As you can see here, we found that you're about forty three percent- northern European thirty, seven per se, Mediterranean, an eighteen percent. Lest Asian, in fact, you're genetic profile most closely matches your standard caucasian british person and you might be interested to know that you're actually two point. Eight percent neanderthal which fairly high under what the hell is that about? Well then, turtles were actually a species that was wiped out by homo sapiens like down all of my people. Yes, you see because of some cross breeding. Some people, like you, still possess neanderthal dna, isn't an interesting yes once again wash it has turned into a scene from South Park Good morning. Welcome the morning Joe, it's Friday March, shit, I'm really Geiss Witherspoon Bet, MSNBC contributor might born in the building with me, Whitehouse Rapporteur for the Associated Press down the hall Jonathan, the mere professor prince in University, Eddie, Glad Junior and CO founder of Punch Ball NEWS Anna Palmer, Joe

We can have the morning off. We have some breaking news. Regular thirty rock MIKE says, for the only this in time in a year. He is wearing pants very exciting. Yes, it is exciting morning good way to start the morning, guess what are we derive into this and get it out of the way this fake, the end or foul controversy hears of President Biden set at Wednesday when asked about the decision? by the leaders of Texas in Mississippi to lift mask mandates. Now TAT S a big mistake. average realised by now these mass make a difference. we are on. The cost will be able a fundamentally the nature of this disease, because the way in which we were able to get vaccines and people's arms last night Lastly, leaves neanderthal thinking, Darling, swine, take off your mass forget it. It's ill matters. So that's the president

on Wednesday, here's a Republican, Senator Marcia Blackburn of Tennessee had to say about the president's comment we want. All the end stalls when I led the fight against imposition of a state income tax and and I say so- you know what I did- I started the neanderthal cock does because Neander dollars or hunter gatherers, their protectors of their family. They are resilient, their resourceful, they tend to their own. So I think Joe Biden needs to rethink what he is saying about. This states that are choosing to move away from these mass mandate. Promises will be over soon one more. Those senator marker Robia Florida tweeted quota president by His use of an old stereo type is hurtful to modern Europeans, Asians and Americans who inherit about to pursue of their genes from the end Athol ancestors, he should apologise is insensitive comments and seek training unconscious bias

is the centre Rubio has tongue in cheek their throwing? I guess, identity, politics back. It Democrats, my chronicle, your thoughts the endurance. Although my contribution sore civilization, I have two Willie. First of all, its widely known, Senator Blackburn is still ahead of the neanderthal Caracas. This time state Senate. The second aspect my mother told me never to be a braggart, but the South park thing to point. Eight. of all of us? Him were neanderthal aspects. You us, I'm way above that, I'm up about twelve to thirteen percent on feeling pretty good about myself here in a league neanderthal death in the mere I'm looking at our banners, we talk it's hard, not to laugh out loud GEO, P, lawmakers, then the neanderthals after Biden Comment MIKE, has long been a defender neanderthals, I'm glad he is on set for this historic conversation. This is a non legal argument, but it's one where Republicans are trying to seize upon it, just the latest in a series of culture,

war assaults like that seems to be their attack line against abide administration. You know we seen them not cooperate with the cove and relief build at this point. They have your summary, one of binds cabinet picks, but the president is Mister Asher, moving pace, they're gonna. Have that really feel like we passed in the coming days? They feel good about large, where they are in the cabinet. A lot of the attacks Short Joe Biden, much like during the campaign, aren't stick. So it's back to the cultural wars and in particular, will now neanderthals. I shudder to think what they are. They may where they may turn next. So Palmer is this real. Obviously Jonathan says they believe they're onto something like they were onto something with deplorable when Hillary Clinton said that is this just another chapter in their efforts spread the winning the culture war It's a sign show right. I mean anybody who serious is not really taken The issue of Indiana, brawls and starting to attack against Joe Biden are Democrats.

