>> well, jake, it's certainly unfortunate timing for the white house. that's precisely the argument the president is trying to make here today. he was apologizing for steps that president trump took at the time he was in office when it came to withdrawing the u.s. from the paris climate accords and he was trying to make the argument the sus back at the table. they are going to lead when it comes to climate change. now they've gotten this statement from senator manchin saying, he's not ready yet to fully support president biden's agenda here. and the white house responded pretty quickly with jen psaki putting out a statement saying that senator manchin says he's prepared to support a plan that combats inflation, is fiscally responsible and will create jobs. 17 nobel prize-winning economists say this plan will reduce inflation and, jake, they say as a result we remain confident the plan will gain senator manchin's support. of course, the key phrase there is will gain. that means the white house realizes senator manchin has not yet expressed his support be

meanwhile, the white house, the current white house, president biden's white house said today that mark meadows does not have a legitimate claim to privilege and he should go ahead. so look, i think if you see bannon charged i think you will probably see meadows charged. i wouldn't assume that silence from the doj means nothing is happening. but i think again, until that happens you're going to see people doing things like this. >> jeff, what do you make of the silence from the department of justice on bannon? >> i find it baffling and it looks like dithering to me, frankly. this is a reasonable legally complicated question about whether this should be a criminal contempt case. but it's been almost a month now. it's been more than a month that it's been clear that this issue was coming down the line. they have a lot of smart lawyers at the justice department. the idea that it takes them this long is really pretty shocking to me and it is having a real material impact, as maggie points out. all of these witnesses are yanking the chain of the judiciary -- of the january 6th committee beca

phil, one of the arguments that you just heard from paula reid, the white house, the biden white house argument is an argument based on planet earth where this january 6th insurrection was an extraordinary, horrific thing. but as we know, there are a number of republicans in the house of representatives who do not currently reside on planet earth. they live on this trump world where the insurrection was on election day and there was all this election fraud. all these things that are not true. so the biden people can say, well, this is just extraordinary circumstances and future congresses, future majorities in congress will respect that. i don't know what world they think those people live on, though. >> yeah, well, obviously it's a world in which the full weight of the government, you know, levying criminal charges against someone is seen as preferable to donald trump as we're seeing in the case of steve bannon. trump's gig all along has been deny, deny d, deny, don't compl. that was from day one, that was the approach he took here. and that's what he's clearly demanding of people who

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

so the white house says they want to try to use this time wisely. the time they believe the travel restrictions for instance that they put in place are buying them. and we should also note just in, wolf, there are new developments in the u.s. about what's going on in the fight against covid-19 overall. not just related to the omicron variant. advisers to the fda have voted 13-10 to get an emergency authorization of that new anti-covid pill that's being made by merck. of course, this is something that still has to go to the fda and if they make a decision based on this recommendation from these advisers. this is something not just concerning to the scientists working on this but also look at stocks today. you saw them tumbling. the dow was down several points -- several hundred points because there are concerns about what this variant means for the united states in addition to those comments from the fed chair earlier today saying they can no longer really call inflation transitory. >> the dow down another 650 points just today. thank you very much.

>> as to her question, the white house condemned the video. house speaker pelosi said threats of violence against members of congress and the president of the united states must not be tolerated. and kevin mccarthy. guess what he said? nothing. we invited him on the program as well but heard nothing back. congressman gosar, who we also invited on tonight, tweeted out a cartoon response earlier today. the message saying it's a cartoon, relax. then later, he put out a statement which says in part that the anime quote depicts the symbolic nature of a battle between lawful and unlawful policies and in no way intended to be a targeted attack against representative cortez or mr. biden which doesn't even make sense because that is what it is. it's a targeted attack. it's not open to interpretation. yes, it's an anime. perhaps, the richest sentence, though, in this one quoting again a chaotic and lawless wind is blowing across our land. he's not wrong about that one. just listen to a pair of hate-filled voicemails. two of many that michigan republican

