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At the pleasure and honor of serving with you when we are both in the house of representatives. donald trump made an interesting and that is that joe manchin probably save joe biden from himself. what is your reaction to that? >> i think he may be saving some of these moderate democrats who are desperately looking for a place to land and what joe manchin has done is to say okay, there is the joe manchin wing of the democratic party and then there is the joe biden pelosi, schumer, aoc, the squad ...

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That will go down. politically speaking there are democrats who are not totally thrilled about having to vote yes and then ultimately having nothing to show for it. ive heard in particular from house democrats in vulnerable districts, those that donald trump carried back in 2020, concerned that they essentially walk the plank to cast a very difficult vote. and now they -- all the things they want to tout, whether its universal pre-k, housing, child care, expanded affordable care act, dealing wit...

Dont have 49 votes. i mean, who knows. maybe manchin wouldnt be the only one to vote against it if schumer gets the vote hes looking for. breaking tonight, new reports that the nhl is pulling out of next years winter olympics in beijing over covid concerns. bob costas joins us to look at how the sports world is confronting the omicron surge, and hes next. new vicks vapostick. strong soothing vapors... help comfort your loved ones. for chest, neck, and back. it goes on clear. no mess just sooth...

Sell one bill, it really hard in my experience to sell big packages that have multiple parts. maybe it would be easier to break it up and give a week and get on the road and do interviews. the reality is its whatever joe manchin, nancy pelosi and schumer say in terms of how do you get this done? >> mike, youre nodding. youre agreeing with that? >> i think theyve got the power here. the only thing i say from bidens point of view is hes in trouble but because hes perceived to be weak. hes a by sta...

Very hard to claw them back. and thats one of his concerns, how do you actually pay for that? its extremely expensive. so as much as schumer says theyre going to move forward on the bbb, it is likely, move forward, that vote fails, and they have to regroup, think about what the pathway forward is and can they cobble together something much smaller that will still win enough support for progressives that are very upset at this point. >> we should rename the hour, "i dont get it." unless schumer h...

For months. some democrats dont believe he has. he believe he has been whether its about inflation, debt, his concern about temporary programs in this proposal, concerns that this will hide the true cost of the bill. he made that very clear to his colleagues that this proposal, if it were to become law, would not accurately reflect the amount of debt that could be incurred on the american public. he got pushback from democrats saying that what manchin is saying does not reflect the true nature o...

Be able to get all democrats onboard in the senate and the democrat to get it done. there are some simple things that he wants, but its relatively doable. the tougher thing is to make everything funded over a ten-year period, which would mean big sacrifices over things like probably the child tax credit, which is very difficult to pay for over the long haul, unless you eliminate almost everything else in the bill. thats where democrats are right now. they are still trying to go for the win ear, ...

Concerned that they essentially walk the plank to cast a very difficult vote. and now they -- all the things they want to tout, whether its universal pre-k, housing, child care, expanded affordable care act, dealing with expansion of medicare, things they believe were politically popular, they have nothing to show for it because this bill is now stymied in the senate and will ultimately become law. instead theyre going to be hit by republicans for not delivering and also voting to increase taxes...