Well, just to bring you a little bit behind the scenes here, alicia. We know, all day yesterday, topwhite house aides were working the phones including the president , himself, for a portion of it. To try to ease some of these tensions and these feathers that were clearly ruffled. Republicans, upset by the president linking these two things together. But clearly, that didnt work. That wasnt enough. So they had to release this very lengthy statement. More than eight paragraphs in the president s own voice with a commitment saying, essentially, to the two parties, i understand, to the gop, why you might be a little bit upset by what i said in that press conference. But to democrats, rest assured, i am still going to pursue the traditional infrastructure bipartisan package. While also wanting reconciliation process, the one that doesnt require republicans, which democrats had already started down the road a couple of weeks ago. So, he is saying, to the two parties, this was not meant as a
Well, just to bring you a little bit behind the scenes here, alicia. We know, all day yesterday, topwhite house aides were working the phones including the president , himself, for a portion of it. To try to ease some of these tensions and these feathers that were clearly ruffled. Republicans, upset by the president linking these two things together. But clearly, that didnt work. That wasnt enough. So they had to release this very lengthy statement. More than eight paragraphs in the president s own voice with a commitment saying, essentially, to the two parties, i understand, to the gop, why you might be a little bit upset by what i said in that press conference. But to democrats, rest assured, i am still going to pursue the traditional infrastructure bipartisan package. While also wanting reconciliation process, the one that doesnt require republicans, which democrats had already started down the road a couple of weeks ago. So, he is saying, to the two parties, this was not meant as a
Top of the hour, im alisyn camerota. Im victor blackwell. Good to be with you. The Vice President and democrats have a message for the gop, the fight is not over. Senate republicans blocked a vote, even a debate, on a sweeping election reforms bill. And progressives are calling out what they say is President Bidens lack of intervention. And some say that if he does not take a stronger hand on Voting Rights, they could block his infrastructure plan. Manu raju joins us. Reporter we know that there is a negotiation happening right now with bipartisan, a group of senators, as well as Senior Administration officials in the senate to try to figure out if there is a bipartisan path forward. The next 24 hours is pivotal. Democrats are trying to pass a smaller bill with about 1. 2 trillion over eight years, and a more massive bill along Straight Party lines. Theres talk of up to 6 trillion, but theres also pressure among liberals who say the bipartisan talks are chewing up too much time. They m
Jeopardy. Israel bombs gaza days after a new government takes shape. What led to this latest flareup of violence. Welcome to the lead. Im pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we begin today with our world lead, and this historic highstakes summit president President Joe Biden and russian president vladimir putin. The summit lasted roughly three hours with both leaders describing it as constructive and positive. They said there were no threats or ultimatums, and putin called biden balanced, professional and experienced. I did what i came to do. The tone of the entire meetings, i guess it was a total of four hours, was what was was good, positive. There wasnt any any strident action taken. Where we disagreed, disagreed, stated where it was and where he disagreed it was stated but it was not done in a hyperbolic atmosphere. Translator the meeting was actually very efficient. It was substantive. It was specific. And it was aimed at achieving results. One of those results, axes from the u.
Jeopardy. Israel bombs gaza days after a new government takes shape. What led to this latest flareup of violence. Welcome to the lead. Im pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we begin today with our world lead, and this historic highstakes summit president President Joe Biden and russian president vladimir putin. The summit lasted roughly three hours with both leaders describing it as constructive and positive. They said there were no threats or ultimatums, and putin called biden balanced, professional and experienced. I did what i came to do. The tone of the entire meetings, i guess it was a total of four hours, was what was was good, positive. There wasnt any any strident action taken. Where we disagreed, disagreed, stated where it was and where he disagreed it was stated but it was not done in a hyperbolic atmosphere. Translator the meeting was actually very efficient. It was substantive. It was specific. And it was aimed at achieving results. One of those results, axes from the u.