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The world community is meeting in glasgow, scotland, for the cop 26. and one of the things that they hope to achieve in glasgow is the rule book, which is essentially how we will go about addressing the climate change challenge and the commitments that countries will make. this is the indication of our commitment to climate change, and i hope that they will not only be words written on a page, but that we will carry out the intent of the words therein. we do not want that dreaded death sentence,...

>> now, the white house has accused manchin of breaking his word, breaking commitments, calling his opposition sudden and in explicable. cnns lauren fox live on capitol hill with the latest here. and we do have more news, lauren. >> reporter: well, good morning, john. look, this was shocking news when senator joe manchin went on fox news yesterday and said finally he would not vote for build back better, that he could not even get there. this after months of tphoerbgs with the president. this wa...

Just last week, the president met with senator manchin and said after that in a statement that he believed that they could find common ground on the remaining differences. and then on sunday came this bombshell interview by senator manchin in which he said he was a no on moving forward with build back better. were told that the white house got less than a 30-minute heads up on this, president biden tried to get senator manchin on the phone before the interview, was unable to do so. then came thi...

Heres how he laid it out on fox news. >> i cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. i just cant. ive tried everything humanly possible. i cant get there. >> youre done? this is a no? >> this is a no on this legislation. i have tried everything i know to do. >> so is this the end of the line for what has been billed as joe bidens hallmark piece of legislation? joining us congressman john yarmuth of kentucky, primary sponsor of the build back better act. good to have you with us thi...

Points. they wonder why joe manchin is doing this jen psaki reacts as if she is at a middle of a temper tantrum did. she check with anyone when she wrote this here san excerpt senator manchin promised to continue conversations to reach common ground. on fox and written a statement indicate an end to that effort. they represent a sudden, inexplicable reversal in his position and breach of commitments and senate colleagues in the house and the senate. weave will press him to see if he will reverse...

About a huge package after the bipartisan bill, and build back better is a big package, so now we must fight for each proposal. manchin is saying lets do this bit by bit. hes hawkish on inflation. he says many of the spending commitments have one, two year timeline is, when realistically they will be paid for for many years to come and the debt will grow in line with that. ~ ., come and the debt will grow in line with that. ~ . ., with that. where we are right now, the inflation _ with that. whe...

His discussions this week with the president, with white house staff, and with his own public utterances. weeks ago snore manchin committed to the president at his home in wilmington to support the build back better framework that the president then subsequently announced. senator manchin pledged repeatedly to negotiate on good faith. on tuesday of this week senator manchin came to the white house and submitted to the president in person directly a written outline for a build back better bill th...

Reversal in his position and a breach of his commitments to the president and the senators colleagues in the house and senate, essentially calling joe manchin a liar, a very strong statement. again, we will see everything on the senate floor when they return in the new year. chuck schumer is saying they are going to bring it to the floor for a vote. . >> the white house said he broke his word. that is very unusual in this type of negotiation back and forth. joe biden knows what that is like in t...

Ifi if i cant go home and explain it to the people of west virginia i cannot vote for it. i cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. ijust continue with this piece of legislation. i just cant. continue with this piece of legislation. ijust cant. ive tried everything humanly possible but i cant get there. well the white house didnt like it one bit. the press secretaryjenn psaki released the kind of broadside you dont often see. in her statement she said the president had been worki...

People. this was the greatest investment in a generation to rebuild the middleclass, the great american middleclass. really straightforward. i dont think its hard to explain to anybody about, you know, cutting taxes for working people, universal preschool, helping seniors with hearing aids and glasses. this is a very frustrating moment. we have to come back in january and get some of this done. >> in the white house put out a scathing statement on manchin. if his comments recommend an end, it is...