and andrea mitchell starts right now. >> good day, everyone, this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. the white house adds paid family leave to the social spending bill. >> we would like to put on the table the family and medical leave that is so needed and so popular in the country and makes such a difference in the lives of americas families. my message to senator manchin, with all of the rpt in the world for the point of view that he represents, i disagree. i think this is appropriate for this legislation. >> senator manchin standing firm that it does not belong in the bill. >> they want me to write in blood that i will be for this, this, this, and this but i'm not and they know it. they know it.

i've been very clear. so anything that i can do is just be who i am. >> as younger children today are getting vaccinated across the country, cdc directors are at a senate hearing. the january 4th deadline today demand shots or testing. >> we had 745,000 deaths from this disease, and we're continuing to have about 75,000 cases every day. we know the most disruptive thing in a workforce is to have a covid outbreak and have the workers come down with infections, severe disease, and in some cases, death. >> and this hour, former vice president al gore from glasgow.

let's go to kristin welker. garrett haake, jim macina, and former florida congressman and former republican david jolly. we're hearing some optimism on the house side, today on morning joe. they threw cold water on the priorities including the family leave putting it in this bill which nancy pelosi has not done. >> the strategy on the house side has changed now. for a long time there was an idea that making sure anything they sent to the senate would have the approval and they will hold back for the build back better agenda. the house is ready to act and let the senate do it's thing and hopefully leave it to the president and others to pressure joe manchin to keep something as popular as paid family leave in this bill. i just came from the weekly press conference and she would not comment specifically on her time line. i know that she is told that

they could vote as early as tonight, possibly tomorrow, but remember the house is out next week and nay want to finish these two bills, send one to the president's desk and the other as quickly as possible. manchin has dug in in his way and seems still open. he says if you want more progressive stuff in these bills you have to elect more progressives. here is what he said on "morning joe." >> you know what i would say? if all of this stuff that you want to get in the bill that we might not in, use that for your campaign strategy when everyone runs for 2022 and you will have people that are more progressive. you won't need people like me. >> a tough message, it shows power that he has right now a

50/50 senate. >> he lost some leverage because there is a lot of criticism on the hill, about his handling of the legislation, and the effects of the election. i guess is sort of a circular firing squad. >> that's exactly what it is. in talking to some democrats they feel the white house doesn't have a clear enough strategy. not surprisingly the white house rejects that analysis outright. it was fascinating because i had the chance to ask him, and if he bears responsibility, and if he sidestepped taking responsibility and instead he talks about the virginia race specifically. this is the important take away here, he did stress that he reads the election results as underscoring the need to take action on his agenda. really trying to ramp up the pressure behind the scenes to get it passed as quickly as

responsible. nancy pelosi has a very ambitious time line with potential votes today or tomorrow nap is something that the white house would support. the president, remember, when he went to talk to house democrats said it was not an exaggeration to say that his presidency and control of the house and senate will be determined by what happens right now. in the next week or so, and i think that this white house believe that's is more true than ever at this moment. >> so you have kirstin gillibrand, patty murray, senate women, house women that are fierce on the subject about paid family leave, what does chuck schumer do to try to get joe manchin to go along with it. jim? >> yeah, so what it does with the poll numbers is it says

these things are wildly popular. this is one of the most popular things we have seen. they are having a signing ceremony and they are having to take care of this. we had months of sausage making and we saw what happens when you have that kind of thing. voters hate watching party on party fighting. we have to get the bill passed. we're going to take a beating in the election if there is go to be democrat on democrat fighting. >> and they have taken a show to

just stand together. that is what we are hearing. they're not going to cooperate on almost anything. >> that is right. i think republican behavior suggests they came into the term saying they're going to obstruct. i think what the results on tuesday night shows them is their electoral chances remain very good next november if they continue to play this role of not cooperating. you can make moral judgments on that. i think republicans should be open to a lot of criticism for failing to cooperate. one area we have steen is on infrastructure. it got 69 votes in the senate and it is a vote that could pass with a bipartisan vote in the house. but it will be telling if kevin mccarthy whips against the bipartisan bill just to make this agenda all about the democrats and making the

democrats own every step of the way. >> garrett, there is a time factor here because nancy pelosi and other house members plan to go to glast go for the found round of the summit next week. is tomorrow the deadline? >> yeah, tomorrow is only the newest deadline. when it comes to congress, jet fuels can be a powerful motivator. to be off for thanksgiving break or to attend a conference on this very issue. they can sometimes have a hard to quantify and easy to see problem towards taking tough votes. >> they have their own planes, you can't even check flight schedules.

