in the senate support the bill. 96% of democrats in the house support the bill. no, two people cannot sabotage what the overwhelming majority of this country want. now, it is rare for individual senators to be publicly isolated from their party the way joe manchin has been. and it is reminiscent of the first time a senator switched parties at a time when each party had 50 senators, vermont's republican senator gym jeffords switched to the democratic party after years of whispered encouragement from his democratic neighbors. and the moment, the instant senator jeffards switched party, control of the senate switched from republicans to democrats. there had never been a more dramatic moment in the senate. most of the party switching, though, in the senate in our lifetimes, almost all of it, has been democrats switching to the republican party. that's the most common switch. that phenomenon began in earnest when south carolina's strong thurman switched to the republican party in 1964 over civil rights. many southern democrats who did no

it looks like senate democrats will september this offer from senate minority leader mitch mcconnell to den the debt ceiling. do you support this approach? >> wolf, nice to see you. good to be back with you. >> i think that obviously this has been challenging, because it is the republicans and the trump administration over the last four years that ran up $8 trillion in debt now this debt ceiling is not to pay for future debt. this is to say the united states is good for the bills we already ran up over the last four years. the jas majority of which included tax cuts to the wealthiest. so that is why the white house has been so strong and senate democrats have been so strong. we'll sigh where they end up. i'm confident we'll get the debt limit raised, but i think it's pretty outrageous that republicans under this day have not wanted to do that. it's been bipartisan, and it's their debt that brought us into this situation, and, you know, we'll have to see. i'm confident it will get raised. >> would you support this republican offer? >> i haven't seen the exact offer. i believe in the e

senate. you control the white house. this is democratic infighting preventing the infrastructure bill and the build back better agenda from coming up for a vote in the senate. frankly, it's the senate more than it is the house, although the house is i guess, the house progressives are holding the infrastructure bill captive. in any case, this is your party that's preventing this from happening? >> look, it's going to happen. we believe that failure is not an option. they say if you like sausage and you like laws, don't watch either one of them get made. it's going to be messy. i promise you. but i believe we're going to get the job done. >> do you worry at all that these numbers could signal how much trouble democrats could be in, not just this november with, for instance, the governors race in virginia but in 2020 when a bunch of democratic senators are up for re-election, as i don't need to remind you, and the midterms are there and ultimately -- do you think the people who are the 10 or 12 democrats in the house, or i guess it's more th

full for senate, democrats won a long term solution to the debt limit. to make sure financial remark, it's remain stable, and our economic recovery stays on track. america's full faith and credit must never be used as a political bargaining chip. i hope my republican colleagues relent from trying to make it one when we read. revisit this issue soon. so now that republican brinkman ship is relented. senate democrats will focus on passing, build back better agenda, so we can finally build up ladders of opportunity for people to climb up to the middle class. my county has moved from washington. well, a desire to li, crucial. if the u. s. had defaulted on its debt, the economy would have been entail said would have been unprecedented. most experts believe that everybody was going to bow at the last moments, but it's still a tense situation. and this only came about in terms of extending the debt to or, or putting a little bit of money in to allow it to run through to december. that took a lot of shenanigans in terms of what's been happening in recent weeks.

and i can tell you there were democratic senators, multiple democratic senators coming to me, coming to the other members of my party saying okay, how much time would it take to move a reconciliation bill? can we get it done in time for the october 18 date that the treasury secretary has laid out? and to a person, republicans answered yes, there is plenty of time under the rules of reconciliation to move forward. there is no barrier. you have all the time you need. i believe democratic leader schumer was on the verge of surrendering, and then unfortunately yesterday republicans blinked. i think that was a mistake. i think that was the wrong decision. now, i will tell you the reason republican leadership made that decision to blink was because senate democrats threatened to nuclear the filibuster, to eliminate the filibuster. i don't know if that threat was real. i don't know if they would have carried through on it or not. but i understand why republican leadership blinked. ending the filibuster would enable democrats to pass an even more radical agenda than the one they're doing rig