but over 99% of the bill was built, house, senate, white house. so if there are a couple of things at the end that are different, we'll deal with those. but this is, again, transformative, historic and, again, this is a giant -- two giant steps forward today. >> but some are saying the government -- the democrats oar. >> no, no. watch the vote when it comes up. >> but some voters think -- >> thank you. thank you. >> that was house speaker nancy pelosi and democratic leaders jim clyburn and steny hoyer updating reporters amid a contentious and seemingly endless negotiation over the president's legislative agenda. pelosi has said that a vote will indeed happen on the infrastructure bill as well as the start of a procedural step on the build back better act. that is not what progressives wanted. this is what moderates requested. let's bring in jessica dean on capitol hill. so the day started. let's bring everybody up to speed. we thought there was going to be a vote both on the bipartisan infrastructure package, which the moderates want -- >> uh-huh.

the white house says vaccine requirements are working. helping bring the number of those unvaccinated who are eligible in the u.s. down to about 60 million. following covid's spread and giving the economy a boost. >> vaccinated workers are going back to work. vaccinated shoppers are going back to stores. >> and they believe they are on firm legal footing. >> we're pretty confident. the administration clearly has the authority to protect workers and actions announced by the president are designed to save lives. and stop spread of covid. >> when it comes to enforcing this rule for a large private business, an official telling cnn the agency making sure businesses comply will have planned inspections of some workplaces and will also rely on complaints from workers to enforce the rule. >> athena jones, thank you. >>> coming up next, the cnn exclusive. why was there so much confusion among capitol police on january 6th. what cnn is learning happened to the intelligence unit just before the insurrection. stay with us. new patients, get started

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

don't align with what the white house's projection is. the white house says that actually added enforcement by the irs would raise enough to fully pay for the package and that is the argument that democrats have been making, the white house and democratic leaders have been making behind the scenes for weeks. in a closed-door meeting right now, broke up with two top white house officials, met with moderate democrats, showed the white house's projections and their argument that it's paid for. the question now, erin, is will there be more than three moderate democrats that might break ranks. if there are more than three, that is enough to scuttle the entire effort. the democratic leadership believes they can stave off those defections and push it through the house after months of intensive negotiations. that is just the first step, erin, because in the senate joe manchin has made clear to me and others for months that he wants significant changes. he's not on the same time frame and they'll have to pare back the bill significantly and push i

you had the head of the european commission visiting the white house and saying now the white house is planning new sanctions against belarus, tougher sanctions against alexander lukashenko and that is exactly what the european union is saying as well. they want to expand sanctions and to try to put pressure on him. the other big thing the european union wants to do is threatening the airlines flying and not be able to fly into the european union if you continue to fly people to belarus who are then being brought to the border to be sent over into the european union. so they're trying to show more of a unified response and of course, one of the things you've mentioned is absolutely correct. it doesn't seem as if alexander is budging. he praised putin for flying those bombers over belarus territory then today threatened to cut off gas supplies. we can see that the european union has decided it's going to remain tough and it certainly says it's not going to budge. the polls say they could send a lot more troops to the border. >> thank you so much. also in our world lead, a history making

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

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

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

in 2018 to 2020, in two years, we lost the house, the senate, and the white house. the only other time in the 150-plus-year history of the republican party that happened was herbert hoover from '30 to '32 and then we didn't win the white house again 28 of the next 36 years. we have to have a viable two-party system in this country. we have to be able to contrast different ideas. give voters choices. and to do that, we have to, once again, become the party of truth. >> the problem, though, is the former president who is the head of the republican party now, on a national level. i mean, he is a truth denier. i mean, he is one of the people in the title of your book. and yet, your party is beholden to him. >> well, look. i think there is some things you are seeing now, which show that that's becoming less so. yesterday, there was a new poll from the des moines register of iowa republicans and as i know you know, those are some most conservative republicans in america, in iowa. they asked a question, where is your first loyalty? to the republican party? or to donald tru

