senator dick durbin of illinois is the second highest ranking democrat, and he jns me now., thank you very much for joining us. we heard lisa reporting it looks like a deal has taken place? is that your understanding? >> it sure is. lisa, i listened closely to her report and it is accurate based on what we learned on the senate floor. we are close to wrapping it up this evening. we have two votes ahead of us, senator lee on the vaccine mandates and final passage of the continuing resolution. judy: does the agreement include an agreement on a debt ceiling, which is something else that has been hanging in the balance? >> it doesn't include that as far as i know, but it is in the works and there is active negotiation between senator my -- mcconnell and schumer and i hope they can reach an agreement next week so we can get that done. judy: but you believe they will? >> let me tell you, you deal with vibrations in the senate, good vibrations tonight. the fact that for the last two weeks the two leaders have put their heads together is a positive thing. judy: senator, let me ask

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he is senator dick durbin of illinois, the second highest ranking democrat, and he joins me now. senator durbin, thank you very much for joining us again. we just heard lisa reporting. it looks like a deal has taken place. is that your understanding? >> it sure is. and lisa's-- i listened closely to her report, and it's very accurate, based on what we've just learned on the senate floor. we're close to wrapping it up this evening. we have two votes ahead of us, senator leigh on the vaccine mandates, and then final passage on the continuing resolution. >> woodruff: and does this agreement include an agreement on a debt ceiling which, as you know, is something else that has been hanging in the balance? >> it does not include it, as far as i know. but it is in the works,s and there is active negotiation between senator mcconnell and senator schumer, and i hope that they can reach an agreement by next week so we can get that done as well. >> woodruff: but you're saying you believe they will? >> i-- let me just tell you, you deal with vibrations in the senate, good vibrations tonight.

liberals like dick durbin started targeting it 20 years ago just as the democrats started their leftward lurch. now a handful of democratic front states have adopted something called the national popular vote interstate compact. an unconstitutional scheme to undermine the electoral college. the current assistant attorney general for national security has even published an article entitled the electoral college is a national security threat. as orwell said, only an intellectual could believe something so stupid or apparently a senior official at the biden department of justice. these assaults on the senate and the electoral college are also attacks on the state and are set -- and our in recent months, the senate has voted three times on legislation to take over all 50 states, all on the ground certain states are suppressing the vote. . the attorney general has sued georgia and texas for the crime of making it easier to vote than it is in delaware on new york. [applause] i will say it again, merrick garland should resign in disgrace. thank god he is not on the supreme court. thank mitch mc

joining me now to discuss his life and legacy, his friend and former colleague senator dick durbin of the great state of illinois who currently is the democratic whip. first i'm so sorry for your loss. you were friends with harry reid for decades. tell us about the character of the man. >> plosmost politicians spend a lifetime trying to hide their flaws. harry would announce them publicly. a lot of politicians like to talk about their log cabin childhood. he wrote a book about growing up in poverty. he can't run away from who he really was. and i think that that authenticity is what made him such a powerful effective leader. >> and you know, he did have an extraordinary rise. and he was not a charismatic figure necessarily, but he was tenacious, hard-working. what were the secrets to his success as a matter of intra personal politics? >> he was a boxer, you know, a fighter in the ring when he was growing up. he had a caring heart, but he was a tough guy when he needed to be. and one out of every ten americans today have health insurance because of obamacare and because harry reid alon

and then dick durbin was my senior senator and as a best-selling author so i have a lot of people helping me along the way. but there could be another party found more difficult. >> actually the chapter that was the hardestod part. this shootdown that was easy. >> it's not on me but the pilot in command did a remarkable piece of flying and actually landed the bird one piece and savedhy our lives i ohonor his expertise and he received the distinguished flying cross. so it isn't a crash but it's a landing. >> we make sure that we say shootdown. >> and i started to talk about it in recent years and then to talk about that more. i was very ashamed of being on food stamps. but then to see that was a success. and to this day don't get between me and a penny off the ground. i will roll you over with my wheelchair. and with this program we should all be more open about that because then the need to know. >> but i would expect you to choose that part. internet same interview in "the new york times". but then you also talk about other books like white rage and i wish i could ask you a question. who

