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Breaking loose in the next couple of hours. >> john harwood joins us now. whos driving the dpoeshgs nego on this right now? pelosi, the president? who is leading the charge? >> its all of them. its president biden, its the democratic leadership, its the house leadership, progressive caucus, manchin and sinema. when youve got bare majorities of this kind, everybody has got a veto, and as a result of that, when you have a jam-up like this on the infrastructure bill as well as on the reconciliation...

But at the same time, there have been allegations against the taliban that they have been trying to hunt people down, associated with the nato involvement there and, indeed, with the government. there are people passing through the taliban check points showing papers that obviously prove their connection to the united states and her allies. and some are getting through. but nowhere near enough. >> barbara, the pentagon had set this expectation that eventually theyd be able to fly out somewhere i...

From shelters. if youre jammed up, running out of the gas, trying to get to a shelter, floridadisaster.org/shelters. thats what the state of florida and officials are are directing people to. they want people to get there. that will have the latest information on shelters. to the airport. people trying to get out by air. miami airport has basically said last call. 10:30 was the last flight and thats it. they had a big jam up with the baggage towards the end of the tonight, thats it. so theres no...

Brazenly defied the court and said, im going to continue any way. thats what led to the contempt of court finding. and thats what he was about to be sentenced for. and thats what ended as a result of the pardon. that legal process. >> again, not discussed at all by the president. as far as i could tell until this point. michael, what the president did talk about, though, was how many other bad pardons presidents have made in the past. it was almost as if he was saying look, theres a hall of sham...

Other bad pardons presidents have made in the past. it was almost as if he was saying look, theres a hall of shame out there for presidential pardons, and this one is in a long line of controversial presidential pardons. is that a good defense? >> its not a good defense, but its a fact. if youre pardoning something, theyre in a criminal jam-up or theyve been in jail. we saw president obama free a terrorist who was responsible for defendants and hundreds of bombings. >> youre doing it, too. >> ab...

In bags, load their bags in cars and try and get away from the low land situation. that led to a huge jam-up, bumper-to-bumper traffic for house in a very frantic, panic situation. how we got here, weve been saying for years this drought has caused so much problem for years and years and years. california was not getting enough rainfall. now it seems like in the mountains, theres too much rainfall. all the rain had to go somewhere and it came to this lake system. this oroville lake was getting o...

I mean, to have that many people here and now either staying -- there are some kind of holding fast here at the white house and still a lot of people trying to get out. we walked by a couple of metro stations that were jammed. i mean, the line to the metro station was well out on to the street and around the corner. there are those people that found friends or family or were lucky enough to plan ahead and get a hotel room. some are staying an hour away. but theres going to be a jam-up here for h...

Yeah. >> good for you, my friend were very glad to see you. i feel like you are going to live life a little differently now? >> very grateful and purposeful yes. >> give those family members big hugs. >> i will all three kids. >> im so glad they have dare daddy home. >> jared, justin thank you for your expertise. >> what a recounting of what he lived through on that plane. never heard any more articulate recitation than that, that was great. another story this morning -- dozens of cars strande...

The thaw is causing problems. >> a pile-up sent one truck ablaze and fears of flooding. here abcs larry jacobs. >> reporter: add tornadoes to the winter woes making millions miserable. watches went out in seven states. other states under severe thunderstorm watch. one twister in illinois buildings and snapped power poles. it is not just thunderstorms making noise. in michigan they are blasting with dynamite to break up two feet of ice to head off a jam-up on this river. snow and ice are relentin...

Thing. >> the thing about pat foye is, though, yesterday there was a port authority board meeting. steve kornacki was there and asked pat foye a question during a press availability he had. what did you think david wildsteins job was at the port authority. because they created this job for him when wildstein left, they didnt renew the job. its gone. now. >> right. >> they asked him what did he do here. and foye said my understanding was he was here to do politics. >> which means? >> he is there ...