it was ultimately thwarted by mike pence, but it seems to be integrally connected to what happened on january 6th. susing out what exactly happened on january 6th does, in fact, trace back to the white house, people close to the president and people like john eastman. we have to figure out how strong the connections are. >> john avalon, i want to turn to democrats racing to reach a deal on biden's economic agenda. senators manchin and sinema were at the white house tonight. negotiations seem to be changing by the minute. how critical do you think the next 24 hours are? >> absolutely critical. i mean the white house has tried to impose another deadline before biden leaves for europe, but they need to pass something soon. you know, you have elections that are coming up next week in virginia. you have got the midterms looming, and we're at the place where now we seem to know what some of the bottom lines, particularly for senator sinema