our colleagues, the reality is, this is too important for the country. we need to get both bills done. reporter: now, while congress is pushing for that november 15th date to have this voted on there are a couple of roadblock s or speed bumps. congress is out this upcoming week. they are out the week of thanksgiving, and they are out starting december 13th, for the christmas holiday. and they ve also got more than just bbb to focus on. they have to fund the government, they have to raise the debt ceiling. they have to pass the ndaa, the defense authorization act, and do this bbb as well. so a lot going on here on capitol hill over the next couple weeks. kendis. kind of surprising they didn t take up world peace while they re at it. solve that problem. gary and lauren, thank you guys. how will the white house celebrate this win? we re going to dive into what all this means for the president and the party ahead of the midterms.
transported and the age range, that s the shocking part for me. of all those people that were transported, all the victims range in age from 10 to mid-20s for these folks. it was a very young crowd there to watch travis scott in concert there last night. we are going to continue to monitor. but breaking news in washington, a major win for the biden administration, we expect to hear from the president at 9:30 this morning to talk about the historic infrastructure bill that s now awaiting his signature. yeah, after months of negotiating a victory for democrats on the hill, the bill touches on a lot of different parts of american lives including bridges, roads, energy transit systems, broadband internet and clean water. our coverage begins with nbc news white house reporter gary grumbach on capitol hill. and lauren egan. how can i forget you, lauren. let s talk about how hard the
democrats in tuesday night s elections. now, as you mentioned we are going to hear from the president at the white house in just a few hours. he s going to speak there before coming here to rehoboth, delaware where i am last night. he shared a written statement, writing in part that last night s step was monumental. he called the infrastructure bill a once-in-generation bill that will create millions of jobs, turn the climate crisis into an opportunity and put us on a path to win the economic competition for the 21st century. so the president has viewed this bill as a really legacy defining moment for him, and i expect to hear from him in a few hours that he s going to echo a similar message, kend is and lindsey. thanks to lauren ebegan. gary, to you, there s a long way to go for the biden agenda. where do things stand on that even bigger, more expensive social spending bill? reporter: hey there, kendis,