let's watch joe manchin voted down the child tax credit, which joe manchin might do. but what chairman sanders is describing, is exactly the way it needs to work. he didn't have the whole -- before you brought it to the floor, you brought it out onto the floor, knowing that the child tax credit is in danger. because of mansions attitude toward it. and you just waited. for the amendment. someone will bring up an amendment, to a republican, to strike the child tax credit. in will joe manchin vote yes or no. and you go with what's left of that bill at the end of that process. that's the way it always was, wiring the whole thing of head of time, that's a 21st century invention. >> is that preordained because of the reconciliation process, is that the reconciliation process that forces? that >> no, no. the way reconciliation used to work, if you do the best job you could with the bill, you bring out onto the floor, and see what happens. in fact, our first guest tonight. is the joe manchin of 1993. i don't want to go back, but this is the last time we saw the first year of

that is astonishing. >> it is not just joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. who refuse to participate. >> e.j., as we sit here tonight near the end of the year, joe biden has accomplished more with a 50/50 senate than any president in history since basically almost none of them ever had a 50/50 senate. >> right. i mean, you pass that enormous bill to keep the economy moving at the beginning of the administration. we finally had a big infrastructure bill. so he has a lot, he has done a lot already. i also think that what you and senator kerrey talked about and bless gene by the way for that point on 50 republicans. one or two could come over for goodness' sake on voting rights and maybe lisa murkowski will. it shouldn't be like this. it is absolutely true he put a lot on the build back better plan. if nothing happens it will be a real defeat for him and that is why i still think something will happen. something is going to pass in end. >> thank you both very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thanks a lot. >> we have breaking n

it's no secret that joe manchin want as a democrat in the state, that trump won by a lot. one of the first times that i met senator manchin, we started with just talking about us. asking about me? and i asked about him. he talked about his district and how he is the only democrat there that's been elected. how -- what that means for him? obviously, i think mitch mcconnell's -- has been quoting joe manchin a lot. but i do think, that at the end of the day. joe manchin is choosing to run as a democrat. he is of course on a very different place in the democratic spectrum than i am. but i respect that he is choosing to run as a democrat. and i hope, that he understands, and i believe he does. i'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt. that he wants the president to be successful. and that he wants democrats to be successful. he is a democrat that has chosen to be in the democratic party. and that i hope it would is going to get us across the finish line with build back better. because we, lawrence, have had a multiple toot of siege across the country. and -- have been at t

. >> harris: fox news alert senator joe manchin dealing the fatal blow to president biden's massive spending plan. and now democrats are headed into an election year divided without fulfilling some key campaign promises by joe biden. i'm harris "the faulkner focus" and you are in "the faulkner focus". the west virginia democrat announced yesterday with my friend bret baier that he could not vote for the president's enormous spending bill. sparking a total meltdown from the left. progressives lashing out at manchin in a fit of anger and name calling. >> if he doesn't have the courage to do the right thing for the working families of west virginia and america, let him vote no in front of the whole world. >> we all knew that senator manchin couldn't be trusted. you know, the excuses as he just made i think are complete [bleep]. >> bill: he continued to move the goalpost and never negotiated in good faith and obstructing the president's agenda. all i want for christmas is a senator that has compassion for the american people and not contempt. >> i will be looking for the phone number to the ghos

sunday he'll vote no on the current version of the bill after some suspension yesterday whether joe manchinte in the conference call with senate democrats, senator manchin did indeed show up and insisted he's been consistent in explaining to his colleagues his problems with the legislation including his preference for more taxes on the super rich to pay for the bill. the offices of senators and house members are separated just by the east lawn of the capitol building much like a college campus with a central grass area. for members of those two bodies, it usually feels like an ocean separates the house and the senate. very few members outside of the leadership ever speak to members of the other body and house members tend to be left in bewilderment of the senate while senators feel the same way about the house. as congressional careers go, congressman pramila jayapal is still new at the job having been there for five years. by new i mean nancy pelosi has been there 34 years, check schumer first as a house member and then senator has been there for 40 years. senator lahey for example has bee

is joe manchin. should join the g.o.p., listen. >> he doesn't fit well over there that's the decision ultimately he has to make. we certainly welcome him to join us if he was so inclined. todd: tomi, to put a bow on this from what you were saying earlier hasn't this whole episode with manchin show the -->> big divide in the democrat party popular on social media the squad and those actually popular with constituents as i mentioned are much more moderate than that social activist side would believe. i think we have to be carol of making joe manchin a messiah or hero. he did the right thing. we hope he continues to do the right at the end of the day the democrat party needs to have a reckoning within itself is it going to remember forgotten americans who happen to be democrats, who again, voted for joe biden who didn't like trump's tweets but having serious buyer's remorse as they should. are r. those democrats going to represent the majority or placate to the blm, the social media activists of their p