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michelle walensky, she explained the new weekly test requirements. workers of facilities that participate in medicaid or medicare have to be fully vaccinated by january 4th as well. joining me now is leann caldwell and michael osterholm. first, i want to get your reaction to this news, the mandate, january 4th, it would impact more than two thirds of the country's workforce. how significant do you think this is? >> i think this is very significant and it built upon the fact that we're not done with this pandemic yet. we saw the four-corners area of the midwest start to see big increases in cases again. so while the overall surge that we saw in june is lowering in many locations it's going up against in other locations.

i think this mandate is exactly the way to go. >> we have not talked in a couple days, now that could be a and right now the best data that we have suggests that a third of parents are immediately getting their kids vaccinated. a third are waiting to say well, let's wait to see what happens. and a third are saying no. so if it's just 40% of kids by the holiday season, we're going to have challenges. so now this will be our biggest challenge. >> in the world of politics, not your world at all, we were was again rand paul and dr. anthony

fauci arguing over the origins of coronavirus, the final report says we'll never know if it was an accident or lab research. >> that's right, but senator rand paul is part of a group that says that it exists because the nih helped to fund research at the researchers in china and it was leaked. senator paul and dr. fauci have a long past of not liking each other and tangling at the hearing. let's listen to the latest exchange. >> do you september responsibility, we're not going to get close to preventing another lab leak. for that lack of judgment i think is time that you resign.

>> there is so many thing that's are egregious misrepresentation here, madame chair, that i don't think i could refute all of them, but for a couple of them, as usual, and i have a great deal of respect for this body of the senate and it makes me very uncomfortable to have to say something, but he is egregiously incorrect. >> they touted the efficacy and the safety of the vaccine for children and they encouraged people to get people vaccinated. >> it's so clear that he is really uncomfortable being in this position. let's talk about how damaging the rhetoric is because so many

people have such false em presentations about children. for people to be just dead set against it when according to the doctor today, the data coming out today is really solid. >> you know, i think there is one number that is really sobering here and this is also data that the family foundation put forward. if you look at what happened in this country since the delta surge in mid june, if we had a fully vaccinated country we would have prevented over 90,000 deaths since june, as long as we continue to deal with disinformation and mistrust like this we're going to continue to see people die needlessly. we're going to see kids die needlessly, and this is what we have to keep coming back to. why are we doing this?

it is to save lives. >> no one can say it better than you just did. just to reiterate, children have been vaccinated in schools since, you know, since the late and they have to have vaccinations to go to elementary school and this has become a different kind of information breech. and the new cold war. chilling warnings from top u.s. military prasz about china's growing military power. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc.

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the south china sea and beyond. is this more brus ter? raising concerns and adam schiff to me in our security conference interview social security that we could be out paced. our military, by china. technologically. >> it is extremely concerning, it is new. if you go back ten years ago they were the most stable nuclear state of declared nations. they had 300 nukes. they were not trying to get a first strike capability. now they are not just expanding but they created a massive new naval capability.

there are those in the intelligence community telling me they this it is possible if not probable that they will try to take taiwan by force in the coming year. >> what i have been told is that in a conventional matchup that we can't -- >> you know, i'm skeptical about all of that. i don't believe that a bit. if i was a chinese operations officer, i ask them to be cautious. the u.s. navy nuclear attack capability is 80 miles of open

ocean. so i think that is military force. i think our message should be more on deterrents than war fighting. >> and i want to talk about something that is so troubling, the havana syndrome, misnamed, but that is thousand is being named. i spoke to adam schiff about it. >> do you think it could have started as routine that could have been weaponized? >> we have so much work yet to do on what is causing this i

don't think we're in a position to say who is behind it, why they're behind it. i think there is still large unresolved questions. >> one of the leading theories is that it is microwave directed energy. it was directed in the former soviet union. we have that kind of technology as well. but what are the risks to our diplomats, to our spies? >> you know initially i was hopeful it was psychosymatic, but i never belonger believe that, it looks leek there is semi-permanent damage done to people. the field has evolved rapidly. i assume it is a bad actor, one always suspects the russians,

but it is actually going after some of our people, the cia, the embassy personnel. it is concerning. i'm surprise thad we have not sorted out what the energy form is here. >> i know you're going to do something for memorial day. i know you're here for the service tomorrow because we lost collin powell. >> yeah, he was a great man, humble, kind, he was very sophisticated and he had enormous global contacts. it is part of a military. the secret was that he had been wounded in vietnam.

