we expect a vote in the house this week. nancy pelosi speaking right now before the white house. she is expected to bring that larger bill to the floor this week assuming the congressional budget office comes back with an estimate that shows this bill is essentially fully paid for, which is what the moderates like sinema and manchin have called for and the house moderates have called for. expect that bill if it comes this week to pass narrowly, if the numbers come back, and then the focus will be on those moderates like sinema and manchin. sinema is expected according to her democratic colleagues to vote for the package. where will someone like joe manchin come down. he did not answer when i asked if this should be delayed until next year, only saying they should continue to discuss this amid his concerns about inflation, so while they're getting this big victory here, still big questions about the timing, the substance, and ultimately how that larger bill will come out. more negotiations to come, and joe biden's party fall in line, that's the big question going forward. >> we he

the white house did later issue a written statement. while the verdict will leave many americans feeling angry and confused, myself included, we have to acknowledge the jury has spoken. >> in the written statement particularly you see how carefully the white house is trying to appeal to everyone in this debate. you're trying to first of all and what you saw with his immediate reaction, he's acknowledging, look, we have a jury system in this country. we have to respect the outcome of the jury. he's tapping and sympathizing with the many people who are outraged by the verdict saying he is angry and concerned. do you see how careful he was trying to be with his rhetoric here because this white house, this president knows how much rhetoric matters. president trump inflamed so much of this through his tone and rhetoric. >> what are you hearing on the hill, heather? there were efforts that had a lot of momentum from democrats. that seems to have completely all but faded essentially. is this something that's breathing new life into that or wha

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i was talking to a white house official last night. the phrase they kept using is we're not going to get caught flat footed. that's why you see fauci to say, this is probably going to get here. what's left unsaid is what some white house officials will privately concede and what democrats around the country will tell you was they did get caught flat footed in july by delta. they had an independence party on the lawn of the white house. what you are seeing now is you have to apply that lens to everything they're doing now. >> that 4th of july speech was seen as this success speech where we were. the other day for the macy's day parade, the president called in talking about how there's nothing the united states can't overcome. obviously, this is something that looms over that. how does he square the messaging with waiting to find out details but trying to prepare people for this? >> this is an area where the administration always projects a lot of confidence. many americans voted for president biden because they liked how seriously he ha

it was a joke in the white house. and you know, the president used to say to us, you know who's in charge of the hatch act? it's me. go ahead, say whatever you want to say. i want to also say that i think this makes the 2022 elections more vital than ever because i have a feeling, knowing them like i do, he's going to tell everyone to stall and that if the house takes over with his rubber stamp candidates that he want to get in, the special committee will then go away. that's kind of what i foresee happening. but that's not to take away from what is, you know, what the select committee has done. i'm very, very glad that they've done that, and i'm glad the doj decided to do what they did with bannon. >> and stephanie, let's remind people again what steve bannon said just one day before the january 6th insurrection. let's talk about that. >> all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. just understand this. all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. it's not going to happen like you think it's going to happen, okay. it's

in addition to that signing ceremony at the white house on monday where the white house says it will be both republicans and democrats who helped craft this bill and voted for it, that will be invited to that where the president signs it into law, but, of course, next is the hard part which is implementing the plan, a billion dollars of the bipartisan infrastructure plan they have to put in place which is going to take quite some time and the president is predicting might be about two to three months before people start to see the effects of that, but selling this bill is going to be just as important as implementing it when it comes to the political aspect for this white house. because this is something they will hope bump up the president's poll numbers. you've seen those erode as there were these negotiations back and forth between democrats on capitol hill and in addition to some other factors, so they are counting on this. what you'll see after that signing ceremony happens on monday is the white house says they are going to be going out into the country and selling this bill, t

and i'm told that they have told the white house about that. the optics are not on the side of kamala harris to stand in a stance of strength. >> i also feel like they hide her quite a bit. >> they do. >> why isn't she out doing interviews. she's just not -- for as much as kirsten said the spotlight's on her quite a bit. >> i don't think she is. she should be crisscrossing america right now helping the president educate people on the infrastructure bill. but what doesn't help is the president himself when he was talking about the passage of the infrastructure bill at the time that he was getting ready to sign, he says, this lady right here, she is the vice president of the united states, she's not just the lady. she is the second in command. when al gore used to say when he was vice president, she is your co-worker. so it's time for her to step up because the time is winding down. >> well, i think -- look, i hope that the white house is watching and that they're listening to what april is saying because it's something that they need to be conce

