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full-court press to save his first-court agenda and the stakes, as we keep reporting, could not be higher. he spent the day trying to bridge differences between members of the home team. this afternoon, he held three separate face-to-face meetings in the house and senate, as well as moderates and those on the left. this is a messy sausage-making process. the president is bringing people with a range of viewpoints on big important packages. he s going to be deeply engage would getting bills and legislation across the finish line. he doesn t have a whole lot of time to broker a truce with members of the home team. his trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill and the 3.5 trillion social safety net package seem to be on a collision course. democrats voting which to vote first. progressives say they ll vote no unless the larger bill is passed. pelosi, who was mobbed by cameras, seem to suggest everything was on track. are you still planning on holding the biparti ....
house with democratic leaders, at the house and senate as well as the moderates, and those on the left. this is a messy sausage making process. the president is bringing people of a range of viewpoints, on big important packages. this is going to be deeply engaged with getting bills and legislation across the finish line. biden doesn t have a whole lot of time to try and broker a truce with members of that home team. both pieces of his agenda, his trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill, and that three and a half trillion dollar social safety net package, while they appear to be on a collision course. democrats are arguing among themselves, over which one to vote on. first speaker pelosi has promised to vote on the bipartisan bill monday. progressives say they won t know unless the larger bill is passed. when she returned from her meeting today with the president, pelosi who was mobbed by cameras, seemed to suggest that everything was on track. are you stil ....
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thank you so much for sharing part of your new year s day with us. i m boris sanchez. coming up, from the capitol insurrection to election night upsets, it has been a whirlwind year in politics and we re going to break down for you the top ten political stories of the year. plus, one-on-one with outgoing atlanta mayor alicia k keys bottoms. she talks about her decision to not run for re-election and talks about her city and the pandemic. let s get a check of your top stories. good morning, and happy new year. thank you for joining us. i m ryan nobles. 2022 begins with more disruptions and a grim warning. things will likely get worse as the omicron variant spreads across the u.s. the nation broke records twice this week for the seven-day average of new daily covid-19 cases, which remained at an all-time high of roughly 356,000 new daily infections thursday. meanwhile, the faa says staffing shortages caused by covid-19 infections could lead to even more flight cance ....
week ago. but hospitalizations are increasing at a more gradual pace. four states hit their peak this month before starting to decline in just the past few days. maine, michigan, new hampshire and vermont saw more people hospitalized from covid than ever before. now new cdc guidance aims to shorten the isolation period for people who test positive but have no symptoms from 10 days to just 5 days. elizabeth cohen joins me now. give us the full details on these updated guidelines. these guidelines have their supporters and they also have their critics. sort of the bottom line, the base of these guidelines is that the cdc and other scientists learned that people are most contagious either right before they have symptoms or just for like two or three days afterwards. so the thinking is we have a shortage of essential workers, doctors, nurses, people to fly planes, flight attendants, why are we keeping people isolated if they re probably no longer contagious and they no lo ....