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We of course welcome anything that's additive to the framework. but we are with the president in principle. i think that's the most important thing, is that we understand we have come a long way, that this bill has tremendous investments in it that will be transformational and that the majority of the progressive caucus priorities are in there. that's really very, very good, i think. and i think our caucus, we have the whip question out, but we can say this was enthusiastically endorsed by everybody in the room. >> i certainly don't speak for the white house, but when reporting on their end of...

She joins me now. congresswoman, what does in principle mean here? it's a framework, you can't back every word because you don't know every word, right? >> that's exactly right, garrett. we wanted to convey our tremendous appreciation for our caucus members and allies who fought so hard and of course for the president of the united states who has been negotiating this, to see the tremendous momentum we have gained since a few weeks ago when the progressive caucus said these two bills needed to go together. there's been more negotiation that's happened in the last three weeks than has happened ...

We would love to see, and i know some of my progressive senators are working on additional things, it's great, if there's anything that's additive, the progressive caucus will be in full support of those additive measures and we too will work to see what we can finalize in this text. but i think it's enormous progress that the president presented to us today. the investments that are in the bill, even as it is, even without the things that, you know, aren't there that we hope could be added, garrett, this is really phenomenal. we are going to put over half a trillion dollars in the care econom...

Anti-vaccine forces seized on this as some sort of i told you so moment. even those who don't find themselves in that camp might still have some legitimate questions tonight. that is yeah we want to speak with someone who can give this perspective and factual underpinning it deserves, cnn medical analyst and former baltimore health commissioner, dr. leana wen. author of "lifelines, a doctor's fight for public health." >> of course, anderson, we have to keep in mind that risk is additive. and general powell had at least two major risk factors for severe outcomes to covid-19. the first is age. a...

Baltimore health commissioner, dr. leana wen. author of "lifelines: a doctor's fight for public health." can you explain what general powell's pre-existing conditions may have done to his immune system? >> of course, anderson, we have to keep in mind that risk is additive. and general powell had at least two major risk factors for severe outcomes to covid-19. the first is age. an analysis of cdc data from august found that even if you are fully vaccinated, people in their 8 0z have a 15-times higher risk of dying of covid than a 50-year-old. and then, you have multiple myeloma which is a blood...