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>> i didn't know what he was referring to. i think it's self-reflection. maybe you're walking on egg shells. i'm not. most political figures today don't walk on egg shells and they say what's on their mind. that might be part of the problem. i will go for a little bit more diplomacy and more straight talk like we see in some of the more independent members of -- of the political realm these days. maybe manchin comes to mind. mike: all right, terry, jonathan. today on fox news sunday shannon bream speaks to white house council economic adviser jerry bernstein and interview with steve scalise of...

Start today at godaddy.com/payments welcome back. president biden will deliver remarks about the climate and tax reform plan that senate democrats have just reached. senator joe manchin, who's been a holdout on president biden's agenda before, now says he will support what's being called the inflation reduction act. according to a summary, it would reduce carbon emissions by roughly 40% by 2030, allow medicare to negotiate drug prices and implement a 15% minimum corporate tax for billion dollar companies. joining us right now is jonathan cott, former communications director for senator joe m...

Quote, my major frustration is i think joe should have made his position clearer a hell of a long time ago. he facilitied manchin for letting this thing drag out for six or seven months of this year. to talk more about what is dividing the democratic party is joining us is former senior adviser to manchin, jonathan cott. and dr. syed who served on the committee for health care. thank you for joining us, doctor, i'd like to start with you, basically your view is that democrats are upset that manchin got played by him? >> this is the second major legislation that we've seen senator joe manchin t...

Child care or putting money literally in the hands of parents, all of these things would have been good for west virginia. this is the second time we've seen manchin buck on this, the only people are republicans in west virginia. it's hard to read this as him bucking the party to secure his political future in west virginia. >> jonathan. >> i've known joe manchin a long time. he doesn't care about political parties. he does what's best for people of west virginia. he goes home every weekend. his phone -- i don't know how his phone battery doesn't die by 11:00, he gets calls all day long. he do...