senator manchin gets paid $174,000 to say nah. voting the way his constituents want him to vote? >> joey: currently joe biden is polling 18% approval in west virginia, 40 points lower than joe manchin. manchin is one of the most popular democratic senators out there, if you look at his polling near 60%. it is apparent who the most prominent joe in the world is. it is certainly not joe biden, it is joe manchin and poll after poll shows after you get beyond 15 weeks after conception, abortion is far less popular among voters and democrats think this is a winning issue from the red tsunami coming. are you pro life or pro choice, the country is split down the middle and joe manchin opposing this makes him more popular. >> todd: when one argues, it is helpful to have informed arguments and good information, sometimes people are out of touch with reality. here is what one of them told us outside justice amy coney barrett's house. watch. >> the fact she is an adoptive mother is her inability to see what it is like to carry a pregnancy to

senator joe manchin on my left, you're right. senator of the natural resource committee, and then congressman gregory meeks. chairman of the house foreign relations committee. senator chris coons, where are you senator, senator from delaware, chairman of the subcommittee. perhaps more importantly, as you will see, chancellor schultz is here. and last but absolutely not least, senator deborah fisher, who is the ranking member on the strategic forces subcommittee of the armed services committee. so, thank you all, welcome to all of you. i want to start with senator lahey, you have been in the senate i believe 48 years. in year 48 years, have you seen a foreign aid package to a country with war be passed in this way? how unprecedented is ukraine, and what explains the bipartisan support and will it last? sen. leahy: thank you. from the time i came to the senate, until recently, we have tried to coordinate things in a bipartisan way. as bipartisanship itself has diminished in the senate, it has been more and more difficult. but this

joe manchin may be driving the politics, but i don't think joe manchin is driving the conversation. >> i honestly think think that trump is driving the conversation and not joe biden or joe manchin. >> but what trump has done, it forces us to talk about trump all the time because he takes all the oxygen out of the room. but the fact of the matter is that the democratic party has dramatically changed, you know, since 2016. yes, barack obama made history and what have you. but let's go back to bernie sanders and hillary clinton and go over all those issues and how hillary clinton -- >> but mark -- >> hold on. the polling doesn't show that that the party has dramatically changed. the polling shows the republican party has dramatically changed. the republican party has moved further to the right than democrats have moved to the left. >> because there has been -- >> but donald trump is driving the conversation, not because he takes the oxygen out of the room. because all of these really far extremist candidates are somehow winning because of donald trump, not because he takes the oxygen ou

you have new reporting that gets into manchin's thinking on this? say senator manchin has told me and others that he is interested in passing major legislation with only democratic votes, and he specified what he is willing to tackle in such a bill, and that's prescription drug savings and a major investment in climate change, mitigation as well as american energy and he wants to use half the savings to deficit reduction. very notably, childcare spending is not part of his ask which makes it likely at this point but he will come around to support a major childcare bill, and many tell me he's unlikely to write a bill himself. with that information, i took it to a democratic aide who is familiar with the childcare proposal. why do they expect him to come around when he has been abundantly clear that it should not be in the so-called reconciliation legislation? because passing it has to be done through reconciliation, and republicans are not going to play ball and the issue will fade away. still, the rereality is they need the all the democrats to pass

manchin, of course, stuck with republicans on this. it looks like those are how the stakes are going to shake out again. the larger points is there had been ideological back and forth between whether it was better for this vote to be on a bill that was a little more watered down and potentially get the support of two pro-choice senators in collins and murkowski. ultimately, democrats went the other route with a more tooth-filled bill on the women's health protection act that would codify roe's protections and then some. they are not going to get murkowski and collins on this. what it is now going to be is 49 democrats voting for it. 51 other senators, joe manchin and republicans voting against it. then they are going to look to the states. at the federal level, i think all of us who are here know this, there's really not much more that can be done outside the halls of congress. even the white house is constrained on this. everyone who i talked to in reproductive advocacy groups, everyone says it's a battle fought in the states and that

thank you to senator manchin for his comments. he'll be joined with other panelists as well. hello to everyone. this conversation comes at a critical moment. as mentioned already, 406,000 deaths in a 12 month period. that equates to a life every y five minutes around the clock. most of these deaths as mentioned, involves opioids like fentanyl and many involved things like meth and cocaine. this is not your ordinary epidemic, it's the most dynamic environment we've ever seen. in 2015 and 2021, we saw deaths double. unless we take major steps, they will double again and probably sooner. why? the drug supply is more lethal than ever before increased toxins like fentanyl. new and deadly combination could be created all the time. ... these substances have been entering communities who are not equipped for prevention. we have fatalities and the response which is not increasing at the same pace. as a result, the order we have been unraveling affects the social it's destroying american lives and livelihoods. how do we deal with this challenge? in the state of the union speech preside

