is joe manchin right? >> joe has a valid point. it's like in the house of representatives every day. you start off with one-minute messages. each side, ten, 15 people get up and slam the other side. after they're done slamming each other for 15 minutes to a half hour and then they say let's all work together. by then the feelings are bruised and nothing gets done. ever since obamacare was passed, it was all democrats. it's been a very partisan situation. i think what senator manchin is doing is trying to damp en it down. you can't pull the rug out of health care for 20 million americans and plus all the other benefits that went with obamacare. you can't pull out the rug from all these people and say, we'll let you know, we'll phase something in over the next five years. that doesn't work. that's irresponsible. joe is being responsible. >> before i let you go, congressman, i just want to know -- i've always been curious about this, the emotional toll that the passage of obamacare took on you personally. what was that like, just the

let's -- joe manchin is right.ted what do you want to see? a lot of made -- you and i can remember -- i don't know where it starts. with f.d.r., the first 100 days. >> yeah. >> neil: now our attention deficits sort of society, we're talking about what can we do in the first 100 minutes, first 100 seconds. he has to sign a lot of executive orders. by the way, i can tell you right there, it looks like melania is wearing a dress. all right? so focus in on that. that was when she arrived earlier. what do you think of that? the pressure is on donald trump to deliver the goods like immediately. >> excuse me. so sorry. he saluted. how cool is that? it's a presidential salute. isn't that cool? >> neil: very cool. >> i love that. i thought donald trump was a hey! >> neil: would you stick to the issue at hand? >> so sorry. >> neil: no, that he's got to do something fast. >> he's doing to repeal obama care. by the time he signs it, what is 24 hours now, he will have something to replace it. you have to have something to repla

i will ask joe manchin. yesterday to repeal obamacare, i will speak with congresswoman marsha >> sean: welcome back to "hannity." one week from today, donald trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the united states. the many democrats are still trying desperately to delegitimize trump's big win back in november. this includes ryan fallon, he had this to say earlier today. take a look. >> he is someone who's very insecure in his victory and i understand why. every day there are new developments. new she was dropping so to speak. they called the question the legitimacy of his win. it was with russian interference and now with respect to the fbi, we see that jim comey's actions are sufficiently questionable, the internal watchdog at dlj is doing an independent review. >> sean: fallon is not the only democrat try to make excuses for trump's win. we have a handful of congressional democrats that are now boycotting the inauguration. that includes barbara lee, she released a statement that reads, donald tr

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a bit of news with joe manchin saying he wants to meet with mike pence, but the republicans still have a very, very far way to go in order to replace the health care law. right now they're in the process of trying to repeal the law first. there's actually a vote happening right now in the senate to begin the process that will take several weeks to actually repeal the law, but assuming they repeal most of the law to replace it is going to take democrats and republicans joining hands to overcome a likely democratic filibuster, and there's no sign whatsoever to anyone other than joe manchin who is open to working with republicans by replacing this law because of polarizing divisiveness on the issue. both vice president-elect pence and president obama making cases to their caucuses today. there's no real effort to bridge that divide. such a polarizing issue, wolf. >> the battle is only just beginning. thanks very much, manu raju, up on capitol hill. >>> when it claims to russia was behind last year's campaign hackings here in the united states, the president-elect seems to be taking the wo

. >> dickerson: then we will turn to west virginia democrats joe manchin and the investigation into the russian espionage and more insight into america's 45th president from a top donald trump advisor, newt gingrich. >> and our weekly political panel. all ahead on face nation. >> good morning and welcome to "face the nation". i am john dickerson. vice president elect mike pence starts off our broadcast this morning. welcome, mr. vice president elect. >> thank you, john. >> five days from now you will be the vice president let's start with some news, the republican chairman of the intelligence committee decided to investigate russian meddling in the election, that includes any possible contacts between the russians trying to meddle and the trump campaign, what is your thoughts on that? >> i think the president and i both welcome the congress doing its oversight work in this and any other area. we look forward to the results of their inquiry, but make no mistake about it, i think they will find what the publicly released intelligence report showed before is there is no evidence of any imp

