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Of top voter concerns with the economy. post poll says in accepted case voters favored mcauliffe by 33 points, now glenn youngkin leads that by 9. that subject dominated mcauliffe's conversation this morning on meet the press. >> he says he wants to day one all masks come off and no teachers get vaccinated. that's life threatening. we have 1,142 children who have been in the hospital in virginia, two 11-year-olds died the other day from covid. he doesn't have an education plan. >> reporter: mcauliffe has been campaigning with national democrats this week, house majority whip jim clyburn, senat...

Graham this week. there are connections there between people on capitol hill and donald trump. mccarthy is very close to the president and seeks advice and counsel. >> all right. making a little news on our program today. thank you. joining us no you to continue the conversation is virginia democratic senator tim cane. he is a member of the budget. senator, great to you have back on the program. thanks for your time. >> thank you. >> republican leader mitch mcconnell was asked about the reconciliation bill during an appearance on fox news this morning. i want to play for you and viewers some...

Protections that include elements of the john lewis act and the for the people act. we don't have a single republican with us. that is no surprise. they're not going to join with us. so i am talking to all of my colleagues and i know reverend and others are too to say we've got to do this. 2,000 senators in our history have been in this chamber. only 100 were here when there was an attempt to attack it to stop the peaceful transfer of power. the weight of history is on our shoulders to try to defend this democracy and voting rights is critical to that. joe manchin is not in favor of getting ri...

Pain vets can only access it if they can find it on their own. now a new push in washington hopes to change that. >> it is an affordability issue. senator tim cane is leading the way on the issue. yet the ca hospitals in the states like virginia that allow use of maryland cannot offer that as a solution. >> leah kunz is still doing that. >> if we don't want pharmaceuticals, awesome. that should not be the only option. the va does not have a position on bills that authorization cannabis use for vets. they cannot help those who get it but they will not be denied use. >> i always tell people th...

Essentially what it does is it is a massive expansion of voting rights and it deals with finance reforms. manchin was the lone democratic holdout on that bill so he's been working with several other members, including senator tim cane, as well as his own leadership, trying to figure out if there was a compromise that he could work out with leadership to ensure that he would support a vote, a procedural vote next week. schumer, the majority leader, has been saying this is crucial and he needed to put it on the floor by the end of this work period. however, just because manchin supports a propos...