today joe manchin did what joe manchin does, which is basically vote with republicans to reject a billtionwide. i want to play with you what he said before the vote. take a listen. >> the bill we have today, the vote on, in the self protection act, i respect people who support, but make no mistake. it is not roe v. wade. it is an expansion. 500 state laws off the books. it expands abortion. it's just disappointing that we're going to be voting on a piece of legislation which i will not vote for today. but. i was hopeful for that. >> that is what joe manchin does. he obfuscate a little bit some of the details of what this is really about. and so it begs the question, how can democrats say they are stewards of abortion rights if their own party member defects and votes against it? >> i think there's a difference between ineffectual and hypocritical. the democratic party are biologic the stewards of reproductive rights. the majority support reproductive rights. they are pointing in confirming judges that will defend what is left of reproductive rights after roe v. wade is overturned. they

earlier today, we caught up with senator manchin, asked him what his view is on this. and he made clear that he believed roe versus wade should be codified but in his view, this legislation goes too far. >> this is it disappointing we're going to be on a piece of legislation which i will not vote for today. but i would vote for roe v. wade codification if it was today. i was hopeful for that. i found out yesterday in caucus that wasn't going to be. >> you say you're pro-life, why do you support codification of roe v. wade? >> it's legislation we've had for 50 years. it's precedented law. when the supreme court justices came to us and they confirmed their belief and support of precedent law, i believed it. we found out that's not what they're either moving towards, or we'll find out when we have the final ruling in that but i was very disappointed to see that. >> reporter: the question is where do democrats go from here after this vote fails? ultimately, this will be up to the voters come the fall, midterms. legislatively there is no path for the democrats, some liberal

>> joe manchin effectively killed the bill or put on hold in mid december. it's now may 1st.rats and congress are asking is, what's the plan and what's the strategy and there effectively is no game plan and there is no confidence in the white house that they can get manchin to any kind of a yes, and the clock is ticking. >> alex, you also note in the book that seems to be a more serious effort to get joe manchin to switch parties. here's your excerpt from page 273. you don't have to join our caucus. become an independent and then caucus with us. johnny said if you were the leader, i would do it. not exactly a hard no. how would you describe this effort? is it ongoing? is it real? or is it a little bit of a dinner conversation? >> the republican party made it clear to joe manchin is offer is up on the table anytime he wants and basically any terms he wants to take it up. >> it was a real effort. >> it was a real effort and that comes right after the moment, right after joe biden and kamala harris take office, where the vice president goes on television in west virginia in what

virginia joe manchin -- virginia senator joe manchin was part of this one-hour forum. >> for those of you who may be unfamiliar, we were established about 15 years ago by four from the u.s. senate of the late senate -- senator howard baker and bob dole on the republican side, senator george mitchell and senator tom daschle on the democratic side step as our name would imply, we seek to find bipartisan solutions to the challenges facing policymakers this politically polarized environment we find ourselves in today step two days report is the third in a series we have issued, tracking federal expenditures, dressing the opioid act -- epidemic. this was led by a chief medical advisor and our senior policy analyst. they work with the bipartisan task force composed of former cabinet members and state officials and experts from both parties. our goal was and continues to be to find bipartisan solutions to allocate the federal dollars and mandatory in addressing -- mandatory spending in addressing this crisis. i think the report comes at an important time. last november, the cdc released divi

all of the republicans plus democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia opposed the bill., cnn is learning new details about the highly anticipated hearings set to begin next month on capitol hill that will reveal what the january 6th committee found over the last ten months, including what former president donald trump was doing while the riot on capitol, the insurrection, unfolded. jamie, can you explain the timing and what we know about the topics so far? >> reporter: we know the first hearing will be on june 9th, we expect eight hearings in the month of june. we expect to see video from january 6th, as well as some of the nearly 1,000 interviews the committee has conducted behind closed doors as well as presentations that incorporate -- they've had thousands of documents, research, text messages, call records. and jake, we're told the main goal of the hearings is really to show that even though donald trump was told there was no election fraud, december 1st, his attorney general, bill barr says there's no widespread fraud and even though trump was warned that there cou

