good morning. thanks for waking up with us. it's sunday, november 14th. i'm boris sanchez. >> i'm amara walker in for christi paul. good morning to you. you look great in burgundy red. >> you too. >> thank you. >> solid choice. >> setting you up for that. a lot of news to get to this morning, after months of negotiations, debate and delays, president biden is getting ready to sign the bipartisan infrastructure bill into law. >> the white house says the president will highlight how the $1.25 trillion bill benefits middle-class americans. the signing ceremony is said to include members of both party and mayors and governors. >> the other major piece of the biden agenda, the build back better plan which hinges on west virginia senator joe manchin. democrats will be back at work tomorrow trying to coming up with a version of the social spending bill that manchin will support. >> an elusive target it's proven to be. cnn white house reporter jasmine wright joins us now from the white house. the president hitting the road this week to sell the infrastructure plan. a lot of americans, though, concerned about the price of things. inflation, rising dramatically. what is the biden plan to address inflation? >> reporter: well, boris, that big bill the president is scheduled to sign tomorrow is going to be a part of that plan, really as officials hope that this bill, once it is kind of in motion, is going to start tamping down on some of those inflation concerns. tomorrow's a big day for the president as he signs the first part of his two-pronged economic agenda after months and months, as you just said, and he's invited, rather, both republicans and democrat to kind of participate in this. it's two-pronged as the conversation revolves around inflation and higher gas prices and more for everyday goods that americans are spending. the president is hoping that really signing this bill and getting it in motion will show the country that democrats are able to deliver and produce results, and it really, hopefully, as officials have been touting over the last few weeks, is that they believe that this bill, in addition to the build back better plan that has not yet been passed, will really start tamping down on these inflation concerns as they continue to call it a top priority and a big deal that they know that americans want them to respond to. we will see the president yet tomorrow really expected to sign that bill and then we'll see him take the country, he's going to new hampshire and michigan, to sell the components of this large bill, showing that americans his administration works. we will see the rollout of cabinet officials doing the same over the course of the few days, really trying to cement what is a -- what they call a major victory for the president for this infrastructure bill. as really the economic concerns start to circle around this administration. boris, christi? >> jasmine wright from the white house, thank you so much. house democrats hoping to vote this week on president biden's build back better plan as jasmine noted. if they do the focus will shift to winning over one key senator and that's west virginia's joe manchin. >> manchin. that's right. cnn congressional reporter daniella diaz joining us now from capitol hill. good morning. so where do things stand with the president's social spending plan? >> amara, boris, now that the house has passed this bipartisan infrastructure bill that jasmine mentioned that will be signed by president joe biden tomorrow, all eyes turn to this massive economic bill that would expand the nation's social safety net, the second part of the infrastructure agenda that white house wants to pass. this bill would have funding that would combat climate change, would have universal pre-k, expand child care, expand the child tax credit. these are provisions that would help americans directly, which is why progressives and moderates and democratic leaders want to pass this bill as well as the white house. there are still a lot of issues up in the air with this bill, of course, as you mentioned, with senator joe manchin not offering assurances yet that he would support this bill. of course democratic leaders need his support for this bill to pass. the senate, some of the issues he's raised concerns about, is about the country's inflation, concerned that this bill would make inflation worse in the country short term based on research he has. he's pushed back on provisions to reduce methane emissions, opposed a medicare expansion. he's demanded changes to the tax provisions in the house proposal and resisted measures aimed at helping undocumented immigrants that is currently a provision in the house version of this bill. meanwhile, a group of house moderates say that they won't vote for this bill until they get a final cbo score, the congressional budget office score that would say how much this would cost which is not out yet. the goal here is to try to have the house vote on this bill the week of november 15th, but without that cbo score, it's unclear whether house moderates will get behind this. not only is the economic bill a pressing issue here for congress, democratic leaders have to deal with the debt ceiling, the limit that -- the deadline for that is early december, as well as congress has to address government funding that is also set to cease, the deadline is also early december. these are really pressing issues that congress is going to have to deal with. of course, democratic leaders are concerned about the debt ceiling because they are going to have to go at this alone without republican support, something senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has said again and again to lots of issues here when the house and senate come back this week. boris and amara. >> it is a full plate for congress in a short period of time. daniella diaz, thank you. monday is also said to be a full day for president biden. he's not only signing off on the infrastructure plan, he's also holding a high-stakes summit with chinese president xi jinping. the two leaders have spoken twice by phone this year, most recently a 90-minute conversation on september 9th. >> but this is the first virtual meeting between the two since biden became president. cnn's david culver has more. >> reporter: the leaders of the world's reigning and emerging super powers, heading into a much-anticipated virtual summit, as bilateral ties largely remain in deep freeze. >> the summit is a preliminary sign that the relationship between the u.s. and china is getting back on a more normal track. >> reporter: u.s./china relations have been growing more tense since 2018, when former president trump launched his trade war over beijing's alleged unfair practices, slapping massives tariffs on chinese goods. the downward spiral worsened amid the covid-19 pandemic as washington accused china of covering up its mishandling of the virus that would bring the world to its knees. a transition to the biden administration