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We are at $3.5. we cant cut that down any more. finally, how much of this bill should actually be paid for? you have people like jon tester saying he will not support anything that isnt fully paid for. you have to find a way to get all these numbers to add up. a lot of work to do, which is why this idea that it could be done the next week is simply impossible, brianna. >> yeah. you can see how much they have to hammer out today at the white house. lauren fox, thank you so much for that. up nex...

That need tol thread, where is the compromise that can be made. what can the white house offer from the executive branch, and where does everybody stand on where theyre willing to bend and where their red lines are. >> you know, tony rahm, the frustrating thing about this, and i hear it from viewers, i express it myself as a report he and those of us trying to explain whats happening to people publicly. in that we dont know what is on the table and off the table during this negotiation. so if it...

Facing the democrats of this big, ambitious, bold agenda that theyre struggling to get done. >> obviously, we knew. there was only one sticking point. qualified immunity. so clearly they didnt get over that sticking point on that. shannon pettypiece, what is the biden red line? what doesnt he want to see gone from this legislation? we dont know joe manchins bottom line number. we dont know the minimum bernie sanders would expect. do you get a sense of what, you know, biden was very involved in t...

Course, theres the senate and how they play in all of this. there are two key senators, both joe manchin of west virginia and keertsin sinema of arizona who said they wont support a package as expensive as $3.5 bill crop and right now democrats are in a staring contest. thats one of the issues that members of congress are dealing with. theres also the government spending plan and the fact that the government could run out of money in the next couple of weeks and the governments credit card bill ...

To come to an agreement on the bipartisan bill and the $3.5 bill crop. jayapal and other progressives wont vote for the bipartisan bill if they dont see passage of the reconciliation package. what jayapal and pelosi talked about and jayapal emerged saying a planned vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the house may be forced to be delayed because there just arent enough progressive votes to put it over the finish line. but big problem is democrats in the house have not agreed as to what...

Saudi intelligence official. he offered travel assistance and financing to the hijackers. in response to this report, the family united group says it puts to bet any doubt about saudi complicity in the attacks. the victims families have long pushed for more transparency about the saudi governments possible role in 9/11 and president biden recently ordered the justice department to release declassified documents over the next six months. the saudi government has welcomed the documents release say...

$3.5. chuck knows that and we talked about this. weve put out $5.4 trillions. all the help we put out there is still there and going to run until next year, 2022. what is the urgency? what is the urgency we have? its not the same urgency with the american rescue plan. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi and chuck schumer said theyre moving forward with this bill. pelosi is hoping the final legislative text will be written by wednesday of this week, with a vote being held next week in the hou...

Its 5:00 a.m. in new york. thank you so much for getting an "early start" with us. im christine roman. we. >> im laura jarrett. we begin with the white house running into roadblocks from all directions as it enters a critical period to set an economic agenda for the end of the year and the 2022 midterms. democrats in congress are trying to push ahead with a sweeping multitrillion dollar 10-year spending plan to expand the social safety net that includes child care, tackling the crime crisis. t...

Felt across the region. >> thank you. "early start" continues right now. good morning, everyone. this is "early start". im laura jarrett. >> im christine romans. its time for the top stories to keep an eye on today. >> he doesnt have my vote on $3.5. chuck knows that. th its not acceptable to me. democratic leaders in the house and senate are scrambling to unite their party to pass a historic expansion of the social safety net. they hope to advance it in tandem with a separate trillion dol...

Analysis was spot on. manchin reflecting his more conservative voting base in west virginia and continuing to appeal to that and hes just not going for the same constituents as bernie sanders in vermont. of course, its not surprising they dont see exactly eye to eye. manchin seems pretty firm and dug in on the fact he thinks this is way too much spending. he wants a lower number. so i feel like that lower -- that number is going to have to get significantly lower if theyre going to get this crit...