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whenever i have a problem, everybody, i call dick durbin. dick durbin can talk about anything that sounds good. okay. chuck schumer. okay. my kids said make sure you tell everybody about how smart you think he is. okay. i'm going to do it. one day i said to schumer -- we hadn't known each other a long time, but i said how the hell did you ever get in harvard? he said it helped i had a perfect s.a.t. and perfect a.c.t. that's true. he is a brilliant man. he has a big heart and he works extremely hard, and he has been so good to me. we worked together. he took a job he didn't want, chair of the dscc twice, but it worked out great. we were able to get the majority. so i will always have great affection for him, and i wish him well in being my replacement. i'm confident he will do a good job. he won't be me, but he'll do a good job. my staff. we checked yesterday, my staff did. it's hard to comprehend how many people i've had work for me over 34 years. almost 3,000, everybody. and i feel so strongly about my staff. they are my family. i really,

>> she's in her mid 70s too, dick durbin, the third man in the senate is 76. bernie is 80.y are all octogenarians and septuagenarian they are not going to retire. what else would they do. they've been in politics their entire life. they've given the democratic party over the cliff, if they retire they will take a big beating in 2022-2024 and will be blamed for it. they got on the left-wing tiger and got on the back of it, the squad as you said, a siegler blm and even antifa they winked and nodded and they can't get off that tiger. if they retire and jump off it would take their place, some crazy people and they know it and have wrecked the democratic party because they didn't have a graduated retirement, didn't bring in new people because they were narcissists and egotists and now they haven't sabotaged or hijacked by the hard left and all i have is january 6th, donald trump is a monster, lockdown forever and a new one hillary is spinning at, adam schiff, that if the republicans win in 2022-24 we are going to have on autocracy, dictatorship, the end of democracy. all that m

. >> reporter: i spoke with senator dick durbin before they went on recess and he joked and said if they went home to eggnog and fruitcake, maybe they would come back with better attitudes and negotiate. he was optimistic they would strike a deal earlier next year. i asked him why. he said, because the american people need this legislation. they are in desperate need of this. clearly that argument did not hold up for senator manchin. the question now becomes whether or not there is a piece of this bill that could be taken out, a stand alone portion that perhaps manchin and even some republicans would support. suzanne malveaux, cnn at the capitol. >>> boy, the white house is accusing manchin of going back on his word. a statement from press secretary jen psaki said we will not relent in the fight to help americans with their child care, health care, prescription drug costs and elder care and to combat climate change. the fight to build back better is too important to give up. we will find a way to move forward next year. though it's all hypothetical at this point, senate republicans are r

carley: you illegal -- todd: what are you thinking as dick durbin is cutting you off?as we are in chicago in a hearing on specifically gun violence and gun traffic in chicago and i'm trying to talk about underlying factors specific to gun violence and to become off like that, this is not time, place and manner to talk about these underlying problems in chicago, when is the right time, place or manner? to become off in this way other witnesses including chairman durbin himself, implicated similarly other public officials, other individuals who are not present, they were not cut off or told that was inappropriate, that is how these hearings work, we talk about people regardless of whether they are there and to become off again is appalling, infuriating as it cuts at the heart of what this was about in the first place if we can't talk about the underlying factors. todd: why do you think he wouldn't let you speak freely? >> you look through the weight of the evidence going into this hearing it has become public knowledge that certain senators who wanted to attend the heari

regardless dick durbin has said he would support overall-the ruling, but senator joe manchin has been had conversations with senator sinema, senator manchin's staff, with the senate letter, the we respect his focus on following the rules in this particular case. there is no bypassing the rules. the senate has rules to continue along the parliamentarian's ruling, where it will -- it would require ten democrats to vote against the chair's ruling, in order to reverse the chair's ruling, to get it into amendment form. then you have to go through what they'll try to remove any -- continue to provide stable labor force for our country. overall, this is good for america, fredricka. >> so if immigration does not find its way, have you talked to the white house about the next potential steps? >> there's conversations that we have. look, we passed two incredible bills out of the howls. is the modernization act, it's in the senate. we have republicans who refuse to bring it up to vote for it. republicans are obstructing immigration reform in the senate right now. we only need ten to have relief

