Infrastructure talks collapse between President Biden and a group of Republican senators.

The question is, what's next for negotiations?

Plus, video surfaces from overseas of a member of the public slapping the French president in the face.

The question is, how did it happen?

And the plane carrying the White House press corps to Europe gets delayed after doing battle with

Zakedas.

The question is, huh?

It is definitely way too early, the show that has really had enough of those insects.

I am Casey Hunt on this Wednesday, June 9th. We'll start with the news.

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. Ongoing meetings between Biden and West Virginia Senator

Shelley Moore Capito fell through after the two remained far apart on a total price tag for the bill,

which types of projects should be included, and whether to raise any new taxes. Now, any hopes of a bipartisan deal

falls to a group of senators that includes Republican Mitt Romney and Democrat Joe Manchin,

who met for three hours yesterday, hashing out details of their own agenda. At the same time, Democrats are

separately laying the groundwork to pass some or all of the package on their own through

reconciliation. According to the White House, Biden spoke with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer about launching the budget resolution process for Senate

votes in July. There is also no clear path forward on

another hugely important topic that is playing out right now on Capitol Hill, and that's

voting rights. As we reported, Senator Joe Manchin dashed hopes on Sunday of passing a sweeping

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