Underway. President biden sitting down with House Democratic leaders, this is as Congress Pushes forward with his 1. 9 Trillion Covid Relief Package. Republicans so far have pushed back on the size and scope. They proposed less than a third of that value. But democrats do have the votes to pass their own bill. Putting the president s call for bipartisanship and unity to the test. We are also watching less than an hour from now, the white house covid19 team holds a Press Conference as we get new warnings on Coronavirus Variants rapidly spreading across the country. Lets begin with manu raju on the hill. John harwood joins us from the white house. Manu, it is really interesting, Jared Bernstein said, no, were still negotiating but still full steam ahead into not needing a single republican vote. It is unlikely that this bill will win over any republicans, certainly not any Senate Republicans based on the size and scope of the legislation. They are pursuing this morning, early this mornin
dislike that trump and un have for one another and their unpredictable natures. the unpre debpredictability d volatility of these leaders is one of the risks that is entailed here. reporter: south korea and japan privately expressed concern that president trump will concede too much. and if the u.s. fails to get anything major in return, the meeting could be viewed as a propaganda victory for north korea. the other thing that might be happening is he s luring us into negotiations but then he will make demands that he knows we can never agree to. reporter: in 2000, when secretary of state madeleine albright met with kim jong un s father, the clinton administration was criticized for not exacting any major concessions from the north. the last major risk is of course failure. some republicans fear the u.s. will be left with only one good option if the talks fail. if you break off talks with no concessions and no move