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Stefanich, who voted to overturn the election? if i was doing it, good job on the affirmative side. very good speaker. but i think could do more to make the republicans unacceptable alternative. >> what is the balance that pelosi and democrats have to manage between progressive agendas, including success with eviction moratorium and infrastructure that appeals to broad base. how does she manage what democrats are to americans next election? >> front and center on what theyve delivered. point aro...

Republicans say they are going to pass. aoc said over the weekend she might get in the way of all of this. give this a listen. roll it. >> well, we have a deal. the deal is reconciliation for the bipartisan infrastructure. we have to get senator sinema and manchins vote on reconciliation and respect there is a tight house margin and that we have to be able to uphold our end of the bargain as well. house progressives are also part of that majority. >> bill: you took this up over the weekend as we...

[ applause ] it will be hard not for me not to hit her with it. >> reporter: ketch mccarthys spokesperson was joking but if democrats cant pass voting rights legislation this could be their future, and florida is seeing a record number of new covid cases so why is governor ron desantis blocking mask mandates? >> good evening and im mehdi hassan. any moment now the senate expects the final text of the bipartisan infrastructure bill to arrive. once it arrives the senate will finally have something...

At long last we have a bill. based on the size of that stack, it will take some time to go through all of those pages to know whats in it, but whatever comes out of the senate will still have to get the support of house progressives. senator chuck schumer says theyll move to it. house progressives wont support the bipartisan bill if it isnt also advanced. who better to turn to than the most influential voices. democratic congresswoman ilhan omar of minnesota and jan schakowsky of illinois. thank...

Infrastructure bill, and based on the size of that stack, it will take some time to go through all of those pages to know whats in it, but whatever comes out of the senate will still have to get the support of house progressives. senate majority leader chuck schumer expects the bill to be completed in a matter of days. he says hell then move immediately to the $3.5 reconciliation bill. house progress f-s wont support the bipartisan bill if reconciliation isnt also advanced so who better to turn ...

That while schumer is negotiating it, can he add in this moratorium, really speak to whats happening with house progressives and move something forward. so it adds another lever in the negotiation, but from what we are see at code from america from around the country is we do need to address this, especially because the delta variant is on the rise. >> yeah, we do. david, amanda, thank you both, guys. have a good rest of your day. coming up, what deputies say started as a call of a teen attemp...

It seems like that number is going to come down at least a little bit as they work through the process. i think whats going to be even more interesting, jonathan, is whats going to happen in the house, right, because you already have -- >> i was going to ask you about that. go on real quick. >> you already have house progressives who are saying, no, i dont want to vote for this bipartisan deal until im assured that the $3.5 trillion bill is going to get all the votes of the democratic and indepe...

Of these things going? because youre constructing one infrastructure bill, you have the 3.5 trillion dollar bill that is causing some friction between house progressives and moderates in the senate. so what is -- what do you do? and they say we just walk and chew gum at the same time. its easier said than done because obviously it doesnt look like -- though they have with -- police reform that you said is that a standstill, we had -- its august tomorrow, this weekend. so theyve missed a couple o...

Going because theyre concentrating on one infrastructure bill, you have the $3.5 trillion bill that is causing some friction between house progressives and moderates in the senate. so what do you do? they say, we walk and chew gum at the same time. it is easier said than done because obviously voting rights doesnt seem like it is going anywhere, though they do have a bill text for this john lewis voting rights advancement act. police reform, like you said, is at a standstill. we had june or bust...

Plan that is a compromise itself in the senate. theyre going to have to make some adjustments. but when i look at this team, the one that john was talking about, even the white house team, gene sperling, louisa terrell, the liaison with congress, pete buttigieg working hand in glove with those senators and making the outreach to the house progressives as well. im very confident theyre going to pull something important together and get the votes for it. and pelosi is the one who can get all of th...