Transcripts for CNN Early Start With Christine Romans and Laura Jarrett 20211208 10:36:00

with the economy still fragile. but he has a motivation to not let his political career tank. donald trump has been attacking him over the fact that he cut a deal with the democrats a few months back. he has not let him forget that and he's tried to turn the republicans against him. he tried to figure out some way to thread the needle. we'll see if it works. he's trying to distance the republicans from this while not letting the economy tank. >> threading the needle. >> he has 60 votes to let them pass the legislation to let them pass the legislate ace by a simple majority. >> let's talk about the -- white house chief of staff mark meadows rescinded his cooperation. trump ally steve bannon looking to delay his contempt trial. is the committee's work moving fast enough given these headwinds here? >> it's tough for them to get their work done and talk about threading the needle, mark meadows seems to be on all sides of the aisle. originally saying he was going to cooperate, give a little bit of cooperation, then essentially

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