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 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

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

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

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

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

the white house weary to jump into all of this. but is simply does not have a good look and we're seeing the effects in the country. >> it is having an impact. thank you very much. just ahead, democrats clearly clashing over president biden's spending bill as nancy pelosi urge entsly pushed for a vote. we'll get the latest on the state of play from the top house progressive, congresswoman pramila jayapal is standing by live. we'll discuss when we come back. everything you've seen me do was made possible by what you don't see. cause when you're not looking, i go to work. ♪ strength isn't a given. it's grown. it's earned and tested. ♪ we all have the strength to see what's possible. it's up to us to unlock it. tonal. be your strongest. step up. prep up. to help keep you free from the risk of hiv. descovy for prep. a once-daily prescription medicine... ...that helps lower the chances of getting hiv through sex. it's not for everyone. descovy for prep has not been studied in people assigned female at birth. talk to your doctor to f

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

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

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

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

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. arlette saenz, a big victory for the president, not to the finish line but he can see it now. >> after months of cajoling and negotiating this is a major breakthrough for president biden's economic agenda. president biden spoke by phone with house speaker nancy pelosi today to offer her congratulations, and they also released a statement, the white house released a statement from the president celebrating this win. that statement says today the united states house of representatives passed the build back better act to take another giant step forward in carrying out my economic plan to create jobs, reduce costs, make our country more competitive and give working people and the middle class a fight chance. the white house hopeful that this bill will make good on some of the campaign promises that biden made back in 2020, but they are also keenly aware of the steep climb that this bill will face in the senate as there are expected to be major changes made to the bill in order to win supp

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

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

meanwhile, questions remain about former white house chief of staff mark meadows. the committee has threatened to seek criminal contempt charges against him as well but have yet to take that step. >> i think we will probably make a decision this week on our course of conduct with that particular witness. >> reporter: what that decision is remains an open question. but the committee has not ruled out any option. >> this was an assault on a peaceful transfer of power and we do need to hear from these individuals and we'll use every means necessary to compel them to speak to the committee. >> reporter: in this battle over the access of information there will be a key court hearing tomorrow. the committee going up against the former president donald trump and his lawyers at the appellate level as donald trump attempts to appeal a lower court ruling that would allow thousands of documents from the trump white house to go into the hands of the committee. trump and his legal team arguing it should be protected under executive privilege. the committee is arguing they need

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

voters think about what impacts them and the white house and the white house's emotion. number two, when the president, to your point, says things about afghanistan will not be xyz way or the economy will get better, or on july 4th, this is our independence day from the virus. voters can tell when it doesn't go that way. it's that simple. >> part of it is can you fix it? the silver lining is there are a lot of economists who think the economy is about to kick in. they've said that a lot, though, but there is the opportunity that republicans have a roaring economy next year. it is possible that covid starts to go down. but if you look at the numbers now of how midterm elections work, on this day in 2009, barack obama was 53%. at 53% he still lost virginia and he still lost new jersey. earlier in the year he was at 42% and he lost the house of representatives. he is where obama was on midterm election day in 2009. he needs to turn that around or the democrats are looking at a trap door. >> something he has never been is toxic. there is not very many he wants to campaign wi

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

steve bannon did not work in the white house. yet he is claiming privilege. these people will certainly try and claim that which is why they are sort of waiting on what merrick garland decides to do at doj. . >> in that clip we saw kayleigh mcenany lying to the american people. it's not a crime to lie to the american people. if it were she would have been charged on the first day as press secretary. what do you think the committee is looking for here. what do they want to know? it's not just did the president tell you to go out there and lie to the american people because, of course he did. >> well, they are looking to see what steps were taken within government that led to the january 6th insurrection. of course over 500 of the insurrectionists have been paying the price one way or the other. the criminal justice system, but no one has been charged with who funded it. how well organized was it and who was in on it. these could lead to charges of conspiracy, rico charges, obstruction of congress and also questions on whether donald trump incited an insurrecti

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

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

he's sitting in the white house. his people are hearing nothing from him, right, so they're just doing their rampage, and they think they're going to be pardoned. they have guns. it's clear. and all of congress is in, or a lot of congress has not been evacuated yet, and i can't get inside the head of a republican who's, you know, claiming, you know, sort of allegiance to donald trump but history will not treat them well. i think that is clear. >> we shall see. aaron davis, thank you for sharing your excellent reporting and your teams with us, really appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you. >> join jake tapper for a cnn special report "trumping democracy, an american coup," it begins saturday at 9 eastern on cnn. >>> as his own ambitions on climate change hang in the balance, president biden issues a dire plea to world leaders, take meaningful action now. the white house national climate adviser joins us. ♪ there are beautiful ideas that remain in the dark. but with our new multi-cloud experience, you have the flexib

