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>> i dont know anything specific about this, but i do know he has certain concerns about the legislation that we may be able to come to terms on. >> so its bridgeable? >> i think -- as i said to him, i read the op-ed. you left the door open. >> oh, you talked to him about it? >> of course, yeah. but we were actually -- our conversations were more about the commission and in the course of that conversation. but in any case, lets just put this in its proper place. our democracy is at stake. what t...

Specific about this, but i do know he has certain concerns about the legislation that we may be able to come to terms on. >> so its bridgeable? >> i think -- as i said to him, i read the op-ed. you left the door open. >> oh, you talked to him about it? >> of course, yeah. but we were actually -- our conversation was more about the commission and in the course of that conversation. but in any case, lets just put this in its proper place. our democracy is at stake. what the republicans are doing a...

And, again, to give voice to small donors and the grassroots. >> so a lot of that is the part that senator manchin says he doesnt support doing now. >> i read the op-ed, and you read part of it. i think he left the door open. i think its ajar. im not giving up. and i wanted to ask you about that, because youre not just reading an op-ed. you have a relationship with him. >> um-hmm. >> is there something you know that we dont know? or a lot of people in your caucus that are upset dont know about j...

Congresswoman ocasio-cortez both addressed manchins critical role. >> i think we need to talk about the elephant in the room, which are senate democrats blocking crucial items in a democratic agenda for very, i think, for reasons that i dont think hold a lot of water. i think the older school way of accepting the role of lobbyists in washington absolutely has a role in joe manchins thinking. >> is there something you dont know that we dont know or a lot of people in the caucus dont know about jo...

The agreement comes to terms on, and youll notice that some of the usual suspects on the right, like the club for growth outside groups that used to sort of excoriate their own fellow republicans for voting for this kind of spending, theyre out there railing against, its now all of a sudden like a tree falling in the forest in some ways, as you noted there doesnt seem to be a ground swell on either side of the aisle or either end of pennsylvania avenue to reign in the deficits of the dead. >> no...

Approach? >> well, the way i took that statement. i suppose you can take it a bunch of different ways. the way i took the statement is the reason hes doing this is to get funding for border security. and he believes that that is the most important thing in terms of -- >> but its funding for the wall. its not -- >> he said border security. unless i misheard him, i thought he said border security in that statement. right? >> but we know the issue is about the wall because you heard from chuck schu...

Fair, impartial investigation into her allegations. we are disappointed with the leaks and the bullying that have tainted the process. the language seems like they are pretty far apart? >> yeah, and theyve both been litigating this in the press, both in each instance trying to put pressure on each side saying publicly, heres our offer. why wont they agree to this. theres the issue of the day, that seems like something you ought to be able to come to terms on. two of the big things is that questi...