federal court judges and no republican lost because mitch mcconnell did the same with supreme court judges, why does kyrsten sinema think anybody is going to lose if you do that on voting rights? i think she has the op-ed, we should read the washington post and see what she thinks. let me broaden this out. why would anybody think they re going to lose a vote over procedure, because harry reed didn t, mitch mcconnell didn t. what conservatives think is the most important thing the bill there s a thought that we have a 19th centuries tool trying to solve a 21st century problem. which is that it is a rare exception to have bipartisanship. right. and the reality is, on most of the issues we ve been talking about, there are not going to be bipartisan votes. there just aren t. no. and so the filibuster should be eliminated or reformed.
posts was before or after january 6th. it clashes with director christopher wray and his comments that the bureau did not have actionable intelligence about the deadly capitol attack. this runs into this conversation whether it was online chatter that the fbi didn t have enough to go on or whether there were real threats to the capital that day and what agents knew about it. joining us congressman jim himes from connecticut. this new information, i mean, it also backs up the claim that some are refuting or ignoring that this was planned, that this was put together and this was pushed by trump and many who follow him to have a riot at the capitol, an insurrection. whether or not the fbi is still
low. 90% less people even applying to be new jersey state troopers. we have a crisis of policing in america. it s not new, but we have to come together and fix it. one of the things the public needs is trust, transparency, accountability, to make sure we all feel confident that our policing is meeting the standards of our nation. if we keep saying that police officers are somehow above the law, that will never establish the kind of trust we need in america to move forward. senator, you well know you re up against a good amount of republicans across the aisle who are still questioning whether there is a need for federal police reform at all. jon cornyn told the washington post, he thinks derek chauvin s conviction for the murder of george floyd shows there are avenues in place to hold police accountable. your response? my response is i wouldn t have a negotiating partner in tim scott if mitch mcconnell didn t believe that this is something we should be at the
so once he was convinced of that, he s a good guy. and once a good guy sees he s taking care of others and it s for the common good, of course he would get the damn vaccine. so you mention the whole taking care of others, and you re hinting at the whole libertarianism undergirds so much of this and today senator rand paul, self-professed libertarian announcing he s not going to get vaccinated because he already had covid which most experts say is irrelevant. how dangerous and how selfish really is this rhetoric, quote-unquote libertarian rhetoric, individualistic rhetoric from someone senior in america like rand paul? well, i just think it s a shame. i would hate to vote for somebody who didn t think of his constituents. you know, the question is not how does this affect you personally. you know, we ve been at this for 14 months.
house progressives are insisting in a new letter getting rid of qualified immunity, getting rid of that and making sure that s in the final package, well, that has to be in the final package they say. senator cory booker leading negotiations for democrats in the senate, he says he has faith a deal can be reached. i wouldn t have a negotiating partner in tim scott if mitch mcconnell didn t believe that this is something we should be at the table trying to work through. we are on the senate side working in good faith to bring this to a conclusion. why do so many democrats always seem willing to believe that this time mitch mcconnell will be an honest broker, act in good faith? for more let s turn to valerie jarrett and currently serves as president of the obama foundation. author of the memoir, finding my voice out this week in paper