we're back with democratic senator joe manchin, a key member of the intelligence committee.t do you make of this feud that has developed, this really ugly, the outgoing cia chief john brennan and the president-elect of the knroouns. i have covered the intelligence community for a long time. i don't remember something like this developing before, but maybe you do. >> let me just say, this morning i'm on intel, my first year on intel. this morning, i went out to the cia for my first briefing. all the top level people who came to brief me, and brennan walked in. >> the cia headquarters. langley, virginia. >> yes, langley. and secretary brennan came in. i thank him for his service because he truly has done a remarkable job in the most difficult times. i was briefed by some of the most outstanding professionals that basically are career. they're committed to the welfare and well being of every citizen of this great country, and to keep us safe. we have to look at it from this standpoint. make sure we get them all the resources they need to do the job because it's becoming much mo

do you buy that, that new lodge frick joe manchin there? >> that was a good incapslation of the dilemma. and senator manchin no rubber stamp for president obama crystallized is which is people will know if it goes away. you said something earlier, part of the unfavorability is that the complexity of it is such because it is a goldberg contraption put together because the public option was not an option. that wasn't going pass. so this is a glued together thing that involves insurance companies. so the complexity of it keeps people from embracing it. the other reason it's unfavorable is that people don't know what it would be like without it. how much would their premiums be going up if there wasn't obamacare? we don't know -- nobody knows that. so these numbers about the increases are disturbing, but a lot more people are covered and the people in the gettysburg, pennsylvania, by the way, which is an hour from where i grew up in my hometown, and i heard a lot of this because trump came several times to harrisburg, pennsylvania, which -- wher

democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia sits on the senate intel committee and joins me now. nator manchin, let me ask you your assessment of john brennan and donald trump right now. >> well basically -- this is just something that's uncalled for to go back and forth on this. i trust our intel community. can we get better, sure? do we make mistakes, i'm sure they are. intentionally? no, i trust them. national security is in their hands. for us to have the information accurately and promptly in order to take care and defend our country. now with that being said, i don't know mr. brennan that well. i've seen him and we've talked in different things. he's here before our committee. i just came in on intel, chuck. i think he's an honorable person. very sincere and very direct. so i would hope that we can move on. let's make sure that we're taking care of our country and securing it. he's moving. president-elect trump is bringing his people in. and i'm going to give them the same consideration. >> by the way, you've seen the unclassified portions of this assessment, and this is not

talked to west virginia senator joe manchin. he is a democrat from a state that donald trump won by 41 points. he is going to be skipping the meeting with president obama today, the meeting designed to rally democrats in support of defending obamacare. really showing, guys, there are no clean battle lines here, but there is definitely a fight looming. today president obama and vice president elect mike pence heading to capitol hill. it's an effort, aides say, to prepare their parties for the looming battle over obamacare. >> the senate will come to order. >> reporter: the high-profile visits coming as a group of conservative lawmakers are set to unveil the first concrete plan to replace obama's signature achievement, this coming just a day after senate majority leader mitch mcconnell filed a proposal to start the process of repealing the law. mcconnell wasting zero time, his proposal coming within hours of the ceremony swearing in of the new congress. the new session getting off to a rocky start. house republicans forced to back

also last week when president obama was visiting capitol hill, joe manchin did not go to that meetingvately met with mike pence and when i talked to manchin afterwards he said he's open to work with the trump team on a replacement plan for obamacare even though he owe pose the repeal. that's much different from other democrats and, of course, their interests do align. manchin is up for re-election in a very conservative state. trump needs some democratic support in the senate to move his agenda. there are ten democratic senators who represent states that trump overwhelmly carried and five have very red states like west virginia so not everybody is going to be in line where joe marchin, is but joe manchin is really willing to help donald trump to help his own political future. >> narrowly divided senate, that one vote might help. >> college affordability was a big part of bernie sanders campaign and part of elizabeth warren's platform. these two senators are both on the health committee which is going have the confirmation hearing for betsy dfos next week. to what extent do the senator