it has to pass in order to count but why isn't what's in the bill enough for joe manchin, given the perceivedn, that's a great question and it's not one that i think senator manchin has provided an adequate response to, because the things that he cites just don't stand up to scr scrutiny. he cited rising inflation, economic analysis does not support that. he cites geopolitical concerns, we need to preserve the money for geopolitical concerns when he voted last week to give 25 billion to the defense budget more than what they asked for. so it's really not clear not only what he wants but what really is the reason here, and cynics would say perhaps he's motivated by special interest money, perhaps motivated by ego and being right now the most powerful man in washington and all of those things can be true at the same time. >> they all can be and all may be at the same time. jackie, in terms of where we stand this morning, a fairly optimistic "dear colleague" letter from speaker pelosi. senator schumer making it clear he still wants to bring this bill to the floor in january, but realistically, d

todd: joe manchin just unslowed things. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm todd piro. carley: i'm carley shimkus. let's get to alexandria huff in d.c. over the fallout over manchin's bold decision. good morning, what's the latest. >> reporter: you can hear it in senator manchin's voice, knows it's no small thing to break away from his democratic colleagues but ultimately he said he couldn't jut at this phi the -- justify the cost of the legislation and the far left has no tolerance for that. >> to be clear, my lack and deficit of trust was about senator manchin. he has continued to move the goal post. he never negotiated in good faith. and he is obstructing the president's agenda. >> reporter: white house press secretary jen psaki reacted with this, quote, weeks ago senator manchin committed to the president to support the build back better framework that the president subsequently announced. senator manchin pledged to negotiate on finalizing the framework in good faith had. the framework which

it's clearly the progressives that are really angry at joe manchin here. this is ilhan omar in the house. watch. >> we all knew that senator manchin couldn't be trusted. you know, the excuses that he just made i think are a complete [bleep]. >> martha: yeah, she called it complete b.s. at the end of that. that's why it was bleeped out. your reaction to that, sir. >> any time you can be criticized by omar, that shows that you're right. i have no respect for her, no regard for her at all. she's on the extreme left wing of the party. the anti-israel wing of the democratic party. i have no use for her. the fact that she's attacking joe manchin so strongly to me proves more than ever that joe manchin is right. you asked me who i stand with? joe manchin or omar? i wouldn't go near omar. i'm with joe manchin. >> martha: so this editorial that i mentioned in the "wall street journal" today says something that i think has been in the wind for a little while. whether or not he should consider getting rid of his chief of staff and susan rice. she's taking questions ri

they need joe manchin a lot more than he needs them., he is popular in west virginia, and i do think there are many democrats who feel as joe manchin does. they just don't -- many are not in congress. throughout west virginia and pennsylvania, i would argue there are plenty of moderate democrats that agree with what joe manchin is doing as moderate republicans. he speaks to the center of the country. he's much more aligned with most americans than his critics. as hoppy stated when bernie sanders and members of the squad go on television and cnn and bash him, joe manchin's numbers go up in west virginia. they're doing him a favor. but they better be careful. they could drive him to become an independent or republican, and where does their agenda go. >> the policies in this bill that have been pulled are popular. the child tax credit is popular. the lowering of prescription drugs is popular, so when you suggest that joe manchin is closer to the american people, the specifics, many of them in this bill are very popular with the american pe

about this joe manchin vote, i am sure my democrat friends will be excited to understand that somebody in the republican party of the senate will give joe biden his wish on this. we have had a lot of rino's on the republican side. i feel sorry for the country for going through what it is going through. host: for senator manchin's decision, what do you think of that? caller: well, i think he is a man of principle. it is a good way to look at it. we are in a mess now financially. it is going to be not borne by me or my generation, but my children and my grandchildren are going to be saddled with this. at some point, the rubber has to meet the road. everybody has to pay their bills. it is a mess. joe manchin is doing the right thing by saying no. but unfortunately, like i said, i'm sure one of these republican senators will jump ship. they can't wait to make the news and b -- host: who do you think is likely to do that in the republican party in the senate? caller: well, i don't know, i think they are all sitting there with their heads together. follow the money is what i say. there is so

senator joe manchin told brett baier on "fox news sunday" that he cannot support the president's 2.2 trillion dollars spending plan. an outreach white house responded with a harsh statement and bernie sanders calling manchin a coward. it is the civil war among democrats. tomorrow at noon the president addresses the nation on the rapid spread of the omicron. we do not know what is going to say. this area is fast-moving symptoms are mild but if you got it you say home and so do people who come in contact. that slows things down, europe is moving towards heavy restrictions especially on travel. in the netherlands of full lockdown. investors do not like this goldman sachs is without build back better economic growth will slow next year the dow will open up 400, the s&p down 58 and another big loss for the nasdaq down 220, bitcoin on the downside the latest i have is 45700. interest-rate data low level money going into the ten year treasury pushing the yield down to 139 right now. what you see there is a flight to safety five days to christmas political turmoil civil war is spreading virus