it will now go to the house of representatives. senate democrats won a long term solution to the debt limit to make sure financial remark, it's remain stable, and our economic recovery stays on track. america's full faith and credit must never be used as a political bargaining chip. i hope my republican colleagues relent from trying to make it one when we read. revisit this issue soon. so now that republican brinkman ship is relented. senate democrats will focus on passing, build back better agenda. so we can finally build up ladders of opportunity for people to climb up to the middle class. and southwest on pakistan, families are bearing those killed in an earthquake. that sounds rescuer, search for survivors. it's feared many a still trapped under the rubble thursday strong, but shallow tremor has killed at least 20 people. many more wounded. nathan left homeless, boucher stones, hon. i the worst hit region. the former you a special ed voice. i hate, he says security porter princess, worsening ad massacres, am kidnappings on now. part of everyday life, daniel foot told congress amer

it's two senate democrats that have caused the hiccup and slowed down the legislation and broken trustcaucus, the house -- even the senate democratic caucus, and us. and we want to make sure that we follow through, because a bill that only takes care of the infrastructure side, not of the human infrastructure side, is not going to be beneficial to most americans. >> as you have been speaking here, it would seem as if president biden is just a few moments ago from taking to the podium there. presumably those are the remarks being placed on the podium that the president is going to be reading any moment from now. congressman, when you asked the president or when your colleagues ask the president whether you could trust those two senators specifically, manchin and sinema, what did he say? >> that was not a question that we asked directly to the president just to be clear. i don't want to put words in his mouth. it's a question that we have asked ourselves and asked our leadership. and i think it's a general symptom that's felt throughout the caucus. it's felt in the senate democratic cauc

is the white house on the same page as senate democrats because senate democrats are basically taking this temporary deal but what does jen psaki have to say about it? >> jake, they don't seem nearly as excited as the senate democrats are. they're not framing it as mcconnell the way you saw elizabeth warren saying as they came out of that meeting. if they accept this agreement which as manu noted, senate democrats say they are ready to do so. it's only going to prolong the process. and that is something the press secretary jen psaki says president biden does not want to do because she believes that not only it delays the process but always comes with additional risks. >> why kick the can down the road a couple more weeks? why create an additional layer of uncertainty? why not just get it done now? that's what we're continuing to press for and that's our 50 ch -- first choice. >> that's their first choice but may not be their ultimate choice. this is the path that senator chuck schumer and them are going to go down. she also noted they haven't gotten a formal offer from senator mitch m

so now that republican brinkman ship is relented. senate democrats will focus on passing, build back better agenda. so we can finally build up ladders of opportunity for people to climb up to the middle class. rescue as have been searching for survivors in south west pakistan where an earthquake has killed at least 20 people. the strong but shallow trim has left hundreds of people injured in ballard, she stands hon. i. susie the worst hit region trucks in eastern sudan carrying medicine have been allowed through a blockade that's causing a supply crisis. demonstrators from the b, j tribe had forced port sudan to close, as part of a protest against the government. the former us special envoy for haiti says security, and puerto prince is deteriorating, and massacres and kidnappings are now part of everyday life. daniel foot said america's policy of deporting thousands of haitians would only make things worse. abortion clinics in the us state of texas have reopened following a federal court ruling. suspending a law that effectively banned the procedure. wednesday's temporary judgment, c

caucus in the senate to call a press conference for the purpose of critiquing another democratic senator. but senator bernie sanders decided to break the unwritten rules of the senate and do just that today. which implies to me that he is at his breaking point. i am sort of desperate to know why. he's going to join us live to talk about exactly that, right after the break. stay with us. finally yasso! a ridiculously creamy, crunchy, chocolatey dipped ice cream experience with 25% less calories because it's made with greek yogurt. so, thanks for everything ice cream, but we'll take it from here. yasso audaciously delicious it's moving day. and while her friends are doing the heavy lifting, but we'll take it from here. jess is busy moving her xfinity internet and tv services. it only takes about a minute. wait, a minute? but what have you been doing for the last two hours? ...delegating? oh, good one. move your xfinity services without breaking a sweat. xfinity makes moving easy. go online to transfer your services in about a minute. get started today. >>> look, if we were in a roo

