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Thats joe manchin in a nutshell, fiercely independent, often stubborn, but in the end, likable. what nobody doubts for a moment is the leverage the 63 -- 63" man has in the senate. manchin is pushing back against the overall spending number, wants to pare down the medical ex c exchange portion of the bill. >> im reaching out to both sides of the aisle talking to them. they know exactly where i stand. the problem is were divided. >> reporter: how much of a pain in the neck has manchin been to bid...

50/50 senate. >> he lost some leverage because there is a lot of criticism on the hill, about his handling of the legislation, and the effects of the election. i guess is sort of a circular firing squad. >> thats exactly what it is. in talking to some democrats they feel the white house doesnt have a clear enough strategy. not surprisingly the white house rejects that analysis outright. it was fascinating because i had the chance to ask him, and if he bears responsibility, and if he sidestepped ...

This how howls work uncovering for the committee and the big lies leverage? >> look, it just highlights the extent to which the select committee is getting information, not just from people adjacent and with visibility into the attack on the capitol, but actually from people who participated in the violence that day. the fact that the committee has already spoken to 150 people thus far in their investigation is a big deal. we know some of those people who they have engaged with are attackers the...

You have a wide majority and its not even that wide but if you have a big tent, and so as the progressives have gotten more numbers and have become more bold in using those numbers for leverage, which is the story of what weve seen and the delay in these bills for weeks and weeks and weeks, youve seen the real ideological clash play out within the democratic party. and what theyre arguing is, okay, weve seen the clash, and now we know where the voters want us to go. progressives arent necessaril...

Iphones are on the way in. >> lets take it a step further. when we talk about joe manchin representing his constituents, joe manchin stood in front and blocked a billionaire tax that could pay for many of the other things we wanted. you talk about someone who is speaking for their constituents, how many billionaires do you have in west virginia? zero. literally, none. so you are not representing your constituents. instead, you are putting forth your ideology and you are u pushing your ideology a...

Something done. really anything passed quickly but moderates may use this as more leverage to slow things down. some democrats last night, though, thought they had nothing to worry about, playing down this idea that a virginia win is anything like 2010 where republicans swoopd back control of the house. >> people in my district dont care what happens in virginia governors race. number two, a year from now, what happened in the virginia governors race will be a distant dim memory. >> cartwright m...

I will say is i understand what you are saying about joe manchin has to represent. but some of the ideas just that joe manchin is espousing or putting forth are regressive in a sense for the rest of the country. >> no question. >> coal is not something -- i mean, even my mom who is, you know, and your mother. like, coal is -- is not it. were not going back to coal. people -- hold on -- people need childcare. people have realized in this economy that they dont like their jobs. workers have not ha...

Up from $3.12 last year. take an average 12-gallon tank. every time you fill up, it costs 15% more than last year. the corporate prices are singing and the stock market hit record highs again, with the dow closing above 36,000 for the first time on tuesday. once again its that case of wall street and main street, what looks like a little bit of a disconnect. ana? >> a disconnect, indeed. christine romans, thank you. as some democrats blame their own failure to give americans relief through the...

Ultimate leverage. >> okay. i get you. i get you. okay. i get you. then, who -- is there someone who can get them together and say, look, lets get this together? >> well, its interesting. >> is that the president? >> that is the president. you know, i have talked to several democratic -- democratic senators and others who have -- who have met with manchin who have said that, you know, deep down, he probably prefers there to be no reconciliation bill at all. that would be his preference. you neve...

Lets coddle them and hopefully -- im just saying thats my observation. >> don, i would differentiate between the two of them actually because i think sinema has had a very different posture in the last week than she had earlier. i mean, she -- she did negotiate a deal on the medicare prescription drug which looked like it was going to be out of the plan. she did work with elizabeth warren on, you know, tax -- an alternative tax approach after she refused, alone, among every democrat in congress ...