>> ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT I WANT
TO WELCOME BACK TO CHEDDAR'S
NEWS
WRAP ON IT'S VERY BUSY MONDAY.
THE DEBATE AROUND A NEW
CORONAVIRUS STIMULUS PACKAGE
COULD WRAP UP THIS WEEK.
WHILE PRESIDENT
JOE BIDEN THE SET TO MEET WITH
A GROUP OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS
AT THE WHITE HOUSE THIS EVENING
DEMOCRATS ON CAPITOL HILL
CONTINUE TO PUSH TOWARDS BUDGET
RECONCILIATION. I A ASKED TO
PASS
PRESIDENT BIDEN'S NEARLY
2 TRILLION DOLLAR PROPOSAL
JOINING US NOW FOR MORE IS
FRANCESCA CHAMBERS WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENT FOR MCCLATCHY
FRANCESCA NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK
HERE ON THE SHOW MY FRIEND
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING
THE TIME. OKAY, SO PRESIDENT
BIDEN'S MEETING HERE WITH A
HANDFUL OF
REPUBLICAN SEN THERE'S I KNOW
I'M SURE WE'LL MAKE FOR GREAT
OPTICS TO SHOW COMPROMISE IS
NOT A DIRTY WORD HERE IN
WASHINGTON. WHAT ARE YOUR BEST
EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT WE MAY
LEARN.
>> THAT TIMING THERE YOU
SURELY OFTEN LET'S TAKE THIS
MONDAY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING
HAPPEN WITH THIS BOAT AD AND
WHETHER OR NOT REPUBLICANS
WILL. SO COME ON BOARD WITH
THIS JUST BECAUSE THERE HAVING
A MEETING WITH THE WHITE HOUSE
JEN PSAKI DO AS PRESIDENT
RESUME TODAY. THAT SHE
IS NOT.
>> WHAT I TAKE FROM THIS THAT
THIS IS A NEGOTIATION MEETING
THIS IS JUST A MEETING AND HE
SAW A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO
ENGAGE WITH REPUBLICANS JD
WHICH IS SOMETHING HE SAID HE
WANTS TO DO YOU WANT TO MAKE
THIS BIPARTISAN. BUT DON'T READ
TOO MUCH INTO THIS MEETING THIS
AFTERNOON IS WHAT SHE SAID.
>> NOW TO WHAT DEGREE WE
ACTUALLY EXPECT PRESIDENT BIDEN
TO BE HANDS ON WITH THESE
NEGOTIATIONS RIGHT BECAUSE I
THINK ONE OF THE CRITICISMS
THAT MANY ON CAPITOL HILL USED
TO SAY ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP
WAS THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY
PRESIDENT TRUMP WASN'T REALLY
ALL THAT INTERESTED IN ROLLING
UP HIS SLEEVES AND ACTUALLY
LEGISLATING HE WAS A PRESIDENT
WHO AT TIMES SEEM TO CARE MORE
ABOUT THE OPTICS IN THE
BRANDING HIM THE
SHOWMANSHIP BUT JOE BIDEN HAS
BEEN IN THE SAID WHAT'S IN THE
SENATE FOR MANY MANY YEARS, HE
SO-CALLED HIGH
CHAMBER INSTITUTIONAL US DO YOU
THINK BIDEN WILL BE A BIT MORE
HANDS ON WITH THE NEW GRITTY TO
ACTUALLY GETTING THESE BILLS
DONE.
>> SIZE THIS ENTIRE TIME IS
RELATIONSHIPS WITH REPUBLICANS
BUT AS A COLLEAGUE AND I
WROTE ABOUT LAST WEEK MANY OF
THE REPUBLICANS AND JOE BIDEN
SERVED WITH IN THE SENATE
ARMED.
>> AND ARE THERE PEOPLE ARE
ALREADY RETIRED HE WALKED THE
SENATE
AND SO.
>> NOW HE'S DEALING WITH AN
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT GROUP OF
REPUBLICANS OUT CERTAINLY THERE
ARE 13 OF THEM THAT
WE MAY.
>> WE WERE THERE AT THE TIME
THAT HE WAS INCLUDING SUSAN
COLLINS IS LEADING HIS
REPUBLICAN GROUP THIS MEETING
AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY.
>> AS WELL AS LISA MURKOWSKI
HOWEVER FOR MANY OF THEM, WE'RE
VERY VERY
DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP. THEY
THOUGHT HE COULD RELY ON ARE
NOT PLAYING OUT SOMETIMES IN
THE WAY THAT HE EXPECTED THEM
TO PEOPLE CLOSE TO THE WHITE
HOUSE PEOPLE CLOSE TO PRESIDENT
BIDEN SAY WELL HE'S A
ALL WE CAN BRING ABOUT THE
BIPARTISANSHIP THE EAST AND
THEY WANT TO BRING ABOUT JEA
BUT AGAIN YOUR OPTIMISM TO GET
IT IS IS
IS POTENTIALLY A LITTLE A
LITTLE MISPLACED I HATE TO SAY
THAT IN MIND WE'RE JUST THE
BEGINNING OF
THE WEEK. I WAS IN COURT WHICH
ISN'T YOU KNOW DEMOCRATS TO SAY
THAT THIS BILL AND THIS PACKAGE
RATHER IT'S JUST NOT BIG
ENOUGH.
