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joining us is lee-anne caldwell, vaughn hillyard and politico white house reporter eugene daniels.ig welcome to the three of you. democrats are scrambling to lock down joe manchin before the vote. how are things looking? >> reporter: they don't know where joe manchin stands at this point and that is the big question, because it is a foregone conclusion on the outcome of this vote. but it's going to be much better for democrats if they can say it was just republicans who blocked this than if it was republicans and joe manchin who blocked this legislation or the opening of debate of this legislation, i should say. so we're waiting to hear where he stands. he has not been specific yet. he has said he has problems with this bill throughout, although he did propose some compromise measures that democrats have mostly gotten behind. that should be a signal to him, they think, that they are willing to debate and negotiate. the question is, what happens next after this? i just caught up with vice president kamala harris who is in the senate for a separate reason, to break a tie-breaker vote

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reporter for "the new yorktimes," and joining me here in studio, anita kumar, white house correspondent and associate editor for politico and annie linskey, white house reporter for "the washington post." thk you all so much for being here. astead, how does this bill in texas fit into the national push to restrict voting? astead: yeah. i think what we see in texas is a microcosm of what we've seen across the country from republicans. that's in the wake of a 2020 election that at the top line didn't go how they wanted but had some good republicans down ballot and they have decided to do a full frontal assault on lower d democracy, right? we are talking about a party that has tied itselfo closely to the former president's lies, about election security, that the base is demanding that their elected offials act on this front. they are demanding that -- in the words of trump, that they stop the so-called rigged election so you really have republicans here that are looking for solutions in search of a problem. bui think that what you have also as i talked to republican voters across the country is really a base that is motiva

also with us politico white house editor and contributor sam stein and donna edward, a "the washington post" columnist and a msnbc contributor is with us. garrett, tell me about joe manchin's view as not just being singled out by the president this week but really being the person holding up legislation that has wide support from the american public. >> reporter: he's the first hurdle for that legislation if we're talking about voting rights because of course democrats would need to get to 50, maybe get to 60 if they don't do away with filibuster. you heard it from manchin. he thinks this works for him in west virginia. this is a state that donald trump won more than comfortably twice now. a state where manchin is the last democrat playing in this sand box and i think he will trust his own judgment here and facing pressure from progressives that will only grow. not just on voting rights where he is the only democratic senator who doesn't support the for the people act but we could see an interesting development on infrastructure. he also told me he's not willing to go with just a democ

politico. inside the white house, there is a glimmer of hope that a separate set of infrastructure talks couldipartisan agreement at a minimum, they see little downside in trying. is there a downside to you, eugene? >> no. i don't think there is a downside and trying. it's a bill that we're doing stuff is better than not doing stuff. so, do stuff. try to see if this alternative route of getting bipartisan support is going to work. there should be, an agreement that can be made on infrastructure. there should be an agreement there, theoretically. so, they should continue looking for ways to find it, and if there is no way to find, it then at least demonstrate that. through votes! debate legislation. bring it up. vote on it and have senators explain why they don't want that new airport or freeway, or the rural broadband, or whatever it is that it is in there for their state. and then maybe, eventually, get it done through reconciliation. there is no way to do it in a bipartisan manner. you have to go through all these steps and things if you hope to get infrastructure. i think you have to be pre

white house editor for politico, sam stein. msnbc contributor and senior columnist for the daily beast matt lewis along with willie and me. a lot to get to this hour. president biden's talks with a group of republican senators on a sweeping infrastructure package collapsed yesterday, shifting the debate on one of his key domestic priorities. on going meetings between biden and west virginia senator shelley moore capito fell through after the two remained far apart on a total price tag on which types of projects should be included and whether to raise any new taxes. kind of like everything. now any hopes of bipartisan deal falls on a group of senators including republican mitt romney and democrat joe manchin, who met for three hours yesterday hashing out details of their own agenda. so kasie, what do you make -- who is playing who here? what's the strategy that you see coming out of this? is everything going to fall apart? or does one bill have something to do with the other in terms of joe manchin and republicans who perhaps wan

