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Largely gone. so, i want to do both. its not that im against infrastructure. im for infrastructure but what is more important is passage of reconciliation. i dont want to lose the leverage. >> senator alex padilla of california joins me now. senator padilla, i think this is one of the, i understand the strategy on trying to make sure you figure out how to keep some of these reconciliation. but this does feel like the living example of cutting off your nose spite your face. why is tanking that bi...

Get it done and well do what we need to do in the next couple weeks. >> it is interesting. i think mitch mcconnell words can be used by democrats to say, look, when they need government to work, its an odd piece of leverage that i dont know quite what he thinks hes getting there. senator padilla, democrat from california, thank you for coming on and sharing your perspective. lets turn now to a developing story in haiti where just moments ago the latest plane carrying haitian migrants that were...

$1.5 trillion? >> let me first be clear that no member of my party has any leverage over my vote. my vote belongs to my constituents and to moving this country forward. and what sits with my conscience. and so i have always said from the start that this was an ill-fated attempt to leverage your fellow colleagues. and no matter what happens with the infrastructure bill, that will not make me make choices that are not good for my constituents. and i have provided plenty of detail to leadership as ...

>> we have done some reporting on this, and the positions are not fixed. they may make a recommendation, they may change it, the circumstances might really be different when they got down to 3500 droops, which is very small, they realized biden, and i think most of the people realized that you dont have leverage with the taliban at that point. so you know, it is a simplistic view of this. i said this, it changed based on our reporting and we have three chapters on the afghan war and withdrawal. ...

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Going to be optimistic. so thats with a we continue to see here. i think it is an interesting observation that leigh ann makes there about pelosi bringing up biden more. of course this is the key piece of his domestic policy agenda. the white house wants to get it through this year and potentially the only piece of legislation they can get through in his first year, knowing the way congress and midterm elections work. so this certainly is the presidents agenda. it is his item to pass. and the wh...

Tomorrow. then, she -- i said are you concerned you might not have the votes to pass this tomorrow? she said, we take it hour by hour. and then, when i asked her about the concerns from senator joe manchin who essentially rejected her request that a deal be reached on that larger package to expand the social-safety net by tomorrow. she said well see ultimately. and then, she said they will assess what to do going forward. so the question, ultimately, is does she move forward with the vote? there...

>> first, chris, its great to be with you. let me just say with regard to my word choice, i didnt actually use the f-bomb, but saying the word effing, youre a new yorker, so thats like please and thank you. i knew you would understand. in terms of what do we gain and what do we lose, its all about leverage. its really important for people to understand if we pass that senate bill on thursday, its done. it goes to the president, it becomes law. we give up an enormous amount of leverage. why is th...

But then, they changed -- our reporting shows -- very specifically, they changed their minds and went along with the rapid withdrawal. and their argument was -- and this is very important to understand -- we had only 3,500 troops there. that was a low. and they both concluded that this was not sufficient leverage with the taliban to achieve anything. and i think military experts would agree on that. thats just not enough. and so, they changed their point of view on this. now clearly, there was a...

So im hoping that somehow the pressure that were all feeling right now will also put them in a position where they have to do some work and tell us what theyre actually willing to do. >> hopefully they will. are you having any conversations with the progressive members of your caucus, the progressive caucus, in trying to get them from a no to a yes should the vote go through without a deal? >> if theres no deal, i dont think there will be a vote, and it wont pass. so i let every member think for...