like the effect it will have on insulation, energy producers, this massive bill, those odds are decreasing. white house press secretary, when previewing the call, remember, this is their second call they ve had in about a week. we learned of another call they had late last week, but white house secretary, when describing the call, she said she wouldn t view it as a negotiating table, but still wishes two people who have been in public life a long time coming together for a conversation. take a listen. the president is going to speak, looks forward to speaking directly with senator manchin about in making the case for why the president feels this legislation should move forward. he feels that they have always operated, their conversations have always operated in good faith, and he expects this to follow that same, that same
social safety net expansion. accommodating manchin s demands could deliver a fatal blow to democratic leaders hopes of getting this bill passed in the senate before christmas. cnn s jasmine wright is live in washington with more on this. many jasmine, good morning. what is manchin s goal here? what s driving this? reporter: well, look, he is deeply, deeply concerned about a couple different things, including the size and the scope of this bill. president biden in a highly anticipated call yesterday, he spoke to manchin. productive and constructive, those were the two words manchin spokesperson and biden spokesperson told reporters afterwards really describing the call. i don t know, laura, if that sounds to you like two men on the precipice of making a deal, but still this call came at an essential time. remember, we are days away from that deadline you just mentioned from senate majority leader chuck schumer wanting to passion the $1.9 trillion expansion package by christmas. with
approach. reporter: so there was psaki talking about the approach. she earlier declined to tell reporters what his message is to senator manchin. he would keep it private but discuss it at a later time as they barrel towards the deadline. after the calls of biden officials and manchin officials, the pair decided to come back in the coming days, rather, try to make some movement on president biden s very big bill. but again, they are still under this really harsh deadline just days away were the odds decreasing every day. laura? all right, jasmine, thank you for staying on top of it. covid outbreaks in the nfl and nba next. and chronicles emerging from the deadly kentucky tornadoes next. you flew from this spot here? all the way over