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The media. they should be talking about what they're trying to do to strengthen the economy. >> let's talk about the manchin/schumer deal, which took everybody by surprise, including democrats in the senate. do you think this could pass? i feel like i have told this story a hundred times before. now we'll hear from the parliamentarian, which is important, of course. >> there could be bumps along the way, as there always are, with big pieces of legislation. this is sort of the last train out of town. and sometimes when it's the last train out of town, democrats -- or the party in charge running...

Schumer ultimately cut. but the question is do they have the votes? they'll have to get it together by next week. that is the goal in the senate. then the question is the house. can they get it done by august? optimism in the democratic circles but not there yet. >> house gop leaders are whipping against that bill that you mentioned by bipartisan vote in the senate. can they block it? >> reporter: at this point, it appears unlikely. both democrat and republican sources are indicating to me that they believe this bill will pass but on a narrower margin. there were a good number of republicans w...

April, you asked the obvious question, why was paul left behind. he was actually taken into custody before trevor reed. your brother arrested in 2018, refr reed in 2019. do you think that the administration would have put this deal on the table only for your brother or only now it's on the table because brittney griner, a wnba star, is also being held? >> it's really hard to tell. i think that the u.s. government, the biden administration in particular, is moving much faster with wrongful detention cases. so, it may be that where there was reluctance to do any sort of deal before, now people a...

Perspective really about the size of this reversal. he would say it isn't reversal. but from what we've heard over the last several months, it looks like one. >> yeah, i think it is a reversal. i mean, i think that manchin's last comments on the previous state of negotiations was, let's wait to see what another month of inflation numbers and gdp numbers look like. and then lo and behold, this deal was struck even before the latest, you know, gdp numbers came out today. so, manchin clearly made a determination that he was willing to do something and he was willing to do something if it could be...

This chronology of the passing of the chips bill and manchin coming on board for the spending bill. leader mcconnell said he would block the chips bill if democrats move forward with their funding bill. that didn't look like it was going to happen. mcconnell said, all right, we're moving forward with chips. manchin says, i'll make a deal. is it trickery? is it strategy? is it kwcoincidental? >> i think at some point it matters whether you're on the right side of the issue as far as the american people are concerned. and it also matters whether you can sell this to your constituents. i think it...