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house of representatives passed an infrastructure investment in jobs act. that's a fancy way of saying a bipartisan infrastructure bill. a once in a generation investment that's going to create millions of jobs, modernize infrastructure, our roads, our bridges, our broadband, a range of things. to turn the climate crisis into an opportunity. it puts us on the path to win the economic competition of the 21st century that we face with china and other large countries and the rest of the world. it's going to create more jobs, good paying jobs, union jobs, and can't be outsourced, and they're going to transform our transportation system with the most significant investments in passenger rail, the most significant investment in 50 years, in roads and bridges, the most significant investment in 70 years, and more investment in public transit than we've ever, ever made, period. it's going to modernize our ports and airports, i'm going to
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ports next week and the freight rail, increasing that -- look, we have bottlenecks across the country. we're doing so much with this legislation. it's going to make it easier for companies to get goods to market more quickly and reduce supply chains, bottlenecks, and now -- and now and for decades to come. you know, according to economists, this is going to be -- ease inflationary pressure, not increase it, ease inflationary pressures by lowering costs for working families. it's going to create jobs replacing lead water pipes so every american, every child can drink clean water, improving their health and putting plumbers and pipefitters to work. how long we been talking about that? it's a gigantic issue. jobs making high-speed internet affordable and available everywhere in america. you heard me say this before, i apologize for repeating myself, but no parent should have to sit in the parking lots of a fast food restaurant so their child can do their homework because they have no internet connection except to go off of what's going
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on -- that internet connection from the fast food restaurant. it's going to make significant historic strides to take on the climate crisis. some of you were with me when i was recently in scotland at the c.o.p. 26, what did people keep asking? are you going to fund it, are you really going to do what you're saying? well, this -- along a big step along the way doing it. we're going to build out the first-ever national network of charging stations all across the country, over 500,000 of them, so that you can make a real, you know, auto companies are -- made a commitment they were going make 50% of vehicles electric by 2030. so you'll be able to go across the whole darn country, from east coast to west coast, just like you stop at gas stations now. there's charging stations that will be available. we'll get america off the sidelines on manufacturing. manufacturing of solar panels, wind turbines, battery storage, energy and power for electric
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vehicles, from school buses to automobiles. and we'll reward companies for paying good wages and for getting materials for their products from right here in america. america exporting and providing the rest of the world with these technologies that are generated here in the united states as we go green around the world. it also makes historic investments in environmental cleanup and remediation. it builds up our resilience against superstorms and droughts and wildfires, hurricanes -- you know, you've heard me say it again, i apologize for repeating myself, but $99 billion in losses last year because of climate crises in america, $99 billion it cost the taxpayers in america. and represents a blinking red code out there for our nation. vice president harris and i look forward to having a formal signing ceremony for this bipartisan infrastructure soon because -- everybody's -- i'm not doing it this weekend
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because i want people who work so hard to get this done, democrats and republicans, to be here when we sign it. but we're looking more forward to having shovels in the ground to begin rebuilding america. and for all of you at home who feel left behind and forgotten in an economy that's changing so rapidly, this bill is for you. the vast majority of the thousands of jobs that will be created don't require a college degree. there will be jobs in every part of the country, red states, blue states, cities, small towns, rural communities, tribal communities. this is a blue-collar blueprint to rebuild america, and it's long overdue. i'm also proud that the house took a big step toward -- forward to pass my build-back-better act which for -- november 15th they're going to take up. they went through the procedural mechanisms to ensure that occurs. let me be clear -- we will pass this in the house, and we'll
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pass it in the senate. the build-back-better act will be a once in a generation investment in our people, getting america back to work by reducing the cost of childcare and elder care and getting millions of women back on the job who have to stay home because they cannot afford the childcare o the health care for their parents. providing universal pre-k for every 3 and 4-year-old child in america and increasing their academic achievement potential significantly, significantly. making health care more affordable, lowering prescription drug costs. the tax cuts for working people in the middle class so that folks have just a little -- i know you're tired of hearing, my dad would say as a middle-class guy, we need a little breathing room, a little breathing room. it's going to reduce child poverty by 5%. we're already on iraq -- 50%. we're already on track to do that in the childcare tax we passed in the last piece of legislation. this bill is fiscally responsible. that's a fancy way of saying
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it's fully paid for. it doesn't raise the deficit by a single penny. and it actually reduces the deficit according to leading economists in this country over the long term. it's paid for by making sure that the wealthiest americans, the biggest corporations begin to pay their fair share, again, you've heard me say five times why should 40 to 55 corporations made over $40 billion the last couple of years, why should they pay zero in taxes. i'm a capitalist, not a socialist. but the bottom line is everybody should pay their fair share. zero in taxes? come on. and so -- keep my campaign commitment it does not raise a single penny in tax for anyone making less than $400,000 a year. say it again -- folks no matter what they tell you, you're going to find out this will not affect your taxes one little bit, not having to pay a penny more if you make less than $400,000 a
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year. independent experts have concluded that these bills are the highest value investments that we can make to grow the economy. it's going to create millions of jobs, increase productivity and wages and reduce costs and generate significant and historic economic growth. again, the press is here, the poor people have to follow me all the time, they've heard me say this a lot. we got out of the blue a couple of weeks ago a letter from 17 nobel prize winners in economics, and they determined that it will ease inflationary pressures, not create them, ease them. ease those pressures. and for the economy it recognizes that we face an inflection point. for most of the 20th century we led the world by a significant margin because we invested in our people. we invested in ourselves. you've heard me say it a thousand times, jill, my wife, says any country with education is going to outcompete us.
