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without miss ing a beat, he said i m just a better writer, jon. that is really something about harry reid that people don t know. by the way, i think it helped him get through some of the really tough times in life. both in growing up in abject poverty and what kristen alluded to with the mob when he was the top gaming regulator in the state. you have to have a sense of humor to get through tough times. last question to you, kristen. anything in memory that many people may not know about that really sticks with you? i think we ll hear today from five of his kids. i think mrs. reid has spoken about how wonderful of a father he is, how much of a family man he was, and i m really looking forward to those sort of personal speeches and stories later today. yeah, i think i am too, having had to speak at my own father s funeral. that is something that is an almost out of body experience. i admire any child who does
million test kits expiring, you know, when the need for them is so dramatic, that s frustrating news you shared, but i thank you for it nonetheless, thanks, gadi. president biden is in nevada for senator harry reid s memorial service while back in washington, the administration tries to paint an optimistic picture of the future. this as they re grappling with the surge in covid cases. let s go to josh lederman standing by at the white house. welcome to you on this saturday. it s been a really busy couple of days for the president. overshadowing all of it is omicron. so what is the president saying about that? reporter: alex, president biden is insisting that the u.s. is getting back on its feet despite the ongoing challenges posed by covid-19 and by the omicron variant in particular. the biden administration still racing to get that new test distribution program off the ground to try to address the shortage of tests that gadi was just describing. we have some new details about what
organizations putting pressure on majority leader schumer, on senate democrats to do something about it, and just this upcoming tuesday, president biden will actually devote an entire speech in atlanta to voting rights. now, the freedom to vote act, as i mentioned senator joe manchin co-authored it, but it still requires a rules change in order to get it across the finish line because it needs just democratic votes. they don t have ten republicans needed to pass it. i want you to take a listen to what majority leader schumer said on the floor yesterday about what they re going to do moving forward. democrats are currently exploring the paths we have available to restore the senate, so it does what the framers intended, debate, deliberate, compromise, amend and vote. as i said in my dear colleague earlier this week, if republicans continue to hijack the rules of the chamber to prevent us from protecting our democracy, then the senate will debate and consider changes to the rules on or
credit the late senator for his rise to the presidency. he has often said that senator reid called him into his office to say that he should run for president, and he then did and of course won. so this is going to be quite a big ceremony and memory event for the late senator who is from a very small mining town 45 miles away from here called search light, nevada. he grew up with no running water, no toilets. he had to hitchhike in order to go to high school 40 miles to the town of henderson. he has come a long way, and this is quite a sendoff, alex. it is quite a sendoff. i know you covered him as well, and had a remarkable interview with him just about two years ago. thank you for your perspective as well. for all of you, stay with us for the live coverage of the memorial service. we re going to bring you president biden s address as well as the eulogy delivered by former president obama, and also in the next few minutes, i m going to get the inside story on
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