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dollars. all of this coming as the biden administration has pushed the kremlin to accept an offer they put on the table in june to get griner home. offering to swap griner and another american, paul whelan, for viktor bout, an arms smuggler serving a 25-year sentence in the united states. so far, russia has not agreed. >> they should have accepted it weeks ago when we first made it. it was an earnest attempt to see if we could get outcomes here. we are still going to keep making the attempts. >> reporter: as for where the efforts stand now, administration officials say the ball is in...

Colleagues in arizona, congressman ruben gallego, who's the potential primary challengers, is what many believe drove to sinema change party affiliation. from nbc news, he's looking to run against her as the democrat in 2024. >> kirsten sinema, if she runs, and actually stays in the race, she'll help the democrats win. i'm very excited for this race. i think it's a sure fact that the senate seat will stay in good hands. it's very simple math. the republicans are not able to hold the coalition for quite awhile. democrats have been able for the last three cycles. they've been voting for latinos....

Concerned with this legislation, the price tag and the cost of it especially with ongoing inflation and he hasn't shown that he is in any rush to vote by christmas. sinema doesn't seem to be feeling the pressure, either. >> i would never promise something to the american people that i can't deliver. i think it is not responsible for elected leaders to do that. >> so we're now 21 days away from christmas. this has not helped them get this through by that holiday. >> dana: trying to make that case today when the president speaks in the next hour. thanks so much, aishah. >> bill: the dust is sett...

Spending, right? you have the progressives and the moderates of the white house right now. yet because of the morning and joe manchin letting us know exactly how he feels and where he stands on these issues. what happens and do they eventually get something done? >> i don't know. a month or two ago i would have said they could jam it through but it's not happening. and at manchin and sinema are doing the job. like those two. speed 16 doesn't want to spend and sinema doesn't want to talk so they make a lovely couple. but i don't want to spend anymore money, i don't care whether it's a truly and...

Some very significant items like voting rights, modest gun control, legalizing dreamers where they appear to have 50 votes but no chance of 60. in the last 24 to 48 hours, there are multiple different efforts to try to pressure sinema. there's the primary sinema pac, pocketed by deep pocket donors in arizona. there's a separate petition that raised 35,000, guaranteeing they support a candidate that wants to abolish filibuster in 2024 if sinema doesn't change her position, and separate effort to get a congressman, arizona democrat more progressive than sinema to run in 2024. saw him in the hall...