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>> i didnt know what he was referring to. i think its self-reflection. maybe youre walking on egg shells. im not. most political figures today dont walk on egg shells and they say whats on their mind. that might be part of the problem. i will go for a little bit more diplomacy and more straight talk like we see in some of the more independent members of -- of the political realm these days. maybe manchin comes to mind. mike: all right, terry, jonathan. today on fox news sunday shannon bream spea...

Start today at godaddy.com/payments welcome back. president biden will deliver remarks about the climate and tax reform plan that senate democrats have just reached. senator joe manchin, whos been a holdout on president bidens agenda before, now says he will support whats being called the inflation reduction act. according to a summary, it would reduce carbon emissions by roughly 40% by 2030, allow medicare to negotiate drug prices and implement a 15% minimum corporate tax for billion dollar c...

Quote, my major frustration is i think joe should have made his position clearer a hell of a long time ago. he facilitied manchin for letting this thing drag out for six or seven months of this year. to talk more about what is dividing the democratic party is joining us is former senior adviser to manchin, jonathan cott. and dr. syed who served on the committee for health care. thank you for joining us, doctor, id like to start with you, basically your view is that democrats are upset that manch...

Child care or putting money literally in the hands of parents, all of these things would have been good for west virginia. this is the second time weve seen manchin buck on this, the only people are republicans in west virginia. its hard to read this as him bucking the party to secure his political future in west virginia. >> jonathan. >> ive known joe manchin a long time. he doesnt care about political parties. he does whats best for people of west virginia. he goes home every weekend. his phon...

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What appears to be voting rights legislation dead. >> i mean, this is a sad day. were in the 201 century. we are not in the 19th, 18th century. this is a sad day, a sad time for democracy. and although the african american community certainly shoulders an enormous burden when it comes to voting rights because of the historic import of how we had to fight and people had to die to get those rights, this is an attack, make no mistake, on every single person in this country, particularly the poor, t...

During that time or elders during that time fighting like hell and heaven to get voting rights. and here we are in 2022 kissing the behinds of two senators who could care less about the people in this country. so, jonathan, spare me. thats not how youre going to get things down. yeah, i am outraged with a whole bunch of other folks who need to be outraged about those two and what others behind them hiding behind them. so president biden, gas up the jet on these people. >> nina and jonathan, i he...

You all ask questions about complicated subjects like can you get this done. i hope i can get this done. the honest to god answer is i dont know if we can get this done. i hope we get this done, but im not sure. >> an exasperated president biden perhaps forced to find a way forward after fellow democrats kyrsten sinema and joe man manchin. chuck schumer said the senate will take up both on tuesday. both are expected to fail. joining us now is former ohio state senator nina turner. she was co-cha...