"politico" is reporting this. the white house have been reluctant to emphasize issues outside of ending the pandemic that we just saw. reviving the economy and passing its american jobs plan and american family plan. we think it is notable that on wednesday president joe biden will be devoting his public event to the issue of crime and how his administration is responding to the uptick in violence. jason, your response. >> i find it notable no one is calling it biden's america with the crime surge. they did it under trump. joe biden could give the best speech he has given on wednesday. that won't change the policies in play at these deeply progressive cities and states. that's really what he has to do. he has to call them out. he has to call them out by name. he has to take control of the democratic party. at this point it feels like it is too far gone. unless you get rid of these policies, unless you get rid of these politicians proposing these policies. what is the speech exactly going to do? you have the activist groups funnel

eugene daniels white house correspondent for politico, coauthor of each day's addition of political's playbook. and daniel goldman former cyst and u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, notably also served as general counsel for the house intelligence committee during the first trump impeachment. good evening, and welcome to you all. indeed counselor, it's because of your resume that we asked you to be on tonight and i would like to begin with you. you are both a doj veteran, and a work closely with chairman schiff for all we know your name is on one of these lists. your data has been shared, what is your personal reaction to this story and can you explain to our viewers why this is such a deadly, serious matter? >> i'm horrified to see this. it's not for a lot of the reasons others have said. i think the department of justice has every right, broadly, to investigate crimes. but knowing the people who received these subpoenas, or whose records were sought through the subpoenas, i find it very hard to believe that there was any legitimate and real and credible evidence th

and sam stein veteran journalist who is now white house editor for politico. good evening and welcome to you all. senator i would like to start with you. i'm curious about the urgency you must feel right now and i'm curious if you think joe biden can ramp up the urgency in his statements and comments. >> well i think that what's going on at the state level, one of the dirty little secrets about our democracy is that so many of us don't pay enough attention to what goes on in a state legislative races. there is a tendency for many voters in this country to focus on the governor and u.s. senator and certainly the presidential but what is happening right now is a petri dish of awful laws that are being designed to keep people from voting, that are stripping away the power of duly elected officials that are supposed to be running our elections without fear or favor. so it is time i think for the president to ring the bell and say, listen folks, this is now way more serious than whether or not we can have the bridges built. this is about our elections and making su

joining us now, white house correspondent for politico and co-author of the playbook, eugene daniels.ene, thank you so much for being here. let's talk through these negotiations here because there still is optimism, i think, on both sides. we've heard it a little more from republicans, which has been the case throughout the process. the risk, of course, to leaving while this bill gets written is that the groups who have vested interests in each side and democrats have been talking to many on their side, republicans working with police unions and other groups, they get their hands on it, and ewell f -- all of a sudden what seems like an agreement turns entirely. what do you say? >> that's so true. good to see you, kasie. one of the things about any bill is it's all about tiingtiming, ? so they don't get the influence and change what happens in the room. this is a good example of why hard, soft general deadlines in d.c. are not great. senator scott said june or bust. that bust has occurred. we're moving on from that. what we know now is they say they're going to continue to talk. they h

white house correspondent for politico and coauthor of each day's addition of the political playbook. carmen best, former police chief in the city of seattle. chuck rosenberg, justice department veteran. former u.s. attorney. good evening and welcome to you all. chuck, i want to begin with your life's work which is the law and get your opinion on this sentence, considering the range was no time at all to 30 years. >> yeah, brian, you're exactly. right people look at the floor, no time in jail, and the statutory maximum, in this case, 40 years in jail. and they assume is going to be one or the other. actually, minnesota, like virtually over the state in the federal system, has a set of sentencing guidelines so that the average case is treated in the same way for like the defendants who've done like things, with like criminal history records. so, for derek chauvin, that number was was at zero, was at 40, that number was about 12 and a half to 15 years. a judge departed upward from that. he found two aggravating circumstances that chauvin's actions were particularly cruel and that chauvi

