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On evictions was allowed to expire. the president is under pressure from some democrats to address the issue, possibly extend it. jeremy diamond and lauren fox join me now. lets begin with you, lauren, on infrastructure. we have final language for the bill. that makes this more real than just sort of a pending theater ic t hechlt oretical agreement. when, crucially, in the senate, will they get the 10 republicans they need? >> reporter: the senate keeping us on the edge of our seat over the week...

Resolutions, were not going away. the american people arent going away. this is what it is all about. >> were going to be talk bing in in days and weeks to come, thats for sure. congressman, david, thank you both. very much appreciate it. i want to turn to the senates rare saturday session, majority leader chuck schumer knowing time is of the essence as they await the massive infrastructure bill being put together by a bipartisan group of senators. >> i understand that writing the text of a bi...

If your policy qualifies. any minute now, a hurdle for the bipartisan senate deal for massive investments in infrastructure around the country, the senate is expected to hold another vote on the trillion-dollar plan, but it is still a long way to go in this divided congress. lauren fox is on capitol hill for us. what is going to happen later this hour and where is this headed? >> reporter: in a couple of minutes we expect a rare view of the senate working on a friday where we expect that theyr...

Covid relief money but how this ultimately plays out is still uncertain, because they do have to go through that amendment process and then at that point, democratic leader chuck schumer would move to shut down debate, which requires 60 votes to overcome any filibuster attempt and then try to get it out of the senate and then the question will be, will the house approve it? still an open question as liberals say that it does not go far enough, and then you worry about the bicric only plan and s ...

They have to go through the amendment process and then get 60 votes and out of the senate. so there are still some hurdles to go through. some optimism theyll get there but they have to get through both chambers of congress and that would happen until sometime this fall. >> okay. well watch that closely. there is a big meeting today. chuck schumer, nancy pelosi meeting with the president on voting rights. what do we know about that? >> reporter: there is an effort among democrats to try to unify...

Then that is the amendment process will start. that means that senators could offer potential changes to this bill. but they cant do that until this text is released which is one reason why there is an expectation that the senate is going to be in for at least part of the weekend. which is very rare for the united states senate. it is rare for them to be on a friday let alone a saturday or a sunday. but it speaks to the urgency of the democratic leaders are trying to get this done within about a...

They pushed back and said they didnt want to move forward on this vote. so there have been delays. they fought about it behind the scenes for about an hour. rob portman, the chief republican negotiator came out and told reporters he got personal assurances from schumer that he would not pull a fast one and the underlying bill would reflect the agreement reached between ten senators from both sides of the aisle. so thats where we are right now and why this vote is moving forward. now, after today...

This bipartisan infrastructure bill is going to pass a lot more hurdles over the next couple of days, and potentially even weeks. this process may take up to two weeks, depending on whether or not lawmakers agree to speed this process along or potentially slow it down. and it only takes one u.s. senator to make this whole thing drag on a lot longer. look, tomorrow we expect another procedural vote. over the weekend there could also be additional votes. we expect that there may be an amendment pr...

American people are beginning to understand, require us to have 60 votes just to proceed to debate, just to talk about the bill. and thats why a lot of us, including many of our leaders, believe that we should tremendously modify the filibuster. im in favor of abolishing it, but in the meantime, we can mobilize, support the american people to understand that dark money, the money that goes to elections without disclosure is determining the outcomes. and thats what we need disclosure to shine a l...

No persuasion in the room. republicans arent starting to agree. i havent seen democrats saying thats a good objection. and maybe republicans have a point. the aisle between the two parties seems as empty as ever. because of that i wonder if this amendment process is meant to be persuasive or is it meant to make the hearing go as long as possible in the hope somebody drops first. >> its up clear what the republicans expect to achieve. i think the final question that the american people have to as...