in the party, you ll remember they once demand build back better be passed with the infrastructure bill. but thanks to negotiations by speaker pelosi and the congressional black caucus, most progressives ultimately agreed to what played out on friday, passing infrastructure but holding a procedural vote on build back better
it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that is in a candy coma. i m jonathan lemire on this monday, november 1st. we ve got a lot of news. let s get started. air force one is expected to touch down in about a half hour, kicking off a full day of events for the president. biden will deliver the leader statement and hold a bilateral meeting with the indonesian president. the commander in chief faces a difficult task, trying to convince allies the u.s. can lead on his climate agenda despite the stall at home. he was asked this question yesterday. can the world and others be confident that you will be able to follow or do make good on the promises on climate change that you have made when you re at glasgow without a vote having taken place on your bill? it s going to pass in my view, but we ll see. we ll see. you all believed it wouldn t happen from the very beginning from the moment i announced it, and you re always amaz
into next year because of what s already happened. plus, house speaker nancy pelosi today seemingly open to side-stepping the filibuster after senate republicans blocked yet another voting rights bill. the most important vote right now in the congress of the united states is a vote to respect the sanctity of the vote, the fundamental basis of our democracy. one vote that the filibuster could enable to go forward. that would be the vote. and we head now to the breaking news out of wilmington, delaware. president biden meeting with senator joe manchin and chuck schumer. look, mike, the pressure is on to pass both infrastructure bills this week. what kind of difference do you think this could make to senator manchin with getting him on board with the plans? reporter: well, every conversation that this president has with the key holdouts at this stage of the negotiations, both senator joe manchin and kyrsten sinema would obviously be crucial to getting to a deal. i ll rem