a good evening. we begin, tonight, with breaking news that is vitally important to the millions of americans who have been vaccinated against covid. but might not be fully protected because their immune system is damaged by illness or suppressed by certain medications. cnn has learned that the fda is expected, within the next-48 hours, to authorize booster shots in some of these cases. third doses of the up till now two-shot vaccines. the cdc estimates about 9 million americans are immunocompromised so it's a very big deal, as well as a first. it would be the first authorization for booster shot for covid. also, late today, u.s. surgeon general murthy offered this hopeful prediction for parents to cnn's wolf blitzer.

>> if everything were to go well, and everything were to fall into place, i think, it's possible that we could see a vaccine, before the end of the calendar year for kids under 12. >> that cannot come too soon, obviously. nationwide, the number of kids hospitalized for covid is on the brink of exceeding the highest levels on record for the entire pandemic. in california, where the numbers are also climbing, the governor today became the first in the nation to order vaccination or regular testing for all teachers and other school personnel statewide. meantime, in texas and florida, where childhood cases are climbing, much more steeply, local officials defied orders from their respective governors, by imposing mask mandates in schools or the general population. and across the hardest-hit areas, people who work in children's hospitals, are seeing something they haven't seen, prior to the delta variant, they say. >> over the last year, we hadn't seen as many kids get acute covid lung disease, as much as we're seeing now that delta variant is definitely hitting them a lot harder, a lot faster, than we had seen in the past.

um -- >> game changer. >> it is. the kids are definitely sicker than they have been. >> so, a lot to talk about tonight. including, how effective masks are at keeping kids safe in school. we'll talk to a pediatric infectious disease specialist who studied more than a million school students and staff in north carolina about what the research actually found. we begin, though, with cnn's kaitlan collins at the white house. so what more do we know about this booster decision? >> so anderson, this is expected to come from the fda by the end of the week authorizing this third shot for some people who are immunocompromised. it's not expected to be everyone, who is considered immunocompromised but a small subset of group and as you heard the surgeon general say, earlier, that can be people who recently had organ transplants. are getting chemo treatment. things of that nature, as well. but that will be detailed when the fda does make this authorization and it's not the last step in actually getting these people this third shot of moderna or of the pfizer vaccine. but it is the first step in this because once the fda has changed

the authorization, which -- which right now, is just for two shots and that's why doctors can't offer a third shot, at this point, because that's not what the fda has authorized. then, cdc has to vote on that and make a recommendation about whether or not to follow that authorization from the fda. and conveniently, the cdc does have a meeting with its vaccine advisers scheduled for friday. and so, there could be a vote coming out of that. and so, you could see this start to move quickly for some of these immunocompromised people, who have been waiting to hear from the fda and from the cdc whether or not they need a third shot of these two-dose vaccines. >> what about boosters for the general population? i mean, is this just kind of a first step to -- to -- so that it's not everybody, all at once? >> yeah. well, they are kind of considering two different things here. so for people who have -- who are immunocompromised, the concern, essentially, they need a third shot is because they never developed the same response to the vaccine that someone who is not immunocompromised did. and so, that is the concern there and why they need them.

given, of course, we have seen that about a third of the people who are eligible to get a vaccine in the u.s. did not actually get one so there is not that herd immunity that doctors were hoping the u.s. could achieve. when it comes to the general population getting vaccines, what they're studying for that is the efficacy and when it starts to wane. that is still something, anderson, that they are looking into. they are trying to make a judgment on when that happens. we have seen moderna and pfizer kind of put out of some their own information but the question with -- with that is not just that everyone should get them, at once. it's who should get them, when? and what should the dates be recommended for them? because, of course, a lot of elderly people were first in line to get the vaccines in the united states. a hlot of healthcare workers, also. so that is something we are expecting to get closer to september from top-health officials. but this is a decision for those who are immunocompromised could come, right now, by the end of the weeng. though, we have been cautioned that timing could slide. >> kaitlan collins, appreciate it. thanks. let's get perspective now from cnn medical analyst and former baltimore city health commissioner, dr. leana wen.

