nothing changes. but the bottom line is, we have a responsibility to be the adults. our leadership has the responsibility to lead. and that's what i'm asking and imploring them to do. >> there are some senate democrats that believe showing joe manchin how much the filibuster is being weaponized for this situation might change his mind on this. which may explain why they want to try the debt limit through this procedure, forcing the republican filibuster to see if that shakes manchin's support for this. unlikely, but we shall see. manchin has suggested that he would be open to the reconciliation option of doing this. as for the president, he said it's up to mitch mcconnell. but he told reporters last night, maybe it isn't. >> reporter: are democrats considering raising the debt limit using a carveout with the filibuster to raise the debt limit? >> i think that's a real possibility. >> this is not how a healthy