joining us now, democratic senator ben cardin of maryland. to "fox news sunday." >> senator cardin: might, it's good to be with you, thanks. >> mike: majority leader chuck schumer sent out a dear colleague letter this week in which he said there will be a boat on the build back better and president biden said he thinks there is still a possibility of getting the bill done. if senator, what's the path forward to actually getting the legislation passed as it is now when the math clearly isn't there? >> senator cardin: well, mike, not only to the majority leader send a letter out, we also had a caucus this past week, late last week, and there is - unanimity n our caucus that we want to get a bill to the president, we are working to see what that bill will contain. president biden is directly involved in these negotiations. we need to deal with the affordability of child care because it affects our workforce and having workers available for our economy. got to deal with the cost of higher education. we know working families have tax issues, we got

>>> we're joined by senator ben cardin of maryland.hout more concrete signs of de-escalate on the border. president biden has made it absolutely clear we're in unity with our traditional allyies alo what president biden believes needs to be heard, in regardings to the ukraine. so i think it's a good idea they're talking. we would rather see them talking than having to respond to a russian incursion. . he pushed for as an excuse to invade? that he is sort of setting the table for some kind of action in ukraine? >> there is no justification for russia invading ukraine. and there will be a real unified reaction if they attempt to use military against ukraine. there is just no justification for it. ukraine is a sovereign nation. they can make their own decisions, in regards to their national security. they can make their own decisions, in regards to nato alliance or to any other decision that any other sovereign nation can make. russia cannot dictate what a sovereign nation will do, and will not dictate to the united states our alliances w

i think that's not any better of an option than the one that ben cardin was asked about over the weekendit up. i'm not sure you get anything by breaking it up. remember, they already broke up the initial biden agenda into two pieces, the infrastructure bill and build back better. there are not ten republican votes for anything significant joe biden wants to do, so it seems pretty clear that the way to get something done is to figure out what it is that joe manchin is willing to vote for and then try to get 50 votes into with kamala harris as the tie-breaking vote you. >> mentioned the vice president. she had an interview with cbs and i want to play some sound about senator joe manchin from the vice president. take a listen. >> i'm not giving up. the president is not giving up, and frankly the stakes are too high. >> do you feel that senator manchin is playing fair with you? >> i think the stakes are too high for this to be in any way about any specific individual. >> the temperature, it has been reduced, to say the least, but what is the posture of kind of showing you hearing from admini

. >>> maryland democratic senator ben cardin is convinced that president biden's "build back better" plan agenda is not dead. yesterday cardin said the nearly $2 trillion bill could be revived next year but may have to be broken up into smaller parts. it comes after west virginia democratic senator joe manchin said he would not vote for the measure, putting its passage in jeopardy. vice president harris told cbs' "face the nation" she's not giving up. >> i refuse to get caught up in the what might be personal politics when the people who are waking up at 3:00 in the morning worried about how they're going to get by could care less about the politics of d.c. >> the bill includes a wide range of policy items including paid family leave and medicare and medicaid expansion. >>> this morning, we are remembering south african civil rights icon desmond tutu who died yesterday at the age of 90. mourners paid their respects at a makeshift memorial in cape town. they remembered a man who preached nonviolence and fought for a peaceful reconciliation. tina kraus has more on desmond tutu's life a

democratic senator ben cardin saying today that democrats will do what it takes to get 50 votes in theate. listen. >> i think our best strategy is to find a common spot where all democrats can agree, and move that legislation. we are working towards getting build back better agenda accomplished by 50 democratic votes. >> this comes one day after senator cardin said he is quote open to breaking up legislation into smaller pieces. melanie zanona is outfront on capitol hi tonight. and, melanie, are democrats seriously thinking of breaking up biden's signature spending plan into smaller pieces and will this actually mean maybe some of it does get passed? >> well, democrats are certainly thinking about it. but whether or not it actually works? that very much remains to be seen. i mean, there are serious discussions underway about how to keep this bill alive. and one idea under consideration as you mentioned, poppy, is to break up the package into smaller pieces. for example, doing a standalone bill on a child tax care credit with the idea being that perhaps these smaller-scale bills could w

