resonating. he s getting big turnouts at his campaign events, including overnight for his part, terry mcauliffe is trying to keep mr. youngkin linked to former president trump. now, youngkin has accepted trump s endorsement but hasn t campaigned with him in person. really trying to walk a fine line when it comes to that. mcauliffe, you ve pointed out, steph, is facing headwinds, too. why? because president biden s poll numbers have been sinking, and because his agenda in washington right now is stalled. i can tell you, i ve been out on the trail. talking to voters here in virginia who have said they are frustrated with what they are seeing and what they re not seeing in washington. which is action. action on that infrastructure bill. action on that social safety net plan. so all of that is having a trickle down effect here in virginia. how is it going to play out, though? that s the big question. i can tell you both campaigns say there is so much energy on the ground, they are predicti
december the 18th to get their shots or face discipline action that could lead to determination. until then, unvaccinated workers will have to get tested twice a week on their own time and their own expense. and voting rights advocates are suing texas again over the state s newly redrawn congressional district maps that favor the republican party, alleging the maps diminish the vote of communities of color. texas is the only state to get two new congressional seats this year, after the census determined the state s population grew by 4 million, nearly half of which are latino. coming up, president biden holding a flurry of meeting with democrats, to try to come to an agreement on miss massive social safety net plan. one of the lawmakers who attended those meetings, congresswoman varone scar joins us now. plus, an immigration protest outside congress this morning. we re live with their demand. you re watching jose diaz-balart reports on msnbc. i diaz-balart reports on msnbc. in
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together and pass both the bipartisan infrastructure bill and his social safety net plan, saying and i quote here i do think that we ll get a deal. and saying he s open to altering the filibuster on issues like voting rights and the debt limit increases. also tonight, the house voting to hold steve bannon in criminal contempt of congress for defying a subpoena from the committee investigating the january 6th insurrection at the capitol. and late tonight, the cdc director approving booster shots for the moderna and j&j vaccines, endorsing the recommendations from the agency s vaccine advisory committee. we ve got a lot to talk about. let s bring in now cnn senior political commentator mr. david axelrod, a former obama senior adviser, and political commentator mr. bakari sellers. thanks for the tie. david, hello to you. no thanks for my time? no.
so here s our breaking news tonight. the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection voting to recommend holding trump loyalist steve bannon in criminal contempt for defying the committee s subpoena. the committee chair saying bannon s defy ansz is unacceptable and that no one is above the law. the full house will vote thursday on the contempt recommendation. also tonight, it looks like president biden is now discussing a price tag for his social safety net plan of $1.75 trillion to $1.9 trillion. that s down sharply from $3.5 trillion. democrats in congress, progressives on one side, moderates on the other may finally be coming together to agree on a framework to get the bill passed. i m going to talk with the chair of the progressive caucus in just a few minutes. in the meantime, let s bring in ryan nobles and elie honig. let s get to the man out in the field covering all of this, and that is ryan.