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Than west virginia. i mean, we need to make sure that -- that we have healthcare that healthcare costs lower. we have to make sure we have investments that are going to, like the child tax credit, that will continue so that we can continue to cut child poverty in half. but -- but look. this is -- this is a situation where, you know, the way the legislative process works, it aint over until the gavel bangs and the congress is done. and so, we need to continue to have discussions and negotiate. im...

Process of getting there. >> thats not enough so far to get manchin? he made year he wants to get this right and is not in a rush to compromise. doesnt it seem likely this wont happen before the holidays? >> i dont think we are in a place to it make that prediction nor is anyone. the president supports this package because it include an extension of the child tax credit and will lower the cost of prescription drugs and elder-care and housing. thats a compelling case. the american public like tho...

Forward. that is our approach. >> so you talk about the presidents threat of economic consequences. we have reported on the possibility of increased sanctions, but would those come after an invasion because some have argued at that point its too late. >> so, i mean, as you can imagine, im not going to lay out our punches here, or speak to hypotheticals. thats not how this process works. what were going to continue to do is lay out what i just talked about, our approach, which is, again, defense,...

Dr. fauci and other medical experts have pointed to the possibility that that will end could happen. we will be transparent with the public and check that closely. lets go back to how that process works. these experts, they are medical experts, and they are primed to do the work around the clock. when you want to test a virus, you need to isolate it and purify it and make sure it is a live virus and the various you intend to study. this takes days. then you need to grow a stock of it to test. on...

To finish your thought as it relates to what we were just talking about. the election in virginia, the nrcc, i should say, as you know i think put out a note this morning saying in a cycle like this, no democrat is safe. basically trying to frame this as a wake up call for democrats. >> well, weve known this all along. the nrcc is going to come after us. they are going to attack our agenda. theyre going to come after our members. thats the way this process works. we were in the minority wed obvi...

With all of the issues that you mentioned, those things are in progress. its been nine months since joe biden has been president of the united states. what has he gotten done? he got the american rescue plan done, in and of itself, if you look at the size of that bill and the things that it actually did and accomplished, its nothing short of amazing. take one aspect of that alone, just the child tax credit. its cut poverty in half. nothing has ever done that in the history of this country. we we...

Their direction, and attempting to keep everything under control. ultimately the way theyll resolve this is through some form of compromise. its messy, going to take place behind closed doors and both sides are going to have to give some. thats the way the legislative process works. thats ultimately how this is going to resolve itself, or somebodys going to leave the party and that would be really destructive for the 2022 elections for democrats. >> and david, ive got to get your really quick re...

Thats why theyve been so active here, telling me that they negotiate with progressives and moderates to map out what that price tag is but more importantly what theyre able to do with that money. they say it will be transformative. they know this is the way the legislative process works. they compare this to the last four years where they never were even in range of an infrastructure bill which they feel strongly they will get passed here. to give a sense of the presidents plan, first that relat...

Message that he has for those republican senators who voted to pass that bill on its merit of this bill is somehow not linked with the reconciliation because of its happening in the house? >> its because it doesnt have enough votes. i think republicans in the sun i understand that and know how this process works. but thats what we are working towards now and thats what the president has been making phone calls about. thats what we have the schedule cleared for this afternoon and im not going to ...

On the details. tell me if you think thats right. tell me what else we are missing from our perch. >> yeah, i think thats right. i think that the irony of the situation in which we find ourselves is we are in radical agreement about the moving parts in both bills. and i also think, frankly, we find ourselves, whether we fully understand it or not in a situation of mutually assured destruction, if you kill my bill, ill kill yours. thats the kind of situation we are in. it ought to be possible, gi...