the rule which means 51 votes 50 democrats are kamala harris as the vice president breaking the tie, is the only way it can pass the senate. manchin says he has serious concerns about the way forward. he says given the state of the economic recovery, it s simply irresponsible to continue spending at levels more sulted to respond to a great depression or great recession, not an economy that is on the verge of overheating. this $3.5 trillion plan is part of the larger, more than $4 trillion worth of joe biden s agenda. the other piece, that $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan that passed the senate with 69 votes yet. that still is awaiting action in the house. nancy pelosi has made clear she will not move on that bipartisan plan until the senate moves the larger democratic plan. you can see the challenge the democrats have both from the progressives, pushing the larger plan, moderates like joe manchin raising concerns about the price tag. it s a complicated dance tha
metric tons of carbon pollution. here s another interesting element. there is a federal regulatory piece. tail pipe rules for 2026 are stricter than rules put in place by president obama, rules attempted to be rolled back by president trump. the three largest automowautoma plus the uaw standing with the president today. the president is scheduled to sign an act to award congressional gold medals to some u.s. capitol police officers. of course, we know this dates back to january 6th. tell us about it. reporter: this was kind of a long running debate in congress that never should have been a debate. 21 republicans in the house voted against it. it was passed unanimously by the senate. those joining him in the signing, we expect some guests with him. the president s never minced words about what january 6th was. he called it an existential threat to the democracy of the united states, has made very clear his views on the issue, but has also made clear that he believes they s
world, this is early start, i m laura jarrett. it s friday and i m christine romans. it s june 4th. 5:00 a.m. exactly in new york. a republican leaders have been totally up front about their objective, stop the biden agenda. but the most critical swing vote in biden s own party is not ready to abandon bipartisanship yet. with pressure building for democrats to move ahead without republicans, west virginia senator joe manchin speaks to cnn, he s dismissing calls for a special one-time exception from the senate filibuster rules that effectively require 60 votes to pass anything including an overhaul on voting rights. several key policy issues are in bim low in the 50/50 senate that includes the center middle east of president biden s agenda. a gigantic infrastructure package. now, the white house and republicans are fiercely negotiating but they remain far apart so everything hinges on manchin. democrats can t rush it with him, this he can t do it without him. cnn s manu
two of the officers are also accused of not intervening to stop chauvin s use of force, and federal prosecutors are also coming down on all four of them for not giving floyd medical aid. josh campbell is with us. he was in minneapolis for the trial. so, josh, what does it tell you about how the doj is candling police brutality cases under the numerew measure ger land admini administration? it s important to point out with these charges, this is different from the state charges that we ve seen. obviously, derek chauvin was convicted on three counts. the other three officers are awaiting their separate trials. that s been done by the state. you have the u.s. department of justice accusing these officers of violating george floyd s civil rights. this falls under the color of law, an officer abusing his or her authority as it relates to interactions with someone they re sworn to protect. this goes to show the doj is going to move fully to go after people they believe have viola
or friendship with him, end quote. a spokeswoman for mr. gates said friday he stands by his 2019 statement to the journal and declined to comment any further. cnn has hasn t independently been able to verify the journal s reporting of why ms. gates was seeking divorce and the couple hasn t commented publicly beyond their initial twitter announcement. according to journal sources and documents reviewed, melinda gates said their marriage was irretrievably broken and a spokeswoman for ms. gates didn t respond to questions. jessica, thank you very much. top of the hour. thank you for staying with us. i m victor blackwell. i m alisyn camerota. president joe biden promised to work with republicans on many big-ticket items and this week that promise will be tested. last hour president biden laid out another piece of his covid recovery plan and pushed back against republican claims that he is sending the economy into a, quote, tailspin. so, some months will exceed expectation