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we invested in education, health care, we invested this things that affect people's opportunities to succeed. we built an interstate highway system which led to the best roads, bridges, airports, and transit systems in the world. these are the arteries of commerce that move goods from coast to coast quickly. that's why people decide to build facilities here in the united states. we've empowered companies to outcompete the world. and we created jobs and untold opportunities for our people to travel, to live, and to work. but somewhere along the way, we stopped people. and we risk losing our edge as a nation. i don't think it was conscious but that's what happened. and china and the rest of the world are moving to catch up, in some cases in certain areas move ahead. our infrastructure used to be rated the best in the world. today, today according to the world economic forum, we rank 13th in the world. the united states of america ranks 13th in the world in
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infrastructure. come on. we used to lead the world in education achievement. now the organization for economic cooperation and development, oecd, ranks america 35th out of 37 major companies when it comes to investing in early education for childhood education and care. think about that. those who are parents know, you start kids early, you give them the basics, you give them the material to be able to go on. simply unacceptable that we rank 35. we're now turning it around in a big way. any single element of this plan would be a fundamental change in america. taken together, they're truly consequential. again, i have more to say about this soon, but when we have the bill signing, i'll be able to thank everyone in the senate and the house for their leadership. i hesitate to start now. i'll leave somebody out, and i want to make sure everyone who
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was part of this gets credit for it. for now, i want to quickly thank members of the house who worked so hard to get some of this done. speaker pelosi, steny hoyer, jim clyburn, progressive leaders, moderate leaders, democrats, republicans. they, in fact, worked together -- like i saw someone told me my staff this morning that i'm one of the programs this morning, they said, well, we finally -- the sausage is made. you know, well, you know, it is a process. you all know it. you're all pros. you cover it. the american people have made clear one overwhelming thing i think -- and i really mean it -- all the talk about the elections and what do they mean -- they want us to deliver. they want us to deliver. democrats, they want us to deliver. last night we -- on one big item we delivered. i want to close with this -- for much too long, working people in
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the middle class of this country have been dealt out of the promise of america. that sounds like hyperbole, but i really mean it. some of you may remember when i ran i was legitimately -- it's appropriate to be criticized, i'm not complaining about being criticized, but when i said i was running for three reasons -- one to restore the soul of america, bring back some decency and honor and the way in which we dealt with one another. the second reason was to rebuild the backbone of the country. the middle class. the wealthy are value added to the country, but they didn't build the country. hard-working middle-class folks built this country. they're the ones that built -- they're the ones that built the backbone of the country. and what i decided to do was i said we have to begin to build the economy from the bottom up and the middle out. well, folks, that hadn't been the case. i'm so tired about trickle-down economic theory that i'm
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trickled out. the idea that -- and i ask a rhetorical question, when the middle class has done well, one of the -- when at any time have the wealthy not done extremely well, as well? i mean, come on. we got to give working folks a real chance, a chance. and so folks, there's an awful lot more to say about this, but today i think is just -- has just been a good day. it's time to deal folks back in. as you've heard me say it again, i make no apologies for it. these bills, these bills, in fact, are -- two bills we're talking about, build-back-better bill which we're going to be working on now, and this bill, are all designed to give ordinary people a fighting chance, to level the playing field. not punish anybody. i've long said it's never, ever been a good bet to bet against