joining me right now is democratic senator ben cardin, chairman of the small business committee. we are grateful for your time, so thank you for being with us. we know the senate is scheduled to go on break after next week. do you foresee pushing that break off to get something done? >> i think we'll be in a little bit later than next week. i wish on that agenda list was also gun safety issues. but i do think we will get done the debt limit. we have to get that done. the defense bill is very likely to move in the next week or two. and then the build back better budget which is so important to american families in regards to the affordability of child care, the pre-k for children, getting children out of poverty with the tax credits, affordable housing. we hope that we'll be able to get that done before christmas, but it may take longer than just next week. >> and senator, on build back better negotiations, do you know what the main sticking points still are in the senate and where your colleagues manchin and sinema stand? >> well, at this point, it's still a matter of doing the n

maryland senator ben cardin says it's an important change. the climate is changing. >> and we are part responsible for that. democrats are also pushing the president's social spending plan. >> which would provide a tax credit for the purchase of some electric vehicles off the top of the car. >> to bring it down to the price of a gas powered vehicle. >> now, the administration says these changes will help the president deliver his promise of reaching 100% clean energy by 2035 reporting live in washington. i'm basil john, thank you, basil. still to come tonight. if you make sure everyone gets their gifts on time. we have some important shipping deadlines for you. >> very stormy around the bay area. the atmospheric river continues. but could we soon see a hi honey! hi mommy! oh i missed you! you just want to video call the kids. ok. hush little baby...don't say a word... but if slow upload speeds turns your goodnight call into an accidental horror movie... can you hear me? shut it down. just remember. you're not a bad mom. you just need better i

maryland senator ben cardin says it's an important change.imate is changing. >> and we are part responsible for that. democrats are also pushing the president's social spending plan. >> which would provide a tax credit for the purchase of some electric vehicles off the top of the car. >> to bring it down to the price of a gas powered vehicle. the administration says these changes will help the president deliver his promise of 100% clean energy by 2035 reporting in washington. and job. >> next on kron 4 news at 6. we are tracking the rain and chief meteorologist lawrence karnow will be back after the break with a look at current conditions and we will hear from triple-a about roads in the bay area. and how to handle slippery and a live report from the sierra coming up with current conditions there. stay with us. we'll be there. stay with us. we'll be ri when a truck hit my car, there. stay with us. we'll be rthe insurance company wasn't fair. i didn't know what my case was worth, so i called the barnes firm. i'm rich barnes. it's hard for peop

julie: ben cardin pointed out the back better obviously is not going to pass as it stands now.e's what they believe needs to be done now. >> that is a strategy decision that is being negotiated we are open to a way to reach the finish line it will be fully paid for, that is very clear we understand the risks of inflation and committed to making sure we offset all expenses. i think with those parameters we want to see the comprehensive as possible but we need to make sure the votes are there to pass it so that means it'll be different than some of us would like to see. julie: here is an additional, i want to talk about modification that manchin wants to see, take child tax credit for example. he's interested in that, however, interested in posing a work requirement for the child tax credit. also environmental policies will have to be neutral no singling out electric vehicles tax credit. how hard will it be to accomplish a compromise here. >> very hard democrats 35-amp with a fellow democrat joe manchin, they feel like they compromised enough, this bill started on $3 trillion ran

senator ben cardin, one of those members of the democratic caucus of the senate weighing in on how itight get done. listen. >> democrats, are they hoping to scale it back more or passing pieces as stand-alones may be attracting senator manchin and the gop on these issues? >> that's a strategy decision being negotiated. we are open to reach the finish line. we want to make it as comprehensive as possible because the needs are there. >> reporter: getting that done in smaller bills will be challenging given that they need to use the reconciliation if they want to pass it without any republican support. ultimately one thing is clear and that is that different factions of the democratic party want to move forward and try to find a way to get large chunks of the bill passed. pramila jayapal wrote in the washington post on sunday that she wants to continue working towards getting this bill done and getting something as close to that framework that democrats have previously agreed to as possible. meanwhile, senator chuck schumer, senate majority leader have said democrats in the senate will i