And there were to be focused on vaccines, getting the economy didn't go. Envisages we get something that Republicans grasping straws right now, because there is not a lot of things, worthy or action. Pushing a positive agenda were in alignment on the strong Vieira I'm gonna spare you you're a prominent a professor at Princeton University. I want to sell your intelligence, it will move on here. The Senate is moving forward with debate on press, binds one point: nine trillion dollar corona virus relief package. Vice President Kabila Harris cast the Thai breaking vote to advance the bill. After it failed to win support for many Republicans that boat came after Democrats may change to the house past version of the bill, including lowering the cut off for fourteen debt relief checks and excluding a fifteen our minimum wage. The Senate could pass the bill as early as this weekend, but Republicans appear to be setting up a long. As soon as the Senate voted to proceed with the bill. Wisconsin's Republicans

RON Johnson insisted the entire six hundred twenty eight page bill be read out loud Johnson defended his in a tweet yesterday arguing that because of its price tag quote, we should know, what's in the bill, majority leader, Chuck sure, dismissed Johnson stunt as a delay tactic We all know this will merely delay the inevitable it will accomplish more than a few sore throats for the Senate clerks, who worked very hard in day out to help descended function to Senate clerks and other members of the secretariat? send its office took shifts. Reading the six hundred twenty eight page legislation, the effort began on three thirty yesterday afternoon and ended it too Oh four, a m this morning. Nearly seven hours and total, you see some five four. Four thousand eight hundred and fourteen activities authorized under section, sixty three or four thousand eight hundred and twenty three of the elementary and secondary Education ACT of nineteen sixty five twenty USC, seventy five

for a two three and other related activities so at upon the bill, has been read wrapped up about four hours ago now. So what from here, we know there's some debate coming then this so called voter Rama. What exactly does that mean, and how soon can we expect if it does pass that it will increase, everything. I don't know that I will be. I qualifies as a natural rigged the bill we will mean that the next is it. This is basically going to be twenty hours and each eye where they can debate this bill if unclear either signs and take up the fool when he hours. But then we go into the boat aroma, as you say, which is basically any senator is a big problem with new times any senator Without any amendment, you see a lot of the lake Republicans alot of political messaging bills, trying to me Democrats forcing innocent, tough boats that could become a political poison pill back home. But ultimately this is gonna come over the next

Five days to about weeping, they may be saturnine, depending on how much time each side takes its basically inevitable. At this point, that Democrats are gonna, be the only way that supports this. Bill and its in Vienna Party line and then go back to the scrap, though they are moving a peace. It is slowly Washington's owed, something could actually jam it up, but this is maybe Joe Biden supposed. Let's wait a bit Britain in with eyes tat, it looks like a stray party. Low line vote is on the way it's what we got just to get a debate on the relief build, as I said, Vice President Harris had to come in and break the Thai again. The first of may we expect to hear in this so called voter Rama is Bernie Sanders and I will be about the fifteen dollar minimum wage that looks like will not be in this bell because of the rules, but or by the Senate parliamentarian and reinforce the other day. What do you expect this final package to look like and on what counts? Will some paragraphs as perhaps be disappointed.

Well, I think well, first of all, let me just say instead of using Neanderthal Willie, maybe we should use traveller Dight or Bulgaria has a different, but but I think I think, is really important that we understand that for many progressive The action of fifteen dollar minimum wage is really going to be an important issue: the reduction of the scale, for the fourteen hundred dollars will be an issue, but for the most part, we're gonna be concerned about the fact that over half a million Americans are dead and that people are out here suffer and that the point nine trillion dollar package will actually do some work in this regard. But I just want to say this really really quickly with the fifteen Minimum Wage kind of removed from the package. We need to try to think about that against the backdrop of the of the anniversary of the march on sound the bloody Sunday, and we have to think about some AL today, not as a historical, not as historical fact Willie, but today what we know is that poverty engulfs some Alabama poverty. Actually,

overwhelmed Selma Alabama. In this moment, so the fact that we, we don't have fifteen fifteen down minimum wage in this bill, we need to have a. Why did you about how to raise the minimum wage post this if the progressive wing of the parties get us stay in line as it were, and MIKE President Biden has assured. In fact, in an interview with us last week is economic team said still going to pursue this? Fifteen dollar minimum wage is Zack. I make it into this big bill, but he has guaranteed. People like me Sanderson was with more and that the White House will stay on the minimum wage in eventually they gonna get the fifteen Noah Minimum Wage one way or another at some point in their gonna, build up to the fifteen, no a minimum wage, but Jonathan the intern action of this by Bernie Sanders, potentially as an amendment to the bill. It strikes a family. chord in the sense that, oddly enough to a lot of people, not to you probably but to a lot of people,

