what joe biden is going to say is, look, we got you these vaccines. we got you money in your pockets. we are restoring jobs in this country, and that is because government is on your side. >> yeah, normally there are about 1,600 people in the house of representatives for a speech like this. tonight there will be 200 because of the covid pandemic. nia, the president also plans to lay out what's being described as part two of his massive infrastructure plan, but already democratic senator joe manchin is signaling his discomfort with the price tag. so is tonight more about winning over republicans or getting fellow democrats on board? >> it's about both and more broadly the american people. you look at some of the polling like this, something like 60% of americans think that this infrastructure plan is a good idea. 80% of democrats, something like 70% of independents. so if you're joe biden, you want to maintain that good feeling that most americans have about this infrastructure plan and then explain it. this administration has a very broad idea of what

and without him, chuck schumer, joe biden, they can't move forward with any of their key agenda items. obviously, that could be a problem when it comes to infrastructure, when it comes to guns. that could be a problem when it comes to voting rights. obviously, manchin very much recognizing his role, very much taking it seriously, even though he did joke with me, no, he doesn't particularly like always be the guy at the center of the spotlight. >> he certainly is right now. i understand senator manchin, lauren, also, as you know, all of our viewers by now know he has been very outspoken about his position as far as not, not eliminating the filibuster. what did he tell you today? >> reporter: well, obviously, manchin getting a lot of pressure from the left to give up on the filibuster, especially when it comes to that voting rights bill that he says he still doesn't support. here is what he said about the filibuster and how he's not ready to give up on it yet. would you be willing to pass the for the people's act by killing the filibuster? would you be willing to carve out that exceptio

. >> reporter: on president joe biden's 100th day in office, there would be no rest. biden, fresh off his prime time address to congress, marking the moment by touching down today in georgia. the first in a series of trips over the coming days. biden has now proposed more than $6 trillion in new spending with his latest proposal now on the table, laying out transformative changes to education and the social safety net for families. >> my fellow americans, trickle down, trickle down economics has never worked. it's time to grow the economy from the bottom and the middle out. >> reporter: and drawing strong gop opposition. >> even more taxing, even more spending to put washington even more in the middle of your life from the cradle to college. >> reporter: with the narrowest of majorities, it's democrats the white house is keeping the closest eye on, with crucial moderate democratic senator joe manchin telling cnn he's reviewing the proposal. >> we're looking at everything to make sure that we just don't spend money for the sake of putting money and causing more debt an

here you've got republicans fighting with one another when you have joe biden beginning to launch the most massive movement toward big government and sky high taxes and they don't even have time to talk about that because they're fighting amongst themselves. they keep this up, they're going to jeopardize their ability to win the house in 2022. >> two republican lawmakers have told cnn that congresswoman cheney's words this week were no helpful in any way, shape or form. >> i don't know if she's on an island, but she may be digging a moat around herself. i talked to a republican today who said it's not helpful because every time she's asked about trump, she answers how she honestly feels. they believe in the house caucus that either you're with them or you're not. and if you're not with them in your attitude towards donald trump, then you ought not to be leading the caucus. i think liz cheney is thinking about bigger things. perhaps she's thinking about a run for the presidency. she's not shy about how she feels about donald trump. internally now, republicans in the house have a proble

joe biden said they'd start withdrawing that date. possibly those timelines might be fudged in some way, but president biden wants to see in istanbul on saturday bring the taliban to the table with the afghan government and possibly talk about transitional government. the taliban haven't said they'll attend, said they won't attend anything unless all foreign troops are out. they had rhetoric in the past. we're into months ahead where americans say if attacked during withdrawal or partners are attacked during their withdrawal, which means afghan troops too, they'll hit back. definitely said no conditions need to be met to leave by september 11th, but there is a bit of wiggle room in terms of who might stay, who might be considered embassy security. there's one key thing here which the taliban always said, they have time, americans have the expensive watch. they've known the moment was coming, they could wait out american departure, escalate attacks to put further pressure on the afghan government. we have seen around the country in rur

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joe biden has recognized from the very beginning that his objective and our objective, which has been to crush the virus, provide direct relief to everyday americans who are struggling and lay a foundation to super charge the economy, that's not a democratic issue or republican issue or an independent issue. it's an american issue. and he's shown great leadership in that regard. >> as you know, it's typical that there's a republican response to these speeches if the president is a democrat. senator tim scott, the republican from south carolina, is going to be giving the republican response this time around. but interestingly, there will also be a progressive response given by one of your fellow new york democrats, congressman bowman. is that problematic given how essential democratic party unity will be to get the president's agenda passed? >> i don't think it's problematic. congressman jamal bowman has hit the ground running. he's doing a tremendous job. he's an important voice for racial and economic and social justice within the congress and within the new york delegation here at h

russia mounted a huge influence campaign during the election to den great joe biden in favor of donald trump. when biden came into office he called putin a killer, so this relationship did not get off to a good start but here we have a phone call that happened today. president biden we understand proposed a summit between him and the russian in the a third country, not in russia or the united states. it's unclear when or where that would happen. the white house said that it was looking to make the relationship stable and predictable, to focus less on the adversarial side of things and more on the issues. they are looking to make that summit happen. it's not quite the reset we saw president president barack obama and president medvedev back in 2009 but it does look like the president is trying to lower the temperature a little bit. >> let's see what happens and where they meet. thanks, guys, very, very much. >>> coming up, why the u.s. and china are both flexing military muscle right now in the taiwan strait. cal: our confident forever plan is possible with a cfp® professional. a cfp®

