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So how is the white house looking at this and are they fine with what schumer has said up, as rachel said, this vote that seems pretty aggressive in terms of timeline on wednesday? >> they seem to be at least publicly willing to say congress will manage this the way they want. the leaders over there could do whatever they want to do. theyre in close contact with chuck schumer and chuck schumer would not surprise them. that is just not the way this relationship would work. but ive actually descri...

Manchin moderate that are worried about this price tag. there is haggles about where does that money go and how much goes for people who are staying home taking care of a loved one or how much goes for education. but again with this onus, this pressure that we have to do this is going to drive people. the big story is on the bipartisan infrastructure side because there are republicans who are unhappy that schumer has set up a vote, the first vote for this on wednesday. they dont even legislative...

More. they said they were blind sided by the time line. whats the intention here and can democrats stick to that time line? >> reporter: the majority leader chuck schumer sending a clear message its crunch time. this bipartisan group has been working several months. hes arguing it is time to put together a bill because we are ready to go to the floor. there is a limited legislative calendar on capitol hill. schumer knows he has a lot to get done in the month of july before the month-long august ...

Houses of congress and the white house. if they can agree among themselves as to what must be done, if they can coordinate the presidents agenda with pelosi said, with what schumer can move in the senate, democrats should theoretically be able to get stuff done. if there arent party defections of democrat becoming a republican or unexpected retirements or god forbid deaf sorted to realty illnesses within the democrats the majority theyve got this precious thing for two years. two years until the...

Possible. democrats and president biden cant use the time. they cant get stuff done in this precious 24 months theyve got. thats how this works. democrats want to maximize but they can do in 24 months, republicans want to minimize what can be done in 24 months by wasting as much as that time as they possibly can. 24 months. this time, democrats got 23 months. because for the first month of the new congress republican leader mitch mcconnell wouldnt agree to an organizing resolution to set the rul...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he'll be bringing the gun control bills to the floor for a vote.

And kims christmas gift. has north korea orders rocket engine tests and meets with top generals a source said the north koreans are about to unwrap a hard line approach to the u.s. im brianna keeler, wolf blitzer is off today. youre in "the situation room." were following the political jockeying over president trumps upcoming impeachment trial. chuck schumer issuing a new demand for documents after the release of what schumer called explosive emails raising questions about the timing of presid...

The white house. and that may persuade moderates in the senate and it may persuade moderate voters who are still watching this thing and theres still a group of people undecided on this. what schumer is trying to do, we may not -- he may not -- the senate may exonerate or acquit the president. but what schumer is doing is playing to a different court. the court of public opinion right now. >> if i could add, public polling shows about 67% of the country overall wants a fair trial. they dont want...

Here, you have republicans arguing essentially kind of two things. some republicans are arguing there were not enough facts on the table yet to make the case on the shakedown. other republicans are arguing, well, even if the facts are on the table, the presidents motive was pure. what schumer is doing is making an effective argument that the four witnesses that he wants, in particular, bolton and mulvaney, can shed very important facts and very important light on both of those questions. and kin...

Is a lot more divided. its not quite a majority of independents that support impeachment and removal, but its in the 40s. its a tough position. >> so what happens at the white house? the press secretary was criticizing chuck schumer for releasing this letter late in the day. she should retwitter after midnight. the guy she works for does a lot of thing late in the night or late in the day, however you see it. the president did quiet down middle of the week, but at the end of last week, he was st...