joining us now, national political correspondent from politico, meredith mcgraw. thank you for being here this morning. we've had a lot of celebrations and tortured olympics. what happens now? >> right now president biden is trying to get a big bipartisan sweeping victory he's been looking forward to since day one. to be honest, i've had my doubts about this thing. it seems like it's been never-ending but persistence paid off. you have the bipartisan senators who kept pushing through to get enough votes to pass this. 17 republicans is not something to be -- to thumb your nose at including the support right now of senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. and my colleagues said top officials worked hard to try to push this over the finish line, but the finish line is a little premature to say. this bill has a long way to go. it's next going to have to go to the house where there's already a lot of opposition from progressives who feel like they've been cut out of this, and president biden is going to have to convince both moderates like senator sinema who you referre

. >>> joining us now, national political correspondent from politico meredith mcgraw.nk you for being here. i know you've covered the president's recent events. let's talk the rally in the context of what's going on with surfside and the concerns from the governor about what to do, and, of course, this all comes as we expect indictments from the former president's company. [ indiscernible ] >> -- for the former president, he's barreling through with holding a rally over the weekend despite a rumored push from the governor's office not to hold that rally. the governor's office has denied that as trump's aides. a statement was sent out from trump's spokesperson that said he's going to continue to hold this rally as condolences go out to the families, and he'll also be holding a monetary collection for the victims there? in seaside, but these are always tricky moments optically for the governor of florida. he's dealing with that harrowing catastrophe there? seaside, and for him to make an appearance with trump would really not with the best look. then, of course, for trum