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Than republican tax cuts do. nbc news reports on a call with members of the congressional progressive caucus, president biden says he believes he can negotiate senators manchin and sinema up to the range of 1.9 to $2.2 trillion. the progressive caucus members reportedly pushed back. they made clear they think they need more than that to cover the priorities that are in the actual legislation. but ultimately according to a source, they told the president they would support whatever topline number...

Negotiate senators manchin and sinema up to the range of 1.9 to $2.2 trillion. the progressive caucus members reportedly pushed back. they made clear they think they need more than that to cover the priorities that are in the actual legislation. but ultimately according to a source, they told the president they would support whatever topline number he could get to. this is how greg sergeant summed it up in the "washington post" today, quote, manchin and sinema are still not detailing how much sp...

Gretchen whitmer, the governor of michigan. we have a problem in our politics on both sides around how we treat our elected officials. to rachels point, civility is going out the window when it comes to folks getting what they want but now to your point around the politics around the sport back better. when i think were waiting on with kyrsten sinema is to give us exactly what her topline czar. weve heard where they are for joe manchin and now we need to hear with the top lines are for christian...

New today, president biden is assuring the country he will find a way to pass his economic bills as democrats on capitol hill clash over the sticker price. nbcs heidi przybyla is at the white house for us. welcome to you on this saturday. what all are we hearing from the president today? >> reporter: yeah, alex, it may have seemed like there were negotiations taking place on capitol hill, but in reality, the two sides were really far apart, progressives and moderate democrats, that is, so what t...

Any options other than that. thats just the way it is. we go in it to win it. >> reporter: progressives insist a vote tonight will fail, that they will reject the bill unless the house and senate first pass a separate, massive $3.5 trillion package covering everything from early childhood education to the battle against climate change. >> let me just tell you about negotiating. at the end, thats when you really have to weigh in. you cannot tire. you cannot concede. this is the fun part. >> repor...

Nonstarter, i think, for the progressives. >> exactly, alisyn. you have joe manchin saying, this is a firm top line, and you have the progressives saying, this is a nonstarter. so, while there are big developments today, its a bit like were marching in place here, but what i find so intriguing, both senator manchin and senator sinema, in her statement or her office put out a statement today, seemed to suggest that chuck schumer and joe biden have known their numbers. so, the last couple months, ...

All the way back in july manchin set out then more specific numbers in a written summary, a topline as they call it for democrat chuck schumer and agreed up to 1.5 trillion in that second spending package, which is less than half of the 3.5 trillion that most of the democratic party and liberals are pushing for as of tonight so what we have here is a development. as a narrative matter and a story, thats interesting. as a human matter, it shows you just how far apart the democrats are for spendin...

Closely engaged with her about the path forward. >> referred to this moment as a collection point. >> this moment as in this moment, 2:40 p.m. this afternoon or as in today? >> he doesnt have -- his topline number. >> i think the president has used this as the last several days and even longer than that, hes made some progress. seen some members come down and some members come up and youve seen active negotiations. hes actually been hard at work at them himself and what we clearly see as an agre...

"morning joe" later to discuss the meeting. joining us now is jake sherman, an msnbc contributor and a reporter for politico. what progress was made yesterday between president biden and various democrats. >> well, jon, theyre talking. theres a lot to go over here. theyre on different pages on nearly everything including the topline number. as you know, $3.5 trillion is the number theyre working off. that will have to be paired bag to something smaller. they didnt make any progress on that. an...

And we believe weve met that expectation. >> so the whole country has become amateur vaccine experts over the last year. but youre an actual vaccine expert. so does this comparable antibody response mean the level of protection, the immune response is the same? can you kind of walk us through the difference there? you know, obviously we dont have the data. but the difference between the immune response and how well this thing works for kids? >> who are you -- me or -- >> doctor offit, please. >>...