do you believe and dick durbin said that the two democratic senators on the fence at the moment neede fence. here is dick durbin, watch. >> he has had weeks, if not months of deliberation leading up to this moment. you have made your mark and dramatically decreased the amount that's involved in this bill and now it is time for joe manchin and kyrsten sinema to close the deal for goodness sakes. enough is enough. we've negotiated long enough. >> bill: you disagree with the comment. what is the last conversation you had with those two senators and where are they now? >> i talk to them all the time. let me tell you what would be in the best interest of the country. the best interest of the country would be to tank this reckless tax and spending bill. the biggest issue in the country is inflation. the bill they passed earlier this year on a party line vote has dramatically increased the cost of everything at the gas pump, at the grocery store, for christmas. the single biggest gift this democratic congress could give to the american people this christmas is to kill this bill. i don't thi

before i let you answer that, here's dick durbin saying you don't get it about how much it cost.graham is putting out there that the true cost is $4.9 trillion. he's making up numbers says durbin. it's lindsey at his best. he say republicans have preposterous numbers and we know what the call is. >> you want me to reply to dick? i like dick a lot. but that's the lamest number to deal with a number from the cbo that is devastating. you ask me about build back better. it's on life support. it should be dead. it cost $4.9 trillion. that's not lindsey graham saying that. that's the congressional budget office that biden said was the gold standard. it is the gold standard. when you do away with the gimmicks, it costs $4.9 trillion and adds three trillion to the deficit. so they're in a box. if you do away with the gimmicks, the bill cost $5 trillion, $3 trillion to the deficit. if you use the gimmicks, joe manchin won't vote for it. so the cbo score is devastating to build back better. it's the true cost, $5 trillion. the effect on the deficit is $3 trillion and there's in way they ca

especially senate majority whip, and man failing to "nay nay," dick durbin.bin said of the poor showings in new jersey and virginia "i think it's an accelerant. it's time for us to go to work." a little late for that! (as college student) "okay, i know i got a bad midterm report card, so i'm really going to buckle down. and study. starting tomorrow. first, i got to polish off all the coors lights in the fridge and smoke a little of this. anyone got any accelerant?" ( laughter ) ( piano riff ) one of the reasons congress hasn't done more-- or any-- is continued opposition from moderates joe manchin and kyrsten sinema, and democrats are getting sick of it. take arizona representative and singing snowman, raul grijalva. grijalva complained that there's a code of silence around manchin and sinema, explaining, "we're mad at them, but we can't say anything, because it might make them weirder." ( laughter ) weirder than presiding over the u.s. senate wearing harley casual? ( laughter ) (as sinema) "don't test me, progressives! i have sassy patches and i will iron th

that will make a difference and others can disagree but i'm curious back to joe manchin and -- dick durbinin in particular. do you share that frustration? he seemed to intimate, i'm -- we're doing everything to accommodate their wishes and they're not budging. you think they're making this worse for you? >> neil, as you know, both with joe manchin and kirsten sinema and more with joe, we've been involved in all of the bipartisan efforts around covid under president trump, under the bipartisan infrastructure bill. joe expressed his concerns for some time on this bill. i've had a lot of talks with him about which pieces he's comfortable with, which pieces he's not -- >> neil: he's still not comfortable, right, senator? you expect he will never be comfortable and that -- do you even consider him a democrat? some are now saying and charging, well, you don't join the team and help the team, we don't want you. what do you think? >> i think we have -- i know this will wrinkle some of your viewing audience. i think the democrats as opposed to the house republicans that want to throw out members th

