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At this hour, the top senate democratic, chuck schumer says he wants a vote on the presidents agenda when the congress comings back in january. schumer laid out the timeline in a conference call with senate democrats last night, the first since the negotiations over the build back better blew up on sunday. cnns manu raju has the latest. manu, what are your sources telling you about this call and what they plan to do? >> reporter: well, theres no consensus on how to proceed right now in large par...

Have to have a come to jesus moment and say, look, do we want to mass something or not? how that happens and how that comes together, who knows? but schumer knows what hes doing, but ultimately this is a conversation between the two joes and the two presidents. the president joe biden and the president of joe bidens agenda in the senate, joe manchin. >> yikes. well, joe manchin has to worry about one group of people. voters in the state of west virginia. ana, yesterday, americas largest coal min...

Sunday. chuck schumer drew red lines. he took time on the call to emphasize that negotiations are not over, reportedly say, quote, we are not giving up on bbb, period. we wont stop working on it until we pass a bill. and perhaps more importantly, schumer also said he would force a vote on voting rights which requires 60 to pass. and if it does not, for the first time the majority leader said he would bring up a rules change to the filibuster. joining us now is sahil kapour, now our senior nation...

With a 2-year price guarantee. give your business the gift of savings today. comcast business. powering possibilities. >> harris: senate democrats are trying to regroup after joe manchin tanked their mass fsh spending agenda over the weekend. schumer called a meeting to

Policy. it was a broad strokes conversation about continuing the negotiation. >> lets talk about voting rights. because schumer also said the theyre would vote on voting rights in january. they werent going to wait that long and if republicans block it, they would, quote, consider and vote on rules reform. which means changing the filibuster at least a one-time change, but a change. >> reporter: thats right. this is the first time chuck schumer has come this close to endorsing a weakening of the...

Senator Chuck Schumer aid in a letter to colleagues that the Senate would take up stalled voting rights legislation as Joe Manchin fiercely refuses to vote for Joe Biden's agenda.

Democrats question whether the $2 trillion initiative can be refashioned to win the crucial vote.

Going to get it passed. why is he doing it? i have a couple of reasons why. the biggest one is aoc. schumer is worried about a primary challenge in 2022. he is up for election. he is worried about aoc coming after him in a primary and he wants to say i did everything possible to pass bernie sanders build back better bill and so you cant criticize me. i think also they are desperate. they are hoping against hope that somehow or another they can convince manchin to cave. he is not going to cave. t...

To cast that 50th vote so al gore could cast the 51st vote and that was bud kerry. he has been there done that on being the 50th vote and the weight of the presidency on that 50th vote. well talk about the dynamics of it today. when that bill went to the floor we did not know how he was going to vote or a few other people and then they revealed themselves as time went on and got to a point where we knew, okay. we are one vote away. the bill is on the floor. being voted on and amended at that tim...

Up today. dem bullies. always very clever. lets bring in karl rove, fox news contributor and having a birthday this friday. hi, karl. i want you to listen to senator joe manchin. here is what he said. >> i knew where they were and i knew what they could and could not do. they just never realized it because they figured surely to god we can move one person. beat the living crap out of people and think theyll be submissive, period. >> dana: "wall street journal" says by all means vote in the senat...