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Presidents agenda, or if something could change manchins mind later, that remains to be seen. >> nicholas wu, congressional reporter for politico, thank you very, very much for coming to "the sunday show." before we go to the next reporter, congresswoman ayanna pressley democrat of massachusetts weighed in on the manchin news. lets have a listen. >> my lack and deficit of trust was about senator manchin. hes continued to move the goal post. hes never negotiated in good faith. we cannot allow one...

World. >> my lack and deficit of trust was about senator manchin. he has continued to move the goalposts, he has never negotiated in good faith, and hes obstructing the presidents agenda, 85% of which is still left on the table. and in ubstruktding the presidents agenda, hes obstructing the peoples agenda. all i want for christmas is a senator who has compassion for the american people and not contempt. >> well, you heard it there, alex. that doesnt need much explanation from me. theres a group ...

People of west virginia why he doesnt have the guts to stand up to powerful special interest. weve been dealing with mr. manchin for month after month after month. but if he doesnt have the courage to do the right thing for the working families of west virginia in america, let him vote no in front of the whole world. >> my lack and deficit of trust was about senator manchin. he has continued to move the goal post. he has never negotiated in good faith. and he is obstructing the presidents agenda...

Contempt. >> well, you heard bernie sanders earlier in the program saying that senator schumer, the democratic majority leader of the senate, should bring the bill to the floor of the senate for a vote anyway and force manchin to vote no. do you agree? >> i do, absolutely. >> do you think president biden in telling progressives -- and i realize you were one of the six who were skeptical, not of biden but manchin, do you think president biden broke his promise? he said, i give you my word as a bi...

And if his testimony is what theyre going for, i think maybe criminal contempt is not the right answer. maybe civil contempt is. because then he could be forced to testify. >> all right. jill wine-banks, you know it is not my weekend if i dont get to see you, so thank you for making time. malcolm is sticking with me. still to come, an online hoax that forced schools to close across the country. later, the ongoing calls for justice for families that were separated by the trump administration....

Trumps return and there wont be a representative democratic body in this country. >> its part of, jill, why theres an appetite for legislative action on voting rights. also why people want to see this committee continue to move at the rapid clip they have been moving at. a lot of the big names we have been waiting to see, knowing they were going to plead the fifth, where do you think this all goes next, jill? >> i think that they are building a very compelling set of circumstances and they will ...

The presidents agenda, to obstruct the peoples agenda. jake, all i want for christmas is a senator that has compassion for the american people and not contempt. >> well, you heard bernie sanders earlier on the program saying that senator schumer, the democratic majority leader of the senate, should bring the bill to the floor of the senate for a vote anyway, and force manchin to vote no. do you agree? >> i do, absolutely. >> do you think president biden in telling progressives -- and i realize y...

Certainly be calling out, you know, gosar and jordan and perry and if they give meadows a pass, it would only be because hes already sort of in the mau of the department of justice for the criminal contempt charges. so -- and he is the chief of staff, after all. that makes harder executive privilege issues. so i think he is in probability terms, yasmin, not top of the charts. but i think these six members of congress better be getting lawyers. >> so here is the thing. "new york times" reporting ...

The american people and not contempt. >> so we are going to talk all about that, of course. we are also following the latest on the january 6th committee investigation with a look at who will be next up to answer or evade their questions. plus, the surge in covid fueled by omicron. its turning the holiday season upsidedown in some areas, this being one of them. coming up, doctor natalie azar joins me about how we are going to stay safe. but we want to begin with a scathing response from the whit...

Acted in good faith. >> we cannot allow one lone senator from west virginia to obstruct the presidents agenda to obstruct the peoples agenda. jake, all i want for christmas is a senator that has compassion for the american people and not contempt. >> i hope we will bring a strong bill to the floor of the senate as soon as we can, and let mr. mamgen explain to the people of west virginia why he doesnt have the guts to stand up to powerful special interests. if he doesnt have the courage to do the...