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What's In the $2.2T Relief Bill? What's in the Next One? Apr 07, 2020

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Who gets what? How do we keep it fair? The $2.2T one was "Covid 3." There will be a "Covid 4," says Rep. David Cicilline (D) of Rhode Island and a key member of Nancy Pelosi's leadership team.

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Look to the Governors -The Reporters' RoundTable 4-3 Apr 03, 2020

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Deaths and cases piling up. Trump holding rallies in the White House Press Room. Governors stepping up in the vacuum. With Addy Baird covering Congress for BuzzFeed News, Lauren Burke of Black Press USA and Matt Gertz of Media Matters for America.

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Soledad O'Brien on the Media Fail on Trump Mar 31, 2020

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Former CNN and NBC anchor Soledad O'Brien hits CNN, Chuck Todd, Joe Scarborough, Dana Bash and Van Jones. She says networks carry the Trump Virus Follies for ratings. Period.

She is also the Executive Producer of a new feature documentary Hungry to Learn, about college students with no money for food. Check it out here.

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USA, Number One! ...The Reporters' Roundtable-Mar 27 Mar 27, 2020

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$2 Trillion to ward off a depression. Over 86,000 US coronavirus cases, number one in the world. Bill breaks it down with Eliza Collins, Politics reporter covering the presidential election for The Wall Street Journal, Jason Dick, Deputy Editor at CQ Roll Call and Chris Lu, former Obama WH Cabinet Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Labor.

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Your Money or Your Life w/ Axios' Jonathan Swan Mar 24, 2020

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Big fight inside the White House over whether to end the CDC stay-home recommendations. Axios' Jonathan Swan is among the best-sourced reporters covering the White House and he broke that story. Catch Bill's candid conversation with his old friend. Follow him at @JonathanVSwan. Subscribe to his Sunday-night newsletter Axios Sneak Peak and watch him on Axios on HBO.

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This Going to Be Very Long and Very Bad...The Mar 20 Roundtable Mar 20, 2020

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It just keeps getting worse. Both the spread and the incompetence. How long will it go on? Biden looking up. Bernie looking for a way out. Bill makes sense of the week with Sabrina Siddiqui, National Politics Reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Hunter Walker, White House Correspondent for Yahoo News and John T. Bennett, Washington Bureau Chief, The Independent.

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Trump & The Virus w/ Top Health Reporter Dan Diamond Mar 17, 2020

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What happened behind the scenes as America failed to adequately respond to the coronavirus? What is happening right now? Bill talks with Dan Diamond, one of the best reporters covering healthcare. Diamond has broken major stories on the Trump Administration's response to the Covid 19 Pandemic. He is the author of Politico Pulse, the highly-respected daily newsletter on healthcare. He is also the host of the weekly podcast Pulse Check.

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Life Is About to Change...The Reporters' Roundtable Mar 12 Mar 12, 2020

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Biden ascendant. Bernie dead man walking. Trump way out his depth. Bill digs in with Alex Seitz-Wald, Senior Digital Politics Reporter of NBC News, Pema Levy, reporter for Mother Jones and Nikki Schwab Senior U.S. Political Reporter for the Daily Mail.

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The Pollsters' Pollster: Peter Hart on Trump,Bernie and Biden Mar 10, 2020

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If it's a referendum on Trump, he loses. If it's a choice election, Trump can win. Bill looks at the state of America and the 2020 race with one of the world's most accomplished pollsters, Peter Hart. He's been doing the prestigious NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll for over 30 years.

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Biden Booming. Trump Hunching...The Reporters' Roundtable for Mar 6 Mar 06, 2020

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The unprecedented Biden comeback. Next week with challenging states for Bernie. Trump just keeps making the coronavirus problem, worse. Bill breaks it all down with Igor Bobic, Politics Reporter for the Huffington Post, Sudeep Reddy, Managing Editor of Politico and Dr. Niambi Carter, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Howard University.

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