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the american people, never. what it really means is bet on the american people. give them a shot. give them a shot. that's what these plans do. they bet on average americans. they believe in america. they believe in the limitless capacity of the american people. if you look at the history of the journey of this nation, what becomes crystal clear, not a joke, given half a chance the american people have never, ever, ever, ever, ever let their country down. we're about to give a full chance this time, and when we do there's going to be no stopping us. i truly believe that 50 years from now folks are going to look back and say this was the moment, this was the period, this year and the next couple of years, when america decided to win the competition in the 21st century, to get in the game full bore. so my message to all the
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american folks is let's get to work. let's get this done. god bless you all, and may god protect you. i'll take a few questions. >> to what extent did the election results help propel this bill to the finish line, and how were you able to bridge the gap last night between moderates and progressives? >> well, you know, i'm not being facetious with the answer i'm about to give you, but i -- i'm not going to be a prognosticator and make a judgment about what -- how the election could have or would have been different. each state is different, and i don't know -- i think the one message that came across was get something done. it's time to get something done. stop -- stop talking. get something done. and so i think again that's what the american people are looking for. and i think it's a legitimate -- when you ask how we were able to bring things together, well, you
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know -- look, all kidding aside, i have -- i believe everybody in the process is entitled to be treated with respect. and i've been doing this kind of thing -- not all me, but i've been doing this thing my whole life. i've been able in the senate to put things together when people said they couldn't be put together just by making the overwhelming point that you can't have all you want. it's a process. there's no one piece of legislation that's going to solve everybody's problems. so i spend a lot of time, as you probably heard, with a lot of people, both political parties and my party saying, look, let's -- if we move on what's here in this bill, that is the infrastructure bill, it is a game-changer in a half a dozen
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ways. the fact that it has too much of what you don't want, more than -- not enough that you don't want, just -- let's be reasonable. let's take a look at this. let's do what we all agree at a minimum is in the interests of the american people, and if you want to add more we can fight about it later. you want to subtract some of it. i've never voted for a major piece of legislation, an omnibus bill, that i was for every piece of it. people say, how do i explain this -- i said when you explain to your constituency -- i'm not telling you how to do it -- but you say this is what it did, it had one piece in here there's not enough money for this, too much for that, but overall, this has been a gigantic benefit to my congressional district. so i spent a lot of time taking questions from both -- everybody at the end of the day i have to admit dealt with me fairly. i mean, they -- part of the
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process, and this is probably more than you need to know, but part of the process is getting to know all the people personally again. i've been out of government for four years. i used to do this every day. i used to know about everybody's district i was working with when i was vice president. i know them and call up and say hey, charlie, harry, mary -- and so it's getting to know a lot of these people, to build trust because everything i say i'm going to try to do i will try to do. and i think that's also part of the process. and so hopefully it can continue. >> mr. president -- >> you just alluded to it there, two questions. you are arguably the most legislatively experienced president we have ever seen. but to get this first agenda item over the finish line, you need republican votes. we're not going to have republican votes for your build live back-better agenda. isn't it doomed, and my second
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question, mr. president, opec pause has snubbed your call to pump more oil. when will you respond with an fpr release? >> first of all, i'm not anticipating that opec would respond, that russia and/or saudi arabia would respond. they're going to pump some more oil, whether they pump enough oil is a different thing. there are other -- there are other tools in the arsenal that we have to deal -- i'm dealing with other countries at an appropriate time. i will talk about it. that we can get more energy in the pipeline, figuratively and literally speaking. and i don't start off with any assumption that i can't get anybody to vote for anything. and so sincerely i think what's going to lap is we're going to see what happens in the senate and whether or not i need only democratic votes, which is likely, a likely outcome, and the question is can i get all of those votes?
