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Ohio state senator and jonathan cott, former senior adviser to joe manchin. what is the takeaway for democrats coming out of this night? >> that they need to do things to change the material conditions of people so they feel it rye now in realtime. and that has not happened. that certainly had an impact in virginia. democrats nationalized the race more than republicans. even things such as critical race theory. there was anxiety, a lot of reports that there was some anxiety in virginia over education. critical race theory was one of those things. then you have the republican running on increas...

Dominate washington, i'm now joined by jonathan cott, a democrat strategist who worked for manchin himself, probably knows his thinking process. let me start by getting your assessment of how you see this process playing out. you worked on capitol hill, as i mentioned you know the senator very well, you know the dynamics that are at play here. will the democrats be able to put the progressives versus the moderates or so-called moderates in-fighting aside and reach an agreement? >> absolutely. i think this is what happens normally, we push and rush to get this done by a specific date we didn't ...

Thank you for joining us this saturday evening. i greatly appreciate your time. and as i mentioned a moment ago one of the most important figures during this process is west virginia senator joe manchin. the conservative democrat has found himself at odds with many in his own party during these negotiations. and for insight into manchin's thinking as the infrastructure and spending plans continue to dominate washington, i'm now joined by jonathan cott, a democrat strategist who worked for years as an adviser to manchin himself, probably knows his thinking process. let me start by getting your ...

>> storm before the calm. joining us now, jonathan cott, former communications director and senior adviser to senator joe manchin. john hand alter, columnist for the daily beast. and maria teresa kumar. thank you all very much for being here. jonathan cott i am going to start with you since you know the man that everyone has been talking about. that's senator joe manchin. these last-minute negotiations began yesterday with senator manchin making his top line number clear. now our reporting is that president biden has told house democrats the top line number is two between 1.9 to $2.3 trillion....