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Hallie? >> leigh ann caldwell live for us on the hill. i want to bring in senator mark warner, who helped to negotiate the bipartisan infrastructure deal and as a member of the budget committee helped draft the $3.5 trillion package. youre a busy man. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> you were initially persuaded to get on board with this $3.5 trillion bill. could you now be convinced to go down to $1.5 trillion? >> i was very much the budget committee member that was reluc...

Thoughts that crept in, but thankfully he started to get better quickly once he was in the hospital. >> reporter: parents, joe and katy car tucci felt hopeless as covid spiked levis temperature to 103. >> he was on oxygen, needed blood thinners. >> levi now home, is too young to get vaccinated. >> its affecting our kids now, and i have a lot of big feelings about it all. >> katy who was vaccinated now quarantined from the rest of her family with a breakthrough case. >> breakthrough infeksz happe...

Focus on the price tag, the fight over how much of the $3.5 trillion spending package actually makes it into the final bill and what the final price tag is kicking into high gear as the committees are marking up the final billsh and some of the moderate democrats are thinking that 3.5 trillion is too much after spending $3 trillion on covid relief, and some democrats think that 3.5 trillion is a drop in the bucket, and some wanted a $6 trillion, and listen to what the house majority whip jim cly...

In is a compressed challenge because people need help right away. well get the job done. i dont know what number will be. were marking at $3.5, were not going above that. >> she says she wont go above $3.5 trillion, but not if she will go under $3.5 trillion. it will be a different month, craig. >> senator manchin stating he has specific concern for what democrats want to spend for caregivers. thank you, leann. were also keeping our eye on the white house this wednesday morning. president biden ...

Something even many in the media have been slow to do and use that to underscore his case for the climate components of this reconciliation bill. this will probably be scaled back, maybe scaled back significantly, but even scaled back significantly, it is still on track to be the largest democratic legislative success since lyndon johnson in the 1960s. and democrats will be betting heavily on what theyre able to pass as a center piece they want to run on in 2022. >> a big problem, a problem for ...

Possible for a few year of build that make bold forward looking investments in our future and to address the specific urgent needs facing our country right now. looking ahead, the president hopes to address climate with every dollar of the $3.5 reconciliation budget that hes pushing. hes so confident that hes on top of climate change that he claims his build back better agenda would mean a storm like ida doesnt cause a dollar in damage down the line. >> i talk about building back better, i mean ...

Anticipate. >> its been a rude awakening for so many americans. and maria is right. there is no safety net for so many americans, but this is not something new. the disparity that we have in our country right now financially has been front and center, especially during this pandemic and the recent natural disasters weve experienced with the flooding. how do we fix it? what do we do? >> well, one thing we have to do obviously -- and maria is absolutely right -- is strengthen our safety net. this ...

Europe have a slender 9—7 lead going into todays singles. they need just five points from the 12 matches to retain the trophy that they won a couple of years ago at gleneagles. ill have more for you in the next hour. borisjohnson is facing a backlash from mps as they return to westminster, over plans for reforming the funding of social care and the nhs in england. many, including prominent conservatives, are angry about reports that hes considering raising national insurance rates, which would...

Theyre thinking politics and not principle? >> well, lets remember that this $3.5 trillion is actually a compromise. if you remember, alex, progressives didnt want to split the bills up to start with because we were afraid of this exact dynamic where people would try to move on something much smaller but not do the entirety of what the president has outlined for people and what we campaigned on. so we wanted it to be one bill. when it was split into two we made it very clear early on, three and ...

$3.5 t $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. >> well, now senator sanders is responding to his moderate democratic colleague, senator joe manchin. m m manchin wants the senate to pause on the reconciliation bill. cnns manu raju is here to unpack this for us. this of course, is the center of the presidents signature legislation on shaky ground, and the timing is so important. >> yeah, it is because both bills, the democratic leaders and the white house want to see passed in september, and theyve bee...