house. kelly, seems like what happens now? reporter: the fight within the democratic party, too, which is somewhat unusual for the big issues of the day and with very real practical implications for many americans. so the white house has gone to the end of the road of what it can do to extend the moratorium. congress has to provide a guide post for how this could be extended, as you talked about, speaker pelosi couldn t get that done and pushed it back. the other issue is the supreme court is saying an administrative fix coming from the biden administration like the cdc, can t go on beyond this past month, because they need a legislative fix. so there is this finger pointing. there is tension within the testimonyic party and there s some democrats that are saying to the white house simply extend it by administrative fiat and then see if there is a legal challenge. this white house does not appear to want to do that at this point, although they didn t
congress failed to extend a federal moratorium. now today house speaker nancy pelosi and her latest letter to house dems this morning is again punting the issue to the white house. the fight against evictions should be led specifically through the administration extending the moratorium. the biden administration is pointing its finger at the cdc after they say they couldn t act because of a june supreme court decision and the cdc say they don t have the legal authority to do anything about it. for some reasons like luis who fell behind on rent after being hospitalized. anything is too little too late. i was living in riverside until today because they evicted me, gave me three weeks to get out. i feel lost. i feel helpless. i feel like i can t do anything, even though i work and i got a full time job, it doesn t help. this is very real for so many americans. kelly o donnell is covering the story for us from the white