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do you remember -- with you, paul begala. the air oi -- era of big government is over. gger than ever. dana, thank you for getting that number out there from manchin. it's been out there for weeks. paul, we'll see what your party is about. if they blow this, it will be the most epic stealing defeat out of the jaws of victory we've ever seen. we'll keep an eye. thank you. again, this will likely happen on our watch tonight. that means even if it doesn't happen, because that's going to mean something about the state of play in that party. we have more breaking news. >>> also on the manhunt for brian laundrie. there is a reason to analyze this. this is not just about morbid curiosity. we have to understand what doesn't make sense in this story, and there are two things. one of them is helped by what we're going to show you right after the break. stay with us. before we talk about tax-smart investing, what's new? -audrey's expecting... -twins! ♪ we'd be closer to the twins. change in plans. at fidelity, a change in plans is always part of the plan. (upbeat pop music througho

. >>> i want to bring in david gergen and paul begala. good evening to you. thanks so much. david, the president telling reporters tonight that he's about to deliver a message to senators manchin and sinema about his domestic spending package. his agenda is on the line. what do you think that message should be? >> i think it should be, the administration is in serious danger of losing momentum and losing some public support for this program. which is his economic is social program. which is crucial to what he wants to do with the economy, and his legacy as president. the democrats look increasingly weak and chaotic. they need to get this under control. you may have to do some tough, tough things that may not be popular among some moderates in the party. but you have to fish or cut bait. >> and let's talk about the clean energy program, it will likely be dropped from the final deal after pushback from joe manchin. how do you expect the rest of the party to respond? >> not well. not well. a little quibble with what gergen said. joe biden is not asking anybody in the democratic

. >> i'm looking at paul begala s skpl. bill clinton became president and performs. the democratic party is in such a dirchlt plals prog progre progressively. the youngest ones are either retired or lost, and for the most part, what you have is the sort of moderate president, that's the guy they thought joe biden was, he's the one pushing this progressive agenda, and it really is remarkable. >> paul, you know i love you. i had you on the radio show today. you're a spin doctor, baby. this is a sea change for your party. your party is now controlled by the progressive wing. maybe you'll go back to saying liberals, you guys seem to like that word. jayapal, forget about aoc. judge mill a who is in the room who just told, stick to the plan, guys. iver never seen this. if you think back -- put it this way. a couple years ago, 2016, way back in the dark ages. she proposed the biggest infrastructure plan in history. $275 billion. are you kidding? ly joe manchin has asked for the entire infrastructure bill plus o ohio. in a sense, the democrats are getting the w. the moderate

political commentators that have southeastern a lot of moments like this unfold from the west wing, paul begala joe lockhart. we've seen that tamp down tensions between progressives and moderates. what do you make of how split the party has become and where it goes from here? >> i think he did a good job of tamping things down. i thought it meant the deal was done. you don't deploy the big gun just to seal the deal. that wasn't the case. he needed to go. he did something very artful. one of the ablest, smartest members. he is happy. listen to what biden did. i got to have both, the roads and bridges infrastructure package and the health and education and child care package. that made khanna and the liberals happy. we have to go down about 40%. and still, the liberals are happy about that. that's an artful things. moderates are unhappy. in the moderate driistricts, they'll hear, you need to get something done. biden knows what he's doing. >> joe, how do you see it? >> yeah. i think paul's right. what the president did was go up there and split the baby. gave both sides a reason to go forward. br

they can say we've always done this, paul begala tonight. no way. i've never seen the democrats run the train like they are. no criticism, it's just the state of play. they better be very clear how they'll pay for it because there will be a big push from the right about this being the most epic spending of all time. socialism. >> this is when the dramatic music plays in the movie. that's where we are at this point now in real life. thank you, chris. >> i look forward to watching you at 3:00 in the morning. >>> this is "don lemon tonight." we are awaiting a promised house vote on president biden's infrastructure bill. in a new dear colleague letter to her caucus, nancy pelosi writes, and i quote here, discussions continue with the house, senate and white house to reach a bicameral framework agreement to buy back a reconciliation bill and they tell me there won't be a vote tonight. the president you see there remains in the west wing, getting updates from his team. this is all up in the air, nobody knows what's going to happen. we don't know now. we'r

paul begala, were you surprised by pelosi's letter? she said we'll have to d

paul begala, were you surprised by pelosi's letter? she said we'll have to do what the moderates want to do. >> she has a grasp of the obvious. she's grounded in reality which some of my friends in the party opposite are not. she's just stating the facts. she wanted the much bigger package. she's going to have to compromise. i committed mathematics before this show. let's say they get a $2 trillion deal. add that to the american rescue package. add that to $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, which i think will pass. you get 5, count them, $5 trillion. the size of the entire american economy under ronald reagan. this is not a small deal. this is a huge deal. >> even for $5 trillion democrats could clearly explain what people are getting because i understand that we've already spent trillions. people are already getting money in their checking accounts but they don't seem to be giving joe biden any credit because the polls are tanking. >> because of the infighting. >> nancy pelosi is upset the media isn't covering the bill.

