evidence that the system needs to be reformed so that people, the border agents aren t put in that position so that people coming into this country aren t put in that position, that there is a humane way to enter the country without people having to possibly come in to contact with people on horses and so on and so forth. that is the that s the definition of systemic, whatever it is. systemic racism, systemic whatever. it s built into the system. the system is created or set up in a way that it isn t fair to anyone, really. i agree. now, look. we have a this and that. this is you use any part of your horse or your tack the wrong way to abuse somebody, you re going to be held to account. they ll do that investigation. that is i m telling you, don, i believe that politicians on both sides do not want to fix this situation. it works too well for them broken. the right gets to demonize what i characterize as the brown menace. look at these people, coming here to take your j
along party lines to prevent a government shutdown and to suspend the debt ceiling, but it seems like this bill is dead on arrival in the senate. are republicans really willing to let the country default? it sure looks that way. look, people have to understand. the debt ceiling, when you raise the debt ceiling, you are not authorizing future debt and future spending. you are in effect acknowledging the debt and the spending that has already occurred. and of course most of that occurred under president trump and republican-controlled senate. so it is kind of the high point of hypocrisy to now refuse to pay the bills that you ran up, you know, while you were while you were in control. you know, there is just a tiny number of republicans who have indicated any openness to this. in the end, democrats may have to figure out a way to do this, like almost everything its on a party line basis. but as usual, we are sailing into crisis without a clear port in sight. kirsten, de
But the bill faces an uphill climb in the senate. president joe biden trying to rescue his domestic agenda as infighting among democrats threatens to derail his infrastructure package and his multitrillion spending plan. he is going the meet tomorrow with the house speaker nancy pelosi and the senate majority leader chuck schumer, and with caucus leaders as he tries to unite democrats. also tonight, the fbi director on the spike in domestic terrorism and the growing role of social media in the rising caseload. and the coroner in wyoming confirming that human remains found on sunday in grand teton national park are those of gabby petito. and ruling her death a homicide. police in florida still searching for her fiance, brian laundrie. there is a lot to get to. i want to bring in cnn senior legal analyst ron brownstein, and kirsten powers. got the 18 here with me. good evening. hello, ron, hello, kirsten. ron, i m going start with you. hello.