next move? >> after they come back from the holidays, the president is going to reengage with democrats to figure out a path forward. he struck an optimistic tone this week telling the press he thinks he and joe manchin and other democrat senators can get done, a dramatic departure from the sunday night statement we saw from press secretary jen psaki, that was blistering to manchin for walking away from the deal. so they're going to figure out what they need to cut to ultimately get his vote. when you talk to sources on capitol hill, they remain confident there is a deal there and there's enough they can agree on to move forward. but "the halftime report" there's painful conversations in the new year about what is left out of the bill. >> what do those painful conversations sound like among democrats? clearly joe manchin is not on board for the whole thing but he may be willing to work with them on other stuff, is there about