after the voting rights bill failed in the senate wednesday, congressmember omar tweeted, "the filibuster and the democraticators who are continuing to uphold it are killing our democracy." congressmember ilhan omar, welcome back to democracy now. if we are talking about president joe biden or president joe manchin, he is one senator that holds so much power out of those $3.5 trillion spending bill talking about scaling it back to $1.7 trillion. that is only a bit over the $1.5 trillion that this one senator has demanded. can you talk about the significance of his power and also how it is related to him being the number one recipient of oil, gas, and coal money in the u.s. senate? rep. omar: thank you so much for having me. i think it is really important for people to uerand just the level of obstruction that this one senator is causing to the agenda of the president and everything we are trying to accomplish as democrats on behalf of the american people. for so long, people have said washington is corrupt. they are not watching out for the interests of the people and what is playing out right now with thes

by a simple majority, the democrats have 50 in the senate. i plus the vice president that gives them the absolute majority in the end. the bill was passed by 50 votes to $48.00, but this is all about political games playing and certainly coming very close to the brink in terms of just a few days before october, the 18th, which is the deadline. another injection of capital is put in now, to put this into real terms, you are talking about the debt ceiling being at 28.4 trillion. what the senators voted on is to raise that debt ceiling to a $24.00 trillion just for the government to be able to buy it, pay its debts until december. the 3rd, when the whole thing's going to start again. now in southwestern pakistan, families are bearing those killed in an earthquake that says rescuers search for survivors. it's feared many a trapped under the rubble thursday strong, but shallow trinna has killed at least 20 people. many more. a wounded and have been left homeless in baluchistan is hon. i, that's the worst hit region. come on, hide as the latest. no

caucus in the senate to call a press conference, for the purpose of critiqued king another democratic senator. but senator bernie sanders decided to break the unwritten rules of the senate, and you just that today. which applies to me that he is that his breaking point, i am sort of desperate to know why. he will join us live to talk about exactly that after the break, stay with us. stay with us. as someone who resembles someone else... i appreciate that liberty mutual knows everyone's unique. that's why they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. [ nautical horn blows ] i mean just because you look like someone else doesn't mean you eat off the floor, or yell at the vacuum, or need flea medication. oh, yeah. that's the spot. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you get more with aarp medicare advantage plans from unitedhealthcare. like $0 copays on tier 1 and tier 2 prescription drugs. ♪ wow! ♪ ♪ uh-huh. ♪ so go ahead. take advantage now. ♪ wow! ♪ working at recology is more than a job for jesus. it

by a simple majority, the democrats have 50 in the senate. i plus the vice president that gives them the absolute majority in the end. the bill was passed by 50 votes to $48.00, but this is all about political games playing and certainly coming very close to the brink in terms of just a few days before october, the 18th, which is the deadline. another injection of capital is put in now, to put this into real terms, you are talking about the debt ceiling being at 28.4 trillion. what the senators voted on is to raise that debt ceiling to a $24.00 trillion, just for the government to be able to buy it, pay its debts until december. the 3rd, when the whole thing's going to start again. rescuers have been searching for survivors in southwest pakistan where an earthquake is killed at least 20 people in the strong but shallow tremor has left hundreds injured in baluchistan. hon. a city, the worst it region. it's feared many a buried under the rubble come, i'll hide, it has the latest on the hottest error in baluchistan province. we are in our nie a

or senate democrats want a long term solution to the debt limit, to make sure financial remark, it's remain stable, and our economic recovery stays on track. america's full faith and credit must never be used as a political bargaining chip. i hope my republican colleagues relent from trying to make it one when we read. revisit this issue soon. so now that republican brinkman ship is relented. senate democrats will focus on passing, build back better agenda. so we can finally build up ladders of opportunity for people to climb up to the middle class. so let's take a closer look at the political and economic significance of the circle debt ceiling . this is a limit imposed by congress on the amount of debt the federal government can accumulate. its been set at $28.00 trillion dollars since august. first, analysts say the debt ceiling is important because if the u. s. defaulted, it would damage the countries credit rating. they say could also plunge the global financial system into turmoil and possibly lead to a recession. the agreement by senators to raise the debt ceiling until early

been delayed as senator van hollen told us 40 minutes ago you have senate democrats meeting behind closedcould maybe mean an end to the standoff. i want to bring in nbc's leann caldwell. what political position is mitch mcconnell in? a lot of people look at him -- especially on the right he is always negotiating for a position of strength. in this case it sounds like the democratic discussion about the filibuster and going nuclear for this carve out for the debt seal could have spooked mcconnell? >> it could have. just the recap. we were approaching a serious deadline and grinkmanship up here on capitol hill over the debt limit. we are just over a week away before the country could default. as you mentioned, they have postponed the procedural test vote that needs the support of 60 senators which was expected to fail. the reason, because republicans were not expected to offer their support something that leader mcconnell has been saying over and over again. now, there have been discussions among the democratic caucus for a couple weeks, auto i'm told, about a filibuster carveout, but thing

