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Initiatives. this is bigger than just infrastructure and roads and bridges and tunnels. this is a jobs and economic growth package. it is one of the most robust things we have seen in american history, and it is going to be important for democrats, for every single democrat candidate, member of congress going forward to talk about it in those terms. big figures, big dollar ticket items, it gets a lot of attention and makes for a great headline. the average american has a hard time wrapping aroun...

Leadership gained most. >> we have to take action now. >> reporter: hosting a global supply chain event pushing leaders to ease bottlenecks and getting sign-off on a global minimum for corporate tax. >> well, im proud that the g20 endorsed the global minimum tax, and this is an incredible win for all our countries. >> reporter: but on the big ticket items, covid and climate, gains harder to see. commitments on covid vaccines rollout renewed. at least 40% global population by years-end. 70% by mi...

A half trillion. but thats some of the big things, the big ticket items that likely will make it into this package. >> and the president raised the stakes today, framing this as an inflexion point for his presidency and the country to show the world that they can govern. it didnt work, least not in the short term. how big of a blow that the president heads off on the world stage and doesnt have this done? >> not very big. the inflexion point isnt today. its this moment in his presidency. look, i...

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Pay fors have changed. just learned of a new minimum corporate tax today that was rolled out. as part of this plan. its anybodys guess whether this is going to get across the finish line. >> and what it will look like if and when it does there are all sorts of noises coming out of leadership today on the democratic side on capitol hill. but they were getting really close. 90% there. hours away. and then we had reports coming out of internal meetings that the democrats were holding suggesting tha...

And shop at the most basic oaf of levels, your economy over time has begun to wither. that has been the thing that has separated the united states forever from every other country in the world. and we have this narrow view of infrastructure as being roads and bridges and wi-fi and other tangible assets, when the other side and the equally if not more important side of that is human infrastructure. spending on things like education and child care and other forms of support, so people can become b...

>> i thought he did a good job with that, paul, subject to your comments. he has to learn to take a compliment a little better. people applaud, he stops them and says, no, im serious. no. but he was obviously trying to explain in simple lesson. but again, paul to the feel issue. somebody has to be to blame here. this is absurd that the democrats seem to be trying to steal defeat out of the jaws of victory. theyre going to get an infrastructure bill. that alone is going to be one of the biggest t...

Whether or not he achieved that goal. >> i thought he did a good job with that, paul, subject to your comments. he has to learn to take a compliment a little better. people applaud, he stops them and says, no, im serious. no. but he was obviously trying to explain in simple lesson. but again, paul to the feel issue. somebody has to be to blame here. this is absurd that the democrats seem to be trying to steal defeat out of the jaws of victory. theyre going to get an infrastructure bill. that alo...

Mess messaging. it includes big ticket items. free pre-k. money to address climate change and the other thing we dont talk about and we should a giant trillion-dollar hard infrastructure bill that has bipartisan support. should we be talking about that or should the administration? those are big wins if they get done. >> youre right. that has really been a challenge which is that polls both public and internal polls show that a lot of the stuff in this bill in theory if passed is incredibly popu...

To risk floor time they might need to do all of this other stuff. but this is all going to come to a head again in december. remember, mcconnells been warning this time around since july democrats will have to do this through reconciliation. hes saying the same thing now. saying hes given democrats tons of time to get it done. the only thing i can think that might make it more palatable to do it through reconciliation for democrats couple december is if theyve got all other big agenda items out ...