, senator joe manchin in a few minutes. manchin didn't attend the meeting with president obama on principle. what's going to go on at this meeting? >> reporter: ali, that meeting will take place right after we hear from vice president-elect pence here, moments away. meeting with manchin, conservative democrat, from west virginia. on this whole notion of plan and what comes next, this is the policy process that paul ryan has wanted to reinstall into the house. have things work through the committee process. in this case, the ways and means. i think you're very right to mention the fact that formulating the plan is always difficult. when there's political context, remember that great mohammed ali quote, everyone has a plan until they get punched. with that i think we have lawmakers coming up behind us. >> keep an eye on the lawmakers coming up behind you. we're expecting mike pence to be speaking. we know that meeting, very they unusual meeting between mike pence and joe manchin about to happen. we'll follow all that very, ver

the talking points memo this story, senator joe manchin is doing everything he can not to be labeled as a liberal in his upcoming election in 2018 and so today, he will introduce rick perry at his confirmation hearing. up for the been job himself, but announced he would stay in the senate. he is gearing up for what is going to be one of the toughest election campaigns of the 2018 cycle. you will see their today, senator manchin at the table in front of his fellow senators introducing rick perry to be the next energy secretary. c-span 2,ge on c-span.org this morning and the free c-span radio app. a couple of callers have mentioned those that are boycotting tomorrow's inauguration. a front page of "the washington times" says "the number of house democrats that have said they are staying away has risen to roughly 60 and the reasons range from russian hacking to president-elect donald trump's dispute with don lewis up -- john lewis of georgia." a third of the democratic caucus will not be going to tomorrow's inauguration. we are asking you this morning, are you excited about it or do you

joe manchin said the shortened sentence was dead wrong.gave a green light to hacking and cyber attacks. >> it's wrong. it was treason and espionage. should have been 35 years. >> lindsey graham told cnn and dana bash that manning stabbed his fellow soldiers in the back. and john mccain also very sharp words for this. saying all of those whist whistle-blowers who use the proper channels their sacrifices have been diluted by this. >> not the only commutation. james cartwright an outright pardon. in 2012 cartwright pleaded guilty about leaking confidential. also baseball hall of fame willie mccovey was pardoned for tax invasion. mccovey said i want to express my sincere gratitude to president obama not only for this kind gesture on my baffle, but also for his tireless service to all americans." >>> this morning, donald trump is at trump tower where he'll be very busy in his final day in new york. in a departure from the speeches he gave on the campaign trail which were off the cuff or written by an aide, the transition team claims he's writin

. >> who is going to be in that meet stphg we heard earlier joe manchin saying on "morning joe," i am not going to the meeting because the fact that president obama is only meeting with democrats, and joe manchin said it's the problem, only republicans on one side and only democrats on one side. >> reporter: it's not a meeting for republicans, you are right. and there is, i think, lessons to be learned from what happened in the wake of forcing through this big law with no bipartisan support. typically the biggest achievement landmarks in washington happens because both sides from the aisle come together and agree and that means both sides of the aisle are invested in its success, and maybe not everybody but usually a couple people that will get out there and defend it and that's not the case with this health care law, and keep in mind, manchin himself is in a situation where he is up for re-election, and he is in a state with counties that voted most over wewhelmingly for dona trump, and lot of coal miners rely on the health care law and we can't deprive them of their health insurance