joe manchin rescues the op sifmgts it gives biden a better chance to change course. if you are following this manchin argument go back to september 29th. he drafted a letter in which he said we can't even pay for the essential social security programs and medicare and to go forward is the definition of fiscal insanity. that was three or four months ago. >> dana: he told chuck schumer and they signed a letter and chuck schumer and both signed it and said we know where joe manchin is and schumer held that back from the squad so they acted like they were so surprised. schumer shouldn't have been surprised. the other thing the point about mitch mcconnell. he made a calculated risk to go ahead and vote for bipartisan the infrastructure bill and to carve that off as a build back better in order to give moderate members a chance to do that and sink the chances of build back better. a lot of people say it was a risk worth taking. >> bill: it took a "fox news sunday" news program in order for this decision to finally sink in. period. >> dana: there you have it. also fox news w

joe manchin and krysten sinema.m. there are others that would be at risk for voting yes for this. >> i would think all of them would be at risk for voting for this. this is not what the american people voted for last year and not what they want now. i think we will have an opportunity to hear from the american people next november like we did in virginia and new jersey. an indication of what bad shape this administration's policies are in a purple state like virginia and a blue state like new jersey. american people are unhappy with this administration. >> sandra: the latest biden approval ratings. i will put them up on the screen. what does this mean for your party's chances in the mid-term elections? >> well, if you look at american history, 2 years into any new administration tend to be rocky. only 3 times in american history has the party of the president gained any seats 2 years in to a first term. we have a 50-50 senate now. i think the environment for a mid-term correction is going to be dramatic. i think the

joe manchin has said he hopes there's still room for him in the democratic party.here still room for joe manchin and other senators that represent states they may not support some progressive policies on that bill? >> absolutely. the democratic party is proud of having a broad tent as we say it, we have people of different views and local, gives senator schumer credit, we have a 50/50 senate as you know and we have been able to keep unity among all 50 senators. we were able to pass the american rescue plan, we dealt with the borrowing -- a debt cap in our country and we were able to get a lot of things done. there's absolutely room in our party for joe manchin and elizabeth warren and everyone in between with different views, bernie sanders, we are very proud of our caucus and the fact that we have diversity in our caucus and joe manchin is very much welcome in the democratic party. mike: thank you, senator. we appreciate you making time for us today. up next, we are joined by senator roy blunt for republicans reaction to the future of build back better and the sta

it comes as democrats everywhere are furious with senator joe manchin for pulling his support of the president's social agenda. after months of drawn out negotiations, manchin declared in no uncertain terms during an interview on fox news that he cannot support the president's build back better agenda. >> if i can't go home and explain it to the people of west virginia, i can't vote for it. and i cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. i just can't. i've tried everything humanly possible. i can't get there. >> you're done? this is a no. >> this is a no. on this legislation. i have tried everything i know to do. >> and in case that left you with any doubt, manchin reiterated his opposition in a local west virginia radio interview this morning. if you want a sign of just how much the white house's relationship with manchin has deteriorated, biden officials tried to get manchin on the phone yesterday to talk him out of pulling the plug, but manchin declined the call according to a source familiar with the matter. then the white house responded with that blistering stateme

the left is furious with joe manchin. they're demanding consequences for manchin and some progressives say the president's world is not as strong as it once was. >> we have to stop giving people get out of jail free cards. enough is enough. it is going to be harder for the president to come to the same folks that he asked their vote for for the bipartisan infrastructure bill where he promised that we will have build back better before the end of the year. >> for his part, manchin is tired of the harasses by activists in the democratic party. >> surely to god we can move one person. surely we can badger and beat one person. they can beat the living crap out of people and think they're submissive. >> the problem for the democrats, the party gave their base narrow expectations. democrats are forging ahead. >> i have confidence that senator manchin cares about our country and that at some point very soon we can take up the legislation. i'm not deterred at all. >> chuck schumer is planning a vote on the bill sometime in the new

i know joe manchin has talked about possibly supporting the talking filibuster. >> white house aides have stressed president biden is not married to the filibuster despite being a creature of the senate. he's willing to have some sort of reform there. he hasn't come out and explicitly endorsed that yet, but we've been told by aides in early '22 we should expect to hear more from the president on issues of the filibuster. congresswoman, great to see you. i wanted to ask you about -- you outlined with passion, the flaws with the senate. but, of course, the house still has to work with them in order to get legislation put on the president's desk to be signed into law. on this now, the future of what is now known as build back better, whether this moves into smaller pieces to pass individually or perhaps build back better is revamped to joe manchin's liking, it would have to swing back to the house to get approval. how do you work with that? would you be willing, would you and the others in your caucus be willing to work with those kind of bills? how much more are you