eugene daniels white house correspondent for politico and coauthor of each day addition a political playbook. meaning he works along day. susan page, veteran journalist, bestselling author, usa today washington bureau chief. her latest book is madam speaker, nancy pelosi and the lessons of power. jeremy bash back with us as well. former chief of staff at the cia. former chief counsel to the house intel committee. good evening and welcome to all. eugene i'd like to begin with you and your beat. how much more room does biden have left to negotiate with republicans and but other option does he have? >> at this, point it's as much room as he wants. the issue is keeping every member of his party happy that the negotiations are continuing. that's where we are at right now. the back and forth is interesting. i've been talking to people about this and what we realized is we are just not used to reporting on people in washington d.c. to negotiating. it's been a long time since we've seen a back and forth. at every stop it feels like that's that they're moving on. obviously not. they're talking again

white house reporter for the associated press, st. oxney, former federal prosecutor in the civil rights division of the justice department, and sam stein, a veteran journalist who's now white house editor over at politico. sam, indeed, i'd like to begin with you. i'd like to play this for you and our audience. we'll discuss on the other side. this is republican senator mike lee of utah tonight. >> this bill was written in hell by the devil himself. this bill wouldn't make it easier to vote. this would make it easier to vote illegal. this is the corrupt politicians act. if there's chance this becomes law, it would be devastating for the country. this would be bad for everyone other than democratic political incumbents. >> so sam, how is bipartisanship going? if that was meant for outreach for the democratic party, i think the senator has to work on his communication skills. >> first and foremost, i don't think the devil wrote the bill. a bill was written by democratic lawmakers. it was amended by joe manchin to including one republican-oriented idea, which was a version of voter identification. manchin's provision would have said you have to bring something like a utility bill in order to vote. i think

eugene daniels, white house correspondent for politico and coauthor of this day's edition of politico play book, meaning he works a long day. her latest book is "madam speaker, nancy pelosi and the lessons of power." and jeremy bash back with us as well, former chief of staff at the cia and pentagon, former chief counsel to the house intel committee. good evening and welcome to all. eugene, i'd like to begin with you and your beat. how much more room does biden have left to negotiate with republicans, and what other option does he have? >> i think at this point it's as much room as he wants. the issue is keeping every member of his party still happy that the negotiations are continuing. that is where we're at right now. negotiating the back and forth, it's interesting. i've been talking to a lot of people about this. and what we start to realize is we're just not used to as reporters and people that are in washington, d.c. to negotiating. it's been such a long time since we've seen such a back and forth. at every stop it feels like that's it, they're moving on and obviously not. like

. >> joining me to discuss is daniel litman, white house reporter for politico.us. you know, it's mind boggling. it's saddening and maddening when you have some lawmakers amplifying delusional conspiracy theories, denying the facts of what happened january 6th and voting against awarding the officers who defended them during that violence riot. for those who aren't following politics day in, day out, help us understand why so many republicans are choosing this alternate reality and what do they stand to gain from it? >> i think it's a cynical partisan play because they need donald trump's support to win the, you know, house back next year. in the midterms. and they think that he is a very likely candidate in 2024, so they don't want to anger his base of supporters who, many of whom think antifa or the left stormed the capitol instead of trump supporters who he had riled up. and so for a party that talks about venerates police so much and supporting the police last summer during black lives matter, it's a swift turnabout when they are saying you can't even get a m

eugene daniels, white house correspondent for politico and co-author ever each day's edition of the politicaly wok. carmen best, former u.s. attorney and former senior official at the fbi. these days host of the msnbc podcast the oath. well, good evening and welcome to you all. chuck, i want to begin with your bailiwick, your life's work, the law, and get your opinion on this sentence considering the range was parole, no time to 30 years. >> yeah, brian, you are exactly right. people look at the floor, no time in jail, and the statutory maximum, in this case 40 years in jail, and they assume it's going to be one or the other. actually, minnesota, like virtually every other state like in the federal system, has a set of sentencing guidelines. so the average case is treated in the same way for like defendants who have done like things with like criminal history records. and so for derek chauvin, that number wasn't zero, wasn't 40. that number was about 12.5 to 15 years. and the judge departed upward. he found two aggravating circumstances, that chauvin's actions were particularly cruel, and tha