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this is a process. and all along, you told me i can't do any of it anyway from the very beginning, be honest, okay. you didn't think we'd do any of it. and i don't blame you. you look at the facts and wonder how is this going to get done. i think there's a -- i think there's a dawning on the part of a lot of people that hold elective office that if you get this done things are better for them as well as everybody else. i'm sure there's a calculation saying if biden gets this other bill he's going to be moving too fast and it's going to hurt -- the democrats are going to be doing too well. that's why i think we have to try to figure out how to make the case across the board as to there's a lot of things we have to tackle yet. >> mr. president -- >> mr. president -- >> have you gotten assurances from moderate democrats in the house and senate that they are going to vote for your
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build-back-better plan now that what they really wanted, the infrastructure bill, was passed? >> you know, i'm not going to answer that question for you because i'm not going to get into who and what commitments were made. i don't negotiate in public. but i feel confident, i feel confident that we will have enough votes to pass the build-back-better plan. >> mr. president? >> what gives you that confidence? >> me. >> mr. president, you were forced to scrub paid family leave from your framework a couple of weeks ago -- >> i'm sorry? >> you were forced to pull paid family leave from the framework you released a couple of weeks ago. the house is putting it back in. can you keep it in this bill when it makes its way to the senate? >> time will tell. >> mr. president? >> i'd like to ask you real quick, sir, where do you stand -- you said last week that this report about migrant families at the border getting payment was garbage -- >> no, i didn't say that. >> you said -- >> get it straight, you said
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everybody coming across the border gets $450,000 -- >> the number is what you had a problem with -- >> the number -- >> okay -- >> here's the thing -- >> sure -- >> if in fact because of the outrageous behavior the last administration you coming across the border whether it's legal or illegal, and you lost your child, you lost your child, gone, you deserve some kind of compensation no matter what the circumstance. what that will be i have no idea. i have no idea. yes? >> the doj negotiating a settlement -- >> mr. president, two questions, you referred to china twice in your comments. and yet we haven't heard anything about the china bill which is really the third element of what you're hoping to do here. it's been through the senate but has not yet come up to the house. and it would seem that that is the one that is more key to our competitiveness. so i was wondering if you would
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talk a little bit about that, and then also tell us how you're feeling right now about the iran deal since it looks like you're going to go back to discussion at the end of the month. but the iranians have made it pretty clear at this point they don't -- they plan to rip up most of what was done so far. so are you in plan b at this point? >> i'm not going to comment on iran now. and the china bill you're referring to, everything in good time. we've got to get this through. got to get this through. the next thing is build back better. i'm going to take one more question, and then -- >> mr. president? >> can i follow up on -- mr. president? >> sir, may i follow up on paid leave? [ laughter ] >> mr. president, democratic congresswoman abigail spanberger said of your presence no one elected him to be fdr, they elected him to be normal and
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stop the chaos. how do you view the mandate after tuesday's election losses for democrats, and is she wrong? >> well, abigail's a friend. we had a long talk. she joked and said -- and i have a picture -- she said i have a picture of roosevelt hanging in my office -- her office. i don't intend to be anybody but joe biden. that's who i am. and what i'm trying to do is do the things that i ran on to do. and look, people out there are ordinary, hard-working americans, are really, really -- been put through the ringer the last couple of years, started with covid. covid has disrupted almost every family one way or another. whether it's wearing a mask or losing a family member. you know, 750,000-plus americans dead. 750,000. and so people are worried. people are also worried about, you know, coming up -- they don't understand. why is the price of -- of
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agricultural products -- when i go to the store, why is it higher? for example, if i had -- if we were all going out and having lunch together and i said, "let's ask whoever's in the next table, no matter how -- what restaurant we're in, have them explain the supply chain to us." you think they'd understand what we're talking about? they're smart people, but supply chain -- why is everything backed up? well, it's backed up because the people who supply the materials that end up being on our kitchen table or in our -- our life, guess what, they're closing those plants because they have covid. they're not -- it's a complicated world that people are facing. we've never faced anything like this before. i mean, i'm not saying it's the worst of every time in american history, but we never faced anything this sort of defiant of understanding of what's going on. you can understand why people
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are upset. and whether you have a ph.d. or you're working, you know, in a restaurant, it's confusing. and so people are understandably worried. they're worried. and so all i can say is what i'm going to try to do is explain to the american people as best i can, and by the way, you all write for a living. i haven't seen any one of you explain supply chain very well. no, no, i'm not being critical. i'm being deadly earnest. when your editor says explain the supply chain, okay, lots of luck in your senior years, my coach used to say. but -- but i sincerely mean it. this is a confusing time, confusing time. think of all those children, all those children who may have lost more than a year of education by only being out one semester. all that's going on in terms of access to everything from when you go back to college, if