devotion but Bernie Sanders has had to the Biden. Agenda has been really rewarding for the binding administration now now absolutely MIKE, and these given them look of cover and support on their left Flank Biden, of course, right for president, more than more of a moderate in the democratic primary field, certainly not as far left of summer, like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and and part of that was intentional right that he was trying to win of the swift or centrist Democrats of Blue Collar Democrats, who Donald Trump had taken away in twenty sixteen but binding and and Senator Sanders foresaw personally relatively friendly. There should be no peace, no animal signal rivalry like they were between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton and twenty sixteen remember how how bitter and extended that primary fight was and the centre shaded wouldn't get out, even if it was clear, the sexually Clint was gonna, be the nominee this time around forty centres did get out when it was clear, the Joe Biden was gonna, be the democratic nominee.

And inviting you and his team there. They ve been talking to Sanders. They ve been. They ve been grateful for his support whether or not he was eventually backs near at hand, and that remains an open question. They thought he was going to, I wanna be a moot point, of course, when she withdrew her nomination when it was clear that the votes just simply weren't there, but Bernie Imprecise, Yours is there in pushing the minimum wage in other lefty agenda items, which is, of course, there's a window that my party, the progressive win. That is once that the needs has a lot of energy there there's their pushing for it, but Bernie Sanders sorceress singly to them when they draw their cuter him in a large part of what they would stick with the White House with stick with a present gender. Let's be patient. He'll get so this stuff done that huge one for the buying. Why us in a big sigh of relief to this point, republican criticism of this package has been focused on the fact that they believe it's bloated and that its a liberal wish list, some of them have called it. Here's democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut yesterday on the floor of the Senate, rebutting that case

It's a little hard to listen to my religion. Colleagues claim that this bill is too expensive when they are, we to spend the exact same amount of money in twenty seventeen on tax cuts for their wealthy corporate and millionaire friends. So in many ways, is the crisis today is exponentially worse than it was a year ago. When republicans to a person were willing to spend two trillion dollars on the crisis. Now, All of a sudden we Democrats are in charge of the White House when a democratic majority leader sits here in the United States Senate. One point: nine trillion dollars is too much money to spend on a crisis that is taking on a daily basis. Three.

four times as many lives as it did when we spend this money a year ago. Here's the second critique that is made over and over about this bill, it's partisan bill, Republicans say well. That is a complaint of Republicans own making because Only a partisan bill in the EU, state Senate three out of four voters, support the american rescue plan, all of a sudden since democrats can took control of the White House and to conceal, the Senate. All of these things, which were categorized as covert relief by Republicans in March, are no longer covert if you're just supposed to think of these as extras as democratic priorities. Ninety percent- ninety five percent of

in the package we are voting on today, it is, is simply an extension of the same set of funding streams that we authorized in a bipartisan wait a year ago, and so this dear, that this is some democratic wish lists when we are essentially just extent or increasing the same the extremes that were in the Cares ACT is nonsense, and we ve been talking about the approval of this package for the last couple of weeks now, even among Republicans and a bit proposed by democratic present in this age of division. Sixty percent approval, so Rest do Republicans run when they vote against this big package of relief. That would obviously help many of their constituents as well. all come out where these big issues are fine bipartisan support across the country, but in Congress ain't just fine, my earnest, because political

