One important thing to remember is the democratic leadership doesn t need for it to be constitutional to pass congress. for those trying to get the build back better deal done, if that s part of the revenue piece and it comes out later, it has come out because it already became law. our team was talking about this segment this morning, how we were going to talk about it here on the air, and i was reminded of what senator mitt romney had to say about this. let s play the sound and talk about it on the other side. you re going to tax people not when they sell something but just when they own it, and the value goes up. and what that means is people, the multibillionaires, will say, i don t want to invest in the stock market because as that goes up, i m going to get taxed, so maybe i will instead invest in a ranch or in paintings or things that don t build jobs and create a stronger economy. i m going to invest in a ranch or some paintings, it sounds like a good problem to have. is h
Pretty comical. bret: let s play the sound bite from the candidates in the alabama senate race, roy moore and doug jones. i think the establishment consists in the democrats and republicans want to keep the same people in there. they didn t want a conservative rebel they couldn t manage. i ve never been manageable. i don t plan to be manageable. the same ones that are staying pay no attention to the allegations against roy moore. he s a republican. by god, we will vote for him anyway. that s wrong, people. bret: the real clear politics average of polls, recent polls has jones up 0.8%. the average of the recent polls. wu would you still vote for candidate on the issues? the breakdown, 27-62.
let s play the sound and then jeffr jeffrey, you can weigh in on the legalitie legalities. he was very close to and evidentbly going to recuse himself for a variety of reasons. we also were aware of facts that i can t discuss in an open setting that would make his continued engagement in a russia related investigation problematic. yeah. that begs some questions, jeffrey. well, and in the closed session, according to our cnn reporting, comey talked about the fact that there may have been a third meeting between jeff sessions and russian officials that he didn t report in his sworn statements about his contacts with russian officials, which makes sessions position very problematic and potentially another figure to be investigated by the special counsel. the attorney general of the united states. so between the clear tension
Along with the gang activity. then we have got to say it the truth is bitter but we have got to swallow it. pete: speaking of things that can contribute to lawlessness. chicago has long been a sanctuary city. the mayor there deeming it such. come here safe there first of all, let s play the sound of what rahm emanuel has said in the past about chicago as a sanctuary city. to be clear about what chicago is, it always will be a sanctuary city. you are safe, you are secure. and you are supported in the city of chicago. pete: this morning, brun nell we are hearing that the immigrants are flocking to chicago ahead of trump s presidency. yes. pete: pete what does all of this do to the dynamic in that city. we need security and safety and support for the residents of chicago. you need to take care of you are inner city youth. any money that you want to set aside can take care of
Has massive bipartisan support. so what you essentially have is people waiting on leadership in the house, republican leadership just make a move. bring up the bill. there s not real explanation as to why they re not doing that. eric cantor on the house floor said actually, let s play the sound. do we have that? we want to protect the women who are subject to abuse on triable lands, and, unfortunately, there are issues that don t directly bare on that that have come up that have complicated it. michael, i just think you shouldn t have eric cantor and his sort of dripping virginia drawal. it s so unconvincing that they are really making violence against women abuse directed at women a priority with that kind of rhetoric and these kind of