had a republican or democrat, and other gop lawmakers on their proposal, alex, that could happen in the coming days, but the only thing that s certain at this point is that none of it is goes to be wrapped up before the president leaves for his first foreign trip on wednesday where he ll be traveling to the uk, belgium and finally switzerland to meet with vladimir putin and of course, the president of russia. a high-stakes overseas trip as these domestic issues continue. the timing is guaranteed. thank you very much. appreciate that, monica. let s go on to capitol hill and more on the infrastructure negotiations and we re hearing from more than you heard there from joe manchin and here s amanda golden who is joining us with the latest on all of that. welcome. how is all of this playing out this weekend? alex, understandably, this is complicating things for both republicans and democrats on capitol hill with this rejection from president biden to shelly moore capito s proposal even
in spending for the proposals to tackle infrastructure across the country. that s not meeting the mark for the white house as they full handedly rejected this and say that they are looking for more commitments here to some of the more human elements of infrastructure that they included in the package and to break it down further, that latest proposal from biden, one of the few key things, he wanted a 15% corporate tax rate. that s down from 28% from his initial proposal, but with a commitment of at least a trillion in spending. he s looking to do tougher enforcement on the highest earners across the country and included tax increases and did keep the 2017 tax cut which was established in the trump administration so as not to go through that red line that republican his initially put forward, but biden is also saying now that he ll continue to speak with other republicans and not just shelly moore capito in some of these conversations and that would include senator mitt romney and senat
talk about delusional, right? according to the daily beast, the person who inspired that idea, mypillow ceo mike lindh elle? does trump suggests he genuinely believes this and if that does not happen in august does that further deflate his legitimacy at least in the minds of some? what gives him legitimacy are people like kevin mccarthy, mitch mcconnell, the republicans who on january 6th walked back into the house chamber and still voted against certifying the free and fair election. the same republicans who have opposed a bipartisan january 6th 9/11-style commission to investigate what happened. as long as they continue to violate truth, to violate oversight, to violate the integrity of our democratic process, donald trump is king. his power comes from the republicans who know better and still pander to these dangerous
just for the record. i love jason, i know he s your nemesis, but that said i love having him, but you are irreplaceable, my friend. you go enjoy. we ll have a date two weeks from today. safe travels. thank you so much, my friend. and a very good day to all of you from right here at msnbc world headquarters in new york and it s just after noon in the east and 9:00 a.m. in the west. infrastructure week is starting to feel more like groundhog day. negotiations between the white house and republicans have hit yet another roadblock. president biden rejecting the latest counter proposal from gop senator shelly moore capito dragging talks into next week, but the clock is ticking. some democrats are warning they might have to go it alone if an agreement is not reached soon. one key democrat says a partisan bill is not an option.
according to people familiar with his comments. so, look, didn t republicans just vote down a commission on the january 6th insurrection and it was done in part because high didn t want to re-hash the 2020 election. what do you think the odds are that trump gets on stage and does exactly that? is that the best play he s got to maintain power and influence? i mean, alex, it s also why reportedly republicans ousted liz cheney from her leadership post because they wanted to what was it mccarthy said? move on, talk about the future and not relitigate the past and the leader of their party, donald trump will use the stage that he has available to him to do just that, to re-litigate the last election, to continue to advance these false and dangerous notions about the integrity of our election, and i ll tell you, alex, i think we ve reached the point that we all understand that this isn t something that will go on without any consequence anymore. we saw on january 6th, the