Is it really see why didn't hear how much over the past four years, Republicans A lot of these items, the second thing, is your having a hard time. They have supported a lot of these. These provisions, as sender Murphy, pointed out their task to try to ITALY economy. Work ahead of covert relief in the third thing is Well, the only things Republicans aligning on in his trunk be opposed. an era where they are just going to be against the state and their own returned to this, as this will concern witness, which was really the mantra of the early twenty tonnes, but just went away under Donald Trump, will see how that actually pays out. We ve republican voters. I particularly as it goes into the Mitchell, action? It Joe Biden, he gets credit, were getting back

any time you ve done to eight odors areas, thus the future of the next four years under president which is to say that most thing, are going to be fifty fifty and that vice President Kamel Harris is going to make that trip down Pennsylvania Avenue to break ties. Given the way you see Republicans. Even any widely approved of package here can bring themselves to vote for it, but there can be things that are much more These have been this that they're gonna have to vote on. So that's what it's gonna look like going forward. I think so. Willie I mean all indications suggest that I mean in some ways the Republican Party has become the modern day version of the no nothing party I think Joe, is made that point over and over again on the show I mean: what do they stand? I mean we know. I may we just have to ask the question: they were yes, they Sea area, and they wanted to repeal it never got to replace it with something. What did they do? Nothing right? We know that they, for tax cuts, and we got that one point: nine trillion dollar tax cut right that Bin,

the millionaires and end the rich of the rich, the riches of the rich. But what do they stand for? How are they going to respond to the suffering out in the country? The only thing It seems to me willing to answer your question directly. Is that it's a party of grievance it's a party of resentment and is a party of opera there's no substantive agenda there in remember with the Donald Trump Administration, the last republican dimension. What was the platform? Nothing that supported Trump ISM and we're seeing that enact day in and day out in the Congress here, we're gonna come back to the cold leave bill in a moment, but the New York Times has a breaking story overnight. Releasing report that details the links near governors- as went to allegedly to conceal the number of nursing home desk corona virus. Last June, a report written by state health officials noted more than nine thousand elderly residents had died during the pandemic. To that point, the information was not public and governor. Drew Cuomo Senior AIDS wanted to keep it that way, they allegedly

We wrote the report to take the number out that is according to documents reviewed by the time. In interviews with six people with direct knowledge of the discussions, the intervention can where's Cuomo, was starting to write a book on his pandemic response. Same time. The state health departments data put the death toll roughly fifty percent higher than the figure that was being reported by almost team. At the time we should point out the nursing homes. were included in the states overall number of covert nineteen fatalities, but not noted as nursing home death. The state attorney general actually reveal earlier this year that thousands of Sing home resident death had been under count it. That is when governor finally released the complete data claiming hid withheld it over concerns that the trumpet ministries My pursue a politically motivated inquiry in response to the times reporting a special counsel for the governors office. The statement that reads in part the out of four

Letty Data was omitted after the Department of Health could not confirm it had been adequately verified. This did not change the conclusion of the report's general. A mere you ve covered requirements for some time. You ve been on this story as well. This is a story, goes back many many months at this point. When the ages office came out with that report about nursing home deaths initially Governor Como issued that directive back. March, sending some patients from hospitals back into nursing homes leading to death and now under outing them more evidence of that from the times this morning, I should have been a steady stream of revelations as to what happened. We know the work from some of the gunners very top AIDS, including his most powerful. Both Derosa acknowledged This was withheld from YO. There is not made public the nervy home debts, and I think that this regulation is when it comes against the backdrop of two things. First of all, just the Rev just the further

you clarity that so much of this might be motivated by homo in his efforts to write that book during their spent. Look you remember. The early days of the corner virus were president trouble offer his scatter shot briefings, where sometimes even suggest in injecting disinfectant as a covert nineteen treatment while Coma was, was sombre. You serious, he was reassuring. You just dealt with the facts and numbers a lot of people all over. The country drew real comfort in that even those Live thousands of miles away from New York state Don't states worked battling, the virus like Coehlo did and therefore a coma was praised in their right. The book and now, of course, it comes also against the backdrop of these allegations of sexual harassment when Cuomo is already in a very possibly weakened stance here. Nine. These ever touched anyone. It are properly. We ve been. We ve been through that on the show, but there are now the number of women who have said that he behaving appropriate to them. They felt uncomfortable. He has apologised this week for doing.