the pandemic has become more dangerous for children. here is how to help keep them safe. she is also the author of the new book lifelines, a doctor's journey in the fight for public health. also with us, cnn chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta. sanjay, how significant is this? i mean, talk about who is considered immunocompromised and eligible for a third shot. >> yeah. well, this is significant. i mean, we have seen this sort of play out in countries around the world and i think a lot of people have been wondering when this was likely to happen here in the united states. and it looks like it is imminent, as kaitlan just said. if the fda does go ahead and make this recommendation, it will be followed by the cdc. just like we saw with the vaccines. you remember, the fda authorized. cdc formally recommended. we see the same thing and as -- as soon after that, we could see the shots going out. maybe, this weekend or early-next week. it could be that fast. it is about 3 to 4% of the population we are talking about. 9 to 10 million people. immunocompromised means your immune system is compromised. not able to -- to sort of create

the sort of immune response to the vaccines that other people do. so people who have received chemotherapy, hiv-aids patients, and people who maybe received organ transplants and are on immunosuppressive drugs. let me show you this graphic of what we are talking about here. this is a study that came out of the new england journal of medicine. little busy there but focus on that bottom-left screen. the red lines basically are what happens when someone got the first-two shots. see how many antibodies they produce. not many. then, they have the third shot and they produced a lot of antibodies. the blue lines are the same thing just with placebo. just to give a control test there. point being, that for people who said, look, i just am not generating enough antibodies at least according to this one study when they got that third shot, it did make a big difference. really, bringing those antibody levels up. >> so, just so i'm clear, people who have hiv who are on medication. are they still immunocompromised? i thought that meant their systems were pretty much like

everybody else's. >> yeah, it depends. you can measure that. you can basically see how many of these types of immune cells they actually have in their system. so they are often, sort of, you know, followed along for that specifically. whereas, people who may take immunosuppressive drugs for transplant, for example, some people may take these types of drugs because they have autoimmune diseases. we are going to hear more from the fda about who, specifically, they are talking about here. because, you know, 10 million people is a big group of people but who specifically is that going to be? i think that's part of what the fda and then the cdc will -- will drill down on. >> dr. wen, there's -- what people who received the one dose the johnson & johnson vaccine should do but if an immunocompromised person received the j&j vaccine, would they now -- i assume they would be able to get a dose of pfizer or moderna? >> well, i definitely hope so. and actually, in this case, i certainly agree with sanjay. i think it's really important for the fda and cdc to come out with strong recommendations that certain groups of immunocompromised people should

get the booster shot, at this point. but i also hope they leave room for nuance. i mean, there are going to be people with some degree of i immunocompromised who may not belong in one of these very high risk categories. but maybe, they live at home with someone who is unvaccinated not taking precautions. they have a little bit of immunocompromised, maybe they should also be allowed to get a booster shot by way of exposure. same thing goes for people with the johnson & johnson vaccine. we actually know, at this point, the j&j vaccine, like astrazeneca, another adenovirus vaccine, they are effective against severe illness but less effective, it seems, especially with the delta variant. and so, i think, for these individuals, a decision should be able to be made between them and their doctor about getting a booster dose, at this time, regardless of immunocompromise. and i hope that the fda and cdc allow for people to start making these decisions for themselves, with their doctors, instead of having, as is the case, many people just going to random pharmacies. their doctors saying to them, you should get the booster but

they can't prescribe it and so they are going to pharmacies. they are going to grocery stores. trying to figure out a way to get the booster. that should not be happening. we should allow people discretion in consultation with their doctors. >> so, sanjay, how would this even work now for if you are going to get a booster? i mean, are the big-vaccination centers, still, operating? or are -- is it now all through pharmacies and -- and doctors? >> it's -- it's mostly through -- through pharmacies and doctors. and in most places, there is supply. you know, this was a problem, obviously, early on. that the demand was outstripping the supply for a long time. the supply has outstripped the demand and in some of these places, vaccines are even expiring. so, you know, it's a question of them really, you know, being able to get used in this way. otherwise, possibly, going to waste. so, for most people, it'll be, you know, whatever sort of system. maybe, they got their original vaccine. if it was a big-vaccine center, it's most likely it's going to be more available in their local pharmacies, now. >> i mean, i just -- i know this is off topic but i mean, i got to say. the idea the vaccines are going to be thrown out because not

enough people are taking 'em. and there are people, around the world, who would do anything to -- to get a vaccine. it -- it is -- it's just -- it's unconscionable. >> i -- i totally agree. i mean, i just came back from tokyo, and i got a chance to interact with people from all over the world there. and it is remarkable to me, the places around the world where, you know, access is 1 or 2% of the population even has access. there were vaccine programs that have just started in some countries over the last few weeks. so people are literally begging for these vaccines in order to get back to their way of life. and, you know, we're explaining that we have, you know, significant hesitancy, plenty of supply. to be fair, there is hesitancy all over the world. but this is, you know, unprecedented levels, for sure. >> um, dr. wen, we have been talking a lot about, this week, when children the age of 12 will be eligible for vaccine. we heard from the surgeon general tonight, said it's possible a vaccine to be available for kids under 12 before the end of this year. he also noted the companies are

