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The issues and you know how to follow up and press them on it. But it is just being able to interview dr. Fauci and dr. Wolensky and, you know, youve been talking to the white house Chief Of Staff ron klain, and andy slavitt has been on chris show. Being able to talk to the people who are making decisions about the decisions theyre making particularly when the decisions are causing consternation like this issue of teachers not having to be vaccinated before schools reopen. Its just Night And Day in terms of actually understanding the governments take and being able to press them where they nee...

They say senator manchin is standing in the way of. it is important to note that president biden we're told did, indeed, sign off on this statement going out and in particular the parts of the statement that point out that senator manchin has breached his commitments to the president. we're told senator manchin in a radio interview said he expected this kind of a forceful response from the white house. but now of course the question is how do they, indeed, move forward. and the white house saying we will find a way to move forward next year. but what that path is seems very unclear right now. ...

Which i had a part this crafting, the problem solving caucus and we're hoping it gets across the finish line that has real hard physical infrastructure. it doesn't open the tax code up at all. it's largely paid for by recapturing covid, unused covid relief money, unused unemployment insurance compensation, so that's very distinct and different from this $3.5 trillion bill that the president is talking about that has not been written yet. clearly it's going to involve tax increases in all likelihood add to the debt. neil: so this $1.2 trillion, i know these figures are all over the map for just...

>> we don't have a choice, stephanie, we have to get past it. that's what the caucus believes. that's why we were so unique. i wish we weren't so unique. we didn't need a problem solving caucus, it is congress. we have to be leaders. leaders come and lower the temperature of discourse, bridge a gap between differences and if anybody in a leadership position is not doing both of those, they're falling short of their responsibilities. we have to lead by example. treat each other with respect and civility, respect each other's opinions. that's how any functional relationship in our lives work. th...

President obama did come to some days. >> shepard: we're 30 seconds to hearing from the president after he met with democrats on the house side. a bipartisan meeting really. >> it was, yeah. as you mentioned, many of those members are members of what is called the problem solving caucus. they reached out requesting a meeting on tax reform and as well on infrastructure. there's a lot of democrats that think that the president's ideas on infrastructure are good. he also wants to move to that, which is why he wants to get tax reform out of the way. the president likely included the deferred actio...