manchin: absolutely. in 2013, how i came about writing that legislation, after the horrible tragedy at sandy hook, and these babies, five and six years old, it was horrendous. something has to be done. you cannot just step back. i will never forget, it happened on friday, thursday or friday. by tuesday the next week we were on the floor and everybody on the senate was talking about banning this and banning that. i said you are assuming because that law-abiding gun owner i don't want to do something about these horrific people who are mentally deranged to have done what they've done. but you have to look at the whole picture. somebody says we will ban these weapons, these are people who probably had never shot a gun and did not know what they were talking about. i said why don't you think about this, you have some loopholes, mental school safety, health identification to prevent people who are mentally deranged to be able to purchase a gun. keeping guns away from the wrong people for the wrong reason shoul

manchin: within the boundaries. sen. cassidy: that said, to continue my formal remarks, protecting the revenue of the gulf states, included -- increasing the share that with -- that we receive for hurricane flood protection is one of my top priorities. in our state by the state constitution we use the money to rebuild our coastline. a coastline that has eroded in large measure because the mississippi river was levied for the benefit of in land ports. when you have a levying of a river that distributes sediment, therefore helps to build and rebuild for the benefit of the tributaries of the mississippi river, there seems to be some equity involved in terms of helping our state rebuild. it's also common sense because if we get whacked by a hurricane, the federal government ends up spending a lot of money to rebuild that which was whacked. have introduced legislation to the committee, the conservation of the american shoreline terrain and aquatic life coastal act, which is a part of today's hearing to create more equal reven

i know that was a question senator manchin had. so what we might want to do is just look very -- >> let the record show i had that question before manchin. >> there we go. we're going to give you total credit there. i do think this is an important part of what we're doing is learning more about these issues, looking at the administration that has been proposed. we all know that even contained within the three bills there are going to be some things, ideas that are prompted for this more than we want to add and as senator manchin mentioned in his opening comments what we are seeking not only like the energy storage initiative where we had five separate bills we kind of worked together to really put together a package and i think the goal here is to really build a robust recreation, re-creation package coming out of the committee. so i appreciate the directed focus on some of this language. i think we want to make sure that, again, it all works. i wanted to give you ms. haskett an opportunity to respond to the same question that i ha

senator manchin. >> this question mr. gold mrs. coming can speak on this man that i have other questions. the outer net the outer continental shelf plants was both bills establish royalties and other requirements to ensure public lands are not a total free-for-all. these resources can be made available at times of national need. my question would become a with that in mind, could you speak to what the reason was to giving a states a 50% share in the mineral leasing act compared to the 37. 5% for mae sai? mesa? >> i was not privy to those discussions. we honor as we ensure whatever that law says, we will collect and disperse properly according to those laws. the underlying reasoning for why those laws were passed, it is not something we were involved in. >> you have a comment on the fairness of that, or any quality of that? >> i do not have any comment on that. >> senator, the question about the mineral easing act would probably be better for some of my colleagues to cover the entre sides to address, in terms of in terms of the mesa

senator manchin? >> thank you, chairman murkowski for holding the hearing and i want to thank all of you all for being here today. i commend the sponsors of the bill on today's agenda for exploring innovative ways to improve outdoor recreation and the businesses that support. outdoor recreation has been a powerful economic driver in states across the country. in my home state of west virginia is no exception. it's been wonderful. i've seen firsthand the jobs that outdoor recreation economy has brought to rural areas in west virginia. outdoor recreation in my state now generates 2% of our gross domestic product and supports 22,000 jobs. and 3% of our workforce is now employed in the outdoor recreational sector earning over $688 million in salaries. so this is a topic that is near and dear to my heart, as i know it is everybody here. as our committee reviews legislation related to outdoor recreation, i believe we must ensure the ideas being discussed will grow the economies of rural communities. all thr

senator manchin. >> thank you, madam chairman. mr. brouillette, the secretary of energy has a statutory and legitimate role in establishing and implementsing policies relating to energy issues. in that role secretary perry helped broker a deal to sell coal to ukraine and u.s. liquified natural gas as an alternative to dependence. those efforts have land him in the mid of the house of investigation into involvement with ukraine. can you state for the record what role you have played in any of this or have any knowledge of that? >> so i think you have perhaps two separate questions there. but i will tell you that secretary perry and i have been deeply involved in the energy security, not only in the united states but of our european allies. and in that context and in m that position as deputy secretary, i have helped to organize technical briefings for him as well as for myself. we have focused on issues like the nord stream pipeline which is a russian pipeline being built down into the northern part of germany, to counter those efforts