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wall street customer. >> i'm sure we've heard from everybody and for the democrats have as well but. >> have you heard from senator biden? >> not heard from the present we had exchange of pleasantries yesterday. >> you a growth democrats, they agree with you the debt ceiling needs to be raise. they're saying many people are willing to do with democrat votes alone. which possible difference does it make which mechanism they use whether by reconciliation or them not filibustering them with their 50 boat votes? >> look. they said they are perfectly prepared to do them jobs themselves for the easiest way to do that is through that reconciliation process as i have pointed out for two months. >> about republicans not filibustering and then passing out 50 votes? >> that would require getting consent from every single republican to lower the threshold to 51. i cannot imagine that would happen. [inaudible] >> the reason that hasn't happened is been pointing out for two months that's what is a happiness way to get the job done. >> given the concerns in your confidence over inflation joe manson called the federal reserve rig

republicans and democrats in the senate all say that it's essential to raise the debt ceiling, becauseconsequences of not doing so, being so dire. but, republicans say, the democrats have to raise it on their own, without any republican votes, and the democrats have said fine we've got 50, votes will do it on her own. but then when they started to vote, when they started the voting process, senate republicans have filibustered it. they block democrats from even voting on the debt limit. in other words, the republican position on the debt ceiling is, it must be raised, you must raise it alone, we won't let you raise it alone. why are republicans doing this? senate republican leader mitch mcconnell has made no demands, this is not a case in which republicans are demanding the democrats to do something or give something in exchange for republican votes. perhaps republicans just want to create chaos. there's certainly good at it, or it could be that they're trying to force the democrats to raise the debt ceiling, in a draw now byzantine way, that requires democrats to put a specific dollar

so now that republican brinkman ship is relented. senate democrats will focus on passing, build back better agenda. so we can finally build up ladders of opportunity for people to climb up to the middle class. and southwest on pakistan, funerals are being held for those killed in an earthquake. rescuers are still searching for survivors is feared many a trapped under the rubble. those gay, strong, but shallow tremor has killed at least 20 people. many more injured and have been left homeless and baluchistan. is hon. i the worst it region home. are you a special and voice? a haiti says security important prince is worsening and massacres. kidnappings are now part of everyday life. daniel foot says america's policy of deporting thousands of patients would only make things worse. he resigned over their treatment at the u . s. southern border in september. early voting is underway in iraq's parliamentary election. those in the armed forces, police and people who are internally displaced can cast their ballots today. ahead of sunday, general vote. it's an election that was one of the top

back to the debt ceiling, though, president biden suggested democrats change the senate's filibuster rules which would lower the typical 60-vote threshold to 50. but moderates like west virginia senator joe manchin and arizona's krysten sinema have been opposed to abolishing the filibuster for other issues this year. >> laura, thank you so much. >>> the justice department is whether two fbi agents involved in the sex abuse investigation of former usa gymnastics dr. prosecuted. deputy attorney general lisa monaco told a panel the department is reviewing its earlier decision to not prosecute them after new information emerged. the fbi is accused of failing to properly address complaints in 2015 against nassar. he was sentenced in 2017 to 60 years in federal prison. >>> and we are learning more about the man who was arrested after parking a suspicious vehicle illegally in front of the supreme court building. the suspect has been identified as dale paul melvin of michigan. authorities say that he came to the capitol complex in august and made concerning remarks. during yesterday's incide

senate democrats have made clear that voting rights is not like other issues we deal with in this chamber. this isn't about regular old politics. it's not even just about regular policy. it's about protecting the very soul of this nation. about preserving our identity as a free people who are masters of our own destiny. republican obstruction is not a cause for throwing in the towel. as soon as next week i'm prepared to bring the john lewis voting rights advancement act here to the floor. what we saw from republicans today is not how the senate is supposed to work. this is supposed the greatest -- the world's greatest deliberative body where we debate, forge compromise, amend, and pass legislation to help the american people. that is the legacy of this great chamber. the senate needs to be restored to its rightful status as the world's greatest deliberative body. now, in the aftermath of the civil war and as the nation began the colossal work of reconstruction, america was more divided than at any point in history. it was hard to imagine that a single nation could endure after the bloody

