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>> ending the filibuster is a dangerous thing to do. >> they will change the rules, break the rules, misread the constitution, so that they will get their way. >> that, madam president, is what we call abuse of power. >> i'm not crazy about getting rid of the filibuster. >> the legislative filibuster should stay there and i will personally resist efforts to get rid it. >> dana: let's go to capitol hill. chuck schumer could push for a vote as early as today? >> that's right. we're waiting to find out from his office what the details and plans are. they could even work through the weekend on thi...

Quarter of the more than 100 recommendations the inspector general has made to keep the grounds safe. chief manger insists that the intelligence failures of januarn addressed. bret? >> bret: aishah, it looks like senate majority leader chuck schumer is trying to use januare the filibuster and start working on voting rights? >> yeah. that's right. the leader schumer sent out a do dear colleague letter today warning the senate will vote on changing the filibuster threshold by january 17th. that's martin luther king jr. day. they want to do this in order to bypass that republican blockade on voti...

Is he really wants everything to be bipartisan. he's made that very, very clear through out the process. the problem is right now we're at a point where there's very, very little that democrats and republicans agree on on a national level when it comes to voting policy. i've been reporting on this exact issue from the halls of the senate for the summer and fall. it doesn't seem anyone's position has changed on this. when it comes to the filibuster, manchin made it clear many, many times, not only does he not support eliminating the filibuster, but he specifically doesn't support lowering the t...

Filibuster threshold and we can get somewhere on not just voting rights but on infrastructure too. it's interesting how things are panning out at the moment where you get some of the moderate republicans saying we want to legislate. >> imagine how popular it will be if within a couple of weeks of each of these bills passing, you pass a significant infrastructure bill and you pass a voting rights bill. there are going to be a lot of -- >> that's the rub right there. >> that isn't hard for mcconnell to carry on saying no when you have enough republicans saying we want this, we want to bring it t...

Tonight is the most important joey joe in washington about to crack? not that joe this joe. joe manchin. about to switch. the man holding democrats back radically from radically changing america has been caught on a zoom call with a group called no labels describing a new openness to changing the filibuster. now, don't forget. every time the topic of ending the filibuster came up in the past, republicans have panicked they knew the consequences and what they would be right away and so did joe manchin. he penned two separate podesta to let his constituents know and his own party know that he wi...