and he will end in it's a lot of elected officials in New York who have long been cowed by him, because Como really were governed by intimidation and fear, have suddenly found their voices and have attacked him and he's not Bonjour right now where he may have a harder time surviving further questions. His handling of the nursing homes during the pandemic to two parallel tracks. Here, with me, Sue, home deaths being under counted, as reported by the New York Times again this morning and the three claims of sexual harassment Hence the governor? There was a pull out yesterday that showed a majority of new Yorkers. One stay in office, but dont want to run for reelection, interesting dynamic, there will stay on that story still ahead. Morning. I'm morning Joe former President Trump ramps up his attacks on top Republicans, as you can to assert control over the party plus moderate Democrats growing frustrated with their leadership strategy of past the high priority agenda items without republican support embassies, Liane Caldwell,

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when talking about this morning join, is now NBC News. Capitol hill corresponded Liane. Well we and has new reporting this morning, she's totalling not interested, moderate Democrats chafe as else moves fast on progressive priorities, priorities. Good morning. It's good to see you so which issues are we talking about here and which moderates so really isn't necessarily about the cope in their MRS everything else that Democrats are trying to do in the next few weeks. These big democratic agenda item you ve already seen in some past, some of them, including the algae BT, Q Equality ACT. The George ploy legislation this week. Looking ahead, the gun, gun rights Bill

that are expected to come up with some components at immigration to the violence against women acts. There is a long list of things that Democrats one past, but those moderates, including the problem solvers caucus just got my Martha blue dogs, who are really concerned about the democratic strategy, and that is pushing these bills forward, which mind you have been passed in the last congress in the exact same way with

no changes to this legislation to appeal to a publication. The reason that matters now is because the last paragraph they were just messaging bills met Mcconnell was never gonna, take them up in the Senate, but now that it has the chance to actually be brought up in the Senate and actually reach President Biden task if there is by those republican support member, they need and Republicans in the Senate, to pass anything. That's not that the reconciliation lot of these moderates are saying: look if we actually want our messaging bills to become law. We need to work with her publications how Speaker Nancy Close he has decided just a pussies, does forward in a very democratic way and then very partisan way. Well, I guess you know Leon, though the Democrats, like Nancy blows in many others, would say. Well, the Republicans have shown no willingness to work with So why are we wasting our time trying to get their votes? Are we know those boats will never come. We need to be bold, they would say and push forward with our agenda. So what is that

hence in look like internally between those moderates would like to see some outreach to Republicans and the more progressive way of the Democratic Party Somebody's moderates are saying that led. The legislation has actually got in the wrong direction. Equality, ass. It passed with fewer republicans in it did last Congress did George Floyd Bill and had three Republicans last Congress. It just passed this week with zero were public. And so moderates are contemplating threatening their masses with they have enough. The tank legislation things don't change. You saw a little bit of that regarding the eight hour one bill. There are some last minute changes to that bill, forced by moderates, because at least eight of them that's enough, think a bell and buried narrowly divided house of representatives. They said that they were going to withhold their support until there were some changes in that tactic work. They got a little bit of what they wanted and they say that

not going to be afraid to use it moving forward to if things kind of run, off the rails and they're just not getting any results beyond the house representatives Joanna on the other side of the hill and the Senate side. We have the same polarization coming up the voter Rama they're supposed to beginning and twenty hours of debate and both sides. So my question to you is when the amendments begin robbing when the Republicans in the Senate begin, trying to amend the bill, probably to failure to most of their efforts. Does the vice president have to be on hand for that entire time are there are going to be a series of votes taken where the vice president will cast the Thai breaking vote anxious to be that she's going to be there for the entire vote. Aroma because most of As you know, most of these are messaging ways in men and that are not do you know, come position to actually

but I am sure she'll be on standby and depending on whether or not it would only be in the time rating instance where there is actually a fifty fifty split on something. So what to see how that those ward, but you ve not been need, not forget its planning on being in her office, incentive for the next forty eight or seventy two hours so Eddie on this tension between moderates and progressives within the Democratic Party Democrats feel like we endured for years of of Donald Trump. We now have the and the Senate and the White House it's time to do big things and and push through what do you make of some of the pushed back there, heading four moderates. The progressives are getting from moderates in that desire, or by some to at least attempt to reach out to Republicans. Well, you know, some ways I just find it just baffling. Willie there's a sense in which the american public put the Democrats in office in so many ways to pursue a bold agenda, because I think there is a general consensus that the country is broken Org,

