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Immigration. that was obviously one of the points of contention. you got house speaker nancy pelosi leading thursday. they want to discuss immigration in the bill. when dpoerkss started, some democrats were pushing for a full pathway for 11 million immigrants living in the country. that's not the case anymore. what's the status currently on immigration in this bill? how much of it is in? >> i think we can do some. i think there's two difficulties. one is can we come to broad agreement on the policy direction? that's easier. but i think the issue for a lot of members when it comes to immigratio...

The senate, you could see the progressives pushing -- you could see their efforts yielding a different result, for that matter, understanding why they would be pushing that way. when have you a narrow majority and you have a president who was elected because he was competent and was an answer, a real answer to the president before who seemed not to be, you don't go over-reaching. grab the victory in front of you and live to fight another day. the american people are losing trust in washington and its ability to understand their problems, answer their problems and project for the future. and de...

Progressives pushing -- you could see their efforts yielding a different result, for that matter, understanding why they would be pushing that way. when have you a narrow majority and you have a president who was elected because he was competent and was an answer, a real answer to the president before who seemed not to be, you don't go over-reaching. grab the victory in front of you and live to fight another day. the american people are losing trust in washington and its ability to understand their problems, answer their problems and project for the future. and democrats are simply adding to t...

State. but the race has turned around this summer, jake, as the governor has moved aggressively on the policy front, imposing mandates for healthcare workers, educators, and state employees to get the vaccine, a mask mandate for schools, and then centering his campaign on the contrast with republicans over those mandates. you heard him run against donald trump and the trumpification of the republican party. but he's also running against greg abbott and ron desantis. and he has been able to both awaken democrats and move independent voters by emphasizing the contrast on man dates. and that is s...

To protect those already vaccinated, keeping schools open, increasing covid testing and mask requirements, economic recovery and improving care for covid patients. our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly starts us off this morning. >> reporter: as president biden heads into what his top advisers are calling a major speech on the pandemic, he is really doing it with dual purposes. one on the policy front, no question amidst the delta surge more than 1,000 deaths per day, more than 150,000 cases on average per day, there needs to be policy changes or in this case of the white house p...