still com peopiling data from t trials they are conducting. you're a mom. two young kids. what are your expectations? >> well, it feels like our timeline keeps on getting pushed back because, initially, there were some reports that, maybe, as early as september or october, we would be able to see the vaccines be authorized for the 5 to 11-year-old group. and maybe, the 3 to 5-year-old group by -- by the end of this year. i mean, that's kind of what i think i and many other people were hoping for. at this point, i would like to see a bit more transparency, as in, what exactly is happening? how close are we to getting those results? and also, how much data is the fda actually waiting for? the urgency to get the vaccines for younger children is quite extraordinary, now. i mean, right now, we're entering a period that is, arguably, the most dangerous time for children during the entire pandemic because we have the delta variant. we have 93,000 children, who are getting -- who have gotten infected in the last week. more than 200 kids are getting hospitalized, every day. and now, kids are going back to

school. people are not using the same precautions, as they were before. and so, i think we need to raise the level of urgency and to really ask the question, how much data are we looking for? i mean, how many children need to be in these studies? what is the level of safety and the time period that we need? definitely, we want to make sure these vaccines are safe and effective. of course. we don't want any -- any corners to be cut. but we also need these vaccines pretty urgently, too. >> yeah. dr. leana wen, thank you. sanjay, appreciate it, as always. thank you. coming up next. one girl's struggle with covid. the support she got from her mom and medical professionals. also, new word on how best to protect millions of kids like her. and later, the implications of a judge's ruling today outing how lawmakers will be able to get a look at the former president's taxes and what they might learn. with pronamel repair toothpaste, we can help actively repair enamel in its weakened state. it's innovative. my go to toothpaste is going to be pronamel repair.

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the numbers we showed at the top of the program on kids hospitalized with covid are certainly alarming. but a line on a graph when it's climbing sharply only says so much about the effects of the virus that are being felt one child and one family at a time. gary tuchman has more.

>> knock, knock. >> reporter: a children's hospital in missouri, and sitting on the couch is angel baker, a mother who has gone through a horrifying week. her 14-year-old daughter, mariana, tested positive for covid, got very sick, and was put on oxygen for five days. angel says her daughter has received excellent treatment here at the cardinal glen and children's hospital in st. louis. >> might make you cough but that's what we want. that was a good one. ope. i warned ya. good job. >> reporter: mariana and her mother live about-150 miles away in southern missouri. she started feeling ill, at home. it, quickly, got worse. >> i was scared. i was panicking. monday, the 2nd, august the 2nd, i decided to take her to urgent care because she told me she couldn't breathe. >> reporter: the decision was made for mariana to be transported by ambulance to this renowned-children's hospital. for mariana, it was like a nightmare. >> very scary. >> reporter: when you saw her struggling to breathe with the

oxygen, what was going through your mind? >> just praying. asking god to bring her back, keep her safe. >> were you afraid she wasn't gonna make it? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: the 40-year-old mother says she received the covid vaccine, but says her daughter did not. >> why didn't she get vaccinated? >> i don't know. she -- i -- i -- i left it up to her. and she decided she didn't want to get vaccinated. >> reporter: i don't mean to make you feel badly. but you have gone through so much, my guess is -- and i'm making an educated guess -- that you wish you insisted upon her getting the vaccination. >> yes. >> reporter: there are currently children as young as 2 years old in the pediatric intensive care unit and the regular patient rooms at this hospital. of course, children under 12 cannot, yet, get the vaccine. last year, at this time, doctors here say the typical numbers of children with covid coming into the emergency room, on a daily basis, were zero, one, or two. now, they say, that daily number

is, usually, 11, 12, or 13. this doctor is a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the hospital. >> we seeing more severe cases. we are seeing more cases in the icu. and seeing more cases that require longer duration of treatment in the hospital. >> reporter: dr. tanos is the surgical unit medical director here. >> it's agonizing, sometimes. especially, when you see some of these sick -- some of these kids spiraling down beforthey head t icu. >> how many children have gotten the vaccine, also? >> none. >> reporter: mariana has turned the corner and is looking forward to recuperating at home. and then, being well enough to start her life as a high school freshman. she left us with this message. >> get a vaccine so you won't have to be in the hospital bed.