host: a lot of focus on joe manchin. he said kudos to joe manchin.ould you vote to reelect joe manchin? caller: yes i would. host: that is melissa in west virginia. joe manchin sank to reporters before the vote, announcing he would be voting against the rest of his colleagues yesterday on this women's health protection act saying, "it is not roe v. wade codification, it is an expansion. we should not be dividing this country further than we have already divided it." his comments just before joining every republican voting no on that bill. paul, lexington kentucky. good morning. caller: good morning. i liked your last caller. i wanted to correct her. joe manchin -- you slipped up and said he is the can and he is. he decided to change parties. i'm going to say that i am very much pro-choice. women need to consider his significant other -- consider the significant other. it is ultimately her choice. those are very difficult choices . the situations of things and the way the states, texas, mississippi, kentucky constructed it as the law -- it does not ma

mckinley also had the support of democratic senator joe manchin. the primary race pitted two incumbents against each other after west virginia lost a seat because of redistricting. >> it was a far different story in nebraska where trump's pick went down. cnn projects jim pillen will beat charles herbster in the gubernatorial primary. pillen beat herbster, even though he is facing allegations of sexual misconduct, which he has denied. trump himself delivered a nearly two-hour speech at a rally ten days ago in nebraska. this is all something of a political appetizer for extremely high-profile primaries the next few weeks, including pennsylvania, where trump has a lot on the line and the outcomes are anything but clear. let's go first to cnn's kristen holmes, live in charles town, in west virginia. kristen, big race there. >> reporter: good morning, john. that's right. in both of these races, west virginia and nebraska had become somewhat of a proxy war. here in west virginia, you had alex mooney on one side, who was endorsed by donald trump, and on t

we heard from senator manchin and dr. gupta on the importance of a whole of government approach and having every agency and every component of government sought to deal. we mentioned earlier in the discussion about the evolving nature with respect to demographics. could you talk about them or from your perspective and what that means in terms of how any two roach the space available to us? demographics related to racial and ethnic minorities and how much extension we are placing right now overall emotional and mental help of our adolescents. >> welcome news to me as a child psychologist that we are elevating our discussions around mental health and substance use disorder. in this report, we have elevated the chanting majors which we mentioned today and it's fentanyl now is so produce. the mortality rate down in communities of color and he noticed other regional differences have changed. the specific is physically hard-hit step senator manchin death -- dad is data from west root -- from western pa. all of these data points

specially given we know one democrjoe manchin, will oppose the vote.can is expected to vote against. the leader in the senate is mitch mcconnell. >> this would allow abortiono viable babies in the ninth month with no waiting period or informed consent. at the hands of a nonphysician. taxpayers could be forced to pay for it and catholic hospitals would be forced to perform it. democrats could not have written more extreme legislation. they have let french activist lead them far away from the american people. >> ts is the feed we have coming in from u.s. senate. you can see conversations going on on the floor. we look, let's bring in my colleague anthony, live from washington, d.c.. unless something truly unexpected happens, this will not be voted through. what are the democrats doing bringing the vote in the first place? >> i tnk the idea for the democrats is that they want to be seen as doing something. there's a considerable amount of outrage from abortion rights activists, proponents, members of their own party, that this is happening and democrats a

the second is, manchin says all social spending should be kept out of the bill.spending. he also considers child care funding. and that gets us to a new effort by senator murray, the washington democrat, who is pitching a new child care funding extension. that's about half the cost of the build back better version. it funds an existing program of the child care block grant development program. it doesn't create a new program. but it's also expensive and fits in manchin's category of social spending, as does paid leave. he's been clear that he's not going to support these items in reconciliation, he wants to pursue them through a bipartisan program. what he will support, hallie, is a package that includes tax increases to lower the deficit, prescription drug savings, and investments in energy and climate change over the long haul. as long as half the savings go to deficit reduction. that is what he will support. >> thank you. >>> coming up on nbc "nightly news" over on the network side, some missed warning sides that may have prevented school shootings in their vi

i thought a compromise between senator manchin and the administration -- excuse me. to macroeconomic stabilization. the difference between the rescue act, which i was in the build back better act worthy proposals were not paid for. yes, the government spending was going to increase demand but the tax increase was going to reduce demand. i think the right program of raising taxes and making necessary public estimates -- public investments would have been an important step forward for the environment. it would have been an important step forward in poverty reduction and i'm sorry it did not take lace -- take place. i don't think it would have been appropriate to do it in a way that further stimulated the economy, but that was not necessary part of the proper grammar -- the program the administration was advocating. >> go back to the question of inflation and help us think about the trajectory downwards. inflation fell a little bit in april to 8.3%. it is still near a 40 year high. you talked about significant additional interest rate increases. how long you think it wo