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

cnn's arlette saenz joins us from the white house. what is the white house saying? >> reporter: the white house is confident that ultimately the vaccine rule for the larger employers will hold up in court. they are certainly preparing for possibly a long legal battle ahead. now this ruling from the fifth circuit court appeals does not appear to have any immediate impact. this rule is not set to go into effect until january 4th, though there are some other elements of the rule that will go into effect earlier, december 5th is when the larger companies will be required to provide paid time off in order for their employees to receive vaccinations and also require masks in the workplace for unvaccinated workers. the top legal officer at downof labor said yesterday that they believe that they have the emergency authority to institute such a vaccine requirement for these businesses, and the white house chief of staff ron klain this morning expressed confidence that it will hold up in court. take a listen. >> i'm quite confident that when this finally gets fully adjudicate

what can the white house do to fight inflation? cnn's chief business correspondent christine romans. >> you come to me with a diss of adele? >> no, all her songs are about splits. >>> presidential approval numbers are falling and prices for just about everything else rising the white house is now on inflation watch. >> inflation is high right now and it is affecting consumers in their pocketbook and also in their outlook for the economy but those concerns underscore why it's so important that we move forward on the build back better legislation, this legislation that the house is going to consider this week. this will go at the cost americans face. >> the idea there investments in working families would lower their housing, child care and health care bills insulating americans from inflation. the fed is the official inflation fighter but the white house does have a few other tools, too. they could cut tariffs on chinese imports imposed by the trump administration, they could cut more steel and aluminum tariffs and tap the strategic

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

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

would the white house view that as helpful? i get the frustration but the justice department is supposed to be independent. it's independent for everybody shepard yeah, look, i don't think the white house has a view on whether or not outside pressure helps or not or if it's okay. one thing that they are making clear is they themselves are not going to engoij in that and that's why the president has said i believe there should be charges, he's made it very clear he won't cookie about the issue at all. that's the reality of what the biden white house want. time is not our friend and the 911 investigation took years and can they get it done? >> if you look through the inventory, i would love to read the files. history would benefit. not a joke. history will benefit. join jake tapper for a new special report, "trumping democracy," which airs friday night here on cnn. when we come back today, the vaccine mandate for employees in new york city is in full effect but one critical department has a big warning. like you, my hands are eve

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

andy slavitt is joining us, the former senior adviser to the biden white house and the author of the new book entitled preventable. the inside story of how leadership failures, politics and selfishness doom the u.s. coronavirus response. andy, thanks very much for joining us. now that the cdc has authorized covid vaccines for kids 5 and older, nearly 95% of all americans are eligible to get a shot. how significant is this moment in this fight against covid? >> well, look, i think it means a lot to families and it means a lot to schools. it means a lot to kids and i know there will be a lot of people out there racing to get vaccinated and the big difference the way this is coming at us and the way vaccines for adults came at us is there will be 28,000 or so pediatricians that will be able to vaccinate kids and for parent, many who know they want to vaccinate kids and who want to have a conversation before they make a decision, they get to do that with their pediatrician which is wonderful news. >> which is so, so important. polls show that 27% of parents want to get their children vac

let's get straight to the white house and our chief white house correspondent kaitlan clipsch we'll hear from the president any second. >> the white house gave a two-minute warning. he will provide an update after he got his own update from the covid-19 team this morning, the third up date he's gotten thon new omicron variant, of course, amend the concerns over it and exactly what you laid out there hand what they don't know. don't expect the president to come out and say a lot of specifics. you heard from dr. anthony fauci saying it's going to be a week at best, maybe two weeks before they know more about this, so what you'll likely see the president come out and do based on what we've heard from officials is come out and urge a sense of caution, a sense of awareness as we're waiting on the details and this also comes as the president is going to be speaking the day the new travel restrictions the u.s.cismenting for south africa and seven of its neighboring countries that's going to be going into effect. that's something that the president could also speak about, what was behind that de

