>>> WE WILL CONTINUE THIS BLUE WAVE.
GEORGIA, ARE YOU READY TO WIN THIS ELECTION?
>> HISTORY MADE IN GEORGIA TONIGHT.
>> THE VICTORY FLIPS CONTROL OF THE SENATE TO DEMOCRATS.
>> WE NEED PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
IF WE ACT TO SAVE THE PLANET, WE CAN CREATE MILLIONS OF JOBS,
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY, TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF LIVING
OF EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD. IT'S WITHIN OUR POWER TO DO IT.
LET'S DO IT NOW.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN'S AMBITIOUS POLICY PUSHES GARNER COMPARISONS
TO FDR.
>> HE HOPES TO PASS WITH THE SLIMMEST MAJORITIES IN THE U.S.
SENATE. THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE A
SINGLE VOTE.
>> IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A FRAMEWORK BY TOMORROW?
>> NO, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
>> IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET ANY FRAMEWORK?
>> THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS A MANCHIN AND SINEMA PROBLEM,
THREATENING TO BLOW UP HIS DOMESTIC AGENDA.
>> THE $3.5 TRILLION BILL WAS TRIMMED IN ORDER TO APIECE
SENATE DEMOCRATS JOE MANCHIN AND KYRSTEN SINEMA.
>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT YOU'RE
PLANNING ON CUTTING FROM JOE BIDEN'S PRIORITIES?
>> I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR.
>> PRESSURE IS RAMPING ON DEMOCRATS TO FIND COMPROMISE ON
PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HUGE AGENDA.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN'S APPROVAL HAS FALLEN OFF A CLIFF.
>> THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS POLITICAL CAPITAL.
>> THE PRESIDENT WILL BE HEADING TO THE GLOBAL CLIMATE SUMMIT IN
GLASGOW, FURTHER RAISING THE STAKES TO CUT A DEAL.
>> FRUSTRATED BY SENATORS MANCHIN AND SINEMA.
IF YOU DON'T FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THEM ON BOARD, YOU DON'T
HAVE A DEAL.
>> WHEN YOU'RE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND YOU HAVE 50
DEMOCRATS, EVERY ONE IS A PRESIDENT.
EVERY SINGLE ONE.
>>> CAN I ROAST A MARSHMALLOW? THANK YOU, BOOSEKALOOSE.
>> GUYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M IN L.A. AND IT'S RAINING LIKE A
MOTHERFUCKER HERE.
>> IT'S BIBLICAL, RIGHT?
>> I'M ROASTING MARSHMALLOWS WITH TWO SMALL "CIRCUS" FANS WHO
ARE TRYING TO GET SOME BONUS MARSHMALLOWS.
>> GUESS WHAT, GUYS, IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
>> IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF BACK TO THE FUTURE WEEK.
NOT THAT ALONG AGO WE WERE ALL IN WASHINGTON, DC TALKING ABOUT
THE BIG INSTANT WHEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AND THE
SOCIAL SPENDING BILL WERE ALL GOING TO COME TOGETHER, WE SAID
IT'S ALL HAPPENING.
>> AND AT THE END OF THAT WEEK, BECAUSE THE PROGRESSIVES
WOULDN'T MOVE FORWARD ON PASSING THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL WITHOUT
AN AGREEMENT ON THE LARGER SOCIAL SPENDING BILL, THE
DEMOCRATS HAD TO PUNT. PELOSI PASSED SOMETHING THAT
GAVE US A FOUR-WEEK EXTENSION WHICH HAS BROUGHT US RIGHT BACK
WHERE WE STARTED.
>> BIDEN HAS GONE TO THE G20, HE'S SEEN THE POPE, HE'S FLYING
TO GLASGOW, HE'S GOT THE BIG CLIMATE SUMMIT THERE WITH A
HUNDRED NATIONS. TO BE ABLE TO WALK OUT ON THE
STABLE STAGE, WE'VE PASSED THE
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AND WE NOW HAVE AN AGREEMENT TO PASS THE
HUGE SOCIAL SPENDING BILL, THAT'S WHAT EVERY DEMOCRAT
WANTS.
>> THIS IS BIDEN'S CHANCE TO TELL THE WORLD THAT AMERICA IS
SERIOUS BUT BIG-TICKET ITEMS.
>> JOE BIDEN IS SITTING AT THE LOWEST APPROVAL RATING OF HIS
PRESIDENCY SO FAR.