joe manchin would pick him up. i'm sorry, joe. you came on a bad day. i'm tired. west virginia. a are you a basketball fan? >> oh, yeah. >> the one time i went to madison square garden to watch basketball, i saw west virginia win the big east probably, what? four years ago. >> yeah. are you a west virginia fan? >> i'm a big west virginia fan. that is my alma mater. >> you would need to be because it wouldn't be good if you liked virginia. >> no, no. i'm a west virginia through and through. blue and gold through and through. >> probably has a picture of sam huff in the middle of his kitchen. >> he is my big brother and grew up in my hometown. i went with sam everywhere. he delivered furniture and groceries for my grandfather and father. i grew up with sam huff and all of them. jerry west is a dear friend of mine. >> cabin. >> and nick saban. >> another dear friend of yours that you call brother is nick saban. we were all just laughing about how nick took care of lane kiffin! yeah, i think i'm going to watch from up top. no, actually, no, you're not. >> joe, i don't

that is joe manchin of west virginia. noting that joe manchin is up for reelection. he is in one of the states that donald trump won in campaign 2016. ares one that republicans trying to rely on to replace the affordable care act. host: ron from new hampshire on priorities of the 115th congress. what would you like to see? caller: i would like to look at the amendment. it has been about 40 years since an amendment to the constitution. byproduct of a crowd sourced amendment by the people. host: how would you like to amend the constitution then? caller: it does everything . it has a simple type system. it ends poverty. it keeps guns out of the hands of violent criminals. term limits for congress. put a check on the supreme court so they cannot just make up the law. it has everything. host: do you think that broad-based approach can pass congress and states as well? sourced, sos crowd it's what the people want. that makes it a lot easier to get through the process. ria joins us. you are on. go ahead. caller: there are so many things i would like to say. we are talking a

joe manchin said the shortened sentences were dead wrong. it gave a green light to hacking and cyber attacks. >> this is wrong. it's treason and espionage. should have been 35 years. >> republican lindsey graham told dana bash manning stabs his fellow soldiers in the back by releasing classified information and putting their lives at risk. president obama by granted clemency to manning, slapped all of those who serve honor aeblg in the face. and john mccain, a grave mistake that i fear will encourage further acts of espionage and undermine military discipline. and devalues the courage of real whistle-blowers who have used proper channels to hold our government accountably. >> scott pruitt tapped for the away. nikki haley, ambassador for the un. tuesday was a tough day of questioning for the education nominee, betsy devos. let's get the latest from cnn's phil mattingly, he's on capitol hill. >> john and christine, week two of confirmation madness kicked off on tuesday. it was really one primarily hearing everybody was focused on. and that is

>> look, i think that's an argument people can explain for joe manchin but it doesn't explain why liz warren voted for carson and what doesn't sit well with people is that she's safe, first of all, second, she's been one of our fiercest protectors of the homeowners in our country. even renters in our country and here we have ben carson who if he was up for surgeon general i think people would support but he himself said he was not qualified to be surgeon general which then begs the question how is he going to be a fierce protector of homeowners at hud. how is he qualified if he's not qualified to be surgeon general. is he just a nice man who could end up being a dupe for a kleptocratic president who's sophisticated at using government subsidy to build his own wealth. that's the sort of thing driving people's concern. >> that's a great example. elizabeth warren voted -- and i should say senator sherrod brown, someone who has a reputation rightly as a sort of fairly pierce progressive. elizabeth warren said "yes, i have serious deep profound concerns about dr. carson's inexperience but

states, they're the states that are most affected, not only by the rural hospitals, but you take -- joe manchin was on morning joe this morning talking about how west virginia benefits from many of the good provisions in the a.c.a. and his view is the view of all of us. let them show us what their proposal is. otherwise, stick with what we have. rep. pelosi: one more things in terms of that. there's an integrity, a oneness about this. it was about, as i said, lowering costs, improving benefits, and increasing access. but it was a market-oriented solution. so when they throw this apple of discord or this disarray into the system, it's going to have market consequences that they're they don't really care that much about the 20 million who are additionally insured. although they should. because they don't like subsidies. but the fact is that 75% of the american people get their benefits in the workplace, have lower premiums and more benefits than they would have without the affordable care act and the republicans do care about that. we'll see where they go. thank you. [captioning performed by the