manchin: and i yield the floor mr. president. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mrs. capito: thank you, mr. president. i'm really pleased to be here with my fellow west virginia senator, senator manchin, who has been -- we've joined each other on this topic before, but he's been a real champion for our miners and i'm really grateful to him and others who have participated. but i think it's -- we've got to talk about this every day and make sure that we underscore the urgent need to pass the bipartisan american mine rs act. i -- miners act. i appreciate senator manchin and certainly appreciate senator mcconnell and senator portman as well. back in 2017, time was running out on the health care benefits for 22,000 retired miners. i remember it well, particularly following the patriot coal bankruptcy. we came together as a bipartisan group to pass the legislation with the house that protected health care for those men and women. well, we're in a similar situation today, which we knew we were going to be here. the

thank you. >> thank you, senator manchin. mr. deputy secretary, the rules of the committee which apply require they be sworn in connection with their testimony. i would ask that you please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that the testimony that you are about to give the senate committee on energy and natural resources shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. >> yes. >> you may be seated. before you begin i'm going to ask you three questions that we pose to each nominee. will you be available to appear before this committee and others to represent departmental issues and respond to the congress? google -- >> yes i will. >> are you aware of any personal investments that could constitute a conflict, should you be confirmed and assume the office to which you've been nominated by the president? >> no. >> are you involved or do you have any assets held in blind trusts? >> i do not. >> mr. brouillette, you may proceed. again, we would encourage your introduction of family and welcome them to t

senator manchin. >> thank you all again. both were put in place to establish the systems for the federal managed public land and other requirements are not a total free-for-all and the resources can be made available i understand all that. if you could speak to what the reasoning was in the leasing a act. is there any quality or inequality to that? on the one hand the environmental impact to the coastal states of hosting offshore development and the investments they make in infrastructure on the other hand and the fact the waters are not on the stage with a difference. i enjoy it very much and under the constitution. the federal funds going towards projects in the louisiana coastal master plan or do you all have state funds matching it? >> the only recurring source we see in the federal government comes from mexico security act is there a certain amount on an annual basis? the revenue derived on the state lands and water bottoms and last year. as i said these are public resources and taxpayers lose out and so does the enviro

it was happening between myself and senator manchin and senator to me. we are still at the table ready to negotiate a compromise version of a background check expansion act. we have lots of time on our hands in the senate because we are not doing anything other than approving an appointee here, judge their. we have 20 of time, plenty of bandwidth in the senate to negotiate with the white house over universal background checks. you can't say we can't take up hr 8 because we haven't had input. republicans are the only, you can't say impeachment is stopping a debate on background checks from happening. i'm ready to talk, senator toomey is ready to start, senator manchin is ready to talk and we have evidence from the summer how important universal background checks are. the last day of august, a gunman fled from police in odessa, texas, hijacked the united states postal service van, killed the driver and randomly fired on people as he drove through the streets. during his shooting spree the gunman killed six people and wounded over 20 others, a reign of terr

senator manchin is ready to table. and we have evidence just from this summer about how important universal background checks are. on the last day of august, a gunman fled from police in odessa, texas. he hijacked a united states postal service van. he killed its driver and then randomly fired on people as he drove through the streets. during his shooting spree, the gunman killed seven people and wounded over 20 others, a reign of terror throughout the streets of this texas town. now, the current background checks bill worked as it was intended to work. the shoot irtried to buy a gun -- the shooter tried to guy a gun in 2014 but was denied. why? because he had been found to be so seriously mentally ill when he was committed to an inpatient institution that his name was placed on the list of individuals who are prohibited from buying weapons. the problem is, texas doesn't have universal background checks. meaning that it was as easy as pie for the shooter, after he got deny add gun purchase at -- denied a gun purchase a

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i'm going a turn to senator manchin before i introduce our panel and i know that members a couple of you would like to make introductions of some that are here. >> if i can i'd like to defer to my good friend wide and, very good. >> thank you all, i want -- i don't think it's a bouquet tossing contest but i want to thank you for your courtesy but i also very much appreciate your leadership on the recreation, issues the work we try to do up here and a bipartisan way and i think we all understand every member here particularly westerners we understand that the recreation centers and it's clearly a boost for our quality of life in the west and for our economy and a chance to bring americans together for a better health. i really appreciate this my fellow with congressman in bishop is basically one that updates the policies from yesteryear because in yesteryear recreation was not the big economic engine that it is today so that's what the bill is all about. that is 0.1 and we have on lee davis here he knows a lot about recreation he was responsible for the outfitter and guide provide wit

