>> and then, you know, tough transition, because the president is moved by what is taking place, but at the same time, you know, perhaps in the back of his mind or now the front of his mind now that he's made his way back to the white house is his economic agenda and what kind of obstacles are in his way. >> reporter: that's absolutely right, and one thing seems pretty clear, the white house, democrats up on capitol hill and the president, are at least prodding, if not pressuring, those key moderates, joe manchin of west virginia, even kyrsten sinema of arizona to get on board or at least give some guidance as to what it's going to take to get the bill social safety net legislation over the finish line, what seems clear, at least at the moment, is that the $3.5 trillion top line number is going to come down. not clear exactly what that final number will be, certainly, at this point. but we do know the president has been trying to reach out, trying to make the point, along with other democrats, that time is running out, not only because the surface transportation bill expires at the end of the month, but also because of the governors' races in both virginia and new jersey, progressive voters might need some type of demonstration of deliverables in order to be energized to go to the polls. listen to what the president said yesterday. >> the question is, how much of what is important do we get into the legislation. i'm of the view that it's important to establish the principle on a whole range of issues without guaranteeing you get the whole ten years. what happens is you pass the principle and you build on it. it either works or it doesn't work. >> reporter: there are some on the left who are trying to be a bit more aggressive with these moderate senators than the white house necessarily is being, that of course would include bernie sanders. however, sanders and others have been in congress for a while. we'll remember 2001 when a republican from vermont, his home state, sanders' home state, flipped parties from republican to independent and switched the 50/50 senate to the democrats. back to you, fred. >> all right. joe johns, thank you so much, at the white house. so with president biden admitting that his spending plan might be smaller than the $3.5 trillion current proposal, democrats are divided over what programs to cut or, in the view of the president there, trim, how much smaller might this new spending bill be. ava mckin is on capitol hill for us. good to see you. what is potentially on the chopping block? >> reporter: all eyes now turn to the proposed clean electricity portion of president biden's plan. that's really the cornerstone of his mission to address climate change. senator joe manchin of west virginia indicating he's not comfortable with that provision. that would transition away from fossil fuels, from coal production, more towards wind and solar energy. and this really illustrates the latest hurdle for president biden's domestic agenda as democrats remain negotiating among themselves on this massive budget bill. that bill originally $3.5 trillion, is now expected to be well beneath that. but the moderate democratic senators who are most vocally opposed to the bill, senator manchin, as i mentioned and kyrsten sinema aren't even agreeing to another top line number. they've both voiced discomfort with $1.9 trillion in spending because they say they have yet to see a pared down version of the bill. meanwhile, independent senator bernie sanders is frustrated that the realities of the bill are not being spoken about enough, that the provisions in terms of the larger package, like expanding medicare to cover vision and dental. he wants there to be more focus on the substance of the bill and not sort of these internal politics. and he made his position clear in an op-ed in a west virginia paper, message received from senator manchin. but he did not -- message received, but not well taken, really pushing back and saying in part in a statement, this isn't the first time an out-of-stater who has tried to tell west virginiaens what is best with them. congress should proceed with caution on any additional spending and i will not vote for a reckless expansion of government programs. no op-ed from a self-declared independent socialist is going to change that. so really marching toward the self-imposed deadline of october 31st. they're still trying to get both of these bills passed by the end of the month. >> and the clock is ticking, very quickly. thank you so much. i think it's my first time talking to you on the air, so welcome. >> thank you. all right, one police deputy is dead and two others injured following an attack outside of a sports bar in houston. investigators say they came out of nowhere and ambushed the officers. the third officer was wounded after running to the scene. texas attorney general ken paxton calls the shooting an evil act and says he hopes the suspects are quickly arrested. a person of interest is in custody but it's unclear whether that person is the suspected shooter. cnn's jean casarez joining me now. what more are you learning? >> reporter: we are learning that there is a search going on for whoever shot these officers and the attorney general is calling it a manhunt. but they have not come out with a description of who they're looking for, other than about 21 years of age. it happened this morning about 2:15 in the morning at a sports bar in houston and these police officers were involved in a job adjacent to their official