the build back better bill is on life support thanks to joe manchin. will talk to steve bullock who has a unique perspective being a fellow democrat in a red state. >>> good morning. it's sunday, december 26. the future of president biden's sweeping build back better bill is in limbo thanks to a certain senator from west virginia. joe manchin's announcement he will not support the $2 trillion package that would expand the social safety net and combat climate change has thrown the democratic party into a tailspin. given how life changing this legislation could be for many americans, one has to wonder, what is behind manchin's opposition? despite being a red state, the latest polling from data for progress reveals the majority of virginians actually support the provisions in the build back better plan, like childcare investment, paid family leave and clean energy initiatives. even the group united mine workers of american, which represents coal miners in west virginia, wants him to rethink his position. it would help coal workers. we urge senator manchin

we are being treated like joe manchin. it's how they treat him.d in his words, they are browbeating them. and we could have widespread treatments that are readily available. and it's not working and there are better solutions out there and maybe, maybe the present will start to turn that corner tomorrow in his speech, we will see. >> kennedy: bill de blasio was a horrible mayor and i'm delighted he will be out of office. he will never win as new york governor and everyone in new york city will vote against him and probably everyone else because they have seen his silly mug on tv enough and know what he says is ridiculous claptrap. >> harris: i love it when politicians try to tell us that we are human beings and try to describe what that word means. >> this is a bullying tactic and and you are not going to bully people in tennessee or texas or florida or south dakota, you're not going to do it. i have a feeling that californians are living under these mandates, and how do we know that? because we are all leaving. that's what it's going to take for

joe biden. but they didn't do that with manchin. what you are looking at right now is the political confidence of joe biden used to be joe manchin. and now he's trying to pretend like josh when he really was the one that changed. i think the voters see this and i think this is why the biden agenda is dead, because he never really had it. >> dana: where do we go from there? president biden is ready to play the blame game after failing to shutdown the virus virus like he promised. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i've spent centuries evolving with the world. that's the nature of being the economy. observing investors choose assets to balance risk and reward. with one element securing portfolios, time after time. gold. agile and liquid. a proven protector. an ever-evolving enabler of bold decisions. an asset more relevant than ever before. gold. your strategic advantage. ♪ [text alert] ♪ son of a bi— beth? if it's “i thought we said no gifts” season, it's walgreens season. switching wireless carriers is easy with xfinity. just lean on our helpful switch squad i

they think that them going after joe manchin is going to hurt joe manchin, that is hilarious to me. n which he quoted several staffers saying what needs to happen is joe biden needs to get really tough with joe manchin. and he needs to taken by the collar and shaken and tell him or do you think that is going to work? joe biden's popularity in west virginia is probably -- i can't even imagine what the number actually is. so they are doing themselves a huge disservice. but of course, what you said, what they should have done is to say -- biden could have said i know we wanted to do all of these things, and thankfully we got the senate, but we only have it by 2. but therefore, the scale back our clients, let's and it would probably be like 55% approval. instead, they are just spiraling downward. >> harold, you are bright man. some say almost as bright as me. could you argue that the squad provides a beneficial role by delineating the moderates and the party? they make everyone else look sane by being there so the democrats don't mind having the squad throwing a tantrum now and then? wha

lucky for us joe manchin stood up to it. >> brian: if joe manchin ends up being the leader of the partyeasonable common sense democrat like the one possibly my fingers are crossed became mayor of new york city. your name came up on another network adam kinsinger a fellow republican said this about you. >> kevin mccarthy himself, i think, made donald trump relevant again when two weeks after january 6th or so he went back down to mar-a-lago and brought him back to political life by putting his arm around him. taking that picture and basically sending a signal to the rest of the republicans that were pretty quiet at this moment that we got to get back on the trump train. >> brian: did kevin mccarthy resuscitate president trump? >> well, the one thing i know president trump is more relevant and especially his policies are more relevant today and a lot more relevant than a member who is quitting congress. >> brian: adam kinzinger was on another network. looks like is he going to be retiring. i appreciate the way he fought for the country. he and liz cheney seem to be at odds with you guys.

no, joe manchin went on with bret baier the other day, absolutely not. udging on the bad bill and what's interesting now is it sounds like according to politico and the washington post after the blowup where he said, i'm done, apparently joe biden and joe manchin talked on the phone and it was cordial and signaled that they would resume work on a new bill in early 2022. so there will be a build back better, it's just not that going to be what that was because joe biden said this is the deal and joe manchin said i can't go for that so come up with something new so they are going to come up with something new. carley: so maybe little bits and pieces but seems like the story continues into the new year. brian: here is joe manchin. >> i'm not blaming anybody. i knew where they were and i knew what they could and could not do. they just never realized it, surely, we can move one person, surely we can badger and beat one person up, surely we can get enough protestors to make that person enough and saily vote for anything and quit. guess what, i'm from west virg