. >> joe manchin and if my memory is correct, in every county in west virginia. >> the other new englanderelizabeth warnings figuring out how to pay for medicare for all but admitted could cost millions of jobs. >> this is part of the cost issue. and should be part of a cost plan. >> reporter: that means warren as plan for healthcare could be similar to hillary clinton's plant renewable energy. >> we will put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business. >> clinton could still join the field but it is not clear if kamala harris will be long. they have to do better than the candidate who won 13 million primary votes and is running again. >> we are not just running against one person but against 19 others, a different dynamic. >> reporter: sanders like biden is arguing age is an asset, because it is experience. biden revealed how much ground he covered in his career telling caucus goers his amtrak rides at up to 2.3 million. in newcastle, new hampshire, peter doocy. >> the time is half past the top of the hour. a new face of terror, isis named a new leader after the death of abu b

senator manchin is ready to table. and we have evidence just from this summer about how important universal background checks are. on the last day of august, a gunman fled from police in odessa, texas. he hijacked a united states postal service van. he killed its driver and then randomly fired on people as he drove through the streets. during his shooting spree, the gunman killed seven people and wounded over 20 others, a reign of terror throughout the streets of this texas town. now, the current background checks bill worked as it was intended to work. the shoot irtried to buy a gun -- the shooter tried to guy a gun in 2014 but was denied. why? because he had been found to be so seriously mentally ill when he was committed to an inpatient institution that his name was placed on the list of individuals who are prohibited from buying weapons. the problem is, texas doesn't have universal background checks. meaning that it was as easy as pie for the shooter, after he got deny add gun purchase at -- denied a gun purchase a

many of my colleagues -- senator murphy, senator manchin, as well as others -- worked with republican senators and ferried back and forth to the white house to find a proposal that could become law and save american lives. we gave the white house every chance to get to yes, but despite those efforts leader mcconnell has not moved even one gun safety bill to the floor, and president trump has reportedly closing the book on any, any potential compromise. just like on infrastructure, just like on immigration reform, just like on a myriad of other issues, president trump would rather do nothing to help the american people because it would upset political allies like the n.r.a. he'll make bold and sometimes surprising promises in the heat of the moment, when there was huge pressure to do something about background checks because of the shootings across the country, he said he would. but then this man who tries to portray himself as a tough guy backs off when lobbyists say you can't do it. that doesn't show strength. it shows weakness, it shows a lack of candor and honesty with the american

i got to talk to manchin about it and he did not agree. >> the bernie sanders thing.ould you support his agenda? >> absolutely not. bernie brings a lot to the table and makes you think a little bit. it is not practical where i come from. bernie keeps saying medicare for all, we can't even pay for medicare for some. neil: he went on to say the choice, donald trump and bernie sanders, a tough time deciding but seemed it would not the bernie sanders. >> elizabeth warren's plan, the first healthcare plan on the democratic and republican side that lays out exactly how she intends to pay for it. bernie sanders asked are you going to lay out a plan how you intend to pay for medicare for all? he said i don't think i have to do that right now. >> the middle-class wouldn't pay and i give you an example how it could. she was exacting that. >> she has been forthright to the extent more so than any republican or democrat in the race and at the end of the date is important. neil: i have -- i'm looking at it that way. >> i appreciate that you look at that and say that. >> the point

and joe manchin. i thought doug jones will probably be in a senate fight against session.hey will talk about we tried to impeach trump in alabama. are these red state democrats, what are they going to tell their people? even the "new york times" wrote about this today saying they will have trouble.op >> it's not just the red states. it's all the swing states where people carry about their pocketbooks and like the fact that president got the economy going again. they are seeing higher wages and democrats are talking about impeaching the president over a whistleblower they are hiding from the public who heard that was not withhold. the facts are on the president's side. >> laura: doug, the 2020 field isen looking weak. we are hearing more and more of this from a familiar voice. >> are you going to run again? >> no. >> in a few days i won't open my newspaper? >> i never say never. i am under enormous pressure from many, many people to think about it. that's not in my plans. >> laura: what is your advice to your former boss? >> my advice would be go home, close the door. shut

i will be curious to see how the senate democrats vote like manchin. but the end of the day, still what has been accomplished? other than a waste of time. >> democrats passed over 300 bills sitting on mitch mcconnell's desk. i would love for him to take a look. we could lower prescription drug prices. >> nothing is going on while they are impeaching. >> some of those bills renaming post offices and other things. >> happy thanksgiving. >> thank you. next new details about possible surveillance of trump campaign's in 2016. the breaking details are next. >> yes, i think spying did occur. >> the question is whether it was predicated. ♪ hi honey, we got in early. yeah, and we brought steve and mark. ♪ experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list sales event. sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first month's payment. little things can be a big deal. psoriasis, that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer s