>> THEY'RE VERY EXPERIENCED, THEY KNOW IT'S EARLY IN THE
PRESIDENCY. THAT'S WHAT YOU TELL YOURSELF,
IT'S EARLY, YOU CAN COME BACK. AT THE SAME TIME IN YOUR GUT YOU
UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU FAIL IN THE COMING WEEKS, IT COULD ALL
CRATER.
>> INFRASTRUCTURE BILL PASSED THE SENATE IN A BIPARTISAN WAY,
IT'S SITTING THERE IN THE HOUSE. ALL THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IS FOR 50
DEMOCRATS TO AGREE ON THIS SOCIAL SPENDING BILL AND ONCE
THAT HAPPENS PELOSI CAN TURN TO PROGRESSIVES IN THE HOUSE AND
SAY, ARE YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THIS?
IF THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT, INFRASTRUCTURE GETS VOTED IN AND
THEY'RE ON THE FAST TRACK TO GETTING THE SOCIAL SPENDING BILL
DONE.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE BETWEEN CUP AND LIP AND PART OF
IT HAS TO DO WITH HOW BIG THE SOCIAL SPENDING BILL IS, EVEN
THOUGH IT'S CUT BACK DOWN, IT'S STILL A GIANT BILL.
>> PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THE BILL IS SO MASSIVE THAT IT'S
KNOWN MORE BY ITS PRICE TAG THAN IT IS BY WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN IT.
THE BILL AS IT WAS INITIALLY LAID OUT, THERE IS UNIVERSAL
PRE-K, LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS WERE BEING NEGOTIATED.
IT WOULD HAVE DOUBLED AMERICA'S RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2030.
>> THE QUESTION OF WHAT'S GOING TO LIVE, WHAT'S GOING TO DIE,
COMES DOWN TO TWO UNITED STATES SENATORS.
THE FIRST IS SENATOR JOE MANCHIN FROM WEST VIRGINIA.
>> MANCHIN HAS CUT THE CENTRAL CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAM.
WEST VIRGINIA IS A COAL STATE. MANCHIN IS STILL INVESTED IN A
COAL FIRM THAT HE FOUNDED. HE KILLED THE PLAN.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PANELING IS REPUBLICANS
PANELING IS REPU PACKAGE IS THAT REPUBLICANS SAY,
THIS IS LIKE PANDORA'S BOX, THE TREASURE CHEST FOR BERNIE
SANDERS AND AOC. MANCHIN IS THE GUY IN THERE FOR
THE DEMOCRATS SAYING, HERE IS WHERE WE DRAW THE LINE, HOW
ABOUT HERE?
>> A LOT OF PROGRESSIVES AND DEMOCRATIC VOTERS HATE JOE
MANCHIN BUT THEY LOOK AT JOE MANCHIN AND GO, WE UNDERSTAND
JOE MANCHIN AND WE CAN DEAL WITH THIS GUY.
THE ENIGMA IS KYRSTEN SINEMA.
>> NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHO KYRSTEN SINEMA IS.
SHE WIELDS AN UNSPEAKABLE AMOUNT OF POWER IN THIS HOUR.
SO ALL EYES ARE ON HER AND TRYING TO DECODE WHAT EXACTLY IT
IS SHE WANTS.
>> AT A CERTAIN POINT JOE BIDEN NEEDS TO PUT A "W" ON THE BOARD
AND IF HE DOESN'T, HE LOSES THE CONFIDENCE OF VOTERS AND ONCE
YOU LOSE CONFIDENCE IT BECOMES HARDER TO GET "W"'S AND IT
BECOMES A VICIOUS CYCLE.
>> THE MOST FAMOUS JOE BIDEN SAID IN HIS EIGHT YEARS AS VICE
PRESIDENT WAS WHEN HE STOOD UP AFTER THEY PASSED THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT AND SAID -- [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
AND I WILL SAY RIGHT NOW, THESE TWO BILLS FOR JOE BIDEN ARE ALSO
A VERY BIG FUCKING DEAL.
>> THE DEADLINE IS LOOMING TO PUSH PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S
AGENDA ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. IT MAY COME DOWN TO YOU KNOW
WHO.
>> MANCHIN IS AMONG THE MODERATES WHO HAS PUSHED BACK ON
KEY CLIMATE PROVISIONS.
>> LEADERS ARE RACING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY OUT OF THIS.
>> IT'S CLEAR THAT THE FATE OF JOE BIDEN RESTS IN THE HANDS OF
THE SENATOR FROM WEST VIRGINIA. SO THE BIG QUESTION IS, WHAT
DOES JOE MANCHIN WANT AND WILL HE GET IT THIS WEEK?
