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Welcome back. new yeerks same road blocks as democrats continue to look for a path to get the build back better legislation passed. we heard from west virginia senator joe manchin a few hours ago fort first time this year, he said he has not restarted negotiations with the white house and doesn't seem inclined to get back to the table anytime soon. >> i'm really not going to talk about build back better anymore because i think i've been very clear on that. there is no negotiations going on at this time. okay? and there's an awful lot of things that had a lot of -- a lot of things that were ver...

Extended and rein stated millions of dollars of funding slashed for advertisements. >> new law, lower prices. more people qualify. >> reporter: as well as navigators. >> we've been busy. >> reporter: jodie's team connects people with coverage in florida. >> probably one of the most contributing factors has got to be we're in a pandemic. >> reporter: a recent poll from the kaiser family foundation shows public support for obamacare is at an all-time high. 58% from a favorable opinion, compared to 43% when president trump was elected. >> it shows the aca gained popularity over time. >> reporter:...

Drum as so many other people. we need to get more people vaccinated. i've got a 15-year-old at my house asking me is it time to schedule the booster. she's ready to do it. parents need to get on board and get ready to do it. we may be at a point, and i think we are that vaccine mandates are the only way to do that, and frankly, the biden administration has been trying to do this, but with disinformation being spread about vaccines, from too many places, and then lawsuits trying to challenge those mandates, they have been hitting these road blocks. >> yeah, dr. davidson, i'm always interested i...

Members of the base that really want them to get voting rights done. but also understanding the reality of that slim margin in the senate and the moderates in the senate mainly sinema and manchin who are the road blocks. because the filibuster remains in place. i think they knew that voting rights could be important and i think it is important to the white house. but they haven't figured out a great messaging strategy and they definitely don't have a strategy for actually getting it done. >> charles blow of the "new york times" recently saying that biden was dilly dallying on adjusting the fil...

And now as cnn's phil mattingly reports it appears senate democrats are left spearheading yet another futile effort just to get on the same page. >> the honest to god answer is i don't know whether we can get this done. >> reporter: for president biden a day of road blocks and setbacks. a presidential trip to capitol hill for a voting reform bill doomed to fail. >> as long as i have a breath in me, as long as i am in the white house, as long as i am engaged at all, i'm going to be fighting to change the way these legislatures are moving. >> president biden will be calling on and will continue ...