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Are more lawmakers going to come here this afternoon? that's certainly always possible. and even earlier today, one senior white house official indicated it was possible the president could go to capitol hill. we don't have any indication that's going to happen in the next few hours. but you never know. he doesn't have anything else on his schedule. and he is supposed to depart in the morning hours tomorrow. so it will be really notable if they do, indeed, push that back. but at a certain point this white house continues to argue that it's not so much about trying to have anything inked or don...

>> one senior democrat today told me an agreement was possible by a vote would probably have to wait until next month. there's concern that energy to do the bill will evaporate in the governor's lose the race in virginia. if they're too long, that could avoid with a government shut down and dealing with the debt ceiling december 3. charles? >> neil: that's one juggling act. so even if progressives come down and moderates come up, we're still talking $2 trillion in spending and tax hikes. will that mean more inflation? let's ask patrice with independent women's forum and laura fink. patrice, mo...

They've acknowledged the size of the reconciliation package will shrink. it's not going to be worth $3.5 trillion. aides i've talked to suggest it will be closer to $2 trillion. they're hoping that's enough. they can get this done but it's a juggling act right now and they're running out of time. >> so when does this get done? we heard about halloween being a self-imposed deadline. does it done by then? >> they want to have the vote on the infrastructure bill by then, but in order to do that, you have to have if not just the reconciliation bill done to sign off on the bipartisan bill. the reco...

Moderate members of her caucus, that that's the day they would vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. the reality, though, is that that date could slip if it comes to the fact that democrats don't actually have the votes to put it up and pass it. that could come if progressives make good on their threat to not actually back the bipartisan bill because they want to keep their leverage on the larger reconciliation package. some over the weekend offered a rosier view that eventually, when push comes to shove, democrats aren't going to vote against the priorities that they already have in tha...

Cooperation agreement with congressional investigators. the january 6 select committee requested records of communication between the trump white house and georgia officials as well as communications from others in trump's orbit, like former chief of staff, mark meadows and trump's former lawyer rudy giuliani. >> it is certainly information that my office needs to see. >> a source familiar with the matter says there's been some staff level contact between willis's office and congressional committees, though another source cautions there's no active information sharing so far. for willis, the t...