. >> democratic senator ben cardin of maryland joins us now.nderstand that you're being open to getting something passed, but do you really think that splitting the bills into separate entities increases its chance of success, given the fact you'll need republican support to get that done? >> well right now we don't have any republican support. we have to recognize that we have to do this with democratic votes alone. i think our best strategy is to find a common spot where all democrats can agree and move that legislation. that's what we're trying to do now. that's what the negotiations are about between the president and joe manchin and the speaker of the house and the majority leader in the senate. we are working towards getting build back better agenda accomplished by 50 democratic votes. we would love to have republican support but to date we haven't seen any real movement by republicans to help us. >> so that sounds like reconciliation is still your first and best strategy to getting this done. so to ask the obvious $1.6 trillion question,

senator ben cardin, one of those members of the democratic caucus in the senate, weighing in on how it might get done. listen. >> are democrats open to scaling it back even more or passing various pieces as stand-alones, maybe attracting senator manchin or even some gop on some of these issues? >> well, that's a strategy decision that's being negotiated. we are open to a way to reach the finish line. we want to make it as comprehensive as possible because the needs are just there. >> reporter: getting that bill done in smaller bills, though, will be challenging given that democrats need to use that reconciliation vehicle if they want to pass anything without any republican support. ultimately, though, one thing is clear and that is that different factions of the democratic party want to move forward and try and find a way to get large chunks of this bill passed. congresswoman pramila jayapal, the head of the progressive caucus, writing in an opinion piece in "the washington post" on sunday that she wants to continue working towards getting this bill done and getting something as close

julie: senator ben cardin signaling democrats are not about to get up on build back better after onederate joe manchin said he cannot support the bill as it stands right now with a razor thin democratic majority his vote is crucial to say the least republicans have appraised joe manchin for effectively sinking the massive spending plan. watch. >> are there any parts of build back better that you could see republicans potentially supporting? >> of course there are things in there that you could be for, but i don't see how anyone could in good conscious support a bill that if you take all the gimmicks out of the bill, you will be putting another $5 trillion into the economy over a decade and an awful lot of that goes into the economy immediately. julie: our next guest says frustrated democrats have passed joe manchin at their pearl. lauren, thank you for talking to us on this holiday weekend. the state of west virginia, as you know, is one of the most conservative in the country. democrats there are trashing joe manchin, ignoring the fact that if he wasn't there they would obviously ge

senator ben cardin has been outlining the strategy in recent days.a listen. >> our democrats are hoping to scaling it back even more or passing various pieces of stand-alones may be attracting senator manchin or maybe even some of the gop on some of these issues? >> that's a strategy decision that's being negotiated. we're open to a way to reach the finish line. >> i think our best strategy is to find a common spot where all democrats can agree and move that legislation. that's what we're trying to do now. that's what the negotiations are about between the president and joe manchin and the speaker of the house and the majority leader in the senate. >> as you know, jess, the problem with that strategy is democrats have only one chance to use the fast track reconciliation process which have enabled them to pass bills in the senate for 451 votes so essentially they need republican support if they want to pass these stand-alone bills and it's clear that there's not much republican appetite to help pass joe biden's agenda and that's why you're hearing on

in fact, i want to bring in senator ben cardin.s a democrat from maryland, longtime member on the senate foreign relations committee, a one-time chair himself. senator cardin, look, we've gotten the basics of what happened today and the conference. you know where garry kasparov is. he's where a lot of folks are who think we should be tougher on russia than we have been. waiting for russia to de-escalate, is that the right call? >> chuck, good to be with you. the situation couldn't be more serious. we recognize russia is accumulating a military force on the border. we have to make it clear it will be the strongest response if russia does, in fact, carry that out. that could be done by the united states, but we need the support of our allies. i think you're going to find the strongest possible message to mr. putin that if he dares do this, there will be not only a u.s. but international response. look from a military point of view, we know russia has the edge when it comes to ukraine, but we know there will be a heavy price to pay to

i spoke to senator ben cardin a few days ago and he suggested that possibly there might be a possibility to returning the talking filibuster but allowing the minority to offer amendments. are you in active conversations with those two senators and your republican colleagues about some kind of grand bargain to reform the filibuster, return to what it once was? >> yes. and frankly, we realize that if we don't do it soon, it will be too late. there are critical issues. the voting rights of every american are at stake here. and if you want to stop legislation to guarantee every eligible voter has an opportunity to vote, then for goodness sakes do more than just phone in your opposition. stand at your desk and defend your position. be prepared to do that as long as necessary. if you want to do this by absentee ballot, you are on your own situation as a senator, that is wrong. and a talking filibuster which says if you believe it, stand up and defend it, otherwise don't stop the progress of the body. >> important to remember that that is senate tradition, not what we have today. senator dick d

