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We will be back in washington on monday morning. in the meantime, you can find us on twitter @hallieonmsnbc. highlights from the show will be there. my friend craig melvin picks it up from new york. good friday morning to you. craig melvin here. this hour, new hurdles as democrats struggle to move forward on president bidens agenda. one of those obstacles comes to the tune of $6 trillion. progressive democrats are voting a brand-new sweeping infrastructure proposal. theyre not even trying to g...

Be released plan, including 11 republicans. in a statement yesterday, the group wrote in part, quote, we support this bipartisan framework that provides an historic investment in our nations core infrastructure needs without raising taxes. the support comes one day after senate majority leader chuck schumer announced that democrats are planning a budget measure that could bypass the filibuster. a bipartisan deal will ultimately need 60 votes to pass. there is still no guarantee that all 50 democ...

Progressive democrats out with a warning to their moderate colleagues. >> if a bipartisan deal sucks up trstles dollars in bridges to nowhere, because it makes people feel good, then thats going to be a huge concern. >> democrats cant afford to lose any votes. >> we have zero margin. so essentially everybody is in a position to sabotage whatever we are doing. >> the house speaker down played talks of democrats self-sabotage, instead, pointing the finger. >> we are not rich. we are a democratic p...

Senate in unanimous fashion. the ajgenda the president has ahead wont pass unanimously and has major roadblocks. fresh off a face-off with the highest of stakes, president biden now staring down an even more complex figure. the united states congress. >> i know my chief of staff thinks there is room and may be a means to get this done and i know that schumer and nancy have moved forward on a reconciliation provision as well. so im still hoping we can put together the two book ends here. >> repor...

Here. before you go, hearing some momentum building, at least in the senate behind what looks to be a $1.2 trillion infrastructure proposal, what are you learning? >> well, this bipartisan group, of course, is going to go ahead and unveil some more details to their respective conferences today in private lunches. then well get a better sense of whether or not republicans, rank and file and democratic rank and file are going to be behind this proposal. although last night i had some conversations...

How that happened. they, being congress. >> as you know, a lot of investigations are taking place. i think some of the best work in the end as a scholar and as an historian will come from investigative journalists in the years ahead. theres a lot till to assemble. -- still to assemble. but were going to find out, you know, some very counterintuitive facts, i think, for many, but were also going to see some heroic actions by many americans on that day. arthel: former senior state department advis...

Again, and making sure all americans have equitable opportunity. >> lets talk about the domestic agenda. some democrats are saying its time for the president to move ahead without republicans when it comes to infrastructure. hes already ended one round of talks. do you agree with that? >> reporter: theres progress moving on all fronts here. theres a lot of prediction that things are breaking down or hitting a barrier. in fact, were seeing progress on multiple fronts right now. theres a bipartisa...

Repair crumbling roads and bridges, schools in need of repair, digital divide, high-speed internet. ef efforts to upgrade the nations power grid. reporting from northern iowa in minona. >> reporter: did you ever want to do anything else or was farming -- >> no, no, thats been in my blood since i was 4 years old. >> reporter: for just about as long as brian meyer can remember, he has focused on the 2,000 acres of corn and soy beans he farms in minona, iowa. talk about his land and the push to get...

Democrats in both the house and the senate to move through the presidents infrastructure proposal, really the entirety of his sweeping agenda, by a simple majority vote. its something the president has been wary of going forward on as he searches for that bipartisan agreement. now starting the process, really kind of viewing it through parallel tracks. yes, continue to pursue bipartisan negotiations on infrastructure but make clear if those talks fall apart there is a backup plan that will be de...

Our working group subcommittee of our 20 reached tentative conclusions on pay-fors and what the spending will be used for. well be talking to other members and seeing if we can get enough support for this to have the necessary votes to be successful. its a process, on going process. >> reporter: i asked him what about raising taxes. he said we are not raising taxes. those are his exact words, we are not raising taxes. that was reiterated by rob portman t. white houses infrastructure proposal cal...