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House. now, what the white house is focusing on is the new bipartisan effort to try to see if theres any sort of consensus around an infrastructure proposal. in talking to the key negotiators this morning, theres very clear how high of a hurdle it will be to achieve a deal that can get across both sides of congress as well as support within the senate democratic caucus. for one reason, senate northers are saying tax increases are off the table, and thats what democrats are demanding to pay for t...

Issue. lets get straight to cnns chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. we know that biden spoke to kapito for just five minutes. what went wrong? >> reporter: well, a lot needed to go right for this talk to have been productive. its pretty clear where this was headed. they were on the verge of collapse and how hours before president biden is set to leave these talks have actually collapsed, jake, and this comes after a five-minute phone call that happened between the white house, pres...

Rely on the experts at 1800petmeds for the same medications as the vet, but for less with fast free shipping. visit petmeds.com today. the president is set to resume talks with republican senator shelley moore capito, pushing for bipartisan support on his infrastructure proposal, its the presidents last chance to strike a deal before heading overseas, while washington bickers our nations roads and bridges are crumbling. >> reporter: its a traffic nightmare near memphis, the new morning rush fa...

Capitas offer. it was a conversation that lasted five minutes or so. i think all of this is complicated by the fact that you are seeing president biden leave to go on his first foreign trip. the white house says hes going to stay in touch with those key senators who are working on those proposals. that they can actually get pass. whether or not thats happening is far from certain. we heard from sources and today of the senate democrat lunch, they said progressive members argued that dont think w...

Final white house readout. jake, this does come as youre seeing president biden turn to another group of bipartisan senators who are working on crafting a bill essentially a plan "b" basically if the talks with kapito, the former top republican negotiator, fell through, so that is a conversation were expecting president biden to have before he leaves tomorrow morning, early attorney general morning, to go to europe, but his aides will still be working behind the scenes on what an infrastructure ...

They not agree on how much to spend, they could not agree on how to spend it and the white house doesnt feel like they came up with a sufficient way to pay for this bill without using those 2017 tax cuts. that is what republicans said was a red line for them, to undue any of the tax cut, but in the readout that were getting from senator kapitos office who until now has been the top republican negotiators, she says while i appreciate president bidens willingness to devote so much time and effort ...

The president is optimistic about working with republicans and tweeted that he is working hard to find common ground but he says i refuse to raise taxes on americans making under $400,000 a year to pay for it. it is long past time the wealthy and corporations pay their fair sure. kaitlan collins is at the white house. and the president seems to be dla drawing a line, a line that hes held for some time thousand. >> re now. >> reporter: and also president has still not spoken to senator capito. an...

Are you ready to go there? >> well, i mean, i would. i will say that, but i dont know whether congress or the president would at that point. i do think we need to send this strong message that paying a ransom wear only exacerbates and accelerates this problem. you are encouraging the bad actors when that happens. i will say, the president -- to the conversation you were just having, the president is really focused on the international regime of this as well, working with our allies. no country w...

To slimming down his original parch, and republicans have increased the number that theyve put forward. but i think that that chasm between actually getting a deal is far greater than people realize at the moment. because joe biden has said that he wants all infrastructure investment to be new, to represent new federal investments, while republicans, you know, what constitutes as new in the infrastructure proposal that they put forward is only 300 billion of the total $900 billion spending. so i...

From an animal. mike. mike: alex hogan starting us live from harlem. alex, many thanks. ♪ ♪ ♪ mike: fox news learning exclusively that a group of bipartisan lawmakers are preparing to unveil a new 878 billion-dollar infrastructure proposal. this as negotiations between president biden and the group of gop senators are set to resume at the white house tomorrow. david spunt is live at the white house with more on where these talks stand, hello, david. david: hi, mike, if a negotiation is suc...