constructive the conversations were. he is going to have his sleeves rolled up and be very engaged moving forward. reporter: yet the president s schedule didn t indicate that today with all meetings being conducted at the staff level. the president will not be meeting with lawmakers today. we ll see. the president is always open to meeting with discussing and communicating with lawmakers. there is a lot of work that needs to continue that can happen with senior staff members. reporter: a lot of work indeed with the $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan up for a vote early next week. along with the broader $3.5 trillion plan to expand education and health care, address climate change, and more. on capitol hill, cnn s manu raju pressed speaker pelosi on the plan cost. have you settled on a price tag no, we didn t talk about that. this is not about price tag. this is what is in the bill. reporter: it is of course about both but pelosi remained optimistic democrats would
dollar agenda. nbc news has now confirmed the president is on the verge of announcing a new framework for his human infrastructure bill. one that the white house says is expected to win unanimous democratic support. but expected, did you hear that, expected, under line it, that is the key word. we just got the details of what is in the framework, including the overall price tag of 1.75 trillion bucks. but as of now, there s no way of knowing if everybody is going to sign on. as we speak, this very moment, the president set to meet with house democrats behind closed doors on capitol hill. he s going to be looking to seal that deal. let s bring in nbc white house correspondent monica alba, big day, leann caldwell. and eugene daniels. monica, congressman dave cicilline was supposed to be joining us at this moment but he s waiting to talk to the president. you got the details what s in this thing, what s in the plan? reporter: i can tell you that the president is delayed. he ha
president biden. anderson cooper will join me in just a moment for a preview. you can see that live location there in baltimore, maryland. first, we have breaking news. the fbi just confirming the human remains found in that florida nature reserve are indeed those of 23-year-old brian laundrie. the news coming exactly one month after we learned that laundrie s fiancee, gabby petito, was murdered in wyoming by strangulation. tonight we re also learning about a crucial piece of evidence that could shed light on how petito died. a note booker discovered near laundrie s remains we re learning tonight is possibly salvageable, according to a source. leyla santiago is live. i know you had a chance to speak with an official from north port police moments ago and have learned ed new details about w they founding near brian laundrie s remains. what did you find out? reporter: we ve learned that the belongings and the remains were found about a 45-minute walk from this entrance to the
this is cnn breaking news. two prominent members of the oath keepers are being sentenced for their actions on the attack on the u.s. capitol on january 6th of 2021. the judge saying the actions of stewart rhodes, the founder and leader of the far right group oath keepers amounted to domestic terrorism, that he is going to be sentenced to 18 years in prison. kelly meggs also being sentenced. we have cnn crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz joining us. this just broke. tell us the very latest. reporter: right, so the judge has just delivered the sentence to stewart rhodes. he will be spending 18 years in federal prison for the crimes he committed up and until january 6th as he gathered oath keepers to washington, d.c. and they went inside the capitol, when he was leading the organization and wanting to essentially foment violence in the united states because of the transfer of power from donald trump to joe biden. the judge is just finishing his speech to rhodes and d
york. john, hello to you. john: hello to you, sandra. i am john roberts in washington. this is america reports. president biden and speaker mccarthy are working to nail down a deal. mccarthy says that could be any day now. despite both sides struggling to find common ground. sandra: the stakes couldn t be higher. rating agency putting the country s aaa rating on negative watch now as we approach the deadline. house majority leader steve scalise takes us inside the negotiations when he joins us live next h hour. let s go to the hill. what s the mood there? hey there, we are closer and closer to a deal, probably won t happen today according to folks that are close into the meetings and negotiations. this is all about leverage. and we are seeing clearly now that democrats don t really have much of it. a progressive chair woman a mill a eye a pal wouldn t admit to tanking a supposed bad deal if presented by the white house, and that is a huge take away because we are talk