too great for democrats. this afternoon what the path forward looks like for the party after losses in virginia and beyond. sources telling nbc news the internal blame game is real. city lawmakers reeling, pushing for something concrete to take home to voters with developments coming in on that social safety net package floating around the house, which just got put back into that bill and whether that makes it easier or harder to pass. we are here juggling a lot of pieces of news on this afternoon. i'm hallie jackson in washington along with our nbc news team, msnbc national political correspondent steve kornacki as mentioned, posted up at the big board. political editor mark murray is here with the key take aways, what this means politically going forward for democrats. new reaction from both sides of pennsylvania avenue, lyanne caldwell is on capitol hill looks like in a basement. monica alba is at the white house. we just learned we expect to hear from president biden himself, possibly within the next 40 minutes or so, right? >> reporter: yeah, this is