you look at joe manchin he got push back when he went and met with trump and was considered for a number i think that the fact that blacks overwhelmingly are liberal. the whole community revolves around it because they're all liberalment as we see continually trying to reject his i think that is a prime i see in the country right now. >> for spcu. we have democrat and republican and independent president. i know my members. i don't think this fits squarely in the liberal conservative dichotomy. we have world and urban, democratic liberals, and people assume that because they're at a helm of hbcu they are progressive. i think like america, you will find that disproportionate number of them may be democratic. i know that we have a richly diverse group of presidents in terms of their political leanings. i also know that we have never tried to work just with democrats. hbcus have developed a model where we have brought together, and in fact, along with jc watts ask associates, brought together bipartisan, and i think you helped us shape the first senate bipartisan caucus, so you members unde

this morning on msnbc, west virginia senator joe manchin, arguably the most conservative democrat in the senate, laid out the stakes. >> donald trump won west virginia by 43%. 43%. unbelievable, okay? now, a lot of the people didn't know and they really still don't know how they got health care called affordable care act or obamacare, but i'll assure you one thing, they'll know who did it and got rid of it for them. >> exactly. >> they'll know that. they might not know how they got it, they'll know how they got rid of it. >> joining me is democratic representative karen bass of california. all right, congresswoman. the last thing you just heard from joe manchin who is arguably -- he is quite a red state conservative democrat. trump won his state by 43% but you heard him say people don't know, they still don't know how they got health care called obamacare but they're sure going to know who got rid of it for them. what is the democrats' plan to let those people know if republicans get rid of their health care who done it? >> i think first of all a lot of people think obamacare just co

senator joe manchin said he did not meet with president obama today and didn't do so because he thoughtwas poison bipartisan efforts to craft a replacement. are you poisoning efforts by meeting with the president? >> first of all, senator manchin voted with us in his voting against repeal without health care replacement for seniors, for children, for families. we are united as a caucus that this makes no sense and it's totally irresponsible. so what i'm saying tonight is that instead of repealing and creating chaos in the marketplace, if folks want to sit down and work on improvements, i'm all in. our colleagues are all in. we've been trying for the last six years rather than making it a political football to really deal with real issues. what i hate most about this is this isn't politics. this is real-life people right now, somebody with cancer, a child with juvenile diabetes, someone with leukemia who's getting better treatment without caps on their services and that's going to be ripped away. and that's real life. this is not a political game. >> all right. senator stabenow, thank yo

there are democrats like joe manchin of west virginia who are going to support him but other ones whoe open to it as well. he's one of the less contentious of donald trump's nominees. >> we'll talk to senator manchin in just a moment. democrats, what is the current strategy in their attempts to prevent some of these nominations from moving forward or slowing them down? >> only two nominees are willing to give consent to tomorrow who will get confirmed on the day that donald trump gets sworn in. general james mattis to lead defense and jon kelly to head homeland security. there are eight other nominees they're trying to slow down the process because they have concerns about their records in the past. anderson, they can delay the process, but they probably cannot deny them their jobs. the republicans at the moment do have the votes it looks like for almost all the nominees except two we'll look at closely, rex tillerson to be secretary of state and mick mulvaney, the budget director. uncertain how some republicans will come down at the end of the day. those are the other controversial o

we were speaking a moment ago about joe manchin. i spoke to him before we went on air. take a look.or, we heard governor perry express regret for once calling for the abolishment of the energy department. i know you consider him a friend. you introduced him today. should citizens, though, have concerns that this is a person who once called for the abolishment of a department that he clearly didn't really fully understand what that department did? >> well, i asked him about that when we had an interview before. i've known rick for quite some time. i've said this. as former governors we have a certain bond. we worked together. it wasn't democrat and republican. we had all the same problems so it was very nonpartisan and very collegiate. we have a friendship and a relationship. but i said, rick, you're going to be asked this question because that was one of the big things on your presidential campaign, you wanted to do away it. he said i never thought it was working the way it should be, i didn't think it was doing what it should have been doing in setting a policy of an all-in energy

