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The pandemic, if hes serious about child poverty, then we need to advance the bill back better act so we can, in fact, build back better. this is 85% of the presidents agenda, which is still being left on the table. jake, that was not a vote i took lightly, but i had great concerns, and i take no joy in those fears playing out in realtime, that by decoupling these bills, we would cede all of our leverage, and that had everything to do with my credible concerns based on lived experience with sena...

Psakis statement. i do not remember, josh, the last time i saw one statement this long, this intensely focused on one person. theres some rumblings going on in the white house -- >> and a member of the presidents own party, for that matter. >> right. and someone whom which they believed they had at least a working conversation. thats a lot. josh, thank you for giving us all the bullet points and all the important stuff. lets go from there now to nbcs julie tsirken. what are you hearing after sen...

Agreed to there. so this is something that will clearly have a large ramifications within the party. >> and, nicholas, i have to ask you this. in listening to what senator manchin said there on fox news, he didnt say anything that was new or different than hes been saying for months now. during the messy negotiations over build back better. so why is this -- why is this catching people seemingly off guard? >> well, the interesting thing here is for manchin to explicitly say he doesnt want to mov...

So what we had was a bit of leverage which was having the coupling of the two bills, the infrastructure package as well as the build back better act. having those coupled together was the only leverage we had. and what did the caucus do? we tossed it. and, you know, for me, its really -- its sad. >> build back better aims to extend the child tax credit, help tackle climate change, expand affordable health care, and help fund childcare, among other things. representative ilhan omar says manchin h...

Floyds death. it came just a few weeks after derek chauvins conviction in floyds murder, which provided a bit of closure and justice for floyds family. but we still have much more to do on police reform across this country. and lastly, i want to recognize the many american workers who stood up for their rights this year. last month, john deere workers able to secure a landmark deal after going on strike for more than a month. capping off a year where we saw a real uptick in organized labor act...

Moderates wanted past so they can say, look, we did something, and the build back better agenda. progressives wanted those together for a reason. and once they gave up that leverage, manchin has hit the brakes, he has pushed back, and now hes finally saying, no, im done. i agree that its mostly dead, it can be revived. i do think that there is a world in which democrats do pick and choose, you got to pick your favorite child sometimes, no, youre the one who gets to go to camp, you have to stay h...

They were going to be able to get build back better the way they saw it, across the finish line and to president joe bidens desk. lets listen to what cori bush said earlier on our air. >> when i think about this "no," this was a "no" all along. so what we had was a bit of leverage, which was having the coupling of the two bills, the infrastructure package, as well as the build back better act. having those couple together was the only leverage we had, and what did the caucus do? we tossed it. an...

Bloc countries. rollback troop deployments across much of europe. start stop military drills no russian band u.s. warships or mayors where they could strike russia. so what is a vladimir putins ultimate goal? want to bring in florida congressman member of the house armed services committee and former green beret commander who recently visited ukraine with a bipartisan group of lawmakers. congressman, welcome. before we get to your visit when you make of putins demands on nato and on us? >> well,...

Being taken as a pure betrayal. >> we all knew it senator manchin could not be trusted. you know the excuses he just made i think our complete bowl. >> they predicted the massive spending bill would fall apart once it was from the bipartisan infrastructure bill. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez tweeted maybe they will believe us next time. congresswoman corey bush said this. >> having those couple together was the only leverage we had. what did the caucus do? we tossed it. while the disput...

Address the hurt this pandemic-induced recession caused and to get this pandemic under control. so if hes serious about inflation, if hes serious about the pandemic, if hes serious about child poverty, then we need to advance the bill back better act so we can, in fact, build back better. this is 85% of the presidents agenda, which is still being left on the table. jake, that was not a vote i took lightly but i had great concerns, and i take no joy in those fears playing out in realtime, that by...