individual soccer team who have come out and spoken against china, some of the policies against china, and they have essentially, the organizations that support them have essentially backed down and those stars this essentially sort of gone away in terms of their criticism so that is very, very different turning point and it will be interesting to see what happens now. yeah. their lights have dimmed. always good to sigh. have a great holiday week and thanks for being with us today. yes, thank you. all right. straight ahead. president biden s nearly $2 trillion social safety net package is new on its way to the u.s. senate. how democrats man to get it across the finish line. that s coming up next. an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan from unitedhealthcare. medicare supplement plans help by paying some of what medicare doesn t. and let you see any doctor. any specialist. anywhere in the u.s. who accepts medicare patients. so if you have this. consider adding this. call united
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i when it s going to happen. it is a sweeping $1.9 trillion bill, dramatically expanding social services for americans, working to address the climate crisis, increasing access to health care, and delivering aid to families and children. the bill is the pillar of the president s domestic agenda, and passing it would really be a major victory for his party, even if it faces an uphill climb in the senate. so let s get right there now to cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean. jessica, hello to you. it has been a very big scramble today after the congressional budget office came out with its score on the president s social safety net package. where do things stand right now, ma am? well, right now, don, we are waiting for house minority leader kevin mccarthy to wrap up his remark, and it could be a while that is certainly the feeling here. right now he s got what they call the magic minute. that means there is unlimited time for him to talk. and if anyone is taking a look
working to address the climate crisis, increasing access to health care, and delivering aid to families and children. the bill is the pillar of the president s domestic agenda, and passing it would really be a major victory for his party, even if it faces an uphill climb in the senate. so let s get right there now to cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean. jessica, hello to you. it has been a very big scramble today after the congressional budget office came out with its score on the president s social safety net package. where do things stand right now, ma am? well, right now, don, we are waiting for house minority leader kevin mccarthy to wrap up his remark, and it could be a while that is certainly the feeling here. right now he s got what they call the magic minute. that means there is unlimited time for him to talk. and if anyone is taking a look at the house floor, there is a big binder in front of him that he is reading from. so a lot of material there. so he is going to
it is the top of the hour. here s our breaking news. the house expected to vote tonight on president biden s build back better bill. let s get you live to the capitol now. there it is, where the house minority leader kevin mccarthy is trying to stall the vote as long as he can. there he is doing his thing on the floor. whenever he wraps up democrats are set to pass the sweeping $1.9 trillion bill, dramatically expanding social services in the u.s., working to address the climate crisis and delivering aid to families and children. this is a huge part of the president s domestic agenda. but still faces an uphill climb in the senate. we re going to talk about all of it. first up, though, i want to go to our congressional correspondent mr. manu raju for the very latest. he s at the capitol. good evening to you. very latest on the vote for the president s social safety net package. what do you have? reporter: well, it s uncertain because kevin mccarthy is on the floor. they don t have fil