we had a positive meeting this morning. is it something you feel is within reach? are you on the home stretch? you said yesterday are you getting sinema and manchin on board on this? do you feel like a deal is close? i think it s very possible. all right. speaker nancy pelosi just a few moments ago. those ongoing negotiations within the democratic party about president biden s build back better agenda and the spending plan. i want to bring in democratic congressman jim clyburn of south carolina. he is the house majority whip. and congressman, we heard president biden on thursday night talk about some of the issues in flux in the spending bill including tuition free community college, clean energy.
breast cancer. and black women are diagnosed at twice the rate as white black. trymaine digs into why. that is going to do it. you ll see me back here on nbc and msnbc as well. for now, andrea mitchell reports starts next. and good day, everyone. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington where the speaker of the house is projecting new optimism about breaking the congressional log jam on the president s social programs and getting a deal done after her breakfast with the president at the white house. we had a very positive meeting this morning. i m very optimistic. do you feel like a deal is close? i think it s very possible. but how close are they,
because when president biden says there are four or five things that are still left to be worked out, those could be pretty big four or five things. it has felt like there s more momentum behind the negotiations over the last few days than at any point in the last few weeks or months. at the same time, there is a little bit of a feeling of whack a mole throughout the negotiations. just when you think something is settled, something else pops up that needs to be solved. i m thinking specifically this week of kyrsten sinema s opposition to raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy. certainly that s been a center point for democrats both on the campaign trail and certainly now that they re here in washington. atop both houses of congress and the white house. that s a problem now that s in need of a solve, especially when you look at how to pay for this. speaker pelosi arriving back here, reiterated after her breakfast, that this has been paid for up to 3.5 trillion. of course, the cos
booster shots for millions of more people who got those moderna and johnson & johnson vaccines. we re listening closely to the white house covid team briefing as we speak. we ll bring you any updates as they warrant. also coming up, we ll dig into how quickly folks could get the booster shots with our doctor on stand by. first, though, i ll talk to house majority whip jim clyburn about the latest on the negotiations on a spending bill. the fight for voting rights, and a big warning he gave president biden. ident biden.
georgia state s rat listate s. he said maybe there maybe a nice way to this is utterly unsurprising but let s not forget how outside of the norms that behavior is. dent biden celebrated america coming back together even as the delta variant causes cases to spike across the country. dr. vanita patel joins me. before we go to break, tell us, why are you awake? email us or tweet me and we ll read some of our favorite answers coming up later on in the show. r on in the show versus 16 grams in ensure high protein. boost® high protein also has key nutrients for immune support. boost® high protein.