his wife paying her final respects to his remains in the rotunda there. i want to bring back my panel, democratic strategist and former communications director for senator reid, and a former reid staffer, now the national political staffer of indivisible. maria, i want to start with you. i think one of the overarching themes we ve heard throughout this ceremony and over the weekend as well as his memorial services in nevada, is his humble beginnings. the former senator growing up in abject poverty, essentially, without health care. many telling stories of that. speaker pelosi saying, and i quote, over the weekend, he never forgot his north star, fighting for working families like his own, and to fight for nevada. and that played out not just in his community in nevada but also in the latino community and when it came to immigration as well.
groups gathered to send their message to moderates expected to run the boston marathon but did not because of an injury. speaker pelosi saying, quote, the guidance i m receiving from members is to do fewer things well so that we can still have a transformative impact on families in the workplace and responsibly address the climate crisis. the bills back better agenda for jobs and the planet for the children but republicans disagree. this is about changing american culture. what democrats are proposing is permanent change from cradle to grave taking care of americans pre-k, free college, no college debt. this is about the future of our country. jillian: a new poll revealing 10% of americans know the specifics of the bills back better plan. the president returns to the white house after spending a long weekend in delaware.
not safe to be at all, there s a threat of school shooting todd: all over a mask. what is your message to those who feel their rights are being trampled on in this context or just in general. every right you feel is being infringed upon is worth fighting for you. a quote of benjamin franklin saying those who sacrifice a little bit of liberty for a little bit of safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. todd: what are we doing? and won t where a mask. sad state of affairs. how it is going to play.
of free speech, but when you speak on logic and reason and true equality that s what offends the elites, so i hope parents and students are paying attention. if you stop going to these high price academic institutions that believe more in indoctrination and education they will be forced to change their curriculum. todd: a book reimagining nursery tale characters, here s part of a quote that was me stressing the inside my apartment in the worst year on record and when i wasn t panicking i would escape reality by envisioning a gentler kind world because these days adults need bedtime stories also appear do these people have no shame celebrating how weak our society and a whole has become? if we want to make children s books more realistic, i m all for that. we should talk about how our rights have been infringed upon, the rising inflation, skyrocketing gas prices and may be frog and toad to head to the southern
and we have to have both. this is critical to the president s bill build back better agenda. this agenda is the people s agenda. this is the moment we have a once in a lifetime opportunity to not only ensure that we have a just and equitable recovery, but that we do not return to an unjust status quo precovid normal but that we are charting a different path forward. so congresswoman, let me ask you. there s a lot of talk about this number. this $3.5 trillion you had speaker pelosi saying, quote, seems self-evident that the final number could be lower than $3.5 trillion. i know that when i ve talked to you when i have talked to other progressives, what they have said is the fixation shouldn t be on the number. it is on what we need to get done. what s the problem we re trying to fix. what s the amount necessary and let s work backwards from there. if you re hearing the number could be less than 3.5 trillion,