with senator joe manchin, who has not been on board fully yet, and so, one suggestion by senator ben cardin week was to -- that it should be broken up into smaller standalone pieces. do you like that option? >> listen, i'm -- every option is on the table. because people are hurting across the country and they need these resources to be able to get our economy back on track, we have to use every tool in the tool kit, and so if that means breaking it down into smaller pieces, then i'm fully in support of that. what we have to do is focus on the things that we all agree on and when we look at the build back better package, so many people in the agree, whether they are democrat or republican, with the impacts and improvements that are available to us, and again, i harken back to the child tax credit because we have that in place for the last six months. it's been helping families and helping people put food on the table and it's helped a lot of kids have a really good christmas this past december 25th, so because of those things, it means we have to break it down into smaller packages, then of

democratic senator ben cardin says could be revived in 2022 despite objections from joe manchin.t do you think is next for build back better? >> well, i mean, build back better they don't want to give up on it. they put so much of his agenda into that single bill from originally it was free community college, pre-k, climate change, immigration. also basically in a single shot. that obviously overloaded the system. the 50/50 senate and a democrats weren't able to get there. they could presumably put together a more targeted, limited approach to this that might get joe manchin's support and get through both houses, but we saw how complicated it is to juggle the demands of both wings of the party. the moderates and the progressive both have strong views here. it took us to this year to get past that stalemate. it doesn't seem to get easier in the new year as we head closer toward the midterm election. >> donna, if you had to guess which might be risky when it comes to washington, i know it's an unfair question, but what do you think democrats do drop from build back better to get ma

howard: here's ben cardin, host of fox radio show and podcast and gillian turner, fox news anchor andhy did major news organizations initially refuse to cover or briefly mention an initial sexual harassment allegations against andrew cuomo, the very story that months later forced the governor to resign? >> because i think they were invested in cuomo as the anti- trump hero of covid. they were so excited about that narrative, look at this great governor of new york doing the opposite things of trump, so pro- science, good at communicating and when it turns out he had a huge scandal on his hands involving covid, something they still play down and they didn't really want to address that and they certainly shut it off to the site until after the election and then the walls started to cave in and the whole thing collapsed on andrew cuomo. howard: and of course the political scandal led cnn to fire chris cuomo for two aggressively helping his butt-- brother. gillian turner, was the media to an outward of andrew cuomo when he was the emmy award winning covid briefing governor and was that a

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maryland senator ben cardin says it's an important change. and we are part responsible for that. democrats are also pushing the president's social spending plan. >> which would provide a tax credit for the purchase of some electric vehicles off the top of the car. >> to bring it down to the price of a gas powered vehicle. the administration says these changes will help the president deliver his promise of 100% clean energy by 2035 reporting in washington. and job. >> take a look at this as a full posted these photos of a really beautiful rainbow over the runways. this was this morning of the photo taken about 1030. there was a bit of a break in the storm allowing for some sunshine to peek through. very nice sight for people waiting for their flights. and lawrence could be a while before we see another break. >> yeah, it looks like we've got the storms kind of lineup out there right now. but we're going to see this one wind down overnight tonight. in fact, as we get through the night, we're going to see the clouds begin to part just a little b

democratic senator ben cardin today shared his vision for how the rules could change if he feels bothcan embrace. >> we recognize the senate is broken as far as the way it operates. and we have to fix that. and, yes, voting rights is a good example. there's no reason why we shouldn't be debating this issue on the floor of the united states senate. it's a timely issue. and it needs the debate in the united states senate. we should be voting on amendments and we should allow the majority to rule on these votes on amendments. let's have a real debate and let the senate carry out historic role. >> our team is tracking a lot of things for you, including nbc's liz mclaughlin joining us from north carolina with the latest on travel and covid as well. also we have monica alba at the white house. we'll go to you first, liz and talk about the charlotte douglas international airport. thousands of flights were grounded over this weekend. looks like cancellations are ticking back upward again today. how is the omicron surge impacting the holiday travelers. >> well, alex, some travelers just aren't