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manchin said repeatedly he wants deficit reduction and cheaper medicine.. is he interested in what calls a car bon border tax. places tariff on products from overseas. tax could raise millions lower the deficit could make some products more expensive. bret? >> bret: okay. we'll follow that chad, thanks. closing arguments were delivered today in the jury deliberations are now underway in the libel trial brought by actor johnny depp against worm former wife amber heard. depp's lawyers asked the jury to, quote: give mr. depp his life back. heard's lawyer says the lawsuit is not about depp's reputation but is part of an ongoing smear campaign. depp launched after heard filed for divorce. depp is suing for $50 million. heard has filed a counterclaim for 100 million. ♪ ♪ >> bret: in tonight's whatever happened to segment, fox news investigates what truly caused last year's massive oil spill off the coast of california. critics were quick to blame the oil industry but as national correspondent william la jeunesse shows us there may have been more to it. >> approx

just call manchin's bluff and ask him what he wants.n's bull[ bleep ] and his answer is actually that he's opposed to everything, which is very possible, then at least we'll know and we can move on. it's like when you're trying to find something on tv to watch with your partner. how about "ozark"? too dark how about "better call saul" too slow at some point you just got to hand over the remote and say, "okay, you pick something. and look, you'll probably end up watching something called "the tea kettle murders" on britbox with the subtitles on because everyone talks like this - [ unintelligible british ] [ laughter ] but at least you're watching something. and believe me, i know it sucks that this dude gets to call the shots. i'd much rather live in a world where the deciding vote was katie porter instead of joe manchin, but we do not live in that world. we live in a world where two obstructionist centrists are stopping the democrats from delivering on their agenda, while an unhinged republican party remains laser-focused on dismantling

checks, as our viewers probably recall, you worked with manchin on legislation to expand background is that the legislation that could come to the floor, and are there nine other republicans that could support it? >> well, that's the big question, jake. thanks for having me on. look, i still strongly believe that the idea that joe manchin and i had that requiring background checks on all commercial sales of firearms is a completely reasonable policy that does not infringe on second amendment rights of law-abiding citizens. and we did have a bipartisan vote, but of course, we couldn't get to 60. there's a group of us who are going to get together and discuss this and see if we might be able to get to 60 with anything close to that. there has also been some discussion about red flag legislation, the concept is kind of broadly appealing, but the details are really, really tough. so that's a discussion, both of those are discussions that are effectively under way. >> neither -- well, it's unclear about red flag laws, obviously, the specifics. but certainly the gun show loophole closure

i think manchin and schumer have been on and off again.ing a package like this together before the election. i'm skeptical this will happen. if it does happen, it will depend on the content. i think americans want progress but they don't want to tax and spend. >> trace: interesting. elon musk was asked if we're approaching a recession. he responded the following. yes. but this is a good thing. it has been raining money on fools for too long. some bankruptcies need to happen. the covid state at home stuff has tricked people that you don't have to work hard. rude awakening inbound. mark, what do you think? >> these a pretty in your face comment. i think people are getting back to work. you're seeing there's more traffic. everybody is going to enjoy the great holiday here. there's some truth to what he says, which is that obviously there's been asset bubbles. obviously the stock market came back down to reality over the last couple months. but i don't think anyone should wish a recession on the american public. >> trace: that's what i would t

all 50 republicans as well as joe manchin.nsylvania said he won't filibuster the vote but he's not a supporter of the bill. they max out at 48 vote. the mid-term election is the one high card the democrats have to play. they see the poll numbers that show a wide majority of this country supports their view that roe v. wade should be mostly -- or abortion rights should be mostly or entirely legal on the federal level. speaker pelosi put out a document that reads like an advice document. "republicans have made clear that their goal will be to seek to criminalize abortion nationwide. they will take aim at additional basic human rights." she seems to be referring to the rights of same-sex marriage and rights of contraception which have been theorized of possible targets of the 6-3 supreme court. >> are republicans worried about this? when they talked about the leaked draft, they didn't focus on the fact of the draft but more than it was leaked. >> republicans prefer to run the mid-term election on issues where president biden's nu