phil mattingly at the white house, thanks so much. biden's headache is a downright migraine for millions of americans especially in the heartland where heating bills could double this year. cnn's in des moines, iowa. what are iowans telling you about how the rising prices have impacted their daily lives? >> reporter: the number one issue we are hearing from iowans is this rising energy crisis they are facing to heat their homes. one gentleman told us instead of turning the furnace on these last couple nights as it has been chillier here he's actually decided to just light the fireplace, put more blankets on and more clothes during the day. and rising food costs. we ran into a gentleman at the supermarket who said he was there to just simply peruse the aisles but when he realized the cost of bacon was up 20% in the last year he grabbed it in bulk and is putting it in the freezer to save it couple and save a couple cents on the dollar. here is how he described the rising costs across the board. >> we're all hard working, middle class fo

phil mattingly over at the white house, thank you very much. former president trump by the way still hasn't made an announcement on his potential 2024 presidential run but his grip on the republican party clearly remains stronger than ever. listen to trump's former white house chief of staff mark meadows. >> i would love to see the gavel go from nancy pelosi to donald trump. you talking 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 our chief political analyst gloria borger and cnn's senior political commentator the former republican governor of ohio john kasich. governor, what goes through your mind hearing meadows suggest a that former president trump should be the speaker if the republicans become the majority after the midterm elections in the house? you were once a member of the house. >> i think he hit the nail on the

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

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white house chief of staff ron klain will join us. first, right to kaitlan collins who is live in baltimore with president biden. as much as the president is trying to sell his infrastructure bill, he's also urging congress to pass his social safety net bill, the build back better act. how is he threading this needle amid news that americans are seeing the worst inflation in 30 years? >> a big question facing the white house is whether or not these new inflation numbers that came out today are going to complicate the president's path to getting that larger bill passed. key democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia talking about this saying this is a problem and d.c. needs to focus on for the american people. and president biden came out and one of the first things he talked about were those high numbers that came out. showing that over the last 12 months, consumer prices have jumped by 6%. in the last month alone, 0.9%. of course, that's affecting things for americans from everything to buying gas to buying eggs and bacon at the

the house select committee on january 6th threatening to hold former white house chief of staff mark meadows in contempt if he doesn't appear for a deposition and turn over documents. in a letter, quote, there's no valid legal basis for mr. meadows' continued resistance to the select committee subpoena. now, this is just hours after meadows' lawyer said he would not cooperate with the committee until courts ruled on president trump's claim of executive privilege. so evan perez is outfront. i guess the bottom line is this appears to be a real standoff here between the committee and meadows. >> right, erin. the inherent threat from the committee is if he doesn't appear tomorrow, they'll go to the next step, which could involve holding him in contempt and perhaps referring him to the justice department to be prosecuted for criminal contempt. and so that's what the threat that this committee is now making after meadows' attorney said today that essentially the current president, president biden, had violated norms by not shielding him, who he was obviously one of the closest aides to the

>> we have seen some white house advisers coming in from the capitol, going back to the white house. they have been heavily involved with this and they've been meeting with those moderates trying to make sure that they hammer out these numbers and answer any questions that they might have in order to move forward. >> phil, how concerned is the white house about what comes next in this process in the senate. >> anderson, they're clear-eyed and there are a lot of hurdles left, and one of them in particular, joe manchin has made it very clear he wants significant changes to what the white house is tonight. and isn't with the slimmed down framework president biden makes a good point in what we've seen with white house officials just in the last couple of weeks on the hill and why that has bolstered feeling inside this building and the building behind me over the course of the last several weeks. the effort by the president to some degree, by his economic team to really lay the groundwork to move this forward in the house, the word i was told from a source with how things are going inside