isn't a time that she grows up to >> well, she's in her mid-70s too and remember dick durbin, the thirdthe senate, he is 76, bernie is 80, so they are all octogenarians or septuagenarian's and they are not going to retire, laura. what else what they do? they've been in politics their entire life. they know they have driven the dash driven the democratic party over the cliff, if they retire now they will take a big beating in 2022 and 2024 and they are going to be blamed for it. they got on this left-wing tiger and they got on the back of it, "the squad" come as you said, aoc, blm, and even antifa they and nodded on and they can't get off the tiger. if they were to retire and jump off, who would take their place? some crazy people, and they know it and they've wrecked the democratic party because they didn't have a graduated retirement, they didn't bring in new people because they were narcissists and egotists and thought they could stay there forever, and now they've been sabotaged or hijacked by the hard left and all they have now, as you reviewed, is they have january 6th, donald trum

sharpton, andrew cuomo, congresswoman tlaib, human rights campaign, bernie sanders, maxine waters, dick durbinjoy reid. i mean, all of them without any evidence, lara trump. all of them predictably wrong. most of the same people wrong about your father-in-law conspiring with russia. >> it's funny how that all works out, isn't it, sean? the governor saw people who watch msnbc and actually tune in over there at that channel -- they unfortunately did not get the verdict that jussie smollett was found guilty on most charges bear let me correct, the headline for cnn, 5 out of 6 is most, not some. but that shouldn't really surprise any of us, because we know that the mainstream media has basically carried the water for the democrat party forever, for as long as so many of us can remember. and this is basically their only job is to do the bidding of the democrat party. if you look at what the democrats want, they told us that they want to transform america, they want to change our country. we know that so many of them over there on the democrat side want to socialize america. so how do you do that? y

democrat senators, dick durbin and benjamin cardin said, yeah we'll take action.of state payouts for the last 14 years. now double that in california and texas n vermont, 90%. in rhode island, 23%. these fraudsters and thieves know which states to target. the state has not put in place oversight to track the money going out the door. >> that is exactly right. criminals flock where the money is. this is absolutely predictable. not just the federal government responsible here. state governments red and blue across the country that should be putting necessary mechanisms in place. elizabeth: we know what is crazy, complaints from the far left that republican governors are giving jobless benefits to unvaccinated people getting fired for not getting vaccinated. when is it constitutional to fire somebody from their job? that's wrong, they're not saying anything, anything about the liberal hypocrisy of jobless benefits flying out the door to thieves in russia and china. >> this is the problem why we got into this problem with pandemic aid. government prides speed over los

i talked to senator dick durbin. he said perhaps allowing them to have eggnog and fruitcake, go home, perhaps they'll come back with a better attitude about negotiating. i asked him why is he optimistic here. he said because the american people need this. obviously that was not a convincing enough argument for senator manchin, and the question becomes can they put forward legislation that deals with specific issues, piecemeal, perhaps, the child tax credit portion or health care, that democrats all democrats could get on board and maybe even some republicans as well. >> oh, what a drawnout frustrating process for so many involved. suzanne, thank you for your reporting. >>> so one senior administration official says the white house tried to reach senator manchin this morning, but he wouldn't take the calls. senior washington correspondent joe johns is joining us now at the white house. what's that about? and it sounds like the white house was blind sided by this? >> yeah. it does. and look, on the one hand anybody who

senator schumer at this meeting, senator dick durbin, senator cory booker as well as members of the congressionalber months ago when the head of the caucus congresswoman joyce beatty of ohio carried out of the hart senate building in handcuffs leaning on the senate to address this issue of voting rights. senator schumer has said in a dear colleague letter he plans to bring this up but they have tried at this four times and failed. the caucus also talking to the administration. vice president harris discussing this issue of voting rights at a forum to promote democracy today. >> so ensuring every eligible american can access that right is a top priority for our administration. and an effort i am proud to lead. but executive action alone is not enough. our congress must act. >> the caucus members tell me that they have real concern about returning to their communities for the holiday and not getting this addressed. congresswoman beatty telling me we don't want to go back to our communities and fail them. but they are not going to take a dramatic effort in terms of holding their bloc together to blo

