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Breaking news just into cnn. you see the pictures there on your screen. a small plane crashing this morning outside of houston executive airport. the waller county sheriff's office says all passengers were safely removed from that plane. look at the pictures, with just one minor injury. that's remarkable. we'll continue to stay on top of that story. if there are any new developments. back here in washington, if meetings guaranteed movement then the biden agenda would be in much better shape by the end of this day. this afternoon the president holds two key meetings, first with house progressiv...

White house officials say they're dialing up the urgency on talks over joe biden's stalled legislation. the infrastructure bill that has not passed the house until there was a agreement on the megaspending bill. they are holding a meeting today at the white house with house progressives, house moderates, and joe manchin is there as well. after sanders and manchin spent weeks going after each other in public comments. >> we're talking. >> we're talking. >> you're going to have a resolution by the end of the week? >> we're talking. >> they're talking, you get it? not just exchanging barbs is the

Manchin threw cold water on that, too. >> when will talking actually amount to action? >> we have a lot of action going on. >> are you saying you oppose the climate tax or you just aren't talking about it right now? >> the carbon tax. >> carbon tax. >> the carbon tax is not on the board at all right now. >> so now on the docket, as we said, are those house progressives, including the leader of the house progressive caucus, pramila jayapal. in about two hours from now after the president leaves the white house, they will welcome house and senate moderates. perhaps the biggest sign that somethin...

Continue, wolf. -let president sitting down in separate meetings in the oval office with house progressives and moderates. again, trying to bridge the gap that has existed for such a long period of time and it's not just a gap between blocs lawmakers. it's individual lawmakers. we saw over the course of the last several days, a very public spat play out between senator joe manchin and progressive senator bernie sanders. sanders taking to a west virginia newspaper with an op-ed making clear manchin is standing in the way of the proposals that he wants to get through at this point. manchin firin...

It's sitting in the house. house progressives are not going to vote for it unless they get a successful vote on the larger social safety net bill. are you frustrated by that delay? do you think that was a mistake for progressives to demand this other legislation be voted on before the infrastructure bill? >> the reality is, america needs both of those pieces of legislation, not only to make sure we have the right kind of infrastructure, but to make sure that life gets better in this country for people trying to raise children. >> but only one of the bills is ready now. >> -- to participate in ...