this is an issue joe biden has been working on for decades. he was involved in the first shault weapons ban and tried to get universal background tracks while he was in the on operation administration. it's an issue he accusers about and frustrates a lot of people and the pioline there is pm and bring it up now because he knows knowing will pass the senate until sock of these republicans sign on and get enough republicans to get a filibuster proof majority to do something that the public is very much in favor of such as universal bc ground checks. >> u.s.-japanese relations very strong, agree on a hole host, and how the uighurs of have are being learned. is the president. united states coming up a lot of iyke, who are very upset that he's bringing away from an earlier problem to increase the number of refugees to cause to the united states. >> of yeah, wolf, you're right. it's been a roller coaster of the day for the white house on this issue, and what they are making reference to the cap at refugees, the cap set at 15,000 refugees to be admit

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. >> we are standing by, don, to hear from the president of the united states, joe biden. he's getting ready to speak. a very dramatic moment for them, a dramatic moment for the entire country. the former police officer is a convicted murderer, he's in jail right now, our special coverage will continue of course throughout the night. e erin burnett "out front" picks it up right now. ♪ >>> good evening, i am erin burnett, our breaking news coverage continues. the george floyd's family sp speaking. i want to get to sara sidner. she's joined by george floyd's brother, philonise, sara, please take it away. >> reporter: philonise, you have been here in

biden's desk. >> at least they're working hard to try to get some sort of deal. the only african-american republican senator will deliver the republican response to president biden's upcoming state of the union address before a joint session of congress next wednesday night. what does that tell you about his power right now within the party? >> he has enormous respect within the party and is someone who is viewed in the police reform negotiation among the democrats as an honest broker in these talks. he was picked also by donald trump to deliver a prime time speech during the republican national convention last year. he is someone, as you mentioned, the lone black republican in the senate, adding much needed diversity to the republican party as a conservative and push back against the biden agenda and detail why the republicans don't believe what the president is pushing is the way to go. when we talk about donald trump, how much will he talk about donald trump, will he credit donald trump any initiatives? >> one little correction. technically, it's not a state o

president joe biden standing in the same spot george w. bush launched operations in afghanistan nearly two decades ago. >> on my orders, the united states military has gun strikes against al qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the taliban regime in afghanistan. >> reporter: biden tonight announcing to the world he will bring u.s. combat troops home by the 20th anniversary of the worst terror attack on u.s. soil. >> we went to afghanistan because of a horrific attack that happened 20 years ago. that cannot explain why we should remain there in 2021. >> reporter: a decision officials describe as months in the making, biden soliciting views across his administration and allies, coming to this conclusion. >> i am now the fourth united states president to preside over american troops presence in afghanistan. two republicans, two democrats. i will not pass this responsibility onto a fifth. >> reporter: a momentous decision fraught with potential pitfalls. u.s. intelligence community this week explicitly saying afghan gov

. >> reporter: tonight president joe biden moving up the vaccine eligibility deadline in the race against the new pandemic spread. >> by no later than april 19th in every part of this country, every adult over the age of 18 or older will be eligible to be vaccinated. no more confusing rules, no more confusing restrictions. >> reporter: the move to april 19th from may 1st underscoring the sheer scale of vaccine supply. with more than 165 million total shots as of monday night. >> yesterday we crossed 150 million shots in 75 days, the first 75 days of my administration. on our way to hitting our goal of 200 million shots by the 100th day in office. >> reporter: but also the palpable concern among white house officials in the race against the variants, with cases up for a fourth straight week. >> there are more variants and they are, some are more dangerous, but the vaccines work on all of them. so the idea is don't think that means you shouldn't get a vaccine. that increases the need to get one quickly, because that's how we're going to beat this. >> reporter: all as the white house ramps u

. >> reporter: but there are also cracks within biden's own party. the white house is defending the corporate tax rate raise even as a critical democratic vote, senator joe manchin, says he won't support it. >> some think it's too small. frankly there have been folks who have come out on both sides. >> reporter: some progressive members of the party say the package itself isn't big enough. >> in order for us to realize this inspiring vision, we need to go way higher. >> reporter: as that debate plays out on capitol hill, president biden is weighing in on another. >> i would strongly support them doing that. >> reporter: the white house says biden supports a decision by major league baseball to move its all star game out of georgia after republicans in the state passed a new voting law. >> that was their decision. they made that decision. as he stated earlier, he certainly supports that. >> reporter: biden has been extremely critical of the new call calling it a 21st century version of jim crow, but faced criticism himself after he falsely claimed the

but biden said he's open to negotiating. >> i'm not trying to punish anybody. but i'm sick and tired of ordinary people being fleeced. >> reporter: at least two c corporations, amazon and lyft, have both publicly supported the move. >> i think it's important to make investments in the country and the economy. >> reporter: with coronavirus infections rising in the u.s., passing his infrastructure bill is far from being biden's biggest challenge. >> the b.1.1.7 variant is now the most common lineage circulating in the united states. >> reporter: the cdc director confirming the uk variant is now the most common strain of coronavirus in the u.s. not just among the different variants. studies have shown it's more contagious, more dangerous, and maybe even deadlier. >> it's the most common lineage, period. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci said vaccine provide safety for six months if not longer. >> at least six months, and likely well beyond that. >> reporter: a fourth potential vaccine from astrazeneca has not been authorized in the u.s. yet. it's facing setbacks in o