white house physician dr. kevin o'connor, who has been biden's primary care physician for 13 years, noting that biden's quote ambulatory gait is perceptibly stiffer and less fluid than it was a year or so ago. you can see video here of biden walking out to marine one. this week. dr. o'connor also saying he is looking into the president's quote increasing frequency and severity of throat clearing and coughing while he speaks. outfront now, dr. jonathan reiner, who advised the white house medical team under president george w. bush. so, dr. reiner, just to note here, president biden turns 79 tomorrow. he is the oldest person elect today a first term in u.s. presidential history and this is the most extensive detailing of his health that we have gotten in nearly two years. um, what stands out to you? i mean, i'm mentioning, you know, talking about a perceptibly stiffer gait just in the past year. something the doctor seems to notice a pretty sudden change. also, throat clearing. what stands out to you? >> what st

biden hosting a group of ceos at the white house to discuss ways to make sure shelves are fully stocked and prices are reasonable as holiday shopping ramps up. earlier today the president addressing the new coronavirus variant now named omicron saying this new strain first detected in south africa is, quote, cause for concern, not a cause for panic. promising new lockdowns are off the table, at least for now. cnn's kaitlan collins reports president biden is planning to address both of these issues again in a few days including laying out a plan for the u.s. to fight the coronavirus pandemic as we head into winter. >> this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. >> reporter: president biden reassuring the nation after a new coronavirus variant set off global alarms. >> i'm sparing no effort and removing all road blocks to keep the american people safe. >> reporter: biden restricting travel from south africa and seven neighboring nations which he warned will slow the spread of omicron but won't stop it. >> here's what it does. it gives us time. gives us time to take more ac

jeff zeleny is outfront live outside the white house. so, jeff, you know, i saw your questioning there of the press secretary, jen psaki. why did the president make this announcement today? does he truly believe that it will work in any meaning wafl? >> erin, the white house has been talk about this as you said really for a few weeks but the announcement was done today we are told because it was that coordination with five other countries trying to make a global announcement. shining a global light on this. and no coincidence, it's also right before the thanksgiving holiday. so the white house is definitely trying to show americans that they are on this problem. now, gas prices are not something that the president alone controls. of course. but they are a president's headache, regardless of which president is in office. and for president biden now, this is a central headache. with inflation certainly worrying this white house more than anything else we have really seen but the timing today was done to get this started. and energy secreta

do you think that we will see another bipartisan signing event at the white house anytime soon? >> i do. i mean, i think it's a matter of getting folks together that want to get to yes as we did with this infrastructure package. and i will tell you what the piece of legislation's going to be. it's going to be a toxic ex-e exposure -- piece of legislation on toxic exposure to allow the va to give burn pit victims the kind of benefits that they have earned and i think that it will be a bipartisan -- it already is a bipartisan bill and i think it will get passed with a bipartisan majority. >> so, let's talk about the voting rights that both of you have worked on together. leader abrams, a new "washington post"/abc poll shows 51% of registered voters, right now, say they would support republicans for congress if the election was held today. 41% said they'd support democrats. that is the biggest lead for the gop in 40 years. and i will translate that. that's the entire history of that poll question. so, it's never been a bigger gap than now. are you concerned that the democratic infi

are they from the white house? were they working elsewhere? >> we've had people from the trump administration come in voluntarily. some of the information they've provided has led us to seek information from others. so there are people who have personal knowledge about what happened, not only what the president did but what others did leading up to the riot. by the way, mr. meadows, i sure hope he does come in because the questions that we have to ask him are important. i think he has an obligation to tell the truth to the public and to the congress. and even if he thinks he has a claim to executive privilege in some way, we don't think so, but clearly there are questions that have nothing to do with executive privilege. for example, did he use his private email and private cell phone for government business? what happened to that cell phone, if he did? that's not covered by executive privilege. >> as you know, your chairman bennie thompson said there's no decision from your meeting this morning on whether to hold meadows in contempt. is that

