>> reporter: debbie blunt is living her dream. and teaching others they can too. >> you made an impact on people's lives. that's why we're here. you're an inspiration. >> well, just doing what i want to do. if that's the case, then awesome. >> reporter: as the student athlete on a golf scholarship, debbie has a simple plan, keep her scores down, keep her grades up. on the course, she's pretty consistent. in the classroom, she's got a 4.0. and she has been nominated homecoming queen. martin savidge, cnn, waleska, georgia. >> what would debbie blunt do? that's what i'm going to ask myself from now on. >> he's telling her story in her own time. i love it. cnn's coverage continues right now. >>> very good thursday morning to you. i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm erica hill. it is crunch time for president joe biden's agenda. hours from now he's set to take questions from voters at a cnn town hall hosted by anderson cooper. the president is sure to be pressed on his ambitious yet unfinished agenda. as he works to bridge the divide within his ow

let's bring in the deputy whip of the congressional caucus, debbie dingell. thank you for being with us. i want to ask you about a $2.1 trillion compromise framework that we're hearing about that is on the table right now between democratic leaders and the white house. what can you tell us about this? >> you know, there are a lot of discussions going on between the white house, senator schumer, and speaker pelosi. and i want to make just a couple of comments. everybody keeps wanting to focus on the division in the democratic party. here is the reality. for our democratic caucus, failure is not an option. we know we have to deliver. there are a lot of healthy discussions, a lot of -- look, it is not been -- i called it at the beginning of the week, a week from hell and it is. i'm going to tell you something different, i'm actually seeing people talk to each other, to listen to each other, to hear different perspectives, to legislating, and i think that's actually a good thing. i don't believe we'll leave here until we do get this figured out, where we come tog

neither does debbie dingell. what is the president going to show up at capitol hill at 9:00 going to have. >>> also thorpbgs assistant director of "rust" said he didn't check all the rounds loaded into the gun before handing it to alec baldwin. er hearing from investigators that it was a bullet fired from the gun. as to whether anyone might be held criminally responsible, here's what the district attorney told josh campbell. . >> it's a terrible tragedy. we don't know how the live rounds got there. that will end up being the linchpin for whether a decision is made about charges. >> joining us is criminalologist joey jackson and new york city homicide prosecutor paul callen. how the live rounds in the chamber will be the linchpin to this investigation. why and for whom? for which people involved here? i'm talking about criminal culpability. >> tkpwofrpbg. it has to matter. that's significant. apparently there were people month were very concerned with respect to the safety, the lack of protocols being followed. yo

earlier on "new day", we spoke with congresswoman debbie dingell about the negotiations and the prospect of a deal. >> legislation is the art of compromise. compromise isn't a dirty word. you bring everybody to the table. y people with weak stomachs shouldn't watch sausage or laws being made. i haven't seen the sausage making this difficult, making you sick to your stomach. we're not done. we don't know what's in it. let's hear what the president says. >> we are hearing the president is going to the hill with something. the white house has something that they obviously hope gets democrats over the finish lean. this is all happening right now. this is developing as we speak. in the next couple hours, we could know whether democrats have a deal to pass this or not. cnn's lauren fox is there. they are waiting for the president's arrival. they are waiting to see if he gives them something they can agree on today. >> reporter: well, john, such a consequential moment and a big gamble for the president as democrats are a weighting his message this morning. the expectation, according to sources

what did debby dingle till, she's never seen sausage making so messy? >> she said she's never seen it like this. coming from someone like debbie dingle, that's big. >> uncle george said, you know why god gave us family? so we wouldn't have to fight with strangers. this is a family fight. it's more painful. what makes this important, this is a colossal package for the middle class and for climate. the biggest thing we've seen in the century being passed with the smallest margin we have seen in a century. it's really -- seriously, historians will look back at this, with a margin of two or three votes, biden was lucky to preserve the status quo. oh, no, he completely reinforced the fading middle class. this is historic. it is painful. it is. every single person in that house, every single democrat, that is, and every single democrat in the senate, as biden said to anderson the other night, is effectively their own president. >> jess, there's always negotiating and there's always, i guess, fighting. but this is a little different. i mean, you have some memb

debbie dingell told us she's never seen sausage-making quite so difficult at this point. she said it made her sick to her stomach, it has been so difficult. but, you know, i want you to handicap this for me. 1 to 10, what are the chances there will be a deal today, 10 being definitely? >> well, i don't want to say 10 definitely today. but i will tell you 10, we're going to pass these bills within the near future if not today. we know we won't get the cares act bill signed into -- passed today because it needs to be put in legislative language now that we have hopefully an agreement. but the infrastructure bill is ready to go and i hope that passes today. >> majority leader steny hoyer, thank you so much for being with us. we can see the toll this has taken on democrats as you try to work this out. >> thank you very much. >>> we have brand-new detalils n the deadly shooting on the set of alec baldwin's movie "rust." the round that killed halyna hutchin was a real bullet. authorities collected three weapons and 500 rounds of ammunition, blankz s and what i e expected to be