>> SENATOR, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
ANYTHING NEW LATELY?
>> NOT MUCH. [ LAUGHTER ]
>> IT'S BEEN REPORTED IN THE PRESS THAT YOU WERE SPENDING THE
WEEKEND IN DELAWARE.
>> I HAD A NICE VISIT, I REALLY DID.
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND I HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR QUITE A WHILE.
I'VE JUST BASICALLY SAID, MR. PRESIDENT, MY PHILOSOPHY OF
POLITICS IS, I ALWAYS THOUGHT GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE MY PARTNER,
NOT MY PROVIDER. I SUPPORT JOE BIDEN.
I REALLY THINK HE WAS THE RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT TIME.
WE'VE JUST GOT TO BALANCE THINGS OUT.
>> EXCUSE ME, JOE MANCHIN, THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS YOU'VE TAKEN
FROM THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY, DOES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH YOU BLOCKING THE LEGISLATION DESPITE THE FACT
THAT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE?
I'M GOING TO GROW UP IN A CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE EMERGENCY.
JOE MANCHIN.
>> YOUR NAME?
>> MY NAME IS ABBY.
>> WE'VE DONE MORE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAN ANY OTHER
COUNTRY. ALL --
>> JOE MANCHIN, IF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DOES NOT CUT
OUR EMISSIONS BY AT LEAST -- I WILL GROW UP IN A NONSTOP
CLIMATE EMERGENCY. I'VE BEEN A HUNGER STRIKE FOR
DAYS, I HAVEN'T EATEN SINCE TUESDAY.
I AM TALKING TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
>> WE CAN'T GET A MEETING, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO TALK TO YOUR
OFFICE.
>> YOUR MORE THAN WELCOME TO A MEETING.
>> I WANT TO LIVE!
>> WE ALL COMMIT TO FIGHTING FOR ALL OF YOUR PRIORITIES IN THE
CAUCUS?
>> YEAH, I AM COMMITTED PERSONALLY.
I COME BACK TO THE CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS TO MANY OF
THE FOLKS IN LEADERSHIP OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THANK YOU.
>> HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT YOU'LL GET SOMETHING THROUGH
THIS WEEK?
>> THE MORE THEY RESIST IN GETTING BUILD BACK BETTER DONE
IN A MEANINGFUL WAY, THE MORE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ACTIONS ON
THE GROUND LIKE THIS. ON THEIR LITERALLY PUTTING THEIR
LIVES AT STAKE DOING THIS. OVERWHELMING THAT THEY HAVE TO
GO TO THIS LENGTH TO GET HEARD.
>> HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO HAVE
SOMETHING TO TAKE TO EUROPE THIS WEEK?
>> I MEAN, TO ME IT'S ABOUT HERE AT HOME.
WE NEED SOMETHING BOLD AND MEANINGFUL.
BECAUSE DOING NOTHING, DOING NOTHING HURT US.
>> PLEASE KEEP DRINKING WATER AND TAKE CARE OF Y'ALL'S SELVES,
HOPEFULLY THIS CAN END SOON.
>> WHAT ARE YOU GUYS WILLING TO LIVE WITH?
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY COMPROMISE INVOLVED AND GIVE AND TAKE.
>> WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT. EVERYONE IS ASKING US WHAT WE'RE
WILLING TO LIVE WITH. WHY ISN'T ANYONE ASKING MANCHIN
WHY HE'S WILLING TO CUT THE BILL?
NO FOCUS ON INEQUALITY. MANCHIN HASN'T SPOKEN ON ANY OF
THIS. BUT THEY CONTINUE TO ASK US AS
PROGRESSIVES HOW ARE WE GOING TO COMPROMISE.
>> THE CLOCK IS TICKING.
>> THEY IN REALITY ARE VERY FAR FROM ANY SORT OF AGREEMENT.
>> NANCY PELOSI MET WITH PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS CHAIR PRAMILA
GENTLEMAN JAYAPAL TODAY.
>> LEADERS IN THE HOUSE ARE GETTING A LITTLE TESTY.
PRAMILA JAYAPAL SAID PROGRESSIVES WON'T VOTE FOR THE
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL UNLESS THEY'RE ALSO VOTING FOR THE
CERTAINLY SPENDING BILL AND A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT IS NOT
ENOUGH. SPEAKER PELOSI SAID --
>> I THINK IT IS.
>> IT'S ONE OF THOSE PRECARIOUS DAYS IN A BIG NEGOTIATION WHERE
EVERYTHING COULD COME TOGETHER OR EVERYTHING COULD FALL APART.
