much. in you day continues right now. welcome to to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m brianna keilar with john berman. it is thursday, october 21st. a critical day for the biden presidency as democrats are on the verge of a breakthrough economic deal or still struggling to reach one. and tonight the stage is set can the president close the deal? we could see it happen in realtime tonight in a cnn presidential townhall. but arizona s democratic senator kyrsten sinema has one more issue that could derail the entire deal. jeremy diamond live at the townhall site in baltimore. jeremy, what s the hold up now? reporter: well, listen, john, president biden is certainly ramping up his public push to sell his domestic agenda even as lawmakers in washington are still working to actually finalize the actual elements and the contours of this reconciliation package. a senior official i spoke with this morning told me that the president sees this as an opport
welcome to the second hour of ayman. the minority party effectively dictates what does and doesn t actually get passed. we ll explain how that is impacting the hugely consequentially impact on the biden administration s legislation. why is breaking up the social media giant so hard to do? plus president biden delivered his first united nations speech as president. i m going to ask my saturday night panel to grade his week on the world stage. i m ayman mohyeldin. let get started. if it wasn t clear before, the past few weeks have shown that the filibuster has got to go. the parliamentary procedure, which is not even mentioned in the u.s. constitution, stands in the way of congress acting on basically everything you can think of. it blocks the majority party from enacting the agenda they were elected to enact and gives the minority party to virtual virtually dictate the agenda and vote owe what it chooses. that s why the process around the reconciliation bill has been so co
thanks for staying with us. and welcome to the second hour of ayman. still so much to get. to minority control with the filibuster still in play in the senate. the minority party effectively dictates what does and doesn t actually get past. we re going to explain how that is actually impacting the hugely consequential negotiations this week on biden s bill back better legislation. then, if you ve been on facebook at any point in the last 18 months, you re probably ready to throw your phone. or at least, certainly threw out the window. so, why is breaking up with the social media giant so hard to do? plus, president biden delivered his first united nations speech as president. i m going to ask my saturday night panel to grade his wheat on the world stage. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. all right, so if it wasn t clear before. in the past few weeks have shown that the filibuster has got to go. the parliamentary procedure, which is not even mentioned in the u.s. constit
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