[trt :10] lisa: on the senate side, democratic leadership remained upbeat about reaching a deal soon.ity leader chuck schumer. senator schumer: democrats will keep working until we're able to reach an agreement and pass this transformational legislation. lisa: senate democrats need all 50 votes in their caucus because republicans remain in lockstep opposition to the reconciliation plan. minority leader mitch mcconnell. senator mcconnell: this is a 50/50 senate, a 3-seat majority in the house. the american people are not asking for any of this. lisa at the white house, press : secretary jen psaki was optimistic, despite democrats' slim margins. press secretary soccer -- press secretary psaki: i think what we're talking about here is the realities of governing, negotiating, having 50 members of the senate, not 60 members of the senate who are democrats, and the fact that we are still on track to get a historic package through congress without precedent in history. lisa: one of the most difficult of those 50 senate democratic votes to secure has been joe mansion of west virginia. -- joe

i don't think that squares with democratic theory. >> senator king, when you talk with your colleagues on the democratic side of the aisle, and i'm thinking about senator sinema and senator manchin, senators who have been reluck land to allow for any other new change to the filibuster rule even on issues like this, are they open to persuasion on this issue? i wanted to talk to you tonight in part on your credibility on this issue because you've not been somebody who has been willing to throw out the rule or wanted to change the rules from day one. you're a constant on this. >> the reason for my reluctance is that what is, you know, this is a doubleedged sword. what we view as obnoxious obstruction two, four, six years from now when the few hsu is on the other foot, we might view as a precious shield to protect important environmental laws or, you name it. this is a hard call. once it goes, it goes. but i think joe manchin and kyrsten sinema may be open to change the rule and to change it in such a way that it forces debate. it allows debate. that's the whole idea. it is supposed to be

but i think in the senate, you probably have 20 to 25 fiscal, fiscally responsible democrats. i would say any member who were any senator who used to be a governor is always fiscally responsible because they know at the end of the day they have to pay their bills. but you also have a lot of said senate democrats like john tester, chris kuhns hom carper agi hassan had been cortez mast oh, who are in that air in that area with him. and i think you saw that when he brought together the infrastructure team bed and up getting a bill that got 69 senators to support it. that's rare in dc these days. now, i would say the argument from the more liberal wing of the democratic party is that this is not a normal moment. this is not a time for incrementalism. this is a time when the wealth gap, the racial divides, the inequality divides. have never been greater in america. we've saw everything from the pandemic and how it hit the country unevenly. we sit now see a lot of people even denying no science. we saw the george floyd murder and the aftermath of that. that something has to be done.

they can find a compromise everyone in their party can support. >> 48 out of 50 members of the senate democratic caucus support the bill. 210 members, about 96%, of the house democratic caucus support the bill. by the way, the president of the united states supports the bill. >> reporter: senators kyrsten sinema and joe manchin are the hold outs siting concerns over the tag. debra alfarone, cbs news, capitol hill. >> republicans say they will support a longterm extension if democrats stop trying to pass the senate bill through reconciliation. that allows bills to pass with simple majority instead of needing votes to declare filibusters. to do that they need the votes of all the senators in their office. >>> a report claims former president trump tried to overturn the results. this is after an eight month investigation of witness interviews of top officials. it says trump asked the department to undermine the results when he was in office. it claims chief of staff it calls trump's repeated demand concerning the election an abuse of presidential power. >>> we are getting legal perspective about wh

headline of that story on the money, it all comes down to bernie and joe and they write that senator manchin told democraticleagues that he will work with bernie sanders and senate majority leader chuck schumer to reach a deal by week's end. according to sources familiar with the lunch, manchin said he thought a general agreement would be possible by friday. sounding a more optimistic tone behind closed doors than he did when asked by reporters earlier in the week about the meeting on october 31st deadline. the source described the negotiation as a subtled diplomacy with schumer coordinating the talks. >> can you hear me? >> yes, we can. >> caller: hi. i'm in favor of early childhood education. i think we get a big return on investment from it. i'm not in favor of free community college. i'm not sure that college is the right thing for everybody. and i'm not sure that free community college would at the end lead to a job for people. i think that prescriptions and so forth for older people, maybe we can't afford it right now. although we probably want to do it. it's -- it would not help boost the economy. i

