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Like the co-presidency in the senate with the manchin or sinema wing. is there anything he can do to get this time line moving before its thanksgiving? >> get out to american people in that bill and get off the table the top line number. polls are suggesting that came out, they like the element of this bill. they dont know whats in it. only 40% of people polled in that poll actually knew there was an element of that bill that would reduce drug prices and give them drug care and dental care. what...

Reconciliation, the process for the larger budget, fails in the senate. cnn congressional correspondent lauren fox is live on capitol hill. we should note manchin is not the only one who expressed reservations about the top line figure. my question is, is this part of a negotiation which always happens with these bills? or is it a more potentially a more severe threat to coming to final agreement? >> reporter: well, look, jim, i think this is about leverage. and were going to know more when the ...

Debate about the top line figure and manchin and the moderates in the house want to bring it down a bit, do you really expect that theyre not going to come to agreement on spending some number of trillions of dollars? >> no, i mean, it really does look as you said, that they will agree on something. we just dont know exactly what that looks like. and remember, look, they want to spend money as youve indicated. they also want to keep the majority in the senate and the house. and they really need ...

Them meeting. the effort is to portray an image of inclusiveity. we dont know who is going to emerge as their leader, whether its a hard line figure or somebody more moderate. alicia: jessica, thank you so much. appreciate your time today. >> thank you. alicia: keep it right here for president bidens update on the evacuations in afghanistan, just minutes away at 4:00 p.m. eastern and we will bring that to you live. ben. benjamin: catastrophic flooding in tennessee has turned deadly, at least 16 ...

The tribune. she said the regular people take him seriously, but not literally. it just profoundly was true. >> you know, in hollywood they call it below the line. so if youre a name brand, you have a contract and good agent, youre above the line, a big shot. the below the line people. so in hollywood, they portrayed the below the line people as archy bunker, he was a below the line figure, they made fun of him. a lot of them said you have been making fun of us, were going to vote against you. >...