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Because there will be trouble. >> reporter: she's absolutely right, i think most people in congress, most democrats would agree with her, they need to get this done in order to make good on president biden's promise, which by the way, he understands most of all that he is here to unify washington, to make government work. and if he can't figure out a way to steer democrats and bring those two groups together on these bills, then it's going to be a big uphill battle for him as we head into 2022, and democrats risk losing their very tight margin to republicans. now, we're also looking at the gov...

Procedural nightmare that manu coherent laid out, which is difficult to do, but it underscores if the 30,000 foot level just this legislative pile up that is at a degree i have never seen before in more than a decade of covering washington in terms of every major component that the president cares about, the democratic majorities in the house and senate, no matter how bare, promised that they would deliver on running headlong up against extraordinarily consequential deadlines, a government shut down or the first default in the history of the country. none of them have a clear pathway forward a...

Abortions. so the supreme court, i think the justices felt like they had to step in. but now that the justice, you know, there are four justices, possibly five, who want to reach out and see whether or not there are five votes to overrule possibly roe v. wade. so the conventional wisdom is roe v. wade is very much in jeopardy. if they don't officially overrule roe v. wade in had mississippi case, there could be five votes to seriously undermine it, make it easier for states to pass restrictive abortion laws in the future. >> amy, thank you for that excellent explanation. really appreciate it. ...

>> that sounded like he was ready to compromise in some way this morning. has he proposed a compromise? >> i know he's in discussions with speaker pelosi and majority leader hoyer, in hopefully those discussions will bear some fruit sometime soon, i think you're exactly right lawrence, what he said publicly is similarly to what he said privately, which is that he has a disagreement in terms of the strategic approach, and the pathway forward, he does not disagree with the substance in need to enact the budget resolution framework, in order to arrive in an agreement. so we can do things that sup...

Legislation, then well, that's why schumer is now pivoting to getting people to put their names on the record, and at least signal to voters that they are trying to change the election reforms, even if it doesn't have a pathway forward. >> so grace, that begs the question, how far away are we from a point where democrats just have to really begin to take seriously the idea of changes to the filibuster? >> yeah, this debate about the filibuster has been ongoing really since the beginning of the biden administration. they have such little room for error, senate democrats do, and the thing is it'...