promised vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill even though progressive democrats say they won t vote for it without a deal on the massive spending bill. a deal that is being held up by joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. president joe biden s agenda, the promises he made to the american people, the agenda that got him elected hanging by a thread. and remember, this is all about placating members of his own party. manchin digging in his heels tonight with a statement saying that he won t support the spending bill, and calling it fiscal insanity. and that s got progressive progressives steamed. i can tell you that his statement has just probably created at least a bunch more votes on the house floor against a bipartisan bill. so do you fear that now joe biden s going to end up with nothing? he actually called it insanity which is the president s agenda that he is calling insane. so i am not going to comment any more on that statement. i don t think it deserves it. so what do m
tonight. and we ve got breaking news on capitol hill to tell you about. we re hours away from a promised vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill even though progressive democrats say they won t vote for without a deal on the massive spending bill, a deal that is being held up by joe mansion and kyrsten sinema. president joe biden s agenda, the promises he made to the american people and agenda that got him elected hanging by a thread. remember, this is all about placating members of his own party. mansion digging in his heels tonight with a statement saying he won t support the spending bill and calling it fiscal insanity and that s got progressives steamed. i can tell you his statement probably created a bunch more votes on the house floor. do you feel he actually called it insanity, which is the presence agenda he s calling insane. so i m not going to comment any more on that statement.
has probably created a bunch more votes on the house floor against the bipartisan bill. do you fear nothing he actually called it insanity, which is the president s agenda that he s calling insane. senator manchin is even getting push back from senate colleague dick durbin. i would say to him, we can t delay these things. simply delaying them is just inviting a bad result, to be honest with you. you know, we are one heartbeat away from losing the majority in the united states senate, and i ve been in the senate long enough to see that happen. so i would urge joe, if you believe there is value and merit to the programs in the preckwinkle reconciliation bill, don t wait. cnn s phil mattingly has more from the white house. reporter: christine and laura, the three most powerful democrats in the country huddled in the oval office wednesday night fully aware of the reality they simply were not going to have the votes in order to pass
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to this mask mandate and when you look at the idea of why are they doing it now, we expect to hear from the city and county leaders in a couple of minutes as they explain this decision. if you look at the press release announcing this decision, the first few words are q as covid-19 hospitalizations rise and the delta variant spreads starting today you see that indoor mask mandate return for any public indoor location, that s both for the vaccinated and the unvaccinated, bars and restaurants where people are actively eating and drinking will be excluded and then outdoors, that mask mandate is not required. it s rather strongly encouraged, but you still hear medical officials saying that they would like people to wear those masks especially in a crowded setting even outdoors, and you mentioned the opposition. you re seeing that opposition at many different levels. you have at the state level, the attorney general calling it insanity, saying that he will sue the county and the city as ea