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Win would mean. so you have the democrats, the progressives, the moderates making their own calculations right now intraparty, intracaucus. but they are also aware of what a trump run, the rise of trump again could mean. although one final thing. in talking to people in the white house, they actually think that right now the best thing that could possibly happen for them, which seems unlikely, is donald trump suddenly declaring hes running because that takes a lot of the pressure off of them and...

Then. the kind of phone calls, face time with the president. his critics call it hand holding that he required before he signed on. probably instructive for all those trying to figure out whats going on now. >> they used to call it the treatment with lbj. the pressure from a president to a senator or a member of congress to come along. when you read "peril," we detail vividly how president biden at times uses curses, he uses pressure to try to get manchin to come along. and whats so interesting ...

Today, and if it comes to a vote, he is urging his colleagues to vote no. that is significant because a lot of house progressives look up to him and respect him and that is significant. not what happens tonight is highly unclear. officially the house of representatives is saying no votes until 10:00 p.m. but there is still expectation they will pass the infrastructure bill tonight which means two hours to pass the bill. it is not scheduled yet. ill leave it to your viewers to do the math on what...

He said he was unhappy about these late night closed door talks. that seems significant given what a driving force the progressives have been in the house and what a progressive icon senator sanders is not only in the country but to progressive democrats on capitol hill. is that significant? what do we think is going to happen tonight? >> it is significant, rachel. senator sanders says this is an absurd way to do business, a direct quote from him. that they are trying to negotiate a multi trilli...

Leader i would look at that and say you know what? lets enough house republicans vote for this. lots of republicans like that legislation. lets let enough republicans vote for this that it passes. because we dont mind this bill. its fairly conservative. it lines up with a lot of conservative priorities. and we can thereby remove all the leverage the progressives have. the larger bill will never pass. the whole debate will be a waste of time for the democrats and we have something to brag about n...

Child tax correct. if it were to expire, it had plunge 10 million people into poverty or deep poverty. its not a either/or choice. >> joe manchin is asking house progressives to take the win on the infrastructure bill, take the w on that, and then get to work on the bigger bill. does he have a point? do you trust him he would get to a place youre comfortable with on the bigger bill? >> the progressive support, the bipartisan infrastructure framework, but senator martial edge opposes the build ba...

To how this president has tried to pressure and influence different elements of his party, i think it has been interesting to watch and wonder about what type of leverage he does have over these players right now. what leverage does he actually have over a senator joe manchin? if this was a trump presidency you would have heard trump threatening to primary someone, threatening to go hold a rally in their home district. that obviously wasnt often effective but it was a tactic that he used. this p...

Out of a meeting in chuck schumers office and told reporters that he is urging the house to vote no, on the roads and bridges bill tonight. vote no on the infrastructure bill tonight if there is a vote. he said he is unhappy about these late night closed door talks. that seems significant given what a driving force the progressives have been in the house, i want a progressive icon senator sanders is, not only in the country but to progressive democrats on capitol hill. is that significant? what ...

Some other senior staffers from the white house on capitol hill holding those meetings. i dont expect, though, youre going to see joe biden come to the hill until they have the votes to say -- or they have a framework in place on this larger reconciliation package. to your point, hes not going to be there with a pencil out figuring out the specifics of this negotiating. hes going to be using the phones. hes clearly used the white house itself in terms of having members like cinema and joe manchi...

Leaders providing some votes to pass this infrastructure bill? because that would undercut the goal of house progressives if they do pass this tonight. the progressive position, their fear as you point out, is that if the infrastructure bill passes then centrist democrats in the house and the senate will bolt. they will say, we didnt commit to doing this other thing or we would like to shrink it, cut it in half. centrist democrats insisted that is not what they are planning to do. congressman go...