that is why joe manchin is not supporting it.e it or not come at the 51st bow and we need the vote. instead of pretending no leverage, you should cater to him. >> shannon: political had this today, and actually 2021 facing a crises covid-19 cases searching through with the holiday season and renewed push on voting rights told before it can begin. and for signature piece of president biden's agenda is here and not mortally wounded. i will give you the final word on that, what does the white house feel? speak with the white house needs to do something and act like they are in charge. it doesn't matter how they mention this bill. joe manchin has moved the goalpost whether spending, saving, investing, the bottom line he does not want to make the investment in the american people. republicans are in no position to talk about the infighting on the democrat side because the last time i checked, republicans are fighting as well. bottom line, this country is bottom line is and people are suffering as a result. the spending that needs to h

caller: i support joe manchin 100%. ring that kennedy interview, the building in the background, what was it? host: go back to the first one and find out the second one, why do you support senator manchin? caller: he's 100% right. host: why so? caller: because i agree with what he says. host: ok. that's joseph they are in good view, virginia. ray sean, kentucky, independent line. caller: i'm going to say a two for comment real quick. the first one regards the coat -- coronavirus and covid-19 pandemic. suggestion, maybe to convince a lot of people not taking it based on naturalistic grounds, there should be like a psa for these people. for example, philosophical, i took the covid vaccine, maybe the rest of you who are philosophical should take the covid-19 vaccine. hopefully that would probably work to reassure those particular poor people who are refusing taking the covid-19 vaccine. host: one more call from chip, florida, republican line. caller: you've got all these crazies talking about putting down joe manchin. he's

no one close to joe manchin in west virginia. look, the old saying is always plan for the fact that no plan ever goes according to plan, right? despite what the activists playing pundits are saying manchin has been consistent in his messaging since the beginning and his concerns over spending before. when you throw in heating costs will go up 50% this winter. that's the forecast. gas prices are still at 10-year highs. maybe just maybe democrats should have followed manchin's pragmatism and shelved the bill for a later date. political pundits can attack manchin on the personal level. the american people care about solutions not food fights and making manchin the worst guy this planet has seen since mao won't resonate. >> harris: it has to be embarrassing for the white house. a paper trail leading to this past july where he told them in writing his feelings about build back better. he told them in writing where he stood. he wouldn't be able to be part of what they were doing based on some things. he gave them an idea of what he didn

so joe manchin yesterday, if you missed it, he was on "fox news sunday" and he said essentially ho ho joe. he gives joe biden a lump of coal nixing the build back better. it's not going to happen according to joe. watch. >> when you have these things coming at you the way they are right now, i have always said this, bret, if i can't go home and explain to the people of west virginia. gentleman vote for it. ' i cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. i just can't. i have tried everything humanly possible. i can't get there. bret: you are done? this is a no? >> this is a no. on this legislation. steve: we saw it on tv for the first time yesterday. apparently joe manchin's office called the white house and called the democrat leadership in the senate and said hey, joe is a no. it's like wait a minute, we thought we had something going on here. carley: apparently his office called the white house about 30 minutes before that sit down with bret baier. if you listen to all of it. he really goes into why he why definitively vote no. democrats were pretty disingenuous about ho

joe manchin is now a no unbilled that better. the world economic forum now being pushed out until the summer of next year. >> i'm not overly shocked about davos. i would be surprised to see the likes of jamie dimon. it's a double whammy for the markets. joe manson -- joe manchin accelerating not only here in the u.k., across europe and now in the united states. equity markets are off their lows which i think is interesting because we are seeing a more positive response to that mentor news. we have a bit in the bond market. euro-dollar actually catching a little bit of bid as well and s&p futures really mirroring what we are seeing. >> equities are down a lot harder. in terms of what else is coming up we are going to get conference board leaving index. a lot of the data is going to come later this week when we get pcs and gdp. any economic indicator could in theory make a difference. we will be keeping an eye on the white house. what will they do about the threat of the omicron variant? dr. anthony fauci says he doesn't see the u.

and according to our reporting, katie, the white house only learned about a half an hour before joe manchinent on television when they were notified not by manchin himself but by a congressional staffer about what president -- what senator joe manchin intended to say on television. and in fact once the white house got word of that, according to our white house correspondent monica alba, the white house tried to get joe manchin on the phone to convince him to change his mind and manchin did not take that call, according to a source familiar with that conversation. the white house had really for months tried to handle joe manchin delicately and deferentially and to avoid any criticism of him, even as frustrating from some of those leading progressives including just ones you just played in the intro, was really boiling over on capitol hill. but now it's very clear that the golfs are off, with that scathing statement from jen psaki issued just after manchin's remarks, saying he said one thing to us privately and then went ahead and did something else, which is a fancy way of calling him a liar

joe manchin gets with joe manchin wants. question is are we having an a country that can be competitive because families have what they need? and that is the choice for joe manchin. and we need all of the rest of the democratic party to say what they have the answer to that question. >> david plouffe, heather mcgee, thank you both. that is all in on this monday night. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening rachel. >> good evening, chris thanks my friend. much appreciated. and thanks to you at home for joining us, happy to have you. here two weeks ago the cdc said that the omicron variant of covid accounted for 0.4%. went from 0.4% of all covid to 3%. now from last week to this week omicron has gone from 3% of all the covid in the united states, from 3% to 73%. 0.4% two weeks ago, 3% last week, 73% this week. so bye-bye, delta? omicron is now leaping ahead, becoming the dominant strain in the united states of america in just a lightning flash. in terms of what the new omicron pandemic is going to be like compar