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

former white house chief of staff mark meadows for one. earlier today, he defied an ultimatum to appear. later today after bannon's indictment, the committee threatened him with the same. it would be tempting to say this may now be a different ball game, but of course it's not a game at all. as a reminder, there was new audio that came to light today of the former president. he is talking to abc's jonathan karl, defending the capitol mob who chanted "hang mike pence." here is the former president talking about his vice president who, as a reminder, was rushed by the secret service out of the house chamber when the mob attacked. >> were you worried about him during that -- that siege? were you worried about his safety? >> no, i thought he was well protected and i -- i had heard that he was in good shape. no. because i had heard he was in very good shape. but -- but -- >> you heard those chants. that was terrible. i mean, you know, the -- >> he could have -- well, the people were very angry. >> they said hang mike pence. >> because it's comm

taylor budawig, the spokesperson for donald trump in his life outside of the white house. he is being asked for information related to a social media and radio advertising campaign that he was involved in in the days leading up to january 6th that was encouraging people to take part in these rallies. and then two other key figures who are by no means household names but individuals who the committee has very keen interest in. dustin stockton and his fiance jennifer lawrence. they, too, were both very involved in the organization and planning of the stop the steal rallies. also people with in-depth knowledge between the relationship between the trump campaign, the white house and how these different groups may have been interconnected in the planning of these rallies. of course, jim, one of the big things the committee is trying to learn is how the organization of these rallies led to the violence and chaos here on january 6th. the organizers of the rallies have tried to push it off and saying these were just peaceful protests. nothing to do with people storming the capitol

kaitlan collins is out front live at the white house tonight. i want to start, though, with manu raju, who is on capitol hill with all these breaks developments and, manu, this story is literally changing by the minute. both bills going to be voted on. then, all the sudden, jayapal is hard no. where do things stand now? >> yeah, after a standoff earlier today with moderates who are hold ug up that larger $1.9 trillion bill, now there is a standoff with the progressives who are holding up that separate $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. but the pressure is on. the president and the speaker are trying to urge the progressives not to hold up that bipartisan infrastructure bill. and vote yes, send it to his desk tonight. now, we are learning that joe biden has called into a meeting with the progressive caucus and put his -- he was on speaker phone. urging them to get behind this. now, i also was told that biden spoke directly with pramila jayapal, the leader of the congressional progressive caucus but she will continue to vote no and at that same me

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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.

secretary, of a white house lawyer. and i'm reminded of the mueller investigation because during that time, according to mueller, the president said to don mcgahn, why are you taking notes? i hate lawyers who take notes. lawyers don't take notes. my lawyers never took notes. well, in fact, his lawyers did take notes, and those are the things that are going to be really revealing about the president's state of mind, what he was directing people to do at the time. >> he's amazing. someone like michael cohen may say, okay, i didn't take notes but i recorded it. professor tribe, if the judge rules against trump, this could be a pivotal moment. what is the authority of a former president? what is the authority of the house's right to investigate? what is the historic precedence that this ruling could have? >> it could make absolutely clear, as many of us have argued all along, that it is the current president who has to weigh the importance of confidentiality and advice to the president against public need to know. it is als

that's something you hear from white house officials. why they are going to focus on this so much in the days and weeks ahead. this has tangible benefits that people will be able to feel and they want to make sure people know those benefits are on their way. >> phil, you're right. there was not even that subtle. the message that he was trying to send. again, not just to republicans but to democrats saying too often in washington we focus on getting everything we want with this law. we focus on getting things done. but, phil, you mentioned all of the details of what is in this new law. i want to bring in diane on that particular issue. there are hundreds of billions of dollars for roads, bridges, infrastructure projects, public transit, passenger and freight rail. broadband infrastructure, airports, electric vehicle chargers, it goes on and on and on. so diane, my question for you is, if i'm sitting at home watching this, i'm wondering, when is this actually going to get going, and will it really affect me and help my life in the short te

so it's not just ron klain saying this or the white house saying this. but some of the world's leading economists who agree that this plan will help bring down long-term inflationary pressures. >> former treasury secretary larry summers has been sounding the alarm about inflation since february. and he has been one of these individuals saying that this big agenda, ambitious agenda from president biden, was creating the risk of an inflation spike. secretary yellen told me three weeks ago that, quote, monthly rates of inflation have already fallen substantially from the high rates we saw in the spring and early summer. that was three weeks ago. the c pi, consumer price index is back up to 0.9%, matching its high in june 2021. is it possible that today's inflation news proves that larry summers was correct and janet yellen incorrect? >> i want to quote a leading source which said today that the government spending of this year, to say that the government spending of this year caused an increase in gas and food prices is fault. that was the cnn fact check th

