Traveling through the weekend, really trying to show americans, kind of shaking them and saying, look, we are moving forward on the economy. look at all the things that we are doing, because right now polls are showing that that message is not effective and it s not getting to voters. so that is going to be the goal for the biden administration for these last months of the year. all right. jasmin, thank you. all right. speaking of inflation, inflation watch, the white house deploying covid relief funds toe lower americans heating home costs. president biden calling utility companies that receive public funding to not shut off heat and speed up aid to families. the downside of the covid recovery, the farm bureau forecasts thanksgiving dinner will cost 14% more this year. last year prices crashed because no one was gathering. the usda pegs the higher cost at more like 5%. still, prices for just about everything are rising and you ll be getting a caffeine headache.
Bred anxiety. as we see rising costs at the grocery store, at the gas pump, people want know that they are seen and we are working for them. the last remaining issues are immigration and concerns from five moderates who want an accounting from the congressional budget office. that is, of course, doesn t happen overnight. cnn s jasmin wright is in washington. jasmin, the president needs a win. can he get two today? reporter: for democrats, that surely is the plan, christine. i know we have been here before. about twice with votes scheduled and not happening. but as my colleague daniela diaz reported, colleagues told the caulk they want votes. ultimately president biden want to see getting his agenda out of the house doors. and for biden, officials told me and my colleagues that he had really been pitching that effort, calling members, trying to narrow down the list of holdouts that right now are a lot of moderate democrats trying
Going to take for them to work through it and likely with the changes, it may have to go back to the house side. but still, if this bipartisan infrastructure package passed today as democrats hope that it does, that would be a major win for the president, who at this point, really needs it. laura, christine? jasmin, so nice to see you. thanks. thanks, jasmin. let s dig a little deeper on all of this, shall we. time for three questions in three minutes. cnn s political analyst and politics reporter for the washington post. good morning. thanks so much for getting up with us. we re finally here after months of negotiation, all the backbiting, in fighting, false starts after an embarrassing election day for democrats. it looks like the two bills can finally pass. $3 trillion in spending for american families. it s just a huge deal. yeah, it is a really big deal. it s not a finished deal and completed because the social
Momentum as he heads to that climate provision to give momentum on climate provisions as he heads to the uk this weekend. now, biden himself has been optimistic saying he hopes things can get done. it would be positive for them to have a deal and a vote by the time that he heads there, but still, as of this early tuesday morning, laura, there is no deal reached. yeah, you know, deadline is always a loose word in washington. it sounds like the president s trip has added a new level of momentum this time. jasmin, thank you for all of your reporting as usual. appreciate it. what is the cost of all those new laws to vote? dana bash has the report tomorrowow night at 9:00 only o cnn. i dodon t just play someone brainy on tv - i m an actual neuroscientist.
This morning the senate democrats are going all-in on a deal hopefully to expand america s social safety net. sources say they re pushing to win over senator joe manchin who is still holding out on several key sticking points. cnn s jasmin wright is live in washington with all the details. jasmin, good morning. democrats sound optimistic. they sound optimistic that this could actually get done pretty soon? reporter: yeah. it s an all-out lobbying effort to get it done soon. that means senator manchin who is a key democrat to get to a yes on some of these hot button ticket issues. paid leave to climate change to expanding medicare excuse me, expanding medicare to closing the gap on medicaid coverage. because, remember, manchin is really integral in these