. >> right now in the senate, manchin and 2 democrats that will vote with republicans to not convict.s in the house among democrats. i don't think there will be any republicans supporting impeachment. i think you will see democrats if they hold a vote. some will vote with republicans. >> they might. the representative in the intro, she is in a district that votes for democrats like plus 30. that's a lot. now i will take her at her word on sunday and not the walk back where she said i don't think it's a good idea. let's beat him at the ballot box. that's a better way. it will be interesting to see what the representatives in swing district do. if that's coming from somebody that the democrats will win in those districts, what will happen next week on wednesday the house judiciary committee will start hearings as well. i find it hard to imagine, but we will see. maybe nothing will change. we went through 2 weeks of impeachment. america will have thanksgiving. they will come back next week and they are still talking about impeachment? that's a hard sell go they don't have something new a

. >> i was talking to joe manchin the other day and he was talking about it, we are nowhere close. republicans don't like the idea government needs to be involved. we are never getting to carbon sequestration at a rate that's important without government because it is moon shot level stuff, right? we would have to have plants on every corner for the next 50 years. >> and it is a misnomer to think there's no government. we are talking about limited government and the appropriate role for government. i think that's what we will start to see with more republicans engaging on the issue of solving climate change. what is the appropriate role for government? now that we have republicans wanting to come to the table, we will start to have a solid discussion that hopefully leads us to serious results. >> well, let's hope they come to the table, and if they do let us know. we would be happy to talk to them about climate change solutions. heather reams is with citizens for response solutions, the executive director of that organization. thanks for watching "velshi & ruhle." i will see you ba

they flip the senate to democrats that a chuck schumer led democratic senate with people like joe manchine going to support this plan. warren and sanders -- ezra klein wrote this and i agree, they're saying forget this idea of compromise. forget this idea of trying to work with the insurance companies and do things in a sort of collaborative way. they want to bulldoze over the corporations and everyone else and get this through. >> bret: jonah, beto o'rourke steps down. it's hard to believe that andrew yang, john delany are still in the race but beto o'rourke with all his vaunted p.r. at the beginning of the campaign is out. >> it would take a heart of stone not to laugh. the basic problem with beto is that he more than anybody else believed his press coverage whechs running -- when he was running against ted cruz. when the national press wanted cruz to lose. he believed he was this robert f. kennedy messianic figure and every time it was proven that he wasn't he tripled and quadrupled on his rapid onset woke dementia and went even crazier to the left and got no traction because he wasn't

joe manchin says he's not voting to get rid of the president, three republicans vote to say they are, this is going nowhere. and ultimately who is going to hurt? it's going to help democrats who voted against impeachment in the house and you already see it with congressman jeff andrew who already has a primary opponent. this will have as much electoral disruption on the democratic side. >> jessica: i'm not sure about that for house democrats, it's interesting that censure is creeping up. that's one person, there are hundreds of them on the record saying they want to go forward with the inquiry and take the boat. we will see if nancy calls the vote. mark penn also went to the white house it hard to president trump about how bob mueller and the whole investigation was a deep state coup. this is not representative of democrats. mark penn and andy stein have nothing to do with the base of our party or where we are ideologically. >> melissa: i'm just wondering, do you think it's good advice? >> jessica: it's captain obvious advice. listen to lindsey graham, you see that video of him crying

robin, one of the things we saw yesterday was jo joe manchin wan with neil cavuto and if he said if bernied trump, he would not vote for bernie sanders. that hurts. >> that does hurt. i've said similar things. bernie pledged he would not go back to being an independent after 2016 and he did. and he broke his promise. we haven't forgotten. my party is stubborn. if there's one thing i can say in all honesty, it's that we're yostubborn. so i understand. cheryl: i have to bring this up. a democrat out of california, congresswoman porter, came to the vote yesterday dressed as batwoman. when asked about it, she said i'm dressed up as bat girl. republicans jumped all over her, saying it shows the democrats don't take the impeachment inquiry seriously. your response. >> the impeachment inquiry is an embarrassment and the congresswoman is an embarrassment to the american people and they should be ashamed of what's going on and so should she. that's why you're seeing the american people supporting the president. cheryl: ted, robin, david, great discussion as always l. thank you for getting you early