joining us now, white house editor for "politico" sam stein. sam, good morning.-- every time i watch video like this and as this investigation unfolds, i think we're going to start to see more and more of it. but i see the pictures. i was there that day. we all can see with our own eyes what happened. so as you have this coming -- this new -- the new vantage points, more evidence of what actually happened, we seem to have republicans who are increasingly insisting that this didn't actually happen. congressman clyde calling that a tourist visit. i think we can all see very clearly there that these are not tourists. where does this go from here? we were talking to congressman kinsinger and he said no one is willing to stand up and tell the truth. that means they're willing to believe any conspiracy theory that shows up there. >> yeah. i think the congressman is right on this one. it's a remarkable, the degree to which politics worked our brains around this very simple, very disturbing event. what you witnessed there was a former cop assaulting a cop in the name of

writer at large for the bulwark, and eugene daniels, an msnbc political contributor, white house correspondent for politico and co-author of the "politico playbook." so much fabulousness in one panel, i can scarcely take it. i want to start with eugene, and your fabulous opinions and perspectives on this voting bill, and the doj lawsuit against it. what's our sense of how that might play out? >> yeah, i think what we know and what the doj knows and what this administration knows is that nothing is going to happen in congress, unless a lot of changes happen. unless they can convince people like sinema, people like manchin, other democrats who are behind the scenes, of allowing those two to be the proxies and take the shots. to change their minds on the filibuster. i talked to some of the texas democrats who came to the white house last week, some of those people who walked out, in order to make sure that that voting rights restriction bill didn't pass in texas. and they're putting a lot of stock in the federal government doing something. and they also meant the doj. so what they're seeing is that this admin

joining us now, white house editor for "politico," sam stein, you and i are old enough to remember whentting down your blog in less than a month may be one of the more relatable things the former president has ever done. >> and i feel like sam stein maybe you cannot hear me so we will come back to you in just a little bit. try to get you. you got me? >> yes you got me. >> technology is so difficult and publishing in the digital space is not just a problem for president trump, here i am in the flesh. >> here you are. i was saying to you, you and i are old enough to remember when everybody had a blog and shutting one down is more relatable that this former president has ever done, and i wonder to you what it says about his staying power. >> well, i don't know if it says much about the staying power per se, it's difficult to launch a blog, but you know, it also is difficult to, you know, i mean it's not difficult to stay, he is still a staying power in the republican party, he is still very much a consequential figure, he still has a lot of sway over republicans, that's all true, the quest

michael steele podcast and a msnbc analyst, cristela alonzo, and eugene daniels, a white house correspondent for "politico," co-author of "politico's" play book and an msnbc political contributor. good to see everybody. michael, let me start with you. one of the big topics today is the impact that donald trump may or may not have on the midterms and on the 2024 election. setting aside for a moment the possibility that he may or may not run for president again, his impact on more immediate elections. what do you make of that, particularly in light of the role he's playing at this event in north carolina tonight. >> well, its impact will be as big as the party wants it to be and right now, they want it to be pretty damn big. the fact that he is at this event in north carolina, it is a state party event, the fact that he has made it very clear, through a number of his political allies, that he's going to be a player, if you will, in the upcoming midterm elections. he is sort of the clip you played coming into this segment, sort of that's his baseline, yeah, we got to get the party in a position to win back t

