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Asterisk by that. timing as we have seen continues to slip on both of these bills, but that is what house democratic leadership is sort of eyeing at this point. we heard from senator joe manchin on capitol hill on monday. he held a press conference where he said he wants greater clarity on whats going into the build back better act, and also how its going to impact both the debt and also the economy moving forward. that is not where the white house thought he was. its not where really anybody th...

White house is looking for ways to achieve the presidents goal of cutting u.s. greenhouse emissions by half, by the end of this decade. it is ambitious. as it looks for ways to combat growing skepticism abroad on the u.s. commitment to climate change. >> that proposed new rule coming a day after moderate senator joe manchin raised doubts about his support of president bidens social safety net package which contains historic investments in combatting climate change. the west virginia senator says...

Say weve got to get this done now, not thanksgiving or christmas? >> im sure hes going to lean on joe and maybe not in a way -- not in a confrontational way im sure because at this point either though you hear other people in congress saying we shouldnt let one man dictate it. the numbers that they have one man can dictate the agenda for democrats right now. like thats just a fact so they have to deal with them and if manchin wants to turn, flip, you know, the game board over and take -- or take...

Do kids get from the vaccine, and are they protected? the answer was ten micrograms is safe. its two doses, three weeks apart. it appears to be incredibly safe. and its incredibly effective. actually as effective as the 30 mics in kids over the age of 12. a lot of data sort of packed in this important study. >> i think as a universal experience, parents were more anxious about their kids and the unknown, what could the long-term effects be, what could the effects of being in school, too. its bee...

Congre congresswoman jayapal. take a listen. >> well get 51 votes in the senate. weve always said were going to trust the president once we have the bill and the vote, and thats what weve been saying for weeks now. >> on immigration, do you have manchin sign off? >> on all of this were trusting the president to deliver 51 votes in the senate. >> lets go straight up to capitol hill. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju joins us. manu, a lot of pressure on senator manchin and i guess on...

Democrats in the house to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill that was passed by the senate in august. that was what president biden wanted the democrats in the house to do on thursday. pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill. and give the democrats a big legislative win, but in progressive caucus in the house refused to do. that the progressive cost wanted proof, and all 50 democrats in the senate who ripped supported the reconciliation bill before the house progressives would be willing to...

Not get to dictate future of our country. his opposition to the bick back better act is anti-black, anti-child, ant immigrant and anti-black. the longer this goes on the more youll see that in the democratic family thats not pretty. >> thats exactly right. i dont think we could have heard congresswoman jayapal say that they were trusting the president more times than she did during that interview on cnn this morning. this is a change in strategy. this is after progressives have already agreed to...

Going to drug companies when people are having to essentially not taking their insulin. . >> or ration it. >> reporter: this is something most have experience with. . >> senator sanders said all 50 democratic senators need to agree on this before house progressives agree to vote yes. or before progressives agree to vote yes. do you agree with that? is that the order of things here? . >> thats where we are right now. and i think were so close that i think we have to take this position. look, for ...

At cop26 the global climate summit speaks to that. president world leaders were supposed to do a check-in and update on previous commitments sooner than this delayed because of the pandemic. >> they didnt have the confidence last year because of the pandemic, having it and getting together this year but extensive testing going on and they asked everyone to be fully vac nated. they can come provided theyre tested on a daily basis and jen psaki is grateful she was fully vaccinated, that helps in h...

Prescription drug pricing negotiations for medicare, something that was supposed to raise a couple of hundred billions of dollars, something many democrats have wanted. but that negotiation is still happening because senator kyrsten sinema of arizona, who has forced the house to scale back this proposal, has not yet signed off. and another issue that is still up for debate is this issue of immigration. there is a lot of people in the house, house progressives, the congressional hispanic caucus, ...