can't breathe. >> reporter: and her mother has one, too. >> please, parents, get vaccinated and get your kids vaccinated. it's real. don't let no school, no governor -- it's -- it's real. >> and, gary, i understand there's been a development in the story? >> yeah, anderson, there's good news. mariana has been released from this hospital. she, now, will be able to recuperate at home. she's supposed to start high school, a week from monday. she won't be able to go to high school, just yet. but her mother's hoping she's healthy enough to start going to school, before the end of september. one interesting note, anderson. mariana has a 12-year-old, little sister. that 12-year-old, little sister, also, was not vaccinated. so, angel was here with her older daughter, mariana, for the week but she went back to where they live in southern missouri, on friday, and she took her daughter to get vaccinated. anderson. >> gary tuchman, appreciate it. we wish them the best. more now on how to prevent these cases. our next guest and his

colleagues at duke university recently presented the results of a study of covid in north carolina schools. dr. danny benjamin is the distinguished professor of pediatrics at duke, co-chair of the science collaborative which did the study. dr. benjamin, i appreciate you being with us. so i want to ask you about your study, in a moment. but first, i mean, we just saw gary's piece. as a pediatrician, what do you say to kids who are choosing not to get vaccinate the in that age group, who are able to? and what do you tell parents who are hesitant about getting their kids vaccinated. >> a little bit different. so the kids, i tend to talk to them about think about playing football like it's not 2019, once again. or think about a social life, like it was 2019. to try and get them excited about the vaccine, itself. for parents, it's a much more concrete discussion. you're gonna reduce the chances of long covid, of death, of morbidity, of hospitalization by more than 95%. you are going to essentially drive all of that to zero. it'll be safer than the flu.

it'll be just like getting a cold. you want to get this done. and then, i tell them my own experience when the pfizer trial, first, opened up for 12 to 15-year-olds. my two youngest sons were two of the first children enrolled in that study. and i'm a firm believer in the efficacy of the vaccine. >> so the vaccines won't be available for kids under 12 before the end of 2021, according to the surgeon general. um, you studied over a million students and staff in -- in north carolina. can you just tell us what you learned about how effective masks are in schools? because you had rand paul, you know, on youtube, saying that cloth masks don't work. >> yes, that statement by paul is incorrect. so it -- started in the fall, and then, we replicated the study during the winter surge and through that time, we showed that masking was preventing transmission of covid in schools. it drove it down to the point where a child coming in with covid had less than a 1% chance

of giving it to their peers or to a teacher. then, north carolina developed bipartisan legislation, to the credit of our governor and legislators, that required schools to report their data to us, at the abc science collaborative. and put all children in the state eligible to be in school, full time. over a million children and adults reported data to us, every week, through their schools by school infections from the community and school acquired. over 7,000 infections in the schools. 40,000 quarantines but only 363 with in-school transmission. which, again, less than 1% chance of passing it on to your peers or to an adult. >> so, i mean, that's extraordinary that you are saying a child with covid coming to a school but wearing a mask has a less than 1% chance of giving it to -- to another kid?

because of -- because of the mask? >> that's correct. that's the primary intervention. these schools didn't do widespread-screening testing. they didn't do widespread ventilation changes. they simply had universal masking. they had very high compliance with that. we had substudies in several districts, which showed a compliance rate greater than 90% in the mainstream curriculum and we're getting ready to submit that for publication here, later-this month. but, yeah, the primary intervention, masking. >> do you know what it would be without a mask? i mean, what -- what -- if a child with covid came to a location with covid but no mask, do you have a sense of how -- what the -- the likelihood of transmission would be? >> sure. the best data points that we have, thus far, are in israel, back in 2020, where it was approximately 13 to 16% of the children and adults were infected in a week, without masking.