senator dick durbin said the senate parliamentarian offered the same reasoning, quote, just too manyhts extended, durbin said, adding, quote, we're not going to stop fighting for them. joining us now, white house reporter, josh wingrove. so much to get to. it seemed like for a while charles schumer thought it might pass. yesterday the president conceded it's not going to happen. talk to us about the timeline you do foresee, especially with so many parts of it getting rejected and joe manchin standing firm in his demands. >> yeah. white house officials have really avoided boxing themselves, jon. they're not out on the limb saying january is looking pretty good. one of the reasons is senator manchin is worried about inflation, and joe biden is worried about inflation for other reasons. but if he thinks inflation is going to be a fire that has a bunch of gas poured on it by passing the build back better package, he's going to pump the brakes. he's been signally he's going to pump the brakes. the one statement from president biden, senator joe manchin supports the plan overall. inessence

dick durbin told reporters last week that he's telling joe manchin, look, joe, you have to make a decisiongain this morning has promised that christmas deadline. as manu pointed out, several hurdles that the democrats have to go through before they can put this on the floor. the tough part for this build back better bill is that there's no forcing mechanism. there's no government shutdown. there's no debt default. you don't have to get it done by a deadline. it's sheer political will. the desire to get it done by the end of the calendar year, obstacles remain. >> and we've seen deadlines pass before. >> right. >> debt lim-- he was leaving congress, chairman of house weems. why is he leaving? >> the house ways and means committee with that jurisdiction over tax policy a very valuable membership for a republican member, but he is going off into go back into trump's orbit, and a lot of it -- he didn't cite redistricting as one reason, but at the same time that california is one of the states where democrats had the upper hand in redistricting. he did not say this in his letter to constituents

the words of the number two democrat in the senate, dick durbin, when our team asked him about these plans today, he said, it's just too complicated to explain. and this is someone who is leading the senate. it is complicated. so democrats don't want to lift the debt limit on the reconciliation bill. republicans don't want to allow democrats to lift the debt, give them the authority to lift the debt limit by just allowing the clocher vote to pass. they're doing extremely complicated work where they're doing a one-time rule change in order to allow a simple majority to lift the debt limit. and it is absurd, and it's convoluted and complicated, and this also benefits them because the more difficult it is to explain to americans, the more americans and people will tune out because no one gets it. people up here on capitol hill don't understand it. but the reality is and the point is that republicans are trying to make it very difficult for democrats. democrats are trying to not give in, and this is ultimately what it comes down to. and there's been last-minute changes like that last upd

intentions in the democratic party boiling over today with dick durbin of illinois telling cnn his fellow their failure to get a key part of biden economic agenda passed this year and pointing a finger of blame at the one senator he says is holding it all up. let's bring in cnn's phil mattingly at the white house. give us a reality check. is this a setback or the end of build back better? and who exactly is durbin talking about? >> yeah, look. senator durbin is talking about senator manchin. i think everybody is at this point. i haven't talked to any democrat either on capitol hill or here at the white house who believes this is the end of things, that things are dead with the $1.75 trillion cornerstone of president biden's domestic agenda. i think there is a recognition this obviously won't get done this year. it hasn't been publicly announced yet but it will take a number of weeks further and probably will have to be fairly significant changes to what the president and democrats envisioned for the final proposal. even white house officials who are careful in how they talk about senator

. >> reporter: i spoke with senator dick durbin before they went on recess, and he said that -- he joked maybe they'd come back with better attitudes, they'd be able to negotiate. but he was optimistic that they would strike a deal sometime early next year. i asked him, why? he said because the american people need this legislation, that they are in desperate need of this. but clearly that argument did not hold up for senator manchin. and the question now becomes whether or not there is a piece of this bill that could be taken out, a stand-alone portion that perhaps manchin and even some republicans would support. suzanne malveaux, cnn, at the capitol. >>> the rigid refusal by lawmakers to compromise underscores the disturbing findings of one study on democracy in the u.s. according to a "washington post" editorial on the subject, data from the center for systemic peace finds the u.s. no longer technically qualifies as a democracy after the trump years. it's somewhere between a democracy and an autocratic state. barbara walter is a professor of international relations at the school of gl