kicking us off tyler paige and alex thompson white house correspondent for politico. thank you for being with me. alex, you have civil rights leaders signaling that they are losing patience with bipartisanship and stacy abrams embraced and can you talk to me about the tension within the democratic party on whether or not to compromise on voting rights. >> yes, well, it's a big mess. the problem right now is that unless you do away with the filibuster, you need bipartisan support because you need ten republicans. they don't have any. some democrats were quietly saying that stacy abrams endorsing joe manchin's proposal hurt their proposal to make it a proposal. you saw republicans immediately consolidate and say stacy abrams support it and we definitely can't support it. until they convince joe manchin and krystin sinema nothing can happen unless they get ten republicans. this is why some democrats wish they would ditch the current voting rights act and move on to the john lewis voting rights act. but so far democrats and chuck schumer in particular are very determined

joining us now, white house reporter at "politico," meredith mcgraw.edith, thank you so much for getting up this early with us today. talk a little bit about that trip, if you could. obviously, the nation is still grappling with a national moment of reckoning on race. the president will be there, in tulsa, waiting into what certainly will be a highly charged emotional moment. what do you think of the significance? and what will his message be today? >> well, president biden is going to be going to tulsa, today. he is the first president to do so, to commemorate the riots that, of course, ravaged the city and killed hundreds of african-americans in an area that's known as black wall street. and it really was one of the darkest days in -- in american history. and as, you know, it was noted in that piece. you know, a lot of people are hoping that some sunlight is put on this event. and that there is some talk of how to move forward. of course, talking about racial injust -- or racial injustice has been an important theme of biden's presidency. i keep thin

. >> joining us now, white house correspondent for politico eugene daniels, also an msnbc contributor. >> you know what's so interesting here is the democrats have seemed, at least in my mind, to have the upper hand when it comes to bipartisan, pushing for a bipartisan deal, moving towards a bipartisan deal, getting a bipartisan deal and then as soon as they get it, man, they give the republicans high ground. it's hard to explain exactly why we had the events changed the way they did, but the president has cleaned it up, even if all the president's men and women have not cleaned this this up. tell us about the chaos of this past weekend on trying to get to yes. >> president biden himself had to get on the phone and call folks because there were -- there was a lot of worry as he kind of this implicit veto threat, i would only sign both of these, not signing one or the other, they want them both at the same time. so all this conversation happening, along with a time line that the democratic leadership laid out, spooked republicans you have lindsey graham speak to a play book and kind of

politico is talking about the fact that inside his own white house, people are very confused by presidentiden's move towards the centrist. you have the left wing of the party upset with the moves the biden administration has made in terms of the bipartisan infrastructure deal, and leading towards the right and those senators to get that deal done on saturday, rescinding he would not make a veto effort. the left has some power. you even saw protests from progressive groups outside the white house. the struggle will be to make sure they get enough votes for the house, but also in the senate it is to make sure -- we heard from mitch mcconnell yesterday -- to make sure the republicans also support this deal. what mitch mcconnell is putting on the line and saying is we heard from the president, but that is rescinding on that veto will be a hollow gesture if nancy pelosi and chuck schumer also do not get on board with this deal. tom: is there any reporting that the left is swayed by earmarks, by pork? a six lane highway from burlington to rutland? does that work anymore? annmarie: i think it wi

house speaker and with me now. how are you doing, sir. good morning to you. welcome back. headline "politico", all right? biden can't quit infrastructure talks. progressives are losing their minds. the whitehere? you have herded the cats for years. how do you see this breaking today? >> well, i think the best opportunity for president biden to get an infrastructure deal is to find common ground with republicans. whatever that might be. i'm not sure that the president biden and democrats can pass an infrastructure bill on their own. the things that bernie sanders and elizabeth warren want are not the things that moderate democrats in either house or senate want. so i think his best path forward is to come to some agreement with republicans on the infrastructure package. infrastrk tour has been the most bipartisan issue on capitol hill. if you can't pull it off on infrastructure you probably won't pull it off anywhere else. >> bill: if you quit republicans you have to deal with progressives. i sliced this onion 100 different ways. i think the path forward is really, really complicated. do you think as of today it even happens? >> i think there is a reasonable chance it could happen. but aga

