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

the white house chief strategist for criminal contempt of congress. two counts. one refusing to appear for a deposition and refusing to hand over documents. >> the insurrection says the bannon indictment should send a message to other witnesses. ignore subpoenas at your own peril. wanting to know more about before, during riots. during the podcast, he offered a preview of things to come. >> all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. >> just understand this, all hell is going to break loose. it is not going to happen the way you think it will happen. it will be quite extraordinarily different. all i can say is strap in. the war room a posey, you have made this happen. tomorrow is game day. >> you can bet there are questions about what he knew. examining the legal and political implications of the indictment. >> beginning with part of the team that broke the story. could you start with the indictment and how we got to this point? >> this got real for bannon yesterday. if convicted, he could face jail time. he has been charged with two counts of contempt of congress

. >> breakfast at the white house. the highest ep engagement gave the press teaming of her engagement a human boost. >> this was her first trip as an independent woman. >> i want to welcome all of you and particularly our guest of honor, diana, princess of wales. this is one of the nicest british invasions that the white house has had. >> to see them in this room together, for diana, that muff felt empowering. the biggest fear was she would be rejected by everyone if she was no longer married to charles. >> they had a private meeting and they really did hit it off. diana singled out hillary's strength as the thing she admired because strength is what diana wanted to have. it would definitely have been a little bit of look at my power, look at my stardom, everyone in the royal family, and i don't see you anymore. >> she was on the level of jackie o, avita, grace kelly. she was also -- all of them, if i may say so, rolled into one. >> diana wasn't just going to the aprilly stuff. she was going to take on campaigns that w

>> eva mcken, thank you so much. >>> so the white house says plans to speak later this morning about congress passing the infrastructure legislation. we will bring that to you when it happens. jasmine wright is in rehoboth beach, delaware, where president biden is heading later today after he makes the speech and the other assumption is that the speech that he's going to make is a victory lap even though there are some voting that needs to be done in the not to distant future that could be dicey. >> reporter: that is right. i think you could expect president biden to take a victory lap. look, when he heads down here to rehoboth where i am, one of his homes in delaware, he'll have a massive win under his belt. it is a little bit delays getting here but it is hours after one of the best days of his presidency so far. and of course, this comes after months and months of negotiations. but just last night he unlocked a key part of his economic agenda and starting that victory lap with the statement released in the wee hours of the night last night. he said tonight we took a monumental ste

it's welcome progress at a very vulnerable moment for this white house. the vote delivering a major win for the president. it comes after months of political wrangling and missed deadlines. and the president made clear that tuesday night what we saw happen in tuesday's election, he said voters sent a message. the bill now going to president biden's desk for his signature. >> let's bring in transportation secretary pete buttigieg who is at the white house for us. secretary, we're grateful to have you this morning. appellate biden saying that americans will start to see the impacts, the shovels in the ground within two to three months. i'm curious, where is that going to be? what is that going to look like? >> well, the first thing you're going to see is a lot of existing work that we do, but we'll be able to do a lot more. for example, right now there's a pile of applications on my desk figuratively speaking. they're digital. but we've got about $10 billion worth of applications for a program that's only got $1 billion in it. so we're going to fund a lot o

>>>y developing this morning, a major move by the white house. an intent to bring down gas prices. president biden has ordered the release of a 50 million barrels of oil from the petroleum reserve in coordination with several other nations as well. biden is set to deliver remarks this afternoon on the economy. the latest national poll from cbs shows he has some work to do. only 39% of americans approve of the president's handling of the economy right now. so what is the impact of this new announcenent? joining me now is cnn chief correspondent christine romans. what more are you hearing about this move from the administration, the announcement from the president about the strategic petroleum reserve? >> you know, they have done this before in the past. it's rare, but when there are wars or hurricanes, we have tapped the strategic petroleum reserve. this is different. it's the biggest ever, 50 million barrels and also in coordination with a few other countries. so that shows an international intervention into the supply problem we're having in the u.s. and the global oil market so t