joe manchin is very well aware of this. that's why he still has his job.s have a slim senate majority. you have heard mitch mcconnell come out publicly on television, behind the scenes, you name it welcoming joe manchin to switch parties saying we will treat you better and it goes without saying that would be a disaster for the democratic party. joe manchin has not hinted at the thought of ever switching parties and he believes he can probably do more good for democrats as opposed to giving all the power to republicans, but what you make of mitch mcconnell's proposition, if you will to joe manchin and how devastating could that be for the democrats if he actually took them up on it? >> that would be a problem, but i don't think it will happen. joe manchin, as the president has said, both democrat most of the time and that's better than they will ever do with republican. julie: princeton university political scientist lauren wright, thank you very much for talking to us. anita. anita: julie, as we look ahead to the 2022 midterm election there are growing co

>> joe manchin, i'm sorry. >> joe manchin. >> joe manchin or kyrsten sinema. >> you mentioned presidenttle too long. i'm going to ask you this question though in the time that we have left. earlier this week you said something truthful but incredible on "morning joe." you said, quote, we are acting as though this white house has options. now this was on voting rights. we are actsing as though this white house has options. they can either make this a priority or their voting base will not make turnout a priority for them next year. talk more about that because in the end, that's what really is -- in addition to democracy being at stake, suppressing your own vote, mr. president, is at stake. >> if you don't want to do it because it's the right thing to do for democracy or the right thing to do for blacks and people of color, for your own survival would you do it? you cannot win the mid-term election, you cannot save the majority in the senate with the razor thin edge and the raidsor thin majority in the house unless there is turnout among your base and black americans are that base. if bl

in some ways, joe manchin is an endangered species. democratic senator from a pretty public and state. -- republican state. you don't see that anymore. typically, red from red, blue from blue. he will vote from that, but on the flipside, he has absolutely become a lightning rod for progressives who think that he is standing in the way of the president's agenda. in some ways that is true, but joe biden knows that he needs joe manchin's boat. they have been talking together for months, which is why they were surprised from yesterday, essentially drafting the bill in a way that would get manchin on board. in their view, he pulled the rug out. kailey: we did see the scathing reaction from white house press secretary jen psaki after those comments. i should mention, we are awaiting a press briefing from the press secretary. we will bring you edge in d.c. joining us now is cross asset reporter katie greifeld. what do you make of this price action? it is a holiday week, liquidity may be thinner, but as a markets reporter, what is your take? >

and do you trust joe manchin?t didn't answer those questions, but those are the questions at the heart of this and it's at the heart of whether the build back better act will be able to go forward. because we have to remind people, president biden put his credibility on the line here. he told house progressives that he would be able to get the build back better act through, that he was going to work with joe manchin and moderates in the senate and now that seems not to be happening. it's going to be a tough challenge for president biden, and i should also say that all of this is coming while covid is spiking. people are looking for relief, and here democrats cannot can get on the same page should give some sort of relief as people are being faced with now having to deal with kids back in their homes, having to deal with home schooling, having to deal with sick relatives and sick themselves. this is sort of the worst time for something like this to be happening for this white house. >> yamiche, sahil, and julie, th

bombshell from senator joe manchin, announcing hours ago he's an n-o. a no on the build back better. >> we all knew senator manchin couldn't be trusted, you know, the excuses he just made i think are complete [ bleep ]. >> let me be clear, there are six of us who had been saying this all along, representative ocasio-cortez, and representative talib and representative bowman and omar and myself, we have been saying this for weeks that this would happen. >> i hope 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 interests. >> put the bill up and let him stand before the american people and tell them that he does not support childcare, and climate change and housing systems for those who need safe and secure housing. >> all i want for christmas is a senator that has compassion for the american people and not contempt. >> so we are going to talk all about that, of course. we are also following the latest on the jan

i represent more people than joe manchin does, perhaps more. >> senator manchin represents 1.8 million people in west virginia well ocasio cortez represents 800,000 in her new york city district. will: you can do math, aoc, don't. yuma border patrol agents apprehend a potential terrorists trying to enter the us through the southern border. >> could explaining the breach of security on the border policy. >> reporter: border agents nabbing a 21-year-old migrant from saudi arabia, the man is linked to several yemeni subjects of interest, trying to cross into yuma, arizona. images show the jacket with an american flag patch on one sleeve and the other reading central volunteer ambulance corps but the upstate new york volunteer organization denies knowing the migrant and says we don't know how he got one of their older model jackets. retired ice director and fox news contributor tom homan is blaming the biden administration for the porous border. >> it takes half the border patrol off the line you open up to criminals, human trafficking and terrorism. how many of that 400,000 can get arrest

