he was talking about going to the white house correspondence dinner. you write about this conversation. the former president says, jonathan is very cool, he told zeke miller. he is like my son. trump then proceeded to reenact a conversation with his son. "do you love your dad?" "uh, i don't know." "he does, but it is too cool." he was comparing me to his teenage son, and comparing my lack of excitement at his appearance at the dinner with his son's reluctance to say out loud that he loved him. >> many surreal moments, so i don't know if it was the moment, but it was certainly in the top five. i got summoned, along with my fellow leaders of the white house correspondence association, to the oval office the day after super tuesday. this is the beginning of march. it's a week before the world shuts down, united states shut down because of the pandemic. trump is -- i was told the subject was the white house correspondence dinner. just a wild scene. first of all, they bring us into the oval office, then leave to go get trump to bring him in. we're standing

he argues in the white house. certainly the roadblocks on the domestic agenda for the biden white house has caused him some challenges throughout this campaign, so we have really seen terry mcauliffe focus in on tying his republican candidate to the former president donald trump, and this is something that he argued up until the end in his closing arguments last night. >> trump has now endorsed him for the tenth time today. today, today! donald trump issued two statements attacking me and endorsing glenn youngkin. today, two. what does that tell you? >> they're scared. >> little maga people not excited as you thought. >> people have been exhausted the last four years from donald trump. clearly fatigue and exhaustion from trump. >> reporter: now, notably terry mcauliffe falsely claimed in his closing argument last night that glenn youngkin was doing an event with trump as part of his final pitch. that is not correct. youngkin did not appear at a teletown hall with the former president. the former president just dia

house, these groups that were working outside of the white house, the trump campaign, these other groups stopped steal, other organizations that could perhaps build this case of a coordinated effort to try to drum up all of this angst across the country related to the election that then served as the precursor to what p happened on january 6th. clark did show up to be interviewed by the january 6th select committee but once in the room he doesn't answer questions. he couldn't because of executive privilege and attorney client privilege, a lot of legal experts believe those claims probably don't have a lot of merit. the committee is taking the step and will move quickly with a business meeting. it could be voted on the house floor as soon as thursday and will be in the hands of the department of justice. >> i want to ask you moving this forward more because we're waiting to hear ryan from the national archives and have to turnover the records from the white house. tomorrow the appeals court will hear the former president's case so what do you expect there? >> yes, so this is a key step in

, senate, and white house. there were some differences at the end and we'll deal with those as we go forward. what will happen is the -- we have different committee system in the house than they do in the senate, so this bill will now be reshaped to their committees. and at that point, we'll see where we need to, shall we say, reconcile our differences. but at the end of the day, we will have a great bill. mr. pallone? >> yeah. i mean, look, the fact of the matter is that over the last few months, and particularly in the last few weeks, we have been working with the senators not only manchin and sinema but also with the chairs of the committees in the senate. so, you know, i'll use two examples. one is on the drug pricing, right. i mean, we've been basically drilling down and getting sinema's input, getting schumer's input, and so i do believe that the drug pricing provision that you see is it. i mean, i don't know. i guess there could be some changes, but i don't think they're significant. and the fact that we

the white house sees a turning point and democrats, well, they better hope that's right. a cnn poll releasing right now finds a majority disapprove of the president's job performance and nearly six in ten americans say the president is not focusing enough on the country's biggest problem. plus, the biggest question in the world. are we close to the end of the covid pandemic? today word pfizer wants the okay to offer vaccine boosters to all adults. >>> and former president obama visits the global climate summit and throws some shade at donald trump. >> we've got our contentious battle. it's one of the things about democracy it turns out you don't always get your way. my successor maybe wasn't as interested in climate science as i was it turns out, but there are a lot of people in the u.s. government who care about this deeply and work really hard and are invested. >> we begin the hour though with the current president and the giant turnaround challenges he faces between now and the mid-term elections exactly one year from today. our brand new cnn poll releasing right now s

state department and including the white house. a lot of people don't understand you can't just board a flight and leave afghanistan. there are multiple networks you have to pass through. one is the taliban, state department, and then where is going to be your final destination. so it makes it very, very difficult. another piece to think about is these girls that we talk about, they can't leave their homes right now for fear of retribution by attending the american university of afghanistan, which is now occupied by the haqqani network. jim, just to kind of paint the picture, the 5,000-square-foot former women's economic empowerment center used to serve as a safe haven for girls to gather and study. it's now the haqani's network main operation center. so the irony in all of this -- >> a terrorist organization. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> absolutely. a terrorist organization. the same haqqani network that launched the attack at the university in 2016, killing 15 faculty and students, that is who is now inhabiting it. >> yeah. kelly, we kno

