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So i think he has definitely inherited problems that have gone not just to trump but obama and all the way to bush's presidency. i think that this is an important issue that the administration is going to have to tackle. but i will tell you i think americans feel comforted that it is joe biden who is going to have to figure this out versus a donald trump because he was so erratic. so i myself and other people that i've been speaking to around voters, they feel okay with him at the will driving this. but i think in terms of your point around the border, around afghanistan, this is why the infra...

Bill before considering the far larger budget resolution progressives meanwhile say it has to be the other way around. joined now by the chair of the progressive caucus. congresswoman, thanks so much for being with us. what do you say to senator mantion's concerns about the prieg tag of this budget package, $3.5 trillion is certainly a lot. >> yeah, thank you, anderson, for having me on. and what i would say is that we are delivering on the vision that president biden laid out when he introduced the jobs and families plan back in january or february. this is what we promised to the american pe...

Klain. so mr. klain, the infrastructure bill's obviously a big bipartisan win for the president. as i mentioned, now heads to the house where it faces some skeptical democrats and where speaker pelosi has signaled it won't even be taken up until the senate passes a separate and much larger $3.5 trillion budget package through what's known as the reconciliation process. which democrats could do with a simple majority without any gop votes. but how concerned are you that today's win might be short-lived? >> well, i think today's win is a great win, as you said, anderson. people in washington hav...

As i mentioned, now heads to the house where it faces some skeptical democrats and where speaker pelosi has signaled it won't even be taken up until the senate passes a separate and much larger $3.5 trillion budget package through what's known as the reconciliation process. which democrats could do with a simple majority without any gop votes. but how concerned are you that today's win might be short-lived? >> well, i think today's win is a great win, as you said, anderson. people in washington have been trying to do this for decades, trying to find a way to pass a large infrastructure bill to...

Decade that i truly believe will transform america. this bill declared more often than anyway. bipartisanship was a thing of the past. it was characterized as a relic of an earlier age. as you may well remember, i never believed that. i still don't. >> now sadly, if you think this was the hard part, you would be wrong. the senate is next to work on a $3.5 trillion budget package which includes the president's proposal to expand the nation's social safety net. today, house democrats announced they plan to cut short their summer recess, come back to washington by the 23rd of august, to take up t...