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Which is new money being spent. republicans have a plan that sounds like it's close to a trillion. 928. but actually only about $257 billion of new money there. so they are way far apart on that. republicans want to use existing revenue sources. some money that's already been devoted or legislated for covid to pay for that. they don't want to do any of it with taxes. very far apart. but even if they can't get a deal, poppy, they need to do this in order to show joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. of course, manu talked to joe manchin yesterday who said i want this bipartisan process to play out. t...

Republican negotiator, he offered to slice his preferred price tag, but only if republicans also make some big concessions, the panel is back with us now. so we can put up on the screen a side by side, the key number here, the president wants at least $1 trillion in new spending. the republican plan on the table includes only $257 billion in new spending, there is still a huge gap but the president says rachel he wants to get this done. at a -- how long? how long can they -- you know, he's willing to give some on corporate taxes but not everything, he wants more money. how long? >> i mean, how...

Trillion in new spending. senate republicans want $257 billion. so you see how wide the gap is there. he did meet with the lead senate negotiator yesterday in the white house. we're expecting the republicans to bring in a new offer as early as tomorrow. but time is tick ago way. june ninth has been this day that they wanted to see some movement by. and the question remains, how will will they pay for it? biden apparently did not talk about the trump tax cuts. but instead different tax increases in that meeting yesterday. again, we're just going to have to see if they can find middle ground bet...

Negotiator on infrastructure. is there still hope for some sort of bipartisan agreement? joining me to talk about all this is someone who tries every day to come to bipartisan agreement, democratic congressman josh from new jersey, the co-chair of the problem solvers caucus in the house. congressman, thanks for taking the time this morning. >> hey, jim. good to be here. >> so, infrastructure. capito is going to meet biden, they've been working at what seems a good faith effort. they're far apart, one, on defining what goes into this? is it just the hard stuff or is it human capital, but also o...

Support an effort to get to the bottom of what happened on january 6th. and i think what you see in washington and throughout the house, republican caucus, as well as the senate republican party with a few exceptions is a general e genuflection. >> senator casey, this week your gop colleagues made a counteroffer to the president's infrastructure package. let's go there. $928 billion, only $257 billion in new spending, less than 1/7 of the president's curtailed $1.7 trillion plan. in addition, they suggested that the money should come from unspent covid relief, which you yourself called insulti...