east. There is some serious problems and that we have to respond at scale, so it doesn't make any since at least to me on its face that we would return to politics that that that existed prior to the assent of Trump ISM White House right that we will return to that which actually gained Trump, the White House and then there's just basic practical question. What does it mean to work with Republicans in this way? What what you concede and then the third point I wouldn't get out. I would make really is This is a strange echo of what happened in the context of radical reconstruction. There was a man but when moderates thought they could work with Andrew Johnson and what happened was the south, Turning to the hands of those very people could cause to let the rebellion resulted in six hundred thousand dead, so it

no sense to me in this moment, when the scale of the crisis demands a scale at a response at scale that we would hear folk within the Democratic Party, whether their moderates or whatever, trying to return to an old politics that, in some ways contributed giving us Donald Trump in the first place and be Cecily in Caldwell. Thank you for your reporting set up a big conversation here. We appreciate it will see some Donald Trump. spending the early part of his post presidency attacking Republicans the Ex president issues. When hammering Carl roles after the long time Republican, Operative wrote an Ipad criticising former president from speech at sea pack last week in trouble so when, after Mitch, Mcconnell calling him quote the most unpopular politician in the country while claim credit for helping him when reelection in Kentucky Trump also attacked the Wall Street Journal Torreon Board, which has blamed the former president for causing report.

begins to lose control of the United States Senate trumps attack elicited this response from the journals, Editorial board RO quote for someone who says we don't matter, he should spend a lot of time reading in responding to us thanks for the attention it goes. what really seem to rank the most famous resident of moral logo, isn't his caricature of our policy differences. It's that we reckon as the reality that Mr Trump is the main reason Republicans loss to Georgia, Senate races in January, and thus the Senate majority. Mr tromp refuses to take responsibility for those defeats, contrary to all ever let's bring in co founder in sea of acts, Yos Jim Band gender morning. It's good to see its feels quaint. That a few weeks ago, even people were wondering, is Donald Trump still and control the Republican Party. I think we learn from sea pack for speech and from the reaction of many republican senators actually over the last two months or how long it spends its he's, been gone that he is in

still at the levers of control in this party. There is no doubt about it. He's waymore well, then Mitch, Mcconnell in Cairo in the Wall Street Journal editorial paint. then, just the reality of the party right now, I'm going to the goods that they give a division that that's probably sixty to seventy percent of the party is withdrawn its. Why most else Republicans, are begging, become tomorrow ago. It's why Kevin Mccarthy does everything he can to placate Donald he knows that- that's where the base of the party is when you go inside of the balls when you see how people think about it. A lot of people can I want them to run again, would vote for him again. Thank you should be, now that the election was takes almost of the appear from Donald Trump resonate with most Republicans action, the reality in while a lot of Washington Republicans cheer on which Mcconnell in love the Wall Street Journal editorial paid it just kind of public and party that used to be its republican Party, that is today

Yes, maybe it'll return one day, but I don't think it will actually, because if you look at the Correction of the party, even it went from birds are really moved from a party that was aimed at the walls. The journal leadership to much more a party aimed at the blue collar workers across the board? you look at the rhetoric, the market. If you look at the rhetoric from Kevin Mccarthy of everyone now talking about working Class party is opposed to a Wall Street Party? That's a radical! It was a ship that was done by Donald Trump so long as he's around he's. Gonna have a bigger megaphone he's gonna, have, I think, more authority. journal and then Mitch Mcconnell. It's. Why mix Mcconnell by the way is really cooled it in terms of his rhetoric about Donald Trump. He sees the backlash. Now she was it wrong. If you look at the polls Mitch behind us, not a terribly popular politician right, including among Republicans and down from, can take some credit for that, because he is

then a sort of vicious. It is attacking a bit less. Remember, of course, that Mr Connell denounce Donald Trump from the floor. The Senate the day the trunk was acquitted, The second impatient trial, only a few weeks later suggest that have tromp was the parties nominee in twenty four. He would support him again so Jim the other was a moment thereof of some silence proper Israel till the quiet, but once his trial ended, he's back out, there's no tweet but press releases he started doing some media appearances. Obviously the big see pack speech what are you hearing what the reporting you guys have as to what his next steps are going to be there? Some scepticism that here have the discipline to four actual sort of political apparatus to you'll go after Republic and in primaries than he of the other. He feels were disloyal to him. Is this just going to be him spouting off in press releases, start doing more interviews how she actually going to do that how'd, you gonna impact the Republican Party and remain relevant as the kingmaker

