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Play-by-play on capitol hill on the trip overseas. what are you hearing about these negotiations? >> the president would probably like to be talking about the white house considers a successful trip overseas. on the tarmac he was peppered with questions about domestic agenda that waited for him now. the president back here 36 hours. you and i without the benefit of a seat on the plane. you heard before the president left that among his senior staff who stayed behind to work on this package feels like there is room between the two book ends. the more than $6 trillion

Get this done. i know that schumer and nancy have moved forward on a reconciliation provision as well. so i'm still hoping we can put together two bookends here. >> joining us, the cofounder of punch bowl news, john bresnahan. great to see you. let's start with infrastructure. it's sort of -- seems to me that this bipartisan group got their behinds in gear, essentially, because suddenly they were worried democrats were going to move along without them. what's your take on what we're seeing here, and how likely it is that this ultimately becomes law? >> yeah, i think your take is right on it. i...

Capitol hill. there is a new bipartisan idea that seems to be gaining momentum as senate democrats are privately talking about going it on their own with infrastructure with a massive package. president biden turning the focus to his domestic agenda as a new bipartisan infrastructure pitch is gaining steam. >> our focus is on a bipartisan proposal that focuses on true infrastructure and doesn't raise taxes. >> reporter: spearheaded by senator romney and others, it calls for $2 trillion in total spending on roads, bridges and other physical infrastructure with roughly $579 billion in new spendi...

I know my chief of staff, and i know that schumer and nancy have moved forward on reconciliation provision as well, so i'm hoping we can put together the two bookends here. >> and the second issue yesterday, mitch mcconnell saying, he did not see a way he could get the supreme court justice confirmed, your response to that? it would be next year. >> president biden: i know. the answer is, mitch has been nothing but no for a long time. and i'm sure he means exactly what that says. but we will see. >> did you talk to president putin about the iran

There may be a means to get this done. i know that schumer and nancy have moved forward on a reconciliation provision as well. so i'm still hopeful we can put together the two bookends here. >> and the second issue is yesterday or earlier this week, mitch mcconnell said if republicans were to take back the senate in 2022, he did not see the way you could get a supreme court justice confirmed. do you have a response to that? that would be next year. >> i know. i know. the answer is mitch is -- mitch has been nothing but no for a long time. and i'm sure he means exactly what he says, but we'll s...