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What you make of all this? >> i think the angle from last night and the take away from last night is exactly that, it's that the progressives held by it in hostage. he had the infrastructure built in his pocket, the senate passed it to get how many senators, two-thirds of the senate if i recall, all the house had to do would sign off on it. it would've been a great thing. but they held it hostage for the build back better which was ridiculous. i just hope that he holds firm and that bill -- let's get infrastructure, let's get it done. it was unseemly what they did. it was absolute blackmail wh...

Democrats to hold it hostage until they get the reconciliation bill. so he has a gun to his own head. >> martha: it's fascinating that the transportation secretary pete buttigieg didn't say that when he was asked sunday, yes, let's just pass the infrastructure bill and then we can wrap our arms around this port issue and go back for the other human part later. he wouldn't say that when pressed. he wouldn't say that. that is his greatest interest right now in his job and being able to get out of the mess they're in in california. thanks, guys. great to see you both. thank you, mark and art. so ...

Compromise,'s agreed to the trillion dollar infrastructure bill. in middle of the port crisis. with ships packed in the pacific ocean, democrats in congress are holding up their president's infrastructure bill with his blessing, holding it hostage to get the program. they are misreading their mandate, they will lose in 2022 because of this. trey: juan, let me ask you, with respect to the mandate. and that is a word -- i think that both political parties over read election results. president biden did not win a single county in west virginia. how much of his agenda is joe manchin supposed to su...

Through. they won't get d.c. statehood or packing the supreme court. by laying this agenda out and making it out like it was going to happen they raised expectations on the left and they will be disappointed. then on things like compromise they could get police reform done. why don't they compromise with tim scott? they turned it down. they got the republicans to go along with the bipartisan. the leftist wing is holding it hostage until they get a 3.5 trillion bill that own centrists in the house aren't willing to pass. they literally are turning down wins in pursuit of an agenda that was neve...

But for the fact you have the progressives holding it hostage because they want to make sure this reconciliation package goes forward. that's why you have the process argument happening in congress and joe biden in michigan trying to make the larger point, which is there are a lot of things to talk about that isn't just about the price tag. >> and actually, we should probably update the graphic to put a question mark after the price tag because it's almost certainly not going to be $3.5 trillion at this point based on what we heard. anna palmer, great to have you. >> we're going to take you ba...