west virginia senator joe manchin sold reporters he will vote no. >> the vet we have today, i respect people who support but make no mistakes, it is not roe v. wade codification. it's an expansion. it wipes 500 laws off the books and it expands abortion. we're voting on a piece of legislation that i would not vote for for today. i would vote for a roe v. wade codification, i was hoping for that. >>> during the trump administration, bridget amiri defended the abortion rights of an inmate in federal custody identified as jane doe. why is senator schumer bringing forward this particular bill and not one he can get the support from murkowski or collins or manchin? >> what democrats have said, including democrat collins from connecticut, they believe it's important to stop the state around the country that have enacted bans that they consider to be and that are outside of roe. now, i don't think, katy, it's out of the realm of possibility that they will put something else on the floor at some point. it suits kind of the public policy interest and the political interests of all involved. li

there is some bitterness about joe manchin pulling his support.pport at the last minute from build back better. >> let me make a prediction here as we wrap this up. my prediction is with the republicans still courting joe manchin to change labels, become an independent and caucus with the republicans, which would deny them the majority in the current senate, i'm predicting the white house is not going to comeown hard on joe manchin and let it go. >> that's a good prediction. >> thank you. great to see you. >>> the capital letter, the january 6th committee formally sending letters to three republican congressmen for cooperation. what the committee wants to know from them. cooperation. cooperation. what the committee wants to know available exclusively at miracle-ear. so small, no one will see it. but you'll notice the difference. from them. risk-free trial. you can experience better hearing with no obligation. call 1-8-miracle right now and experience a better life. i've got moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now, there's skyrizi. 3 out of 4 peop

he was backed by democratic senator joe manchin, the republican governor here and yet still couldn'tin by a large margin. so establishment versus trump candidate, trump candidate winning. now, in nebraska, a different dynamic. you had the governor there endorsing jim pillen. outgoing governor, term-limited and on the other side, trump endorsing herbster and asked trump not to get involved in the race and of course, he still did but did lose that race. this is just the beginning of several primaries that we are watching closely. pennsylvania another big one next tuesday. we'll see how trump's candidate fares there. >> it's interesting to watch this play out and next week particularly interesting as well. good to see you, cristin, thank you very much. >>> i want to turn now to the pandemic. a new omicron sub variant is spreading rapidly in the united states. this new strain responsible for 43% of new covid cases. nearly doubling in prevalence over the past two weeks. it's already the dominant strain in parts of the northeast and soon will clearly become dominant throughout the rest of

rachel, even with democrat joe manchin joining republicans today, i know manchin did indicate he might support a pared down bill. which would simply make the protections of roe versus wade federal law. you have reported here that republican senators lisa murkowski and susan collins have proposed a bill with those basic protections, as well. so, for folks keeping track of tis at home, is it possible this goes anywhere, because even they have differences, don't they? >> reporter: exactly, david. not quite here. the two sides do still seem to be very far apart. republican senator susan collins wants protections for providers who may not want to perform abortions for religious reasons. well, senator joe manchin says he does not support that. the bottom line here is even if they did get on the same page, they would still be far short of the votes that they need to get legislation passed, david. >> rachel scott live up on the hill again tonight. thank you, rachel. >>> now to the breaking headline late today, the massive settlement in the collapse of the surfside condo near miami. families of

senator manchin you are one of the most pivotal people in the senate.s your take on the likelihood of sustained support to ukraine and i want to follow-up asking you about the rest of the president's agenda where this does seem to be the case with bipartisan support? >> with thehe work on ukraine and a determination to resolve the sacrifices they have made that has united the whole world in the senate and congress like nothing i have seen in my lifetime. totally committed to support ukraine but were are all in this together. and i am totally committed is one person to see ukraine with the win. not just the treaty that's not where we are. >> basically moving putin back to russia. >> . >> i think ukraine is determined to take their country back. >> and getting rid of putin quick. >> that is the rush of people to do that seek a 32nd intervention before we get into the domestic agenda elizabeth mann —- the american public reserves the right to change their mind and we have seen this happen over time there was less support for involvement in afghanistan in i

