Biden takes credibility hit at critical time for agenda: The Note

So much of the standoff over the Biden agenda is about Democrats' trust and lack thereof among and between progressives and moderates and in the White House.

The TAKE with Rick Klein

So much of the standoff over the Biden agenda is about Democrats' trust and lack thereof -- among and between progressives and moderates, leaders and rank-and-file members, outside groups and inside caucuses and between virtually everyone and the White House.

That makes this an inconvenient time for President Joe Biden's credibility to come into question. Top military advisers' testimony in the Senate Tuesday, with more to come in the House Wednesday, appears to contradict the president's previous assertions about the kind of advice he got before ordering the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The White House is pushing back on any notion that the president hasn't been truthful about what he last month called a "split" in the advice he was getting. And Biden aides would like to separate Afghanistan from the domestic agenda entirely. A new ABC News/Ipsos poll published Wednesday shows how hard that might be, though.