several democrats broke ranks to advance that nomination including joe manchin, heidi heitkamp of northota, angus king, independent caucus with democrats and interestingly two difficult re-election races in 2018 in states donald trump won overwhelmingly, them joining ranks on the tillerson vote and republicans, too, uniformly pushing that vote forward. but other problems are still waiting donald trump's nominees, including several delayed, democrats using the rules of the senate to delay a final confirmation vote. donald trump may have to wait a little while to get the rest of his cabinet confirmed. >> it does look like tillerson will be confirmed presumably on wednesday. manu, i want to you stand by. we're getting brbz coming into the situation room right now. i want to bring in evan. you're learning new details on procedures under way at the justice department to deal with the legal challenges to the president's orders. >> that's right. at this moment attorney general sally yates, acting attorney general appointed by barack obama. she just instructed lawyers not to defend the executiv

dagen: we heard senator joe manchin speak of rick perry with great fondness.democrats and republicans? do don:. >> that's the bottom line and we'll see if they get it. thank you as always a pleasure. >> a great show. >> awesome time. we'll see you tomorrow. "varney & company" is next, stuart take it away. stuart: thank you very much indeed. good morning, everyone. today is the buildup to the transfer of power. it is not going to be pretty and it's not going to be friendly, either. look at this, 68 house democrats now will boycott. the snno-snow list is growing. and thousands are showing up in d.c. to disrupt the nomination. it's personal. senators warren refused to shake hands with betsy devos, the pick for secretary of education.

joe manchin has indicated that he is going the try to cross the aisle. he will join us in a few minutes on what he has on his mind. he made a fascinating move the other day when everybody was gathering with president obama. he decided not to go there and went to the mike pence meeting to demonstrate he is willing to reach across the aisle. a pretty powerful statement. >> bill: vice president joe biden has a message for donald trump. >> grow up, donald, grow up. time to be an adult. you're president. you have to do something. show us what you have. >> bill: talking about his frequent use of twitter. that's not all he says. he says knock it off and more. so our panel will debate that in a moment here. >> martha: a startling new assessment of north korea's nuclear capabilities. what a top u.s. diplomat is saying about these most recent tests that they have done. ♪ everything your family touches sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting products. because no one kills germs better than clorox. c'mohappy

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senator joe manchin, a democrat is supporting him.s had a lot of bipartisan accomplishments and alongside did yourbin and kennedy. i think with rex tillerson. he doesn't come from a political background and it is an unknown. with with that being said, he's respected by high level republicans such as former secretary of state conde rice. and jim baker. he has heavy hitters willing to say that he understands diplomacy and he had's managed a multibillion dollar huge company and bureaucracy. but the questions will know raised about russia. >> heather: what kind of answer does he need to give to calm? democrats will have their issues, and not only republicans on his time. lindsay graham and marco rubio. >> he tweeted when the information came out. he needs to say he is a fan of sanctions and supports the u.s. intelligence over julian assange and vladimar putin and say the opposite of what donald trump is saying. not about meryl strep. >> heather: last word mercedes. >> he needs to address to be tough on putin and he understands how putin w

joe manchin, if you don't get in line with the people and with the democrats, then be careful for youro to you first on this and then joan. you know, there was this belief that i think both of us talked about on air that the latino vote, actually, could be that hammer. that could actually bring the democrats over the finish line and be decisive. it didn't seem to happen. can it happen going forward? >> so, i think there's a lot of misconceptions of the latino vote. but everything that we're finding and we're waiting to match files and too much image detail. 18% of latinos voted for trump. 79% of them voted for hillary clinton. that was -- they showed up. they showed up. that is historical. >> thank you for that correction. that's good to know. >> 64% of them early voted. that had never happened before. i would say, we showed up. the problem is, this is what i keep saying. it's the old girl scouts. now, make new friends but keep the old. the progressive party forget to keep their old friends and talk to them. right now everybody is paying attention. everybodyattention. everybody has --

