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>> once it was decoupled from the infrastructure bill aoc tweeted maybe they will believe us next time. congresswoman cori bush. >> having those coupled together was the only leverage we had. the caucus tossed it. reporter: the dispute continues that republicans are expressing that —- gratitude that the cbo determined would cost four.$5 trillion. senator graham said i very much appreciate senator manchin decision not to support build back better which stems from the understanding of the cbo an...

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. you know, for me, its really -- its sad. its sad for us to say lets look good instead of being good. lets look strong instead of being strong. lets look like we have a win instead of actually having a win. you know what makes us look good, being good. if were actually good, that means st. louis has what st...

About inflation. what jeremy said, how build back better would build inflation. they comment and say, in the long run. voters dont care about things in the long run. they want them solved now. i think what manchin is hearing is that and that creates a big problem for the white house. >> the white house has leverage with manchin. >> i want to ask one thing because were running out of time. voting rights, that was pushed on. the president had closed doors. talked about it in a commencement address...

Put too much credence on any gotcha statement out of the beltway. make no mistake, joe biden is in charge. >> president biden has been trying to sway senator manchin and senator krysten sinema of arizona. to no apparent avail. whats it going to take from the white house to get this passed going into next year? >> its going to have to take a big push from democrats to get this passed. weve seen this story play out over and over over the past year. in the 50/50 senate, any one senator has veto pow...

Come up. theyve also said theyre going to plead the fifth. what does that mean for the investigation if a lot of these key witnesses are not going to say anything? >> well, a couple of things really. well, one, roger stone says im pleading the fifth, but i havent done anything wrong. you can only plead the fifth if you have a well-grounded fear of criminal prosecution. it could be that the committee makes him go to court and have a judge make a finding there is a fear of prosecution. that being ...

Justice and protecting democracy. we want to you do your job. do your job and represent the people who have actually put you in office. represent what you made an oath to in terms of protecting democracy. we expect that you will do the right thing, not hold onto the leverage of a what we know is a relic of racism, which has been the filibuster that works against social justice issues and voights rights in this country. that you will stand on the side of right. >> we will see. i want you to liste...

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A lot of leverage over both those countries. >> the story has been the dramatic change in global attitudes. the favorability ratings have fallen off a cliff since covid began and youre seeing more and more instances whether its nato and the g7 expressing their concern that countries around the world are more alarmed at chinas aggressive actions. and so this goes to your point if the united states can find a way of hanging together with its democratic allies and partners not just in asia but in e...

Use the diary as leverage. get this. on october 16th, 2020, project bear toss wrote to joe biden and his campaign that it had obtained actually bidens diary and wanted to question mr. biden on camera about its contents. the project very tallests chief legal officer, jarred t eve, i think thats how you say his name, wrote to mr. biden, quote, said we should not hear from you from october 20 2020, we will have no choice to unilaterally and disclose that you refused are offered to provide answers t...

I think that the biden administration needs to wake up. not doing things as they wish they were, but understand what they are. a strategic adversary. these tools and tactics that are beyond anything that we would consider it fair here in the united states. we need to be dealing with the position of strength. we dont need to do anything unilateral and take leverage off the table. >> laura: go back to trump policy as they were. great to see you tonight. thank you for holding firm on this issue. in...