Another day without a deal. Democrats are trying to hammer out the details of a huge social spending plan.

But with new tensions around a billionaire's tax and climate change, the question is, will President Biden leave on a foreign tour without a deal in hand?

Plus, in Virginia's high-stakes race for governor, the president puts the focus on his predecessor, Donald Trump.

The question is, will his words be enough to help Terry McCallough cross the finish line?

And, as you sit down for breakfast this morning, Kellogg's is facing a new lawsuit.

The question is, do Pop-Tarts have enough strawberries? It's way too early for this.

Thank you. strawberries? It's way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that in the fourth grade ate more of the

frosted brown sugar cinnamon pop tarts than it cares to admit. I'm Jonathan Lemire on this

Wednesday, October 27th.

Let's start with the news.

Conservative Democratic senators, Joe Manchin and Kirsten Cinema,

both met with President Biden at the White House last night

as negotiations on Democrat's social spending bill continue.

The two senators are key to passing the reconciliation bill,

but have reservations about some planned measures.

NBC News reports the problems are twofold.

Senator Sinema's objections center around how to pay for the package,

while Senator Mansion of West Virginia is cautious of what programs to spend on.

Negotiations are ongoing and ongoing and ongoing, so these may change. Democrats searching for new ways

to pay for their programs after several avenues were opposed introduced a new corporate minimum

tax plan. They say it would require companies that make more than $1 billion in profit to pay a

minimum of 15% tax on that. The White House has supported that plan.

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