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Ask your doctor about once-daily trelegy. and save at trelegy.com. michael: this is the story of two brothers. david: my grandfather, pinchas. michael: my great-great- grandfather, rachmaiel. gigi: pinky and rocky. simi: there was an uprising in poland. david: and then the family broke apart. michael: they scattered around in different places. gigi: they worked hard. simi: and built new lives. michael: but rocky and pinkys families didnt see each other again... all: ...until now. david: more tha...

Bureau chief of "mother jones" and an msnbc political analyst, and joining us norm ornstein, american scholar at the american enterprise, and zerlina maxwell, on the choice on msnbc exclusively on peacock. david corn, senator manchin has responded to your reporting today. lets begin by listening to senator manchins colorful response to your report. >> i cant control rumors and its bull [ bleep ] bull spelled with a b-u-l-l capital b. >> im just writing that down, he said capital b. okay, david, ...

It. you know, im not going to lose any sleep over this i think for some of the reasons that david suggested. joe manchin is negotiating right now. i dont think well end up with a it better be 1.75 trillion or if its 1.8 im out of here. i think its a negotiation, and theyre probably going to end up as weve been hearing around 1.9. its the details, as zerlina said that matters the most. ill return the favor with angus king. if you have not any of these viewers who have not seen his speech today, i...

Is impeccable. i have full confidence, 100% reliability. you know, he chose to say what he said. he is wrong, and as i said a moment ago, he knows hes wrong. >> so david, as i read your sourcing, it refers to people who have heard him say these things in your sourcing. so you have multiple sources and it seemed very clear. the other thing thats interesting about it is he would be moving to independents. he would not be doing -- and we dont -- or do we know what does your reporting tell you about...

Gonna end up, i think were in a reasonably good place, i think manchin is so invested in the democracy that i think were likely to see some movement on the filibuster to. >> david, a quick last word on this, so at the end of the day, it begins with your reporting ends with joe manchins most colorful sidewalk interview yet. what is your assessment of where the story stands, where this situation, let me call it, stands tonight with joe manchin and the democratic party? >> you know, theres a great ...

Miracle that joe manchin can be elected in the state of west virginia, with the word democrat beside his name. and angus king is afraid to have that word behind beside his name in the state of maine. >> and bernie sanders was offered the democratic partys endorsement the last time he ran, and he said i dont want it. im not gonna lose any sleep over this. for some of the reason that david suggests, joe manchin is negotiating right now. i dont think will end up with a better be 1.7 five trillion, ...

Every single time he tries to operate and create leverage. how much more leverage does he need? >> zerlina, im so glad you mentioned the pandemic in relation to childcare, because i dont think ive ever mentioned it as weve discussed the childcare provision this year. but its worth noting that yes, the paid for child care system in this country broke down completely under the weight of covid-19 and the shutdowns, and the way people had to isolate. angus king invoked you in the last hour talking a...

Liberals, hey, you better come closer to my number, i could bolt the whole thing. and then said to chuck schumer when he heard about it when they discussed it, this might make it easier for you. this all matters because it may hold the keys to where the bide end spending lands which is the biggest priority for the rest of the year and then next year theyre heading toward midterms for your benefit, david and a lot of viewers know you and know your reporting for years, lets do it online on youtube...

>> and people are allowed to change their tone or mood but it is in response to a story that was broke yesterday by mother jones david corn and which you may seen on msnbc. today manchin lending some credence to at least part of that report. now after manchin spoke out today, mr. corn responded his later spin is also not true. okay. seems that the journalist and the senator are in a little bit of a battle, i dont know if it is a bernie level battle and well get into the bottom of it when the jou...

And either became a republican or started caucusing with the republicans, that would put the sna the in republican -- under republican control. it would be seismic. after that report in mother jones today, senator called the story -- bull pucky. reporter david corn at mother jones says he stands by his story. david corn specifically said this was not a rumor. he said that senator manchins office knew that. a lot of stuff in the bill is not what they would call a democratic priority. as i said, i...