the conversation you had with kate bedingfield. when a president says something, you can trust it. when we tell you help is coming, it is coming, check your bank or mailbox, in a few days, a week, you'll see it. we've lost more than 500,000 of our friends and neighbors. the president has to honor that and say things are going to get better, but he is going to ask americans, in some ways, my words, not his, ignore your governor. be careful. if you want to have a july 4th, you have to hang in with us through memorial day. that's my paraphrasing, but that's a delicate balance. he wants people to feel better, but don't rush out and celebrate yet or else it will get worse again. >> go ahead, fwlor ya. >> he has to sort of say to the american public that the republicans were wrong on this, that this isn't just another liberal democratic wish list. this is something that is geared to helping people in this country who have been living in a crisis for the last year. and while republicans are out there now, mitch mcconnell s saying the democrats are just running to get ahead of the parade,

joining me is kate bedingfield. such progressives as bowman and talib said they were open to voting against the covid relief bill because it got too watered down in the senate, in their view. as you know, it will only take five democrats in the house to tank the bill. two moderates already voted no the first time. do you have enough votes? >> well, this is a historic and transformational piece of legislation that the senate just passed. it is going to cut child poverty in half, in part, by making a historic investment in the child tax credit. it is going to fund a vaccine program that is going to get this virus under control. it is going to get money out to schools so they can reopen so kids can go back to school and we are not losing a generation of kids to this crisis. so look. this is an incredibly transformational and frankly progressive piece of legislation. you heard senator sanders say that this was the best piece of legislation for working people in the modern history of this country. this is a bill that ref

we just heard from the white house communications director kate bedingfield who quoted senator sanders calling this bill the most progressive legislation in modern history. but you have some democratic members who don't really agree with that and they are considering voting against this bill. why do you think there's such discrepancy among progressives? >> i think that this discrepancy is something you're seeing as a natural result of a democratic party that is diverse and diverse in what its focus is and priorities are. it's not that the democrats want not to give people relief. it's about how much is necessary and how existential this moment is. that's the battle that we're seeing playing out here. and, yes, you saw joe biden who wanted to try to allay some of the concerns of democrats and republicans in the caucus, that it might be too big and targeted, he did that. but the bill is still big. both things can be true at the same time. it's a massive bill compared to that recovery act of 2009 that we mentioned earlier. it is much bigger. that's one of the lessons that joe biden learne

joining me is kate bedingfield. such progressives as bowman and talib said they were open to voting against the covid relief bill because it got too watered down in the senate, in their view. as you know, it will only take five democrats in the house to tank the bill. two moderates already voted no the first time. do you have enough votes? >> well, this is a historic and transformational piece of legislation that the senate just passed. it is going to cut child poverty in half, in part by making a historic investment in the child tax credit. it is going to fund a vaccine program that is going to get this virus under control. it is going to get money out to schools so they can reopen so kids can go back to school and we are not losing a generation of kids to this crisis. so look. this is an incredibly transformational and frankly progressive piece of legislation. you heard senator sanders say that this was the best piece of legislation for working people in the modern history of this country. this is a bill that refl

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kate bedingfield, white house communications director. thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you for having me, jon. appreciate it. >>> so let's take some of those questions right now to republican senator from alaska dan sullivan. senator sullivan, thank you very much for joining us. i know you just got back from the border. i want to ask you about, that but first let's pick it up with this question of voting rights. this new law in georgia, and i know you're not from georgia, but this is the -- this is a republican law, you know, boosted only by republicans. it actually makes it a crime to give people food and water while they are waiting in line to vote. how -- how is something like that justifiable or do you have problems with that? >> well, look, jon. good morning first and good to be on the show, and, you know, i don't know the details of the law in georgia. there's been different interpretations by different groups. you know, i do know the details of the laws in alaska, and when i was attorney general, i fought for expans

. >> joining us now kate bedingfield, white house communications director. thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. i want to get your reaction to -- >> thanks for having me. >> -- senator wicker's tweet today where he's basically claiming credit for a piece of this bill. and are you concerned about how difficult it will be to make the american public understand where this bill came from, who delivered it, who delivered what? >> well, look, across the course of putting this bill together and then working to get it passed we earned the support -- president biden earned the support of 75% of the american public. so people saw president biden lay out his vision for a package that was going to get $1,400 checks to families who need it. it was going to get money to fund the vaccination program, to get shots in arms and provide money to reopen schools and get schools open. so he was very clear from the outset about what he thought the right path forward was. and over the course of this process 75% of the american public agreed with him. so

here is part of what kate bedingfield said. >> his preference is not to end the filibuster. he wants to work with republicans to work with independents, he believes that, you know, we're stronger when we build a broad coalition of support, and look, i would say, look at what we've been able to do in the first six weeks we've been in office with the filibuster in place. >> eli, briefly what do you see in terms of the future for the biden administration's agenda if the filibuster remains? is this a drop dead necessity for him to get things done, or is there a way to kind of make due with it for now. >> it's a necessity. president biden and senate democrats are quickly going to have to make a choice. are they going to protect the outdated, abused senate rule that president obama called a jim crow relic or are they going to deliver on the promises they made on voting rights, democracy reform, raising the minimum wage and so much more. there's a reason that more and more moderates are coming out against the filibuster. they see that it is no longer something that promotes biparti

