Bipartisan deal with his bipartisan group of lawmakers outside the white house. they were celebrating. we still don t have actual legislation yet. we don t have bill text. they are working to figure out how to pay for this. they do not have 60 votes. they aren t going to get joe manchin to change his mind about the filibuster. that is the issue that is stuck. you have the issue of immigration that they are basically trying to push through in this broader infrastructure and social safety net bill that they will try to pass along democratic lines. i think that will be really long shot too. i think they have a lot of work to do and we are at a critical moment whether or not the president s agenda can really move past that covid relief bill they passed earlier this year. thanks to all of you. jim, i will tell you one
Forward. the idea anybody would be playing politics with an attack on the united states capitol, i m dedicated to make you are sure this investigation holds those accountable who did this and ensures it never happens again. the american people deserve that and that is what we re going to do. reporter: so much has shifted today. one thing hasn t. next week we are going to have that first hearing of the select committee where they will hear from capitol hill police officers and plmetropolitan pole officers about what they encountered as the mob was storming the capitol on january 6th. that is not going to change according to sources cnn is talking to tonight. jim. all right. lauren fox, thanks and standby. we ll be back to you in a moment. now to president biden and his reaction to the new turmoil surrounding the january 6th investigation. jeff is back with us in cincinnati, ohio at the site of cnn s exclusive town hall. as we stand by for the town hall
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Consistency and if that is hollowed out, that will have broader consequences for u.s. national security policy. we re also told john that bolton was reluctant to go on television and strongly defend the president s policies because he strongly disagreed and that the president was irritated with him. part of the job, national security advisers don t like to go on television, they like to be behind the scene, but on an issue like this, afghanistan policy and peace talks for him not to want to go, there s significant sign that not only was he reluctant to be out in front, but maybe he had reached a lel of policy difference with the president and it was time to move on. john, thank you. jim, we ll be getting back to you. you have new reporting that you want to share with our view eer. we ll get get back to you soon, but joining us now, a democrat who seves on the intelligence
And others many of those folks one by one have disappeared. it s interesting because there have been three national security advisers. the president has to hire a fourth now. that has to be a trick can ki job. colin powell described it as truant officer, fireman, chaplain, psychiatrist and the occasional hit man. so it s a tough job in any administration, but i can t imagine how much more difficult it is to do it when the boss himself, the president, wants to be all those things as well and take away any influence you might have. that s my big concern is whoever comes next hopefully will have somebody will have the access and influence to tee up the right options and help the president make the most context yul decisions going forward. jim, the white house expected during was responsible for a whole bunch of leaks to the news media including his opposition to the president inviting the taliban leadership to camp david. the president apparently did not like it being public