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the united states and 20 other countries did agree to end some climate plans. i know you have a very busy schedule there. i want to get your attack on the u.s. commitment to combatting climate change and how that could be affected by the democratic election losses. it is clearly a bad week here for the democrats. small democratic margins in the house and the senate, will be it be harder to get significant legislation passed? >> first of all, thank you for having me on jr. show. and thank you for your attention to this climate crisis that people here are trying to help solve. you asked about the election outcome in virginia and to putt

it into perspective, you know, the candidate of the incumbent president in his first term has seen a loss of that governor seat in every election since 1978 or 77. so history, there is a historical trend here that is partly the explanation for that. there is a lot that will go on between now and next year's elections. >> do you worry that if the democrats close the midterms that what the president will now have to do through regulation and through executive order, because he didn't get the major part of his climate agenda into the legislation, that they are now proposing, that that will be reversed by the next congress? >> well first of all, he may yet

pass a very significant piece of climate legislation. it may pass through the end of this year, and none of us know what the elections next year will hold. but let me say that president biden had an extremely successful two days here. he did a terrific job. the methane pledge. the opening speech that he gave that was really quite impressive. he made a big impressive impact on the people here. he has already taken a so-called whole of government approach to putting the united states of america back in a leadership position, and beyond that, mother nation has been spaerking very persuasively to lots of people around the world. and a majority in both political

parties want to see this climate crisis solved. representatively on 55 campuses, they joined to change their position on climate. and we're seeing a business leaders and investors and civil society activists. people across the board saying okay, we get it. it is time to act, we really have to stop using the atmosphere as an open suer. >> you're absolutely correct, the polling in that direction, young people want this change, the business community does, it all changed and largely you're responsible for the change in attitude. you said the world is witness ing the real and actionable

change. >> we're in the biggest sustainability revolution in history. last year if you look at all of the new electricity generation built and installed worldwide, 90% was renewable. virtually all of that wind and solar. electric vehicles are coming on very rapidly. within two years they will be cheaper than internal combustion enginecounterparts. here is the difference, we're going to have real time monitoring of where the emissions are coming from. so someone that made a pledge, they will be held to that pledge. so they will assess all of the companies and others and those

that don't keep their pledges will be called out from this time around. the ability to greenwatch will be diminished quite considerably. how significant will this technology be for countries and companies being held accountable. >> well, yes, we use, it is a coalition of artificial intelligence companies and ngo's. we get data consistently from 11,000 ground based and seat based sensors. and all of that information is combined. all of the other information that is brought in and we can now accurately determine where the gas emissions are coming from. and next year we'll have it down to the level of every single power plant, refinery, every

large ship, plane, waste dump, and we'll have the identities of the people who are responsible for each of those greenhouse gas emission streams and if investors or governments, self-society activists want to hold them responsible, they be able to take action to hold them responsible. >> it is really remarkable. it is 15 years since "an inconvenient truth" came out. how much ground have we lost? over the past 50 years? have we lost so much time that we cannot recover? >> we can recover. we did lose some time for sure, but luckily states like california, new york, and a couple dozen ores kept going in

spite of the fallback on the federal government's part. particularly the consumer facing companies, the pledges to adopt 100% renewable energy, a lot of them have been redeemed. and we're seeing a fantastic shift toward battery power and now we're seeing green hydrogen developed much faster than anyone thought was possible. and we're seeing the build down of coal in the united states and elsewhere. and now the focus is on oil and gas. they have been the worst investment in the entire stock market for almost 20 years now. and the green energy companies are coming up strong and now investors and financial institutions are noticing they're in danger of a sub prime

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>> she is not letting them take sponlts for it, but clearly it had an effect. >> particularly those that gave economic relief have not been passed yet. they certainly did not help in this election, and certainly because of that discontent, because people are still struggling to get out of a pandemic, and the economy has not fully bounced back, that is a life atmosphere for the kind of grievance. focusing on things like spreading misinformation about what is being taught in schools to frighten people that some kind of propaganda is being used. and democrats did not have a response to that. and when they tried to shake it down they will say see, democrats are calling you racist for what is happening in your

schools and that's really effective. it is clear that democrats need to show they have done something, that they have something to show for the 2020 election, they also need to learn how to message to tell people ant those policies and to strike down what the gop is doing. >> yeah, a note able inability to respond on the cultural front there and on the tax front as well. it should not have been that close. what does the president do to try to bridge these caps, the members, and senatormanwhen? >> great question. i think looking back yesterday it may give them more of a swod to use. we need to get this through. however, on the other hand, it may be politically weakened.