comcast business powering possibilities. >>> a white house divided. insiders reveal to cnn vice president kamala harris is growing increasingly frustrated behind the scenes. she is feeling sidelined, set up to fail, and handicapped in her own presidential ambitions. this is according to more than three dozen sources who spoke to cnn, some on background, some on report. alice stewart who is a former communications director to ted cruz, and maria cardona, a cnn political commentator and democratic strategist. i love having you both on. >> we love being here. >> we have new reporting we can talk about tonight. this reporting from isaac dovarand jasmine right saying democrats, as we know, they face a steep uphill battle to maintain their slim control of congress a year from now. how damaging could this dysfunction and infighting be that is laid out in the report that is mainly, we should be clear, between the aides, the staff of those in kamala harris' side of the house and president biden's? >> i think that is a critical point that you just made, pam. lo

the white house says it is monitoring the incident. the atf and fbi are assisting atlanta police and we'll keep you updated as we learn more at the incident earlier today. >>> in the meantime, president biden's agenda is back on track. at least for now, after being delayed by historically long speech by kevin mccarthy. a speech that lasted more than eight hours. the house finally passed the build back better build bill on friday. it was met with cheers and celebration from democrats and crickets from republican, but now comes the hard part. getting it through the senate. eva joins us now from capitol hill. eva, how is the president reacting to the bill getting one step closer to reaching his desk? >> jim, president biden is describing it as just that. a giant step forward toward creating jobs. you know, it's no surprise that we heard that jubilee from house democrats on the floor on friday morning because many of the policy priorities in this bill, they've been advocating for for decades. now, let's talk about what is actually in the b

phil mattingly at the white house. let's turn to the republicans and eye popping idea about who should be the next house speaker if the gop were to win back the majority next year. listen to what the former white house trump chief of staff mark meadows is now proposing. >> i would love to see the gavel go from nancy pelosi to donald trump as -- you talk about melting down. people would go crazy. as you know, you don't have to be an elected member of congress to be the speaker. wouldn't you see -- she would go from tearing up a speech to having to give the gavel to donald trump, oh, she would go crazy. >> let's discuss with cnn political commentator republican congressman charlie dent and cnn correspondent jamie gangel. so charlie, as a former house republican yourself, what is your reaction to this suggestion from mark meadows that former president trump should actually serve as the next house speaker if the republicans regain the majority next year? >> i think it is a terrible idea obviously. but i think this is reall

what's so disturbing about this is it was coming from inside the white house, from the white house chief of staff to mike pence's team, to his top aide. what do you make of the amount of pressure pence was under to overturn the election? >> well, no doubt he was under tremendous pressure to overturn this election, and i think, you know, incredible that he stood strong and did his duty and certified the election results as was the right thing to do. but knowing the dynamics here between the trump team and the mike pence office, this was something i've apparently seen firsthand before on how this sort of dynamic plays out. but i can imagine that the amount of bullying internally, the amount of intimidation, and when you're in a situation like this, it can be frightening, because you know that there can be consequences where people's lives potentially can be put at risk depending on the actions of these individuals. and we saw that play out before our very eyes on january 6. >> we did. a short time after president trump made his comments about the stop the steal rally, we saw rioters stormi

house to mark meadows to outside the white house, steve bannon. they're laying the groundwork and showing the ropes to others. it's not to say that some of them won't feel compelled to go, but most of them likely will follow the lead of the others. then there's also the possibility that they could follow the jeffrey clark example which is saying yes, i'll show up, but then show up and not say much. what they understand more than anything is the calendar. and the calendar right now is a year until election day, a year until the balance of power will once again be determined by the voters in what is already a very, very narrow margin by the democrats, and republicans are hoping and expecting that that goes away and they take control. as soon as that happens, this select committee, which is not a commission because republicans blocked that, will almost surely go away. >> asha, you have all the individual battles here over, for instance, the documents on friday, but you also have the broader war, if you want to call it that, to properly investigate ja

steve bannon did not work in the white house. yet he is claiming privilege. these people will certainly try and claim that which is why they are sort of waiting on what merrick garland decides to do at doj. . >> in that clip we saw kayleigh mcenany lying to the american people. it's not a crime to lie to the american people. if it were she would have been charged on the first day as press secretary. what do you think the committee is looking for here. what do they want to know? it's not just did the president tell you to go out there and lie to the american people because, of course he did. >> well, they are looking to see what steps were taken within government that led to the january 6th insurrection. of course over 500 of the insurrectionists have been paying the price one way or the other. the criminal justice system, but no one has been charged with who funded it. how well organized was it and who was in on it. these could lead to charges of conspiracy, rico charges, obstruction of congress and also questions on whether donald trump incited an insurrecti