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you're in college, you go back to college -- do you have to wear your mask, who's your roommate? i mean, this is a confusing moment. and it seems to me that my job as the president of the united states is to try to figure out, myself as well, what is most needed to put people at ease and let them know there's a way through this. there's a way through this. the world has never been here before. that sounds like hyperbole, but think about it -- think about it. this truly is one of those inflection points in history. all the pieces on the board are moving, both in terms of the -- the relationships among and between nations, as well as the pieces of what employment future people have. how do we do this? and so this is a confusing time, but i promise -- i promise the
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american people i have one focus -- how do we give you some breathing room, how do we get you to the point where we take pressure off you so you can begin to get back to a degree of normality and we move to a different place. and this time when we move -- by the way, everybody internationally uses build back better now. when i used the phrase initially people looked at me like, build back better, what it means. we're the only country in the world gone through a crisis, we go through a crisis and come out better than we were before the crisis occurred. that's building back better than it was before. this is a process, and i just -- you know, we're going to see, take it every day, every moment, you know, one moment at a time. i can take -- i'm going to get in real trouble. last question i'm taking. you can decide who i'm pointing to. >> when do you think the
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build-back-better bill will be passed? by thanksgiving, christmas? >> i don't want to make your job easier. i don't want to give you -- i know the answer exactly when it's going to be passed, and i know exactly how it's going to -- [ inaudible question ] >> we'll see the effects of the bill, this bill, probably starting within the next two to three months as we get things -- shovels in ground and -- in the ground and people being told they're going to be working in the following things and things are going to move. it is a bill that's paid out over a number of years, and so -- but the biggest thing it does is give people -- you're going to have people going, oh, okay, i guess i -- i'm able to keep my job, or i'm going to be able to get a job doing that, or i move -- i can't tell you with precision. if anybody can, they ought to go into fortunetelling.
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but it's going to be a provision, a bill that is going to have a profound impact over time. it's a little like -- i'll end with this -- a little like when i -- we -- first came to office. a lot of this has to do with there lady right here, the vice president. i didn't -- not all me. i used to stand there and have to listen to the president. she's got to stand there listening to the president. but she deserves an enormous amount of the credit. here's the deal -- when we came to office, we were told virtually by everybody you can't get this economy moving, remember? remember when they told me there's no way i could get, you know, two million shots a day into people's arms in the beginning. there's no -- there's no way i can get 200 million -- there's no way, no way, no way. it's understandable, it's not -- i'm not criticizing people who said that. because these things have never been done before. it's never happened before.
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and so we got to work. i agree i am a congeneral optimist, but it's because i mean this, i have enormous faith in the ingenuity, in the integrity of the american people. i'm not joking. i have enormous faith in enormo. because i am convinced we are the most unique country in the world. not because we are smart and the rest, but because we're the only country that's organized based on an idea. we really mean it. we haven't lived up to we hold these truths to be self ev department, all men and women are created equal. basically, give everybody a shot. i really have faith in the american people. i know we're divided. i know how mean it can get. i know there are extremes on both sends that make it more difficult than it's been in a long, long time. but i am convinced. let the american people know that we are committed to
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enhancing the variability to make sheer way to all do better. thank you all very much. >> president biden right there in the state dining room in the white house wrapping up his remarks this morning saying we live, cheerily glad to marinate in this moment. celebrating the passage of hislet his dollar infrastructure bill the biggest legislative achievement of his presidency. of course it comes after months of democratic divisions and drama. he will be hosting a bipartisan signing ceremony likely some time early next week. he said when he entered the week, finally, it is infrastructure investment. he got a c-minus grade of the society of civil engineers. we want to turn to our chief correspondent kristen welker on the north lawn. it seems clear after those democratic losses this past week, including the government os race in virginia, the president's party had a sort of new sense of urgency to get something done? >> reporter: that's right, peter. as you heard, president biden
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under scored that point when he was asked why this was passed now. he talked about the fact will not be a prognosticator, how it may have had on the ballot boxes next week. he said the message from voters was clear. they wanted action. they wanted to get something done. he talked about the fact he was working the phones here from the white house all day late into the evening to try to twist the arms of those last-minute holdouts. that may have made a difference as they reached that deal essentially to vote on the infrastructure bill then to essentially get the signoff of moderate who's have said, yes, they will move forward on the larger social and climate plan. only once they see the score from the non-partisan budget office. so, peter, what we saw today was a victory lap from this president after those months of divisions, those tough losses at the ballots box.