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

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

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

. >> thank you so much, from the white house. a little quieter now. >> yes. >>> with me the democratic congresswoman sarah jacobs of california. so good to see you. so earlier in the evening last night you were a holdout for voting yes on the bill. what changed your mind? >> you know, i have long said that we should do both bills together and that they go together as a single package that is the president's full agenda. as it became clear that we had the agreement to be able to pass the second bill, just not yesterday, i took the president at his word and his masterful leadership in getting us to where we were and i had conversations with my colleagues from across the caucus, from every end of the idealogical spectrum, and i was confident that if we got the bipartisan infrastructure bill passed last night, that we would have the votes in place to pass the build back better act next week when we're back from recess. >> i'm curious to know what was in those conversations, because while you're a member of the progressive caucus whic

white house. phil? >> reporter: you noted you were watching this extremely closely. so is everybody here. the president and his top a advisers as well as vice president kamala harris have been watching and making calls over the course of the last several hours. it's been a lengthy day trying to figure out some kind of path forward and lay things out in terms of where the white house was on this. jess gave you the play-by-play on where the hill has been. you track back to 8:30 a.m. this morning, and the white house got the kind of news that you would think could turn this into a monumental day. jobs numbers that were better than expected. 531,000 jobs added. unemployment rate going from 4.8% to 4.6%. with the very clear goal to have both of the president's two-piece, $3 trillion domestic agenda through the u.s. house by tonight. of course, as the hours moved on, that started to fall apart. six moderates in particular making clear to nancy pelosi, to white house officials that were physically in the

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

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

, 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

. >> suzanne malveaux is on capitol hill and ar llette is ap white house. walk us through what it buys for taxpayers. >> you know democrats were under a great deal of pressure to prove that they can get something done. we saw a lot of lawmakers tweeting, giving themselves a pat on the back and saying what it is that's inside of this their constituents get. so if you break it down, you take a look at the $1.2 trillion package, about half of that is new. 110 for roads and bridges. electric grid updates. billions for broadband and money for transportation. fixing pipes, improving water quality. airports. you've got a big component, there's a climate change protections and even some grid updates as well as the chance to upgrade and broadband. now this was, pam, a very messy situation. it was a really difficult day i think for many of the democrats who went back and forth, back and forth. ultimately it was about 12:42 in the morning when they finally were adjourned. they had that passed. the final vote was 228-206. they were 13 republicans who voted for it, brea

so white house officials are heavily engaged. they say they're not going to let up because again, they want to see this pass before the end of the year. >> we'll see if it happens. thanks so much. >> thank you. >>> so where is the chinese tennis star? that's what the world wants to know. >> and even included in that are more of the game's stars who are speaking out now. >> this is who horrifying. a person is missing. >> coming up later, a live report on when the chinese state media says we could see her. buta refresh ...to be fresh. welcome to the eat fresh refresh. refresh where there is so much new, some say that it can't fit in one ad. i say... ...we're talking a new all-american club, deli-style oven-roasted turkey and... oh, that's the new steak & cheese. oh yeah, i knew that. that's the one with the new... ...seasoning. and that was the new mvp parmesan vinaigrette . right. which makes a next level foot... hold up. the subway logo? wait i'm out of time? feel stuck with student loan debt? move to sofi and feel what it's like

what are you hearing about that from the white house today? >> reporter: well, kate, no response from the white house tho to those comments from the chinese ministry of foreign affairs but senior officials saying they believe there was a healthy debate based on this long-standing relationship that president biden and xi jinping have had over more than a decade going back to president biden's time as vice president under president obama. we know that they discussed issues of disagreement such as trade issues, for example, human rights concerns that president biden raised as it relates to issues in hong kong and more. we also know that they discussed areas of potential cooperation like on the climate crisis, for example, facing the world, talking about the importance of collaboration on that front. but one thing that president biden made very clear, and this was during the beginning portion of this 3 1/2-hour meeting when reporters were allowed into the room here at the white house, president biden talking about the importance of making sure tha

. >> she goes to the white house. she had been there before but this was her first trip as an independent woman. >> i want to welcome all of you and particularly our guest of honor, diana princess of wales. this is one of the nicest british invasions the white house has ever had. >> to see diana and hillary in this frame together, for diana that must have felt very empowering because the biggest fear was that she would be rejected by everyone if she was no longer married to charles. >> hillary then had a private meeting with her afterwards and they did really hit it off. diana singled out hillary's strength as the thing she admired because strength is what diana wanted to have. >> there would definitely have been a little bit of uh-uh, look at my power, look at my stardom everyone in the royal family and i don't need you anymore. >> she was on the level of grace kelly, but she was all of them if i may say so rolled into one. >> diana wasn't just going to do the frilly stuff. she was going to take on campaigns that wer

