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for electric vehicles. that's any minute now. we'll bring it to you live. the president also putting gas prices front and center today, announcing new plans to try to tackle high prices at the pump. how he's responding to criticism that the move is purely political, with election day now less than three weeks away. and we're on subpoena watch. the january 6th select committee set to formally issue one to former president trump soon, but how soon? we'll talk to a member of the economy, congresswoman zoe lofgren who joins us later in the hour. good morning, i'm garrett haake back f...

And allocate les money for each policy item. that's the conversation happening on capitol hill. president biden has tried to refocus americans on the policy elements in the plan rather than the price tag, and he frequently points to how his policies have high approval ratings, and he's used that to try to get buy-in from moderate democrats. i want you to take a listen to what congresswoman maxine waters had to say earlier today. >> it is absolutely not to be understood that these two members of the senate can talk about this being too much. too much for whom? for people who have been ddenie, d...

Policy items might expire, that they'll be forced to extend them. this has been a real holdup among democrats. there's a lot of disagreement between moderates and progressives, and it's been a real head yat for the white house. take a listen to what some senators have had to say about this. >> my number has been 1.5. i've been very clear. i don't believe we should turn our society into an entitlement society. >> senator manchin really believes that seniors are not entitled to digest their food and they're not entitled to see and hear properly. is that really too much to ask in the richest coun...

Which is kind of a stock thing they can go back to on any of these policy issues but they are not going tit for tat with house democrats on policy elements of this bill in part because they haven't had to. that's not even the focus on the democratic argument on a broad national scale. they have largely been on the sidelines of this particular debate. >> we are lucky on days like today to draw on all of our friends and reporters, claire mccaskill, garrett haake -- thank you for starting us off. all of you wave your arms if you get anything on your phone. when the president comes out, pleases co...

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