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Joe manchin has been confronted by kayakers and all because theyre not towing the party line that says get this done and get it done fast. the fall-out quick and, well, for some, too much too soon. lets get the latest from peter doocy at the white house on where this battle stands right now. hi, peter. >> good afternoon. the latest is that the president is about to host a virtual meeting with house progressives to go over the reasons why the package will be smaller than 3.5 trillion. that was a ...

Democrats who was in the meeting with president biden, congressman ro khanna is standing by live. and also instagram and whats app are down along with the parent company facebook which is facing fierce criticism over a whistle-blower allegations and evidence of spreading hatred and violence and misinformation. and weve just received a copy of the testimony that the whistle-blower will give to congress tomorrow. plus new details of former president trumps plans for a 2024 race for the white hou...

Youre part of a small far left faction that quote blocked the presidents agenda and yet, the president seems to be siding with you guys that didnt endorse him in the primaries, which is amusing to me. what is your response to the congressman? >> well, i do math, and 95, which is the number of house democrats or house progressives is larger than nine, which is the number of democrats who signed on to a letter threatening to sink the entire reconciliation bill back in august demanding this vote th...

That is a hundred billion dollars a year. that is the operating budget for new york city. and so imagine taking the yearly operating budget for new york city and trying to spread that all across the united states and act as though that is going to meaningfully change our lives. it is not. that is why we have to make sure we defend these investments. >> so one of the very conservative members of your caucus you referenced conservative democrats new jersey house democrat josh gottheimer. he says y...

Now you have this big governments reckless spending bill. the democrats are not coming to talk with republicans on any of these things. >> so at this, point all sides are basically talking past each, other because the white house wants to know why republicans are not helping the democrats dig out of the whole, they found themselves in. >> the real question is why are republicans making us go everything alone. we have to do an american rescue plan alone. the good news is we do have a united democ...

And their constituents. so they have to make really tough choices, do we get rid of paid family leave, child care, what do we do with climate change, helping the homeless. they have to make really tough policy choices underneath that topline number. chris: marie, you have close ties across the party. some people are saying this is no longer just a fight between house moderates and house progressives, this is now a fight between the house democrats and senate democrats, between chuck schumer and ...

Until, after the passage of the build back better act. i spoke with minnesota senator tina smith earlier this evening. >> senator smith, welcome, and thank you so much for your time. i want to start with that letter of support that you signed on to explicitly say that house progressives intend to vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill, only once the build back better act is passed, is that a verbal commitments? that a deal is not enough, must the build back better act be formally passed fir...

Republicans making us go at everything alone? we have to do the american rescue plan alone. the good news is, we have a united democratic party. we are always going to put people and purpose first, not politics. we will get it done. >> to be clear, i think he said united. did he say united? with all due respect, if this is what united looks like, i would hate to see what a divided democratic house looks like. lets begin our discussion with one of the 11 democratic senators who last week voiced s...

Succeeded. otherwise, they may fools of themselves. >> martha: so on the big ticket, which is enormous and which is free, according to the white house, we just heard a go-around on this moments ago. peter doocy asked jen psaki this is free or cost zero dollars. heres what happened. watch. >> you said the president will have a virtual meeting with house progressives to talk about how this build back better package will be smaller than $3.5 trillion. you had been saying it cost zero. so are you no...

Earlier this week, the Congressional Progressive Caucus refused to support the infrastructure bill without tying it to a $3.5 trillion social spending package.