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Democrats in the house to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill that was passed by the senate in august. that was what president biden wanted the democrats in the house to do on thursday. pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill. and give the democrats a big legislative win, but in progressive caucus in the house refused to do. that the progressive cost wanted proof, and all 50 democrats in the senate who ripped supported the reconciliation bill before the house progressives would be willing to vote for the infrastructure bill, that the senate already passed. this afternoon, senator joe manch...

Not get to dictate future of our country. his opposition to the bick back better act is anti-black, anti-child, ant immigrant and anti-black. the longer this goes on the more you'll see that in the democratic family that's not pretty. >> that's exactly right. i don't think we could have heard congresswoman jayapal say that they were trusting the president more times than she did during that interview on cnn this morning. this is a change in strategy. this is after progressives have already agreed to shaving down this bill from $3.5 trillion to $1.75 at the request of joe manchin, bejoe manchin...

Going to drug companies when people are having to essentially not taking their insulin. . >> or ration it. >> reporter: this is something most have experience with. . >> senator sanders said all 50 democratic senators need to agree on this before house progressives agree to vote yes. or before progressives agree to vote yes. do you agree with that? is that the order of things here? . >> that's where we are right now. and i think we're so close that i think we have to take this position. look, for most of us, we view the build back better and the bipartisan infrastructure bill as one big agenda...

At cop26 the global climate summit speaks to that. president world leaders were supposed to do a check-in and update on previous commitments sooner than this delayed because of the pandemic. >> they didn't have the confidence last year because of the pandemic, having it and getting together this year but extensive testing going on and they asked everyone to be fully vac nated. they can come provided they're tested on a daily basis and jen psaki is grateful she was fully vaccinated, that helps in her speedy recovery from covid-19. brianna, john, it's windy and chilly here but the words will be ...

Prescription drug pricing negotiations for medicare, something that was supposed to raise a couple of hundred billions of dollars, something many democrats have wanted. but that negotiation is still happening because senator kyrsten sinema of arizona, who has forced the house to scale back this proposal, has not yet signed off. and another issue that is still up for debate is this issue of immigration. there is a lot of people in the house, house progressives, the congressional hispanic caucus, who want immigration provisions included in this legislation, despite the fact that it's most likely...