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Question. >> why do they keep coddling him? why don't they just call him out and make him feel the weight of the decision that he needs to make? hey, come on. oh, it's -- why don't they just at some point say, look -- >> they should ask him to write a bill. >> you are the guy that's holding up the right -- restricting the right to vote -- or voting rights for people who fought and died for this country. don't you understand what is at stake here, sir? >> don, it may come to that. but the last time there was a 50-50 senate, george w. bush did that to the republican senator from vermont. he blec...

The point at which he will move, if he will move at all. on infrastructure, yes. why do they keep coddling him? why do they call him out and make him feel the weight of it? oh, come on. why don't at the just ask him in. >> you are the guy restricting the rid the rote that don't you understand what is at stake here? >> don, it may come to that. the last time it was a 50/50 senate, george w. bush did that to jim jefferson from vermont. he became an independent and flipped control of the body to the democrats. so there's only so far they can push manchin. >> then won't they know. he is essentiall...

Re-election, he somehow manages to not just win, but win without very much difficulty. he understands politics of his state extraordinarily well. so the positions he takes are calibrated finally towards winning in that state and there are a lot of democrats who say, he's not really a democrat, we can get rid of him. if you lose joe manchin, you'll never see another democrat elected in west virginia for a very long time. the reality is, most things, by and large, joe manchin will vote with democrats most of the time, so i think a lot of people should be attentive to the notion that you want to ...

Going to support brett kavanaugh. does the president push manchin and by extension attack this process in general? or stay the course of trying to stay above the fray? something we'll get an answer to later tonight. ana? >> we'll all be watching. ryan nobles. thank you very much. one celebrity who was in the room when both kavanaugh and ford testified actress melissa milano. a prominent #metoo activist with a front row seat to history this week and joins us on the phone. thank you for taking the time. appreciate it. >> thank you, ana. >> you told reporters you went from feeling hopeful durin...