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Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday appeared to contradict her boss, President Joe Biden, in expressing disappointment over the acquittal of accused Kenosha vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse.

Bill that people will see and that was one of our criteria when the progressive caucus was itemizing what were our top priorities and they all made it in here. to get things that people would feel immediately. for senior, prescription drug pricing, jim. this is absolutely essential. we are finally going to begin this necessary process to cap the cost of insulin to $35 instead of paying hundreds and hundreds of dollars for insulin and for other drugs. so the benefits will accrue to people quickly...

Chair the progressive caucus primala jayapal, police confidently last night that this bill is going to pass the senate, and she has personally been speaking with the senators who will make the difference as to whether or not this passes, and we know who we are talking about. she -- it will change in some small ways, but she told us last night, confidently, that the vast majority of this bill has been, in her words, pre conference. which means, pre-agreed to. by senators. including with conservat...

Pass, excuse me, the infrastructure bill would pass and then essentially 12 days later, we would pass the build back better act through the house and thats what we did. so we got what we were pushing for. i believe that the fact that we have the build back better act today as good as it is, passed with all but one democrat in the house, a very strong vote to send to the senate is because the progressive caucus refused to leave anybody behind. we leheld the line, but also brought a creative strat...

After these local elections we may be progressive. we may be democrats, but we think this is a failure of this administration. you think they would change their strategy. they are not. part of the reason they are not, pete and ainsley, the progressive caucus is saying the reason why we are dropping in the polls is because we are not progressive enough. that we are not giving our voters a reserve to be excited. didnt go out there and go big or go home. and so now were caught in the middle. pete: ...

Trillion build back better bill. i want to bring in cnn political director david chalian. david, very clear there the messaging. nancy pelosi wanted very much to focus on this win. one of the things that stood out to me as there were understandable questions about what happens as it heads to the senate, but that 90% of this, were told, was done in coordination between the house and senate and the white house to minimize changes moving forward. how effective -- do we have a sense of how effective...

This is going to benefit people across the country. the infrastructure bill is fantastic, were touting its benefits. but the thing that is different about this is you will wake up -- anyone watching this show, you will wake up and see your costs cut. you will see child care. finally youll have child care. youll see that youre able to afford the cost of housing because there will be more housing, the biggest investment in housing in our countrys history. you will know if youre a young person that...

Going through the house tonight. tonight it does look like democrats are on the cusp of passing this bill in the house. thats the first big necessary step towards sealing a historic legislative advance for president biden and for the country. it would be a potentially transformational piece of legislation. i think its fair to say belted where we are tonight without the work and the advocacy of the congressional progressive caucus and its leader, pramila jayapal. from the beginning shes been a vi...

She says now lets vote this bill through the house and move one step closer toward making this transformational package law. joining us now from the capitol where the house is set to vote on this bill is congresswoman pramila jayapal of washington, chair of the congressional progressive caucus. congresswoman jayapal, its nice of you to make a moment in this busy night to see us. thanks for making time. >> thank you, rachel. i told you wed get it done and were going to get it done. >> well, i nev...

This whole long and windy road of a process with the chair of the progressive caucus, primala jayapal, who has been ushering me from the one that it will get done. tonight, in the house, it is finally getting done. ive been cynical this whole, time she told me it will pass. right, now it is passing in the house. she is going to join us just off the house floor, just ahead, lots to get to tonight, stay with us. , stay with us. ♪ when you have nausea, ♪ ♪ heartburn, ingestion, upset stomach....