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His colleagues, senator manchins colleagues, are deeply frustrated this morning. and into the evening last night, arguing they want to ceman chin have to vote on the floor of the u.s. senate. and just a few minutes ago we got a new dear colleagues letter from majority leader chuck schumer saying that is indeed his plan else going to have a vote on build back better on the floor of the u.s. senate so that everyone can see where every single senator stands on that piece of legislation. that of cou...

He privately delivered a framework for this bill that he could support. so officials here are saying this big no betrays that. jen psaki has a statement where she explains senator manchin promised to continue conversations in the days ahead and to work with us to reach that common ground. if his comments on fox and written statement indicate an end to that effort, they represent a sudden and inexplicable position and his breach to the president and house and senate. progressives are furious. the...

Away from this statement that the white house put out yesterday on joe manchin, though, it does seem to be that they recognize the agenda is very much in jeopardy right now. we are heading into an election year in which things are very difficult to pass, historically speaking and sometimes when those are the circumstances you have to adjust your approach. now it comes down to whether and how far the president willing to go with that. >> i said before i wasnt a scientist or a mathematician. but i...

Neuman was led away after the judge sentenced him to spend the rest of his life in prison. and in a written statement issued after the verdict, andrea sneiderman said she was grateful to the jurors and felt justice had finally been done for rusty. but the prosecution wasnt finished. in 2012, andrea sneiderman was charged in the murder of her husband rusty. those charges were dropped, then in august 2013, sneiderman faced new charges and was found guilty of perjury and hindering the apprehension ...

Manchin promised to continue conversations in the days ahead and to work with us to reach that common ground. if his comments on fox and written statement indicate an end to that effort, they represent a sudden and in explicable reversal in his position and a breach of his commitment to the president and the senators, colleagues in the house and senate. a source tells nbc news the president authorized jen psakis detailed tiktok of his recent conversation with senator manchin. >> i want to get th...

Boosters in articles, by ramping up testing, by doing all of these things we can. but the reality is even if we see omicron here. even if its potentially less severe on some measure, we are about to see a tsunami of cases. those cases will eventually add up to be opted overwhelmed with people who will end up in the hospital sick and potentially dying. so the best things we can do at this point is push forward. get as many shots in arms again. i know we have said this before. we are saying it aga...

In a major blow to u.s. president joe bidens build back better plan, senator joe manchin says he will not vote for the legislation that would expand the nations social safety net. manchin has long been a key holdout on the plan, despite months of talks. heres what he said on sunday. >> i cannot vote to continue to with this piece of legislation. i just cant. ive tried everything humanly possible. i cant get there. >> youre done? this is -- this is a no. >> this is a no on this legislation. i hav...

Wilmington to support the form of the build back better act that the bill announced. while that framework was missing key priorities, we believed it could lead to a compromise acceptable by all, et cetera, et cetera. just how mad is the white house at joe manchin? was this any thought given to the fact that although they are angry, that this might be counter-productive to what they want to get done down the line. >> in terms of one to ten, i would say the white house is 11 or 12. the statement t...

And i really am just completely disappointed and disgusted by his reasoning. >> joining me now to walk through where democrats go from here is nbc news white house correspondent josh lederman, katy tugman, and tyler pager, white house reporter for "the washington post." josh, im going to start with you. part of the statement from the white house says, quote, senator manchin promised to continue conversations in the days ahead and to work with us to reach that common ground. if his comments on fo...

Like 30 to 40 minutes before he went on tv to make this announcement, and when the white house reached out to him, apparently by telephone, either he didnt take the call or simply they couldnt get through. so thats the background, but the sharply worded statement that came out from the white house today clearly the kind of thing that aggressive -- progressives have been asking for. a much more aggressive stance from the white house toward joe manchin. heres a bit of it. ill read it to you. senat...