larger reconciliation bill in a year. reporter: also what he wants to see inside of that package, it just appears that democratic leadership perhaps didn t listen or didn t take him seriously enough. but look, this is where we stand now. after that meeting yesterday, the house and the senate went home for the weekend, although senate is expected to return in just a couple hours to continue to take up that surface transportation authorization. but as we stand now, progressives and moderates very far apart and speaker pelosi painting a rosy picture in her dear colleague which is a little rosier than what s on the ground. we have at least one senator waiting to have an interview about this in just a moment. julie, thank you for that. let s go to heidi prison bow la at the white house. the president was there on capitol hill, he was trying to help move things along. did his visit have the influence he hoped it would get.