. >> we have a virginia voter right here, paul begala. with an "i voted" sticker.ed for terry mcauliffe. >> it's a private ballot but he's been my friend for like 35 years. you'd love for trump to gocome arlington before the election, right? >> the state party chair in america right away out with a tweet that says virginia is for lovers, not for losers. we defeated donald trump twice. breng him back a third time and we'll defeat him again. all focus has been on the democrats' failure to pass their agenda. it's an artful trick. i don't think i could pull this off. it's depressing the democratic base and alienating the swing vote they need and inspiring the republican base. this is hard to do all three at once and yet somehow we've accomplished it. >> congratulations. >> yes, god bless donald trump. >> keep up the good work. now we're not -- we're going to talk about donald trump for the rest of this. and it is the same agenda. mr. youngkin did play footsy with the big lie folks talking about the number one priority for him was election security. he's going to go on

also with us is paul begala and with me onset, kirsten powers. dan, to you first. some familiar lines from barack obama. i covered them 13 years ago. we heard don't boo vote back then. we heard it again today. but he really went after glenn youngkin there describing him as sort a wolf in sheep's clothing at times, maybe in a sheep's vest. playing footsy in the far right, with donald trump, to sell himself differently to virginia voters. what did you pick up on? >> you'd be forgiven to think this was a 2012 rally that you would have been at, but this was a chance for obama to shake off some political rest and he made it clear he was happy to go after republicans and it's a preview of likely what's to come in 2022. you're right. he really went after glenn youngkin, the republican opponent. sitting behind him was the democrat, terry mcauliffe, but much of obama's speech focused on youngkin. taking him apart. really going after his public persona. questioning his rallies, his ads. the way he casts himself. even mocking the fact he plays basketball in his ads. that he's

paul begala. what's your take? >> a lot of news. a lot of news.e discussions have been very opaque. well, the president just confirmed a lot of source reporting and also revealed some new information, like the fact that the way that they are going to pay for whatever deal this is, we'll have no tax increases because kyrsten sinema refuses not just to raise taxes on corporations but also on individuals. that's a pretty big deal. and then also on the fact that he confirmed there will be no free community college, that he's shrinking the size or the scope of paid family leave. he wanted 12. he said i can only get 4. just more broadly, he's very clear and clear eyed about the reality of his situation. democrats control congress but he said -- and of course the white house, but the most telling moment, chris, was when he said, when you have a 50/50 senate, every senator can be president and is president. and you certainly have a couple of them who are taking that liberty they have and using it to the nth degree. >> paul, dana is right. there is news. t

. >> i want to bring in cnn political analyst david gergen and political commentator paul b begala. david gergen, i'm going to start with you. the president telling reporters tonight he's about to deliver a message to senators manchin and sinema about his domestic spending package. his agenda is on the line here. so what do you think that message should be? >> i think the message should be he's got to toughen up. the administration is in serious danger of losing momentum and losing some public support for this program, its economic and social program, which is just crucial to what he wants to do with the economy and put his legacy as president. this has gone on week after week after week. the democrats look increasingly weak and chaotic. they need to get this under control, and you may have to do some tough, tough things that will not be very popular among some moderates in the party. but at some point you've got to fish or cut bait. >> yeah. let's talk about what's in the bill, paul, which may be taken out as a matter of fact. but three congressional sources are telling cnn that th

paul be galla, your lies, they are obvious. they are i'm not sure what town hall he was watching aired on this network and to be fair to begala. he probably didn't watch. no one did. cable news. would you describe this answer as, quote, commanding 40% of all products coming into the united states of america in the west coast go through los angeles and -- what am i doing here? >> long beach. >> long beach, thank you. >> will: what are you doing here? let me help you out. you are supposed to be running country and fixing a supply chain crisis or any crisis for that matter. pick a card, any card. pick a crisis, any crisis. as you wander around the stage. >> do you have plans to visit the southern border. >> i have been there before and i haven't, i guess i should go down the whole point i haven't had a whole hell of a lot of time to get down. >> let me see. let's see if i can die gram that sentence, okay? i have been there before and i haven't but i know it well. is that confusion? it's certainly a contradiction. is that a lie and then a correction slowly backing away from the obvious lie joe biden never toured the southern borde