pacage would be paid for oppose his initial proposal from 21% to 28%. so yesterday, in a meeting with west virginia senator shelley moore capito, mr. biden offeredw an alternative, a new 15% minimum tax on corporations, because many corporations don't even pay that much right now. in fact, at least 55 of the biggest u.s. companies paid no federal corporate income taxesl last year. now, president biden also offered to slash his proposed new infrastructure spending nearly in half, down to about $1 trillion, but republicans still only want to spend about a quarter of that amount, and so we're watching to see, norah, whether all of this is enough to spark a deal. >> o'donnell: all right, nancy cordes with all the deal making. thank you. and there are shocking new