no trickle-down effect here. just the increase to the child tax credit alone will lift millions of children out of poverty and cut the child poverty rate nearly in half. because of this bill, some experts expect the economy to grow by more than 6% this year and add 7 million jobs, a level of growth, quite frankly, we ve not seen since the 1980s and it will boost the income of the poorest americans by an average 206%. given all that, it s important to remember that zero republicans reported this legislation. that s not stopping them from attempted to take credit. senate republicans led the bipartisan cares alkt that got us through the last year. the american people have built a parade marching toward victory. democrats want to sprint in front of the parade and claim credit. it s remarkable legislation. unfortunately republicans, as i say, you know, vote no and take the dough. you see already some of them claiming this is a good thing, this is a good thing, but they couldn
are we doing? what the hell are we doing? reporter: and as for the moderates blocking the democratic agenda i would call it full of crap. reporter: jake, fetterman s democratic opponents are already attacking him over a 2013 incident when as mayor of the town of braddock, fetterman chased down a suspected shooter, pulled out a gun on that suspected shooter, who happened to be a black man out for a jog. fetterman said he acted in what he believed were the best interests of his community in the majority black town has re-elected him twice since then. when i asked if he regretted his role in that incident, he said it s not something that i would want to go back to. manu raju, thank you so much. our panel jones us now. nia, let s start with this fascinating senate race. you heard lieutenant governor fetterman in manu s piece blasting joe manchin, the west virginia democrat. is that going to be effective
inside. they are looking for a way to be able to get those civilians to safety and getting them safe passage to safer parts of ukraine. but you know, jake, as we watch and hear this news of mass graves there in mariupol, in the formerly occupied areas where russian forces were here around kyiv, the work of investigating war crimes continues every day. graves are being exhumed every day. all of this is being witnessed by civilians. and we tell this story through the eyes of a teenager who watched all of this unfold right outside of his home. hidden behind a row of homes in town, ukrainian police exhumed the bodies of nine civilians killed by russian soldiers. they re documenting evidence of war crimes. this mother stands over her son s body, left in a makeshift grave. on the other side of the graves,
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The Left’s Answer to Trump Is 6 Foot 8 and Wears Shorts in February
There’s never been a statewide politician like John Fetterman. Now he’s a front-runner for the U.S. Senate.
Updated at 2:30 p.m. ET on March 11, 2020.
BRADDOCK, Pa. John Fetterman didn’t grow up with anyone who had a biker-bar bouncer’s chin beard or who wore work shirts and shorts in February. He didn’t grow up committed to LGBTQ rights and legalizing marijuana and a living wage. The Pennsylvania lieutenant governor and Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate didn’t grow up dreaming of being a senator, or expecting to fail an exercise at Harvard’s Kennedy School because he refused to present a solution for how best to cut Social Security. He certainly didn’t anticipate serving as a stand-in for the Big Show when the wrestler made an appearance here (though at 6 foot 8, Fetterman is actually a few inches taller than he is). Fetterman has a weird life. He chose it because of the ver