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But labor unions and other industries where we can find common ground. if senator sanders and others want to work with the white house on areas of ways we can improve the financial industry, we are going to do that. >> reporter: committed to restoring glass-steagall? >> press secretary spicer: yes yes. >> reporter: can you tell us where it is on the priority list and if these new reports that say the infrastructure is in really bad shape, is that in the order? >> press secretary spicer: the pres...

Is what spurs economic growth, that makes one place more attractive to invest in or hire more people or to grow jobs. so for him, this is deeply personal. i think youre going to see second steven mnuchin and others work on the contours of that in the next several weeks, but we maintain the schedule he laid out. >> reporter: so august is still the timeline? >> press secretary spicer: yes. >> reporter: representative elijah cummings was here yesterday, he said the president was enthusiastic about ...

To the piece. john decker. >> the president last evening at the white house with some conservative groups. out of that meeting, can you tell us whether the president was successful in twisting arms, getting these conservative groups to back this particular health care bill? and i see on the presidents campaign website that there is a campaign-style rally planned in nashville, tennessee, next week. can you confirm that, and why did you choose nashville, tennessee? theres a democrat iic congressn ...

Others who share the same commitment. john, youre both good looking. i will come back to you. >> reporter: thank you. two questions. first, a japanese news service is reporting this morning that the president will have a meeting with the president of china in april. does this mean that there is a new meeting before their scheduled meeting at the g20 and july? >> press secretary spicer: i am not going to comment on the presidents schedule of foreign leader visits at this time. i have pretty much ...

Other industries, where we can find common ground. if senator sanders and others want to work with the white house on areas of ways that we can improve the financial industry, were going to do that. >> still committed to restoring glass/steagall? >> yes. erin? >> on infrastructure, can you give a sense of timing, where it is on the priority list, and if these new reports that say the infrastructure is in really bad shape, does that give new urgency? >> i think the president mentioned in the join...

To approach this in a businesslike manner that he has done so successfully in the past is going to ensure he negotiates prices, that we look at those businesslike practices, forced competition amongst states and other things that will help lower cost once and for all. >> reporter: does the president have any concerns about the fact that they have the acting secretary to implement? >> press secretary spicer: it went off without a hitch. john decker. >> reporter: as you know, the president spoke o...

Spotlight, but there is one who has been laying low. joe biden, the vice president has not been front and center during the government shutdown, and people have noticed. >> so im hopeful that we will get negotiations. i hope the president will become engaged. maybe we get to get joe biden out of the witness protection program. >> out of the witness protection program. that was senator john mccain on cbs "face the nation." lawmakers dont just miss the vice president. they remember the pivotal rol...

leader mitch mcconnell. right now, the senate convenes, and these two huge players, mcconnell and reid, are expected to speak. were watching very closely. weve been reporting this meeting, reid and mcconnells office, the talking thats taking place, and what these two say could indicate the face of the country, really, at this point in time. fast-moving story. dana bash has been all over it. shes our chief congressional correspondent. i understand reid has been back in mcconnells office...

From both parties would have kept the american peoples government open and operating. >> one senator says he expects todays government shutdown to last anywhere from 1 to 21 days. 21 days, thats how long that monster impasse that began in december of 95 continued. that was the last time the federal government closed its doors. two voices i want to bring in here. first, a journalist who covered that stalemate 17 years ago. he is john decker. hes now white house correspondent at sirius xm radio. a...

And 96. extorti extortion, blackmail, that type of thing. it doesnt seem like that kind of picture, that kind of photo op will happen any time soon. >> john decker and gloria borger, thank you both. and starting today, millions of americans are eligible for health care with the affordable care act. but it doesnt come without its glitches. >> consider that just a couple weeks ago apple rolled out a new mobile operating system. within days they found a glitch. so they fixed it. i dont remember a...