the white house about what happened last night? i mean, this was a big blow. >> yeah, no doubt about it. listen, erin, here at the white house and democratic circles, there is been a lot of soul searching today among those democrats and including some white house advisers who see warning signs here for the midterms. but we didn't necessarily hear any of that soul searching from the president, himself. instead, what we heard from the president. he did not take responsibility for mcauliffe's loss in virginia and -- but what he did say was that maybe -- just maybe -- passing his agenda before that election could have made a difference. but he did not sound sure about it. what he did sound sure about is what needs to be done, going forward. between now and the midterms next year. the president talking about the need for action. the need for results. making clear that passing his agenda is important and ultimately saying that he believes that changing things like the economy, like covid, and passing these two items will make a differenc

first white house correspondent kaitlan collins joins me from edinburgh, scotland. this is a pivotal moment for joe biden on the world stage. it doesn't escape the notice of his counterparts that whatever biden is saying, he has still not been able to get democrats on board to actually pass legislation to accomplish his climate goals. >> yeah, jake, and the president seemed to get at that bluntly today in his remarks to the world leaders on the first day of this summit, acknowledging where the united states' standing on this issue has been over the last several years. a cleese reference to the policies of his predecessor. now on day one when he's trying to convince these other world leaders the united states is headed in the right direction we're seeing this key moderate senator, and senator joe manchin who has been at the center of these negotiations, potentially talk about delaying a timeline, of course, for advancing what the president says is a critical part of his agenda. president biden issuing an urgent call for action. >> we meet with the eyes of history upo

the biden white house is very proud that schools are open. you can get into the mask debates or critical race theory at another time but the fact that a year ago, a lot of parents, myself included, were frustrated the schools were closed. >> the biden administration has a lot on its table. it's trying to do. and as a result, they can't do everything, they can't accomplish everything and they're having a hard time making the case that they have accomplished something. and look, you can go back to the american rescue plan and all the covid relief money going to states and school districts and now infrastructure. now we're looking at the build back better act. but the message -- because they are understated. they're not traveling as much even as previous presidents, partially because of the pandemic still. but i do think that it's harder to -- it's harder to translate what they are doing because they're doing a lot of legislating on so many different fronts. >> right. >> into something that is easy to grasp for people at home when they are not i

larry, you've heard janet yellen, the white house all say that they're still not convinced they have an inflation problem, it's temporary. how do you respond? >> look, they forecasted inflation would be 2% this year in the president's budget. it's three times that. they said in the summertime after they had been initially wrong that inflation would be back to normal by the end of the year. then they said early in the fall that inflation would subside early next year. now they're saying that it's going to subside in the second half of next year. sooner or later i'm sure it will subside, but my judgment is given the inflation momentum that has built up, that it's going to take some significant policy adjustment or some unfortunate accident that slows the economy before inflation gets back to the 2% range. >> what do you mean when you say a kind of dramatic, significant policy action? are you thinking of something sort of like what paul volcker had to do to break the back of inflation in the early 1980s? >> we're not talking about the kind of interest rates that paul volcker engineered,

in 2019 suven and kurt campbell, now his top aide at the indo-pacific at the white house, co-authored a foreign affairs essay that tried to thread the needle intelligently, arguing the key will be to get right, the balance between cooperation and competition, with china. the essay, which might hold the key to china's strady lays out the policies in the political, economic and other realms. but it's hard to imagine any white house being able to move in a nuanced, sophisticated way on an issue that has become so incendiary as china. in their essay, sullivan and campbell reject a simple analogy to the cold war but argue correctly one can learn lessons from that long struggle. they stretch the crucial importance of rebuilding america's strength at home with the government making large-scale investments in science, technology and infrastructure as it did in the 1950s and 1960s. they talk about the importance of allies. to my mind, the central lesson of the cold war is what allowed the united states ultimately to prevail was not toppling some pro moscow government in moscow or latin america

