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Representative jayapal says that she can hold that group together. and keep in mind leader pelosi can only lose three votes. and their message, there is a lot of frustration when mention mentioned the 1.5 trillion. you have to keep in mind its not just less than half that the current reconciliation proposal has, but that proposal started at six trillion. so it really is one six of what they wanted. which is simply unacceptable to that. and their argument which they are also stating is that this ...

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Security detail in washington and st. louis and that sends the clear message that her safety is more important than yours. jillian: a recent campaign filing showed that bushs expenses for the detail came between april and june. griff: well, senate lawmakers could finalize their bipartisan infrastructure package today, key word, could, but new roadblocks are already spelling doom for the bill. marianne raferty is here with the details. >> the bipartisan infrastructure deal could be ready to go to...

Wants changes to that proposal. just a sign of the challenges ahead for democrats to get both factions of their caucus in the house and senate in line on that proposal. much less the narrower bipartisan deal that theyre trying to get through with ten republicans to back all raising questions about whether this eventually can get to joe bidens desk. >> all right, manu raju, thanks so much. lets talk to one of those democrats on the left, the chair of the progressive caucus, democratic congresswom...

Saying that there is no direction, it is about being strategic. is there one that are you focused on that you say this is a starting point, lets start with the 21 senators who have come close to a trillion dollars over five years, $579 billion in new spending, is that starting point where you can say all right, now lets work out from this? >> we are engaging with that offer. but we are also talking to senator schumer and senator sanders about a budget resolution. so we can do more than one thing...

So i still think a lot remains to be seen. but we are told that president biden is still being updated by this by his aides and will continue to do so as the talks are ongoing throughout the weekend and next week. >> so lets talk about that reconciliation proposal. $6 trillion from bernie sanders whats the reaction. >> some nervousness among the democratic moderates who dont want to go that high. a number of wouldnt embrace the price tag everyone not just joe manchin gene shaheen, a new hampshir...

On the healthcare fronts. the cbo has released these highly anticipated estimates of the cost for this legislation and also in 15 minutes we should see the house speaker nancy pelosi and other democrats at a news conference. lets get to carl cameron. talk to me in simple terms if you can about what we have learned from the cbo in these numbers. >> reporter: the first thing we have to do is throw out a huge red flag. the congressional budget office is saying this is preliminary. i want to read to...

This is prelim their pending the language of the reconciliation proposal and the budgetary pro jekss. these numbers are very, very tentative. we were told just a few minutes ago by one democratic lawmaker that its trust traiting for them. they -- that its frustrating for them. the numbers that were put out is that democrats have arrived at a healthcare package that adds to the senate bill and brings the total price to $940 billion over 10 years. that would only be for six years of benefits. so y...