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Red states, mayors, governors, republican voters think it's important that washington help with things like this. republicans say, mr. president, we're listening, but they also say, joe biden, trying to appeal to middle class voters in places like the midwest like this, the republicans are saying, his staff, too liberal. >> the old nickname for joe biden is middle class joe, this is something he would normally be for. >> they may override the president on this, overrule him and that's what i -- my concerns are with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. and what is basically socialism camouflaged as ...

Counterproposal for republicans on infrastructure. cnn's jessica dean is on capitol hill. but phil mattingly is in cleveland where president biden will be speaking this hour. what is the white house saying to this proposal? >> reporter: well, i think there's some encouragement. if you go back and forth over the course of the last several weeks you recognize the two sides have been very far apart. they still are. the white house's latest proposal $1.7 trillion. the republican proposal $928 billion. far apart on the top line and a lot of details and most importantly how to pay for the proposal. ...

And the president trying to wrest the narrative back and lay hout why he is doing this. the key point, viktor, there is intense bipartisan negotiation going on right now about one piece of the $4 trillion proposal, his infrastructure plan, the republican counterproposal put on the table today, more than $900 billion total about $257 in new money. they're getting closer on top line. but you hit the key point. the president repeatedly talks about the rationale for why he wants to finance his proposals on the infrastructure side with corporate tax increases. on the family's plan side with individ...

Popular covid relief package and still shamelessly tout parts of it anyway. at a speech held at the site of the last rally that now president biden had scheduled last year as a presidential candidate before the pandemic led to sweeping shutdowns. president biden took credit for an economy in comeback mode. it comes as the biden agenda nears a crucial inflection point amid negotiations with the gop. president biden is expected to soon face crucial decisions over his domestic agenda as his commit to aggressive action on climate change and care for the elderly collides with his push for a biparti...

The two sides remain hundreds of billions of dollars apart. let's discuss this and more with the transportation secretary pete buttigieg. mr. secretary, thanks so much for joining us. we did a closer look at this republican counter proposal. only about a quarter of the actual money in this counter proposal is actually what's called new spending. the rest comes from existing spending. they haven't budged really on how to pay for it either. from president biden's speech today in ohio, it doesn't sound like he wants to budge much either. is compromise here really on the table? >> i think it can b...