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Good friday morning. this is "early start." i'm laura jarrett. >> and i'm christine romans. it is 31 minutes past the hour. time for the top stories to keep our eye on today. house plans to vote on the president's $2 trillion build back better plan today. they were delayed by an 8-hour plus speech by minority leader kevin mccarthy that ended just moments ago. the budget office says the bill would add $267 billion over ten years. that does not include revenue from irs tax enforcement. some health experts warning the u.s. could be in the early stages of a winter wave of covid cases. they're ...

This bill reduces the deficit. it also ensures that all of us will pay our fair share to support our democracy. >> that the bill is not paid for, heaps an additional $367 billion on the deficit, democrats say that is offset by $200 billion in revenue for beefed-up irs enforcement, the gop notes they passed $1 trillion of covidien on their own in late winter. >> never in american history has so much spent at one time. never in american history bill so many taxes be raised and so much of borrowing needed to pay for all this reckless spending. every page of all this new washington spending will b...

Talking to them. i'm talking to the american people. this is the single most reckless and irresponsible spending bill in our nation's history. promised the american public this would be paid for and it is not. i didn't believe him when he said it. >> mccarthy's is rivaling that of nancy pelosi system for 8 hours and 6 minutes in 2018, he's just shy of that record. at the heart of republicans concerns, the cost, the nonpartisan congressional budget office estimates the build back better bill will add $367 billion to the deficit over the next decade. they did note it will bring in $207 billion i...

One democrat golden of a very purple district in maine voted no on this one. congressional budget office projects the build back better act will add $367 billion to the deficit over 10 years. although there is a lot of discussion about whether or not that number is even high enough. if the democrats get the i.r.s. to crack down on tax enforcement, the cbo predicts additional revenue won't be enough to make up the difference. we'll talk about who will end up making up the difference most likely. the white house disputes that. they claim the package will actually lower the deficit by $112 billio...

Economy but when you look at national defense, we look at the border issues, all of these things together are showing the american people that this administration just does not have what it takes to lead to. they are looking for solutions, looking for leadership and they are not getting it in the polls reflect that. >> shannon: cbo coming back and saying $367 billion will be added to the deficit over the next ten years under this plan, the white house is taking issue with those numbers. in the past president biden called the cbo the gold standard, he said the year before that it was bipartisan...