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

so i think that's what the white house knows. that even though this vote is going to happen today, they know that there is still a very long road ahead to actually getting this part, this second part of the president's economic agenda passed. >> what you're seeing on your screen there is the ranking member of the house ways and means committee kevin brady. you saw richey neal from massachusetts, they're the ones dealing with procedural matters now on this vote. we do expect to see house speaker nancy pelosi deliver what will be the final speech in support of the build back better agenda and who knows what else she might say in regards to kevin mccarthy and what else we saw last night. stand by for that. in the meantime, also some news on the president getting his annual physical shortly, just a day before his birthday. >> reporter: yes, this is pretty routine for the president, of course, to get a physical, but he will be going to walter reed today, the white house has been talking about this for months saying he would get this d

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

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

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

that is the bottom line for this white house. now president biden yesterday in nantucket friday told reporters that after news of appearing to be rapidly transmissible new variant on friday, he met with his chief medical team, including dr. fauci, talking about the ban. that's when he put it into place, made the decision. take a listen here. >> decided we're going to be cautious. we don't know a lot about the variant except that it is great concern to spread rapidly. spent about a half hour with my team and dr. fauci. >> reporter: we heard president biden talk about the process. one big question, why monday. why not start the ban immediately. white house officials tell cnn it takes time to put the ban in place. that monday start date reflects time needed to avoid chaos, making sure everything is in place. one thing to note, this will not apply to american citizens. they'll be able to travel back. but one thing it does do, alex, christi, it provides the u.s. government officials say with more time to fact find, more time to invest

from both sides of the white house. she's not being used, right? that seems to be what the folks in her corner are saying. and then the folks from the west wing in your story seem to be saying her people aren't focused. there's no follow through. what do you think? about what their gripes are here. >> a lot of times when you see the vice president, you see her acting as a dutiful number two. it is something that sources told us from the beginning of her administration. even the transition that she was modeling her vice presidency after then vice president biden's relationship with obama. being the number two. we saw her often at the side of the president at these meetings and at these speeches really standing behind after introducing him. that playbook has changed. we have seen her shrink from the public eye. and i think that is one of the problems that a lot of folks in her camp are having. she is not being visible after having a couple different stumbles. she is not being supported by the would you say. on the other side, we have the west wing. >

team members asked for an invitation to the white house. on sunday a pub in ireland tweeted this clip from that video call. >> great win, man. by the way, when i was down in new zealand not long ago, i was bragging about you guys. they almost didn't let me off the island. do you know what i mean? [ laughter ] congratulations, fellas. >> well done. and that wraps up this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. i'll be back in just a moment with more news. don't go away. some people have joint pain, plus have high blood pressure. they may not be able to take just anything for pain. that's why doctors recommend tylenol®. it won't raise blood pressure the way that advil® aleve® or motrin® sometimes can. for trusted relief, trust tylenol®. with age comes more... get more with neutrogena® retinol pro plus. a powerful .05% retinol that's also gentle on skin. for wrinkles results in one week. neutrogena®. for people with skin. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ >>> hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united st

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

mayor, i wanted also to shift gears and talk about the legislative win for the white house, and you've been very vocal about the issue of infrastructure. last night the u.s. house passed the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill after months of back and forth. you joined the u.s. conference of mayors, endorsing this bill. in your view, how will this happen the people of houston? >> well, for example, we have the number one port in the country especially relating to for foreign. there are dollars for port, port expansion and we certainly need to widen and deepen the port in the city of houston's when it comes to transit, building a much more walkable, livable city. dollars in in for transit. when it comes to roads and brips. that's important. we have one of the largest wastewater facilities in the country. when it comes to sanitary sewage, this bill is critically important. no question, there's a huge need for infrastructure dollars and improvement. job creation. not only in the city of houston but across the board, and as president of the african-american mayors association, we

how much is that a failing opt part of white house messaging? and how much is it about politics working against him? >> i think several things. the biggest factor of all is reality. that americans thought we were on a glood path to return to normal. that was tremendously disrupted by the rise of the delta variant. and secondly, the inflation is just a daily force. and factor in peoples lives that is very hard to message around. there are a lot of positives in the economy. that are developing in terms of job growth. and gdp growth and stock market return. that are basically being eclipsed by the continuing struggles of covid and the inflation the hope in the white house is if both of those work themselves out sometime in 2022. the under lying conditions will come to the floor. and biden could recover substantially. maybe not in time for 2022. but we have seen this movie before. we have reagan, clinton and obama. all came into office with the economy in turmoil. it didn't turn around fast enough to save the party. in the second half of the term, t