>> HERE WE GO AGAIN.
>> JOSH. IS THERE GOING TO BE A VOTE ON
THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THIS WEEK?
>> NO PREDICTIONS. ALL I WILL SAY IS, I FEEL THAT
WE ARE EXCEEDINGLY CLOSE. THE QUESTION IS WILL THE
PROGRESSIVES FEEL GOOD ENOUGH WITH THAT IN ORDER TO SAY OKAY,
WE'RE READY TO VOTE ON INFRASTRUCTURE?
AND THAT'S THE QUESTION WE ALL WANT TO KNOW.
>> RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, IT'S LIKE, IS THIS THE
WEEK WHERE IT ALL COMES TOGETHER?
>> THIS PLANE IS LANDING SOON. THERE'S A LOT OF TURBULENCE, AS
IS SOMETIMES THE CASE. IT MAY NOT BE THE $3.5 TRILLION.
OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE GONE THROUGH THEIR SEVEN STAGES OF GRIEF.
WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT THE SUCCESSES AND ALL
THE SUCCESSES AND ANOT ALL THE THINGS WE DIDN'T ACHIEVE.
>> ON CAPITOL HILL, CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS AND THE
WHITE HOUSE WORK TO GET PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S AGENDA
PASSED.
>> CABINET MEMBERS ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BUILD BACK BETTER BILL
AND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEIR LIVES.
>> I GREW UP IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
I AM SO VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE REPRESENTING THE PRESIDENT AND
VICE PRESIDENT BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO LOOK
AT HUMAN BEINGS. THIS IS A NEW DAY.
IT IS A NEW DAY AT HUD. IT IS A NEW DAY IN THIS COUNTRY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> THE BIDEN CABINET IS OUT IN SEVEN STATES.
WE ARE IN PENNSYLVANIA TO TALK TO MARCIA FISH
TO MARCIA FIUDGE. MARCIA FUDGE IS A FORMER
SIX-TERM CONGRESSWOMAN REPRESENTING CLEVELAND.
SHE WAS ALSO CHAIR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS AND
NOW THE HOUSING SECRETARY.
>> ON ANY NIGHT IN THIS COUNTRY, 580,000 PEOPLE SLEEP ON THE
STREETS. SO WHEN WE START TO TALK ABOUT
THE COST OF A BILL, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THE COST IS TO NOT DO
SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING.
>> HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR CABINET COLLEAGUES THINKING ABOUT THIS?
>> UNTIL THE CONGRESS PASSES THIS BILL, OUR HANDS ARE TIED.
WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO. SO I'M CERTAINLY HOPEFUL
CONGRESS IS GOING TO PASS THIS BILL SO WE CAN REALLY GO OUT AND
START TO TALK TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
>> THE MORE DYSFUNCTIONAL WASHINGTON APPEARS, THE WORSE
THE PRESIDENT'S APPROVAL RATING IS AND THE HARDER IT IS TO GET
THINGS DONE. WHERE DO YOU THINK YOUR
COLLEAGUES ARE?
>> WE KNOW MIDTERMS ARE COMING. WE KNOW WHAT THE HISTORY OF
MIDTERMS ARE. THEY KNOW FAILURE IS NOT AN
OPTION. THERE WILL NOT COME ANOTHER
TIME, PROBABLY IN MY LIFETIME, WHEN WE HAVE THE SENATE, THE
HOUSE, AND A PRESIDENT WHO CARES ENOUGH TO PUT BIG IDEAS OUT
THERE, BOLD IDEAS, WILLING TO SPEND THE RESOURCES TO MAKE
AMERICA WHAT IT OUGHT TO BE. I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'LL HAVE
THIS OPPORTUNITY AGAIN AND I DO NOT BELIEVE MY COLLEAGUES WILL
FAIL US, NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY THEY PUT IN IT, IT'S GOING
TO BE HISTORIC, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE IT.
>> SAY IT PASSES, WHERE DO YOU THINK THE ADMINISTRATION IS
THEN?
>> THEN IT'S A VICTORY AND IT'S A BIG VICTORY.
>> DEMOCRATS CONTINUE HAGGLING OVER THEIR BIG SPENDING BILL.
>> NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING AND ONGOING AND ONGOING.
>> MANCHIN HAS DRAWN LINES IN THE SAND ON THE CLIMATE
PROVISIONS.
>> A LOT TO HASH OUT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PLAN.
CLIMATE CHANGE.
