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bidens remarks, despite a switch from mitch mcconnell joining the house speaker and donald trump in trying to kill the bill without even a vote in congress. shuttle diplomacy. secretary of state tony blinken on his fifth trip throughout the middle east today, trying to strike a deal to pause the war in gaza and free the hostages. he is expected to speak this hour. ♪♪ good day, everyone. im andrea mitchell in new york. theres crushing legal defeat for donald trump. todays d.c. c...

Questions heli jon. >> kind of bending down with my phone on google, looking up which countries are safest and which ones are taking in the most refugees, because this was not a topic i was planning to discuss with a four-year-old. >> reporter: paisleys curiosity became a call to action. thats the reason for her trip to uganda, where, with the help from some experienced adults, she plans to deliver these do-it-yourself school desks. >> its made out of 100% sustainable wood. >> reporter: interloc...

Maybe not even the substance but the fact of the process of this bill. its sort of a lose-lose situation. there are a lot of democrats that i talk to that say were going to get hit anyway, lets at least get some policy completed, make this vote, and then move forward and be able to talk about jobs and the economy. >> would it be your bet theyre going to have to bring this down to a smaller bill than what theyve got now? >> theres a distinct possibility of that. again, from the nerdy policy wonk ...

And, you know -- >> yes. this is a conundrum they are in. if we dont get it done, we have another generation for a health care bill. we spent a year of doing this and not talking about jobs in the economy, because we will be hit for it whether we pass it or we dont. we wasted too much time talking about jobs and not passing anything or we pass something and get attacked, maybe not even the substance, but the process of this bill. its a lose-lose situation. there are a lot of democrats i talk to ...

They say lets get policy completed and make the vote and move forward and be able to talk about jobs in the economy. >> would it be your bet they have to bring it down to a smaller bill than what they have now? >> health care gets tricky because there are so many interlocking pieces. when you do one little thing it has an impact on others. small gets tricky but there are people thinking through smaller versions. >> we call that the knee bone connected to the high bone theory of connecting policy...

Thats the other thing i hear, people are going home and hearing about high unemployment and, you know -- >> yes, this is the cunonedrum they are in. if we dont get it done, we have another generation for a health care bill. we spent a year of doing this and not talking about jobs in the economy, because we will be hit for it whether we pass it or we dont. we wasted too much time talking about jobs and not passing anything or we pass something and get attacked, maybe not even the substance, but t...