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Capitol hill this morning. manu, you're a capitol hill whisperer. you can breakthrough the statements. sometimes positive, to find out what the actual talk is. do folks think this one could have legs? >> it's really just unclear at this moment, jim. there are so many details here that are still not known. they're still sorting that out among the group of ten here. and the larger democratic caucus has not been briefed on this, neither has the republican conference on the senate side. so there is support among the members that drafted it. how brad remains to be seen. it also remained to be scene...

A senior biden administration official saying the white house believes the deal is worth exploring. that's a significant thing to say. not what the progressives want to hear, but significant the white house would consider it. manu is "outfront." this is significant that he can get ten on board, including people like manchin. but no tax increases, that's not something a lot of democrats want to hear. what are you learning? >> we're getting a general sense of what is in this agreement between ten senators, five on each side. but a lot of details sill need to be sorted out. the top line agreement...

They say, well, there is no problem at all with the deficit, because there is. >> to me it's about the priorities of our country. america is not broke. it's our priorities that are broke. and it's a measure of how out of whack the debate in this country is that the simpson/bowles 2.0 lopsidedly favoring spending cuts is treated as this mythical arbitrary center in washington inside the beltway. do elections matter? do what people have signaled as their priorities? we should be investing in job creation as the best means of deficit reduction. we shouldn't be cutting and bleeding our economy. an...

Problem at all with the deficit, because there is. >> to me it's about the priorities of our country. america is not broke. it's our priorities that are broke. and it's a measure of how out of whack the debate in this country is that the simpson/bowles 2.0 lopsidedly favoring spending cuts is treated as this mythical arbitrary center in washington inside the beltway. do elections matter? do what people have signaled as their priorities? we should be investing in job creation as the best means of deficit reduction. we shouldn't be cutting and bleeding our economy. and if there was any measure o...

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