what could we learn from these white house records? who knows? there is a whole bevy of things. >> yeah. i mean, we know what the committee is interested in right? we know that the committee is interested in piecing together the build up to january 6th, the plotting and planning, and who was involved with that and how close did that get to president trump and was he directly involved in any way. the day, itself. everything that was going on around the president on the 6th of january. and of course the aftermath. so we know that they're interested in finding out sort of precisely through those days leading up and the day of the president's movements. who was around him. what were the conversations taking place? you mentioned, you know, it is up to the current president to assert privilege. joe biden made a really big decision a couple weeks ago when he came to the conclusion that he was not going to assert privilege. we know and the white house asserted again today in a statement, don, that joe biden is committed to a full counting of what occurre

she's in the white house. and i can tell you, she is doing a fan -- phenomenal job as vice president. >> ron klain, appreciate your time. thank you. >> thanks, anderson. >>> more ahead including the top house republican after days of silence weighing in on the animated video congressman paul gosar put out depicting him murdering a colleague, threatening the president. we will have congressman kevin mccarthy finally came up with and what it says about the party he leads, next. nicorette knows, quitting smoking is freaking hard. you get advice like: try hypnosis... or... quit cold turkey. kidding me?! instead, start small. with nicorette. which can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ got a couple of bogeys on your six, limu. they need customized car insurance from liberty mutual so they only pay for what they need. what do you say we see what this bird can do? woooooooooooooo... we are not getting you a helicopter. looks like we're walking, kid. only pay for what you need

jeff zeleny is outside the white house this morning. jeff, the president is waiting a few days to sign the infrastructure bill that passed congress the end of last week. what event is he waiting for? >> reporter: he's waiting simply for senators and representatives to come back to washington. congress is on their recess this week, which means the vast majority of this bipartisan group has left town. the president, of course, spent the majority of his time in the senate, wants there to be a big event here at the white house. he wants to shine a light on the fact that 19 republicans in the senate and 13 republicans in the house joined virtually all democrats to vote for this bill. the white house wants to give a little attention to this. the reason why is his approval rating, he knows the american people are not necessarily understanding everything that is in this bill. the white house believes that by biden beginning to explain it, they can begin to make the case. you can see the approval ratings right there. look at the strongly disappr

meanwhile, questions remain about former white house chief of staff mark meadows. the committee has threatened to seek criminal contempt charges against him as well but have yet to take that step. >> i think we will probably make a decision this week on our course of conduct with that particular witness. >> reporter: what that decision is remains an open question. but the committee has not ruled out any option. >> this was an assault on a peaceful transfer of power and we do need to hear from these individuals and we'll use every means necessary to compel them to speak to the committee. >> reporter: in this battle over the access of information there will be a key court hearing tomorrow. the committee going up against the former president donald trump and his lawyers at the appellate level as donald trump attempts to appeal a lower court ruling that would allow thousands of documents from the trump white house to go into the hands of the committee. trump and his legal team arguing it should be protected under executive privilege. the committee is arguing they need

for democrats and the biden white house. democratic leaders are projecting confidence going into today, saying there will be a vote, both on the social spending bill, and the infrastructure bill. but certainly they will be sweating out each and every minute of what likely will be a very long day up here on capitol hill. now, overnight there was a series of late last minute negotiations, closed door meetings that ultimately pushed a plan vote for last night into today. there was some negotiations around a big sticking point, which had been state and local tax deductions, that will now be capped at $80,000 a year. also going in today, big questions coming from moderate, very vocal in saying they only want to move to a vote today on the social spending plan if they have a score from the nonpartisan cbo congressional budget office. they said they need that to go into a vote today. here's what one moderate told us late last night. >> i think until we get some of that information, it would be irresponsible until we get the final t