, trump's daily schedule, white house visitor log, and call records. trump's lawyer justin clark arguing the requests are overly broad and failure to block them would open up the door for the partisanship of document requests and blowing a hole in executive privilege that should concern everybody. wh whoil the judge asked clark to dial down the rhetoric a bit she challenged lawyers on the house committee on the breadth of documents requested saying some of these requests seem very narrowly tailored but some are alarmingly broad. and there has to be some limit. the national archives says it intends to hand over the trump documents next friday unless the judge blocks them which she did not appear willing to do. this is such an historic case with implications for future presidents it is likely whatever decision the judge makes will be appealed. we also learned today that the committee has interviewed over 150 people so far in its investigation. >> thank you so much. let's talk to somebody who knows a little bit about executive privilege, john dean, white

even without leadership from the white house. >> and the u.s. alone more than 3 million people now work in clean energy related jobs. that is more than the number of people currently employed by the entire fossil fuel industry. so despite four years of active hostility toward climate science, coming from the very top of our federal government, the american people managed to still meet our original commitment under the paris agreement. >> reporter: world leaders are under pressure to outline specifics on how they will cut greenhouse emissions by 2050. a huge crowd waiting and cheering for obama as he arrived for a roundtable discussion with young leaders who want to see more dramatic action. >> the danger of our activism is that we're typically talking to people who already agree with us. we are not oftentimes talking to big parts of our populations that either don't agree with us or at least have different priorities. >> reporter: including from the largest emitters, china and russia, whose leaders were absent from the conference. obama echoing

obviously, it was a tough transition going from being at the white house where they play "hail to the chief" when you walk in the room. so, he has tried to re-create it. >> and the -- the republicans -- the fact that they are all defending gosar. were you surprised that only two would censure him? >> well, i think that dana got -- as she often does -- at exactly what that was about and that's the fact that they were -- they were going to strip the committee assignments. and i would have loved to have seen a vote that didn't strip the committee assignments just to see how many -- how many republicans would refuse to actually simply condemn his words. because this was condemn, but also take away his committee assignments. it is striking that it's just liz cheney and adam kinzinger. just those that were willing to stand against the republican leadership and serve on the january 6th committee. >> but in all the reporting you did for the book, privately, do republicans on the hill -- i mean, do any of them express embarrassment, shame, concern about the future of the party? >> oh, yes. oh,

for the latest we go to cnn white house correspondent john harwood. john, what do we know of the president yesterday working the phones and really putting skin in the game to get this across the finish line? >> look, he decided and speaker pelosi decided that they needed to move right now. that, of course, was accent waited by the results in virginia and new jersey but also the product of months of negotiation that had dragged on a long time. the reality is that the president does need those progressives because he doesn't want this only to be what he ach achieved. he's going to like that result, the survey, the 59% that you just mentioned because for joe biden it is critical from his perspective to get both parts of this agenda. and the people who are trying to help him get both parts of this agenda are in fact those house progressives. it's the moderate members, a handful of holdouts who have been the obstacles to getting this done. finally yesterday, the progressives who had been holding up one piece of legislation with the ascent of the president

how is the white house looking at these developments? they want to prepare the country but not overreact. how are they threading the needle? >> reporter: president biden wrapped his vacation in nantucket and is on his way back to washington where a briefing about the omicron variant will be top of mind. the president is expected to meet with dr. anthony fauci and other members of his covid-19 response team when he returns to the white house in just a few hours to receive the latest updates on this variant. he had been receiving briefings in nantucket both on saturday and friday. we're learning u.s. health officials are set to speak with south african health officials this afternoon as everyone around the world is trying to get their arms around what exactly this variant will mean. there are questions about whether it will be a severe illness, whether it will cause that. officials are saying this may take a few weeks to have a full understanding of the data related to the variant. in the meantime, top u.s. health officials are urging amer