what was happening inside the white house on friday? >> over the last couple days the president was working the phones more than he has up to date wednesday, thursday, friday when he got back to the country from his trip abroad. he was talking to progressives, he was talking to moderates. he called into a meeting of progressives. he was basically saying now is the time to do it. he's gone up to the hill but he never said vote today. he finally said that friday. it took until almost midnight till end of the day on friday, more than the 11th hour. but the question is what permanent damage has been done? his approval rating is done now. had this happened in august, i think they would have gotten more republican votes. and, b, his approval rating likely would not be in the place that it is. but it is what it is, and he had a bounce in his step yesterday morning at the white house when he said, me. he has some confidence that he can get this done. fundamentally he believes that joe manchin is not going to block his agenda. yes, we're going t

i think we're all concerned, we want the white house to be right that this inflation is transitory. we all hope so. but if it is not, the reality is, kevin, isn't it, that the administration doesn't have a lot of levers to pull. >> no, they don't. the lever to pull is what ronald reagan did, that inflation happens when demand runs ahead of supply, so if you want the fed can attack demand with interest rates, but you can also feed supply by having business friendly tax cuts, which i don't think those will possibly be on the table with biden. you're right, the spending is spread out over ten years. a they are shooting the fire hose at the economy next year of spending. and given the supply disruptions that we have right now, if the inflation ends up being transitory, then it will be one of the bigger shocks in my economic life and it will be the first time that has ever happened. once you get to six where we are now, you usually get to ten. >> i'll also say this say unique moment in that we haven't had an economy like this pulling out of a pandemic in this way. so there are a lot of u

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

and i think the white house is starting to realize they need to start doing a better job telling their story. >> speaking of that. i heard you agreeing with him saying uh-huh but we talked about ronny jackson. what about ron desantis. he's an example to protect floridians with another lockdown. to be clear, president biden is saying lockdowns are off the table for now. and, you know, his strategy for this winter doesn't include shut downs or lockdowns, just more politics. >> no. of course it is. he'll protect people in florida for something from something that isn't going to happen. but it's one of the rules, the unfortunate rules of modern politics in this arena in which we live right now which is if you have somebody like governor desantis say something like that enough, people who are listening will start to believe it and potentially believe that the president is considering lockdowns, which he said explicitly today when asked at the white house the answer is no. things could change but that is in nobody's interest because we are at the point where unless this variant or another va

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

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

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

. >> i think the white house has to be very careful. on the one hand, this is a pretty good economy. good jobs numbers, unemployment numbers. gdp is back where it was prepandemic. stock market is doing well. there is a temptation to do a victory lap of course. if you look at consumer sentiment numbers, they're quite low right now. americans are worried about the loss of living standards because of inflation. the administration has to be careful of touting these numbers too much. they have to acknowledge americans and present a plan for getting to the other side. . >> what a political challenge, ron. i can't think of a precedent here. but you have a jobs market. you have gdp. these numbers are good. just really, really good. but you have a white house that doesn't seem to be gaining any political capital from it. >> look, inflation, you know, eclipses the sun, right? it is something that people feel every day. sometimes many times a day. the hope for the white house has to be if the economists are right and this is fund mentally temporar

jasmine wright is live for us at the white house. the president held a strategy session with his cabinet. how is he planning to fix this? >> that's right, fred. inflation concerns continue to dog this white house into the weekend as americans are paying more for everyday goods and frankly they're not happy about it, and that unhappiness led to a messaging shift from the white house, instead of using terms like transitory or temporary they first used a few months ago, you are hearing everyone from the president to vice president to officials publicly and privately saying this is a big deal and that it is a top priority for the administration. no matter those messaging shifts or measures put in place to try to break apart the log jam of the supply chain, really officials have been starting to say look, it may extend, inflation prices may extend well into the next year, no doubt adding pressure to families as we head into the holidays when they continue to grocery shop, fill gas tanks and start present buying process. friday as you said