national political reporter for axios, jonathan swan, and white house correspondent for politico andnbc contributor. >> willie, you all had a mayor's race up in gotham. >> the was a mayor's race, no talk of suing "snl" or having them yanked off the air for the mean impersonations they may have done, but the vote is in. ballots have been cast in the primary race for new york city mayor but we're not going to know for a couple weeks who won. the rank choice voting system prevents us from telling you who won, but we know former police captain, eric adams, is the early leader with 32% of the first choice vote. trailing adams are former counsel to mayor de blasio, maya wily, and catherine garcia with 20% of the vote. fourth place goes to 2020 presidential candidate andrew yang, who led early in the race but who conceded last night. on the republican side, guardian angels founder curtis sliwa, throwback to the '80s, won the republican primary. he mouvs on to the general election. we won't know, we'll get into some of these numbers and what happens next because it is a little confusing abou

eugene daniels is here, white house correspondent for politico, playbook co-author as well as at msnbcor. our friend matt dowd, founder of country over party and frank figliuzzi is here, former fbi assistant director for counterintelligence and msnbc national security analyst and host of the bureau podcast. i want to start with you, frank figliuzzi, and understand if this is the kind of recreation that prosecutors and investigators are undergoing to reach their charging decisions? >> the short answer is yes. first, let me commend the team at "the new york times" who put this together. it is worthy of watching. i would urge every american who wants to try to get their head around exactly what that day was like to watch this. for those americans who think the day was not a violent day, was not an unlawful day or an attack on our system of democracy, please watch this. you'll come away with your own opinion, but you have an obligation to watch this. yes, investigators are doing this. they're going to do it in kind of a computer-assisted design way and they're going to do this from reality

eugene daniels is here, white house reporter for politico, co-author of "playbook." and lucky for us an msnbc contributor. also joining us msnbc contributor and former republican congressman david jolly is here plus national security analyst clint watts who worked as a consultant to the fbi's counterterrorism division is also here. eugene, first, share with us what you're hearing about what was behind today's announcement. there was some -- it felt like there was growing pressure on the speaker from democrats and republicans to do something, to get the subpoenas flying, to get some records preserved, to begin any kind of investigation. but she seemed very mixed, to be holding out hope for something more bipartisan. >> and she seemed disappointed, right? something we hear from democrats because they were really hoping they could get something that had the gravitas and validation and something without lawmakers truly bipartisan to look at what happened here. and so that's exactly what we're hearing. and they are still holding out hope surprisingly despite everything th

eugene daniels is back, white house reporter for politico and the co-author of "playbook." also joining us, nick, i knew i would screw that up. he's a reporter for "the new york times." he's bi-lined on on the power grab and msnbc political analyst, the former senator claire mccaskill. a thank you to you, my friend, claire. i was like a proud mama bear reading all the love for you on twitter. much deserved. i'm sorry i wasn't there with you. >> listen, i have new huge respect for you, my friend. it's not quite as easy as it looks, and your job is firmly in place, my friend, i am happy to be commentaing and not reading a prompter today. >> it is like new shoes. if you wear it, try it a few times and they get comfy. the chair is yours anytime. on this push i was so cheered to see president obama weighing in and really trying to rally support. they're not coming to the debate with an alternative. it's like their opposition to the agenda. they're just obstructing this. >> there is a knee jerk reaction to policy in the united states senate that if mitch mcconnell doesn't like it

eugene daniels is here, white house reporter for politico, coauthor of "playbook" and an msnbc contributornal security analyst clint watts is back. he worked as a consultant to the fbi's counterterrorism division and is now a distinguished research fellow at the foreign policy research institute. and miles taylor is back, former chief of staff for the department of homeland security and an advisor to the republican political alliance for integrity and reform. boy, do we need that. let me start with you, miles taylor. this is carefully crafted. it's technical in nature. but i think the elephant in the room today is that the ex-president fomented, galvanized, and incited this move to violence on 1/6 specifically and before that, if you look the a his call to the proud boys to stand back and stand by. >> yeah, nicole, no question about that. and look, you know me. i'm a republican. this is a democratic administration, but i've got to say, this is actually a very bold strategy, and when i read it, three things stood out to me. the first is that this administration actually wants to fight domes

