results. and it s what we mentioned first, because tomorrow begins a two-week period that will be critical in determining if this can become a permanent thing. the house returns in the morning and lawmakers will begin a sprint to september 27th, which is the date speaker nancy pelosi set for the bipartisan infrastructure bill the senate passed in august. what happens next on the house will set the tone for the rest of president biden s agenda, as the president finds himself and his agenda between two ideological poles of his party, both of which hold significant sway, and without any help from republicans. when it comes to democrats, there s the joe manchins of the world, and now voting rights legislation unveiled by democrats last week. manchin also says that the $3.5 trillion cost of the reconciliation bill, too high, and in a face-to-face meeting with the president on wednesday appears not to have changed his mind. in fact, axios reports that manchin wants to pause voting
population growth in america, they re also becoming key voting blocks in swing counties. joe biden becomes the first u.s. president to commemorate indigenous people s day, along side columbus day. we ll look at what this recognition means for native american communities. communitis we begin this hour with breaking news regarding a new treatment for covid-19. pharmaceutical giant merck announced today that they re asking the food and drug administration to authorize an emergency use authorization for its antiviral drug to treat covid-19. earlier this month, merck announced results from a phase three trial of their drug which found their drug reduced the chance that patients with covid-19 would be hospitalized by 50%. joining me now outside of memorial hospital, dr. azar. i want to begin with you. this merck news this morning, how significant is this development? jose, think of it this way. we have said from the very beginning that you don t go into battle with just one wea
hey, have a good rest of the day. outnumbered starts right now. let s begin with a fox news alert, the stakes are high today as voters are headed to the polls for primaries in several states. ohio s special election is getting some special attention. the house race for a seat the gop has held for decades is viewed as a big test for president trump s kingmaking abilities. or queenmaking. and may give us a preview of how the mid-term elections will shape up. you re watching outnumbered on a tuesday. i m harris faulkner, melissa francis, senior fellow for the independent women s voice, syndicated radio talk show host and fox news contributor and opinionist, leslie markel. joining us, fox & friends weekend co-host pete hegseth
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Thought among progressives, who say, do all the programs, but do them on a shorter time horizon to make sure they get in, even if they have to expire. that s one of several questions that party leaders will have to resolve. and one of the ways you know that, they re not quite there in terms of getting an agreement is that the two rival factions are not moving yet on their price tag. senator joe manchin of west virginia is still calling for $1.5 trillion. senator bernie sanders is still calling more $3.5 trillion. that s a lot of ground to make up and they only have 20 days until their new self-imposed deadline at the end of october. there s a forcing mechanism that democrats are grappling with and growing anxiety about this. that s the issue of the child tax credit. it s a centerpiece of the american rescue plan, a proud accomplishment that democrats are touting and hoping to campaign on in 2022. but there s just one problem. that money drys up at the end of this year. it expires. come
As things stand, this money expires next year. those rage moms you talked about are going to be pretty pissed, i would say, if that money drys up in the middle of an election year. it would be very bad for democrats, i would have to think, given how much this has cut child poverty so far. there s also the issue of aca subsidies. democrats have wrestled with the republicans, with the courts, for voters for years and years. they want to set the subsidy boost to expire and risk future republican congress refusing to extend them. these are the questions that democrats will have to grapple with. because in order to extend these programs permanently, they have to pay for them and live with the political hit of that higher price tag, alicia. i love that wherever sahil tells me something is a sleeper issue, because it s always something we inevitably start talking about three weeks later. i want to keep talking about the rage moms. to me, it distills this fundamental question, which is that