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How many miles are on it? >> 200,000. december 2005. >> reporter: almost in the top 5%. >> six more months. >> reporter: feeling good. the biden administration understands electric vehicles are out of reach for many americans. that's why $100 billion of the $174 billion would go towards tax rebeats for buying them. even that might not be enough for an america with a hollowed-out middle class. can you see yourself in an electric car? >> absolutely. >> reporter: how long have you been driving this one? >> 18 years. >> reporter: why haven't you gotten an electric car already? >> i'm going to driv...

Electric vehicles. biden's american jobs plan would invest $174 billion in the electric vehicle market. that you have indicated is a red line for you. there needs to be more investment in evs. if there was a bill put forth that had everything else that the white house and you wanted, but with significantly less money, less investment in electric vehicles, would you vote against it? >> i would. this is the opportunity. there is not going to be a better opportunity. that's where we've got to go. each of our -- the car manufacturers, general motors is saying it will have 100% product line, electr...

Progress out of bipartisan infrastructure framework or rising inflation fears stop him from pushing forward on a budget reconciliation for two massive democratic spending plans. they may not need a single g.o.p. vote to pass trillions in new spending. white house correspondent kevin corke is tracking it. good evening, kevin. >> it's not exactly clear how the democrats will maneuver around the political roadblocks on capitol hill to forge ahead with a new massive spending plan but one thing definitely seems clear. the white house believes very strongly they're going to get what they want by the...

Deal and focuses on physical infrastructure. there was a time when something like this would check boxes on both sides and put a bow on it and gotten it done. will that happen this time? >> i sure hope so. a lot of it depends on how we pay for it. we feel like we have reasonable pay-fors. to your point, if i can get bridges in louisiana that cross the mississippi river and connect shreveport and lafayette, i'm doing my job and i hope we can get this across. >> martha: so give us a quick example of your pay-fors. we know the white house is very determined to raise taxes to pay for this. >> yeah...

Parties. the five republican and five democratic senators say they worked in good faith to form a realistic framework to modernize the country's infrastructure. now, they didn't offer specifics, but several sources tell cnn the package includes a total of $1.2 trillion of spending over eight years at a cost of $974 billion in the first five years and $579 billion in new spending. the plan includes no tax increases. with so many americans 12 and up at least partially vaccinated against covid, what does that mean for younger kids? we will see where the vaccine authorization process stands next...