they want to blame everything on joe manchin.y seem to forget that there are 50 other senators that are also in opposition. it's entirely unfair to say that it's all based in one person and they act as if they have mandate that they never did have. >> they don't have a mandate and it's not only unfair to blame it all on joe manchin, but it's also a maturely ignorant to blame it all in joe manchin. democrats have only the claim of any inclusion of moderates in their party because of the presence of joe manchin and kyrsten sinema, maybe a couple of others. joe manchin is from a state that went for trump by double digits. a guy able to remain competitive, remaining in his seat, and maintain a favorability rating statewide. people like joe manchin. his voters like him. it's because he was able to thread that needle during a very interesting general election still in this area of new politics in america. joe manchin was not able to satisfy his base, able to bring them moderates, republicans, even the libertarians. there is no one in t

watch. >> i want to know is the president of the country, is it joe biden or joe manchin? no, no, it's joe biden and don't start talking like a republican about asking whether or not he's president. >> you think joe manchin is a problem? >> it's joe biden and i am vice president, my name is kamala harris. kennedy: that was after they tried to say we can't hear you, sorry, we got to go. i've got a pizza in the oven in the mailman here, why can't the liberal media. month give the joe biden administration of break? they are so tough on him. comedian and host of fox across america, jimmy failla. >> good to be here. we do have a jam band, i look i'm delete singer of the band called in rehab. [laughter] kennedy: human the 50-year-old? >> yeah that. they do feel entitled to easy questions. this is the same we both love but this administration should never go on a show again because they always look back. biden famously said and you ain't black. how dare you ask about him being in charge. kennedy: hillary clinton said i have a popsicle in my purse. she pressed why she's a republica

democrats continue to point fingers at joe manchin for dealing their far left spending spree a much-needed realty check. who do you think knows west virginiians better, far left democrats or senator manchin? fox news digital went to the mountain state for reaction. >> support him 120%. >> absolutely. >> support him not backing down to biden. >> nothing that bill was going to help west virginia. and, in fact, it would have cost us jobs. for which we would of course be paying the tax base. >> it was the right thing to do. too much money going the wrong direction. >> he did a good thing in denying it. >> that is west virginia. but, of course, democrats and their allies in hollywood can't help but laufrng more smear attacks against everyday americans. look at this disgusting tweet from bette midler, quote, he sold us out. he wants us all to be just like his state in west virginia, poor, illiterate, and strung out. midler later apologized, but we all know how she really feels. even worse, new york congressman jamal bowman said this about the west virginia senator, take a look. >> it's tremendou

it seems joe manchin is the joe to be watching in washington d.c. what do you think, kirsten?ion of a lot of democrats have, which is watching all of this, you know, play out where joe manchin gets to whittle this bill down, take out all sorts of important things out of it that really important things to democrats and then turn around, you know, and tell the president basically they're very close to having a deal and then goes over on fox news and announces there is no deal. this is really outrageous behavior and there is a lot of talk about joe manchin's feelings and i think that that is really not what is important here. what is important here and the reason people are as upset as they are, they are upset on behalf of the american people that need this relief and so, joe manchin is making this all about joe manchin and someone wasn't civil to him and one said this letter is too scathing or whatever it is. the problem is there are people that need relief. there are people who need paid family leave. they need help being able to take care of children and elderly parents. he op

joe manchin still wants to be in the party that controls washington. that's the democratic party, at least for now. manchin wants to be in the middle of this. when you talk about building bridges, manchin was the one who helped quarterback the infrastructure bill and it kind of blew up with manchin wanting to be at the center of it. manchin is kind of the democratic version of lindsey graham. when there is something going on, he wants to be in the middle of it. i don't imagine a scenario where everybody else in the democratic party comes back to washington and manchin says, i'm just sitting it out. it's not in his nature. >> it makes a lot of sense to say, hey, listen, i have a lot of power right now with the democrats in charge, and i have no power with the republicans in charge. garrett haake, thank you so much. ana, sorry about your camera. we'll get you on soon. >>> and democrats want to talk to a sitting member of congress. to a sitting member of congress. how liberty mutual customizes their car insurance. ow! i'm ok! only pay for what you need. ♪

i hope joe manchin remains a democrat.spread of any senator or representative, neil, between his votes and trump's votes. so hats off to him for that. but you know, he proved in his proposal for voting rights that he will stand up for a lot of democratic priorities. we just need him to come through and stop changing his position all the time on build back better. you know, come to an agreement and pass this thing for the sake of the american people. >> neil: we'll watch it closely. congressman levin, very good having you. thanks for taking the time. >> thank you so much. merry christmas. >> neil: to you as well. meantime, we're focusing right now on these soaring prices. one of the reasons why joe manchin mentioned he was not keen on this build back better plan. along elizabeth warren says it has little to do with the government spending and everything to do particularly at the grocery store with the supermarket giants. food for thought or food fight in the making after this. feel stuck with student loan debt? ♪ move your