white house communications director kate bedingfield said on cnn today that president biden also opposes eliminating the senate filibuster. for the first time we're hearing from east bay congressman eric swalwell about the lawsuit he filed against former president trump swalwell alleges that mr trump incited the riot at the capitol on january 6th ktvu is greg liggins has more. during a tour of the vaccination site of glad tidings church and hayward democratic congressman eric swalwell representing california's 15th district, discussed why he's suing trump and others at lays at the doormat of the former president. the responsibility for the attack that he incited on january 6 for what he had done before and the provocation in assembling the mob and inflaming the mob and ultimately inciting the mob. the 65 page civil complaint accuses former president trump his son, donald jr. congressman mo brooks and trump lawyer rudy giuliani of calculated actions that ultimately motivated people to storm the capital in order to block the election certification of joe biden. complaint relies heavily on

white house communications director kate bedingfield, thank you! it's always great to have you on this morning. >> thank you so much for having me. >> glad you got through it. >> donny deutsch, so we were talking about brands before. and you're listening to what the white house is saying, what kate just said what democrats have been pushing for over the past several weeks. and the difference between the two parties are striking. i remember back, obviously, barack obama won big in 2008. yes, we can. but then they went to the affordable care act, which republicans successfully branded as an act that would take your doctor away. you could lose your doctor, you could lose this, you could lose that. so they had the fear factor. here, let's move forward 11 years, because they keep talking about, i really am curious what your thought is. again, how the democratic and the republican brand lines up. here you have democrats who are saying, we're for a $1,400 check for you, to help you get through covid, if you're a working class or plaza family. that's what

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this is kate bedingfield about what's inside and what's not. >> you want to cut the money to get schools reopened? do you want to cut the money to get vaccines in the arms of americans around the country? so he believes that this package is tailored to meet the critical needs that we are facing right now in his moment of crisis in this country. >> 95% of the dollars will be spent in 22-28. in other words, not this year but in the years out of 2,028. nothing to do with the covid relief, if the liberal with bliss, is what it is. >> bret: when democrats pushed back, they say the polls are great for this covid relief bill but the question is do people really know what's inside it? >> they may or may not. i watched last week, one of your great interviews with the governor of west virginia who comments to this question saying that the country needs this. he says who cares if you overshoot a bit. the asymmetry of the recovery over the last year where the richest and the biggest did far better than they ever could've imagined and those who were smaller and even smaller didn't. i'm okay with a li

the man who holds the key is senator joe manchin and white house communications director kate bedingfield joins me to discuss next.

he'll go one-on-one with kate bedingfield about the influx of migrants on the southern border, and of course, georgia's controversial new elections law. plus, the senator from alaska, dan sullivan will talk about his recent trip to the southern border. week" later this morning here on abc. jon, thanks again. eva, over to you. >>> to the pandemic now, and more than 35% of adults have this as case numbers are rising booster shots might help protect against new variants. the latest now from abc's stephanie ramos. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: eva, good morning. as states expand vaccine eligibility, some colleges like rutgers university are pushing to make sure students are vaccinated before they return to campus in the fall. that's happening around the same time the uk is starting to test those vaccine boosters. this morning, as vaccine distribution ramps up across the nister covlanning to shots to those 70 and older, to prepare against the new variants that are emerging. >> we are in a different world from last spring. that change is the result of one giant development. >> repor

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jensac and white house director kate bedingfield and janine pierre, all top staffers, who top to be women and mothers, some form their professional conversations behind the scenes about how to help women during this crisis and gave new insight into what changes could be on the horizon, including that tax increase president biden is looking at for people earning more than $400,000 and a big corporation. that's where we pick up our conversation. what you can do to reassure middle class americans that this is not going to waterfall down on them, they're not going to end up paying the price. >> we can absolutely assure them, he is talk you can about what he talked about on the campaign trail that people making over $400,000, a small percentage of the american population, he believes they should pay their fair share. that includes corporations. he believes that's a way that we can help fund some of the really important programs that will help create more jobs, help invest in innovation. >> of course, he can only do so much if corporation raise prices if they have a tax hike as well? >> he beli

>> well, they do want to avoid that, and that's why you heard kate bedingfield saying this is not going to be a victory lap that is still happening. he signed the bill today that no one has gotten the checks yet. there are still questions about the jobless benefits, when those are going to go into effect, if there will be any kind of a lapse given the way that states process those. so i think what they recognize behind the scenes is, yes this is a big accomplishment today for president biden to actually sign this bill but implementing a bill of this size and this scope is also going to be a challenge. and so that's really what they're facing next. and one thing we should note that we're still wait to go hear is who is going to be overseeing how this bill will be put into effect. they did say they will pick someone to implement and oversee this. they haven't announced who that is yet. they realize it's going to be a massive task for someone to handle. >> massive indeed. abby, what sort of tone do you expect we'll hear tonight from the president? >> well, i think president biden, while he