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Than republican tax cuts do. nbc news reports on a call with members of the congressional progressive caucus, president biden says he believes he can negotiate senators manchin and sinema up to the range of 1.9 to $2.2 trillion. the progressive caucus members reportedly pushed back. they made clear they think they need more than that to cover the priorities that are in the actual legislation. but ultimately according to a source, they told the president they would support whatever topline number he could get to. this is how greg sergeant summed it up in the "washington post" today, quote, manc...

Negotiate senators manchin and sinema up to the range of 1.9 to $2.2 trillion. the progressive caucus members reportedly pushed back. they made clear they think they need more than that to cover the priorities that are in the actual legislation. but ultimately according to a source, they told the president they would support whatever topline number he could get to. this is how greg sergeant summed it up in the "washington post" today, quote, manchin and sinema are still not detailing how much spending they can accept or what they want sacrificed from the bill. meanwhile progressives are signal...

Gretchen whitmer, the governor of michigan. we have a problem in our politics on both sides around how we treat our elected officials. to rachel's point, civility is going out the window when it comes to folks getting what they want but now to your point around the politics around the sport back better. when i think we're waiting on with kyrsten sinema is to give us exactly what her topline czar. we've heard where they are for joe manchin and now we need to hear with the top lines are for christians in the muscle we can begin the negotiating process and conduct semblance of a framework. >> har...

New today, president biden is assuring the country he will find a way to pass his economic bills as democrats on capitol hill clash over the sticker price. nbc's heidi przybyla is at the white house for us. welcome to you on this saturday. what all are we hearing from the president today? >> reporter: yeah, alex, it may have seemed like there were negotiations taking place on capitol hill, but in reality, the two sides were really far apart, progressives and moderate democrats, that is, so what the president told us he did was essentially reset the game. he told both sides, moderates and democ...

Any options other than that. that's just the way it is. we go in it to win it. >> reporter: progressives insist a vote tonight will fail, that they will reject the bill unless the house and senate first pass a separate, massive $3.5 trillion package covering everything from early childhood education to the battle against climate change. >> let me just tell you about negotiating. at the end, that's when you really have to weigh in. you cannot tire. you cannot concede. this is the fun part. >> reporter: on the other side, two moderate senators, kyrsten sinema of arizona and joe manchin of west v...