. >>> right now the white house is coming to the defense of vice president kamala harris. press sec tar jen psaki tweeting qut, vp is not only a vital partner to president biden but a bold leader taken on key important challenges from voting rights to addressing root causes of immigration to expanding broadband." >> there is the tweet there. new reporting suggests there is some tension building between the west wing and the harris team. edward isaac dovere joins us with more. i wonder the source. is the vice president's team disappointed with the roles they've been afforded by the west wing? >> reporter: that's part of it. also part of it that is some folks in the west wing the first year of harris' vice presidency and pretty much throwing their arms up as they think about the dysfunction that has continued to plague it, a lack of focus they see in the office and all of this is wrapped up in the concerns people have, many of them harris loyalists, people who want good things for the vice president and her political future. they don't think enough is done to position her we

the white house covid response team says the u.s. has far more tools today to fight variants than this time last year and is urging everyone eligible to get a booster. >> so, when we say that although

and the white house has acknowledged that. so i think that is the challenge for the president and for these cabinet secretaries out on the road selling this bill as not just talking about the changes that it is going it have but the bigger issues of what is going to change immediately which is of course what so many voters would like to see. >> kaitlan collins and manu raju, thank you both. >>> now travis scott's attorney is speaking out about what rapper knew and didn't know as his astro world performance turned deadly. that is coming up. (vo) wildfires have reached historic levels. as fires keep raging, the need to replant trees keeps growing. so subaru is growing our commitment to protect the environment. in partnership with the naonal forest foundation, subaru and r retailers are proud to help replant 1 million trees to help restore our forests. subaru. more than a car company. sustainability is essential to creating a better tomorrow. that's why cisco is committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2040. and we believe ou

that's something the white house wanted. >> it is something the white house wanted. and it would be a very, very good result for the white house to pull this off because impressions have been this was falling apart and it would be very helpful to the president if he could get this infrastructure bill done and if he can win virginia tonight. you put those two things together and he's -- the presidency gets more back on track. but i don't think it's an international matter that glasgow turned out to be a success. this was going to be the biggest environmental gathering in years. every environmental activist was looking forward to great results coming out of this. if you are an environmental activist you can't help but think this was a severe disappointment of the top six nations, the top six emitters of carbon, only one, the united states, under joe biden, has actually stepped up and been hard nosed about this. the other five nations in the top six, they disappeared on this. they didn't come or they lowered the bar as india did. putin doesn't come from russia. very imp

so what is the white house -- do you think they're messaging this well? some of these things are out of their control. not much he can do to lower gas prices but how are they handling their aspect of the messaging? >> i think the administration is playing catch up here because they were slow to recognize the severity and the long-lastingness of this inflation and its potential political risks. as you may recall just a couple of months ago, are the line was this is going to ease very rapidly. this is going to be transitory. and it hasn't so far. at least whatever this transition is taking an awfully long time. one other thing to get out of this move is, if gas prices do come down, they get to take credit for it. even though what they are doing most economists will tell you is a little bit like spitting in the wind. >> the fact that the four people at this table, foive people at this table all agree with you there's probably some core essence of truth here. like it's not going to change gas prices in time for thanksgiving. everyone thinks it probably will a

is it the current occupant of the white house or the former? >> this is a key ruling we're waiting for now, laura, after the hearing and the arguments because if the d.c. appeals court says trump has no privilege or certainly has no blanket privilege, he might argument about this document or that document, then what right does any other witness have to say a then i have a privilege? >> absolutely. she's exactly right, the judge, to talk about the idea what it actually comes down to. remember, the executive privilege is not belonging to the incumbent. it's the person in the presidency. the former president can no longer veto, no longer the commander in team and their powers are limited even with regards to privilege asergsz so this judge on the three-judge panel know exactly the issue here. remember, there are going to be instances, john, where the assertion of the privilege might be more valid than others, but a blanket assertion that says you can't have any document even when there's an exception here which is valid, a potential criminal act,

trump and also the former white house ethics czar. good you have to here. circling back to the documents and the hearing under way right now involving former president trump trying to shield certain documents from the january 6th committee, how do you read the judge's comments? she seemed to have criticism for both sides here. ana, thanks for having me back. thought she was far more skeptical and critical of president trump's claims of executive privilege. she did have some tough questions for the house of representatives but they had good answers, ana. on the -- on the challenge to president trump she made the point, look, you're no longer, sprump no longer the president. the current president says these documents should be released, isn't that it the end of the yaert. that's correct as a matter of law. that's the basis of her decision. she said she would be expedition and she brushed aside claims that there was kind of an injury that would justify the preliminary relief that the president wants. on the side of the house of represent

