because if you look at the 17 nobel prize winning economists, they said that it will ease inflationary pressures, help with the supply chain, and invest in the human capital in this country all at one time. the pushback from moderates all about the price tag. the bill started at a price tag of $3.5 trillion. the white house and democrats have worked the total down to $1.75 trillion, which will pass muster with moderates if the congressional budget office report matches white house estimates. to be clear, that number, $1.75 trillion, is over ten years. the house just approved a defense budget for 2022 that is four times more expensive. as for progressives in the party, you ll remember they once demand build back better be passed with the infrastructure bill. but thanks to negotiations by speaker pelosi and the congressional black caucus, most progressives ultimately agreed to what played out on friday, passing infrastructure but holding a procedural vote on build back better
that war zone, now halted because of ongoing threats of shelling by the russians. this is all happening as we have new satellite photos by maxar showing what appears to be a growing mass grave inside the city of mariupol with as many as 9,000 bodies. that is according to local officials. we are live on the ground in ukraine with the very latest on that. we are also following a lot of the developments here at home as well. major fallout from newly released audio exposing house minority leader kevin mccarthy s hypocrisy when it comes to january 6th. who s to blame and flatout denying what we heard him say on that tape. the conversation is very good because the conversation here is what they what they said we did, we never did. i mean, i never asked president trump to resign. we both talked about that. we ve talked about no, let me be very clear. i have never asked the president to resign. all right, so, we got the latest from capitol hill, everybody, as the january 6t
for speaker should republicans take the house? we ll share new reporting that mccarthy and the former president spoke after the release of that first round of audio. one of the reporters behind that scoop is here. also this hour the latest on the war in ukraine. russia now squarely focusing on capturing the eastern as well as the southern portions of the country. the pentagon just announcing a meeting with allies next week to address ukraine s defensive needs. plus marjorie t under oath a case that could end her congressional career. recall about the attack. good afternoon. i m garrett haake in washington in for hallie jackson. and here to start us off we ve got nbc s ali vitali on capitol hill. nbc s senior national politics reporter john allen. political investigative reporter for the washington post josh dawsey. and congressional reporter for the washington post mariana sotomayor. before we get into the twists and turns of all the mccarthy audio, we just heard from p
he s lost all credibility. after the supreme court 6-3 decision striking down the use of racial preferences in college admissions biden was sent out by whoever winds him up to lie. affirmative action is so misunderstood. many people wrongly believe that affirmative action allows unqualified students, unqualified students to be admitted ahead of qualified students. this is not, this is not how college admissions work. laura: the white house people aren t that ignorant. they know the truth, that the entire point of racial preferences is to give minority candidates an edge. regardless of their test scores or their transcripts or their resume, it s classic discrimination and it s based on race. colleges set out standards for admission and every student, every student has to meet those standards. then and only then, after first meeting the qualifications required by the school, do colleges look at other factors in addition to their grades such as race. laura: okay. what s
we are following two major stories unfolding aat this hour. in texas, a killer revealed. we re learning more details about the gunman in the deadly shooting, eight people shot. a car hit a group of people outside a homeless shelter outside brownsville, texas. but we begin this hour in allen, texas. first, a warning that some of the things you re about to see are disturbing. cnn obtained this photo that appears to show the dead shooter heavily armed and dressed in tactical gear. a senior law enforcement source familiar with the investigation tells cnn that the suspect, the gunman, is 33-year-old mauricio garcia. a dash cam video captures the moment the killer hops out of his car. we re pausing it before you see him gun down men, women, and children on that by busy sidewalk at that outlet mall. this is the sound of terror and gunshots and people frantically running for cover. a police officer already at the mall on an unrelated call kills the gunman. ed lavin deare row is at