josi vega and zachary manchin were at the east substation when a man ran and sank his brother neededelp. they pulled the 18-year-old man from the backseat of a car, and started cpr. but they changed tactics when they were told the teenager had used heroin and cocaine. officers had just recently learned how to use the life- saving drug narcan. >> a torch the touch the body was cold, no reaction, he celebrating again, he became a little more alert and we got his post back it's pretty crazy how, how quickly they can come back after being fully unconscious and not breathing after administering the narcan. >> highland hospital donated 800 doses of narcan to the oakland police department. officer say they have used it to save five lives since early last month. >>> a mistake in pricing at a gas station left dozens of people fill up their gas tanks for very low cash. one customer told us he was able to fill his 16 gallon tank for just six dollars at the station in town. he said there's a line outside the station of about 70 people deep. this was not a special promotion, the station's assista

pass medicare for all and there are real realtis, because you are dealing with amy klobuchar and joe manchiners to sign for medicare for all, and so our colleague asked would you be willing to primary democrats who are opposed to medicare for all, and she said no, and then i followed up the senator from massachusetts and i said, how then do you make medicare for all a reality if you are dealing with the senators such as potentially hickenlooper who is opposed and she said in november of 2020 president warren would turn around to her democratic members in congress and say, look, we just passed and we got a mandate from voters to pass medicare for all and she would work with democrats to take that over the finish line. this is my own editorial note. we saw one president, and perhaps the one sitting in office right now, able to take his party and move it in his direction, but the question is if elizabeth warren could change her own party in the presidency? >> it is about the size of the mandate. vaughn hilliard, thank you. and now, coming in we are joined on the other side of a quick break who

i take senator joe manchin to someone who talked to the president all the time and they worked together to-- he served a bit of that in between with the democrats and the republicans and trying to solve problems. and so the more we can have of those types of relationships, the i think the healthier our political process can be. you know, it's become a challenge with social media, a challenge with 24-hour news cycles because the politician wants to get out in front of the media and give the response and attack their opponent and move on. and i think that that becomes challengeling, but i think at the end of the day, look, we're all getting close to thanksgiving, you're going to maybe have your liberal cousin or your conservative uncle and you want to make sure that you talk about the issues that matter and to donna's point find solutions you can come together and agree on. there are things we do agree on when it comes to, for example, usmca, the ipo crisis, criminal justice reform, which was a big win for both republicans and democrats. and so, i think the more we can find those common g

>> well, again, as someone in the senate who's seen manchin, tomby's common ground effort. but they will have the national strength on their -- on their side. we saw -- >> but they have the national strength on their side right now, senator. >> no. no. we -- we do not. >> 90% of americans agree with stronger background checks. >> yeah, but we're -- we've got to turn that in from answers on polls to an actual movement. the longest filibuster in the senate history is str strom thurman's civil rights movement. it was going nowhere until we passed started a movement around passing civil rights legislation. we are now the strongest nation on planet earth sending children to school with the implicit message that we can't protect you so we're going to teach you how to duck and tide. there are more shelter in place drills than fire drills in our schools. we know there is the sentiment there but that has to be turned into electoral strength. i will be the president that does that because to me, this is not an issue that is a sometimes school shooting. in communities like mine, peopl

senators manchin and toomey introduced the modest background check proposal that actually came to the senate floor for a vote. but what happened? the n.r.a. came out against the bill, and near every republican member of the senate fell in line to defeat it. the vote came in the aftermath of a shooting that took the lives of 20 innocent elementary school children, and my republican colleagues chose to side with the n.r.a. and its 50-plus million in campaign donations. today those first graders who were killed would be in the eighth grade, and yet we still haven't passed a background check law. we've seen the n.r.a. block commonsense gun safety bills time and again, most recently president trump voiced support for strengthening background checks in the wake of mass shootings in el paso, dayton and gilroy. he tweeted that quote, republicans and democrats must come together and get strong background checks, end quote. days later he spoke on the phone with n.r.a. executive vice president and c.e.o. wayne lapierre and quickly changed his tune. suddenly our loophole ridden background check s