bannon was out of the white house in 2017. i will be candid that mark meadows has a better case with both. the other person you identified there, jeffery clark came in and provided about an hour of answers but still complied with the subpoena. it will be very hard the law requires you to respond. meadows is a different case. the former president will have a stronger presidential claim. you need to come in and on the account of that fact. in open defiance of the subpoena for the call to have to make. >> democrats would be vocal in wanting to be proactive and make these subpoenas to carry weight. the sources didn't think that this was such a simple choice. what does the whole process tell you about garland and the way he's been running the justice department. that ought to carry weight and to step in to enforce them. it is just not going to be efficient to charge every single individual who violates a subpoena. in the jeffery clark example, sometimes people don't come in and answer a lot. sometimes they come in and give some doc

the real rule the white house has had -- role the white house has had is through their counsel's office and as it relates to executive privilege. the president and his lawyers have made clear they're waiving executive privilege as it pertains to the specific issues that the january 6th committee is investigating related to the attack on the capitol and the lead up to that. it's not just speak to steve bannon, it's other officials, as well, including former chief of staff mark meadows. as it pertains to bannon, the counsel's office was clear the fact that bannon had no role in the white house at the time that this transpired, the idea that he would have any privileged claims weren't in existence based on what the counsel's office said. steve bannon in "peril" by bob woodward and robert costa said he wanted to strangle the biden presidency in his crib. at this point in time he will now have to face the justice department at some point in the weeks and months ahead. >> so what lies ahead for bannon after he turns himself in on monday? earlier, one legal expert explained the process step by

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christine romans is our business correspondent and john harwood is at the white house. as we look at what is happening on capitol hill, what we're getting in terms of those numbers this morning, there is a lot for white house to be happy about this morning. christine, break the numbers down for us. what does this tell us, especially the revisions for august and september? >> remember how concerned we were about the variant and holding back this summer hiring lull that we saw. it wasn't as bad as we thought. when you look at august, at first the government said there were 366,000 jobs created in august, they've revised that to 483. that is a really strong month of jobs gains. you look at september. they said 194,000. we were disapossibilitied by that number. it showed sort of this american engine of job creation slowing. that was revised too. these in normal times are verier big, big numbers. another 531,000 in october. it paints the picture of american employers who are aggressively hiring. you heard the labor secretary talk about how broad based the hiring was. it was

let's go to cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. it is shaping up potentially to be very good day for the biden administration. not just a jobs figures, but possibly, right, finally moving on infrastructure and build back better. >> yeah. if the president gets both of those, this is going to be one of the most significant days of his presidency. it would not just be that bipartisan legislative victory he likely gets if they do pass this infrastructure bill as the house says they are set to do so right now. also in addition with this jobs report. and we know we are going to hear from president biden here in the next hour on the jobs report numbers. he's already scheduled to give those remarks and this is going to be something where the white house is looking forward to these remarks compared to in the past where they tried to spin them, it has been months where it is undercut the assessment. this is good news for the white house. if they get both of these today. importantly, it comes in the context of several weeks that have not been

the white house covid response team says the u.s. has far more tools today to fight variants than this time last year and is urging everyone eligible to get a booster. >> so, when we say that although these mutations suggest a diminution of protection and a degree of immune evasion, you still, from experience that we have with delta, can make a reasonable conclusion that you would not eliminate all protection against this particular variant. and that's the reason why we don't know what that degree of diminution of protection is going to be, but we know that when you boost somebody, you elevate your level of protection very high, and we are hoping, and i think with good reason, to feel good that there will be some degree of protection. >> cnn international correspondent david mckenzie is tracking the many developments for us from south africa. what's happening there, david? >> reporter: alisyn, there is lots that is unknown about the virus, but here in south africa, they're very concerned about those many mutations and despite all the

arlette saenz is at the white house. arlette, that number crunching could take up to a couple of weeks. how will the white house capitalize on that time? >> reporter: well, pamela, the white house is hoping to build off the momentum of passing that bipartisan infrastructure proposal to get that larger social safety net spending bill across the finish line. one of the issues at hand is that upcoming cbo report that moderate democrats have demanded. they want to see this nonpartisan analysis of the pay-fors for that larger spending package before they have a vote. now, they have agreed to have a vote no later than the week of november 15th. once it does pass the house, if it passes the house, it still needs to move on to the senate where senator joe manchin and others have said they want to see changes made to the bill. one of the things in the house bill he takes issue with are paid family leave. these are all issues that need to be ironed out over the course of the next several weeks. manchin has been a key holdout senat

