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>> after negotiations with shelly moore-capito collapsed, hopes now rest with a small group of senators from both parties. one of them west virginia democrat joe manchin. he told my colleague, garrett haake, that he is still optimistic about an agreement. watch. >> they had a good meeting last night. it was productive. it was three hours long. and her input was invaluable. >> reporter: are you confident that leader schumer would support any agreement yall come to? >> new york i have not had any ...

Where hes headed. john harwood, lets start with what he leaves behind first because im not quite sure he would have wanted -- there he is. he would want to be leaving right now with the domestic agenda where it stands. >> well, he did not talk, by the way, when he left here at the white house to speed on to that foreign trip. but, look, hes got a bunch of challenges that he leaves behind. the infrastructure plan, which is the major domestic agenda item that he has. he had bipartisan talks with a...

One of the members in that group is senator joe manchin who insisted that bipartisan must be explored and must be happening until it can no longer happen. our colleague caught up with senator manchin earlier today and pressed him again. listen to what he said. >> i will ask you the same question i asked last thursday. if this doesnt work, would you be willing to go it alone with a democrat option? >> i will never do that. >> we will be watching another bipartisan group until it flounders. perhap...

Working at it. and what i mean by that is joe manchin, kyrsten sinema to a lesser degree, they are hanging their hat on at least to make an attempt. at least to begin to use a process the way thats supposed to be used. for you and i, we covered congress when there used to be real legitimate bipartisan discussions where theyd actually come up with bipartisan deals. you, too, gloria. >> well, that was way back. >> i guess my point is that, as much as people are going, this is the way its supposed ...

>> reporter: thats right. i managed to catch up with a couple of them, including joe manchin, the other west virginia senator picking up. this group met for three hours last night. they have released no details of their plans, except they are trying to build on what capito started. find something that gets closer to the presidents goals. but without raising taxes. its a very difficult alchemy they are trying to put together. manchin and romney expressed optimism about their chances. >> the templ...

America promised if you work hard, go to school, your talents will carry you far. it turned out for a lot of americans that wasnt true because the zip code into which they were born became their destiny, and a new generation, the millennialsings, bake disenchanted with their parents. they said, no, it doesnt work. we need equity. we need the government to intervene and create conditions of equality because merit is not doing it. so a lot of young educated americans stopped believing in some ways...

Challenging effort. i think its quite amazing how far this conversation has come in the last several weeks and what janet yellen was able to do. having said that, i think youre absolutely right, stephanie and there are a couple of things and other members of the g7 will effectively call our bluff which is to say this doesnt work and if you look at whats happening in the senate right now, its hard to believe that the united states unto itself would necessarily even participate in this, and theres...

This forward, the clock is ticking. there is an end point to this discussion, but it is important and great and hopeful ha the republicans that youve just described are also taking a look at it. perhaps there can be a meshing of efforts. ultimately, we have to get to ten republican votes to be able to pass this in regular order. thats the hope. >> if that doesnt work and if you cant get republican votes, going through this manchin process with this plan "b" will help you get manchin on board at ...

More urgency and focus and quite frankly skill than anything the democrats are doing. so i understand what i dont understand about the process and the players. but i wonder if you feel democrats understand whats happening to the country. >> i dont know. i think many democrats and many people understand whats going on. look whats happened here in texas and what will happen in the special session going through this. what we have in the system including the filibuster is a tyranny of a minority and...

According to people that ive talked, to you know, this circumstance helped the fbi and the investigators be able to get to this money. still, obviously theres about $2 million that they were not able to recover, but, again, a bit of good news in and other-wise, you know, booming criminal enterprise. >> evan perez, thanks so much. stick around. i want to talk to you after we bring that cnn exclusive about rudy giuliani. lets turn to our politics lead right now with former president trump making h...