police duties, but they were in full uniform and they came out of the sports bar because they heard something was going on in the parking lot. and they get on the ground believing they've got the person involved in a robbery, and that is when it is said by the police that someone came out from behind a car and started shooting with a rifle. i want you to listen to the houston police department as they describe what happened. >> he found out laying, bleeding out on the gurney that his buddy he had just been with was deceased, but i can tell you all three of them, they work the same area, they're good friends. it's just a complete tragedy is what it is. >> reporter: as the constable is saying, one officer that was on top of the suspect died from his wounds. the other shot in the back, in surgery for a lot of today. and as he or the third officer that was shot in the leg with multiple fractures, was on the gurney waiting to go into surgery, he found out that his buddy -- because they all work together, he had just died. and so you see there's a human aspect to all of this, too, when you think about it and all the families are at the hospital of these three officers. ironically, on the very same day that in washington the houston police chief is there to commemorate all fallen officers and now he has one of his own. >> it's unbelievable. jean casarez, thank you so much. appreciate it. still ahead, a british lawmaker is fatally stabbed at a meeting with voters. we'll have the latest on the investigation. plus, the mayor of chicago and the police union facing off over covid vaccine mandates. now up to a half of rank-and-file officers could be placed on unpaid leave. more on that straight ahead. when they're sick, they get comfortable anywhere and spread germs everywhere. nothing kills more viruses, including the covid-19 virus, on more surfaces than lysol disinfectant spray. lysol. what it takes to protect. you could email an urgent question to lisa in marketing. and a follow up. and a “did you see my email?” text. orrrr... you could see her status in slack. and give lisa a break while you find someone online who can help. slack. where the future works. if you have diabetes, you should wear a dexcom. i'm on this one because it's the best. and because it works. it's easy to wear. you put it on, and the numbers are there. no fingersticks. i can't say that enough. the dexcom is a game changer. and that's just basic wavy guy maintenance, right? 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extreme right wing views back in 2016. we're joined from the scene in england. we understand british prime minister boris johnson has spoken out. what did he say, and what more are you learning about a possible motive? >> reporter: well, fredricka, i mean, prime minister boris johnson, just to start, he was at the scene earlier today, laying flowers. yesterday he spoke on the life and work of mp david amess, and we know so far this 25-year-old man entered a church just behind me and stabbed the mp multiple times. of course, the mp unfortunately died at the scene of his injuries. now, the counterterrorism police are leading the investigation, and according to the authorities, that 25-year-old man potentially has a motivation potentially linked to islamic extremism. it's a very quiet seaside community here. it's absolutely shellshocked. we've spent the day speaking to people who knew him directly and they tell us they want to focus on his life and work. i was at one community center 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fred, we haven't seen any change in his condition in the last several hours that we've been told, but we do know that this iv antibiotics treatment that he's on is supposed to last generally three to five days and they definitely want to finish that before he is to get on a plane to go home. we did see some security action behind us here in the last several hours, earlier this morning. we did see secretary hillary clinton and daughter chelsea clinton enter the hospital here in orange, california, and so it sounds like we are seeing -- hearing reports from doctors and staff that the former president is doing well. his tests are all trending in the right direction and that he's in good spirits, able to get up, walk around. he's got a couple books with him, joking with the staff, and now we know he has some family visitors with him today as well. this is the first time that we have seen chelsea clinton enter this way. we had not seen her in the last couple of days, while we had seen secretary clinton come in and out of the hospital. so just monitoring to see whether he continues this improvement that we've been told about, and, again, this is iv antibiotics treatment that is supposed to go on three to five days. if you start from tuesday, when he first arrived here, that fifth day mark is coming soon. it could be within the next day or two that he could be released, fred. >> all right. all the well wishes coming his way. natasha chen, thank you so much. scandals continue for alex murdaugh, who waved an extratigz hearing and is expected to face charges related to the misappropriation of settlement funds in connection with the 2018 death of his family's long-time housekeeper. cnn's nadia romero joining me. >> reporter: the more we seen to learn about alex murdaugh, the more questions there are. he was in orlando, florida, because he admitted that he had an opioid problem and he was undergoing rehab there and he was arrested because of the now death