garrett, covering these guys majority and minority leaders are like australian shepherds. their job is to deliver account entire herd when the job is done. both of these guys had members peel off. they both could not deliver their entire caucuses. that s going to be interesting. i think it is, brian. joe manchin is in a tough re-election fight. chuck schumer has given him a lot more leeway. vote the way he needs to vote to keep his constituents happy in west virginia. i don t think there s going to be a clapback against joe manchin from the democratic party. it s part of the reason he tried so hard to make sure he wasn t the deciding vote on this. lisa muir cow skill is a woman who lost a republican primary in 2010 and won as a write-in candidate with a name like murkowski. he s politically powerful as a local figuring in alaska. also the republicans only
pass the bill by christmas have brushed off those attacks, saying a future congress would never allow those increases to actually occur and focussing instead on what sources in both chambers say has been the driving force behind the whole process thus far. i have high confidence the senate is going to pass this bill. i know the house is going to pass this bill. i m one of those people who believes failure is not an option. before the end of the yearier. yeah, before the end of the year. reporter: and, jake, that political imperative has really been the driving force. there is no shortage of potential thorny issues. the house is on the precipice of passing this. look over to the senate, whether it s ron johnson, susan collins, perhaps lisa muir cuss ki, jeff flake on deficit issues. the big question now is does the political imperative or the right now gop leaders think it will be the former. all right. phil mattingly on capitol hill for us. thanks so much. lots of breaking
and to basically say she doesn t have the interests of her constituents at heart is kind of unseemly, when you re a member of the senate, and you re looking to see if the president has your back on this issue, he won t. remember, lisa muir cease mu murkowski s father served the alaska senate for a very long time. we re only moments away from the white house briefing, all these issues about to be raised with the white house press secreta secretary sarah huckabee sanders. the soft-bristle brush separates every lash it s america s #1 mascara for a reason the one and only voluminous original mascara from l oréal paris
seoul, south korea for the g-20 summits and japan and another economic summit. white the president jets to a a asia, republicans are flying high and slamming his policies. there seems to be some denial on the part of the president and other democrat leaders the message that was sent by the american people. absolutely it s about president obama s policies. the president signals he s ready for compromise. he ll meet with gop leaders on november 18th and promises to keep the focus on what he says voters want, jobs, jobs, jobs. i am open to any idea, any proposal, any way we can get the economy growing faster so that people who need work can find it faster. there we have it right, the man on the job at the white house for us. mike, explain what we hear about this new report. reporter: there s some positive news here. the president pointed out today it s the tenth straight month of private sector growth. from a political standpoint the unemployment rate is still at 9.6