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With those whose votes we need. >> does the white house have a firm commitment from the progressive caucus? >> what ill say to you whether speaking about the progressive caucus or senator manchin or sinema, im not going to speak for any member of congress. ill speak on behalf of the white house and the president of the united states and my own behalf. its not helpful or appropriate for me to characterize anybody else. >> fair enough. >> what i do know is that theres broad support for both the by...

Joe Biden will fly to Europe on Thursday later than planned, delaying his trip to try and reach a deal on his flagship infrastructure plan. Biden is facing objections from within his own party.

Each of the members of congress and the senate have the opportunity to do which is what they all should do, which is their right to do, which is to review the legislative texts and vote on an actual bill, just as they did in the senate on the framework, the bipartisan infrastructure framework, were going to have legislation pass the congress that is both build back better and the infrastructure frame. but its not realistic to ask any responsible member of congress or the senate to commit to some...

Thanks for joining us. you are among democratic progressives who say releasing the text is not enough. why not? >> no. we have been clear from the very beginning that both bills, the infrastructure bill as well as the build back better act have to go together. the bills have to come to the floor together. we need to vote together because our work has to touch the greatest ament of people as quickly as we can. there are immediate needs not captured just in the bipartisan infrastructure framework....

Caucus. he got sustained standing ovations, and they chanted loudly and in unison, "vote, vote, vote, vote." and thats what were going to do. were going vote. because what this package is, joy, its transformational and historic. and it has already garnered since being released today support from every spectrum of our party. nobody is arguing about the substance. everybody agrees that what is in here, universal pre-k, child care, housing, higher education, extension of the child tax credit, incre...

Progressives along with them? >> i think there is a lot of internal discussions with the white house and key senaors holding out where they got to a point where they feel comfortable. they need to bring progressives along and thats why the president is going to capitol hill today to make that pitch that he feels confident that if they do pass this bipartisan infrastructure framework, they can bring the moderate members of congress and the senate in the house along to pass this social spending bi...

Deadline for the bipartisan infrastructure framework to pass. to do so, we must have trust and confidence and an agreement for the build back better act. but congresswoman pramila jayapal says theyre still looking to see the votes passed in tandem. >> we want to see both bills moving forward at the same time with a vote in the house. now, as you remember, we had called for a vote in the senate. the president had said to us, please trust me around the senators, and so if the president says to me,...

They made progress on climate. they felt good about universal pre-k and child care. what is on the edge, theyre still working on a paid family leave policy. weve been talking to democratic senators, theyre trying to work something out as we speak. it remains seen if they can get that in the final bill. thats a big one they wanted to get into the bill. the other thing is expanding medicare to include dental, vision and hearing. that was a big one, it is a big one for senator bernie sanders and pr...

Earlier today president biden met with senator manchin and chuck schumer at his home in wilmington, delaware. serious stuff meeting at home. the white house called it a, quote, productive discussion and said the three of them continued to make progress. back in washington speaker nancy pelosi seemed pretty confident democrats were nearing the finish line. sources tell msnbc news she is planning a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure framework on wednesday but that vote could be pushed if they f...

Negotiating, both, the bipartisan infrastructure framework as well as the build back better act. he is very involved. he understands the importance -- importance of this. especially, as we respond to covid. the president had a vision, you know, and i align with his vision to invest at least $6 trillion into our economy and to deal with the issues that are catastrophic, like climate change and many others. but he is not king biden. he is not emperor biden. hes president biden. and he has to work ...