do you agree, what kind of villain do you think that the white house needs? >> i'm not sure that that was the thesis of the piece. i wasn't inventing villains. but in virginia, where i live, i know some democrats in real time evaluated all the youngkin ads that were the most effective. and the one that was most by quite a bit was he is going to cut the grocery tax in virginia. i have lived in virginia for a long time. there is a sales tax that i guess applies to groceries. all the other stuff, critical race theory, all the other stuff, it was cutting the grocery tax because people are so sensitive to inflation. so just brings home the point that you can have low unemployment numbers and get no credit and inflation takes off, and people are worried about inflation because if it keeps going and the fed has to tighten, then you can get in the worst of both worlds. you can get unemployment going up, interest rates start to go up and you still have some inflation and that is the nightmare for the biden white house. as for a villain, i don't know. >> this idea that

so the white house wants more schools to host vaccine clinics. in a letter to school superintendents, the biden administration notes there's ample funding and resources to help from the american rescue plan that passed earlier this year. the white house also notes information and encouragement directly from schools could help raise vaccination rates. but do you worry that many schools might just not want the headache? >> well, first of all, it's a great idea. so those schools that are willing to do it would certainly be a major contribution. it does remind one of the polio days. you're trying to mass vaccinate children. sometimes the easiest way is through schools. but, obviously, i think the fallback is going to be when pediatricians offices. >> since vaccines for children 5 to 11 became available last week we've seen an overwhelming response in some parts of the country with parents lining up with their kids to get shots but then one father in the d.c. area told us that he waited three-plus hours to get his kids vaccinated. think about that for

the white house said they should be released. so far the courts have affirmed that. >> paula, there's new reporting on the committee's frustration, let's call it, with former chief of staff mark meadows. talk to us about that. >> victor, this is really big. originally when this investigation started, in speaking with former trump administration officials, they thought if anyone would be protected by privilege it would be former chief of staff mark meadows. if anyone would get any modicum of protection, it would be here. here we're learning that the committee's patience is running out with the former chief of staff. he's been put on notice by the white house that they don't plan to assert any privilege. if anyone was going to get protection, it would likely be him and the white house counsel. the biden administration saying there would be times when we would assert privilege, but this is not it. we've seen from white house counsel and president biden that they believe what happened on january 6th was extraordinary. that is not wha

you need to ask somebody at the white house about that. everybody i'm talking to, they're worried about gas, worried about groceries and everything else you're buying. this is unsustainable. they're wanting to spend more money out there. people have got to get realistic with real economics. >> president biden was asked about the cost of everything going up, he said this is a sign more needs to be done to repair the economy. a cnn poll released this week shows a third of americans say the economy is the most pressing issue facing the country. boris? >> thank you so much. >>> look, it is not just atlanta or the u.s. dealing with these economic issues, it is a global thing struggling to recover from the pandemic. after months, still not running at full capacity. thousands of u.s. companies that rely on cheap raw materials, overseas manufacturing, and shipping are trapped in the current supply chain crisis. every day, we see cargo ships stuck at sea, packed crates waiting to be unloaded. just take a look. as of yesterday, there were 83, look a

white house fiber officials. they include well known figures as stephen miller, blast from the past who made numerous false allegation about voter fraud in the 2020 election and encouraged state legislatures to appoint alternate electors. also, kayleigh mcenany, the white house press secretary who said at her very first briefing, i will never lie to you. and so, her lies began. and eight others including some lesser-known people who played key roles in their attempt to overturn a free and fair election. joining us now, robert costa co-author with bob woodward of the best-seller "peril." good to have you on. if you look at the ten latest subpoenas issued today, what do they tell you about -- or do they tell you anything about the direction of the january 6th committee, where they are heading in the investigation? >> number one, anderson, they are casting a wide net. they are -- they are bringing up names that are well known, like stephen miller, general kellogg, but also some lower-level trump white house aides tr

with the white house directly. did the white house at any point tell you it is time? it is time. >> the white house has been clear that they want both bills passed. and they would have loved to see whatever we could get passed passed as quickly as possible. my job is to represent 96 members of the progressive caucus. i made it clear to the white house that once we got both bills together, and ready to pass, and passed both bills, that our members would vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which, by the way, nobody has covered this, that's kind of a huge thing, there are a lot of people who did not like the bipartisan infrastructure bill, but what we are saying is we're part of the democratic party, we will vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill, and we expect that our colleagues across the democratic caucus will vote for and pass the build back better act. >> the reason i was asking about the white house relationship is one of the things i saw over the weekend was your colleague and member of the progressive caucus ro khanna went out and did the sunday sh

then white house physician dr. ronnie jackson over trump's results. so what are you looking for in president biden's physical results? >> well, he is 79 years old tomorrow. we know -- we have some idea of his past medical history, and we're going to look for specifics about, you know, his overall health but also addressing some of these things in his history overall. i can show you some of those things quickly. he has a history of atrial fibri fibrillation, an irregular heartrate. he takes a pill for high cholesterol. he had brain surgery for cerebral aneurysms. he's been monitored for that. shouldn't expect anything new there. but want to hear if there's any updates. obviously he had his colonoscopy today. i want to see if there's any results from that, any concerns based on that. so those are the big things. but they hopefully will provide a briefing, tell us about all the lab results and imaging tests they've gotten, and we'll see what they all show. >> all right, dr. sanjay gupta, thanks so much. >> thank you.

