but it's a sign more that the president is in negotiations and on a sunday afternoon when he wanted to be chilling, he had to be doing work and having conversations with democrats. he had a pretty candid town hall on thursday when he talked very bluntly about the idea he can't deal with the filibuster because he's going to lose joe manchin's votes. he can't deal with giving people dental care as part of their medicare benefits because senator manchin doesn't like it. he was very clear the issues he had disagreements are things that reporters and me were recording, which is senator manchin and sinema are the ones that decide what goes into this bill. pramila jayapal has hundreds of lawmakers behind her. they have been very praising of the president. pramila jayapal called the president the closer, inspirer,