putting the country at risk by standing firm and refusing to vote to raise the debt ceiling. >> senate democratstime carve out of the senate filibuster rules to raise the debt limit. president biden suggested last night he would support or could support such a move. the bipartisan policy center reduced a new estimate that the government could run out of money without action as soon as october 19th. cnn congressional kpcorrespond manu raju joining us. we have a vote at 3:00 eastern time. it looks like republicans are going to block it. what comes next from

we are hearing from the house, senate democrats are, they are far. rogram. that's not going to get through the house and may not get through the senate. the house want to expand medicaid and they want to make obamacare subsidy permanent. they want to make it easier for folks to get on obamacare and make it permanent to do. there is a big ideology gulp there and it's kind of a mess. the thing that speaker pelosi is pushing for this. they got to gate deal really soon. just the way to actually draft legislation takes time. if they can get a deal next week, they got a shot of doing this by thanksgiving. i still think it's christmas more likely and by christmas we'll talk about government funding and this again. it got all the stuff they got to do. it's a much shorter period of time than people think because congress is slow. >> and moving supply chain issues. so much focus on manchin and sinema, who are the rest of the party more frustrated at? >> you know, manchin has been out front. i have covered him for a long time. he's kind of straight talking guy.

but he was talking about the power senate democrats have over his agenda, we'll get into that and the details that he'll reveal here tonight, but saying that about the filibuster is symbolic. we've heard from senator joe manchin and others say they're opposed to the filibuster, even having a carve out to something we were discussing. but i do think it's significant for the president to say there could be a day when they do decide to fundamentally alter it, and it does make you think about the trajectory if they get this economic package passed, how he then focuses on that. >> yeah, it was interesting. to your point he said when you have a slim majority like that, when it's 50, you have 50 presidents, more than just him. david, as he was talking about the filibuster, you know, i was thinking it's what he's not saying. he explained what he had to get done first, what he thought his first priority was and that's his economic agenda, and he would worry about voting rights. and i will talk to nia. second, if that's the right thing. isn't what he doesn't say there or what he could not say?

so that democrats can pass it with a majority of the senate. without needing ten republican votes and 60 votes altogether. democrats now have tried literally everything else. law and democrats from chuck schumer, the top democrat in the senate, and nancy pelosi the speaker on down have been saying for months that a voting rights bill is must pass legislation. senator schumer said over and over again, phil is not an option. because if democrats can't protect peoples rights to vote, the peoples access to the ballot box, and they can't prevent law the right-wing trump supporters who don't believe in elections being decided by the will of the people, they can find ways to protect nonpartisan election administration's, so those folks east control of election infrastructure in multiple states while -- that is kind of the whole ball came. you can't do anything else in democracy if you can protect the democracy. democrats, fairly united on the stakes of this legislation. look, increasingly because of those stakes they are uniting on what they need to do

you were supposed to be in a senate democratic caucus lunch trying to figure out plan "b."a plan "b" yet? >> i think we have plans "a," "b," "c" and maybe “d”. but we're trying to decide which is the one that will most likely clearly lead us past this crisis manufactured by republicans as soon as possible. i would like to get this fixed today. plan "a" was for the republicans to do what we've always been willing to do as democrats. this isn't a both sides dysfunction. democrats have been willing to pay the nation's bills. if the president was a republican, we would do it. so plan "a" is, the republicans should just do what we've always been willing to do in the past. plan "b" is, if they're not going to do that, they should stand aside and let us extend the debt limit by a simple majority vote rather than filibustering it and requiring 60 votes. plan "c" is they should provide ten votes, plan “d” is, we could do a carveout of rules that would benefit both parties over the course of the future, whether the majority was democrat or republican in either the senate or the white

