the schemes while they re moving forward in the bipartisan effort. but pay fors will be the big, big sticking point. and as far as the plan is concerned, it s nearly a trillion dollars, but they largely do that by expanding the number of years this covers from five years in their original offer to eight years. and another sweetener they put in this bill for president biden, they increased the money for rail funding. we know president biden loves amtrak. that was a little gift to the president to try to keep him at the table. leigh ann, let me ask you about other bipartisan conversations. as we speak, brian sicknick, the officer who died one day after the capitol insurrection, his mother and girlfriend are meeting with republican senator mitt romney. talk to us about this january 6th commission. we know republicans like susan collins are talking to the likes of krysten sinema, john manchin. are we going to see any of this working? if they can agree on a january 6th commission, if they
obviously budget shortfalls a big issue. they insisted there was no discussion about the situation in çwisconsin, something they called a distraction. a lot of this is message discipline on the part of democratic governors. they want to talk about jobs. perhaps a rockier meeting will come sunday when all of the governors around the country, as part of annual winter meetings of the national governors association are here at the white house on sunday to meet with the president. a number of issues, including stimulus funding, high-speed rail funding that many republicanrefused, sent back to washington, as well as lawsuits and moves around the country by republican legislatures and state governments to try to turn back the president s health care law he signed into law last april. i m surprised that it wasn t a hotter topic, but you know what? color me red. i m surprised. mike viqueira. i want to take you back and show you live pictures of the ferry that just arrived in