defending 20 56 including a bunch that trump won by 20 points or more, west virginia, .orth dakota, joe manchin they will be up for reelection. is trick for the democrats to find ways to keep their pockets together when conservatives are sweating. host: two democrats that met with the donald trump for possible seats. senator john mccain who donald trump was critical of will be holding a hearing we will be covering this thursday. .he issue of cyber threats donald saying it is time to move past the sanctions put in place by president obama. this thursday, live on c-span3. streamed on the web at www.c-span.org and c-span radio. what can we expect? seeing is the are potential divisions among republicans you were mentionable for. donald trump has had a friend julie posture toward -- friendly posture toward russia. even congratulate russian president putin for not retaliating when obama announced sanctions and diplomatic penalties on russia. on the other hand, you have a real defense and national security hawks on the republican side led by senator mccain. i think he is raring to go, look at out of t

he worked more with joe manchin than republicans. the smart democrats in the senate next cycle from purpose or redd states, they will be voting with donald trump. i hate to break it to you. >> as long as he's popular. that's the thing. he has to have some real successes legislatively over otherwise. judge jeanine: what kinds of successes would you think are important in the first 100 days. >> if he does a real replacement bill that does improve it. i think that will be a big success and he might get some democrats to go along with it. but if he allows 30 million americans to worry whether they will have health insurance, which he says he won't do. he has to get republicans in congress to come along with him on his replacement plan. so let's see what he's got. i'm optimistic. i always want to give people a chance and give him a chance. >> first 100 days, the most important thing he's going to do the monday after he's sworn in is he advice rate the obama agenda. 99% of it was through a phone and pen, he can rescind so as much of that.

during his visit today, the vic netesident elect with joe manchin. he called the meeting very productive. also on capitol hill today, house minority leader nancy pelosi gathered the 65 democratic women of the

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i can't speak for what joe manchin is going to do. but short of joaf manchin, everybody will vote against him. kennedy: it's going to have a different name, but it's not going to have any different level of tension within the parties. that's exhausting for most people. we are sitting there going, i just want affordable insurance. maybe you guys don't even have a good alternative. >> i'm increasingly convinced reforming healthcare in a meansful and productive way is impossible. if a piecemeal approach had been taken in 2009 and 2010, it would have been easier to have more consensus measures. and you wouldn't be in this situation where you would be repealing the whole thing whole steal which i think is very not just politically distracting but a disruptive process for many americans. so i think there really is no good outcome here. kennedy: that was part of the design. and that is how washington works and that's why people are frustrated. the party panel is returning later. white house press secretary sean spicer already battling the me

joining us now, a democrat, a senator from west virginia, joe manchin is with us.h us. let me start with what you have done. >> always good to be with you. >> sean: you've had conversations with donald trump, haven't you? >> yes, i have. >> sean: and how have theyp, gone? >> they've gone great. it's refreshing, he's reached out which is what you would think a president-elect coming in, reaching across the aisle th wanting to get things done, seeing if we can find people that a work together. move things forward. but the country first. put the campaign behind us. with the election behind us. put the democrats andro b republicans behind us and bring america to the forefront. he has reach out to me. the one we still have 95 million americans out of the labor force, 42 million americans on food stamps, 50 million in poverty50 and the lowest home ownership rate of 51 years. those are real problems. i assume especially because you are from west virginia on energy that you want to see these regulations, executive orders go away. you want coal mining, you want fracking i a

