negotiated between mitch mcconnell, secretary mnuchin and democrats in the senate in order to get house approval? >> first of all, we have written our bill that we put forth that contains some of the features that are now in the senate bill, that will be in the senate bill. i commend chuck schumer. he's done a remarkable job along with the senate democrats in holding the line until some changes were made that retlekt both house and senate concerns. one is more funding for state and local governments, since you mentioned governor cuomo, i will begin with that. the robust unemployment insurance initiative that is in there. the initiatives for small business are very essential, so that people can get paid and businesses can stay open and survive. i agree with chuck that it's -- small businesses are so important to our economy. i always say there's nothing more optimistic that anyone can

do than to start a small business with all of the challenges that are there. maybe except get married. but i don't know, i will leave that there. in terms of other issues that are there, we have a robust appropriations component of this bill that will be helpful. there's some things that just are not happening. but i would rather not negotiate on tv on this because, hopefully, some of these issues will go away. my hope is that while we're in the red zone here that we get across the finish line and we do so in a way we can bring our bill to the floor under unanimous consent. another option we have though is bring it to the floor and amend it, because we have some additions we think would be very helpful to america's workers. the third, of course, would be to pass our bill. all of that takes longer. we wish there had been a four-cornered discussion of this

sooner. remember, this, andrea, this is a $2 trillion bill. nobody saw any of it until saturday. it's now tuesday. so time is of the essence. we appreciate the urgency. but this is a $2 trillion bill. that is a very, very tall order, and we want to make sure whatever we're doing, that it recognizes the urgency, that the checks are getting to the people in time. and i will also say that i commend all of us, chuck being the lead there, on what was done for transparency with the slush fund, $500 billion slush fund for the secretary. it now has oversight in terms of an inspector general specifically for that account, and also has a panel, congressional panel, small, five people, to oversee how that money is distributed. so that was a big, a big advance as well. so many good things but some

things relate to worker safety. and we're about the workers. we don't want any trickle-down bill or what's good for up here. you take the drippings. no, this is a bubble up and i'm very pleased with the progress that we made for workers and also the money given to certain companies, that they do not use it for buyouts, bonuses, ceo pay, and layoffs. but instead do it for what its purpose is, to help the workers. >> to that very point, the president was asked yesterday about the $500 billion and oversight. and initially there was not transparency. we understand it's now negotiated and will hear the final language, of course. let me play what the president said at the briefing last night. >> about the lack of oversight, the single authority to dole out all of this money -- >> look, i'll be the oversight. i'll be the oversight.

we're going to make good deals. we're going to make good deals. >> he said he would be the oversight. now, as we understand it, chuck schumer has managed to negotiate with secretary schumer in the overnight hours and today and the oversight is there. there will be a congressional oversight committee. there will not be six months where mnuchin is the sole authority. is that your understanding, and if it is that change, would that be acceptable to you? >> now, it's not acceptable. it's in our bill. house bill and senate proposal. we are each taking credit for that. but the president -- you don't want me to comment and on the president saying he's the oversight. why don't we just move on from that. >> it does raise the question of whether or not you have confidence what is coming out can be voted on and secretary mnuchin is accommodating to

demands from democrats as well as i suspect some republicans, that there be oversight over this amount of money, which there was not arguably in 2008, with the last big bailout. >> let me say this, when we had our meeting on -- this is about who has the leverage. the leverage has to be balanced and that workers have a strong role. i know corporations create business. we want everyone to succeed. we work for the stock market to go up. we're all common ground on that. but a lot of the success of our country stems from our workers and they're the reliability that they have that continue to be employed in a time especially like this. so on sunday when we met, the ms -- mnuchin, mcconnell, mccarthy and chuck and i, i said since it's sunday morning, i want to quote his holiness pope francis. post francis' world prayer was

those who had responsibility for the care of people would be enlightened to take responsibility. and i think that's who we have to do, take responsibility. i think there's been a lack of taking responsibility. however, when i quoted pope francis, then mnuchin said, well, you're quoting the pope. i'm going to quote the markets. i thought he would quote the old testament or something. i'm going to quote the markets. i think it spelled out how we have to come together with common values for the success of people to bubble up the success of our economy because we are a consumer economy. now, i do think that the light at the end of the tunnel has to be a cure and we have to get there as soon as possible. science based, evidence based, decision making about testing and, again, research to get a