>> HEALTH CARE. PAID LEAVE.
>> EVERY ONE OF THESE THINGS AFFECTS REAL PEOPLE AND
FAMILIES.
>> DISAPPOINTED IN SENATOR MANCHIN.
HE'S GOING TO DO TREMENDOUS HARM.
>> AND THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE AND A RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE AND
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE, BECAUSE THE RIGHT TIME IS RIGHT NOW.
>> IT IS A VERY, VERY, VERY BUSY DAY IN THE HALLS OF CONGRESS.
A SERIES OF MIXED SIGNALS ARE COMING FROM THE HOUSE ABOUT WHEN
EXACTLY ANY OF THESE BILLS ARE GOING TO SEE A VOTE.
MAJORITY LEADER HOYER IS SAYING THAT HE IS HOPEFUL THAT A VOTE
CAN HAPPEN TOMORROW ON INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT IF YOU TALK TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HOLD THE FATE OF THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL IN THEIR HANDS
HANDS.
>> SOMETIMES FOLKS JUST WANT TO PASS SOMETHING, TO SAY WE PASSED
IT. BUT THAT SHORT TERM, YOU KNOW,
SUGAR RUFSH OF PASSING LEGISLATION THEN EVENTUALLY
GIVES WAY TO LONG TERM QUESTIONS AND SOMETIMES CYNICISM.
SO OUR PRIORITY RIGHT NOW IS MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THE
SHORT TERM BENEFIT OF ACTUALLY PASSING LEGISLATION BUT THE LONG
TERM BENEFIT OF KEEPING OUR PROMISES.
>> THE SPEAKER IS SAYING WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT GIVES YOU
TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN THE BUILD BACK BETTER BILL.
>> A LETTER FROM HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI.
SHE SAID SHE'S FACING A CRUCIAL DEADLINE.
WE MUST HAVE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE FOR THE BUILD BACK
BETTER ACT.
>> I GUESS WE'RE TRYING TO PARSE WHAT TRUST AND CONFIDENCE MEANS
TO YOU.
>> TO ME IT'S THE QUESTION OF WHERE'S THE BEEF, SHOW ME THE
MONEY, I NEED LEGISLATIVE TEXT. WHEN WE HAVE LEGISLATION AND
THAT TEXT THAT'S THERE, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE US FEEL BETTER.
THERE'S ALWAYS THIS IDEA, PROGRESSIVES DON'T COMPROMISE,
WE'RE BEING PETULANT CHILDREN.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PETULANCE AS MUCH AS STRATEGY,
YOU GOT TO THIS POINT BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T GIVEN GROUND ON THIS
AND YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING BIG PASSED.
>> AND IF WE RUSH SOMETHING, THE RISKS OF DOING THAT IS THAT WE
COULD LOSE EVERYTHING. HEALTH CARE, MEDICARE, AND FOR
ME, MOST IMPORTANTLY IS CLIMATE. AS THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THIS
CAUCUS, I THINK SOMETIMES WHAT'S HARD FOR SOME OF MY PEERS TO
UNDERSTAND IS THAT I HAVE TO LIVE IN THIS FUTURE THAT THEY
ARE WILLING TO SET ON FIRE.
>> DEVELOPING NEWS IN WASHINGTON, DC.
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS SOMETHING THAT THEY HOPE GETS DEMOCRATS
OVER THE FINISH LINE.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS ON THE VERGE OF PRESENTING DEMOCRATS
WITH THE FRAMEWORK OF A POTENTIAL DEAL.
AND THIS IS ALL HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS DEVELOPING AS WE SPEAK.
>> THE WHITE HOUSE CAME OUT THIS MORNING, ABOUT 7:00, AND PUT OUT
THE WORD THAT THEY HAD REACHED AN AGREEMENT OR THE FRAMEWORK
FOR AN AGREEMENT. THE WORD IS THAT IT'S ABOUT
$1.75 TRILLION WHICH IS OF COURSE ABOUT HALF OF THE $3.5
TRILLION THAT A LOT OF DEMOCRATS, INCLUDING A LOT OF
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS, SAID HAD TO BE IN THE BILL, SO WE'LL SEE
HOW THAT GOES DOWN. AND THEN THEY SAID WE HAVE A
DEAL, AN AGREEMENT THAT WE EXPECT ALL 50 SENATE DEMOCRATS
AND ALL DEMOCRATS IN FACT TO RALLY BEHIND.
