u.s. history. we are also live in texas now officially 100% open, during this covid crisis the state s mask mandate gone. the move being celebrated by some, slammed by others. and in minneapolis day two of jury selection in derek chauvin s murder trial now getting started. what we know about the three jurors already seated and what it might mean for the trial s outcome. i m hallie jackson in washington with you this morning, and we are live from both ends of pennsylvania avenue with nbc s leigh ann caldwell on capitol hill and carol lee at the white house. we ve been talking about this bill for months, it is set to pass within a matter of hours but may be a few hours longer. at this point we had expected debate to have begin, that is not the case at least as of 10:01 eastern time this morning. that s right, hallie. house speaker nancy pelosi and democratic leadership are so convinced that this bill is going to pass that they held a press conference yesterday touting the
they re ready to consider it. let s take a listen to what congressman jamaal bowman said on msnbc earlier this morning. all eyes are now on the senate right now, and all eyes are on manchin and sinema. the last leg of the president s agenda passed infrastructure framework and house passed build back better. final leg is the senate. all eyes are on the senate. reporter: alex what the progressive democrat from new york said is really important because it brings me back to something that jayapal, chairman of the congress caucus said a couple weeks ago. remember when progressives in the house led by democratic leadership wanted both bills, that signed by president biden into law earlier and his build back better plan. overnight seemed things changed,