joe manchin sd today he would not do that over abortion.udy: so even if you got senator manchin's boat you're saying you're still at not -- still not at 60. lisa: senator manchin is still not ready to break the filibuster. judy: with decisions on abortion potentially moving into the hands of state governments, amna nawaz talks with two leaders on opposite sides of the debate about what this means for their residents. amna: judy, this decision would mean states can determine who can get an abortion, when and under what circumstances for the first time in nearly fifty years. some states will effectively ban abortions. just today obama's governor signed a bill that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. meanwhile other states are working to expand and codify access. we will get perspectives from both sides. i'm joined by the arkansas attorney general. arkansas is one of 13 states with the so called trigger law that would immediately ban abortions if the supreme court overturns roe v. wade. thanks for making the time. i want to ask you ab

democrat joe manchin.proudly relishing his reputation as the guy who has blocked his own party's agenda. he has succeeded in killing joe biden's build back better bill. he has succeeded in killing the democrats efforts to protect voting rights. and now, he's going to help kill any chance of legislating to protect abortion rights. tomorrow, the senate is expected to vote on a bill that would codify roe v. wade into law, in the wake of a supreme court leaked draft decision overturning roe. every other democrat in the senate is lining up to vote for that legislation. today, the senate only other antiabortion democrat, senator bob casey, came out and supported the bill to codify roe. and let me just hang a lantern on that for a second. senator bob casey is the son of former pennsylvania governor bob casey senior, who used to be one of the country's most outspoken opponents of abortion. bob casey senior was the plaintiff in a landmark abortion case, blunt parenthood versus casey. he's that casey. and today, tha

democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia joined all republicans in voting no. manchin was asked yesterday about where he stands this time around. >> i haven't seen the legislation. i'm anxious to see the legislation and what they're going to be doing and how they're going to present it. >> and another blow to democrats' hopes of getting the bill passed, republican senator susan collins of maine, who claims to be in favor of abortion rights, announced yesterday that she too would be voting no once again. this just days after expressing dismay about the possibility that conservative supreme court justices misled her about their positions on roe v. wade. in order to secure her confirmation votes. the congressional republicans have tried to divert attention away from what the overturning of roe v. wade would mean for women. that has not stopped many from already discussing whether to pursue abortion restrictions at the federal level. speaking this week, multiple senators appeared open to the idea of nationwide legislation targeting abortion rights and suggesting th

senator manchin you are by many counts one of the most pivotal people in the senate. what is your take on the likelihood of sustained support for ukraine and i wanted to follow by asking you about the rest of the president's agenda where this doesn't seem to be the case, this bipartisan support. >> ukraine first, what putin's war on ukraine and ukraine's determination and resolve and sacrifice for the cause of freedom has united the whole world. it has united us as the senate and congress like nothing i've seen in my lifetime. i think we are totally committed to supporting ukraine in every way possible as long as we have the rest of nato and the free world helping, i think we're all in this together. and i am totally committed as one person to seeing ukraine to the end with a win. not resolving in some type of treaty. i don't think that is where we are and where we should be. >> let me ask you what you mean by a win for ukraine. >> moving putin back to russia. >> moving back to pre february or all of ukrainian? >> i think ukraine is determined to take their country ba

senator joe manchin on my left, senator of the natural resources committee.nd congressman gregory meeks from new york, the chairman of the house foreign relations committee. senator chris coons, where are you? senator from delaware, chairman of the subcommittee that funds the foreign assistance to the state department but more importantly, you will see chancellor scholz's doppelganger. and senator deborah fisher, ranking member on the strategic forces subcommittee of the armed services committee. thank you all. welcome to all of you. i want to start, senator lahey, with you. you have been in the senate 48 years. in your 48 years, have you seen a foreign aid package to a country at war be passed in this way? how unprecedented is the ukraine and what explains the bipartisanship of the support? will it last? >> thank you. from the time i came to the senate until recently, we have tried to make foreign aid in a bipartisan way. as bipartisanship has diminished in the senate it has been more and more difficult. but this one for ukraine was extraordinary. as chairma

so senator manchin has been talking with a bipartisan group about isn't there a trip path forward. i think he's closing: forward coming forward with a broader strategic vision around our energy future in response to this moment. and i'm hopeful we can make real progress. >> if i can follow up on that. the north american continent has the ability to the energy juggernaut of the world. if we have canada, united states and mexico with the amount of critical minerals in those three countries on one continent working together seamlessly, we will absolutely reduce our dependency on asia, on china right now. we got 80% of the processing under total control, almost a monopoly on the critical elements we need. we can move into electric vehicles and being dependent on foreign supply chains. that's not who we are. it's not how we became who we are, so we are looking at putting this together to be able to do something that hasn't been done and hopefully get this security and also the confidence that we're all in this. we've been talking to the east you and our energy people. they need our lng.