. >> i spoke with senator dick durbin before they went on recess, and he said that -- he joked that if they'd come back with better attitudes, they'd be able to negotiate. but he was optimistic they would strike a deal sometime early next year. and i asked him why, and he said, well, this is because the american people need this legislation, they are in desperate need of this. but clearly that argument did not hold up for senator manchin. and the question now becomes whether or not there is a piece of this bill that could be taken out, a stand-alone portion that perhaps manchin and even some republicans would support. suzanne malveaux, cnn, at the capitol. >>> joining me now from los angeles is cnn's senior political analyst ron brownstein. always great to have you with us. >> hi, rosemary. >> so after holding out for months senator joe manchin now says he will not be supporting president biden's nearly $2 trillion build back better bill, essentially killing it off. the white house shot back saying manchin's comments are at odds with his recent conversations with the president when he

senator dick durbin yesterday cut off testimony from a conservative group's witness during a hearing in chicago. watch part of this exchange. >> i believe in all fairness since we did not invite the cook county state's attorneys office to be represented here today that you shouldn't really zero in on any particular individual because that decision was made by the committee to keep this more at the federal level. i hope you will respect that. >> senator, i do in fact respect how we actually enforce is law is done at a local level. these things matter. >> i understand that but what i'm saying to you is there is another side to this story. >> harris: that witness then fired back on twitter after the hearing and she said i was asked to explain the underlying causes of gun violence spikes in chicago. lives are on the line and i won't be silenced when my answers are politically inexpedient. >> no one wants to tackle this problem. again you commit the crime or you are suspected of committing the crime and back on the streets doing another crime. we saw in waukesha, wisconsin, a guy who trie

and chairwoman maria cantwell said she was going to be working with judiciary chairman dick durbin andt: aishah hasnie on capitol hill. thank you. let's bring in fox news contributor dr. janette nesheiwat. thank you for being here. let's talk about what you are seeing with omicron and where this virus is now. >> so what's reassuring so far, bret, today the cdc announced a specific vaccine specifically for can omicron is not necessary. rather what is necessary is getting a booster, a third dose. it has been shown that getting a third dose will increase your protection from about 34% to about 76% in fighting against the omicron variant. and that's really a significant improvement. i can tell you bret, firsthand, of all the patients that i tested positive yesterday my last shift all of them who tested positive had mild symptoms none of them were boosted. this tells us that the boosters work. also if you have only had two vaccines or have had previous infection and natural immunity from previous infection, you still have some level of protection but just to a lesser degree. >> bret: speaki

here's some of what illinois senator dick durbin, a leading proponent of immigration parliamentarian's ruling. >> we're considering what options remain. >> is there a plan "d" or whatever, wherever we are? >> no, not at this point. >> so durbin says that there are no plans right now for "d," "e," or "f." are democrats essentially saying this is the end of the line for immigration reform? it's either in the build back act or in no act? >> well, let's unpack this a little bit. number one, this is now third time that the parliamentarian has knocked out immigration in the pilled back better act. we have a better sense on where the parliamentarian is on that issue. and as you noted, there shouldn't be any surprise, because this has happened now a number of times. the question then becomes, do they try to take another stab at it. a lot of people up here, republicans and democrats, don't think there's any plan that would meet the parliamentarian's muster. that's the first -- that's the two big dynamics. and when this bill goes back to the house, if the senate passes it, will progressives in t

that being said, we got a statement obviously from senator chuck schumer and dick durbin saying thatment. the majority of americans support our efforts to provide legal status for millions of undocumented immigrants in the u.s. because it would raise wages, create good-paying jobs, enrich our economy, and improve the lives of all americans. fixing our broken immigration is a moral and economic imperative and we stand with the millions of immigrant families across the country who deserve better. do you think they can still get it done? >> we can't afford not to. i think the urgency of this moment cannot be overstated. there are more than 1.2 million undocumented people and refugees that have been deported or expelled out of this country in this first administration. we have 11 million undocumented people that have been essential workers that have ensured all of us have been able to survive this pandemic so far. that are being calling for 30 years for protection, simple protections as being able to travel, being able to have a paycheck. so democrats cannot morally afford to not deliver