complete lie. >> minnesota congresswoman, not mincing words with me yesterday, when i asked her about joe manchin'suild back better act. manchin reportedly did extend a counter offer proposal that excluded several biden's priorities, but without the child tax credit provision. the senator was often quoted as saying he wasn't sure if he could go back home, and explain a vote for build back better. but critics point out that he now has to explain to more than 180,000 west virginia families, why he publicly walked away from talks to extend the popular child tax credit, we welcome back to the show. when eta, progressive -- former george w. bush's strategist and founder of country over party, good evening to both of you. there's a lot of places i want to start. there's a lot to cover. one of the things, is that we've now heard, people relate, that joe manchin has made comments about paid leave, suggesting that people might go hunting, with their time that they're given, although every other country in the world recognizes paid family leave, medical leave. and that people with the child credit, might use

. >> senator joe manchin says he's out. the west virginia democrat deals a fatal blow to the "build back better" plan. why one colleague still wants to vote on the issue. >>> stories of survival. the incredible footage of search teams finding two babies alive amid the tornado damage in kentucky. >>> good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the worsening covid situation here in the u.s. health officials are painting a bleak picture for our winter season with concerns the number of new cases could eventually hit one million per day. the omicron variant is now in all but four states. dr. anthony fauci predicts it will overtake delta as the dominant variant in the country. meantime, senators cory booker and elizabeth warren have tested positive for covid. both democrats are fully vaccinated and received a booster shot. they say they are experiencing mild symptoms. courtney kealy is in new york with more on all of this for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. with covid cases

the first person i told about the score was joe manchin and he was stunned that the cbo had the bill more costly than went from 360 billion over ten years to $3 trillion in deficit. again, if joe will do what he said he would do in terms of evaluating this bill, make sure it doesn't add to inflation, make sure it's paid for, make sure he doesn't have any gimmicks, he will vote no because it's based on his own standard. the cbo destroyed his ability to vote yes. >> sean: we are going to watch. why did the republicans help and assist in a one-time role, can you explain that to me? i've got to tell you something, the republican party under mitch mcconnell promise not to do it in september. then at the last minute, they aided and abetted the democrats who bought them more time. now they did at a different way but a one-time rule is just another way to buy the more time. republicans have been kept out of the budgetary process the entire time. why and what are the implications? less than a minute. >> i think people are worried about -- we had a good plan, make them raise the debt ceiling us

i'll bet you have a thing or two you would like to say about this in terms of your reaction to joe manchin confirming he's not going to align with fellow democrats and effectively block the president's build back better bill. >> well, you know, while manchin is exercising unusual power because of the numbers and is willing to be one man, one person that will hold up assistance to the american people, is absolutely disgusting and amazing to me. in that bill, we have the child tax credit, where we're having to eliminate poverty for children in this country. i have in that bill money for housing, the cost of housing is exploding. we need to build affordable housing. we need to do something about homelessness. we need to make sure that our public housing is safe and secure. in that bill is the most comprehensive package for housing that we have had since, you know, we had housing assistance in america. in that bill, we have climate change legislation. in that bill, we have parental leave, we have many mothers and families who are trying to get back to work, but we need child care. we need pare

joe manchin is a moderate democrat. let's take it up with our pan h.was always clear from day when we saw we had a 50/50 senate after the georgia runoffs the beginning of the year, a 50/50 senate that doesn't represent a majority, 50 democratic senators included someone like joe manchin most importantly who is elected in a state where donald trump won by almost 40 percentage points. democrats would have to work with him and bring him l along. why did they think they could just put together a plan and that he would just go along with it? he was always going to be the person they had to persuade. >> look, he has been someone that we had to persuade, wees a lynch -- we know he's a linchpin of this bill. i wouldn't count him out yet. joe manchin, his heart is in the right place, he wants to do right by american families and the environment. this is a country that spends less than 7% of its fed budget on children, less than 7%. sean knows, you know, elections are about the future. a country that is hopeful about the future invests in their children. the han

so in this instance, joe manchin is doing a better job messaging why he is against build back better in its current form than the administration is doing in convincing people why he needs to vote for it. so, joe biden needs to demonstrate that he has a little bit more -- i think a little bit more humph behind his words here. everybody loves uncle joe but he needs to use the power of the presidency to demonstrate there are consequences if you go against what the white house's agenda is. i don't think joe manchin or sinema really fears what the -- what the retribution will be if they don't go along with some type of compromise here. >> what could the consequences -- what -- what does humph look like? what kind of consequences could there be? >> right. >> so we can see this in past history with other presidents. you can see what johnson did to get civil rights passed. you can see what obama did in order to get obama care passed. there are federal judge, there are jobs in those states. federal contracting. there is also campaign money. when it is time to support their campaigns, you need