cure. if we continue to sort of just change one day to the next about how decisions are made and not based on science, that light at the end of the tunnel could be the proverbial train coming at us. but i do think that we have the best minds working 24/7, all hands on deck, to get to a place that is the best message of all, that there is a cure. >> i want to get to some of the other points that was in your bill and much of this is already incorporated in the compromised legislation still being worked on. one is state aid, aid to state and local governments. another is unemployment insurance for four months. and i think senator schumer confirmed it will be full pay for the idle workers for four months. direct payments that -- is it direct payments to people who are making under $100,000? i don't know if that number is changing, as well as food

security. some of your key -- key arguments. >> some of our key things -- >> one thing that i was concerned about last night was that we had a 15% increase in s.n.a.p., in the food snap, food security and nutrition initiatives. and last night they said to us that's out. i hope that is not the case because that's so needed at this time. as i said, this increase was just in terms of the coronavirus. we're not making policy and saying this applies forevermore. we hope it would but that's not the point of this bill. so when they say oh, they're trying to do this, that and the other thing, no, we're just trying to address the crisis we have right now in the most intense way and try to restrict everything that was done by us or them to addressing the covid-19 challenge that we have.

but it is, again, it's about -- when they came out with their bill, it was trickle down. our bill is bubble up. and i think we're finding a place where there's a recognition that we have to -- we have to, we have to take care of our workers if our economy is going to survive. it's not only the right thing to do, it's what consumer confidence is what grows the economy. again, we want to be able to obey the science, pray for a cure, but i think science is an answer to our prayers so they kind of go together. >> and to that point also, the president tweeted today. our people want to return to work. he said they will practice social distance over all else and senior citizens watched over lovingly. we can do two things together. the cure cannot be worse than the problem. we will come back strong.

he suggested last night on twitter and his briefing today that he thinks people should go back sooner than later, which is in contradiction with his own task force, dr. fauci and others. what would be your message about whether as reluctant people are to see the economy tank, whether we have to get past this surge whether we can consider coming back. and it is going to be more than two weeks. >> as i said, this is not a time for notion mongering, it is a time for serious, evidence-based, scientific decision making. scientists speaking truth to power. you can look at the examples around the world and where there was confinement, where people stayed at home. look at china, wuhan, they didn't do this early enough. 100,000 cases. in singapore and hong kong, where they acted differently, a tiny percentage of that number infected. so when the president said you ask the doctors, they want to

shut everything down, i think that was one of his other tributes to science, you can't go to that place. and cost to the economy of many more people getting infected and sick is a bigger cost than what we've been seeing now. we don't want that to happen. we want the markets to go up. we want them to see hope and confidence that we're on a path to get the job done, whether it's seeking a cure, providing interim benefits for people who might lose their jobs, helping small businesses stay in business and thrive. stay in business at least until a time when they can thrive again. and to do so in a way that, again, puts workers first. that's just what it is. so we have been putting families and workers first. this would be the third bill but the first two were about research, development, about masks, about testing. we're so far behind in testing. and it's so use going into if

only, if only, if only. my granddaughter said, it's no use, mimi, if only they tested sooner or only if they had used better testing, if only they had fired the people doing this work, no more if only. let's talk about what we can do about it. we can enough after-action review later. but the fact is we cannot continue to make statements about what should come next if they're not based on science and evidence and data of people who know more about this than any of us. >> dr. fauci has not been seen at recent briefings with the president. there's a lot of solid reporting the president is not happy about the way he pushed back against some of the president's pronouncements on drugs that had not been properly tested and using other drugs, alternative drugs, before they're approved. would the congress -- would you be concerned if dr. fauci is pushed down after having served

since the reagan years? or not listened to? >> yes, of course. dr. fauci has been on the pedestal for many years for many of us who have worked with him when i started over 30 years ago on hiv and aids. he was our chairman. george her best walker bush at that time called him a hero, his hero, when they asked him who his hero was. over time he's been a tremendous intellectual and scientific source to every challenge we have faced. frankly, i myself thought -- i don't know where the scientists were that the president was making some of the decisions or statements -- i don't want to say decisions that he made about being in denial about the scope of the virus at the beginning, and it was known to dr. fauci. but dr. fauci is a truth-teller. he's science, knowledge, evidence, data, and that's what we have to have if we're going to have a cure and not just i

