[laughing]. there is another aspect. whether or not democrats will include a work permit program for illegal immigrants in the plan. there are members of the democratic party saying ignore that and include halfway citizenship in this legislation. in the process we are in now, we are waiting. the parlimmentarian is doing her work. another round of stories over the weekend about the political fate of the president and vice-president and who might run in 2024. it quotes other democrats. what is the white house s message to the democrats? the white house message is we are focussed on what the american people elected the
captive by the affluent slice of the base at the expense of the rest of the country. do you see biden administration the blue states governors make a course correction? that was so interesting. josh pointed out that the significant gains made by the republican party because because of zero-covid policies in place in democratic states. what you are seeing is some people are realizing that some of the extreme over-hyping of a bad global pandemic has political consequences that are bad. president biden said a year ago he would never institute vaccine mandates. he put them in. every court is blocking them for the time being. injunctions and stays. facing legislative hurdles. it s a divisive issue. you are starting to see more people say it s time we
trace: a luxury car dealership the latest target in america s crime crisis and the victims point the finger at the leaders meant to keep them safe. that is reaching up with new poll numbers showing president biden getting burned.
bill. not all democrats are on board with what they are voting on. democrats senator joe manchin said this new cbo analysis is not fake. it s sobering. i don t think that s a fair evaluation of saying we will spend x-amount of dollars but will have to find more money. look at the whole ball of wax. manchin is still undecided and so are some west virginia voters. pulling from the partisan gop 64% of west virginia people think the bill will make inflation worse. this will be one of the topics of conversations between the president and senator manchin this afternoon. trace: topic one. thank you. sandra: the wall street journal editorial board is arguing the bill will make americans more dependent on government hand outs.
established. the western kentucky relief website. we will put that up on our screeno people can help. devastating to learn that one of the youngest victims just months old that passed as a result of these storms. the president spoke at the white house a short time ago. the search and rescue efforts are still under way in your state. he said he will honor anything that any state needs as a result of these storms. what do you need right now? what are you asking for? what would help? my myself and our entire delegation are grateful of the speed that the federal government is moving on here. we have a major emergency declaration faster than we have ever seen. fema is already on the ground. this afternoon teams will be able to walk it was house-to-house. now it s piles of rubble to