guys. >> manu, thank you, let's go down to the white house. phil, what's the reaction from the white house to the demand for the cbr score vote. >> they have been similar to democratic leaders in the sense they have been scrambling throughout really the course of the last 24 hours, trying to address what those moderates, that group of five moderates is asking for here, in fact, guys, the white house economic team put together their own preliminary budget that they circulated to all house democrats last night. obviously it isn't a cbo score, but it was modeled in a way to make it as close to a cbo like score as possible, hoping that would be enough to perhaps check the box that the moderates have made clear they need checked in order to move forward. the president's top negotiators, on capitol hill throughout the morning meeting with these members, meeting with the speaker's team, trying to figure out a path forward, and i think it underscores the urgency after so many blown deadlines that today was supposed to be the day. today could have been

we know he waited to sign the bill so lawmakers could come to the white house. as you said, the conversation is now dominated by inflation concerns, high gas prices, high everyday goods, the supply chain logjam and the president's strategy is really hoping that signing this bill tomorrow in a big affair is going to show the country that the democrats can produce really a product for americans, and officials hope this bill really hope those economic problems. take a listen. >> the infrastructure plan will ease inflationary pressures. that's not all we're looking at. we're trying to help one of the fundamental causes here which is supply chain snarls. this is a multitear approach, near term, medium term and long term to fight against these price pressures. >> reporter: despite that approach we heard the official talking about, the fact of the matter is that the effects of this bill won't be felt quickly, as officials say these hire prices could go well into the next year if not the end of the year. now one thing that we haven't heard from the president yet, who he

but he's also placing blame at the white house. listen. >> i mean, look there is a whole other problem with inflation. you need to ask somebody at the white house about that. because everybody i'm talking to, their worried about grass and groceries and everything else that you're buying. an this is unsustainable and they're wanting to spend more money out there. people have got to get realistic with real economics. >> and so you're hearing politicians talk about the price of goods and inflation and boris you mentioned, there are so many people in america who are concerned, there was a new index that came out for people being asked what do you think about the economy and the future and a quarter of them said they are nervous. and we have the holiday season starting. so for some people it already started if you're an early shopper. for others like me you're waiting. but you're concerned about the price of those goods trying to make sure that you get all of the gifts that you want for the people in your family and if those gifts will

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

, cnn's kate bennett live at the white house. kate, what is it? >> the theme is gifts from the heart, john, and this year, jill biden wanted to reflect unity, the things that bring us together, lots of the trees had nods to first responders, front line workers, families, basically giving thanks for the things that she feels the pandemic has taken away, things people need to remember. jill biden is going to thank the volunteers, the hundred or so volunteers who came to decorate the white house later this afternoon in person. basically felt like more subdued white house holiday decoration than in years past. of course we are coming out of this pandemic, we hope and the bidens wanted to reflect that thankfulness they're feeling, the gratitude. there will be no controversial red trees, let's put it that way. there's nothing in the decorations that's going to really cause a massive amount of conversation, but jill biden was very much involved. she picked the theme, she picked some of the ornaments. she decided she wanted to hang stock

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

a big step for the white house. we'll likely hear from the president this afternoon. >> democrats have not had a lot of good news this week or days before. jessica, a quick question. i hate to put you on the spot for time line questions because this is capitol hill tea leave reading, but do we know the time line for this getting through the senate, perhaps back to the house? or is that just, you know, we have to wait and see? >> reporter: right. it's everyone's best guess at this point. the old adage is take the over when it comes to these things. at this point, schumer aiming for by christmas, manchin at first was kind of opposed to that. he was, you know, hesitant to commit to that. now we talked to him more recently. he said he was open to that if they could get to where they wanted to be. so the question now is will they get there. and, again, they're out all next week for thanksgiving. that puts us into the first week of december where they'll come right up against the debt limit, you know, deadline and also go

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

white house press secretary jen psaki has revealed she tested positive for covid. she's not traveling with the president. she was last with president biden last tuesday at the time she was outside and wearing a mask, physician as agree there is a very low likelihood that she could have transmitted the virus. the president is triple protected and did test negative just yesterday. >> thank you. >>> breaking news on capitol hill. senator manchin just said that he will not support the president's spending bill. says he has a long way to go there. we'll talk to the chair of the progressive caucus, pramila jayapal next. ♪ ♪ there are beautiful ideas that remain in the dark. but with our new multi-cloud experience, you have the flexibility you need to unveil them to the world. ♪ ♪ say it's all right ♪ ♪ say it's all right, it's all right ♪ ♪ have a good time 'cause it's all right ♪ ♪ now listen to the beat ♪ ♪ kinda pat your feet ♪ ♪ it's all right ♪ ♪ have a good time 'cause it's all right ♪ ♪ oh, it's all right ♪ when traders tell u