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Government shutdown. deadline a week away. republicans won't budge. if this all goes south, what happens to joe biden, david? quickly. >> good question. i mean, this is the argument joe biden has to make to democrats, right? that they have got to stick together because their success is his success. and -- and if this whole thing sort of falls on the weight of itself, john. that's going to put democrats in a really, really tough position in what is already going to be a tough midterm election for them next year. >> david chalian, great to see you as always. thank you very much. up next, where...

Yet, of how that is going to get done. they are -- these wings of the democratic party are diametrically opposed right now. as you said, progressives have said -- enough of them anyway -- remember, we are dealing with the closest margins you have seen in congress in our lifetime, john. so progressives have said we are not voting on the bipartisan infrastructure package. you will get no votes from us. we will sink that bill unless we have an agreement on this larger spending plan because you promised us, nancy pelosi and joe biden, that this dual track was going to go together. and then, you ha...

Made on the campaign trail. this is it coming to fruition in a moment like we don't usually see. >> yeah. what's riding on this? everything. for -- for the biden white house and his presidency, at this point. so, there are two battles going on right now. one, democrats versus republican on the shutdown of the debt limit. we will get to that in a second. but democrat v. democrat on the issue of the $3.5 trillion spending plan and infrastructure. and today, progressive pramila jayapal and others made clear that they're not budging. joe manchin on the other side has made clear he's not budging. h...

At that point, republican leaders have to decide whether he's going to freeze them for another few years. or they're going to go in their one direction. >> and the implications of all of this if and when the republicans take back control of congress, that is a whole other issue and discussion for another time. carl bernstein, gloria borger, than thank you for being with us tonight. up next, we are waiting for house democrats to finish voting on just the latest of several items crucial to the biden agenda. we will bring you results, if available. and talk about the trouble democrats are hav...

More on this. first, you know, we are talking about government shutdown. debt ceiling. infrastructure. the president's entire spending program. how much is riding for the biden administration on all this? >> i mean, i think how his term in office -- this one term in office if he is not re-elected or even if he is -- you will look at this biden term by what happens here, john. i mean, it's nothing shorter than that. we don't usually see a president's entire economic agenda all in one moment in time on capitol hill. but with these two bills that the democrats you describe sort of infighting amon...