but dick durbin told us that choosing these programs is like choosing your favorite child. so this has always been hard for democrats to do. but if any kind of variety or version of it is going to happen, they're going to have to choose those few key programs. senator manchin, for example, always says he wants universal pre-k in the bill. those are one of the things that he liked in there. so that's a potential for the next couple of months. but, still, it's hard to imagine how this gets done. let's take a look at reaction from progressives who are super frustrated at manchin right now. >> i mean, we all knew that senator manchin couldn't be trusted. the excuses that he just made i think are complete bull [ bleep ]. it is really disheartening to hear him say that he has been trying to get there for the people of west virginia because that's a complete lie. >> i hope that we will bring a strong bill to the floor of the senate as soon as we can, and let mr. manchin explain to the people of west virginia why he doesn't have the guts to stand up to powerful special interest. we

be associate attorney general, and during that hearing the committee's democratic chair, senator dick durbinenator tom cotton of arkansas to move to a vote. >> she said, make no mistake, a vote for is a vote against, you guessed it, civil and human rights. >> senator cotton, i'm sorry to interrupt you, we've been notified there's going to be the two-hour rule invoked and we have four minutes left before that happens. i'm afraid we have no choice but to call the roll. i'll stay here afterwards to hear the completion of your remarks. >> so like senator durbin politely explained, he was forced to move things along when the republicans tried a procedural trick that would have prevented the committee from voting that day if the questioning had continued. cotton refused to accept that. >> during the nomination just minutes into my 15-minute remarks, the chairman of the committee cut off my remarks mid-sentence and called for a vote in violation of the committee rules. there must be consequences when the democrats break the rules. and here's what the consequences are going to be in this case. i wil

. >> i spoke with senator dick durbin before the recess, and he said if they go home for eggnog and fruithey'll come back with better attitudes. he was optimistic that there would be some sort of deal going into the new year. obviously that argument was not convincing enough to manchin. and the question now becomes whether or not they can do something piecemeal, something very specific that perhaps manchin and even some republicans can get on board with. jim? >> that's right, susan. and, joe, it seems like back to the drawing board. we have new reporting that the white house tried to reach manchin today before he announced his no vote. what happened with that? >> yeah, there was a little bit of intrigue there. but the background on this is pretty simple. they got this statement out today, a lot of shock and surprise, the fact of the matter is the president and everybody else knew these negotiations were not going well. but what they may have been shocked about is the timing because the white house announced earlier today that the senator had brought his own proposal and they're going to w

dick durbin the democrat from illinois said that's just speculation. as far as the polling on this, the republican party is highlighting the fact this is not polling well with the american people. they are hurting because of inflation. when asked will biden help or hurt the economy? 44% say hurt. help or hurt inflation? 46%. they are seeing that. apparently pivot now. tell me what you believe the fate of the social spending plans are in the new year. it appears they are pivoting to an effort to pass voting rights but the chances are not great there either. what do you see the democratic party doing on the efforts to pivot in the new year? >> yes, they are trying to pivot to their election reform bill. i call them the freedom to cheat bill. it would make it easier to cheat. it would make it harder to clear the rolls of those who are dead and harder to update your rolls. it would make it harder to use voter i.d. and easier to register ineligible voters. it would put taxpayer funded elections on the books. people don't want that. the democrats are gog hav

senator majority whip dick durbin said biden's recent poling is scary. >> sandra: the "wall street journalowing 61% of americans believe the economy is headed in the wrong direction and the numbers don't look better for wynned. -- biden. 57% approval rating. >> john: we will speak to ronna mcdaniel in a moment. we begin with peter doocy in kansas city. hopefully you got a belly full of barbecue. >> i just had a brisket sandwich the side of my head. we are awaiting the president on his way to missouri. to pitch the extra base hits bill he made to a state that trump won by a lot. we talked to one of missouri's republican senators who doesn't get why the president is on his way here. >> it wreaks of desperation and to change the subject. what his visit will highlight in missouri is how bad his policies have been. i can't figure out what the president has against working people. he doesn't want them to buy cars or be fired if they don't get the vaccine. doesn't want them to have a say in school boards. he doesn't think much of working people and their families. >> voters do not like what they

