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Address what they call human infrastructure, things for medicare expansion, education assistance, more government assistance. those debates are till coming, but theres a lot of debate about whether theyre going to have the democratic votes needed to get a bill like that across. while the president was eager to say that a deal has been reached, when you hear from a lot of other folks, theres indications this is still a long way from being a done deal. arthel: mark meredith live at the white house...

Shes the president of the senate. has president biden and the administration done enough to rally the country in favor of this kind of legislation? >> you know, wolf, the gods honest truth is i dont think there is anything he could have done that would have material yally changed what happened today. the thing that the biden administration, the biden strategists in the white house have been very good at is keeping the focus on those things that are important to the american people -- >> hold on....

The filibuster. it should be that 41 people have to force the issue versus the 60 we need in the affirmative. so find 41 in the negative. that is one of the rule changes proposed in an op-ed essay co-written by our next guests. joining us now, al franken, also norm ornstein. senator franken, its like -- it felt like joe manchin reread your op-ed piece today, and just put it down, and said it to these people. >> yeah, i wouldnt get overly excited. i mean, he says hes open to modification. hes kin...

Change the rules of the senate after appearing in most of his comments to be completely inflexible about that. the intercept has obtained a recording of a zoom conference that senator manchin participated in with a non partisan group called no labels. senator manchin made it very clear in that discussion that he is now open to changing the 60 vote procedural threshold in the senate. quote, i looked back when it went from 67 votes to 60 votes and also what was happening, what made them think that...

Could trust each other and from what we could tell it appeared that biden did hear or acknowledge the question by nodding in the affirmative and the white house is pushing back quite sternly that he was acknowledging the press sternly and not responding to any singular question, but it was so chaotic in there that it was a little hard to discern and thats why these individual press conferences after the talks wrap up as many as three or four hours from now even though were an hour and a half in ...

Press and acknowledging the question and he wasnt necessarily answering it. this is an unanswerable question. maybe it will be for the -- >> only president biden. >> but whats significant if the president was answering in the affirmative that he did trust vladimir putin it would be a change and i would recall 20 years ago the late great tim russert asked then-senator joe biden on "meet the press" in 2001. putin had only been president for a year and he asked him point blank, do you think vladimi...

Goes on, the spinning of narratives from both sides. the kremlin and the white house. about what body language means, what different comments means and the white house is already starting to do that. white house press secretary jen psaki really explaining to reporters that moment of chaos we saw earlier today in that photo opportunity at the beginning of the meeting when one reporter asked president biden if he trusts vladimir putin. and the reporter in the room says that president biden nodded ...

Talk about all of these matters. of course, it began with a handshake, and we saw a chaotic moment inside the room there, but then we do not know what the conversation -- how it unfolded after that. that will be up to the white house and the kremlin to really shape their own narrative about this. were already getting a sense of that. a u.s. reporter asked president biden in the photo opportunity there if he trusts vladimir putin. it appeared that president biden nodded in the affirmative. a few ...

That biden administration officials had. they stressed that todays focus isnt just on confronting, or -- or taking on china. but as they put it, providing an affirmative, positive, alternative vision for the world. what do you see, as that alternative vision? and is it realistic? >> well, first of all, this is a very familiar pattern. where the u.s. tries to engage the partners. and -- and the allies in a much, kind of, tougher, clearer tone toward countries that are, frankly, not behaving well ...