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it's a big day for this white house. what about the senate, this being the first tay of the rest of the white house's life? how are they going the handle this going forward? . >> it is a big day, but not the biggest day for the white house. they know they have a long road once it's in the hands of the senate. with the exception of kevin mccarthy speaking for 8 and a half hours, pretty simple road to get this passed right now. it had not always been so before. the senate is where the real challenges remain. or there still a lot of issues with this. one, just getting this bill off the ground. you have seen senator joe manchin. he is not hiding what he is thinking here. he is making clear he is not completely convinced that he is ready to take up this bill once it makes it to the senate right away. democratic leaders would like to get all of this wrapped up by christmas. that timeline seems very iffy if you were talking to democrats and people inside the white house. of course we shall see what happens there. you it's not j

what can the white house do? they can cut trump tariffs on chinese imports. they can cut steel and aluminum. they can tap the petroleum reserve that. will be temporary relief for gas prices and they can cut regulations, for example, to fix the trucker shortage and port backlogs. they feel like they are making progress on that front. the throughput is getting goods from the ships into the rail system and transport system in the u.s. here's janet yellen. >> the pandemic has been calling the shots for the economy for inflation and if we want to get inflation down, i think continuing to make progress against the pandemic is the most important thing we can do. >> many economists say the blame for the inflation is covid. you know, the economy was depressed and shut down and roared back to life. the economy is strong. it's the down side of the economy. for senior citizens there will be a 6% increase for cost of living. that's important. and a reminder that many working families and families are getting up to $300 a month per child in those expanded tax credits. so,

our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is working the story for us. notable tonight in baltimore, the president addressed the very real concerns over inflation. tell our viewers what he said. >> reporter: that's exactly right, wolf. the president laid out an honest saedment of a reality that inflation is not temporary. the price increases are problematic and at this point they're not decelerating. they are accelerating. and that is a significant problem for the administration. both on political and policy grounds. and the president is making clear his administration sees it and is trying to address it. >> today's economic report showing unemployment continuing to fall, but consumer prices remain too high. the american people miss this economic crisis, the economy is showing strong results but not to them. they're still looking out there. a gallon of gas to loaf of bread costs more and it's worrisome, even though wages are going up. we face challenges and have to tackle them head-on. >> reporter: the way the white house is trying to do that is through

house -- at least from what they are saying -- a disconnect from what the current white house a saying about their understanding of this situation and where they see it headed versus this ser pension that as you said, you have a president literally asking members of his party, do this, i need this. and we are drifting on several hours now. >> david -- >> anderson, here -- here -- here is the thing. anyone who believes -- any democrat who believes that they can somehow separate themselves out from a president of their own party and be successful if he is not viewed as successful, hasn't studied history. if -- if -- you know, one of the problems on tuesday was that joe biden's approval rating was down there at 42, 43%. and that's a significant headwind for candidates of his own party. if that is the case a year from now, and it may not be. the economy could improve. we could be through the virus. things can change. but -- but certainly, passing these bills would be part of making that change. if -- if -- if we're -- we are in a year where we were on tuesday, a lot of these members are no

so, as we know, house democrats huddling right now with white house officials on getting these bills to a vote regardless of what we heard from senator manchin this morning. i guess the big question at this point is, is there actually going to be a vote today? >> reporter: that is still unclear. in fact, at this meeting that's happening down the hall from me right now, they have not been told exactly when that vote will be. what they are instead doing is going through the bill section by section, trying to outline some of the last-minute changes that have been made. this is a 2,000-plus-page bill, at least $1.75 trillion, packing all aspects of the american economy. one thing white house officials are indicating in there is they believe it will raise $2.1 trillion in revenue. they argue there might be some deficit reduction as well as part of an effort to raise taxes on a wide range of matters. but there's not been an official score from nonpartisan budget keepers about what exactly this bill will cause to the economy. that is creating some members pause. they want to see that before