here is illinois senator dick durbin just yesterday. >> do you think that should be looked at.e a lot less of the smash and grab. >> that's the democrat side. the gop is blaming the democrats for all of this. house minority leader kevin mccarthy sent fox this exclusive statement last night. he says this democrats anti-police rhetoric and soft on crime policies are having a devastating impact across the country. criminals smash and grab robberies, deadly attacks perpetrated by criminals on bail that should be behind bars, refusal to prosecute crime by far left prosecutors in big cities and a wave of law enforcement retirements and resignations are taking a tragic toll on our communities. republicans know how to restore security and peace for all americans. we'll continue to work to fund our great police officers, enforce the rule of law and stop incentivizing crime. this comes, this statement comes just hours before members of the squad like representative corey bush are about to hold a news conference here at the capitol to lobby for their clemency act that would essentially ta

senator dick durbin today with this message for manchin. >> major work dramatically decrease the amountograms have been eliminated. ones that i dearly loved have been eliminated at his request. now it is time for joe manchin and krysten sinema to close the deal, for goodness steaks, enough is enough. reporter: for goodness sakes, enough is enough. not just manchin though. take a look. these are all the issues democrats still need to work out, many amongst each other. immigration with likely get cut by the senate parliamentarian. we're waiting on that. so christmas might need a christmas miracle. neil? neil: i told you many times, things were quiet and calm before you became our congressional correspondent. every day there is drama. reporter: i'm bringing it to you with all the drama. neil: neil: thank you very much. democratic congressman henry cuellar of texas here. congressman, great to see you. hope you had a great thanks giving. do you think, hearing senator durbin that it is time for joe manchin by extension krysten sinema of arizona to stop the fight? they have got a lot of what t

dick durbin has been saying let's put this on the floor. the only person who hasn't been committing to a floor vote is chuck schumer, the majority leader of the senate. he stopped saying that they're going to pass it by the christmas deadline in the second half of this week when it became clear that this was all sort of falling apart here. but another point i want to bring up too here is how republicans are seizing on this already. i've seen tweets from senator chuck grassley, a statement from senator ben sass saying manchin put the nail in the coffin and manchin released another statement shortly after his appearance on fox news saying that his democratic colleagues in washington are determined to dramatically reshape our society in a way that leaves our country even more vulnerable to the threats we face. i cannot take this risk. he's been saying that he's concerned with all the issues biden has to face abroad and here on home, both with covid, with russia, with china, with inflation, these are all things that manchin has been ramping up

attorneys for ag months and on the explicit argument that he was mad with dick durbin for interruptingght months -- >> he says i am not going to go forward until the gentleman from illinois for interrupting me. until after eight months, i am sorry about that. i think sometimes there is a point and ted cruz, he's not the united states senator. >> they said they want to get tony blinken and jake sullivan fired. >> one, we have ted cruz who was concerned about something that a hell a lot of americans and allies are concerned about. and then you ever masculinity. he's the one that wants to fire. he's going to open people up until they fire people which is just insanity. it's reckless. it's not going to happen. >> they're trying to own the libs, that's all. >> this is all performative politics. these obstructionist tactics are about how do i get more followers or how do i get more of the credit from the right-wing noise machine? this is not serious policymaking or argumentation. it's just winning the game on right-wing social media. what ted cruz did at the beginning, that's normal washingt

senator dick durbin is very concerned about the expense at guantanamo bay and it is an order of multiple what it would cost. many multiples higher of what would cause to detain an individual in the united states even in our most secure facility at the administrative maximum in florence, colorado. we are expended a tremendous amount more per detainee but it turns on this question of guantanamo is not a remote island, but a remote outpost and it is hard to get to. everything has to be brought in by vote -- by boat. you cannot flyover, typically you have to go around to deliver supplies. and so there is a huge cost to run this facility so the question becomes if we bring them here how does this change the legal landscape for the united states in terms of prosecution and the detainees and how does it change the situation here. if you recall president obama made clear as part of guantanamo bay that he intended to bring the 9/11 plotters to new york and try them in a federal court in new york and what was interesting is that he did not have supports for the deaf support from the democratic or