joining the course white house court reporter for politico eugene daniels and frank is back with us. clear that this justice department is on this topic happy to let their charges and their indictments and court filings speak. do the talking in how aggressive they are being. >> absolutely. the doj doesn't want to be seen as putting the thumb on the scale and the president doesn't want to be seen as putting the thumb on the scale. any time we ask jen psaki or anybody working over there about the thoughts about the invests, they point us to this is on the doj and a president that doesn't want to interfere with any of these investigations because the biden administration believes that there needs to be a wall between the two especially after the kind of last four years of president trump attacking the attorney general at times, telling -- making it clear via tweets what he wants them to investigate and trying to stay out of this and that is something that you talk to folks at the doj don't want politics in the work they do so allowing the work to speak for itself. if you ask them what w

politico. so is there a growing sense of impatience building amongst democrats as the white house is entering yetek of bipartisan negotiations? i described it earlier as feeling kind of like ground-hog day. >> yes, there absolutely is a sense of impatience. it's only june. he was just sworn in january. but this is actually a slow moving time line compared to what democrats had in mind. you have to remember that house democrats are really convinced they're going to be losing their majority next year. there's a lot of democrats who say we need to get this done as soon as possible. they want to have this done by the august recess. and as you know things tend to slow down as soon as there's an election around the corner. a lot of folks see the deadline as a time to move. they have to avert a shutdown. so a lot of democrats say why are we wasting time with these republicans, we need to do as much as we can, get biden as many wins as we can, and hopefully that will not only help them in the mid-term but help cement biden's legacy here. >> you mention the august deadline. is that the point democrats say

white house. let's bring in the studio guests, manu raju, and laura lopez with politico. we have infrastructure week and infrastructure decision time, and a little bit of groundhog day. the president is going to meet again but -- >> we cannot just sit and negotiate forever. we have to get to an end. i was just looking at stats this morning, john. china invests ten times as much in infrastructure that the united states does, and that's just not tenable for us if we want to lead. >> the president has to decide, i can cut a deal or forget about it. >> i think the white house wanted flexibility to figure out if they wanted to continue the negotiations further and see how productive they were, and clearly they realized there was something there and that's why they continued to have the talks there, and you do hear a lot of urgency coming from the administration, and those comments from secretary granholm, and the white house, president biden, is really looking at june 9th as a critical date, because they will take up transportation legislation that is important to biden's over

the white house announced the trip to el paso yesterday after it was reported by politico.comes two weeks after the meeting in mexico and guatemala to discuss the causes of immigration. the vice president has been criticized for putting off a visit to the border after the president tasked her with stemming migration back in march. meanwhile, the biden administration has asked a trump-era border official to step down. border chief rodney scott was asked to step down yesterday, given the option to retire, resign, or relocate. he managed agents at the northern and southern borders. scott will be staying in his post for the next 60 days. >>> all right, still ahead here, we're going to take a look at how the rise in violent crime here in the u.s., specifically gun violence, is having an impact on children across the country. we'll be back in just a moment. t start your day with crest 3d white and from mochaccinos to merlot, your smile will always be brilliant. crest 3d white brilliance. 100% stain removal, 24 hour stain resistance to lock in your whitest smile. crest. the #1 too

white house editor for politico, sam stein.ew york times," helene cooper. and u.s. national editor at the "financial times," ed luce. >> dana carvey has his new calling. >> and the merv, a nice little calling card. i will hold the line, though, and say that jason sudeikis' joe biden remains the best to me. it's just so good and so over the top. >> we'll have to play that as well. >> a lot to get to this hour. president biden is set to meet with heads of the european council and european commission today, where he is expected to discuss u.s./eu relations along with his upcoming meeting with vladimir putin. nbc news chief white house correspondent, peter alexander has more from brussels. >> less than 48 hours ahead of that high-stakes summit with russian president vladimir putin, president biden calling him a worthy adversary, and delivering this warning. >> if he chooses not to cooperate and acts in a way that he has in the past, relative to cybersecurity and some other activities, then we will respond. >> reporter: the presiden