investigation 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up regarding their mother's death, and today they learn that somebody they had great respect for, revered and thought was a family member, is now criminally charged with stealing their money. so it's like we're in the middle of a three-ring circus. >> reporter: and the circus begins again on tuesday morning when alex murdaugh is set to be back in south carolina before a judge. remember, he's from this very prominent family there in hampton county, a family of lawyers. his law firm says that he stole money from them, they also have these ongoing open cases about his son and his wife, who were killed at their family home. and that investigation is still open. they still don't know who killed his son and his wife. and most recently we learned that alex murdaugh admitted to trying to kill himself, admitting insurance fraud, that would be a crime, by having a former client shoot him in the head so that his son would be able to collect about a $10 million insurance settlement. but the plot 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>> i wrote this piece with the head of the building trades because even the building trades and employers understand that if we invest in roads and bridges and infrastructure without also investing in our care infrastructure, the first plan will fail. we have to figure out how to get women back into the workforce. and what has happened is that our care infrastructure, which was already so fragile, even before the pandemic, totally crumbled. we have to not only build it back, but we actually have to solve that fundamental problem, which is that care, and especially child care, is extraordinarily expensive and we won't be able to have the workers or the supply without changing what's at the heart of it. >> earlier today i spoke with congresswoman barbara leyla who said this is what negotiating is all about. but as far as the public can tell, democrats are still pretty far away from a deal on this ten-year spending plan that would ex stand on education, health care, child care support, tackle the climate crisis and make further investments in infrastructure. so while the president says he may not get the whole thing, there may be portions that are trimmed, what are your concerns about how much eldercare or child care can be trimmed? >> my real worry is that women have really been the invisible care infrastructure in this country and sort of trimming the fat can't result in trimming women. we are back to 1988 levels in terms of their workforce participation, and the public in general isn't divided on this issue. they want a major investment in child care. they want a major investment in paid leave. >> i mean, 309,000 women ages 20 and over left the labor force last month, according to the september jobs report. women lost 26,000 jobs last month, while men gained jobs. is it more than childcare that has women leaving the workforce or is there something else? >> well, care is a huge part of it, both the childcare and care for elders and those with disabilities, the fact that we don't have paid leave but we are still in a pandemic where people are getting ill, that's another significant part of it. but it also is that women have long been dominated in the jobs that pay the least wages and the jobs that were the least fragile, and the jobs that required you to show up in person. and that story together, the fact that women are the majority of retail workers, the vast majority of health care and home care workers, and forced to show up in a pandemic at a time where they don't have strong care, the whole puzzle does not work. so the investment that they can make right now is to not only solve the infrastructure problem that will give us the roads and bridges and create a lot of jobs, but to create the jobs where women are and do it in a way where all women can work and thrive. >> the national women's law center put out a report last month, which found that women will need nine straight years of job gains to recover the total number of jobs lost in the pandemic, based on august jobs numbers. is it your view that there could ever really be a full recovery? >> well, there can if we make an on purpose investment. we can recover. but i have to say, we're starting from a deep hole. we're starting from the hole that women lost a lot of jobs in sectors where they dominated, hospitality, leisure, retail. but women were also leaving the workforce and have continued to leave the workforce and aren't looking for new jobs. we have to solve that last part. that last part around women who felt pushed out of work and aren't currently looking. that's causing economic stress for themselves, for their families, but it also is the drag on our economy. >> do you see it as even bigger than the drag on the economy, but then what about, you know, psychologically for a lot of these women, as you just noted? i mean, there has to be yet another kind of visceral effect that comes from this. >> i have to say, you know, this pandemic has created such a mental health toll on all of us, but when i think about the moms and those who are engaged in other sorts of care who had hoped to get relief, it's a strain right now, but it will be a strain going forward. and if we don't pay attention to this primal scream we have been hearing from mostly women to actually bring relief, to actually invest in their lives, their futures, we're all going to be in trouble. >> fatima goss-graves, thank you so much. truly insightful. i appreciate your time. stay well, stay safe. across the country, gas prices are skyrocketing. on average it's costing americans an extra $16 every time they fill up their tank compared to a yearin ago. cnn has more. >> reporter: from coast to coast, there's a consensus. >> what do you think of the price you're seeing on the pump? 