then i called the white house switchboard and asked to be put through. and they said he was not available. and then i called his personal cell phone. now, i knew most of the time he didn't bring his cell phone into the oval office but i thought maybe he had it or in the residence, i didn't know where he was so i tried his cell phone and it went to voice mail and the president and i never spoke that day. >> we fight like hell and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. >> was president trump responsible for the insurrection on the capitol? >> i don't think the speech he gave that day caused what happened. >> that's worse than one speech. >> my point is that i think people minimize what happened on the 6th by pointing to the speech that he gave on the ellipse on the 6th. >> it sounds to me like you're saying he was responsible for it. >> what i'm saying is that you can never be wholly responsible for the conduct of other people. and each one of those individual people are responsible for what they did. >> would they have d

let's go to chief white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. what is the administration doing to track down the variant to see if it is already in the u.s. >> they're trying to figure out if it is here. they have not detected it yet, that's the latest from the cdc director when she briefed reporters. they're trying to find the variant. they haven't found it yet. officials say if it is not here yet, it will be soon, given how fast it is spreading. you're seeing 20 countries and counting now identifying the variant in their nation. the cdc director said as part of that effort, wolf, they're in daily contact with labs across the united states. likely it could be one of those that find the variant and alert the cdc after that. on top of that, they're ramping up surveillance of airports. that's where a lot of travelers from international communities are coming through, international travelers as well. four major airports across the united states, they're ramping up surveillance. san francisco, jfk, newark and atlanta. in addition to that, they're co

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

they have to turn over the records from the white house. tomorrow the appeals court will hear the former president's case. so what do you expect there? >> yeah. so this is a key step in this collection of information that the january 6th committee is hoping to do. they're looking for hundreds, maybe thousands of pieces of documents from the trump white house in and around january 6th. and this is an appeal of a lower court ruling in which the court said that the national archives can hand that information over to the select committee. but trump and his legal team immediately appealed that decision. this will be a three-judge panel that will hear this case. two of these judges are obama appointees. the other one is a biden appointee, so it's not a very good draw in terms of the former president and his hopes. and one of these judges actually already ruled in a case relating to executive privilege in don mcgahn and wrote a very harsh opinion as it relates to executive privilege and what the trump white house believed it had at that time. and

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

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

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

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

our senior white house correspondent is joining us now. phil, take us through this vote and what happens next. >> for president biden, there is no question getting the house to pass the $2 trillion package is a significant victory. but it is far from the end game. something white house officials are clear eyed about as they look forward to what they need to do on the other side of the capitol. >> the build back better bill is passed! >> tonight, president budiden a democrats, a step closer to a corner stone legislative victim. >> this bill is monumental. it's historic. it's transformtive. it's bigger than anything we have ever done. >> reporter: a vote of 220-213 with all bet one democrat voting yes, marked an end to months of house democratic interparty warfare with a $2 trillion measure that will touch every corner of the country, enhance of the child tax credit, lower drug costs and historic spending on climate change mitigation. biden calling the vote a giant step forward. he signed his 1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law on mond

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

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

. >> let's get straight to the white house and our senior white house correspondent mille mattingly. urgent talk and urgent tone does not guarantee actual votes. what do we know. >> reporter: in you listen to what the speaker saying it tracks with what white house officials are saying over the course of the last 24 hours, that while they won't take the blame for the loss in virginia and not necessarily attributable to the legislation that the loss happened at all, certainly they feel like all the loss does is give them more of a reason than any to push forward and push forward as quickly as possible. us a not, our colleagues daniellea diaz and manu raju said speaker pelosi in a private meeting said they may have votes as soon as tonight on the $1.75 climate and economic bill and infrastructure bill as soon as tomorrow morning. the key issue there is do they have the votes? publicly the speaker said she would let people who the votes are going to be, but reality is nothing matters or moves forward until you have actually whipped the votes. one thing everyone is keeping an eye on is mo

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

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

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

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

that's something the white house backtracked on. is it on the table, using the national guard. >> you know, i think everything is on the table. we are literally going through our entire toolbox to decide what steps would be helpful. you know, i don't think it's something that we are seriously evaluating right now. but, listen, we are in touch with governors every day asking them how can we help you. and, you know, the national guard is a tool that we would consider if we thought it would be helpful. >> so gas prices not exactly in your purview. but you are the former governor of rhode island, so home heating prices certainly are. in the northeast, they are expecting very high prices this winter. again, what can be done? what power does the government have to step in and try to help here? >> yeah. as you say, this is not in my area. the secretary of energy is working this issue and monitoring it constantly. and, again, as you say, this is in the private sector. but i will say we will take similar actions as necessary in terms of part

