biden vowed he s going to do this. biden commits. biden is going to work like hell to make sure we get both of these passed. the president is spending the weekend at his home in wilmington, delaware, where he is making calls to lawmakers. he s also expected to host democrats back at the white house later in the week, as well as travel the country to try to sell his proposal to the american people. and i also asked the president whether he s found it to be surprising, how difficult it s been to bring moderates and progressives together. the president said it would be a lot easier if they had two more votes. that being a reference to senator joe manchin and senator kyrsten sinema. two moderate democrats that the white house has been trying to negotiate on that wider spending package that currently values $3.5 trillion. both of those senators said that is far too high and the president has been urging both sides to compromise and remember that they share these democratic priorities that
announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. the united states divided house of representatives is facing a new deadline. at issue is a popular bipartisan bill to fix america s infrastructure. the $1.2 trillion package needs to pass the house by the end of this month, but a crucial bloc of progressive democrats say they won t vote for the infrastructure until they have a much grander and pricier piece of social legislation in place, and that is nowhere in agreement with two democratic senators objecting to the cost of that measure. the president says setbacks and obstacles are just part of political life in washington. here he is. everybody s frustrated. it s part of being in government. hey, look, one of the things i love about you guys. i watched today, biden vowed he s going to do this, biden
support for both of those bills. take a listen to the president s assessment of the state of play for democrats at this moment. everybody s frustrated. it s part of being in government. hey, look, one of the things i love about you guys, i watched today, biden vowed he s going to do this, biden commits. biden s going to work like hell to make sure we get both these passed. reporter: now, the president is spending the weekend at his home in wilmington, delaware where he is making calls to lawmakers. he s also expected to host democrats back in the white house later in the week as well as travel the country to try to sell his proposal to the american people. and i also asked the president whether he s found it to be surprising how difficult it s been to bring moderates and progressives together. the president said it would be a lot easier if they had two more votes, that being a reference to senator joe manchin and senator kyrsten sinema, two moderate democrats that the white house h
party as he spoke to reporters earlier today. everybody is frustrated. it is part of being in government. being frustrated. look, one of the things i love about you guys, i watch you today, biden vowed he s going to do this and biden commits, biden is going to work like hell to make sure we get these passed. reporter: now the president is speak spending the weekend at his home in wilmington, delaware, trying to bring the two sides together on these measures and i asked the president whether he s been surprised and how difficult it is to bring moderates and progressives in a agreement and he told me they would be in the an agreement if they have two more votes that is reference to kyrsten sinema and joe manchin. those two senators have been at the heart of these negotiations with leaders up on capitol hill as well as here at the white house as they are trying to bring those two moderates on
president biden, the congressman says biden failed in his duty as president citing the ongoing crisis in afghanistan and at the southern border among other. representative gives saying i cannot stand by while biden commits via been violations of his oval office, the gop effort is unlikely to advance in the democrat-controlled house but the lawmakers say it is worth a shot. the fda authorizing pfizer s covid vaccine booster shot to people 65 and older and those at high risk. it is recommended 6 months after their second injection. it all comes after an fda advisory panel rejected the biden administration s plan to offer the third shot to all-americans. two officials resigning over the administration s plan because the white house move forward without fda approval, the biden administration hoped to begin offering boosters to fisa recipients this week but cdc must approve booster shots before they can begin. cdc guidance is expected come out after an advisory panel meets today to disc