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and the big questions are, can the democrats somehow defy history, and hold on to the house, or are republicans poised for a big win? high inflation, gas prices, is the continuing covid pandemic, president biden's parties facing voters in a very bad mood this year. all republicans need to do to win the senate is to pick up one seat. it sounds easy enough, but are they actually in the process of shooting themselves in the four? how about, former president donald trump, is he helping or hurting the gop effort? and he does end up hurting it, will he end up hurting himself, when it comes...

Featuring republican candidates who are saying pretty outlandish things, also in the news. so the kind of media diet that is out there right now, whether they're actually consuming it or it's through osmosis, they're getting some of this information. it's about as good for democrats as it can be, and i think that it is help to do a couple of things, -- just the intense level of enthusiasm for republicans a little bit, not seeing a lot of great stuff right now, and washington. there's not a lot for them to get excited about. and for democrats, there's actually some stuff for them to get excited...

Here? how do progressives manage the next couple of months as they try to figure it out? >> you saw a preview with congresswoman's jayapal's comments. it was the president's assurances ultimately that got the progressives to kind of decouple that bipartisan infrastructure bill from this broader reconciliation build back better package, because they felt assured enough to move forward that biden would be able to deliver. now president biden has not been able to deliver just yet, partly because president -- or senator joe man chun just does not feel any urgency. i felt that so much more just cha...

Infrastructure bill? >> you know, i could remain as a member of the progressive caucus very committed to the progressive caucus' priorities in addition to the many other things in the build back better reconciliation build that are popular with the american people, including even -- you named the district, whether it's red, purple or blue, these are high priorities. they include a care economy, which means bringing more home care workers and childcare workers, making childcare universal. we are talking about affordable housing. we are talking about lowering the cost of prescription drugs by ne...

As president biden prepares to promote his build back better agenda with a road strip tomorrow. jillian: lauren blanchard joins us live as fractured democrats remain confident they'll agree on a price tag for the massive spending proposal. >> reporter: good morning, todd, jillian. today the president is headed back to the white house after a weekend home in delaware. his focus is raising the dent ceilings but tom -- debt ceiling but tomorrow he'll push towards pressuring lawmakers to pass trillions in spending. >> this piece of legislation costs zero. we'll pay for it all by raising taxes on t...