so now that republican brinkman ship is relented. senate democrats will focus on passing, build back better agenda. so we can finally build up ladders of opportunity for people to climb up to the middle class. rescue as have been searching for survivors in south west pakistan. ernest quakers killed at least 20 people the strong but shallow. trema has lived hundreds injured in ballard. she stands high, nice city, the worst hit region 5. it says it submitted a request to the main us drug regulator for emergency approval of its covered 19 vaccine. the children aged from 5 to 11, the dr. to vaccinate. children has been spurred by rise in infections of the delta variant and the reopening of schools. abortion clinics in the us state of texas have reopened following a federal court ruling. suspending a law that effectively banned the procedure. wednesday's temporary judgment criticized the legislation as an offensive depravation of such an important right. the texas legislation imposed last month is regarded as the most restrictive in the country. those are the headlines i'm emily anguish.

senator elizabeth warren has signaled that all 50 senate democrats are on board with this. this is something that would set a rate of 15%, a minimum for profits over $1 billion, senator warren, senator ron wyden, also senator angus king have released this plan just a short while ago. it hits companies that use deductions aggressively to pay lower tax rates, though the senators say it would also allow certain tax credits like for research development, clean energy, and the taxes that companies pay to foreign governments. bret? >> bret: okay. we will follow that rich, thank you. breaking tonight, a new development in the investigation of the origins of the trump-russia probe. the special prosecutor, john durham, plans to call a key player in the case against the former hillary clinton operative. correspondent david spunt has new details tonight. good evening, david. >> bret, good evening to you. federal prosecutors plan to directly test the credibility of michael sussmann an attorney once connected to the dnc and hillary clinton campaign by calling a former top fbi lawyer to t

senator schumer on the floor now. you would avoid a filibuster, et cetera. they say that's too dangerous, but do democratsy choice if republicans make them go it alone. >> reconciliation, as you say, sort of a nerdy thing that allows the senate to do its work with a simple majority. using reconciliation right now to raise the debt ceiling, it is too risky, too time consuming and unnecessary. let's just pass the debt ceiling by using a simple majority vote without going through all that. it's pretty simple. either the republicans stop blocking us, and to be clear, they're using the filibuster to block us. or i think the democrats have to think about changing the rules for this debt ceiling raising because it's just not reasonable to think that we would put -- this would be default by stupidity if we allowed the republicans to stand in the way of protecting the full faith and credit of the united states of america right now. >> so you said something interesting about considering changing the rules. do you think a potential default on our debt would be enough for some of the senators in a democratic caucus,

we typically hear from senate democrat leaders after their party meetings but the senate is about to gavel and now and they will continue their session. temperatures voting on the nominee deputy administrator of the u.s. agency for international development, sanders considering federal district court judicial nominee in washington state. senate session is about to get underway at 2:15 p.m. eastern, live coverage here on c-span2. the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

it will now go to the house of representatives. senate democrats want to long term solution to the debt limit to make sure financial remark, it's remain stable, and our economic recovery stays on track. america's full faith and credit must never be used as a political bargaining chip. i hope my republican colleagues relent from trying to make it one when we read. revisit this issue soon. so now that republican brinkman ship is relented. senate democrats will focus on passing, build back better agenda. so we can finally build up ladders of opportunity for people to climb up to the middle class. rescuers have been searching for survivors in southwest pakistan wearing earthquake as killed at least 20 people a strong but shallow trema has left hundreds of people injured in baluchistan. so hon i city the worst hit region. the former you, a special envoy for haiti says security and puerto prince is worsening and massive doesn't kidnappings. and now part of everyday life, daniel foot told congress america's policy of deporting thousands of patients would only make things worse. he resigned ove

unhappy with mitch mcconnell's strategy here, that he backed down from this challenge with the senate democratshis measure and senator lindsey graham who was very critical of senator mcconnell not understanding why mcconnell took this step when he felt that they had democrats on the ropes. now, of course, wolf, we aren't solving any problems here tonight. this is just going to prevent the debt ceiling from being crashed through the second week of october. it essentially just pushes this problem down the road a few weeks, and these same differences between republicans and democrats still exist. democrats do not want to pass the debt ceiling through the reconciliation process which they could do with only democratic vote ads and republicans do not want to allow it to come to the floor without it going through a filibuster process. they are still at a logger head right now, there isn't going to be that estimate catastrophe, but wolf, we're going to have this same conversation in just a couple of weeks. >> we'll see what happens then. ryan, i want you to stand by. to i want to go to the white house

