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Good morning to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is friday, october 29th. i'm brianna keilar with john berman here. and chris cuomo is standing by in rome, where president biden is meeting with pope francis. they are discussing a range of issues, including poverty and the climate crisis. >> the climate crisis is at the heart of the biden agenda. it's where the biggest chunk of money is actually allocated now. there's no question the president and the white house still focused on getting that plan passed away a whirlwind and probably somewhat unfulfilling locations. that st...

Targeted approach so, again, after we pass a massive $2 trillion spending bill, we know where all the money is going. we know exactly the people that are getting it. those are the people that need it most. i'm sure when the bill is done, we will go back to west virginia, talk to people, explain the good things that he liked in the bill and things he didn't want in the bill. as part of negotiations, you have to accept. he's just looking for ways we can move on. we're coming it of a huge recession, the pandemic hopefully. the biden administration is doing a great job of getting shots in arms. he...

My presence will be determined by what happens in the next weeks. and i think that that statement really speaks for the fact that the president knew what was on the line yesterday. moderates knew what was on the line yesterday. progressives knew. democratic leadership knew. yet they were still unable to find a consensus. now, briannbrianna, what change the next couple of weeks? progressives did support the framework that the president laid out. that is significant. that is progress. however, they also are still arguing they want to have votes on both that bigger social safety net bill and infr...

>> now, when we say that, uniformity of interest, with a side dish of what can you do for me? not to cheapen it, but this pope is very pushing for action, right? so now biden comes here. the democrats are all over the place. he has a lot that will be possible when delivered within these really historic spending programs. but not yet. now, does that play into it, in your estimation? do you think pope francis has the political acumen to talk about whether or not president biden will get this done and what that means going into the climate summit next week? >> yeah. i think you're absolutely righ...

President biden the legislative victory he had hoped to reach ahead of his trip abroad. house democrats scrapped plans to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure deal with several progressive lawmakers thinking sinema and manchin would agree to a larger social bill. that's the glass half empty deal. the glass half full, the framework are in place for historic legislation and that it will all happen very soon. joining us is former senior adviser josh cot and co-host of the circus on show time, mark mckinnon. you tell me, what's in the glass this morning, as far as you can tell? >> well, the big t...