these eyes towards a moment where he will have to make a decision about twenty twenty four How did you know that, like he's not like his weakness like one of his big, we Susan. Why? He didn't even do more with this presidency is working national guy he's not thinking long term strategy. It's all, privatisation. So yes, he, so Lord over the Republican Party, but the idea that he would create an alternative party would require way many resources and wait too much focus the actually COLA. I think them, more likely scenario when you talk to people around them is that he does what we see today that he'll try to find platforms. Leonards Fox NEWS, there's parlor, where Brienza, by using our with time, I did sort of way in military Republicans loved her hand, air the grievances he has about different republicans, who turned on him. My guess is, he will endorse. Candidates are mainly to be a pain to those Republicans war against him, looking when he talks of

these press releases he's obsessed with loose change is obsessed with Mitch Mcconnell he's obsessed with any we voted for impeachment. He just obsessed with anybody, is a Republican, doesn't love him, and so he'll tackled AM, I think, you're probably raise money for them. We won't be that organise, but make no mistake He sits there on the sidelines. Does what he's doing he probably stronger, not weaker. Among Republicans, itchy drift away in January sex in April, you decide to land, which I think you may run. I know a lot of people think he woke, and that is just willingness to stay in the game but he saw addicted to the attention so different to being in the game. Nosey has a massive base and support. I would not be surprised at all at once again if he knows the founding Lisbon items, but then he's gonna run again to the very end, because it the power of us talking about it and other people- and I

and if you get the same sense, I do talking to Republicans on the hill, which is a that they would love for him just to go away. Their lives would be a lot easier if you would be as he's not going away. They have to bow and scrape to him because control so much so by such a large percentage of the base of, the voters that they need to get reelected themselves and to take back the Senate and to do all the things they need to do here in the house. I think Problems are tired, exhausted answering a recent beached every single thing: Donald Trump does that again eastwards enlargement, ordinary by your paraphrasing stay at Europe's borders when they try to talk with the latest. Donald Trump is done. If you look at me all yours about Lisbon, Eve wants to get ngos taxable person in these going into twenty two

twenty four on the ticket and, though probably art necessarily Republicans in seeds, Carolina intensively in the house, as I was saying in a lot of warehouse house Republicans. largely leadership, qualities of the world. Yes, the ringer more reliable and has just at all, reality check to the fact that most the Republican onwards this period very loyalty, Donald Trump, haven't majority, wants to be speaker, believes speaker. Look at most earth term meat terms, the dough party and empower loses its little. That is true wine continues. You wants to be seen We believe has Republicans have that shot and he needs our trump into it. So, Jim a couple of minutes, you go- you pointed out probably quite accurately, that the report can parties in the process of trying to remake itself into the Party of Blue collar workers, so in the short term as well as a long term? How does that work out if they

soon be on record voting against a fifteen dollar minimum wage voting against a package that includes rent release, mortgage relief, more money for local public schools, more money for food banks, where people who are suffering from from malnutrition or not enough food and their own pantries at home. They vote against all of these social things and instead, predictably revert to issues like immigration. How does they, how do they become the Blue Collar Party when they vote against people blue collar workers interests every time out. Are you two very good question, because the rhetoric is undoubtedly change? The question is: is there any policy difference? We do see minor changes you simply by Tom caught and others now talking about increasing the minimum in a way that they haven't. I Pass, not as high as fifteen dollars, though that Bernie Sanders. Another Democrats I want

what sort of moving in the direction, but, if you're, not delivering on the things that a blue collar american cares about linking you just mentioned about job security and have good health care. That does a rhetoric even matter the reason that Republicans, I think, a pulp. Is they look at that Donald Trump performance in the last election and the like. While he did a little bit better with african american men a little bit better with hispanic, men obviously does well with working class whites included be a new coalition that they could start start to speak too, and I think that's what we're trying to focus on the other thing when you think about the Republican Party to happen, but we think about it will wash, Let's one of the reasons that Donald Trump has so much staying power is how many, that run the state parties and the state in the state? just natures. How many there

