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Joe manchin has been confronted by kayakers and all because they're not towing the party line that says get this done and get it done fast. the fall-out quick and, well, for some, too much too soon. let's get the latest from peter doocy at the white house on where this battle stands right now. hi, peter. >> good afternoon. the latest is that the president is about to host a virtual meeting with house progressives to go over the reasons why the package will be smaller than 3.5 trillion. that was a head scratcher to find out about. because officials had been saying the plan cost nothing. listen....

Democrats who was in the meeting with president biden, congressman ro khanna is standing by live. and also instagram and what's app are down along with the parent company facebook which is facing fierce criticism over a whistle-blower allegations and evidence of spreading hatred and violence and misinformation. and we've just received a copy of the testimony that the whistle-blower will give to congress tomorrow. plus new details of former president trump's plans for a 2024 race for the white house. is he already an unofficial candidate? we want to welcome our viewers here in the united stat...

You're part of a small far left faction that quote blocked the president's agenda and yet, the president seems to be siding with you guys that didn't endorse him in the primaries, which is amusing to me. what is your response to the congressman? >> well, i do math, and 95, which is the number of house democrats or house progressives is larger than nine, which is the number of democrats who signed on to a letter threatening to sink the entire reconciliation bill back in august demanding this vote this week for an arbitrary reason, even the president wasn't demanding a vote this week. so, you kn...

That is a hundred billion dollars a year. that is the operating budget for new york city. and so imagine taking the yearly operating budget for new york city and trying to spread that all across the united states and act as though that is going to meaningfully change our lives. it is not. that is why we have to make sure we defend these investments. >> so one of the very conservative members of your caucus you referenced conservative democrats new jersey house democrat josh gottheimer. he says you're part of a small, far left faction that, quote, blocked the president's agenda. and yet the pre...

Now you have this big governments reckless spending bill. the democrats are not coming to talk with republicans on any of these things. >> so at this, point all sides are basically talking past each, other because the white house wants to know why republicans are not helping the democrats dig out of the whole, they found themselves in. >> the real question is why are republicans making us go everything alone. we have to do an american rescue plan alone. the good news is we do have a united democratic party, we're always going to put people and purpose first, not politics, and we're going to ge...