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Good morning to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is friday, october 29th. im brianna keilar with john berman here. and chris cuomo is standing by in rome, where president biden is meeting with pope francis. they are discussing a range of issues, including poverty and the climate crisis. >> the climate crisis is at the heart of the biden agenda. its where the biggest chunk of money is actually allocated now. theres no question the president and the white house still focused o...

Targeted approach so, again, after we pass a massive $2 trillion spending bill, we know where all the money is going. we know exactly the people that are getting it. those are the people that need it most. im sure when the bill is done, we will go back to west virginia, talk to people, explain the good things that he liked in the bill and things he didnt want in the bill. as part of negotiations, you have to accept. hes just looking for ways we can move on. were coming it of a huge recession, th...

My presence will be determined by what happens in the next weeks. and i think that that statement really speaks for the fact that the president knew what was on the line yesterday. moderates knew what was on the line yesterday. progressives knew. democratic leadership knew. yet they were still unable to find a consensus. now, briannbrianna, what change the next couple of weeks? progressives did support the framework that the president laid out. that is significant. that is progress. however, the...

>> now, when we say that, uniformity of interest, with a side dish of what can you do for me? not to cheapen it, but this pope is very pushing for action, right? so now biden comes here. the democrats are all over the place. he has a lot that will be possible when delivered within these really historic spending programs. but not yet. now, does that play into it, in your estimation? do you think pope francis has the political acumen to talk about whether or not president biden will get this done ...

President biden the legislative victory he had hoped to reach ahead of his trip abroad. house democrats scrapped plans to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure deal with several progressive lawmakers thinking sinema and manchin would agree to a larger social bill. thats the glass half empty deal. the glass half full, the framework are in place for historic legislation and that it will all happen very soon. joining us is former senior adviser josh cot and co-host of the circus on show time, mark ...

This em to december 3rd. that gives more time to have discussions. that sets up the next big date, the next big deadline, the next big showdown maybe between moderates and progressives. that was the fight yesterday on kweul. progressives in one place, moderates in the other. progressives arguing they cannot trust their democratic colleagues in the senate. namely, john mann chin and kyrsten sinema arguing they needed clearer assurances that those two senators were going to be behind the $1.75 tri...

T -- back this framework. joe manchin would. the statement he put out said president bidens framework is a product of months of negotiations and wherein put from all members of the democratic party who share a common goal to deliver for the american people. as we work through the text of the legislation, i would hope all of us would continue to deal in good faith and do whats right for the future of the american people. why couldnt he just say yes? >> because i think he needs to see the detail. ...

Hes in with the pope in this historic meeting. lets get right to chris cuomo outside st. peters square. chris. >> even though, john, we dont know exactly whats happening, i have to believe the pope is not going to give advice to president biden to change the name of his spending bill. we are with cnn chief national correspondent jim sciutto. i have father dwyer with me to help us understand this situation. it already happened, right? we saw this huge footprint of the american president. delia ga...

Photo-op when the president and the pope come out. because i think they will be smiling quite a bit. as opposed to when the pope and president trump came out of their meeting, and the pope was kind of frowning. i think, you know, a picture tells a good story. and i think that if we do get a picture out of this meeting, were going to see two men that are relating to one another very warmly and on substantive issues. >> im sure from the popes perspective they may have been both been presidents but...