senate. let s bring in john avlon. lauren fox also with us. john, let me start with you. the president of course trying to put this in the context of this is good for the job market, this is good for families. as we watch the numbers, the inflation numbers, the cost of living, calling it fiscally responsible, he has a huge sales job to do here to the american people. he does indeed. that said, i think there s more of an appetite for government spending than there has been in some administrations past, republicans having lost some moral authority on that issue. but the specter of inflation is a big day. that s something americans have taken for a long time that we controlled inflation. but it was a dominant political force for decades in america. to see that creeping up is a real warning sign for the white house as they put forward this massive spending bill, which they hope will transform kind of the approach of government to the citizens and vice versa. the more spending y
jab at him with the tax cuts passed in the trump administration, because he said unlike that, all of his plans are fully paid for, and so he went into details on some of those things as well. but i have to tell you, garrett, there is not a lot of new in these remarks that the president has talked about this over and over again, and the build back better agenda from day one in fact, and so this is is a president who wanted to come tout speak out and speak about what took place and moving forward and the second half of the agenda, but what stuck out to me today is that he did not speak about what happened with the businesses and the universities and the airlines who are requiring the vaccines and i asked jen psaki in the briefing if it was the official white house position that is what they wanted the private sector to do, and they would not go that far, but they are hoping that the businesses will be modeled for others, but that is what we are watching, but he says that he h
shoulders, the small of my back, my waist. often enough by late 2014 i didn t want to go to the holiday party he was hosting for the albany press corps at the executive mansion. john: some top democrats are joining the list of the lawmakers demanding cuomo s resignation including house judiciary chairman jerry nadler among several prominent new york lawmakers issued statements saying that the time has come. sandra: yeah. yet still silence from vice president kamala harris on this. she has not joined those calls by fellow democrats for him to resign. nor have we heard from senators gillibrand or elizabeth warren, all three of whom were vocal in opposition of brett kavanaugh in the confirmation hearing. all of this is after the governor s own lawyer reported a groping allegation to the police. the woman involved has so far declined to press charges herself. cuomo has continued to deny the allegations, john. john: sandra, the cover of the new york post stating it all.
rudy giuliani, he is already trying to suggest that this report is not true. this is michael cohen s a liar. has he read it? it s not based on michael cohen. he s not one of the sources. this is obstruction of justice if these facts are true. this is subonning perjury. it s no question it s an impeachable offense. if this is true, does it mean president trump committed a crime? it means he committed three crimes, steph. i m sitting 12 blocks from the white house and i can almost smell the gun smoke. you re saying the president did not tell michael cohen to do that? i m telling you right now this is exactly why the president refuses to give any credence or credibility to news outlets because they have no ability to corroborate anything they re putting out there. instead they are just using innuendo and shady sources that was not dida denial of question. the premise is ridiculous. it sure as heck explains why michael cohen lied in earlier testimony to ou
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