now hard up against one once again, on more than one front. the way sources are putting it to cnn today, nobody wants to blink. congress has less than 37 hours, if you re counting now, to fund the government to avert a shutdown which would have a cascading negative effect on not only the federal government and millions of government workers, but also every american by the way of delayed social security checks and much, much more. we ve been through this before, and it could be happening again. not only that, there are deep divisions in the democratic party that threaten to torpedo the very agenda, including the bipartisan infrastructure bill which is house is set to vote on tomorrow, and the much larger spending plan that would transform the nation s safety social net. right now we don t know where that stands. one more thing, the potential of default on america s debt is still hanging out there which
expanding the nation s safety social net. it would be targeting climate change, education, health care and more. this latest win for the president comes hours after the senate also approved the long-negotiated bipartisan infrastructure bill. more on that in just a moment. there are also several new developments on the pandemic. texas governor greg abbott suffering a major legal setback after two judges ruled that school districts can require students to wear masks in class, at least temporarily. a new national study shows a majority of american parents support mask mandates in schools for the unvaccinated, but more than half of the parents polled say they are against schools mandating vaccines. let s get to it, starting with the overnight drama in washington. president biden s agenda getting a big boost today. cnn s manu raju is live on capitol hill. cnn s john harwood is live at the white house. manu, what is the path forward
i ve been to the facility in brownsville, texas. yes, it s a former walmart. there is not a lock on the door. children are free to love at any time and they don t. you know why? because they re well taken care of. they re going to live with family, not mother or father, but generally family. that s a good thing. let me ask you this. there is a certain line of thinking publicly said by the administration and sometimes not that harsh conditions, harsh conditions for a 2-year-old, say, with lice who is being cared for or even unpleasant conditions or not ideal conditions are part of the policy to act as a deterrent. i absolutely disagree. no, no, no, let me just ask you have people who advocate for open borders and a vast safety social net. what do you think is going to happen, chris? you do think it is a deterrent? i think an open borders policy is not in the best interest of the united states of
you have people who advocate for open borders and a vast safety social net. what do you think is going to happen, chris? you do think it is a deterrent? i think an open borders policy is not in the best interest of the united states of america. and i do think a secure border is in the best interest. look, i travel down to central america. i saw the conditions on the ground there. i get that there are problems. but there are much better ways of dealing with this. sure. than what has grown up over the past five years. that was prior to president trump taking office. i also understand the intense hatred for this administration, but you know what? he s going to be your president for another four years after this. well, whether that s true or not, my focus is more on children with lice crawling through their head in a u.s. facility that we are as citizens responsible for. wait a minute. those children arrive with the lice and they are you don t know that. you do not know
doing nothing. that s not explicit racism but rooted in a racist character. it gives people a logical reason to, yeah, toss out the whole safety social net. and as a result we re all devastated. when someone is talking about our core it s like this is radical. but this isn t radical. this is what we ve always been. i think all of these things sound radical compared to where we are but where we are is not a good thing. and this idea of 10% better from garbage is going to be what we settle for. so 10% better than garbage that america right now, what happening is america is garbage? i feel like it was littered with all of these trigger words. littered? that makes the audience laugh and cheer when really what she s