manchin: we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. manchin: i ask that it be vish yated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. manchin: i rise to talk about a resolution i introduced with my fellow senator from maine susan collins and 11 other senators from both sides of the aisle, truly bipartisan to designate november 2019 as the national homeless children and youth awareness month. specifically, this resolution highlights the issue of children and youth homelessness and supports the efforts of businesses, organizations, educators, and volunteers that are dedicated to meeting the needs of homeless children and youth. in 2016 and 20167 school -- 2017 school year there were 1.3 million children and youth -- i repeat, 1.3 million children and youth who experienced homelessness in the united states. in west virginia alone, our schools have identified more than 10,500 students experiencing homelessness. this is simply unacceptable and we must do more to support our future generations. that is why i am a firm believer that there a

affordable care act, and all at the time 48 fighting democrats stood together from bernie to joe manchin and we said no, because we stood together we were joined by three republicans including senator mccain who said no, and we won that effort. they did not take people off of their health insurance. we did that. [applause] you go into that following summer when they first glimmers of hope since donald trump's election and into the fall when these legislative races were up, my personal favorite was the guy from new jersey who would it se date of the women's march, i hope it will be home in time to make dinner. that guy got defeated by an african-american woman. that happened. [applause] and then you go to parkland and the young people, and what happened there where they just said no, we are not going to take it, and he started marching and kept that march going into the last congressional election where literally we took the house of representatives and turned it into the people's house again. we had what happened is last few weeks. i mean, it is an exciting thing to be a part of because

i know that was the question senator manchin had. >> let the record show i had that question before. >> we are going to give you total credit here. this is an important part of what we are doing as we learn more about these issues looking at the legislation that has been proposed. we all know that even contained within the three bills, there are going to be some things, some ideas that are going to be prompted from this more than we might want to add as the senator mentioned in his opening comments. what we are seeking to do is take these ideas not unlike the did with our storage initiative where we had five separate bills that kind of worked together to put together a package, and i think the goal is to build a robust recreation package coming out of the committee. i appreciate the directed focus on some of this language. we want to make sure that again it all works. i wanted to give you an opportunity to respond to the same question that i asked about how you balance the recreation uses and how you determine that and then i will have some other questions for the rest of you. go ahe

manchin: cole has been that. markets are changing.natural resources, and the wet properties that come from butane, propane and nothing. that gives us a chance. if you look at how we came into being being an energy driver, first we became the salt, then the salt mine lead into the coal and oil, we had oil way back when. and then the coal became tremendous driver for us for a whole century almost. now there are new forms coming. with that, we have been a net exporter of energy. west virginia truly has kept most of the east coast with the power they have needed and energy they have needed. it kept basically the coal mines fueled through world war i and world war ii to victory. now we have the technology sector that is growing and blossoming. we can bully -- we can be the playground of the east. we have the summit center which is the home to the boy scouts of america which is now boys and girls, and we have also a way to build teambuilding, fortune 500 companies from all over the country, and companies from all over the world are coming t

and a democratic strategist and former chief of staff for senator joe manchin. welcome to you both. the 2020 democrats specifically. who would bloomberg's candidacy potentially hurt? >> well -- let's put aside the logic of his candidacy a second and assume he can get in and bypasses the first four states and basically waiting for super tuesday to use your monies, have some kind of air campaign to mobilize and move voters. putting all of that aside whether that's possible and we can talk about that how unlikely that is. who does he hurt? well, i want to pin it a little differently. who does he help? clearly helps warren and sanders. he becomes a living foil to the idea that if you have enough money you can influence and shape democracy the way that you want. and so in that sense, i think christmas came early for both sanders and warren. he arguably, depending how much resources he puts into this. if he actually runs a series campaign, actually can connect with voters, he may hurt someone like buttigieg. i don't think he's going to hurt biden at all. i think what he's counting on basi

manchin: madam president, i come again to speak about what i think the inequities and the unfairness in the system that we have to american workers. american workers, businesses, and the economy are the envy of the world many we are in the united states and have been throughout the history of our country our citizens have believed that through hard work and dedication, they could achieve the american dream. unfortunately, that is not always the case, as we know. for millions of americans they worked hard, played by the rules and trusted the companies they worked for to keep their end of the bargain. that is the pension. these peg pensions are -- these pensions are modest. for 1.5 million americans, that security has been pulled out from under them. while after working hard for years an forgoing a portion of their paycheck, this is their money matching their employers for their pensions, they either lost or got their pensions cut in half. how does this happen? every paycheck, which is 10.6 million americans, put a portion of their paycheck into a pension account with a promise and tru