people like Donald Trump Talk like Donald Trump and feel like the party should be more trunk, not less trouble. It's the reason that every Republican was crossed, Donald Trump has been censured, were had a primary challenge, threat almost instantaneously from the party leadership and sovereign. Pay attention to that dynamic because that's where a lot about that? That's, where a lot of support comes from network but the money comes from and by the way, a lot of those people controlled redistricting process. That will probably give you more Republicans who looked like Donald Trump, then knotted, anything was a pointing it out. You don't already. I look principle music. What they do is very smart. They focus very much on those members of travel. And if you look at the nature of them and if you look at the nature of what it takes to get to a primary process,

you need to be more like downloads promptly, so that split between the house in the Senate is real. The Senate boast that every senders up in wanting to every house member it watch those fibers watched the paper candidates that emerge sound. I think a lot more like from the Wall Street Journal, Japan. I your political analysis, almost the strongest as drapes behind you. Thank you very much that are always good to see you they're nice not even not a joke. Anna Palmer. Thank you as well. I echo what Jim said. Punch ball news has become, must read check it out if you haven't already. Thank you. Anna coming up, China's biggest poetic meeting of the year is under way in Beijing in the Biden. Administration is watching very closely and beseech Janis he Frere joins us live from Beijing with why

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intentions with the United States, China, boosted its defence spending budgets. Six point: eight percent this year the figure just released at the sky. The annual national People's Congress meeting in Beijing- and that is where we NBC News, foreign correspondent, JANET's, Mackey Fred. JANET good morning, good morning. The rise in spending was not a total surprise. She paying has been overhauling and modernizing the military since he came to power. Adding Eric carriers, self fighters and much of it being developed in produce. Domestically, though, this time the government says that part of the increase is actually to improve pay for its armed forces. Now he was policymakers pay attention to these meetings, even though everything is the priority

to get some sense of the blueprint. What are China's priorities not only for the coming year, but for coming years and key to the strategy right now for the economy and for China's global positioning is technology in this quest? If your colleagues to be self sufficient, this is a five year plan that their laying out to cut dependency with the west on key components like chips and semi conductors, which has become even more important since the. U S, blacklisted chinese companies like walkway, so they ve identified. Doesn't so called chokehold technologies that they cannot yet produce its very strategic and really says something about the magnitude of China's ambition to pass the? U S, not just in terms of military strength, but also economic weight. I talked with Kevin ROD.

He is president of the ages society and a former prime minister of Australia about how the? U S should see competition with China. Many Americans continued But the world is sort of stood still while America engage in its own Jain normal political bun fought over for years. The truth is the rest: the world didn't standstill. China continues to grow and grow, signifying and the rest of the world looked at American scratched his head and said one of them is going on there. I think it's important and political leaders to understand for that the world is a little more sceptical of american powder once was, and what's important about

scepticism. Is that the? U S is counting on re, engaging with its allies in order to temper China's influence of tissue airily in this region? What's awkward about it is that the EU, just due to being trade deal with China chinese vaccines being spread across much of the developing world. What having brought is advocating is something he calls strategic managed competition where the two countries effectively pudding guard rails and they approach common This is something that has to be managed and not necessarily saw so that there can still be room for discussion on issues that require discussion like climate change. We have to remember as well that that China is coming into this from a position of confidence, and this is something that really perpetuated in state media here. This idea that the east is rising in that the the west is in decline, so it doesn't mean that the Eu S in China have conquered

in the cards that confrontation and certainly tension, seem inevitable willing? Just on Wednesday, Secretary of State Blinkem called China, the biggest geopolitical test of the twenty first century for the United States, embassies, Janis, Mackey Frere LIVE in Beijing Forest JANET's. Thank you very much, still had a morning Joe. The United States is picking up the pace. Verona virus vaccinations we'll have the very latest than the vaccine, rollout as President Biden inches closer to reaching its goal of one hundred million doses in his first one hundred days. Just come right back