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(jackie) talk to your doctor about austedo...it's time to treat td. td is not ok. visit askforaustedo.com. a lot of people think dealing with copd is a walk in the park. if i have something to help me breathe better, everything will be fun and nice. but i still have bad days... flare-ups, (cough cough) which can permanently damage my lungs. my lungs need protection against flare-ups. so it's time to get real. because in the real world... our lungs deserve the real protection of breztri. breztri gives you better breathing... symptom improvement, and flare-up protection. it's the first and only copd medicine proven to reduce flare-ups by 52%. breztri won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. it is not for asthma. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition... or high blood pressure before taking it. don't take breztri more than prescribed. breztri may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. call your doctor if worsened breathing, chest pain, mouth or tongue swelling... problems urinating, vision changes, or eye pain occur. for real protection, ask your doctor about breztri. regina approaches the all-electric cadillac lyriq. it's a sunny day. nah, a stormy day. classical music plays. um uh, brass band, new orleans. ♪ ♪ she drives hands free... along the coast. make it palm springs. ♪ cadillac is going electric. if you want to be bold, you have to go off-script. experience the all-electric cadillac lyriq. it's another day. and anything could happen. it could be the day you welcome 1,200 guests and all their devices. or it could be the day there's a cyberthreat. only comcast business' secure network solutions give you the power of sd-wan and advanced security integrated on our activecore platform so you can control your network from anywhere, anytime. it's network management redefined. every day in business is a big day. we'll keep you ready for what's next. comcast business powering possibilities. earlier this month, nascar driver, bubba wallace, won his first cup series race of his career at talladega superspeedway in alabama. but it wasn't just a personal accomplishment. in doing so, he became the first black driver in almost 60 years to take a victory lap at the sport's top level. this bleacher report by coy wire. >> sports are tough. any sport, i can imagine, the top level is tough. it took me 143 races, i believe, to get my first win. that's a long time. i've been winless since 2014. nothing motivated me more than having a zero in that column. >> you felt like quitting at times. what were some of the factors that led into that? >> being winless. getting chewed up and spit out each and every weekend. i appreciate the people who still believed in me. the people behind the scenes pushing me to be better and then people at the shop. i necessarily didn't have that confidence, but it's nice hearing other people, make you feel good and it brings confidence for you. so surround yourself with the right people. >> you're not just any other athlete. how heavy has that crown weighed on you? >> it's what my pinned tweet is all about. i'm going to be labeled at the black driver. i've accepted it. so i'm telling you, the other people coming into the sport that are necessarily tired of hearing of the black driver, it's going to be talked about. if i've accepted it, i encourage you to and just roll on with it because it's going to be talked about for a really long time. >> how do you hope your win, your accomplishment, inspires future generations? >> representation matters. i hope a little boy or girl will witness what happened and encourage their parents to go out and buy a go cart. you start out when you're young, get them exposed. whether at the racetrack or on tv. pick a favorite driver, get hooked. understand the sport. we got a lot of positive influences coming, wanting to grow our sport. get it out to the youurban mark. >> if you're ever been to a nascar race, it is so much fun. congratulations. and what a week for space exploration. first, william shatner went to space and this morning, the first nasa mission to fly by ancient asteroids launched on its ambitious journey. >> three, two, one. liftoff. >> the lucy mission will embark on a 12-year journey to explore asteroids that are remnants from the early days of our solar system. this will help researchers learn more about how the solar system formed 4.5 billion years ago. in a new episode of this is life with lisa ling, she takes a look at conspiracy theories and social media. how algorithms that are designed to make money control the information you receive. tomorrow night at 10:00 only on cnn. and thank you so much for joining me today. the cnn newsroom continues with jim acosta right now. you are live in the cnn newsroom. a moment of solemn reflection today as president biden honored our nation's fallen law enforcement officers. the setting for the national peace officer's memorial service, the u.s. capitol, the sight of an insurrection. >> particularly appropriate today, here nine months ago. brothers and sisters thwarted an un-american attack on our nation's values and our votes.