SO THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE WEIRDNESS, WE HAVE A DEAL, AND
WE EXPECT, HOPE, PRAY, MAYBE, EVERYONE'S GOING TO RALLY AROUND
IT. JOE BIDEN'S HEADING OUT TO
CAPITOL HILL WHERE PRESUMABLY HE WILL LAY THE DETAILS OUT AND
THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENS AFTER THAT.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN JUST WRAPPED UP A MEETING WITH HOUSE
DEMOCRATS ON CAPITOL HILL.
>> THE PRESIDENT SAYS ITS HYPERBOLE TO SAY THAT THE
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITIES IN CONGRESS AND HIS PRESIDENCY ARE
ON THE LINE.
>> YOU DON'T SET THE STAKES HIGHER THAN THAT.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS GOING TO ADDRESS THE NATION RIGHT NOW.
>> PITCHING HIS AGENDA FROM THE EAST ROOM.
>> I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT AFTER MONTHS OF TOUGH AND
THOUGHTFUL NEGOTIATIONS, I THINK WE HAVE AN HISTORIC -- I KNOW WE
HAVE AN HISTORIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK.
IT'S A FRAMEWORK THAT WILL CREATE MILLIONS OF JOBS, GROW
THE ECONOMY, INVEST IN OUR NATION AND OUR PEOPLE.
WE SPENT HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS OVER MONTHS AND MONTHS
WORKING ON THIS. NO ONE GOT EVERYTHING THEY
WANTED, INCLUDING ME. BUT THAT'S WHAT COMPROMISE IS.
SO LET'S GET THIS DONE.
>> BIDEN NOW HEADED FOR ROME BEFORE GOING TO SCOTLAND FOR AN
INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CONFERENCE WHERE HE WAS HOPING TO SELL
LEADERS ON HIS CLIMATE PLAN.
>> IT'S UNCLEAR RIGHT NOW IF THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> THE MOST INTERESTING THING THAT BIDEN SAID WAS THE WAY HE
STARTED. I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE AFTER
MONTHS OF TOUGH NEGOTIATION, I THINK WE HAVE -- I KNOW WE HAVE
AN HISTORIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK. BUT JOE MANCHIN AND KYRSTEN
SINEMA HAVEN'T SAID THEY'RE FOR IT.
THEY'RE THE TWO KEY PEOPLE. BERNIE SANDERS, HE HASN'T SAID
HE'S FOR IT EITHER. YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF HOUSE
PROGRESSIVES, THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT FOR IT EITHER.
SO THE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE ON INFRASTRUCTURE
TODAY BUT WE'LL SEE.
>> SPEAKER PELOSI TELLING HER CAUCUS NOT TO, QUOTE, EMBARRASS
BIDEN BY VOTING DOWN HIS AGENDA.
>> THE HIGH STAKES GAME OF CHICKEN BETWEEN PELOSI AND THE
PROGRESSIVES, THE PROGRESSIVES COMING OUT OF A MEETING THAT
PELOSI ATTENDED.
>> I SERVE AS WHIP FOR THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS.
WE DON'T HAVE THE VOTES. WE CONTINUE TO SAY THAT.
PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHY? WE DON'T HAVE THE VOTES BECAUSE
WE DON'T HAVE LEGISLATION FINISHED.
JUST IN TERMS OF THE SUBSTANCE OF THIS BILL, RIGHT, ARE YOU
HAPPY WITH IT?
>> I MEAN, WE OBVIOUSLY BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ALWAYS MORE THAT
YOU CAN DO. NONE OF US ACTUALLY DREAMT THAT
THIS WAS EVEN A POSSIBILITY, CHILDCARE AND PRE-K AND $150
BILLION FOR HOUSING.
>> I NOTICE THAT YOU DID NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT PAID FAMILY LEAVE
OR PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. HOW MUCH OF IT IS A BLOW IF
THOSE TWO THINGS DON'T MAKE IT INTO THIS?
>> ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT IS A BLOW.
>> SO THIS IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, IT SOUNDS LIKE.
IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOU ARE READY TO ACCEPT THE FRAMEWORK AS
IS, BUT IDEALLY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP NEGOTIATING.
IS THAT AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT OF YOUR POSITION?
>> NO. WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE SUPPORT
THIS FRAMEWORK.
>> THIS FRAMEWORK DOESN'T HAVE THE EXPANSIONS, PAID LEAVE, NOT
IN THERE, RIGHT?
>> THE POSITION THAT THE CAUCUS HAS TAKEN IS TO SAY THIS IS A
GOOD FRAMEWORK, A FRAMEWORK IN ITSELF ISN'T ENOUGH, RIGHT?
