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Ongoing issue of january 6th repeating every day that we do not pass protection for the voting rights act. >> president johnson, i listen to what you're saying, but the republicans don't support the measures right now, and manchin and sinema don't support changing the filibuster rules. none of that shows any sign of changing. so what more could the president do to get outcomes? >> this president is considered one of the masters of the senate. more experience than any other senator other than perhaps landon johnson. it's fought for us to say how to get it done. it's for us to say you have to ge...

Variant even though we heard candidate biden stressing the importance of testing before. >> would make sure we move the direction of rapid testing investing in rapid testing. i will take care of this. i will end this and make sure we have a plan. >> mike: we need a school of testing. >> so anyone who needs it can get tested. after ten months, we still don't have testing. that is a tragedy. >> see how tough it was for folks to get testing shows we have more work to do. if we would have known he would have gone harder, quicker, if we could. look, there is no federal solution. at the state level....

Equivocation they do not approve changing rules in this instance saying it opens up a whole other can of worms. and that's where the problem is for the president. there's no clear path to getting those two senators onboard here. nonetheless senator chuck schumer made clear he intends to move forward with pieces of voting rights legislation as early as today, and after that, after those pieces of legislation are expected to fail because of lack of republican support, he's also expected to move forward with these changes to the filibuster. again, as schumer is trying to lower expectations there,...

>> john: but first, president biden's sweeping vaccine and mask mandates and the mounting legal challenges against them. i'm john roberts in washington. sandra, good to be spending a friday afternoon with you. >> sandra: we made it, happy friday to you, john. sandra smith in new york. supreme court hearing a two-fold argument. at issue, whether the federal government can force large private companies to either fully vaccinate their workers or subject their staff to weekly tests and mask wearing on the job. justices will look at whether healthcare workers at federally funded facilities must be ...

>> mike: democrats trying to figure out if they can get all 50 democrats to support without making progressives angrier. i asked ben carson about that effort on sunday. >> we have to find that sweet spot and as long as everyone is at the table negotiating on president biden and includes all parts of the caucus in the discussion, we can reach that sweet spot. listen, a lot of us will be disappointed and we will not let perfection be the enemy of getting something done. >> mike: steve, how do you assess it? >> the democrats have spent $3 trillion this year so it's not like they are walking away ...