in just a few hours from now republican will be back on the campaign trail? virginia today as the current closely watched election in the country, most closely watched, enters its final week. it could affect everything from the agenda to midterms even return of donald trump in 2024. with those stakes as the backdrop, president biden is goal all-in. meeting with mcauliffe for the second time this year. youngkin is making headlines. have you heard this? youngkin, trying to make the claim governor mcauliffe blocked parents from explicit classroom
operate on deadlines and that s why they re thrown out there. in reality what i care about we get the right things in the bill. we re so close. get it across the finish line in a way that benefits the most americans as possible. one of the things leadership is saying, alluding to, others on pennsylvania avenue, whatever s not in this package now could be in another bill down the road. tackle them later on. do you buy that? do you think that s feasible? absolutely. the president has been nothing but bluntly honest with us when meeting with him. he said his agenda is still his agenda. he had a $6 trillion package and will continue to fight for all of those things even if they don t show up in that bill. he s going to do that through the rest of his presidency and i trust him on his word. thank you for being with us and bearing with our questions. appreciate it this afternoon. coming up here on the show, a new biden administration pick, making waves. there she is. what you should
happens. i m hallie jackson to start us off. also joined by tony rahm, congressional economic policy reporter for the washington post and msnbc contributor. leigh ann, start with you. a lot of questions this afternoon. hearing from key players where negotiations stand, what the sticking points are. here s what some of what democrats have been saying over the last few hours including chuck schumer just a couple minutes ago. i believe that we will get this done and we will get it done soon. we have made a significant amount of progress and we are almost there. the bill must expand medicare to cover dental, hearing aid and eyeglasses. we need an ironclad agreement rp to the build back better act. what are you hearing and what s the deal with the possible infrastructure vote before the president head overseas later in the week?
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right now on msnbc, the deadline with the agenda on the line. house democrats barreling toward what they insist will be a vote on two huge pieces of president biden s domestic agenda. only one catch with hours to go, still no deal. leaders in both parties are saying late this afternoon after a huddle just minutes ago together on the hill, and what our sources tell us where things stand and just what house speaker nancy pelosi plans to do over the next few hours. our capitol hill team is standing by with the latest. also live just across the potomac with one week until the one election that might upend president biden heading to virginia and trying to keep that state blue. and any minute, giving the go for pfizer s vaccine for kids. we ll bring you that when it