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From a 12 weeks to four weeks to absolutely nothing. paid family leave has become a casualty of politics yet again. democrats gave into senate moderates. not to mention the millions of americans who are forced to choose between their jobs and caring for newborns or elderly relatives. >> to expand social programs when you have trust funds that arent solvent, i cant explain that. it doesnt make sense to me. i want to work with everyone as long as we could start paying for things. that is all. i ca...

Plan so to speak. and you get that kind of disorganization in this situation, and its not pretty. >> our colleague manu raju spoke with senator joe manchin earlier about paid family leave. take a listen to this. >> are you still talking to senator gillibrand? >> im talking to everybody, but ive been very clear. to expand social programs when you have trust funds that arent solvent, theyre going invo insolvent, i cant explain that. >> this is a huge priority for the president. whats the white hou...

Arent solvent, going insolvent, i cant explain that. it doesnt make sense to me. i want to work with everyone as long as we can start paying for things. thats all i cant put this burden on my grandchildren. i got ten grandchildren and i cant do it. >> heres where the chair of the progressive caucus congresswoman pramila jayapal said last night about the presidents visit. >> heres the thing, if there isnt a deal, which is what im still hearing, that we dont have agreement of senator manchin and s...

Deal even if that were to be enough for progressives. though they are still insisting they want to see both move through the house at the same time. amid all of this, progressives losing out, as you just said, on one of the major priorities with this paid medical and family leave to be scratched altogether because of opposition from senator joe manchin, who explained why here. listen. >> to expand social programs when you have trust funds that arent solvent, theyre going insolvent, i cant explai...

Senator joe manchin. take a listen. >> are you still talking to senator gillibrand? >> im talking to everybody. ive been clear to expand social programs when you have trust funds that arent solvent and theyre going insolvent. i cant explain that. it doesnt make sense to me. i want to work with everyone as long as we can start paying for things. i cant put this burden on my grandchildren. ive got ten grandchildren. i just cant do it. >> well, cnns jessica dean has details on the other sticking po...

All those things and what were trying to do. get a good piece of legislation. throwing money now that doesnt have a pathway to be completed is -- >> is paid leave in this? i still have a question. >> are you still talking to senator gillibrand. >> im talking to everybody. to expand social programs when you have trust funds that arent solvent and theyre going insolvent. it doesnt make sense to me. i want to work with everyone as long as we can start paying for things. i cant put this burden on my...

Talking about the energy. look at the facts. were the only nation thats reduced our dependency on coal, from 52% to 19%. we get no credit. weve done all these things. we have the technology to capture the methane. all these things were talking about. also, we can accelerate transmission. we can accelerate storage for renewables. we can accelerate all of those things. thats what were trying to do, get a good piece of legislation. throwing money right now at something that basically does not have ...

Nbc mansion was firmly opposed to the provision. here he is today. >> are you still talking to senator gill la brand? >> when you have trust funds that arent solvent, i cant explain that. it doesnt make sense. i want to work with everyone if we can pay for things. >> on top of this, there are still a few issues with how to pay for the bill. the other holdout senator 80s armless jeans jacket enthusiasts kyrsten sinema surprised everyone supporting the corporate minimum tax yesterday that democrat...

Final say. and we could see the first shots going into arms as early as next wednesday. david? >> little sooner than they thought. all right, whit johnson, thank you. now to that major headline on president bidens domestic agenda. word coming in late today that a key part of the bill and a popular one, paid family and medical leave, may now be out. senator joe manchin against it. rachel scott on the hill. >> reporter: as democrats scramble to make a deal before president biden heads out to eur...

>> see! that came from burgess. >> paid leave, are you still talking to gillibrand? >> im talking to everybody, but ive been very clear, to expand social programs when you have trust funds that arent solvent, theyre going insolvent, i cant explain that. it doesnt make sense to me. i want to work with everyone, as long as we can start paying for things. thats all. i cant put this burden on my grandchildren. ive got ten grandchildren and i would be -- i just cant do it. >> -- willing to move towar...