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the fact that his approval rating had dipped quite a bit. but what we didn't hear was a guarantee that he actually has those moderates who have said definitively that they will vote for his larger social spending plan. that is where a celebration is going to be a tough road ahead. there are a lot of thorny issues. we know that moderates have concerns of what is in that package. things like paid family leave. the immigration piece of it. and so that could be some real stumbling blocks. now, the president said he wants to get it passed by the week of november 15th. will have actually happen? that remains to be seen. we know there are going to be a lot of stumbling blocks along way, peter. >> kristen welker is at the white house right now, a remind ter senate passed this bill in august, 87 days later, the house did the same. let's go to nbc news' capitol hill correspondent le anne caldwell right now, who has been spending late nights following
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the congressional negotiations here. to that point about the second half of the signature legislation for this president, leeanne, the president doesn't have any guarantees he is able to get that social climate and plan passed. what do the next several weeks look like? what are the real pressure points? >> that's right, peter. he doesn't have any guarantees. the president acknowledged that as well. he said we are just getting started in his remarks. what he means by that is he has a whole other part of his agenda that was delayed last night. a $1.75 climate change bill that was supposed to pass last night. it was blocked by a small group of moderates, what they want to know is how much this bill is going to cost, if it is actually paid for, so that withheld their support. so what that means in the weeks ahead is that they have to wait for this budget analysis to prove that the bill is, in fact, paid for. and then they have to stand by their word that they will
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support it if it, in fact, does show that. the bill then heads to the senate, where it's going to be changed and debated and it will look much different than it comes back to the house of representatives to be voted on again before it head to the president's desk. so, that's a big "if," if it can pat through all these steps, it will be a huge test for the president and the democratic leadership to keep this party united. peter. >> lee anne caldwell over a beautiful day at the capitol, thank you very much. we will have a lot more throughout the day on the networks of nbc him some of you will return to "today." others to your regular scheduled programing. i am peter alexander in wa good morning. it is saturday, november 6th. a live look outside.
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a pink hue as we look from the east bay towards san francisco. the bay bridge and the final sunrise of daylight saving time before our clocks fall back one hour tonight. thank you so much for joining us after that special edition of nbc news and president biden speaking about the passage of the infrastructure bill. i'm kira klapper. meteorologist vianey arana joins us with a quick look at the microclimate forecast. >> as you said, the pink hugh and cloudy conditions. all because we have a system to the north that brings the chance of seeing light rain heading into the first half of your day. as you step out the door we're in the 40s and 50s. it's a pretty cool start overall. a close look at satellite/radar to look at what we're monitoring. if i zoom in closer, you can see that rain approaching. if you're going to be in the city for the first half of the day, expect a chance of rain and the north bay. the north bay, expect to see rain as well as we head in towards the afternoon we'll keep
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the cloudy conditions. i'll talk about the temperatures plus we have another rain chance heading into monday. kira? >> we'll see you soon, vianey. thanks. panic and confusion at a bay area mall. the great mall in milpitas put on lockdown after reports of an active shooter last night. it took police about two hours to clear the mall and deem it safe. but this morning officers say there's no evidence any shots were actually fired. "today in the bay's" ian cole explains. >> reporter: tonight groups of people coming out of the great mall with their hands over their head after being cleared to leave by officers. a scene, unfortunately, many are used to seeing by now. >> we just saw a big old crowd coming towards us and then we stopped for a second, looked at each other, like, what's going on? >> reporter: around 5:15 witnesses tell us they saw a group of men or kids fighting. minutes later they saw people running for the exits. this couple is visiting from texas. >> we left and all of a sudden
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we seen -- we went to the popcorn store and we saw the cops and everybody, leave, leave, leave. >> all of a sudden someone yelled, shots fired, and another lady in the store just said, close the doors, close the doors. so, they shut the iron doors down and they took us all in the back. >> reporter: tonight emotional reunions between family and coworkers finally leaving the mall. police say after searching the entire building, they found no evidence of a shooting or any victims. it's the third incident like this in three years. the last one in december. isabella was there that night and tonight. >> i'm not coming here no more. it's bad. bad karma. >> reporter: during the commotion, she hid in the back of a store with her boyfriend and young son. tonight there's relief no one was hurt but confusion over what happened that led to this major police scene. >> people were crying, people were praying. some parents had to put shows on for the kids to stop them from
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crying. just a very scary thing to go through. a live look for you at capitol hill where you just heard president biden's remarks celebrating the passage of his infrastructure package overnight. the house passed the bill in a 228-206 vote. 13 republicans voting in favor of it. the bill is on its way to the president's desk some time this week. still in flux, though, president biden's build back better social spending package. meanwhile, democrats are celebrating their victory following months of wrangling and in-fighting. house speaker nancy pelosi said she hopes a vote on the build back better social package will happen before thanksgiving. back here locally, and happening today, all bay area counties are readying covid shots for children 5 to 11. in contra costa county, appointments booked up at county-run clinics in richmond and concord. yesterday was day one in con kra
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costa county for 5 to 11-year-olds. >> i'm excited because then my mom says that i can go to chuck e. cheese. >> you know, if something were to happen, she would be exposed, she wouldn't have to quarantine the same way she does now. missing ten days of school is not easy. >> the county does have appointments today in richmond. keep in mind, your neighborhood pharmacy or clinic might have shots available right now as well. all shots are free. marin county is holding three sites today with the ability to vaccinate up to 1,000 kids. all clinics are full, though. on the peninsula, vaks will be offered at the san mateo event center today. that clinic is full as well. there's another one planned for next saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. you can check appointment availability on each county's health website. still to come on "today in the bay," saying good-bye to plastic bags and hello to seaweed. the new innovative idea out of the bay area that could help cut down on pollution.
