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Count on the number theyre actually tackling in the bill and make sure they can last the full duration of ten years. but the other school of thought espoused by progressive was that you could do more things potentially for a shorter period of time, thus bringing down the cost but giving people the policy items that they want. if you pull up whats in the bill and i know our viewers have seen this graphic a few times. there are so many things, it ranges from comprehensive immigration reform especi...

Policy items might expire, that theyll be forced to extend them. this has been a real holdup among democrats. theres a lot of disagreement between moderates and progressives, and its been a real head yat for the white house. take a listen to what some senators have had to say about this. >> my number has been 1.5. ive been very clear. i dont believe we should turn our society into an entitlement society. >> senator manchin really believes that seniors are not entitled to digest their food and th...

I cant underscore how important it is for the democrats to get this done. thiss concern if they dont get it pass bfrd the end of the year, theyre going to have very little to run on going into the 2022 midterm elections. there was hope earlier on that the presidents work on the coronavirus pandemic might serve as a foundation for the party in their midterm campaign strategy, but as its become abundantly clear, theres not going to be an off and on switch to the coronavirus pandemic, so theres a r...

And policy items that are in the larger infrastructure bill. so the how remains unresolved. the if and the when, though, you see it on your screen, a whole slew of deadlines that were ticking through. today the house is starting debate on the infrastructure bill, remember, they were supposed to be voting on that today, so thats already a push in the scheduling. and then on the senate side you will see that theres going to be a vote, its going to fail, on a bill thats tied government funding and ...

Confidence, how is that? how is she feeling does shelf confidence that she can get these moderates and progressives to reach a consensus by thursday? >> that really is the question of the week, here, jose. because shes protecting optimism, but at the same time, its tempered with reality on the ground you just mentioned what today should have been it should have been the day that we saw a vote in the house on the bipartisan infrastructure bill that has already passed the senate now thats being pu...

Progressives to say they got the policy items that they want and also be able to build upon them because the thinking is once people see the fruits of that policy, theyre not going to want to get rid of t privately ive also heard key moderates say that that is something they would be up for, its a way to keep the balance with really tight margins, but were only starting to see slivers of that emerge as pretty much everyone remains entrenched here. >> ive noticed that, too, from jayapal, she says...

The next step. i think were in a very good place. >> reporter: a few notable things there. bring the legislation when its ready. that may or may not mean monday. monday, although a lot of deadlines are floating around on the hill now, actually a deadline that can be moved. its art philly set by the speaker and moderates she negotiated it with several weeks ago. theyre not likely to bring that to a vote on the bibart san infrastructure bill if it didnt pass on monday. its not clear well see that ...

Right? talk about the message theyre trying to send, and perhaps more important, ali, how much joe manchin is willing to receive that message. >> reporter: well, the activists here on the ground are hopeful that manchin is going to listen to their message, but theyre also prepared to keep pushing if necessary until their message is heard. really, what this comes down to, hallie, is pressuring him not just on specific policy items, like the 15 there are minimum wage and the right to equality, but...

Participated in riots. hundreds of masked hamas fighters paraded in gaza city saturday where the top leader made an appearance. as tensions are high humanitarian aid arrived with convoys with fuel, food and nation and announced $22.5 million in funding toward rebuilding damaging water and electricity infrastructure in gaza. secretary of state blinken will reportly try to build on the current truce. theres no room for bipartisanship. thats the message of the gop to the biden administration since ...

The challenge is to make that argument on other fronts whether its the economy or other policy items. were seeing that split play out in realtime as well. >> always great to have you. ali vitali with the president about to speak. politics of impeachment beyond the president. lots of democrats and republicans in congress are facing some critical decisions with political consequences. cologuard: colon cancer screening for people 50 plus at average risk. some things are harder than you thought. a...