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Thank you all so very much. now we have got to turn to capitol hill, where in a few hours were going to see the first vote on the infrastructure bill, the bipartisan group of senators worked through the night to try to craft the bills language ahead of todays vote. so far, nothing has been finalized. joining me, national political reporter and white house reporter. so theres no bill yet. what are they going to vote on? if i found my dream house out there, would i make a bid on it without an in...

Vaccinated. president biden facing hurdles when it comes to key pieces of his agenda. jeff, what is at stake for the president tonight? >> reporter: that all certainly sets the table for the challenges facing the biden administration. we talked about that house committee investigating the insurrection on january 6th. perhaps all of this could have been foreseen. kevin mccarthy certainly appointed these members for reasons. speaker pelosi responded in kind. this was all fairly predictable. the re...

Inherent disqualifier for those members. three of them voted to object to biden-won elector observe that evening. it turns out pelosis reason for rejecting them was different. it was not because of their votes, it was about negotiations that she believed they had that were linked in some way form or fashion to that attack that she believed were unacceptable. and it seemts like the democratic caucus is supportive. >> well put a pin in this for a second and talk about the other big story on capito...

Character. he doesnt have a political bone in his body. >> reporter: and, david, no surprise, donald trump said there was never a coup attempt. >> martha raddatz live in washington. martha, thank you. now to that big test vote in the continuing bipartisan efforts to agree on president bidens $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan. not one republican vote for this today but as rachel scott reports tonight that doesnt mean that this wont happen. shes on the hill tonight. >> reporter: tonight senate r...

Senators worked late into the night. still no deal. walk us through where we are, where things stand and whats expected to happen this afternoon. >> reporter: thats right, aaron. they did work late into the night still trying to figure out the final remaining issues. senator rob portman the lead republican negotiator in this group said on cnbc just moments ago, theyre down to four or five remaining issues that still need to be figured out and agreed to. well, this group is going to continue to m...

Will be questioning the president here tonight. president biden arriving in cincinnati tonight for a cnn town hall meeting. as the white house urgently tries to sell its domestic agenda. >> theres nothing that america is unable to do when we do it together. >> but it congress, both sides are far from together. that divide was on full display again today as senate republicans voted against the presidents bipartisan infrastructure plan in a key test vote. >> so whos playing games? >> raising quest...

This test vote needs the support of 60 senators, so that means 10 republicans, and we dont expect 10 republicans to vote for this. the reason is because they say they are still in the throes of negotiating their bipartisan infrastructure package and they dont want to vote to start this morose. this is not a vote on final legislation. this is just a vote to open up debate and start the process. and they say theyre not willing to do it until they have a agreement and they have seen legislative tex...

Its at the heart of the news today, a test vote in the senate. as president biden is flying here to cincinnati. we do know that vote is going to fail because republicans say this bipartisan infrastructure bill has not had time to work through how it will be paid for. that does not mean its not still important. in fact, thats one of the reasons president biden is coming to sfcincinnati. take a look at the pictures of the brent spence bridge. this is really exhibit a of infrastructure problems in ...

Would lower prices. consumer prices rose 5.4% in june compared with a year ago. it was a large increase since 2008. joining us now. anne gearan. she is, im glad to sea, an msnbc contributor. good to see you. republicans have said they wont vote for this incomplete infrastructure bill. what do you think? what happens if tomorrows vote doesnt pass? >> john, this is a bit of a game of chicken at this point. the ball is now more in schumers court than in the republicans. theyve already said exactly ...

Shes well within her right when the minority leader decides to activate people to overturn the results of the election and not only active participants in the dangers and what we saw in the insure rec insurrection of january 6th and leaders and drum majors of the insurrection. shes within her right to veto picks. i think they are frankly insulting and kevin mccarthy and kevin mccarthys picks are insulting not just on a party basis but to this country. >> i dont disagree with you on that. so lets...