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There's one thing we know about modern american electoral politics. it's that mid-terms in the first two years of a presidential term are a referendum on the president. the past two weeks, nine democrats have attempted to block president biden's $3.5 trillion budget. the sabotage squad threatened to tank the budget blueprint to force the infrastructure vote, the bipartisan deal cut in the senate that they want. this afternoon, the two sides struck a deal. house leadership, nancy pelosi, and these nine centrists, with the house voting along party lines to craft the legislation. nothing is deter...

Optics but that's one of the things we're looking at as a part of the larger calculus here. so the number of americans is key. the number of afghans who are vulnerable is key in how you measure how much work is left to do. picked up the pace considerably, but will it be enough by the 31st? garrett? >> big decision for the president. i know all three of you will be reporting it out all day. courtney, kelly, john, thank you. we're also keeping a close eye on capitol hill where at this hour the house is still at something of a standstill. ultimately scrapping plans to move forward on the $3.5 t...

Children, more than 50% of children under the poverty line have now been lifted out of poverty because of what we've done on than. i focus on that when i'm back home. >> i'm sure they appreciate that because the process is tricky to explain. talk about sleep earlier we asked why are you awake. mary writes first day of my new job, excited. i'm up because we had a loud thunderstorm here in north dakota and it woke my cat up, the king, who wanted to be fed. i think you're spoiling your cat. up too week early because my lab wanted to play, of course. and bryan tweeted i'm up way too early for th...

Progress on the hill. sources are telling cnn now that house democratic leaders and moderates are close to a deal after clashing last night over the last several days over infrastructure, the budget resolution, when they vote on what. cnn's melanie zanona is on capitol hill to break down the details. moderates spoke to one of them yesterday on the air, they want the infrastructure vote first, they've been insisting on it. progressives tied to the larger budget resolution. is there a meeting of the minds? is there is a way to make both sides happy? >> reporter: after a tense standoff, cnn has j...

To move forward with a vote on the $3.5 trillion budget resolution. many democrats want to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill first. pelosi has said the house will try again for a vote today. joining us now jake sherman, an msnbc political contributor. jake, we just had brandon boyle who had been on the floor last night until late, had a couple hours of sleep, coming in here talking about the things they might need to give moderates to get them on board. what do you think the moderates need to break ranks and stay with the group. >> i'm also running on a few hour's sleep, excuse my t...