perimeter so as not to attract other suicide attacks or terrorist attacks. as cnn s phil mattingly reports, the fate of thousands of american citizens and permanent legal residents remains right now in limbo. reporter: for president biden it s the nightmare scenario that s loomed other every waking moment of the last 12 days. every day we re on the ground is another day we know that isis-k is seeking to target the airport and attack both u.s. and allied forces and innocent civilians. reporter: 12 u.s. service members now dead, 15 more wounded. two suicide attacks proving those words traj chill prescient, the threat itself a critical component of biden s decision not to extend the august 31st withdrawal deadline, officials say. biden already in the situation room for a pre-scheduled afghanistan briefing with his national security team when the explosion occurred, officials said, staying there for hours as top military, intelligence and diplomatic officials delivered realtime infor
welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. and we begin with our politics lead. a giant step for president biden as he cheers on $3.5 trillion worth of promises made and promises he hopes to keep. hours after passing the bipartisan infrastructure deal, the senate voted very early this morning to move forward on the president s $3.5 trillion budget blueprint. now, this plan includes a long list of pricey biden priorities such as investments to fight against climate change, universal pre-k creating more affordable housing and changes to the tax code just to name a few. the late-night vote was only the first step in a lengthy process, which as cnn s phil mattingly reports, already is turning into a price tag fight within the president s own party. in the past 24 hours we ve seen the senate advance two key pieces of my economic agenda. reporter: president biden taking a victory lap for the second time just hours after this moment.
this afternoon, president biden took a victory lap after the u.s. senate passed a historic $1.2 trillion infrastructure package. but some democrats are now threatening to put up road blocks in the house of representatives. cnn s phil mattingly reports. this is a moment that lives beyond the headlines. reporter: tonight, president biden delivering on a dual-pronged campaign promise, infrastructure and bipartisanship. after years and years of infrastructure week, we re in the cusp of an infrastructure decade. reporter: the u.s. senate passing a $1.2 trillion infrastructure proposal. 19 republicans voted in favor of the bill, including senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. this bill shows that we can work together. i know a lot of people, some sitting in the audience here, didn t think this could aup. reporter: a critical victory
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help deal with the state s worst surge of the covid-19 pandemic in terms of the growth rate and hospitalizations. the mandate goes into effect on wednesday. pam? that s a state with one of the higher unvaccination rates. thanks so much, lucy. over at the white house, officials are loading president biden s schedule with covid-related events, highlighting a renewed focus on the pandemic. as cnn s phil mattingly reports, today the president met with his coronavirus team as the country meets the vaccination goal biden hoped to reach nearly a month ago. reporter: president biden returning to washington and heading directly to a closed-door meeting with his top covid advisers. we are not fully out of the woods yet. reporter: the resurgent virus dominating biden s schedule for the first time in weeks, the stark new reality confronting the nation. after months and months of cases going down, we re seeing a spike in covid cases that are going up. reporter: in a white house once a