heard this works. he made a plea against anecdotal evidence, anecdotal stories that give some people some hope that may or may not be the standard thing, efficacy and safety, those are the two things. will it be effective or hurt you or be safe? and i think nobody has a clearer picture of that than dr. fauci. and the country would be very well served if the decision makers listened to the science when it comes to issues regarding how we can stop this plague from -- what the president is suggesting is really a formula for more uncertainty, more infections, and more harm to the economy. and we have on our side we can get something done. i praise chuck and senate democrats for saying strong. we've been working together in

terms of policy issues there. great progress has been made. not everything i want but, again, the equity in what it needs to move quickly and send that message is something i'll have to discuss with my caucus in another hour. >> madam speaker, can you give us an update on the members. there were three members who had tested positive and suffering from this virus, the coronavirus. are any more affected? can you give us an update? tell us what you think the possibility is for remote voting. i know congressman mcgovern, the rules chairman had some advice that remote voting was not going to work. what other options are there if more people get sick? >> well, first of all, i'm not at liberty to divulge the -- that remains for the capitol physician to say how many members may be infected. i don't know of anymore. he may but this is personal, private and confidential.

so i don't know of any more than what you mentioned. in terms of remote authority, one of the advantages of the uc will act quickly -- >> unanimous contact? >> yes, i'm sorry, unanimous consent. that's a hard thing to get. but that's a path. i asked the chair of the rules committee, mr. mcgovern, to report the study, put the report forth. what we know is it's challenging. if you want to do it, you still have to come here to vote to do it. so i think the options are uc or take a vote on the floor without a roll call vote. just without roll call vote, yes or no. the ayes have it. or some other options mr. mcgovern put forth, pairing which no or yes cancel each other out, proxy voting, which

has precedent, and committees but not the full committee of the house and, of course, remote voting is something that we should prepare for always as an option in terms of the technology. but there are serious constitutional, technological and security concerns about it. it can be addressed, but, again, for right now we're just working very hard to get unanimous concept to get this bill done and consider what the options are later. it may be that we have no choice but that. if that's the case, we want to be fully prepared. and none of those systems work unless you practice, practice, practice to make sure it works when the day comes we have to use it. you know about technology. it's a wonderful thing, but it has its glitches. we've seen some examples of that. not without discussion. >> i just want to give you a

chance to respond to things that the president has tweeted, that mitch mcconnell said yesterday, saying they were close to a deal. then you came back -- you came back from your extended vacation. you know, this is the back and forth we're seeing and we want to give you the chance to respond if you choose to. >> i don't make it a habit of paying attention to any attack from the president. every knock from him is a boost for me. but i wish i had been on a one-day vacation, much less extended. we were working constantly, as all of our members, constant conference calls with the small business, with the hospitals, with people of faith, faith-based communities and nonprofits. labor unions. the list goes on and on, constant, constant, constant calls with scientists and the rest as i say. so that's what our members have

been doing in this past week, becoming a stronger intellectual resource with knowledge of the current state of play or sadness of this -- of this plague. what was your other question? i came back so that we could in real time address some of the language. we have to see the language. it's one thing to say we agree in principle. it's another thing to see the language. i am so proud of my chairman, the chairs of our committees. her staff and her members have done an outstanding job putting together, working with the senate, republicans and democrats, on the appropriations piece of this. richie neil and his committee in conference calls and the rest put forth very important proposals including the unemployment insurance provisions that are there. to name three, peter defazio,

our transportation and infrastructure chairman, i think got just what he wanted so far as we can tell in the bill about holding the airlines getting the money accountable for taking care of workers first. that is to name three. some of the others, they're like agriculture in terms of food stamps, that's still a disappointment. we will see but they work very hard, chairman peterson and chairwoman rosa de-laura on the probation side of that. frank da loem on energy and commerce, he knows these issues. he has been articulate spokesperson on all of this. so often we did not get the money we wanted for elections but that would not be to hold up this bill but make the case for it as we go down the line. again, more chairmen

participated. bobby scott on medical leave and student loan forgiveness and those kinds of issues and also just issues that relate to worker safety. again, we have been so blessed by people who know policy, know possibilities, want to find solutions and are listening, listening to our colleagues, all of us listening to our constituents about how they're effective, how urgent it is and what priority they give to certain issues that what you see in the legislation or we can save for another day. >> you think it can be done today, madam speaker? do you think that it can be done today? >> i think so. yeah, i do. i don't know if they can vote today because while it looks like you have an agreement, you should take a vote. but you have to write the bill in the trade talk language to make sure everybody's stipulating to the same language in the bill. that could be done today.

