we ll bring you that live when it begins. with me now to take a look at this, nbc news white house correspondent, monica alba, an msnbc anchor and nbc news senior correspondent and correspondent and the star of my life, stephanie ruhle, who is at a logistics warehouse you wish! in carlstadt, new jersey. monica, this has to be good news for president biden and democrats, especially after what they suffered last tuesday. absolutely, san jose. the white house is already celebrating this news, calling these numbers extremely encouraging, and arguing it s evidence that the president s plan to combat the virus and to try to get the economy on this road to recovery is working. so i think that s what you can expect the president to talk about a couple of minutes from now. he s going to say that for months, they seen these trends, that they feel like were pretty incrementally promising. that now are really showing what he s going to say is longer-term growth. and something that has pr
there s huge demands because of ecommerce. all of these, though they re difficult for the moment, are positive signs. consumer demand is up, retail spending is up. people have saved their money and they re out there working and spending. that s a functioning economy. my two good friends, stephanie ruhle and monica alba, it s so nice to see you both this morning. now to capitol hill and what is shaping up to be a huge day for house democrats after months of wrangling, delays, and intraparty fighting, the house is set to vote on two key parts of the president s agenda. a $1.75 trillion bill aimed at reshaping the social safety net and the bipartisan infrastructure bill, approved by the senate nearly three months ago. president biden working the phones overnight to make sure all democrats are onboard. with me now is nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ligh ann caldwell. what can we expect to see as the day goes on? reporter: good morning, jose. what you can expect to see,
minutes. i want to bring in ligh ann caldwell. shannon pettypiece, and tony ropp, and john bresnahan. let me give a caveat to viewers before we start. we re not sure what the next 60 minutes may entail. members of congress are supposed to come to the set, supposed to go to the house floor for a vote. we re just along for the ride. bring us up to speed. the vote to fund the government, looks like we re on track to avoid government shutdown, fair? reporter: that s fair. we re all along for the ride. none of us know what s going to happen ted, welcome to capitol hill, that s often how things go around here. the easy part which you wouldn t think that would be the easy part given the partisanship of capitol hill and dynamics of the democratic party, but funding the government, they left it to the last minute.
turn the tables on the latest accusations of his election interference. plus, next hour some really disturbing video to show you. anger in a texas community. after body cam video emerges of a police officer and a teenage girl who needed help and then what happened next. you don t want to miss that. but we do in fact want to begin on capitol hill where the senate is back in session as they await the finalized text of a massive infrastructure bill. majority leader schumer said just hours ago the bill will be done being written imminently and then move to the amendment process will be completed in a matter of days. ligh ann caldwell is following this for us on capitol hill. imminently, leigh ann. as i think back to my s.a.t.s, that meant any moment, right? right. not quite sure that was the term leader schumer should have been using, but where are we on this?