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Basically saying if i don't get everything i want, i'm not going forward. that is not acceptable to me. >> i do believe that senator manchin has said many things. and, look, he's a nice man. i have had good conversations with him. but i had to be clear your word is clear. if you're not going to keep your word to the president of the united states. >> the white house made a point of taking down the temperature on the debate with manchin yesterday, but the progress issues, no, they're still mad. joinings us now, jake sherman of "punchbowl news." jake, great to see you. we were talking about wh...

Tell us, did senator manchin let's move -- announcement, where does that leave us? is there any hope? any way forward for this big piece of legislation. >> well, democrats at the very least are sounding an optimistic tone right now. speaker pelosi sent a note to all of her colleagues late last night that she still believed they have a pathway forward to reach some sort of agreement soon and eventually pass build back better in the new year, but at least right now, that path is unclear. you know, the centrist democratic collision said last night they wanted some way to find a way to trim down w...

One with build back better. >> we heard a statement from the progress irv caucus. there was concerns all along from the more leftist members of the democratic party who say, hey, these things need to be linked. if we go ahead and pass that bipartisan infrastructure bill, we're now at the mercy, of the whims of them. now, of course, the focus is on senator manchin of west virginia. does this prove the progress issues were right all along, and how will nancy pelosi try to assuage their anger and get them on board for the future legislation now that they feel so betrayed? >> well, yesterday's new...

Legislation. and so now they've lost all their leverage, and there's a lot of anger about that. is the speaker going to be able to get progress issues on board with whatever compromise might come out of this that maybe could satisfy joe manchin? that remains to be seen. it's worth remembering for a lot of progress issues i've talked to, any sort of advancement on these policy priorities is better than nothing. >> politico's nicholas wu. you, like i, had a long day at work yesterday. thank you so much for being here today. we'll talk you do again soon. coronavirus cases in the united states a...