it is a top position, it is a top record for him to have not gotten this through. what is the answer to your question in terms of how does he get there? i think you know they're working on it, but they have not found that magic ingredient yet. >> phil rutger, what is the move in the white house now, defensive? >> certainly defensive. they're trying to point out this is not a referendum on biden's issue. but they are turning the broader economic environment around, but it will take some work to do so and biden has to show that he can governor and deliver what people around the country want, which is some economic relief and help in other areas.

and so far despite the majority on capitol hill, he has not developed as promised. what role do donald trump. what do you think he's go to be doing going forward in virginia? >> certainly, andrea, he's crowing about the results in virginia. but this is not the decision for trump. he remains very popular in certain parts. and youngkin won in virginia in part by creating some distance between himself and former president trump. so that's probably a model that many republicans running in the midterms next year go are going to try to follow and replicate. >> thanks for phil, kimberly and jeff. a life well lived. an extraordinary women, cokie

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television. those who knew her knew how devoted she was to her family, her friends and faith. she's also the daughter of congress, hale boggs who died in a plane crash in alaska. and her mother lindsey boggs. nancy pelosi spoke eloquently at cokie's funeral. >> throughout her life, cokie motivated so many leading by the power of example and by the personal encouragement she gave countless young women. her life and leadership took our nation closer to its fundamental founding ideal of equality. >> joining me now is cokie's husband of 53 years, steven robert, a journalist, professor, author. and his new book is "cokie: a life well lived." steve, it's such a beautiful book, for anyone who knew her as

i did, it's just wonderful to read your wonderful writing about her, about the full person cokie, two years later. first of all, how are you doing? >> well, andrea, thanks for those kind words. it's been a long journey. but this is the way i chose to grieve. this is the way i chose to mourn. the way i chose to celebrate. and, you know, as you just pointed out, not everybody can be a big tv star like cokie. but everybody can be a good person. everybody can learn something from the way she lived, countless gestures which you well know, of private charity, private friendships that really marked her every day. she lived the gospel. she was a very devout catholic and she believed that's what you did, for so many in a private way.

some way cokie leaves even more in the private than in the public role. >> she had so many roles, mother, daughter, friend, that legacy could be the mother, daughter, friend, advocate for breast cancer survivors like myself. i can think of also her wit and her immediate ability to respond. memorably, we all remember when george w. -- you know, excuse me, when george herbert walker bush first nominated senator john tower back in 1989 to be secretary of defense. it was the sunday morning show with sam donaldson who brought up rumors coming up in the confirmation hearings, womanizing. and the audience got to see cokie's quick wit. >> what is your definition of

womanizing. >> well, women know it when they see it so -- >> that became such a memorable moment. >> it's probably the most famous 11 words she ever said on television those years. she had no tolerance for male pom posty, including, i should add, by her husband. that is absolutely true. part of what is so powerful in her heedy presence, andrea, you know this so well because you were so aware, there weren't a lot of women in that role. so many women said over the years i started watching cokie because she says what i would say. she asks the questions i would ask. she's lived the life i've lived. and that perspective was care in

television. >> absolutely. >> and i think, you know, a lot of men thought she was smart and sexy, but a lot of women said she spoke for them and i think that made a difference. >> she was such a trail blazer, and you know this well, journalism was dominated by men. she started with the boys on the bus, the book about the '72 campaign, i can tell you that this -- i stayed up all night when i first got the book, just living, reflecting on it, you have brought her into our homes again and she's always in our hearts. steve, i hope i see you soon to talk about it inner. . it's such bay beautiful job to you and the family, thank you. thank you for cokie. >> thank you. i just want people to hear her story. there's a lot to be learned from it. >> a lot of little girls and little boys can learn from her and grown-ups as well.

thanks to steve roberts. and that does it for his edition of "andrea mitchell reports." remember follow the show online, on twitter @mitchellreports. chuck todd with "mtp daily" starts right now. it's thursday, democrats try to hit the gas on president biden's agenda in the wake of tuesday's disastrous election results. for the democrats will it be enough? i will talk with chair shawn patrick molen about what went wrong. and republicans seize on issues on covid and culture in the classroom. what it means for schools and education ahead. and later after biden's big pledge to fight climate change, nbc sits down with special climate envoy john kerry on the sidelines of the summit in glasgow. ♪♪