and then, in north carolina and in missouri, we've had a couple of school districts open up with going with a voluntary-masking policy. and those school districts have gone four or five days. and through a combination, partly the drama around quarantines, and partly because of infections that are occurring in schools, they're going back to a masking policy. with the delta variant, it's harder to know because we have so limited experience. but i would say, well over 10%. >> you also looked at the risk of transmission in sports and extracurricular activities. what -- what did you find? >> so, sports and extracurricular activities in high school and in middle school. that's where somewhere between 50 and 75% of the within-school transmission is going to occur. if you have universal masking in place. and the implications for that are that the extracurriculars, partly because of the intimacy

of athletics or chorus or the arts or theater. the intimacy of those interactions between children, and the subsequent, kind of, leaks in mask compliance, if you will, result in a greater risk of infection in that setting. and the implications for that are that's an area where the school districts really can encourage and motivate children to vaccinate. and they can do so by policies where they say, okay, if you want to participate in football, that's great. vaccinate. or have regular testing done because you and your teammates and your opponents are at higher risk. having test done a couple of times a week. >> just finally, um, and you may not have looked at this. but just from -- from what you -- what you believe or what you know, if some parents are, obviously, facing a situation where there is not a mask mandate in the school. they want their child to be masked. but they are worried about, you know, no one else in the class being masked.

is it, still -- do you -- do you -- in your opinion, effective for a child for their own self-protection to be masked if the other kids in the class are not? >> no, it's not sufficient. what parents want to do, in that situation, it helps a little bit, probably, to put the mask on one's own child. the big things to push for is to make sure that the schools are being ethical, as it relates to quarantine policy. transparent, in their communication around who's exposed. communicating to parents, if their children are exposed. and communicating, publicly, the number of infections in the children that they're harming by that policy. >> dr. benjamin, appreciate it. really fascinating. thank you. just ahead, another major, legal decision about whether democrats can see the former-president's tax returns. details on what democrats may, finally, see, when we continue.

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major legal decision that may put at least some of the former president's tax returns in the hands of democratic investigators in the house. something the former president and his lawyers have tried to prevent, for years. a federal judge says they should be allowed access to those and other financial records, while investigating possible violations of the emoluments clause, which forbids foreign payments to a president. in this case, concerning the hotel on federal property in d.c. and i am quoting from the judge now. the committee has presented detailed and substantial evidence that president trump, at least through his business interests, likely received foreign payments during the term of his presidency. so it was not a complete victory, though, for democrats on the oversight committee. the judge citing a supreme court decision on this case said they were only allowed tax records for while the former president was in office. not stretching back to 2011, as they'd subpoenaed. both sides suggesting they may appeal. a separate committee is also pursuing these records. eight years of which were obtained by the manhattan d.a.'s office, earlier this year. want to get perspective now from norm eisen, former counsel to

house democrats during the first impeachment and a cnn legal analyst. and also, timothy o'brien, author of "trump nation, the art of being the donald." so, norm, you raised a red flag, early on, about the emoluments clause and the former president. you heard what the judge wrote. the -- what do you make of where this has landed? of what the judge has, so far, decided? >> anderson, thanks for having me back. i think it's an important milestone on holding trump accountable. when you and i, first, started talking about emoluments, uh, in 20 -- early 2017 -- we didn't imagine it would take this long. but the rule of law, as slow as it is, is working. and there's no question that the constitution forbids a president from taking money from foreign governments, anderson. and now, finally, congress is gonna get ahold of his tax returns. that's an issue for when he's president. and we're going to see what the full extent of it was.

i think we're going to have some pretty shocking, further revelations about just how much he was getting from foreign governments. >> tim, i mean, how big a deal is this ruling, in your view? because the judge said the house can't see tax returns before he was president. does that -- does that make a big difference, do you think? >> i mean, i'm glad that we got this. i -- i would disagree with my friend, norm, a little bit in -- in -- in regards to whether or not it's a milestone because i just don't feel there's enough here. there's a lot of arbitrary boundaries around this. the -- judge meta has said that -- that house oversight can get trump's tax returns for 2017 and 2018 from his presidential tenure. but didn't allow them to see 2019 and to get 2020 when those are prepared. that's perplexing, to me, if -- if judge meta was -- was restraining or -- or constraining their purview, in that regard. he is saying, though, they can go back and get financial

records to 2013 on -- on the trump -- on trump's hotel in washington because that is possibly in excess of emoluments. a fancy 18th-century word for bribery. we know that there was a lot of foot traffic in that hotel from diplomats and lobbyists. there's no question that the trump organization got foreign payments. the issue is whether or not that got tied to policy changes. but the larger issue here is we still don't have enough transparency into trump's finances. and there's, still, not a rule in place, legislatively, that will require all-future presidents to have to disclose their tax returns. >> so, norm, is that what investigators would have to prove? that people giving money to the hotel, that it was linked to, then, political outcomes? or -- or administration policy? >> um, well, anderson, um, for congressional purposes, um, these two lines of inquiry that the court allowed.

