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Tell us what's going on behind the scenes. it sounds like it's not a done deal. >> reporter: that's right. far from a deal. yesterday, house progressives signaled that they were open to this new accelerated timeline, that ambitious plan house democratic leadership wants now to vote on the bipartisan bill, and that $1.5 trillion build back better plan. we haven't heard a peep from holdouts manchin and sinema, and bernie sanders speaking out this morning for the first time since this new timeline was announced not sounding very optimistic on cnn. watch. >> i think there has got to be a framework...

Everybody understands. there are 100 members of the united states senate. unfortunately, we do not have one republican prepared to take on the pharmaceutical industry, take on the private health insurance companies, not one republican prepared to go forward to deal with the crisis of climate, not one republican prepared to say to the richest people and largest corporations they have to pay their fair share of taxes. we're down to 50 people. any time you have 50 people with different ideologies coming from different parts of the country, there's going to be differences of opinion. that's what w...

Your priorities, paid leave, dental and vision for medicare, giving the government power to negotiate lower prescription drug prices for seniors, that's not in the deal. you saw that house progressives endorsed the compromise. do you? >> it's not in the bill yet. we are working right now, i spent all of yesterday on the telephone. we are paying the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. the pharmaceutical industry has spent hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars to make certain that americans pay ten times more for some drugs than the canadians or the mexicans do. that fight...

Of climate, not one republican prepared to say to the richest people and largest corporations they have to pay their fair share of taxes. we're down to 50 people. you have 50 people with different ideologies coming from different parts of the country, that's what we are struggling with right now. >> sorry so interrupt you. given that reality, do you believe house progressives should insist on a publicity xhment from senators manchin and sinema before they vote yes on either of the bills this week? >> i think there has got to be a framework agreed upon in the senate that all of us know will be ...

Group of lawmakers are working with sinema still negotiating with that centrist holdout on adding lowering prescription drug prices back in to this build back better plan, that may tick up the price of this thing which won't make senator manchin happy happy. we're over his $1.5 trillion he set at the start of the process this summer. tomorrow will be a busy day as we're chasing these answers in congress. one important point we just also are reporting is that at 2:30, about 25 minutes from now, senator -- sorry house progressives are jumping on a call to talk about all of these issues and get o...