Pres. Biden owns his infrastructure agenda, meets with key Democrats
Tonight on the Last Word: Lawrence O’Donnell outlines how President Biden is getting involved in the infrastructure negotiations by meeting with members of Congress. Rep. Suzan DelBene, who was in one of those meetings with President Biden, discuss what was discussed behind closed doors. Jonathan Capehart and EJ Dionne further contextualize how President Biden is relying on his experience negotiating with Congress as a senator for 36 years and as a vice president for 8 years. Plus, Senator Chris Van Hollen reacts to Mitch McConnell saying Republicans will vote for the U.S. to default on its debt. And President Biden has made the United States the world's leader in distributing free vaccine doses to other countries. Loyce Pace, the Director of the Office of Global Affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services, joins Lawrence to discuss. Plus, Rep. Karen Bass explains what happened with the Congressional bipartisan talks on police reform.