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Package up for a vote in the congress, the congress has added funds. i know there are some critics, but the overwhelming majority, both democrats and republicans, support this effort, see it tied to our own interests and values. i think we will continue going forward. if putin is betting on the united states flagging or giving up, he's making a terrible bet. putin made a big that, not just on american breaking, but nato breaking apart. and time after time, the nato alliance has shown that simply isn't going to work. at some point, that's going to dawn on putin, he's going to recognize he's up ...

Desperate press conference that will not be -- people read the transcript of that for decades and they will not find a theme but what ari nailed is the three takeaways are the takeaways the one i want to emphasize, bret, is he also said no matter how hard they try to make it for minorities to vote, that is a slander as equal to the slander as the one that he unlaunched in atlanta. mitt romney and the rest of the republicans who are outraged are still outraged tonight. >> bret: all right. i want to play this soundbite about build back better where he said, basically, the big effort is over and ...

Joe manchin for example, strongly supports early education, 3 and 4 years of age, strongly supports that. there is strong support for, i think, a number of the way in which to pay for these -- pay for this proposal. so i think there is -- i am not going to -- i am not going to negotiate myself as to what should or shouldn't be in it. but i think we can break the package up, get as much as we can now, come back and fight for the rest later. ken, "wall street journal." >> thank you, mr. president. i wanted to ask you about the economy. as you said earlier, americans are feeling the squeeze. >> y...

Back better law signed into law. i think we can break the package up, get as much as we can now come back at this thing. >> so what the president called chunks i would hope would be a major bill going forward, it may be more limited, but it is still significant. >> congressman bowden, how do you feel about chunks versus one comprehensive bill? >> one big comprehensive bill that would pass the reconciliation process. it's mind-boggling to me, once again. the bipartisan framework passed. it adds $256 billion to the deficit. so it makes it worse. we had build back better paid for at about $2.4/2....

Democrats that opposed support a number of the things in there. joe manchin strongly supports early education, 3 years and 4 years of age. strongly supports that. strong support for i think a number of the way in which to pay for these -- pay for this proposal. so i think there is -- i'm not going to negotiate it myself as to what should or shouldn't be in there. i think we can break the package up, get as much as we can now, come back and fight for the rest later. ken, "wall street journal." >> thanks. i wanted to ask you about the economy. as you said earlier, americans are feeling the squee...