find common ground. his visit, giving them some breathing room, and space to negotiate. six minutes, six days, six weeks, we re going to get this done. we need a little time to negotiate. there was a lot of time to negotiate the infrastructure bill, and you know, there were skeptics like me who said i don t think it s going to get done, and i was wrong. i m happy to be wrong about that. we need time to negotiate on this build back better act and i believe we will be able to do that. we re following all the developments, daniela diaz is on capitol hill, jasmine wright with the president in wilmington, delaware. let s begin on capitol hill. where do things stand? reporter: fred, this was the biggest test of unity for president joe biden and democratic leaders this week as moderates and progressives are trying to negotiate how they re going to pass both of these bills. on one hand, the bipartisan infrastructure bill that already
book that detailed actions he took in the final months of the trump presidency including calls to his chinese counterparts to assure them the united states was not planning an attack. heading into today s hearing, some republicans have accused milley of treason, called for his resignation for what they see as going out of the chain of command. let s begin on capitol hill, this morning, cnn s jessica dean is there. general milley will be at the center of today s hearing. what more are are we expecting this morning? reporter: you laid out a perfect map there, erica. we are expecting this testimony and this hearing to be highly charged because of all the reasons you just addressed. first, of course, they re going to talk about the withdraw from afghanistan. this is the first time that lawmakers, senate lawmakers have the chance to ask general milley those questions that they have been wanting to ask him now for several weeks. you said some have called for even his resignation over some
we ll have more on that in a moment. prop gaganda and it works. the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection issued its first round of subpoenas for documents and testimony. they want to hear from four of trump s closest advisers. mark meadows, dan scavino, steve bannon and kash patel. all called to testify before lawmakers beginning next month. members of the committee say they want to know what trump s inner circle knew about the planning, leading up to the capitol attack and how they made decisions as the violence unfolded that day. let s begin on capitol hill with cnn capitol hill reporter melanie zanonis. what do we know about what the committee is hoping to learn from them and, i mean, are they going to challenge the subpoenas? yeah, well, the select committee is definitely kicking this investigation into high gear. these subpoenas are targeting some of the highest ranking staffers in the white house during trump s time in office. you have mark meadow
for infrastructure? let s begin on capitol hill with scott mcfarland, investigative reporter for our station nbc 4 in washington. scott, where does this bipartisan deal stand right now? does it stand a chance? hey, joshua. good evening. just off the phone with a veteran aide for a veteran senate democrat who says this could be the biggest legislative month since the affordable care act passed in 2010 or it could be nothing. the last 12 hours have really crystalized the dynamic of this entire congress, the historically thin margins playing out both in the senate and in the house. liberal votes, you get them, you lose conservative votes. we heard senator ed markey of massachusetts say, no climate change plan? no deal. and you heard senator portman on meet the press saying he is not going to go for a grab bag of progressive or liberal priorities. you take one from one column you lose it in the other. it is not just the senate, joshua. i spoke with an aide for a
and for the annex of crimea. let s dig into it. lauren fox joins me from capitol hill. what is the white house objecting to? it s not a partisan bill. reporter: it s not. it was introduced in february and lindsey graham is one of the lead sponsors. it would hammer russia with additional sanctions and require a two third vote of the senate if the president decided to leave nato. this is a bipartisan piece of legislation. this is something that the administration is warning could be a huge problem for them. they re arguing in a 22-page letter from a state department official that this is an unnecessary piece of legislation and it s in, quote, need of