democracy is on the ballot struck a new note for him, a new note of realism. that s the closing argument now for the democrats, mega-maga republicans are evil, and every day is january 6th. it s hard to say to them, you know, you should be worrying about democracy than gas prices. when voters are paying record high prices, some democrats are questioning whether the president should have been focusing on the economy instead in his closing argument. biden proceeds to do what he now so commonly does, bark at the rest are of us for the rest are of our moral failures. howard: biden s a made a version of these remarks many times, and most democrats wanted him to talk about the economy or inflation or crime. now, the address began at a high-minded appeal to reserve american democracy but very quickly became a blatantly partisan speech. an attack on donald trump and maga republicans who are trying to. suppress voting rights and condoning political violence and threatening the fairness
economic momentum. we have our reporters at the white house and on capitol hill this morning tracking where the negotiations stand. let s start at the white house with cnn s jasmine wright. jasmine, there was a chance for the bipartisan breakthrough president biden was looking for after meeting with senator shelly capato at the white house this week but he rejected her offer. where do things stand now? that s right. listen. it is a critical time for president biden as you said, the sides are very far apart and how president biden proceeds could dictate exactly what priorities he is able to pass by midterms because we know that is going to be a big battle over control of congress. so as you said, president biden rejected republicans latest proposal on that infrastructure and jobs plan. it came out to about 950 billion dollars with 300 billion in new