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Struggling to accept this reality. >> reality has been up for debate. democrats are also pointing to a potentially important step. these swing votes in the senate that joe manchin voting on this party on this bill. that's after promising to work with him on a new voting plan. there are next steps with this floor debate going down exactly. i want to bring in our experts, live from capitol hill. jacqueline, what are you seeing down there, is there anything different than what's expected and if so what comes next? hey, ari, greetings from tiny little booth on capitol hill where i snuck out. thing...

>> both parties love to say if we collect better andrd hear, the money is always there. it is like a last resort, hey, maybe the irs can find the money. that's a skeptical me. >> you are usually my glass half full guy. >> john, and thank you, you are piece this weekend was great, with joe biden facing his challenges at home, after facing off with vladimir putin. dana bash joins us. happy birthday. you had a great interview with bernie sanders where you got him to shock everyone and say he could get on board with the manchin voting plan. do i have that right? >> sort of, yes. because the fact...

But obviously, first and foremost this week in front of the u.s. senate will be the question of voting rights. >> dana, we were speaking to ron brown steen last hour. i said to him, is this just symbolic voting for democrats at this point just to reach that bar of keeping their caucus together to get the 50 which of course doesn't pass the legislation? or is it part of a bigger plan? he said, listen, look at this as a step along the way. unite the caucus, undermine republican unity in standing up to any democratic proposal. is that the way we should look at this? or is that a little pie in the...

John f the voting rights thing is a higher bar, tell us about infrastructure. because that's another one where we have heard so many times, we are just about there, right? and we are on plan, c, d, e, f, g -- not quite sure where. is it going to be a reality? >> this is the long slog portion of joe biden's first year. obviously he got very rapid success with his covid relief bill. i still think on voting rights you can't rule out what ron brown steen said in the last hour that over time a united democratic party seeing roadblocking from republicans may cause democrats to move forward to move f...

Election day a holiday, expand early voting and ban partisan gerrymandering. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer is working to get joe manchin to back the legislation in its current form or revoice it in a way that all sides of the democratic party see palatable. perhaps the most attainable changes could come in the form of infrastructure. president joe biden expected to invite members of the legislature to the white house this discuss this week. jessica, good morning. shum confident he can get manchin on board or the others on board with the manchin plan? what are you seeing. >> at this p...