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,

he's still got to get that other element, but the house leadership and white house are both confident they're going to get that through the house this week and the senate sometime before the end of the year. so if you get on a little bit of a roll, and you're able to stop the story line of incompetent democrats bickering with one another, and democrats would then like to turn to going after the republicans for the 2022 midterms. >> they need to sell this product, right? they need to sell it. the president is going out to do that. there's always lag time, of course, with infrastructure projects and the like, but he needs to make it clear to people what is going to be delivered, even as they wait for it to be delivered. >> that's right. he is going to try to make that case. now, it is a difficult environment for him to break through in a significant way. even a successful sales job is not going to make his poll numbers go from where they are now in the low 40s up to the low 50s where they were before, in part because the programs rollout over time, and, in part, the dominant economic st

some were at the white house on january 6th. how important is it for the committee to get a firsthand account of what former president trump did on that day? >> well, wolf, i think it's absolutely essential. as eli was just saying, you have a real focus now on people who were in physical proximity to the president on the day of the events in question. maybe not necessarily people who were engaged in substantive discussions with them about those events, but who would have seen others engaged in those discussions who could testify about what they saw the president doing or who he might have been talking to or other interactions he might have had. those are essential pieces of evidence. it's essential for investigators to look beyond kind of the center main players of the conspiracy that they're looking into and look to those folks who may provide really important corroborative evidence around the edges of that group. >> eli, is the justice department's handling of the steve bannon criminal contempt referral going to be a test case

if you were in the white house, what advice would you be giving the president? >> you know, i get -- i get pretty granular, wolf. i said the other day that when i used to advise mayors, i'd say be as visionary as you want but make sure that you fix the potholes. make sure that you get the basics done. that you pick up the trash and do the things that are right in front of people and affect their lives. right now, i mean, i filled up my car in chicago today and i got a regular tank of gas and it was over $4 a gallon. people are experiencing these things around the country. there are -- there are shortages because of the supply chain disruptions. there are all kinds of dislocations. a lot of it, having to do with the virus and the aftermath of the virus. much of it is stuff that is senatornot biden's fault but people want to see him focus on these d day-to-day issues and once this bill gets implemented and that will be shortly, you are going to see billions of dollars flow into the states for projects that people will be able to see right in front of them that are

also other key white house officials. press secretary kali mcenany, steven miller, and the biden white house at this point has declined to assert executive privilege over any documents, but, of course, the former president sued last month seeking to block them and knew this fight will play out in a court hearing today. and as you mentioned, the deadline for these documents to get handed over, it is looming. next friday is the date the archives needs to hand everything over. that is unless a court in the meantime blocks that handover. so we'll see what happens today. could happen as quickly as today or maybe very shortly there after. guys? >> we will be watching very closely. jessica, appreciate it, thank you. >>> joining us now, norm eisen, the house judiciary special counsel president trump's first impeachment trial. always good to have you with us i want to pick up where jessica left off as we talk about timing. there has been a lot made of this well worn playbook we know, former president trump uses, to delay, delay, d

something, bannon alluded to as he started working for the trump white house in 2017. >> deconstruction of the administrative state and if you -- >> reporter: at that time, bannon's power and proximity to it had few rivals. credited with being the architect of donald trump's successful presidential run in 2016, bannon had gotten trump's attention, partially, because of his willingness to upend the gop. >> what we need to do is bitch slap the republican party. >> reporter: in the early months of trump's presidency, bannon had a top-white house adviser role. leveraged his relationship with trump to even get himself a seat on the national security counsel. was called by "the new york times" the de facto president. bannon found himself booted out of his white house job just seven months into it some say for committing one of the cardinal sins against donald trump. >> bannon's falling out with trump came because trump was jealous and resentful of the media coverage that bannon was getting. >> reporter: but bannon eventually got back into trump's good graces by using his podcast and other pla

