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Washington how your headstone explode. theres so much going on all the time, you have this, you have the january 6th commission, we talked about covid, how the white house is trying to deal with that. the bipartisan infrastructure plan isnt done yet, little movement on voting rights, on police reform, all of that really key elements of the biden agenda. and the house is in recess, the senate is expecting to leave for a week tonight, although schumer has threatened to keep people here, what is th...

Torpedo the much larger democrat only bill. just when mitch mcconnell gets on board, it seems a few democrats could scuttle the whole thing. juanita, why is the infrastructure deal in trouble? >> rev, im not convinced that sinemas statements puts this squarely in trouble. we know they had a working session today, we know that theyre working it out, and we know that schumer is going to keep them as long as it takes. im not convinced that her statement really is threatening this deal at this point...

If your policy qualifies. any minute now, a hurdle for the bipartisan senate deal for massive investments in infrastructure around the country, the senate is expected to hold another vote on the trillion-dollar plan, but it is still a long way to go in this divided congress. lauren fox is on capitol hill for us. what is going to happen later this hour and where is this headed? >> reporter: in a couple of minutes we expect a rare view of the senate working on a friday where we expect that theyr...

Meantime senate democrats are expected to release a revised voting rights bill within days after republicans blocked a more sweeping proposal. georgia senator raphael warnock says voting protections remain a democratic priority. >> i think we can walk and chew gum at the same time. we have to work on the physical infrastructure of our country and we have to work on the infrastructure of our democracy. it is the responsibility of congress to provide baseline federal standards for voting. >> we we...

They pushed back and said they didnt want to move forward on this vote. so there have been delays. they fought about it behind the scenes for about an hour. rob portman, the chief republican negotiator came out and told reporters he got personal assurances from schumer that he would not pull a fast one and the underlying bill would reflect the agreement reached between ten senators from both sides of the aisle. so thats where we are right now and why this vote is moving forward. now, after today...

Through the house to get this bill across the finish line. our country needs this, if were going to maintain our position as the leader -- leading-economic power in this world. and -- and if we dont, shame on us. so, we have got a lot of work to do, ali, youre right. but this is work that can be done. we have done a lot of tough work, getting this to point. and were willing to roll up our sleeves and continue that tough work going forward. >> 67 votes in the senate, these days, is usually reserv...

There are even more people involved. so that is the bi-partisan, and they had a deal last week, and then you had the powerful committee cheers not a part of the bipartisan group, saying, we are not okay with this, and senator schumer was not okay with it, and it blew up everything, and they had to reopen the negotiation again, and now, what it seems is that the white house is involved and on board, and senator portman ushered this in on behalf of the republicans and working closely with the whit...

Bipartisan deal. >> the people of west virginia did not vote for this, they did not vote for expanding mass transit in san francisco. wears mcconnell on this. is he going to allow portman to go in there and make some absurd deal? wheres mitch? >> so far he has been relatively quiet. you said skeptical things a few times but he hasnt really fully revealed his hand. i just dont know if the idea is that there is some value in running out the clock so to speak but schumer is saying they are going to...

Keep the senators into the weekend, that begins to give the talks a little jolt. you know how negotiations go. heres my question. the longer they drag on, is that the more that it gets done or the more its time for things to go south? >> a can of beer super ugly from the outside. ive been part of these negotiations on both the white house and on the capitol hill. theres been around for a long time. theres always this moment at the 11th and a half, hour where it looks like all hope is lost. but i...

To get to. today was supposed to be the day that the bipartisan infrastructure bill got done and appears to be in limbo. the hill team is reporting that chuck schumer threatened to keep the senators into the weekend, and that seems to be giving talks a little jolt. you know how negotiations go. the longer negotiations drag on, is that the more that gets done or the more time for it all to go south? >> yeah. it can appear super ugly from the out. i have been a part of the negotiations in the whit...