getting in the ideas about me when i next time i show up. which who knows when that will be. well france s ambassador was never recalled. that s correct. . you can talk about how smooth things remain, there was absolutely no cloth flicked, no conflict with france whatsoever. yes francis i have never been on speaking terms in the first place, so for us there was no relationship, but i m glad to hear that you re fine. i thank you rachel. well today president joe biden took over the negotiation among democrats on help to pass the two track biden infrastructure legislation in congress. the president began a series of meetings today with democratic members of the house and senate beginning at the top with house speaker nancy pelosi and senator majority leader chuck schumer. as usual there are no real reports of what was said in that private meeting, but i can guarantee that having been in such oval office meetings, when i was working in the senate. that chuck schumer
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 still plan
He doesn t want to raise the ceiling to want to repeat. it healed around us here at the last word with the latest on the debt ceiling the two track infrastructure bill, and more. that is tonight s last word, the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. and good evening once again the 246 of the biden administration, and briefly hear our breaking news tonight has to do with those booster shots. the fda has now signed off on a third dose of the pfizer vaccine for people 65 and over as well as those at risk of severe disease. the cdc is expected to weigh in with more specific guidelines within the next day, or so. it s complicated. that news comes as president biden is on a full court press to say his first term agenda. and the stakes as we keep reporting, could not be higher. he spent today getting his own democrats on board trying to bridge the differences between members of the home team. this afternoon he held three separate face to face meetings with the white, at the white