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President biden arriving in battleground florida at this hour to tout his support for social security and medicare. republican governors and senators have put the stake firmly in the gop column for more than a decade. but the president s trip today is sending a message, he wants to put the sunshine state in play. joining me now mike memoli in tampa. pbs anchor, and former congressman david jolie. and politico white house editor sam stein. so mike memoli, what is the president hoping to accomplish? i think it s pretty clear, florida, social security, medicare, the lightning rod of politics. who is going to be on the tarmac when he lands in a few minutes will ron desantis be there and rick scott well, not rick scott, he s in session. reporter: this is all about florida men. we see rick scott explicitly ....
Extremely negative about his opponent. to think that ron johnson always tries to make people dislike his opponent more than they dislike him. speaking on that note, mandela has faced criticism for his progressive stances. he had the tweet where he appeared to support medicare for all. how is he faring in this state with this conservative base? can he win the people over? the people of wisconsin? especially with a fairly progressive platform? well, wisconsin is the birthplace of progressivism in the modern sense. there is a base for progressive politics in wisconsin. there is no question that a progressive can win in wisconsin. remember, mandela barnes won in 2018, for lieutenant governor on a ticket with tony evers, who is actually quite progressive. the fact that barnes can be competitive is really a question of, the extent to ....
Inch closer to a legislative victory. after hours of debate they are voting on the glacier production act. it would be the largest reduction in climate in u.s. history, i would also lower the cost of prescription drugs for millions of americans, among other things. earlier today millions of americans join us on msnbc to discuss the significance. vote after vote after vote, we have done this. 11 hours straight. why? because we know this bill is finally going to do something about climate change. lifted the ban on negotiating less expensive drugs under medicare. and then, as the name of the bill, says bring inflation home by 300 and $75 million in deficit reduction. i think the american public is watching with this overdue, see that they re making progress on issues they care about. legislation needs all 50 democrats to vote in order to pass it. the senate republicans are making their opposition known ....
Just flooded with money because it is such a pivotal race for control of the senate. this is a really interesting matchup, mandela is often referred to as a progressive candidate. compare that to conservative, ron johnson, who can recently suggested ending medicare and social security as mandatory spending programs. he has of course clarify those comments, but has this hurt him? has johnson had to face any scrutiny for people in wisconsin? could this hurt his polling in november? absolutely it could hurt him. in fact, polls in wisconsin show that his approval rating is very low. there s no question that over the last six years, ron johnson has moved towards a number of really extreme positions on everything from covid treatments, vaccines, to the 2020 election, to this issue of medicare, medicaid social security. he is vulnerable, but one of the tricks that ron johnson always engages in is to be ....
You, it was actually a good discussion on policy. if you want to pursue that policy. in the question is, inside the party right now, how far left is the left pushing it and can the moderates hold the center? that was on display and likely tonight. how far right does the republican party go i don t think it s about direction. i think it s about having his policy ideas. we know the health care industry is a $3 trillion industry. the 45% of the american people believe they are one accident or one illness away from going bankrupt. so we need to make sure that we have positive solutions that can get through congress to make our health care system even better. you re going to hear a different conversation tonight because joe biden is going to take on those who support medicare for all because he believes that we should strengthen the affordable care act. bill: auntie, what is your view about what the struggles seem to be within the party? ....