BECAUSE THERE'S STILL PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING I MIGHT WANT MORE,
RIGHT? AND I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH
GETTING RID OF THESE PIECES. AND SO SHORT OF HAVING LEDGES
THAT COULD BE VOTED ON, THAT'S AGREED-UPON, WE CAN'T ACCEPT THE
FRAMEWORK THAT THE PRESIDENT PUTS FORGET IS GOING TO BE WHAT
ENDS UP MAKING IT INTO LEGISLATION.
>> AND THEN THE REPORTING IS THAT SPEAKER PELOSI SAID DON'T
EMBARRASS US. DID SHE SAY THAT TO YOU?
>> I THINK THAT THERE ARE TWO SENATORS AT THIS MOMENT THAT ARE
OBSTRUCTING, THAT COULD POSE EMBARRASSMENT.
>> WHY HAVEN'T THEY AGREED TO THIS FRAMEWORK EXPLICITLY?
>> BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT EXPECTED TO.
THAT EXPECTATION SHOULD BE SET BY THE PRESIDENT, SHOULD BE SET
BY THE LEADERS IN THE DEMOCRATIC SENATE CAUCUS.
WE SHOULD SAY, I NEED YOU TO AGREE TO A FRAMEWORK, I NEED YOU
TO AGREE TO DRAFTING LEGISLATION, I NEED YOU TO AGREE
TO BE IN THIS ROOM, RIGHT, FOR HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES FOR US TO
PUT PEN TO PAPER. INSTEAD OF COMING TO STRONG ARM
HOUSE MEMBERS ON PASSING HALF OF THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION FOR THE
PROMISE THAT, LIKE, SOMEHOW, EVEN THOUGH WE COULDN'T GET
MANCHIN AND SINEMA ON BOARD FOR LIKE THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS,
THAT SOMEHOW TOMORROW, AFTER THIS BILL PASSES, THEY'RE JUST
GOING TO BE LIKE, OH, I'M READY, LET'S GO.
IT'S SILLY.
>> WELL, IT'S REVEALING THAT YOU GUYS DO NOT TRUST THEM AT ALL.
>> NO, AND NOBODY SHOULD. IF THEY WANT PEOPLE TO TRUST
THEM THEN THEIR WORD HAS TO BE BOND.
AND SO FAR, THEIR WORD HASN'T.
>> IS THE SPEAKER PLAYING AN ACTIVE ROLE IN EXPEDITING A
FRAMEWORK THAT WILL PASS?
>> THE ONLY THING I SEE IS PEOPLE DOING EVERYTHING THAT
THEY CAN TO CAREFUL TO THE DEMANDS OF MANCHIN AND SINEMA
AND NOT ACTUALLY STAND AND SAY, NO, YOU NEED TO MOVE, WE'VE
MOVED AS MUCH AS WE CAN. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT.
THEY HAVE MADE DEMANDS. WE'VE CONKR50ED
WE'VE CONKR5CEDED ON THOSE DEMA. AND THEY STILL HAVE YET TO SAY
YES.
>> A LOT HAPPENING TODAY. SCHUMER HAS SAID THAT THE
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS HAVE ABOUT A WEEK TO CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE
WHAT ENDS UP BEING IN THE FRAMEWORK.
AS EFFECTIVE AS NANCY PELOSI IS, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD FOR
HER TO GET THIS INFRASTRUCTURE BILL PASSED TONIGHT WHEN HER
COLLEAGUE IN THE SENATE IS TELLING HIS SENATORS THEY HAVE A
WHOLE NOTHER WEEK TO NEGOTIATE. I KNOW YOU ALL JUST DID A ZOOM,
THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS DID A ZOOM.
>> IT SOUNDED LIKE A ZOOM WITH A BUNCH OF SENATORS.
>> THE FRAMEWORK THAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS PUT FORWARD IS NOT
QUITE MEETING THE TEST.
>> NOT QUITE THERE YET. WE'RE CLOSE.
>> OKAY.
>> AND WE'VE GOT TO SEE IF WE CAN BRING THIS TOGETHER.
WE HAVE THESE HANDFULS, VERY SMALL NUMBER OF OPEN ITEMS.
WE WANT TO WORK ON PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, PAID FAMILY LEAVE, GET
THE BILLIONAIRES IN THERE. I SEE THOSE AS THE BIG THREE
THAT NEGOTIATIONS ARE STILL GOING ON.
>> SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, THE PRESIDENT WAS VERY ANXIOUS ABOUT
NOT WALKING INTO GLASGOW WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS
SAYING YES, WE'RE HYPED SAYING YES, WE'RE HYPBEHIND YOU
YES, WE'RE GOING TO ENACT THIS. DO YOU THINK THAT PART HAS
ALREADY BEEN MET?
>> I THINK WE HAVE VERY MUCH MET THE BAR ON CLIMATE.
ARE WE DOING EVERYTHING I WANT TO DO ON CLIMATE?
NO. THERE'S MORE I WANT TO DO.
BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY LOCKED IN ON BIG PIECES OF CHANGE.
WE'RE BUMPY AND NOISY AS WE GET THERE.
I LIKE THAT SPIRIT IN US. THAT'S WHAT I WANT US TO DO.
>> BREAKING NEWS, THE HOUSE DELAYING A VOTE AGAIN ON THE
PRESIDENT'S INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
>> THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS ENDORSED THE FRAMEWORK THAT WAS
PUT FORWARD AND I THINK THAT IS A REALLY SIGNIFICANT
ACHIEVEMENT. I HAD ANOTHER CONVERSATION, VERY
PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION TODAY WITH SENATOR SINEMA.
LET US MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS ON BOARD AND WE WILL PASS
BOTH BILLS TOGETHER.
>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S TRANSFORMATIVE AGENDA ON HOLD.
THE STAKES CONTENT BE THE STAKES CONTENTULDN'T BE HIG.
NOW IT'S UP TO THE DEMOCRATS TO GET THE DEAL DONE.
>> WE'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT OVER HERE.
GET AWAY FROM THE WOLFPACK, ANYWAY.
GOOD MORNING, SENATOR, HOW ARE YOU?
BIG WEEK.
>> EVERYBODY'S BEEN WORKING IN GOOD FAITH, THE PRESIDENT HAS
BEEN WORKING EXTREMELY HARD, 24/7, I CAN ASSURE YOU OF THAT,
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WITH HIM FOR MOST OF THE SEVEN DAYS.
>> THERE WASN'T A VOTE BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE AN AGREEMENT ON A
FRAMEWORK. IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING?
>> IT'S A FRAMEWORK, A GOOD FRAMEWORK TO WORK OFF OF.
BUT UNTIL YOU SEE THE TEXT, IT'S HARD BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH IN
IT. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OVERHAULING
THE TAX SYSTEM, OVERHAULING OUR WHOLE APPROACH TO CLIMATE.
>> THE DEADLINE IS ARTIFICIAL, YOU GET IT DONE WHEN YOU GET IT
DONE?
>> YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET IT DONE OR NOT GET IT DONE BUT
THE BOTTOM LINE IS YOU HAVE TO SEE THE BILL FIRST.
THE FRAMEWORK IS LIKE WHAT'S THIS CHAPTER ABOUT.
I WANT TO READ WHAT'S IN THE CHAPTER.
>> THE CLIMATE CRITICS SAY YOU'RE FROM WEST VIRGINIA, YOU
HAVE COAL INTERESTS IN MIND.
>> I JUST LOOK AT THE FACTS. WE'VE DONE MORE TO REDUCE
FOSSIL, WE'VE CLEANED UP THE AIR MORE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN
THE LAST DECADE TO TWO DECADES. JUST A DECADE AGO WE HAD 585
COAL-FIRED PLANTS IN AMERICA. WE'RE DOWN TO 504 NOW.
THE REST OF THE WORLD HAS NOT FOLLOWED US BECAUSE THEY HAVE A
DEMAND FOR ENERGY. YOU CAN'T INNOVATE BUT YOU CAN'T
ELIMINATE YOUR WAY TO CLEANER CLIMATE.
THE REST OF THE WORLD WON'T FOLLOW.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT WHERE THE DEMOCRATS ARE COMING UP TO
THE MIDTERMS AND BEYOND?
>> AMERICANS WANT LEADERSHIP WHO BRINGS THEM TOGETHER.
THEY DECIDE CAN WE DO IT WITH OUR FRIENDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
AISLE, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WORKING TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW ME, I'M ALWAYS GOING TO DO THAT FIRST.
>> DO YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT AMERICA AND THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY?
>> I FEEL GOOD ABOUT AMERICA. IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE UNITED
STATES, NOT THE DIVIDED STATES.
>> AND ARE THE DEMOCRATS ABLE TO DO THAT, ARE THEY GOING TO DO
THAT?
>> I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT ONE DEMOCRAT WHO'S GOING TO DO IT.