then you have to put in legislative language. so that would be a question for the senate in terms if they think they can do the housekeeping that goes with legislation of the printing and prom gags and the rest of that. but what i was hearing if they reach a decision today, we with could vote tomorrow. if we can vote today, that would haston that assuming we're in agreement for being together, unanimous consent, that we can do that very quickly because we're in pro forma session each day to do what we need to do. we did not recess. we're in pro forma. big time we want a cure. we want people to feel optimistic and positive and yet not be pollyannaish about it. it's a challenge. the best way to address the challenge of a disease is

scientifically and compassionately and sympathetic to the economic stress that is coming to people in their lives. that's why we want to hopefully have the bill today. >> house speaker nancy pelosi, thank you so much. thank you for taking the time. i know how business why you you are. >> my pleasure. thank you. coming up next -- president trump says he's ready to reopen the country for business as we've been pointing out but is he putting millions of lives at risk? stay with us. we'll have the medical doctors joining us next as well. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. and sometimes, you can find yourself heading in a new direction. but when you're with fidelity, a partner who makes sure every step is clear, there's nothing to stop you from moving forward.

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us today. first of all, how are you restricting the movement and what are the penalties if anyone disobeys? >> the good news is we have folks overwhelmingly abide by the orders and abide by stopping the behavior, staying at home. when we see a little leakage, the first day all the people went hiking the same place, too many hitting the boardwalk, we closed our parking lots to restrict access to the beef and some of the trails where people that were most concentrated about now been completely shut down. we know people want to do the right thing. we're asking folks, first, if you see something, say something. not like the old 9/11 days but go up to somebody and say something. we have both city employees and police letting people know the restaurant can be open and you can't be gathering less than six feet apart. it's an adjustment but we have people educating each other and

this is a first. we're absolutely prepared to let people know this is a misdemeanor but it's their responsibility between life and death is their behavior. >> how are the hospitals doing in l.a.? what about the supplies, protective equipment for the hospitals, for the nurses, frontline defenders? >> it's tenuous. we've got about 60% of our emergency room beds filled, our icu beds filled. we need to build capacity. it was estimated by our governor by about 50,000 hospital beds. luckily the united states naval ship "mercy" is coming into port soon. that's 1,000 beds to relieve the noncovid-19 folks that are right now in our hospitals and free up those spaces. as you can see, we're beginning tent parking lots. look forward and we're procuring mask medical equipment. one nice thing about l.a., this is the manufacturing capital of america. we are busy retooling our peril industry, folks that work in manufacturing, aerospace to do

whatever they can to help the hospitals get the equipment they need and look in places for spillover and isolation. we've been very aggressive on that front. hopefully we can produce not just for ourselves but help the entire united states as well. >> thank you so very much, mayor. mayor eric garcetti, thank you and good luck to all of the residents out there. coming up next, dr. zeke emanuel responding to the president's claim the country should be open for business. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. life isn't a straight line. and sometimes, you can find yourself a partner who makes sure every step is clear, there's nothing to stop you from moving forward.