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in either the city. i'll zoom this in closer because you can see the rain approaching or up to the north bay. now, this isn't going to be widespread heavy rain. it's going to be mainly north of the golden gate bridge. light to moderate at times. this is just one of another disturbance that's also going to be making its arrival. i'll get to that in a second. first, let's get to your microclimbed highs. once that clears out, we'll keep the cloudy skies all day long. temperatures will reach the mid and upper 60s. san francisco, 63. i do want to talk about, of course, we've been talking about how daylight saving time is coming to an end. we're falling back an hour. look at how beautiful this fall foliage photo is. this is in king's canyon. keep in mind, depending on where you live, but right now the majority of california is at full peak, so full bloom, 75% to 100% of the fall foliage. if you're a photographer and you like to capture those shots, definitely take advantage of that. as far as your sierra forecast,
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great shot of greater tahoe there. we'll be seeing more snow on the way and conditions will be pretty dangerous, especially if you had plans to travel tonight. it's going to be raining and gusty, 47 degrees. heading into sunday, we'll get a little bit of a break as well, and monday night into tuesday we get another system. let's look ahead to when our better chance of rain for the entire bay area moves in. this is going to move in on monday. notice the rain but also the sierra snow. right now we are expecting for this to move in monday, lingering all day long into early tuesday morning and then we get some clearing into wednesday and thursday. but that's definitely going to help boost some rain totals. so far right now for that monday system, we're expecting a little over an inch for the north bay, mill valley, san francisco as well. the rain shadowed areas getting a couple tenthses of an inch. higher totals for the higher elevations expected into monday. seven-day forecast. don't forget, of course, if you have your phone will automatically do it, but things like your car or your microwave,
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we'll fall back an hour. time change at around 6:38 a.m. is going to be sunrise tomorrow. kira, back to you. >> thanks so much. just shy of 7:46. coming up on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> a vacation rental host might have cameras watching you, so you need to look for them. beginning with your search for a vacation rental. i'm consumer investigator chris.
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welcome back. just shy of 7:49. a beautiful look as the sun rises over the bridge on the last day of daylight saving time. your clocks fall back one hour tonight as we gain an hour of sleep and gain some darkness in the early evenings. did you know that when you stay in a vacation rental, the host may be watching you, even inside. but you can take steps to know if a vacation rental can see you. our consumer investigator showses you how. >> reporter: if you think cameras are totally forbidden from vacation rentals, i'm afraid you're wrong. your host might be able to have a camera outside the house and inside some parts of the house. let's look at the ground rules. vrbo permits cameras outside. it says, surveillance devices such as security cameras and smart door bells are allowed,
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but not inside. airbnb has different rules. it says, we prohibit any security cameras and other recording devices that are in or that observe the interior of certain private spaces. such as bedrooms and bathrooms. cameras that are not in certain private spaces might be allowed. airbnb says we require hosts to disclose all security cameras and other recording devices in their listings. say you find a camera that's not supposed to be there. what should you do? both airbnb and vrbo said contact them immediately to investigate and make things right. you can also contact a lawyer and law enforcement, especially if you think a camera was intentionally concealed to invade your privacy. >> thanks, chris. overcoming our climate in crisis through advanced technology. one bay area company is aiming to do just that with a new single-use bag that's
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biodegradable. it's made from farmed seaweed by a berkeley company called sway. the company says its bags are designed to quickly break down in backyard composts. it tells the sf chronicle the company just received their first round of funding and plan to release their first retail shopping bags some time next year. up next, a quick look at the top stories we're following, including counties across the bay area are booking up to vaccinate kids 5 to 11. we're moving you forward with where to go to get an appointment.