white house correspondent for yahoo! news is with us and political analyst rachael bade, co-author of politico's playbook., it's further than he's gone before, and he named names without naming names. i mean, are words like that pressure going to sway manchin and sinema? >> it's definitely more than nothing. though we can acknowledge it was pretty subtle. and what we didn't hear is the truth that joe biden only has a limited amount of political capital. if you look at the political capital like gambling chips, he has a very limited amount just for the month of june and that same speech yesterday he said he would like to get many things done in this month. so in five days, that's infrastructure. in three weeks that's police reform. perhaps renewed calls for gun legislation. look what's happening across the country. and, of course, an overhaul on the voting system. so every chip he cashes in to convince manchin or sinema to move on the filibuster, at least vote towards his way, is one or two chips he can't use for any of those other things, right? so it's definitely some pressure, but we've heard joe manchi

politico's olivia beavers, thank you so much for getting up with us. we appreciate your reporting this morning. >>> let's go now to the coronavirus pandemic with the pace of vaccinations falling, the white housegoing to admit that they're likely to miss president biden's goal of getting 70%. many the target had been received for americans 30 and older, but it's going to take a few more weeks to hit that number among younger americans. >> where the country has more work to do, particularly with 18 to 26 year olds. the reality is many younger americans have felt like covid-19 is not something that impacts them. and they've been less eager to get the shot. >> has this white house said, what went wrong? was the goal too high, the number was not attainable? >> sure. well, we don't see it exactly something went wrong. how we see it, we set a goal, an ambitious goal, something the president has done from the very beginning. and we're expected to meet that goal just a couple weeks after july 4th. >> and white house official dr. anthony fauci issued a stark warning, watch. >> similar to the situation in the u.s., the delta variant is currently the greatest threat in the u.s. to our attempt to eliminat

white house, let's discuss with our panel we have with us sergeant cheryl dorsey, retired lapd police sergeant. also in studio we have cnn's gloria borger and nia-malika henderson, as well as politico's laura lopez. the president wants to go after rogue gun dealers. these are individuals who fail to run the background checks that are required, they falsify records, they sell to somebody who is prohibited from having a gun. is it that simple, just get rid of their gun license? >> well, i mean, it's a start. and i don't ever say no to anything. i've often said that these kinds of guns and ammunition are unnecessary in an urban environment. so it's a good first step. >> and, laura, let me ask you. for the average policeman or woman out there, it must be really a case of whiplash because a year ago they were hearing, or two years, when was it exactly? i guess it was a year ago. they were hearing de-fund the police, they were being -- police were being demonized by many activists out there. and now there are calls from the president for more funding to police forces because of this horrific crime wave. >> right. and through it all, though, biden was always saying he wanted to give more mo

before the white house starts to say, okay, we need to go it alone because they're frankly just running out of time nor to be done in congress. i think that's the biggest aspect here. >> politico's works on his domestic agenda, there are major foreign bar most citizens from leaving the country. more and more citizens have been trying to flee since the disputed election win of long-time leader alexander lukashenko last year. the country claims the decision to ban foreign travel was due to the covid-19 pandemic. last month, the u.s. and allies condemned belarus government, the government after it forced a plane to land a commercial plane so they could arrest a journalist who was critical of its urrule. joining us now, former ambassador john bolton, he served as national security adviser under president donald trump. and is the author of "the room where it happened" a white house memoir. he wrote an op-ed, criticizing and sanctioning lukashenko is no substitute for an actual strategy on belarus and he writes in part this -- there is no question the west rightly concluded that belarus committed air piracy, behavior entirely consistent with the regimes, autocratic methods and alexei