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>> theyre not the freedom caucus. the freedom caucus was trying to take over republican leadership and kill bills. the progressives havent done that, and theyve had joe bidens back on this. they continue to. >> the democrats wanting to pass legislation is no different than a republican not wanting to pass legislation. >> kevin:s dont want to pass legislation. thats a fundamental fact. if it grows government, they dont want to do it. >> to add one point, i think one of the dynamics in frustration...

Compromise. cnns kaitlan collins is at the white house. kaitlan, senator manchin seems open to it. progressives havent weighed in. they initially wanted 3.5 trillion. is this something progress? >> reporter: i think its notable that senator manchin did not rule out that price tag its higher than last week speaking to reporters. cnn was told on that call one of the conversations with the progressives, congresswoman jayapal said that number needed to be higher than that change than what president ...

You say you think this vote happens today. do you have the votes. right now, it appears that progressives havent seen the legislative language they want to see to commit to backing this. >> look, one thing i learned, were in the legislative arena, you never say never. >> you didnt say never, you said today. >> i am talking about people that say they may have a problem with the bill. i am saying to the progressives, look, i know what they want but i was not in the room when somebody came up with ...

The house. >> yeah, so a few thoughts here. so this bill is not going to go to the house, its not going to come up for a vote in the house probably until the fall. so everybody in the house, all the progressives are going to calm their heels, and the reason why kyrsten sinema is so crucial and manchin are so crucial is theres no democratic agenda without them. so what sinema was saying she wont vote for an eventual compromise at $3.5 trillion. an eventual compromise of $3.5 trillion probably wou...

Whats your focus. >> based on which groups are threatening you there. it shouldnt just be about terrorist operatives. look at polls of muslim majority countries around the world. look how many will say al qaeda is a legitimate resistant group not a terrorist group. thats not a terrorist operative but someone has extremist mind set could become a threat in the future. thats where the vetting halls to be. amazing that progressives havent celebrated parts of the executive order that specifically sa...

Citizens and hispanics make up a significant chunk of the voting bloc. that would seem to favor the president. but things are still very tight down here, arent they? >> they are, martin, and i think theres a big story that progressives havent focused on that help explain this. obviously in terms of hispanic voters, the presidents been leading by 30, 45 points the entire prays but in the latest nbc/"wall street journal" poll, romneys lead among senior citizens is of60% to 35%. thats very much in ...