there's some big trump names from the white house in this batch. stephen miller, kayleigh mcenany, stephen miller was with trump at the stop the steal rally. mcenany, with trump at times while he watched the insurrection unfold. there are eight others. follows the six subpoenas dropped on trump world players yesterday. a grand total of 35. the gop, the so-called party of law and order, trying to block this investigation. even though it was a terror attack on our capitol. the vice chair of the january 6th committee, liz cheney, goper, called out her own party again tonight. >> political leaders who sit silent in the face of these false and dangerous claims are aiding a former president who is at war with the rule of law and the constitution. this nation needs a republican party that is based on truth, that millions of americans have been tragically misled by former president trump, who continues to this day to use language that he knows provoked violence on january 6th. >> they know it, too. that's the sick part of all this. they're just doing it to

of congress as well as the white house, of course. according to the latest "washington post"/abc news poll voters give republicans a ten-point advantage over democrats in the generic house ballot going into the mid-term elections, ten points, that's quite the gap. what do you read into this poll? >> polls move around fast and now that we're actually getting shovels in the ground and people to work, have taken action. people are rightly frustrate it had took long thaern it should have to get this bill passed. i'm part of the problem solvers caucus. we've been waiting on this bill since april and it finally got done and now it's up to us to let people know about it as the support doing momentarily. we'll tell folks what they are doing to make lives better for their families. we need to do it. >> when it comes to taking action how crucial is it for democrats to get the build back better legislation passed as well so people like you have accomplishments to run on? >> we'll get that done. i mean, i've been talking at home about how that's

he wanted him to expert executive privilege even though bannon was not working at the white house at the time. they decided to hold him in content of court. attorney general merrick garland issued a statement in which he said since my first day in office, i have promised justice department employees that together we would show the american people by word and deed that the department adheres to the rule of law, follows the facts in the law, and pursues equal justice under the law. toda today's charges reflect the department's steadfast commitment to these principles. >> steeve bannon is not the onl one not complying. is there an expectation tigges that all the others who have been indicted or requested to testify will now change their tune? >> there have been, as you said, a number of people close to the president who have been subpoenaed for testimony including kayleigh mcenany, including mark meadows, his former chief of staff. and a number of those individuals have said they would not cooperate with the committee because of this issue of executive privilege. the fact that they brou

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

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

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

cnn's jeremy diamond is live at the white house with more on this. jeremy, what are you hearing from there today about all of it? because so much is still unknown. >> reporter: listen, coronavirus is right back at the center of activity here at the west wing of the white house. we know officials are working to put together the finishing touches on that strategy that we're expected to hear president biden outline on thursday for how the united states is going to fight the coronavirus this winter. listen to the president talking about that yesterday. >> thursday i'll be putting forward a detailed strategy outlining how we're going to fight covid this winter, not with shutdowns or lockdowns, but with more widespread vaccinations, boosters, testing, and more. >> reporter: you hear the president there emphasizing the fact that he is not looking to do additional shutdowns or lockdowns. instead, it will be doubling down on what we've seen from this administration so far. vaccinations, boosters, testing. we heard the president talk about that yesterday. even

the white house is not going to start there, however. on tuesday and wednesday they will beat the drum by the president flying out to new hampshire as well as michigan to promote the infrastructure bill, which is very popular out in the country. on friday, the administration hopes the house of representatives will actually hold a vote on the president's other big priority, the social safety net bill which means the administration is trying to move ahead after all of the turbulence of the last few weeks and months. >> ahead of the big signing tomorrow, we are learning about new polling numbers on biden's handling of the economy. >> right. and that poll from abc news as well as the washington post is not good news at all for this president. it shows 39% approving. 47% disapproving of the president's handling of the economy. probably a number of factors in there. i can tell you that this administration has been holding several meetings a week to talk about inflation and the economy, very deep concerns among aides and the president about wha

house. caucuses who have some concerns. there's also the policy. negotiations about prescription drugs, the drafting of the language. this takes time. however, it's clear democratic leaders still want this done as quickly as possible. the question is when. >> thank you very much for that report. joining us now to discuss what's going on, the deputy whip of the caucus, ro khanna. thank you so much for joining us. to be precise, is the house progressive caucus willing to go ahead and vote on the infrastructure bill without any clear commitment from senator manchin on the other spending bill? >> what our caucus chair jayapal said is that we're prepared to move forward on both. most progressives i've talked to will be a yes on both votes. we trust the president's framework, we're behind it and we want to get it done as soon as possible. >> this sounds to me like a major concession from the progressive caucus because originally, you guys said you're not going to take up the infrastructure bill un