took the dangerous move of taking direct aim at the warren wing of the party by declaring that the president supported the big spending package which contains added funds for financial regulatory bodies. president obama is working the phones, trying to get enough democrats on board. the white house has dispatched denis mcdonough up to capitol hill. joining us, donna edwards of maryland. also with us, nbc's luke russert. give us the sense of this. what's at stake here tonight in this big battle led by elizabeth warren of the senate, against the white house? >> well, this is fascinating. because since president obama has took power back in 2009, january, we've never really seen this full on division between house democrats and the white house. and nancy pelosi, along with elizabeth warren decide to plant their flag in the ground about the dodd-frank provision that was inserted into the spending bill. i spoke to a lot of house democrats today and they all said, we're in a "no" mood. we don't want to go forward and help out the banks, but we're sick of being cut out of the