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

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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

the white house has said that we will have information that matches, that the bill will be fully paid for. and ultimately, you know, the cbo has indicated that irs enforcement may be scored differently. but i think all democrats understand that actually the effects of enforcing the law and making the wealthiest pay their fair share are very, very clear, and we will get all of that revenue in. so i don't believe that we think there's going to be a problem between what the white house has said in terms of what the bill is going to cost and how it's paid for. i think that's all going to be consistent. and i do think we'll pass it through this week. >> have you talked to any of the moderates and received firm assurances from them that they will vote for the bill this week, regardless of what cbo comes out with? >> we have our agreement. and in that agreement it was very clear that regardless of if cbo has not provided the information, we will still hold a vote this week. and i've been continuing to talk to them. they've now had a week and a half to look at the bill to make sure they know

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

a disciplined white house checks base with who is not going to like this. and you say not today. please not today, the president needs this. be quiet. >> i think ironically this stretch is komcoming off what i arguably his best stretch. they are coming off the biden agenda. those issues will not kick in right away and they don't touch what voters right now care about, which is inflation and gas prices and are there going to be presents under the christmas tree. yes, those issues are huge for the biden presidency and america, but right now it's not enough to save the biden presidency or the democratic majority. >> the way you fight and get the credit for that, and you're absolutely right, especially when they come back and fight the presidency. you have to fight through that. one way you get through that is forced errors. there are people who say, no one can fight joe manchin, joe manchin will be joe manchin. there is also an administration announcing on the day you say you're going to tap the strategic reserves and this happens. >> how much barrels of oil does america consume eve

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

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

white house fiber officials. they include well known figures as stephen miller, blast from the past who made numerous false allegation about voter fraud in the 2020 election and encouraged state legislatures to appoint alternate electors. also, kayleigh mcenany, the white house press secretary who said at her very first briefing, i will never lie to you. and so, her lies began. and eight others including some lesser-known people who played key roles in their attempt to overturn a free and fair election. joining us now, robert costa co-author with bob woodward of the best-seller "peril." good to have you on. if you look at the ten latest subpoenas issued today, what do they tell you about -- or do they tell you anything about the direction of the january 6th committee, where they are heading in the investigation? >> number one, anderson, they are casting a wide net. they are -- they are bringing up names that are well known, like stephen miller, general kellogg, but also some lower-level trump white house aides tr

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

so, as we know, house democrats huddling right now with white house officials on getting these bills to a vote regardless of what we heard from senator manchin this morning. i guess the big question at this point is, is there actually going to be a vote today? >> reporter: that is still unclear. in fact, at this meeting that's happening down the hall from me right now, they have not been told exactly when that vote will be. what they are instead doing is going through the bill section by section, trying to outline some of the last-minute changes that have been made. this is a 2,000-plus-page bill, at least $1.75 trillion, packing all aspects of the american economy. one thing white house officials are indicating in there is they believe it will raise $2.1 trillion in revenue. they argue there might be some deficit reduction as well as part of an effort to raise taxes on a wide range of matters. but there's not been an official score from nonpartisan budget keepers about what exactly this bill will cause to the economy. that is creating some members pause. they want to see that before

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

how worried is this white house? >> reporter: well, look, the president is trying to reassure americans that they want to stay vigilant in the face of this potential new threat, but not to panic as we just heard from him just now. and yesterday when he spoke, he spoke after meeting with his medical officials, medical advisers, including dr. fauci being briefed. he said they are learning more and more about the variant every day, every hour, but there was still a lot that was unknown, including the transmissibility and the severity and, of course, that could take weeks for them to find out. but the president was really firm in saying that folks need to get their vaccines because it's only a matter of time until a case pops up in the u.s. he said they need to get their vaccines and get their boosters. and after he spoke, the cdc even updated their guidance saying that if you have had their vaccine before june 1st, it is now time for a booster. if you are 18 years plus. but the president was asked about the potential of

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

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

and i think the white house would tell you he hasn't yet either. we're just entering the salesperson pitch version, you know, portion of this effort. first they had to pass it, and that was really hard. and now they have to go sell it essentially, having gotten it put into law. they're going to go around the country and try to make people understand what's going on here. and honestly, i think the things that will help people's lives more immediately, that's in the bill that hasn't passed. >> right. >> the larger social safety net bill. universal pre-k, we're talking about extending the child tax credit, we're talking about giving help for day care. these are the things that help people individually right away. expanding a port is going to help. it's just going to take a really long time. >> that's part of the problem, the time line on this stuff and everyone obviously wants the price to go down right now. fixing a bridge and a port would be great, but it's going to take a really long time. >> the challenge is to say, look, we're going to lower your

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

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