i haven t read any of the books, so i don t know. in just a moment, we ll speak with bob woodward and robert costa, as their book peril took center stage yesterday at the senate hearing. welcome back to morning joe. it is wednesday, september 29th. joe is off today. katty kay of the confidence code is still with us. joining the conversation, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle joins us. we ll start with the tension on capitol hill, where democrats remain divided over how to move forward on two key pieces of president biden s domestic agenda. there is also growing concern about the potential for a government shutdown. nbc news capitol hill correspondent garrett haake has the latest. reporter: democrats facing delays, divisions, and tough decisions as they strgle among themselves over moving the president s agenda forward. speaker pelosi planning a thursday vote on the $1 trillion
attack i m going to call you ahead of time i am certain president trump did not intend to attack the chinese. my task at that time was to de-escalate reporter: general milley warning that al qaeda could rebuild itself in afghanistan in as little as 12 months lester thank you. tonight democrats control congress but remain divided over how to move forward on two signature pieces of president biden s agenda while also facing a potential government shutdown. garrett haake is on capitol hill reporter: tonight democrats facing delays, divisions and tough decisions as they struggle among themselves over moving the president s agenda forward. speaker pelosi planning a thursday vote on the trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill. i urge a strong bipartisan support for this legislation reporter: progressive democrats say they ll oppose that bill without a deal to advance democrats $3.5 trillion social and climate policy bill, too. look. the agreement from
when you are looking at dianne feinstein recently sold her lake tahoe home for $41 million. mitt romney sold his home lake tahoe vacation home. mitt romney selling his home in sern california for 30 million. nancy pelosi one of the richest women in congress if not the country because of business and her husband s work. so you are looking at a disconnect between what real life is between us, the normals, and these individuals who are looking at this is an opportunity to move our agenda forward, our philosophy of massive government and throwing money at things that only cause more problems. harris: and i really appreciate what you did there. it is not about capitalism but perspective and putting the bill at the feet of people paying something she wouldn t have to feel even if she had to pay it. while the speaker is trying to
economic agenda. nancy pelosi is facing a divided party and i looming deadline to move the president s agenda forward. both the house and the senate are back in session today. so president biden s big $3.5 trillion budget bill and that $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill face critical tests this week. cnn s ryan nobles is on capitol hill and phil mattingly is at the white house. so phil, the president, as we know, has faced a series of unexpected setbacks. what is the white house s plan to recapture some momentum? reporter: i think to try to separate the month of august for what is at stake right now and i think the moments that democrats are in right now, the reality is that negotiations over specific policy matters are indeed feverish and very ongoing. democrats on boths of the capitol and officials and what you hear from white house officials is more than 30,000 foot. don t miss the forest for the
the president s ambitious agenda is enting a make-or-break period. house speaker nancy pelosi is facing a party at odds with itself and a looming deadline to move the president s agenda forward. can she strike a balance between progressives and moderates in the party, and what s at stake for the president and his sweeping proposals? let s bring in cnn s senior white house correspondent phil mattingly and congressional correspondent jessica dean. jessica, the deadline set by speaker pelosi for a vote on this $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure explain week from today. what s the holdup you right now, and what does it mean for the president s other $3.5 trillion budget plan? is it in jeopardy? well, ana, the best way to explain it is a very complicated rue bics cube for democratic leadership here on the him they are trying to figure out how to make everyone in their party happy and move all of these