joe manchin said he will vote for him. he's friend with most of those guys.m to find enough republicans -- he's going to pass. charles: it feels like then what we are seeing, what we are going to see on full display is not an authentic attempt to derail of any these guys, but to put a little bit more of a dark cloud over the trump administration. >> the democrats are going for a victory. they know jeff sessions will be attorney general barring the unforeseen. they want to show their face that they fought and didn't take it lying down. they want to raise the past accusations when the accusations have been debunked. there is the issue of when he was alabama attorney general, he prosecuted three civil rights leaders for voter fraud and they were acquitted. but the son of the civil rights leader said he did what he should have under the law and there is no issue here. >> a lot of things have evolved where a lot of blacks were voting for george wallace at his career. by the same token, he's one of the most powerful persons in the world. if anybody was positioned f

joe manchin introduced rick perry. he has said he will support sessions for attorney general.ry much. coming up next, a confirmation hearing moment you really have to see. and a wrap-up from here at the lincoln memorial. complete with key nutrients we may need. plus it supports bone health with calcium and vitamin d. one a day women's in gummies and tablets. when it comes to heartburn... trust the brand doctors trust. nexium 24hr is the #1 choice of doctors and pharmacists for their own frequent heartburn. for all day and all night protection... banish the burn... with nexium 24hr. ♪ >> bret: finally, tonight, we mentioned governor rick perry of her energy secretary face some tough questions today and his confirmation hearing. but it was one senators introduction to his questioning when the two men meant privately in his office that led to that hearing breaking up. >> thank you so much for coming into my office. did you enjoy meeting me? [laughter] >> i hope you are as much fun on that dais as you were on your couch. >> well... [laughter] >> may i rephrase that, sir? >> please

joe manchin -- ainsley: i think it is same thing, absolutely different.gs people like. ainsley: right. steve: preexisting condition thing. ainsley: you're covered until 26. brian: then you're fixing it. keep things people like an than the whole -- ainsley: republicans are not happy the way it is right now. they're going to change it. they want everyone to have health care. not to worry. you will still have health care and keep it affordable and keep what everyone likes. call it whatever you want. brian: you can't keep what everyone likes, you need more financing for that. you need billions of dollars to keep kids on up to 26 years old. steve: sure. ainsley: why we voted on the congressman to find a way to do that. steve: one of the congressman who is working on a plan is dr. michael burgess from the great state of texas. he was with us earlier. he reminded us one of the reasons it doesn't work is the gigantic deductibles. he knows it personally because he has been on obamacare. >> we forget that access to insurance isn't always access to care. when i had

. >> dickerson: then we will turn to west virginia democrats joe manchin and the

i believe joe manchin has said that he will vote for rex tillerson possibly others will so that gives mitch mcconnell a little pad in doing that so even if some of his republicans decided they want to make some sort of point against the trump nominee mcconnell can probably still get them through the senate and indeed mcconnell said he is expected to confirm every single trump nominee. lou: real quick may want to ask a question because it's becoming something more seems to me than coincidence that the left-wing media continues to embarrass itself purposely. these attacks, relentless attacks on the trump administration almost four days into it and as you look at their corporate masters, the u.s. multinationals that owned them it starts to look like the establishment has moved into retaliation now against trump and this is more than i left-wing national bias. could it be that they are operating on corporate orders? >> look, i can tell you that. it is clear. lou: i'm asking you for an informed judgment. >> actually i don't even know how to guess on that because i do think that a lot of jo

don't forget joe manchin will likely vote for some of them. you have some to split off. in the whole getting to know you process of a new administration. it is really interesting to see the president-elect and how he behaves in his sort of foray into washington. he was at a dinner honoring mike pence. he had interesting remarks to the crowd. he talked about republicans. they all liked mike. they were a little bit concerned with me. so first of all, i think that is 100% true. first of all, you talk to republicans. the answer to that is yes. what does that mean going forward? what does that mean for the man who will be president trump and relationship with republicans in this town? >> those of us who have been covering this election for a while have seen the concern with trump is a bipartisan issue that people have agreement on. donald trump will have to convince lawmakers they should be less concerned he has a desire to continue what they have done what he thought was effective during the obama time and make it land and improve the quality of life for the american people.