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perhaps in certain parts of the country that are not as harshly affected by the outbreak. >> yes, well, they may not be as harshly effected yet but they have coronavirus swirling in them. if you lift the restrictions and allow people to go to bars, restaurants, gyms and other places you will allow them to spread the virus because a lot of those people, as noted, are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic and think they have a cold, cough or mild fever. that will spread the virus out and those areas will get a lot more cases. they're just at an earlier stage of this upswing. they're not, you know, virus free. and i think that's a problem. a smarter way of thinking about this is if we take the people who have already been exposed to the virus, who are immune to the virus, and allow them to be circulating somehow, that would be a much smarter way. but the president seems -- i don't know what's happened in

the last week, he's obviously shunted tony fauci aside saying, you know, he just wants public health stuff. he wants to go with the economics people, let's minimize the economic damage. but that psychology or that analysis is all wrong. you can't minimize the economic damage until we actually get our arms around this public health emergency. after all, people aren't -- are not going to go to disney world if they think they can die or get coronavirus and end up in the intensive care unit, no matter how open the economy is. and i think that analysis is still the operative one. >> and there is a tragic situation that comes out of the white house briefings also from arizona where men died after ingesting the wrong kind of chloroquine after listening to the president. you are own vaughn hillyard talked to this man's wife about what happened there. let me just play that for us. >> did you see the president's

press conference? where did you hear about -- >> yeah, yeah. we saw his press conference. it was in vermont actually. >> and then what -- did you seek out chloroquine? >> i had it in my house because i always have koi fish. >> clearly, dr. emanuel, this is what people without perhaps knowing the science and being perhaps misled with the wrong kind of chloroquine and it was fatal. and he did not have symptoms. >> right. it's a horrible tragedy. it's not a drug you take -- even if it does work, it's not a drug you take as a prophylactic to prevent covid-19. it's all tragic and tragic

result of this information coming out and, you know, these kinds of episodes or something similar are going to happen. we clearly all desperately want something which is therapeutic to treat people who have covid-19, even better would be something that's prophylactic, prevent us from getting covid-19 from infection by the virus and a serious case of covid-19, but at the moment we don't have those data and we don't have anything proven. to take something which is just announced by the president as promising, it's just tragic in every sense. now there are many other people who are dyeing of covid-19 infection and that's tragic too. we have to remember them and many of them are older and that's horrible, grandparents dyeing. but there are a number of young people. and i think we have to

understand how the magnitude of this problem. i was just doing a calculation, if this virus spreads in 20% of the population get it, which is the lower end if we don't have the physical distancing parameters, you know, we could have 143,000 people just between the ages of 30 and 60 die. not to mention the clogging of the intensive care units and other people die who can't get in. that's a horrible thought. we have to take that very, very seriously. i think unfortunately, not everybody is taking that seriously. >> dr. zeke emanuel, thank you so much. thank you for your medical advice, scientific advice and your warnings. >> thank you. coming up next -- could the trump administration have acted as early as january to contain the outbreak? you're watching "andrea mitchell reports." stay with us here on msnbc. no 'e there! maybe over here? oven mitts! oven mitts! everything's stuck in the drawers! i'm sorry! oh, jeez. hi.

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have been warning the trump administration about the global danger of the coronavirus since january. but the trump administration failed to take action. that according to u.s. officials who had access to intelligence reporting. this official telling "the washington post," quote, donald trump may not have been expecting this but a lot of other people in the government were. they just couldn't get him to do anything about it. this official said the system was blinking red. joining me now, michael ryder, former director of the national counterism terrorism center. thank you for being with us. the system blinking red is known as what we heard before 9/11 or after 9/11 when the investigation went into the warnings that had preceded 9/11 and this does feel like the same kind of situation, where a crisis could have been averted if people had responded earlier to the warnings. >> andrea, i think that's true. initially i think this is actually an easier case because it wasn't just classified

intelligence systems blinking red, of course. it was open source newspapers, it was the press corps from china and elsewhere reporting about the threat of a global pandemic. many things which might be viewed as potentially intelligence behaviors, there's often a policy failure. the question is when the intelligence community does speak to the president and congress and all of the members of executive branch talking about what they are seeing, not just the pandemic but the fact china was suppressing some of the early data on the coronavirus, how does the policy world respond? that, of course, is not in the end an intelligence failure. that is as you describe a potential failure of policy because they could have responded early enough and broadly enough to prevent an pandemic getting into the united states. >> there's an analogy here the way the president takes in

information from the scientific and medical community now when he gets pushed back. we saw what happened to former directors of national intelligence. now you have written with a long with other host of top officials in other political parties and you're all nonpartisan former intelligence officials, you have written an op-ed about what's happening to the national counterism terrorism center that you once led. are you concerned about the hollowing out of it by the new acting director at the intelligence now. >> i am. you said so we are. we have with president bush and obama and others have done the same. i think the concern has really been the president's point of view is the intelligence community is like every form of government. of course, the president should have leadership he trusts. but the president we think is not a good thing for the country

