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But today a powerful moment of unity and silence. [ no audio ] Dianne Feinstein, the longest serving woman in the senate and a champion nor gun control and gender rights dies at the age of 90. The emotional tributes bridge a divided washington. The tension and the impact as any hope of averting a Government Shutdown is looking bleaker by the hour amid republican infighting. A key vote failing in the house today. And breaking in new york the State Of Emergency as torrential rains trigger flash floods, roadways and subways inundated. It is a nightmare for commuters. And the Breaking News for michigan the uaw president called for an additional 7,000 autoworkers to go on strike. Or nbc News Reporters are ....
You. thank you for the strength of being on with me this morning. we re having difficulty accessing your words via the internet there. it is what it is. i thank you for being with us this morning. that wraps up the hour for me. you can reach me on twitter and instagram. be sure to follow the show. thank you for the privilege of your team. craig melvin picks up with more news right now. and a good wednesday morning to you. craig melvin live from msnbc world head quarters in new york city. as we come on the air, congress is locked in a race against team to prevent economic ruin. today the senate is set to hold yet another vote to raise the debt ceiling, but all signs point to that vote failing. senate republicans have promised ....
$3.5 trillion economic package but senator manchin s $1.5 trillion top line comes in well below what officials had been pressing for and what progressives are willing to accept. all as a separate $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package hangs in the balance. short of the votes to pass. the president seeing strategic value in a vote failing on the house floor? as speaker pelosi said earlier today we are on a path to win. i don t want to consider any other options. we are working toward winning a vote tonight. reporter: leaving biden and the agenda serving as the back bone of his presidency at a crossroads. the president, the speaker of the house, and the leader have more experience getting legislation across the finish line than any group of democratic leaders in history. we re in the middle right now. it is messy this sausage making on capitol hill. with the need to square a $2 trillion reduction in a package with clear transformative goals. i want to change the para ....
Unanimously. and democrats can say, guys, we were all on board with this and we passed it unanimously, and the senate has acted and this is going to president. while you will hear the republicans today and perhaps in the many days ahead as this shutdown might drag on say this is a democratic shutdown, all of the walk-up, and the lead-up on this has been on the republican shoulder shoulders and will frankly remain so and remain at the doorstep of the white houses if they can t figure out what anybody can agree on past this next vote failing. what does this mean, ruth marcos, as garrett is describing it. there is no plan b, and so you have is a white house who does not have a defense secretary, and cabinet in disarray, and the chief of staff is leavinging and no one to stand up to the president, and no one to explain to him the bay six of legislative strategy where his own vice president signed off on this bill if they can t believe what the vice president tells them, and a former memb ....
Right? he ll be the hope and change for a lot of places that think we can make a difference and reform by people giving just a little bit, we make things more sustainable in the rong in the long run. in scranton, there are great bar there is. being an expert on you just reinforced no, go ahead. i know last calls. what we are seeing is the union s last call. it s 2:00 a.m. and the bartenders are scott walker, chris christie and this guy these are the guys putting the chairs up on the bar saying, i m sorry, you can drinks but not here. it s over. it s sad because these people are getting hurt. i used to attend bar. sean: that was my job, put the chairs up alt4:00 a.m., not 2:00 a.m. here s what i got out of wisconsin. what was so reassuring about the recall vote failing was that the message was sent, if you balanced budgets, you would be rewarded politically. in the private sector folks, they are going, we had no idea that our tax dollars were going ....