you heard mitch landrieu there. what do you think about his explanation for biden's line on oil for the next ten years? >> it was -- there were a couple moments. that is one of them. i thought we've gone back to high school. and this is not a good look for the united states. i was actually more upset over the social security line. >> why? >> because kevin mccarthy said the day before, and i quote, social security and medicare are off the table. mitch landrieu said 48 hours before, medicare and social security are off the table. to accuse the republicans of sunsetting, and that's the word he used, you know i'm a language person, of sunsetting social security is wrong. it's equally wrong for the members -- i know you're playing it a lot this morning, to heckle him the way they did. you was watching. i was sitting in the chamber. i was in the gallery. i watched the squad all sits together and it was almost like a party for them. and they liked what the president said. and the republicans cheering him were not parliamen

kesha lance bottom, mitch landrieu, we are here on behalf of the people of our country and our president, joe biden. and we are here to celebrate the life of tyre nichols. mrs. brown, mr. brown, you have been extraordinary. in terms of your strength, your courage, and your grace. and we mourn with you and the people of our country mourn with you. and i have -- i'm going to be very brief. mothers around the world, when their babies are born, pray to god, when they hold that child, that that body and that life will be safe. for the rest of his life. yet we have a mother and a father who mourn the life of a young man who should be here today. they have a grandson who now does not have a father. his brothers and sister will lose the love of growing old with their baby brother. and when we look at this situation, this is a family that lost their son and their brother, through an act of violence, at the hands and the feet of people who have been charged with keeping them safe. [applause] and when i think about the courage and the strength of this family, i think it demands that we speak truth.

kesha lance bottom, mitch landrieu, we are here on behalf of the people of our country and our president, joe biden. and we are here to celebrate the life of tyre nichols. mrs. brown, mr. brown, you have been extraordinary. in terms of your strength, your courage, and your grace. and we mourn with you and the people of our country mourn with you. and i have -- i'm going to be very brief. mothers around the world, when their babies are born, pray to god, when they hold that child, that that body and that life will be safe. for the rest of his life. yet we have a mother and a father who mourn the life of a young man who should be here today. they have a grandson who now does not have a father. his brothers and sister will lose the love of growing old with their baby brother. and when we look at this situation, this is a family that lost their son and their brother, through an act of violence, at the hands and the feet of people who have been charged with keeping them safe. [applause] and when i think about the courage and the strength of this family, i think it demands that we speak truth.

keisha lance bottoms, mitch landrieu, we're here on behalf of the people of our country and our president, joe biden. and we are here to celebrate the life of tyre nichols mrs. wells, mr. wells, you have been extraordinary in terms of your str strength, your courage, and your grace. and we mourn with you and the people of our country mourn with you. and i just -- i'm going to be very brief. mothers around the world, when their babies are born pray to god when they hold that child for the rest of his life. yet, we have a mother and a father who mourn the life of a young man who should be here today. they have a grandson who now does not have a father. his brothers and sister will lose the love of growing old with their baby brother. and when we look at this situation, this is a family that lost their son and their brother through an act of violence at the hands and the feet of people who had been charged with keeping them safe. [ applause ] and when i think about the courage and strength of this family, i think it demands that we speak truth, and with this, i will say this violent act was

keisha lance bottom, mitch landrieu, we are here on behalf of the people of our country and our president joe biden, and we are here to celebrate the life of tyre nichols. mrs. wells, mr. wells, you have been extraordinary in terms of your strength, your courage, and your grace. and we mourn with you and the people of our country mourn with you. and i'm going to be very brief, mothers around the world, when their babies are born pray to god when they hold that child that they body and that life will be safe for the rest of his life. yet we have a mother and a father who mourn the life of a young man who should be here today. they have a grandson who now does not have a father. his brothers and sister will lose the love of growing old with their baby brother. and when we look at this situation, this is a family that lost their son and their brother through an act of violence at the hands and the feet of people who had been charged with keeping them safe. [ applause ]. and when i think about the courage and the strength of this family, i think it demands that we speak truth, and with this i

to counter that let's bring if senior advisor to the president mitch landrieu from there on the north lawn. thank you for being with us. a little bit more on this poll that came out. 60% of people say that the president has not created more good jobs in their community and has not improved roads and bridges has not made electric vehicles more affordable and hasn't dropped medication prices. what will the president say when theme are in a mood like this? >> the previous report is unbelievable. our thoughts and prayers go out and the united states will do everything to help the victims of that tragedy. the president is going to give the state of the union speech tonight and a good speech, an optimistic speech. he ran for president of the united states because he wanted to rebuild the backbone of the country and unite the country and restore the soul of america. the fact of the matter is in the last two years he accomplished than most president in four. 10 million small businesses, 14 million jobs. prescription costs as you know are going down. it is not a surprise. you've done this befo

vice president kamala harris plans to attend along with keisha lance boughts and mitch landrieu. tomorrow night we'll speak with reverend sharpton about how the nichols family and people across the country are grieving in this moment and what justice in this case looks like. but tonight sharpton, nichols family, and their attorney, benjamin crump, are gathered at the historic mason temple to discuss how authorities continue to investigate nichols death. the memphis fire department fired two medics and a lieutenant who all failed to give nichols medical attention in the immediate aftermath as theia officers who had just bean him laughed on the side lines. in addition to that the memphis police department confirmed yesterday that two other memphis officers on the scene that night have been suspended since january 8th. one of those two officers is a man named prestten hemphill. nichols family attorney and civil rights lawyer ben crump says hemphill is the one who pulled nichols from the car. you can see him tasing him in the body cam footage. nichols family and lawyer says hemphill

you have mitch landrieu, the coordinator for the white house saying to mabz recently, yeah, the president's age is something people want to talk about. but there are much more important numbers they should be talking about like covid shots, the unemployment rate, jobs created. that's where they want the focus to be going into what looks like a re-election campaign coming soon. >> yeah. it's a natural question that people have. you're also reporting about some democrats who are talking and preparing for a contingency plan in it case there is this anomaly and biden decides he's not running. what would that even look like? >> nobody really knows. it would be a very unusual circumstance. at this point in a presidential cycle, we are used to candidates starting to get ready if they're going to run. we are now expecting president biden will run for reelection. ther -- re-election. there are some democrats saying, look, things could change quickly. he could change his mind. there could, given his age, be a health issue. how do we get ready but how do we get ready without seeming like we're trying

first the senior advisor to the implementation coordinator, mitch landrieu. yeah, you can clap for him. [applause] >> and you take that seat right there. >> good morning. >> yes, thank you. and next the senior vice-president for implementation, john podesta. [applause] >> thanks, john. and then next we have senior advisor to the president and white house american rescue plan coordinator gene spurling. let's give them all a warm welcome. [applause] >> thank you, thank you. okay. so we're going to get started with questions and we'll start with gene on the end there, first. what are the president's plans for the american rescue plan and how could county leaders continue to show the impacts of this program in local communities? >> well, thank you again for having me. this was my first in-person meeting way back and so i think this is number three and thank you. look, i think it's important to remember that the goal of the american rescue plan was really two-fold. it was to ensure that we have a rapid, strong, equitable comeback from the pandemic, but number two,