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We can't be talking past each other. i think -- >> if there is -- i'm sorry to interrupt. would you be willing to stretch the talks into july if you feel like you are perceiving forward movement of the ball? >> look, we clearly have to deliver this summer. i think that's understood. not just as a washington thing but among the american people. it takes a while, of course, to move a fully negotiated bill through congress as a matter of procedure. there's more movement next week as the house takes up its version of the bill, which is an port piece of legislation that touches our jobs plan. we ca...

Transportation secretary pete buttigieg. thank you so much. i'm sorry for the sort of abrupt disruption. thank you for rejoining us. >> thanks for having me back. i'm glad i was able to be with you it reminds me why i love working for this president. he is so focused on what's actually working for the american people. looked america in the eye, talked about why the plan is working, vaccines up, cases down, unemployment down, business confidence up. acknowledging we have a long way to go and work ahead, which is why things like the american jobs plan matter so much. >> one of the things -- i do...

>> i want to turn infrastructure before we go live to president biden who will be making remarks in delaware but very quickly have you been in touch with the transportation systems that made news this week, the mta or ferry system in massachusetts? >> so the department's in regular contact with all transit agencies and making sure they get the support they need and it is again yet another example of the concerns that are out there. it is a good thing that these agencies are not necessarily owned and operated by the federal government but we have been to do everything we can as an agency to hel...

Proposal and this infrastructure plan. i have to ask you, is there any planet on any universe in which the administration would perhaps drop some of the non-traditional infrastructure related items as republicans have been asking for and do that deal for now and perhaps try to address the other stuff down the road? >> look, there are some things easier to come to agreement on than others. that's one of the reasons why you saw movement to the tune of half a trillion dollars in the counteroffer the president put forward earlier. a lot of that is by saying, let's at least agree that we can move o...

It. you have progressives in the words of politico, losing their minds over president biden waiting to get some kind of a deal with republicans. on the other side, you have senator joe manchin making very clear with nbc news this morning, he is not down to go it alone. he wants republican support. if this june 7th deadline, if you will, comes and goes and republicans aren't where democrats want them to be, explain where the math is. how do democrats go it alone if joe manchin is not on board and not willing to do it without republicans? >> look, it's not just up with senator who wants a bipart...