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The international commitments. >> you start breaking it up say and perhaps you start with the child tax credit because thats going to expire very soon here. >> right. >> play devils advocate for a moment. people like the public polling shows pieces of bbb. controlling prescription drug prices, they like expanding medicare benefits, they like universal pre-k but they associated the massive plan with something really big and expensive. could there be political advantage to passing smaller bills? >...

After manchin declared hes a no on a key piece of the presidents domestic agenda. today, the white house declaring the build back better plan is not dead. >> were ready to move forward and get this done and work like hell to do that. >> reporter: but the reality, the white house was blindsided by manchins announcement on fox news. >> ive tried everything humanly possible. i cant get there. >> youre done? this is -- is this a no? >> this is a no on this legislation. >> reporter: press secretary j...

Breach of his commitments to the president. the mad scramble to get those last minute gifts. time is running out. so what is the absolute last day to ship those presents so they get there on time without paying more? and the new spider-man movie swinging into the record boks, crushing box office expectations. good evening. and thank you for joining us on this busy sunday. im cecilia vega here in washington. tonight, with just days to go before christmas, millions of americans are now facin...

And i really am just completely disappointed and disgusted by his reasoning. >> joining me now to walk through where democrats go from here is nbc news white house correspondent josh lederman, katy tugman, and tyler pager, white house reporter for "the washington post." josh, im going to start with you. part of the statement from the white house says, quote, senator manchin promised to continue conversations in the days ahead and to work with us to reach that common ground. if his comments on fo...

>> i can go home and explain these people west virginia, i can vote to continue with this piece of legislation it and i just cant predict and i tried everything possible mckenna get there read. >> your dad and this is a no. >> this is a known legislation ive tried every thing i note to do. tammy: predictably the bill supporters, especially progressives. >> we all know the senator mansion could you know, these excuses that he made it i think are complete . tammy: with jen psaki reading that we wi...

We should all be concerned about that, brett. theres never been a change with the filibuster, the rights of the minority. and i made no more commitments or promises on that. i am working on trying to make the senate work better. >> what does this tell you about voting rights on the hill? >> it tells me that we have a long fight, but i am hoping, you know, that senator manchin will stick with his word on some level. is it truly a nonpartisan issue, as he claims it is. then he should be leaving th...

Possible they can get manchin to become a yes again. i will scroll down here. they say, lets see, quote, just as senator manchin reversed his position on build back better this morning we will continue to press him to see if he will reverse his position yet again to honor his prior commitments and be true to his word. that is quite a statement coming from a democratic presidential administration to a democratic senator from west virginia. of course the news today was certainly going to be dramat...

We should all be concerned about that, brett. 232 years theres been rule changes. theres never been a change with the filibuster, the rights of the minority. i made no commitments or promises on that. >> jake, help me out here because, i mean, i know i asked you about this before, but now that weve got sound and weve heard him, i dont know where he is. is he -- is he -- is he saying that maybe hes open to reform? not elimination but reform? >> no. i mean, he might be open to some limited reform,...

A breach of his commitments in the house and in the senate. just startling stuff -- i think that dog in the background agrees as well. josh letterman for us, thank you, my friend. >> the reaction from democrats in congress also swift and in some cases included profanity, as you heard off the top. want to bring in julia, and there was a 30 minutes heads up before joe manchin went on fox and said it was a big n-o. representative omar using some profanity in her reaction. progressives called it and...

To reach that common ground. if his comments on fox and written statements indicate an end to that effort, they represent a sudden and inexplicable reversal in his position and a breach of his commitments in the senate. the white house pointing out not once but twice in that statement that manchin chose to go on fox news to make that announcement. but heres what manchin said in that interview about the reasoning behind his decision. >> when this all came about and i went and spoke to the leader ...