. >> representative steve cohen and our chairman, senator ben cardin, i would like to welcome you to this briefing on russia's printing up along ukraine's border. i am a senior policy advisor. it is great to see 70 old friends and colleagues from the hill, the executive -- it is so great to see so many old friends and colleagues from the hill. given the seriousness, it does bear repeating. the kremlin has dramatically increased its military capability in and around ukraine , leading to predictions that the russian regime may be preparing for an operation in the coming weeks or months. russian military movement has worried allies and observers and the cia director was dispatched to telegraph concerns. secretary of state antony blinken has also described it. on december 7, president biden held a two hour phone call with russian president vladimir putin over the buildup. according -- according to open sources, the troops total a hundred thousand troops and there is heavy equipment and capabilities per the estimates do not include pre-positioned forces which could be used in a quick mili

i asked senator ben cardin yesterday on fox news "fox news sunday." >> is it possible manchin has beenat for a number of your moderate colleagues? >> i can tell you that every one of my colleagues in the senate have strong views and what needs to be in build back better. they express themselves on these views. at the end of the day, we think the american people want to save the united states senate act on these issues. >> mike: sarah, what about that point? you think manchin has taken heat for those on the ballot in purple states? >> i think manchin has been rewarded by his constituents in west virginia and is happy to allow himself to be the face of moderate opposition to this very progressive bill. there has been a lot of theories floating around about why manchin is behaving the way that he is, but the simplest exclusion is usually the right one. manchin represents a red state with a lot of moderate constituents who don't want the programs that are in this bill. he's just reflecting their will, so i think that's probably the explanation for why manchin is holding out against legisla

let's check in with senator ben cardin speaking on fox news sunday on the topic. sen.et spot. president biden has included all parts of our caucus in these discussions. at that we can reach the sweet spot. a lot of us will be disappointed but we will not let perfection be the enemy of getting something done. paul: that was senator ben cardin speaking on fox news sunday about the big bout -- about the build back better plan. we have laura davidson of bloomberg news in washington, d.c. it does not look good doubt can we heard numbers earlier, they could be looking at a package that is as small as $300 billion. what are you hearing? laura: the senate has not been in person since joe manchin through that bomb that he could not support the bill. they come back on monday. chuck schumer said he would put a bill on the floor in early january. he wants to move forward with the process despite what joe manchin is saying it basically der joe manchin to vote now. the likelihood is joe manchin will vote no and their base will have to go back to the table and reconfigure the package

cardin also has comments he would like to make. we are close to having the members we need. we might be one or two short. hopefully by the time cynthia and ben are finished we will have the chance to vote. >> thank you, mr. chairman. as the first woman to serve in the united states senate from wyoming it is a privilege for me to talk about a real pioneer woman from the state of wyoming who finished her life in maryland and is buried in baltimore. wyoming was the first state to continuously grant women's right to vote. in fact, it was the first government in the world to continuously grant women the right to vote. this happened fully 50 years before the 19th amendment to the u.s. constitution. and louisa swain was the pioneering woman who cast the first legal vote in a general election under wyoming law on september 6, 1870. i cannot think of a better name for a federal building in the first state to recognize this right and enshrine full suffrage for women into law. many women played an essential role in the journey toward suffrage but louisa swain's simple act of voting, though quiet, was the shot heard round the world and she deserves i be

cardinals on monday night football. >> forceful contact. >> so you don't love it. >> first down and 10. loads up for the deep shot. running ahead of everyone is ben 52-yard touchdown. one of his three in the 30 to 23 victory. those are your headlines guys. brian: you sure you want to go inside? carley: brian, your thoughts on that game. brian: big win because rams have been slumping do you want to go into the numbers? carley: sources tell me rams fans are happy and cardinal fans are sad that's what they tell me. those the two teams we are talking about? brian: how do the giant and jet fans feel every weekend? sad. carley: sad, very sad. we will go with the emotions. ainsley: rubbing it in. steve: talk a little bit about what the courts did yesterday, the fifth circuit of appeals upheld the revival of the remain in mexico policy. remember the biden administration tried to kill it and then a judge said you can't kill it because you didn't do it the right way. the supreme court was asked to intervene. they would not do it. nonetheless, the remain in mexico policy that are still trying to kill it, but according to the courts, the administration has g