four sources with knowledge of discussion tell nbc news that senate democrats have considered creating a new exception of so-called filibuster carveout to bypass the 60 vote threshold needs to stem the debt ceiling. the challenge is whether democrats have the support of all 50 senators in their party to change the rule. >> we can prevent a catastrophic default with a simple majority vote tomorrow, if republicans would just get out of the damn way, we could get this all done. >> i implore them one more time not to play russian roulette with the american economy. >> ask mitch mcconnell. the bottom line is very simple. it's on his shoulders. we're willing to cast the 50 votes ourselves. it's up to him. all he has to do is get out of the way. >> they said they're perfectly prepared to do the job themselves. the easiest way to do that is through the reconciliation process. >> we're going to stay here until get this done. >> president biden spoke to reporters, including myself, multiple times in michigan about the debt ceiling. here's some of what he had to say. >> if mcconnell refuses, sena

it's wireless so good, it keeps one upping itself. >> harris: fresh division within the democrat party. senatorefusing to sign on to a statement condemning protestors wlo followed democrat senator kirsten sinman into the lady's room over the weekend. emails between senate democrat leaders showing sanders' communications team response after organizers denied sanders proposed changes to the letter. a sanders aide wrote this. sanders will not be signing so please cut senate democrat leadership team from the headline. power panel weighs in. jonna called well, fox news political analyst with us today and leslie marshall fox news contributor. great to see you both. what is at play do you think? why doesn't senator sanders want to say what's wrong? we all know the difference between right and wrong and that was wrong. >> i think for senator sanders, this is even more problematic for him than any other democrat in the senate not signing onto the letter. keep in mind one of his supporters tried to take out murder republicans at a baseball game. one of his supporters. so he should be one of the first to

democrats. razor-thin in the house, 50/50 in the senate, which means democrats have to lock arms. defections mean defeat. progressives in the house have the power to kill the infrastructure bill, and moderate democrats in the senate, joe manchin, kyrsten sinema, have the power to kill the build back better agenda. house democratic leaders and senate democratic leaders are like, can't we skip all that part? can't we just skip the near-death experience? huddle together and build something out that is close to what the president has proposed and satisfies everyone? that's the big problem, norah. you can't satisfy all democrats right now. there's still quarrels. >> o'donnell: so, there's a lot. this would be historic anyway. you know, fixing roads and bridges and rails and high-speed internet, over $1 trillion, it's amazing republicans and democrats agree on that. so why isn't president biden out there lobbying on this other package, his own party? >> so you have two pieces of legislation-- infrastructure and build back better, norah. both are more popular in the polls than president

you need all 50 democratic senators on board to do it. at the same time, there's a hope from some democrats they can get republicans out of the way. the thing that's consistent between both sides is they each want the other party out of their way but done in a specific america fichl that happens to be the mechanism the other party doesn't want to use. >> monica, president biden, he has lots of fires that are raging on capitol hill right now. there's the infrastructure bill. there's the safety net bill that's going to be considerably smaller than the original price tag and now the debt ceiling fight taking up a lot of oxygen. what kind of pressure is the president under? and what is he saying about the filibuster? >> he is ramping up pressure on republicans, specifically by talking about the real world ramifications, but to allie's point of what she was talking about in washington parlance, nuclear option, filibuster, what does that mean? basically changing the rules in order to potentially make this happen. the president offered a lot of c

i'll ask democratic senator tina smith. i speak to iconic activist about the importance of the health care fight not only for his own life but for all americans. >>> good evening, i'm mehdi hasan. have you checked what is happening in vegas this weekend? qanon is in town under the name for god and country patriot doubledown a conference held in sin city featuring quite the list of republican candidates and elected officials who have one thing in common. they have pledged their undying loyalty to donald trump and the big lie and the donald has returned the love. you remember qanon the bizarre conspiracy theorists who believe trump is secretly saving the world from an evil, liberal group of devil worshiping pedophiles. we can laugh at them but seriously it is no laughing matter. hard core qanon believers say a storm is coming that will kill all democrats. qanon linked people have been involved in violent crimes. the fbi regards qanon as domestic terror threat. it should worry us just how many republican officials are attendin