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Progressives and the moderates distance from each other that are holding it out. why nancy pelosi couldnt do a vote last night. how do you move this forward. >> were going to see this today. we have a republican party thats fighting for failure. even on the infrastructure bill where some republicans support it, kevin mccarthy is whipping against it. number two, the democrats progressives and moderates are in favor of both bills. theres a discussion about the order of how we proceed. and house sp...

Hill. >> we know now that this $1.5 trillion is the number joe manchin was talking about a couple months ago. it always seems, ask you certainly can argue with this premise that the intense negotiations dont happen until everybodys back is against the wall. thats what frustrates a lot of folks. >> deadlines focus the mind. deadlines focus the mind on capitol hill and at the white house. democrats set this deadline for themselves saying thursday there was going to be this infrastructure vote even...

Democrats are being focused on and what their efforts are. this is a momentous time, an inflection point in the presidency of president biden. hes someone who is the leader of his party. theres a lot of democrats around the country who are banking on democrats getting something done in congress to make the case they can get more seats in congress to have even bigger majorities so things like what happened yesterday with nancy pelosi really not even being able to lose four votes doesnt happen in ...

We cant have anyone block the presidents agenda on monday or stop an historic infrastructure vote. this is once in a century. >> reporter: there is a plan for work to be done even through the weekend to try to get this to a position where there can be a vote on monday. house speaker nancy pelosi keeps saying the same thing over and over again, jake. she keeps saying they are on schedule. she hasnt really told us what the schedule is but the only thing we know they have plans for is the vote on m...

He didnt die, just on a leave of absence, and can hand over power to somebody else. that is considered a middle ground, but again hes stubborn, doesnt feel he should go, and doesnt feel it would be in the countrys best interest. >> thank you, richard engel. i meant every word, youre the best. thank you for joining us. a new poll shows that 40% of the republicans believe the protests will have a negative impact on our country. 1 in 12 republicans think is its good. the democrats are even split....

Wow, we saw this one coming for a few week. another blow to senate democrats. senator jim webb of virginia wont be running again in text year. he has a lot of fans in this operation. he squeaked by george allen last year after that macaca moment in 2006. hes already announced hes running for his old seat. possible democrats who could enter the race is tim cain and pierello. with democrats retiring in north dakota and virginia, with close matchups in nebraska and montana, they have a good shot to...

I guess this is like an ink spot, democrats progressives look and go, democracy is not so bad, ill take my bets. its a 50-50 proposition. republicans see the streets, demonstrators, they go its the 60s here again. these are the bad guys. >> i think it cuts both ways. there are people whose principal foreign policy concern is israel, for example, and, you know, they -- since mubarak is the guarantor. >> they split, theyre the guys who are the most hawkish, most likudnic. some say the best thing i...

Wow, we saw this one coming for a few week. another blow to senate democrats. jim webb wont by running. the democrat has a lot of fans in this operation. the democrats squeaked by senator george allen last year after that moment. hes already announced hes running for his old seat. possible democrats who could enter the race is tim cain and pierello. with democrats retiring in north dakota and virginia, with close matchups in nebraska and montana, they have a good shot to grab the senate as well ...

Eugene robinson, and pulitzer prizewinning columnest for "the washington post." i guess this is like an ink spot, democrats progressives look and go, democracy is not so bad, ill take my bets. republicans see the streets, demonstrators, they go its the 60s, again, its the bad guys. >> i think it cuts both ways. there are people whose principal foreign policy concern is israel, for example, and, you know, they -- since mubarak is the guarantor. >> they split, theyre the guys who are the most haw...

Wow, we saw this one coming for a few week. another blow to senate democrats. jim webb wont by running. the democrat has a lot of fans in this operation. the democrats squeaked by senator george allen last year after that moment. hes already announced hes running for his old seat. possible democrats who could enter the race is tim cain and pierello. with democrats retiring in north dakota and virginia, with close matchups in nebraska and montana, they have a good shot to grab the senate as well ...