of the realms of official white house business. and if it didn't, i would argue that is a huge hatch act violation. but there is that and communications about whether you're using a personal device or an official device. there is plenty of bandwidth where the committee to try to get information and i'm hoping this indictment will encourage people like mr. meadows to simply cooperate. congress is a co-equal branch of government and all of us who collected white house taxpayer salaries knew we had an obligation to answer to the public on what we did when we were in office. >> what do you make of him defying the deposition, not showing up and so forth? >> i think for a lot of folks they generally don't realize their not in power any more. so a lot of that -- that confidence that you might have knowing that you've got a lot of authority on your side when you're in the white house, you don't have any more. you have to answer to the powers that be and by the way, as conservatives as a republican who believes in the rule of law and the co

is the white house considering that? >> that is certainly not something i have any sort of a readout on at this point. the tool that we're talking about today is 50 million barrel release from the strategic reserve, it is already showing up and dampening oil prices. >> jared, i hear you on that. a ban on oil exports, do you have a concern that it would, you know, back fire, it could make oil cost more? is that a concern that you and the president have? >> i think when it comes to oil, you're generally really talking about a global market. so one country's actions like that may not affect the global price. i think when you get this many countries tapping their reserves, then you will see as i mentioned i think a bridge price coming down until the global market price normalizes and the supply demand mismatch eventually fades. >> all right, let's talk about inflation as you see it as the white house sees it, what is the role of corporate america in inflation as the president's currently seeing it? >> well, one of the things

according to the white house, with the new varpt. and we wore wondering when this would go down across europe. the u.k. the first to act on this just yesterday. in fact some of the restrictions were coming down as people were still on board flights in the netherlands, a plane filled with hundreds of people emptied out in amsterdam and all of the folks have to stay cordoned off in one part of the airport until they figured out exactly how to deal with the restrictions. thankfully here this is not happening as fast. although we'll see how the airlines react here. we know that delta and united are the two airlines in the united states operating flights between the united states and south africa. delta does that flight three times a week between johannesberg and atlanta and then newark and johannesberg. they were monitoring this today. and the department of transportation and the cdc and the state department are monitoring as well. and this is created a little bit of chaos in the travel space in europe. the international air transport a

he's been out of the white house for years. but mark meadows was white house chief of staff at the time. so many of these other individuals worked in the white house at the time. joe biden, the president who actually it's up to, in terms of waiving or asserting executive privilege, has said no for meadows, for example. but might courts see it differently? >> yeah, i think the different people have different levels of argument they can make. among the whole crew and it worked out this way for a reason, steve bannon has the least. he wasn't in the employ of the executive branch at the time. he was an outside person. he also was completely blanket refusing to come testify. you'll see that jeffrey clark, a former doj official, basically did what steve bannon did but in a more subtle way. showed up. showed respect to the committee. invoked privilege at various junctures. answered some mundane questions but that's a way of showing respect for the committee and reasonableness in the minds of that person. so someone like mark meadows h

look, white house press secretary jen psaki said everything this white house does with the first female vice president is historic. the hour and 25 minutes, president biden was receiving a colonoscopy was the first time a woman has held those powers, even on a temporary basis. the president went through that colonoscopy as part of his annual physical exam. he called at 11:35, both the vice president and his chief of staff ron klain and made clear he was out okay and feeling well about things. we also, wolf, just got a copy of the summary of the president's physical. which we're still going through, but the bottom line right now in the first read through from kevin o'connor, the physician to the president is president biden remains a healthy, vigorous 78-year-old male fit to successfully execute the office of the presidency to include those at head of state, chief executive and commander in chief. president biden earlier today told reporters he thought it was good and nothing had really changed from his last examine in 2019. the president is 78 right now. he turns 79 tomorrow. >> happy b

you have former white house chief of staff mark meadows, kash patel, deputy white house chief of staff dan scavino who all engaged on some level but have yet to sit for depositions and there is no evidence they have supplied documents. these six all have a deadline of november 23rd to submit documents to the committee, and they have all been scheduled for depositions, some at the end of november, others at the beginning of december. and the committee has promised if they don't comply, they'll take whatever action necessary to make sure that happens. ryan nobles, cnn, on capitol hill. >>> late monday, mr. trump asked a federal judge to stop the national archives from giving the committee some of his presidential records. trump argues they should remain secret as long as he's fighting in court, claiming executive privilege. the judge has not made a decision. if the court doesn't intervene, the national archives is set to hand over the records friday. they include white house call logs, video logs, and schedules, and handwritten notes from trump's chief of staff. >>> the current white hou