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Naming everybody. and nobody in washington is more heat from democrats right now than senator joe manchin west virginia. he single-handedly broke the democrats whole agenda yesterday after saying what he was saying all along he was going to vote know on bidens multitrillion dollars socialist spending package. immediately the squad and others came out to attack manchin personally for party line. >> mr. manchin, explain to the people of west virginia why he doesnt have the guts to stand up to powe...

This yesterday. and in "the washington post" we reported where manchin stands on supporting pre-k, also climate change and the affordable care act. but what theyll have to focus on in the white house and manchin will seriously be the child tax credit. we know manchin has expressed frustration and lack of support for it. this is a program thats been incredibly popular with the american public and those in the state of west virginia. so if manchin isnt going to be able to find some way to keep thi...

The eyes a few weeks ago as they rammed this bill through the house after having to rewrite it four times and i told her absolutely hell no we are not doing this oh and good luck in the senate. turns out they needed a little more luck. this is exactly what we knew all along. they were trying to use a budget reconciliation process to put things in there like amnesty. we know they are now trying to find ways around the senate parliamentarian who has told them time and time again no, you cannot do ...

President bidens build back better plan. manchin is under fire from the white house after rejecting the nearly $2 trillion spending package. supporters of the plan cant get it through the evenly divided senate without his vote. cnns suzanne malveaux has more on how washington is reacting to his decision. >> reporter: the senate and the house are on recess for the holiday but the reaction was fast and furious. democrats, moderates as well as progressives angry, frustrated, disappointed all tweeti...

Inflation -- and, look, nobody wants to continually be paying these high prices, the american consumer is still buying and buying those higher prices. and so i think this is something that the fed is finally realizing, theyve changed their projection of when their going to finish tapering. theyve accelerated it, early march, and were looking at 2-3 rate hikes next year. i think the market for the most part is somewhat sideways, down days and then an up day right after that, so i think were going...

White house needs to push and the senate needs to get online. >> plenty of frustration today from democrats over their own failure to push forward the presidents social spending package. with us tonight to discuss eugene robinson, pulitzer prize-winning reporter. and bill crystal, author, writer and thinker. he is a veteran of the reagan and bush administrations and editor at large at the bulwark. mr. eugene i turn to you first. he says that they can bridge their differences. progressive democra...

Unease, lack of fire may be costing him audience he needs to convince nostalgia for a loss and better america strangely reminisce sense of trumps. his partys hopes depend on his ability to break out. mollie, the "new york times" says he should say right now he is not running. >> well, let me just first say i would like republicans not is great the defeat of this spending package prematurely. if you remember, republicans thought they had defeated obamacare, they elected scott brown to the senate ...

Opposite view and the americans stuck in the middle say the spending is compounding the inflation problem. republicans say the more we spend the worse its going to get. bill haggerty from tennessee. hes in that camp and joins us. senator, were at a cross roads. both sides have a way to deal with inflation. you say the one way not to deal with it is the spending package that the president is pushing. >> indeed. one party needs to live in reality. youre talking about throwing more fuel on the fire...

From capitol hill. yesterday you tried to get senator manchin to try to explain what the issue. >> yes. he has some major concerns here, john. he doesnt want this bill just to allow for temporary programs to be extended. he wants the bill to actually include what could be the full breadth of the spending package. he doesnt believe that the provisions in here that could be three or five years long will only last three or five years long because he argues that americans once they get these benefit...

American people with taxes, with spending, with all of the mandates. people will end up paying more for just about everything. it will make inflation worse, taxes will go up. all the tax experts will tell us that at least a thursday of middle america will -- third of middle america will pay a lot more in taxes, and the impact of inflation on peoples lives whether you want to call it a hidden tax or not, peoples paychecks are not keeping up. people are hurting, and its the biden policies that hav...