did little to ease tensions. an early meeting between senior u.s. and chinese officials, marred by fiery exchanges. recently, though, signs of progress. a high-profile chinese tech executive detained on u.s. charges in canada, was allowed to return to china. last week both countries coming together in a joint effort to fight climate change, a heated rhetoric at times softening a bit. >> we welcome the competition. we're not looking for conflict. >> reporter: in a letter published last week, president xi said china is willing to enhance exchanges and cooperation across the board with the u.s. >> both sides need establishization of the relationship which would allow both powers to peacefully coexist in the future. >> reporter: the two sides still at odds over a wide range of thorny issues, from mounting military tensions across the taiwan strait and in the south china says, to tech and cyber security to human rights. likely topping the agenda experts say is what plunged u.s./china relations to a historic low to begin with. might lead to a thaw in ties between the two biggest economies. david culver, cnn, beijing. no doubt this is going to be a very important meeting. joining me now to discuss is cnn global affairs and staff writer for the new yorker susan glasser, and tyler pager, a white house reporter for "the washington post." welcome to you both. susan, what do you think the tone will be of this meeting, considering i mean we just heard david culver lay it out there, tensions have been rising between the superpowers. ? >> first of all, remember, this is going to be another remote summit meeting unfortunately. president biden was hoping to meet xi in person, but xi has not left china in two years since the beginning of the covid pandemic. it's going to be yet another virtual meeting two years into the zoom era. we know that's not ideal for establishing a personal relationship, so it's a summit, but it's still, you know, a summit at a distance. tai taiwan has been a major point of friction in recent months and it's notable you had secretary of state antony blinken speaking in advance of this, but trade is going to be the key question. we don't know very much, interestingly, this far into the biden presidency, you know, they've stuck which president trump's tariffs and that's clearly not really the biden [ inaudible ] so i think one key impression is do they come out of this with a market change in tone or not when it comes to economic relations between the two countries. that's what i would be looking for. >> and tyler, i mean the two leaders already have a history, right, and a rap port? we know that president biden met xi just before he became president in 2011. do you think president biden will be able to leverage or use that existing relationship to his advantage and what could be tough talks? >> yeah. that's something the president when he was running for president often talked about quite a bit on the campaign trail, making the argument that he was best prepared to lead the united states on the world stage, and china has been -- and he has tried to make china at the forefront of his foreign policy, underscoring the need for the countries to both cooperate while they are also competing. i think this is a key first step in trying to do so. as you mentioned, they have talked since biden has become president but this is the first face-to-face virtual opportunity that the president of the united states has to really make the case with his chinese counterpart to try to move forward on some of these critical issues. as susan outlined, trade is going to be at the forefront of this meeting, but there's a whole host of issues that united states president is going to try to address that includes climate change, both countries announcing this week that they're going to work together to try to limit global emissions as the two biggest emitters in the world. they also want to work on nuclear proliferation. at the same time there are critical issues they don't see eye to eye on, the military buildup in the south china sea, taiwan, human rights violations, so i think this is an important test for the president, how he strikes that balance between seeking cooperation while also being tough on the chinese. >> yeah. absolutely. he'll have to find that balance. susan, you were mentioning taiwan as one of those prickly points of tension. do you expect a lot of tough talk from president biden? how do you think that conversation regarding taiwan will go? it was just a few weeks ago that president biden in a town hall on cnn said that, you know, if taiwan were attacked by china, the u.s. would defend taiwan. >> well, that's right. that was seen as a major sort of gaffe essentially, violating the u.s. kind of unstated policy of ambiguity when it comes to how much we would defend taiwan. the reality, i think, is that military analysts believe china has the ability, if it chooses to do so, militarily. the question would be, that could be an incredibly destabilizing move and really overhaul the world order. the u.s. has tried to signal in ways, but biden can't get too far ahead of himself. remember, one thing to look for also is that the chinese staged this very showy confrontation with biden's officials at the initial meeting between, you know, top diplomats of the chinese government and the new administration back in alaska a few months ago, so, you know, that hangs over the relationship too. the other thing is, biden has used what to the chinese are very inflammatory rhetoric, human rights is the center of our foreign policy he has said, the competition in the 21st center is between the west and autocracy like china and russia, polarizing to the chinese rhetoric, and so will we hear more of that or will biden, you know, sort of sit down and roll up his sleeves? the other thing that's very notable is the timing of this summit from a chinese domestic point of view, coming right after a major party [ inaudible ] that essentially cleared xi jinping to have a third term in office, getting rid of the pattern that had emerged in recent decades of not only consensus leadership, he has become a very almost a signal authoritarian leader as opposed to a type rule. also extending his power and his tenure in office in a way that leaves him as one of the strongest chinese leaders in decades. i think if biden is serious about his rhetoric when it comes to democracies versus autocracies that is on the table and the context for this meeting as well. >> that's a very important point you mention, especially with president xi jinping coming into this meeting just after see mentioning his power, at least for -- cementing his power for at least another five years or so. tyler, you're mentioning trade as well. we know that china has been pushing for relief from the hundreds of billions of dollars of tariffs that were imposed under president trump and interestingly biden left those tariffs in place thus far. do you think president biden might