or any way for the president to listen to people simply because he doesn't like what he's hearing about coronavirus or russian meddling or counterterrorism issues. we think it's especially problematic when he uses these acting officials in power so much to have acting officials again go fire career professionals that are nonpartisan with decades of experien experience. that is our fundamental concern. it wasn't even just about the counterterrorism center, which is near and dear to my heart. it is the potential falling out of this community that has -- exactly like dr. fauci and others in the intelligence community, it's the wrong time to hollow out that expertise and wrong message to send to the

community be careful what you do because there will be repositions if you speak about this to anybody. >> doctor, thank you very much. up next -- while millions are trying to meet the challenges of the coronavirus fa pandemic, what are leaders on capitol hill trying to do to find a solution? we have a report next from maryland center chris van holland.

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joining me now is democratic senator chris van hollen of maryland. senator, what are you hearing from chuck schum efrom the leaders as to whether or not today is the day? >> well, andrea, we are making very good progress. people are working around the clock, 24/7. we've made great progress on our efforts to protect workers and small businesses and middle size businesses. we're still trying to nail down accountability for the $500 billion what was originally proposed as a slush fund from the trump administration. this was a sort of no strings attached slush fund, a blank check to president trump and

secretary mnuchin. and that was unacceptable. we can't just have $500 billion that the administration gets to play with without adequate oversight and accountability and making sure taxpayers are protected. so we're making progress on that front. the other area we're working on is making sure that we deal with the health care crisis and this issue of enough resources for personal protective equipment so that our nurses and doctors and others on the front lines of the health care fight have what they need. >> i want to share with our viewers also, of course, what happened last night. senator amy klobuchar was on with rachel maddow and talked about her husband who has come down with the virus. and she has not been able to see him. she's not seen him in several weeks so heis not possibly infected as well. this is how she described it. >> i would love to be at my husband's side right now, but

instead i'm with you, which is fine, on this show. but it is so hard because you want to talk to the doctor and be there. you want to see what the oxygen levels are. you want to bring flowers. and you can't do any of that. >> so what is your reaction to what happened with senator rand paul? we all hope for his recovery, but he clearly knew that he was infected, according to all the reporting, went to the gym, had lunch with other members. now other senators, republican colleagues can't come in because they have to wait for two weeks to make sure they're in the clear. how are people reacting to that? >> well, first of all, i spoke last night to amy klobuchar, and our hearts go out to her and all the others around the country who have sick family members and who are going through exactly what she's going through which is, because this is such a c

communicable disease. >> i don't know all the details of the rand paul case but, obviously, after we learned he had not self-quarantined during the time he was waiting for the test results, there's been an added level of concern on capitol hill to make sure that people are taking the necessary measures to protect themselves and all the staff and the people who work up on capitol hill, many of whom are my constituents from maryland. >> senator chris van hollen, thank you for joining us. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." stay safe, take care of yourself and your families. follow us online and on facebook and twitter. ari melber will pick up our coverage coming up next. i've always been the ringleader had a zest for life. flash forward, then ra kept me from the important things. and what my doctor said surprised me.

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good afternoon. i'm ari melber. negotiations continuing on this large $2 trillion stimulus package which would provide economic relief for millions much americans amidst this pandemic. also steve mnuchin and chuck schumer are much closer to a deal. we are hearing this would include unemployment insurance and an increase in funding for hospitals. schumer and senate leader mitch mcconnell addressing these unfolding negotiations earlier. >> today the senate has a chance to get back on track. today we can make all of the

washington drama fade away. if we act today, what americans will remember and what history will record is that the senate did the right thing. >> at this point of the few outstanding issues, i don't see any that can't be overcome within the next few hours. >> today the senate has a chance to get back on track. today we can make all of the washington drama fade away. if we act today, what americans will remember and what history will record is that the senate did the right thing. >> this story is unfolding as we speak. in fact, within the last hour, our colleague andrea mitchell speaking to house speaker nancy pelosi about the latest phase of this legislation.