i think it was a big tactical mistake for him to accept endorsement by manchin because manchin is just has been here for so long and his approval rating has gone up, that that endorsement means a lot. but you say this is trump. >> this is trump country. trump won i think by 7 #% of the vote the last time and manchin is popular over in the central part of the state from fairmont where he is from. but he will say or do anything he thinks he needs to do to get elected is he a typical politician. >> lawrence: you are not buying it. >> i'm not buying it. >> lawrence: one last person i want you to speak to is lisa. she moves from maryland to west virginia about a year and a half ago. you say the issues that matter to you the most are? >> big government, too much. government way too much in our business anymore. i can't believe what's happened to our country since january. i just can't believe it i'm an alex mooney supporter, too. >> lawrence: well, you guys mouths. a lot of the folks say manchin is the guy when you come down here to west virginia and talking with the folks that are in what t

is this as extraordinary as senator manchin characterizes it?nary that it took a tragedy like this just to get some republicans to the table on the issue. we have to put this in perspective. and the discussion is good news, obviously, moving forward with negotiations is better than not, but we're far away from 60 votes and we've been through this before and often it ends up with no legislation rather than some kind of compromise. >> so you vote in this op-ed for cnn.com that republican leaders know which side their bread is buttered on, and to this era, this an era of gerrymandered house districts and highly polarized state electorates, it's no mystery why republican legislators remain staunchly against meaningful reform. they simply hope to win re-election. to be sure, there are democrats who follow those same incentives of money and power as well. we know 2013 joe manchin and pat toomey, a republican from pennsylvania did propose gun control that would have expanded background checks. it was defeated by 46 senators, five of whom were democrats

more pressure on manchin. it's a switch. there's so much family history here.ember the other case on abortion was the casey case in '92. i was interviewing bob casey live in primetime when he was barred from speaking because he was against abortion. the pennsylvania governor, the whole delegation was up in the rafters, not on the floor with the large delegation. tell me about luzerne county. you are in the middle of it, wilkes-barre/scranton. >> this is in some ways -- could you call it casey country. this was obviously where biden, within the neighborhood where biden grew up as well. these are the democrats that you wonder, are they still democrats? the biden/casey democrats. they are more conservative, more populist. these are the democrats that have been peeled away. what's interesting about this senate vote is that this was a strategic decision by senate leadership. they wanted a stronger bill on protecting abortion rights versus a bill that might have picked up a couple of republicans but it was weaker. the bill that attracted murkowski and collins and man

that's because joe manchin said he would be a no.all the time and try to say wherever the winds are blowing is where i'm going to be. >> so they need 60 voteses here. they're at 23 right now, martha. >> martha: thanks very much. laying it out there for us. chad pergram reporting. so jack dorsey who founded twitter now on board with elon musk's decision to reverse donald trump's twitter ban saying that i do agree. there's exceptions, but generally permanent bans are a failure of ours and continue work. here's some of the other reaction. >> i feel like elon musk will escape to space and the rest of us earthlings will have to deal with in. >> his presence on twitler be noise and really he's on there if he decides to go back on to annoy people like us. >> they hate that they no long very a distinct advantage. if someone levels the playing field, it's too much. >> martha: let's bring in kellyanne conway, former counselor to president up. great to have you here. you know, kelly, one of the things i'm struck by is how quickly the whole tone

mckenley received endorsement from manchin and moody is endorsed by donald trump. polls open at 6:30. we'll be talking to lawrence jones live in west virginia this hour. >> todd: voters care about when they cast their ballot today. president biden will unveil a plan to fight inflation. his secretary continues to warn of volatility because of sky-high prices. >> carley: rich has more. good morning. >> we have new details on president biden's plan to address the highest inflation in 40 years. white house official says later this morning, the president will announce the administration will release a million barrels per day for the next six months, push congress for new measures capping drug costs, step up enforcement of price fixing in meat and poultry, request long-term care and build affordable homes and tax increases on businesses and the wealthy. inflation is up 8.5% over the last year with increase in energy, cars, travel and food. the president says he's on top of it. >> president biden: top priority is fighting inflation and lowering prices for families and thi