um, the -- the broader inquiry in time, as to the old post office. and the questions about emoluments are important to passing legislation. so, for congressional purposes, these records would matter -- um -- we would want to show that the constitution was transgressed or that there were bad practices on the old post office. but, anderson, these are the same records. these -- trump's tax records while he's in office -- that prosecutors in new york are looking at. and we know there are issues of tax fraud, insurance fraud, bank fraud. the judge considered michael cohen's testimony about trump's wrongdoing. congress is now gonna get ahold of those. and with one set of charges, already, in place in new york. possible, additional charges, as i've written, trump's at substantial risk. and now, congress closing in. i think that's a big deal.

we could see more revelations of the kinds of two sets of books fraud that got mr. weisselberg in trouble, so far. and that's just starting. >> tim, where do -- what -- what is the next step here? i mean, in terms of, you know, based on what you know about the former president, your dealings with him, how much do you think this matters to him? and if it does, is it because there's something there to hide? or just the, you know, nobody likes to have their, you know, laundry, dirty or not, looked at in public? >> it matters to him, deeply, because his tax returns would not only indicate how robust his business actually is. it would, also, indicate how much money he had coming in from overseas, and possibly who some of his partners were overseas. and this is one of the great, unanswered questions of his administration. to what extent did his interactions with vladimir putin or other dictators, how much were those informed by his

desire to pad his own wallet? i think this disclosure gets towards that. and he knows it. and there's -- there's relationships he's had, in his past, that he's concerned about. donald trump consorted with members of organized crime in atlantic city and in the new york real estate market. there is a lot of dirt there, that he doesn't want to expose. doesn't want to be exposed. and i think if he wasn't concerned about those things, he would have freely given these documents up, as he promised to do many times and didn't. >> tim o'brien, norm eisen, appreciate it. thank. coming up next, the infrastructure bill made it through the senate. can it survive the house? the fight between moderates and progressives within the democratic party, ahead.

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americans want not just their roads and bridges, they want childcare so they can get back to work. so this is -- we've always seen them as, you know, together. these two things have to go together. we would, of course, loved if it were just one, big package but we are going to deliver them, both, together, to the president. >> what about -- what about $3.5, again, trillion is a lot of money. what about some level of compromise? i mean, if you need the democratic moderates, most notably manchin and kyrsten sinema? >> well, you need every single vote. i mean, in the house, we have a four-vote majority. and so, you know, the -- the reality is joe manchin's vote is important, and every one of our progressive members' votes is important. and so, this is gonna be a time where we have to come together to pass the president's agenda. and let me just be clear, 3.5 is not just a number that was pulled out, randomly. it is actually what we need, if we are going to deliver on these priorities. and remember, anderson, we're not talking about all the tax,

you know, the -- the -- the tax-fairness pieces that are going to be in this package, at the end, which generate enormous amounts of money from the wealthiest individuals and biggest corporations to pay for these investments in working families' lives, so that they can wake up and have a better future. >> are you concerned about the level of trust or lack of trust between the progressive and moderate wings of the democratic party? because cnn's reporting that moderate-house democrats are considering withholding their support for the budget reconciliation measure, unless speaker pelosi brings the senate's bipartisan infrastructure bill up for a vote, first. she said, in a move to reassure progressives that she won't consider the instruck shir bill, unless senate democrats push through the reconciliation spending package. >> i'm not concerned about trust, i am just concerned about momentum and making sure we deliver everything, together. there are going to be things in the bipartisan bill that progressives don't like. there are going to be things in the reconciliation bill, that moderates don't like. but listen. we're a big team. we ran on, and won, the house, the senate, and the white house

on a vision that got laid out through the jobs and families plan. these two are -- are integrally intertwined. we can't create jobs, anderson, and then stop women from being able to come back and obtain those jobs. >> but some democrats that you have to deal with. joe manchin, kyrsten sinema. are in states that are actually donald trump was very popular in. and obviously, joe manchin has real-political considerations about how far he can move to the -- the left or out of the center of the democratic party. >> well, the great thing about every single thing we are talking about in this reconciliation bill and the jobs and families plan. it is unbelievably popular, including with trump republicans. people want childcare, they want paid leave. they want healthcare. these are critical things that make their lives better. whether you're in west virginia, florida, or washington state. >> but they're not so popular with all republicans, otherwise they would have been in the other -- the other bill, which had more bipartisan -- which, you know, clearly had enough bipartisan support to pass in --

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