the full breadth of perspectives from the caucus about the future of our country. it comes as more democrats on the hill call for biden to drop out of the race. the president addressed concerns about his candidacy in that nearly hour long press conference, insisting he is all in. i m determined i m running. but i think it is important that i allay fears by seeing let them see me out there. and just this morning, a top biden ally, congressman jim clyburn, spoke with my colleague craig melvin. here is some of what he had to say. let joe biden continue to make his own decisions about his presidency. he s earned that right. i m going to give him that much respect. if he decides to change his mind later on, then we will respond to that. we have until 19th of august to open our convention and so i would hope that we would spend our time now folk outing on the record that we will lay out for the american people. joining us now, nbc news white house correspondent mike memol
work. so far, congressional republicans have not been unified by many things as strongly as their opposition to president biden s agenda. this morning, ohio republican senator roger portman said no to a democratic proposal in the bipartisan bill. it would have partially paid for the plant through irs reinforcement. one reason it s not part of the proposal is that we had pushback. another reason is that we found out the democrats had a proposal in the reconciliation package which was not just similar to the one we had but with a lot more irs enforcement. that created quite a problem because in the general agreement, this is the bipartisan negotiation infrastructure package and we will stick with that. some republicans say that they support the bipartisan infrastructure proposal. but are there enough to pass it? last night, oklahoma city mayor david holt who s republican, seems optimistic. there s something bigger here than just the package itself. there s an opportunity
we ve talked about that old washington joke about infrastructure week. it s going to be infrastructure week. sometimes it feels like every week is infrastructure week. but this week really might be different. two major infrastructure bills are working their way through the senate. there s the bipartisan bill which is worth about $579 billion. then there s a $3.5 trillion package that democrats hope to pass through reconciliation. this week will be critical. by friday we could know whether congress can pass either/or neither or both. house and senate democrats seem unified if their approach to the two-bill strategy. much of that unity may depend on good-faith negotiations with republicans on the bipartisan bill. it may not hold if the gop walks away from this framework. so far, congressional republicans have not been unified by many things as strongly as their opposition to president biden s agenda. this morning, rob portman said no to a democratic proposal in the bipartisan b
activist athlete who turns her back on the american flag and is outraged the national an them is playing as she is recognized for hammer throwing at the olympic trials in or began. at the end of the song she covered her head with a black t-shirt reading activist athlete. the first and second place winner stood tall and put their hand over their heart. in this upside down world we live in, if you cite sighs this woman you are a racist or un-american for not supporting her free speech. the symbolic rejection of the country she represents can be resolved. if you hate the national anthem and disrespect the flag, then don t participate in olympic trials that segregate people based on the country they represent. if you believe the flag and thanksal anthem are disrespectful to if you think the flag and the national anthem are disrespectful to black americans. my favorite joy behar insists this activist athlete is fulfilling her patriotic duty by protesting. protest is the
activist athlete who turns her back on the american flag and is outraged the national an them is playing as she is recognized for hammer throwing at the olympic trials in or began. at the end of the song she covered her head with a black t-shirt reading activist athlete. the first and second place winner stood tall and put their hand over their heart. in this upside down world we live in, if you cite sighs this woman you are a racist or un-american for not supporting her free speech. the symbolic rejection of the country she represents can be resolved. if you hate the national anthem and disrespect the flag, then don t participate in olympic trials that segregate people based on the country they represent. if you believe the flag and thanksal anthem are disrespectful to if you think the flag and the national anthem are disrespectful to black americans. my favorite joy behar insists this activist athlete is fulfilling her patriotic duty by protesting. protest is the