motors all wrong? john: electric vehicle push the latest issue fueling criticism that president biden is out of touch with everyday americans. sandra: barely been 24 hours now since the big celebration at the white house, the president celebrating his massive climate and social spending plan yesterday, even while rising inflation numbers sent the stock market into a tailspin. welcome back, as america reports rolls into hour two. we are keeping our eye there in the motor city, i m sandra smith in new york. great to be with you, john. john: i m john roberts in washington. the president in detroit. the city where thousands of workers are losing their jobs in the name of going green. prices continue to hammer american families. people are hurting, and then they look at washington and they say how are you not noticing? how does joe biden have a celebratory speech as the numbers come out knowing that people are hurting? john: senator rick scott is standing by. first to
infrastructure bill within the last few days and an estimated $1.85 trillion for the build back better act. of course, we re seeing numbers 1.75, 1.85, some are estimating it as over $3 trillion. the reason there s not a specific number is because the senate has not put its paws, some people would say, on the, so there may be stuff taken out or added in. when president biden was asked about this on the south lawn yesterday, neil, he said he believes this will happen at least after thanksgiving, it could be before christmas, and that s where may see the numbers go up, go down. it all depends on what the senate wants to do, largely too kyrsten sinema and joe manchin. neil: right. whatever they do has to go back to the house, so this is pretty nasty. david, thank you very much. david spunt with the president many wilmington, delaware. by the way, there is a gap here
nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts, for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn? neil: step one done. the house approving that massive spending plan. the price anywhere from $1.85 trillion and some say double that.
tens of millions people getting vaccinated. a great story here. all we are talking about are debates on capitol hill and what we can agree on. bill: 1.85 trillion. there is a lot of junk in there. there is a provisions that give tax deductions to newspapers and media companies across america based on the number of employees they have. is that the job of government? i would be careful on that one. that is being supported by ruppert murdoch and put it in there for him. let s be careful on that one. if you look at the whole package. bill: with all due respect no matter who supports it, that s something we need to know. the process has just been so fast. continue. i m sorry but at some point it has not been they ve been talking about this month after
1.75 trillion to 1.85 trillion so the wardon school at the university of pennsylvania seems to think it s much higher and senator lindsey graham weighed in on that last night. they went through the $1.75 trillion bill and found out it s really more like 4 trillion, because there s so many gimmicks in the bill. griff: let s talk about the math in the senate. if, indeed, much later today, speaker pelosi can pass both of these bills the social spending bill will go to the senate where it is almost assured dead on arrival because senator manchin has so many objections and the math in the senate, the democrats can t afford to lose one single vote with people like manchin and sinema sitting on the fence. it s going to be very interesting we re just getting started here very important for our viewers to know if you pop popcorn to watch the historic vote you ll have to wait several hours before that happens. brian, ainsley, and steve? brian: griff thanks so much i appreciate it and obviously