budge on that during this meeting? >> i don't think we'll see many new agreements or changes to the arrangement in this meeting. u.s. senior officials have downplayed the likelihood of something along those lines or any sort of maneuvers that way. obviously trade is going to be on the agenda. that is something president biden will undoubtedly bring up. i think u.s. officials are also concerned that china is not holding up its end of the arrangement of the 2019 trade deal that president trump negotiated. i think that is where i think we'll -- biden will address is ensure that china tries to meet some of those commitments they made of buying u.s. products. again, i don't think we're likely to see any sort of changes or budging as you said from president biden in this meeting. i think this is an opportunity to open the dialog and try to work towards some cooperation where they can, but i think it's unlikely we 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what else do we know about what she's going through? >> we've not been given any more information than that. it was a last-minute announcement. there's a huge amount of attention on the queen appearing. we haven't seen her in public for a long time, so everyone was excited to see how she was doing. it has raised a concern that we've spoken to our royal sources and we're being told that back strain is unrelated to the reason she's been canceling other engagements recently. that was on medical advice she needed to rest. so they're calming tensions to say this is a different reason. she was planning to go. the other reason, you know, as a brit, it's surprise nothing to the see her here, as this is one of the events really in her diary, it's very much part of the rhythm of public life. she always tries to go. she served in the military in world war ii, of course, and she's only, you know, missed this event six times in the past, twice because she was pregnant, and four times because she was abroad. it's really surprising not to see her there. the source did address this when i spoke to them just a couple hours ago. the queen's deeply disappointed to miss the engagement which she considers one of the most significant engagements of the year. just to add, boris, she has, despite the fact that we haven't seen her in public, she has been working still. she's been doing these remote engagements. zoom calls effectively from windsor castle. they call that light duties i'm told by the source she hopes to continue her light official duties next week. they're trying to, you know, address the concern, but not to overworry people at the same time. >> well, we hope that she recovers swiftly and that we'll see her out in public again soon. max foster, thank you so much. let's talk more about this with cnn royal commentator and historian kate williams. kate, i mean, we know that this is a significant event for the queen, something she does not like to miss. are you concerned about her well being right now? >> yes. you're right. just as max is saying, remembrance sunday so significant for her, both as commander in chief of the armed forces and as someone who served during world war ii, being there for the veterans is so important. it's really something that she would do anything to go to. so it really does show how significant it is, how she's not missing lightly, she is in pain. a lot of us who have suffered from a back ache can sympathize. it is worrying the queen is in so much pain she can't go to this. she's 95. she's always in marvelous health, the health of a 40-year-old. it is poignant reminder that the queen is nearing 100. she's not so young anymore. remembrance day event i've been there a few times and it is a long day of standing in the cold. if you have a back ache it would be bad for you. >> you remind us of an important point, the queen is 95 years old and really, it's remarkable just how sharp her mind is and the fact that her body seems to keep up most of the time, except for this particular day. at some point it seems she really needs to slow down. what does this all mean for the future of the queen's reign, kate? >> you're right. because the queen really has turned monarchy into a very active role. she's not like the monarchs before that were reserved that the palace didn't do so much. she's been around the world more than 40 times, traveling, doing outings. her engagement schedule is exhausting for anyone 30, 40, 50 years younger let alone someone nearly 100. really now she does have to really do more of what max was saying, light duties, zoom tone calls, because the huge amounts of travel is really quite a strain on her. i think she's as sharp as a tack and determined to be there and wants to be the monarch, i suppose -- until she's no longer with us. it's quite hard for her. we all admire the strength she's got and her work ethic, but a lot of us are saying you can take a step back, your majesty. you don't have to be out doing things every day. we understand. >> absolutely understand. these are live pictures there from london as the celebration is getting under way for remembrance day a time that the country stops to honor british service members. kate, when do you think we might see the queen in public again? >> yes. ever since she had her hospital stay three weeks ago, her first hospital stay in eight years, astonishing really her incredible health, couple glimpses of her driving around windsor but haven't seen public engagements. which is why we were so looking forward to seeing her today. i expect to see her over the next couple weeks, more zoom speeches, but she would hope really within two or three weeks to be doing some kind of in person engagement, even if it's something less of a strain, something at buckingham palace which doesn't involve a huge amount of standing up. for back pain there's really not much you can do apart from rest. you have to rest and take it easy. when you're the queen, someone who is one of the most active people in the united kingdom, that's going to be very difficult for her. >> absolutely. i'm sure difficult for the people who were really looking forward to seeing the queen once again in public. if my eyes are not deceiving me, that looks to be prince william there on the side greeting the members, service members. kate williams, we'll leave it there. thank you so much for your perspective. and also more than 20 years after her death, princess diana's story is having a moment. go inside her lasting legacy on a new episode on the cnn original series "diana" tonight at 9:00 on cnn. we've been talking all morning about surging prices for everything. gas and groceries. now get ready to shell out more for your christmas tree. up next, the factors that farmers say have impacted this year's crop. so no hiding under your pillow, or opting for the couch. your best sleep. all night. every night. save up to $500 on select adjustable mattress sets during the black friday event. 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