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Branch. they cant make manchin and cinema do anything they want them to do. how do you answer that? >> i think there is a couple of things. i think one, the president actually made a calculate mistake early on last year. i think at the end of the day, it was very clear that this was not a priority for him, that he -- the way that he spoke about the infrastructure bill, he did not speak about voting rights. matter of fact he said earlier on in an interview that he would be willing to sign it. ive...

Manchin or cinema at all. >> you know, i have so many comments that i can say around that. you know, i think part of it is that manchin is lying all the while. you know, i think he has never had real intentions to support this but i also believe that there is a tremendous amount of pow there goes with administration and part of the reason why weve actually been calling the carpet, administration to the carpet on this is because we believe that the president does set the tone of the policy priori...

Year later and dont have voting rights legislation in place. were sending the message of were serious and this is the moment were expecting real, real delivery. >> i should note that per the great reporting at 19th news, stacey abrams wont be there. she said she had a conflict, interesting she wont be there either. and so when the president and the vice president come down, it doesnt appear that they have in place an agreement by manchin and cinema to push through this legislation on the 17th. a...

Talk about next steps for the new build back better. senator manchin did attend that meeting and reportedly repeated his concerns about the bill. the white house on sunday tore into manchin while president biden punted on a question from reporters. >> did senator manchin break his commitment to you? >> president biden: senator manchin and i will get something done. >> harris: progressives, however, continue to go after senator manchin. washington congresswoman jayapal said he has betrayed his co...

Possible bad blood between mansion and biden and whether that will affect the outcome. i dont believe it will because of who these two men are. neither are known as vindictive or hold a grudge. i talked to a confident of him yesterday, he said this person tried to make manchin hold grudges against people and refuses to do it. he says water under a bridge. its hard to estimate how high the stakes are. biden having spent nearly half a century in public office, his legacy will turn whether he can s...

Will be votes one way or another. it looks like theyre going to try to value sa vaj something. if not, it looks like theyre going to make manchin vote this down on the floor for everybody to say. >> a difficult way to end the year on the hill. coming up, the end of the year democratic disaster is not helping vulnerable democrats up for reelection, and even more are headed for the door today. well talk manchin, midterms and messaging with the democratic congresswoman in a trump district who is ...

Their actual votes, and they have been continually frustrated by it. >> sandra: by the way, you mentioned that nobody should have been shocked by this. manchin had broadcast his thoughts on this quite clearly all along, although jen psaki and her white house statement seem to say that they were shocked by it. jen psaki, that makes it every more interesting, 53 minutes from now she will hold her daily press briefing and we will likely hear her reaction firsthand to that. real quickly, final thoug...