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i'll hold onto that. bounty, the quicker picker upper. welcome back. before we get to our top stories this morning, here's what you can expect tomorrow morning on "today sunday" with willie geist. >> great to see you. tomorrow morning on "sunday today "request the my conversation with actress elizabeth banks who made a name for herself with memorable emmy-nominated roles on hit tv shows like scrubs, 30 rock and modern family and by producing and acting in the blockbuster "pitch perfect" movies, all part of a career built on creating her own opportunities. >> i really love trying new things. and i love when people put me in a box. immediately blowing the box open. i have had conversations with hollywood producers who have
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told me, i don't think you can direct an action movie because i don't think male actors will follow you. >> come on. >> yeah. but, man, that -- that's a motivator for me, being told no, you can't do it. motivates the hell out of me. >> elizabeth banks. plus, the latest news and another life well lived when "sunday today" airs at 6:00 a.m. in the bay area. if you don't be happen to be up at that hour on a sunday, we have you covered. set the dvr and we'll see you whenever you're ready for us. kira? >> thanks, willie. back here locally, here's a quick look at the top stories we're following. happening today, bay area counties are opening up vaccine sites for children 5 to 11. marin county is holding three sites today with the ability to vaccinate up to 1,000 kids. all clinics are full. on the peninsula, vaccines will be offered at the san mateo event center today. that clinic is full as well. but there's another one planned for next saturday from 9:00 to 4:00 p.m. there will be county-run
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vaccination clinics across contra costa county. at last check, the first appointments are available at richmond auditorium. you don't have to live in the county to get an appointment. you can check appointment availability on each county's health website. for counties like san mateo and marin where the clinics are full for this weekend, parents can turn to major pharmacies for appointments. walgreens and rite-aid are offering appointments for kids 5 to 11 today. cvs will begin tomorrow. san francisco just launched a new tool to help parents search for a covid appointment for their kid. it provides a list of openings at community sites across san francisco. just go to the city's website, sf.gov and click on the link in the yellow box. new this morning, at least eight people were killed in a stampede at a popular music festival. it happened last night in texas at the astroworld music festival in houston. 23 people were taken to the hospital, 11 in cardiac arrest.
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hundreds more people were injured and treated at the festival. the youngest victim is just 10 years old. police say the stampede of thousands happened while rapper travis scott was performing. the show was called off and today's festival lineup has been canceled. back here locally to a bizarre attack in san francisco. a woman still can't see after she was shot in the eye with a paintball. it happened in the sunset neighborhood last weekend while the victim waited for the bus. zoe gisewhite and her boyfriend were waiting on the corner of sunset boulevard and noriega street after working at outdoor lands. a car drove by and someone shot a paintball gun at them. her boyfriend was hit six times, she was hit three times, once in her eye. police say the attack was unprovoked and random. they are still looking for that shooter. meteorologist vianey arana has one last check of the forecast. >> you've been saying it.
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we're falling back an hour. it's the end of daylight saving time. keyword is saving, without the s." it's not daylight savings time. the time change kicks in. sunrise at 6:38. we fall back. your phone automatically does this, but the old-school things like the clocks in my car, i have to do it manually. don't get thrown off by that. we have spotty drizzle, light rain, north bay and golden gate bridge. rain monday into tuesday. two-day totals right now anywhere from an a quarter of an inch to half an inch. north bay, san francisco temperatures will be in the 60s. so will inland temperatures. it's going to be a spotty, cloudy day today when it comes to the drizzle. up to the north bay, you'll definitely notice it. we'll get a little break heading into sunday. much sunnier into sunday. that kind of rhymes. >> we like that. thanks. i'll have to wind up my watch and reset it for tomorrow when
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we fall back. thanks vianey. thanks to all of you for making us part of your morning. we'll have more local news at 4:30, 6:00 and 11:00 and we're always on at nbcbayarea.com. ♪ -i love this brand. whoa! am i floating? -not exactly. that's bargain bliss setting in. you're basking in the glow of premium wines at deep discount prices. -feel so tall right now! -i know, right? could you just. [announcer] our amazing 20 percent off wine sale is going on now through november 9th at your local grocery outlet.
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