>> YEAH ABSOLUTELY I DO WANT TO
GET YOUR SENSE HERE
SO WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED WITH
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. I KNOW
THAT SHE WAS ROLLED OUT HERE TO
DO A
HANDFUL OF.
>> HE MEDIA INTERVIEWS WITH A
SPECIFIC EMPHASIS ON
STATES WHERE YOU HAVE THE MOST
MODERATE ARE THE MOST CENTRIST
OR EVEN CONSERVATIVE SENATE
DEMOCRATS IN ARIZONA AND
WEST VIRGINIA. WHAT HAPPENED
WITH THOSE INTERVIEWS AND WHAT
WE KNOW ABOUT HOW THEY'VE
RECEIVED EVER SINCE VICE
PRESIDENT HARRIS DID THEM.
>> WELL YOU'D BE TENSION WHAT
EVERYTHING THAT MY 4 YEARS HAS
BEEN DOING SO
FAR RIGHT, EVERYTHING SHE'S
BEEN DOING HAS BEEN AT THE
BEHEST OF THE WHITE HOUSE
IN FACT HER TEAM HAS STRESSED
THAT THEY STRESS, BUT A GREAT
TEAM PLAYER. SHE IS AND SO YOU
GOT A 180. IT WAS THE WHITE
HOUSE IN ORDER TO GO OUT AND DO
THOSE INTERVIEWS NOT
NECESSARILY THE
VICE PRES AND STEVE I CAN'T
IMAGINE RIGHT THAT SHE WOULD
HAVE DONE THOSE WITHOUT AT
LEAST THE WHITE HOUSE IS
FURNISHED AND IT SEEMS MANY OF
US ARE THEY WERE INTENDED TO
PUT PRESSURE
ON SENATORS IN WEST VIRGINIA
LIKE JOE MANSION ON THE HILL
AND HE DIDN'T PLAY OUT VERY
WELL FOR THEM, HE WAS VERY
FRUSTRATED BY THAT AND THEN YOU
ALSO KNOW
TODAY THAT THE PRESIDENT IS
MEETING WITH REPUBLICANS AND
THE VICE PRESIDENT WE DO EXPECT
HER TO DO IS GETTING TOO.
REPUBLICANS NOT DEMOCRATS JT SO
THAT'S ALSO RUFFLING SOME
FEATHERS ON CAPITOL HILL, THE
FIRST MEETING THAT HE'S HAVING
THE PRESIDENT IS MEETING WITH
MEMBERS OF SOME PARTY.
>> AS YOU LOOK AHEAD TO WHERE
WE'LL BE
IN ABOUT 8 DAYS OR SO AFTER
GOOD OR FOR BAD FRANCESCO ALL
OF WASHINGTON DC WHERE YOU AND
I LIVE IN WORK WE'RE GOING TO
BE CONSUMED TO SOME DEGREE
WITH AN IMPENDING IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL IS IT YOUR BEST SENSE
THAT EVERYTHING ELSE WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THAT COVID-19
RELIEF AND EVERYTHING THE BIDEN
THE BIDEN HARRIS,
WHAT HOUSE WANTS TO FOCUS ON IS
AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING
GOING TO BE PUSHED ON THE BACK
BURNER OR AS DEMOCRATS ARE FOND
OF SAYING AGAIN CAN THEY WALK
AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME.
>> WELL THEY HAVE ALSO SAID THE
WHITE HOUSE THAT THEY WOULD
LIKE TO SEE
THIS BILL.
>> FURTHER PACKAGE RATHER
BECOME LAW BECOME A BILLING
BECOME LAW.
>> I MARCH. SO THAT'S ANOTHER
ONE FROM NOW IT'S NOT
NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT THEY
WERE EVER FIX. I THINK DROP-OFF
IN THE NEXT
COUPLE WEEKS. YOU MAKE AN
EXCELLENT POINT ABOUT HOW THE
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL COULD THAT IS
CERTAINLY THE CASE HOW LONG DID
THAT TAKE THAT COULD BE AFTER
GETTING HIT HARD BEFORE YOU SEE
ANOTHER COVID RELIEF BILL AND
AS YOU AND I WELL KNOW THERE'S
SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT
CAN HAPPEN IN THAT. AGAIN
DISCOUNT BOTH OF THEM ARE
SEEING FROM REPUBLICANS TODAY
COULD JUST BE THE OPENING SALVO