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Been huddling there have been talks over the last few days with the warring wings of the party trying to stakeout a middle ground. both sides are putting out statements indicating that they are dug. in but, privately, everyone knows the $3.5 trillion bill is shrinking. >> with his multi-million-dollar spending plan on the brink and legacy on the line. the president canceled his trip to chicago to talk m. vaccine mandates staying in washington to try to bridge the divide within his own party. >> ...

Bill, and theres no indication that theyre caving. usually when speaker pelosi says the vote is happening tuesday, were going to pass this, theres a lot of movement. she can be extremely persuasive. she has not been able to move house progressives. you heard her talk about the need for legislative language simultaneously passing the two bills which is precisely what house progressives want. shes in legacy mode. its not clear how much longer shes going to be around, and this would be a transforma...

Senate support the presidents agenda, which is the build back better agenda. and what we know is that 4% of members of the house and the senate are not supporting the presidents agenda, the democratic agenda andant to make some changes. we have been staying for some time, we put o vision out there. it is the presidents agenda. it is not se crazy left wing agenda. it is the presidents agenda we are fighting to deliver to the people. so we still have had no interaction, no negotiation with senator...

House progressives say theyll vote no on the smaller bipartisan plan unless theres movement on that larger human inf infrastructure plan. and all eyes tonight on two moderate democratic senators who have not said what price tag theyll accept on that larger plan. senator fisten cinema had three meetings at the white house in the last 24 hours and today white house advisers went to her. the other moderate, senator joe manchin, saying he still finds the price tag too high and the statement he issue...

Destruction fl stop and solely to make a purely political point to punish psident joe biden and democrats foranting to pass a once in a lifetime proposal that would reshape the econic future for america like you. the work of getting that passed has been left to house progressives who have been unwavering in their insistence they wil not pass a bipartisan infrastructure package without passing bidens build back better agenda. they made that clear aga today, two days befe an expectedvote. >> its b...

Supposed to happen today for the house to pass the small roads and bridges bill without the larger bill that contains the rest of president bidens agenda and what we are seeing right now with that vote being called off is nancy pelosi counting, and nancy pelosi realizing that that was not going to pass because house progressives have essentially gotten up on their hindlegs and flexing their muscles and saying you know what, actually we mean it. we are going to get president bidens full agenda pa...

Turned route on to main street from moon flower market and headed north on to main street. >> so just ahead on the program, how this late piece fights the bigger picture and fits into it in the search for brian laundrie. we begin with breaking news from washington. it is unfolding at the start of a critical week for democrats to turn big pieces of president bidens domestic agenda into law or fail to deliver themselves and the president into a world of political pain. theyre working against a thu...

And what we are seeing right now with that vote being called off is nancy pelosi counting and nancy pelosi realizing that that was not going to pass because house progressives have essentially gotten up on their hind legs and theyre flexing their muscles and theyre saying, you know what? actually we mean it. we are going to get president bidens full agenda passed. we are going to make it happen. even though theres this handful of conservative democrats who are expressing grave concern about the ...

Us every single democrat, agreeing to do this together. that is the deal. until in the last few weeks, a tiny handful of six democrats in the senate said, why not pass the small one? lets pass the small one first and then bulb will get to the presidents agenda, the bulk of, it later. maybe, if we feel like, it sometime down the road. that was the vote that was supposed to happen today. for the house to pass the small roads and bridges bill, without the larger bill that contains the restuff of th...

Passed, greatly expand the social-safety net with items like universal pre-k for kids, paid maternity leave, and medicare, dental coverage, potentially in the mix. but if there is no agreement which requires support from moderate house and senate democrats, house progressives could end up voting against the infrastructure bill which the president also wants and has already passed the senate. with all that at stake, its getting tense in washington. house democrats have been meeting behind closed ...