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Democrats but some progress but clearly not a deal, right now its hard to see, hard for me to see how they get a deal, though the white house is clearly going to be happy the $1 trillion number from republicans, maybe theyll say, well take the number how you pay for it were not going to go with it. >> its interesting. i wasnt sure republicans would be willing to bump up against that $1 trillion threshold the fact that they are seems remarkable. we ran through a little bit of the polling on the s...

Because they eare the ones who have pledged not to change the filibuster. and its 60-vote threshold to get anything of substance done. senator manchin, just yesterday, pushing back on blowing up the filibuster. saying, quote, i cant take the fallout. what does that mean? he cant take the fallout? so, are democrats going to knuckle under to a gop that wont accept basic facts and try to whitewash history? are they going to refuse to axe the filibuster when it may be the only way to get anything do...

Reckoning on a whole lot of and nasty underbelly. so here we are, where they want to do nothing and to not participate. and its just really unfortunate and such a breakdown and frustrating. >> maria teresa it, seems if the republicans vote this down, that it will get a majority vote. it will get a couple of republicans. but if it doesnt get 62 across that procedural threshold, republicans will vote it out. if they do that, it is then within the powers of the democratic chairs of the senate and h...

Theres some deals that are struck. youve got collins now saying there are changes to the commission on staffing and to wind it down 30 days earlier and it seems to me that these are fine commissions but again its all a question of are their ten votes are not? >> right and were seeing how the filibuster stifles bipartisanship before our eyes, right? if there was a majority vote situation it would pass on a bipartisan basis and they would probably get the vote. collins, romney, and murkowski. the ...

Parliamentary news. senate majority leader chuck schumer filed a cloture in the senate that could allow a vote on the january 6th investigative commission. the procedural vote requires a 60 vote threshold in order to then proceed to a vote on the commission itself. yesterday was disheartening for democratic senator joe manchin, whos trying to find what he called, 10 good solid patriots on the republican side of the senate to vote for a bipartisan commission to investigate the attack on the capit...

Corporations but they usually do include individuals as well. >> daniel alonso thats the tip of our iceberg tonight. we are going to need you back on a regular basis, obviously, with this ground jury in place. thanks for your guidance tonight! >> thanks for having me. >> and coming, up joe manchin has gone from disheartening yesterday to extremely frustrating today. those are the words hes used now in describing his feelings about senate republicans refusal to support a bipartisan bill to establ...

And so today was extremely frustrating and disturbing for joe manchin. so, joe manchin went public with a written statement of what he has been saying to republican senators privately. the statement was cosined by democratic senator kiersten cinema. it says we implore to work with us on a commission to examine the events of january 6th. tonight joe manchin is nine republicans short of the ten republicans needed for the bill to clear a 60 vote procedural threshold in the senate. lisa murkowski sa...

Fully exacted. nearly 130 million americans have completed their vaccine regime since the rollout in december. according to the data from the cdc nearly 5 million adolescents have received one dose since the fda gave the pfizer vaccine emergency use authorization. andy slavit had this to say this yesterdays briefing. >> today, the u.s. will hit 50% of adult americans that are fully vaccinated. this is a major milestone in our countrys vaccination efforts. the number of was 1% when we entered off...

Senate majority leader chuck schumer tonight filed a cultural motion in the senate that could allow a procedural vote by the end of this week on establishing a bipartisan january six investigation commission. the vote requires a 60 vote threshold in order to then proceed to a vote on the commission itself. yesterday was disheartening for democratic senator joe manchin who is trying to find what he called ten good solid patriots on the republican side of the senate to vote for a bipartisan commis...

Democratic senator joe manchin is standing by the filibuster. wont lower the threshold even if the republicans block independent commission in coming days. back with us, james carville, and michael steele. former lieutenant governor of maryland. welcome to you both. james, the news organization that reported that mcconnell was so taken by the interview you gave vox, that it was a democratic strategy that he distributed it to his caucus to our audience ill remind you, heres some of james comments...