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Than anyone thought it would be. and this is kind of the peared back version. >> oh, yes, we won't get the full week for many, many weeks until police -- look, there are 16 events over 12 dates that we're talking about. for example, on the 17th of december in 2020, there was a christmas quiz, gathering for the departure of a senior official and another one at number 10. time and again these officials were getting together after a long day's work -- which the report says is irrelevant -- and they were having drinks, going out buying booze, excessive drinking, a failure of leadership. no wonder ...

And i say, mr. speaker, yes, we can be trusted! yes, we can be trusted to deliver! >> cnn's richard quest joins me now along with harry hensen. richard, what's notable is that this report is far more damning than anyone thought it would be. and this is kind of the peared back version. >> oh, yes, we won't get the full week for many, many weeks until police -- look, there are 16 events over 12 dates that we're talking about. for example, on the 17th of december in 2020, there was a christmas quiz cathering for the departure of a senior official and another one at number 10. . time and again the...

What it ended up being. a lot of folks were concerned that joe manchin was walking away from the table completely after this. that is clearly not the case. it sounds like they're going to continue these negotiations. but you have progressives now saying what we negotiated in the house the last time was where the more interesting aspect of this is going to happen. if joe manchin and other senators can agree on this pared back version of bbb where they pay for a few programs within ten years, i think the president and the white house would want this. they want that child tax credit to be in ther...

Now she doesn't even look up to the people she serves with let alone respect them so that thieves in question why they would come back for another term. kate? >> good to see you. joining me is margaret at alliev, managing editor at axios. let's start with build back better and where it stands. what are the options now for president biden? >> yeah. kate. i do think that biden and the majority of democrats in the house and senate are trying to figure out how pragmatically speaking what can be salvaged, what is it that joe manchin and kirsten sinema can deal with? we know what the contours of tha...

Going to work on and it hasn't come to fruition, and so you say the door's still open. the door is still open because the time line keeps slipping and so with the door still open we learn from lawrence fox this morning that nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house and kiyrstn sinema ma, one of the moderates in the senate were meeting on this very issue because sinema has been sort of the road block throughout this process of getting a more robust version of prescription drugs into this bill. seemingly is apparently open to somewhat of a scaled back version and of course pelosi would love to turn...