there were several, look, manchin included a lot of provisions in this.age about putting stop clock on how long the government can take to evaluate permits but what was fund menially missing from this package was any enforcement mechanism. there was no way to require the government to actually stick to the things that were in there and this was one of the republican complaints. the other problem is there's a big poison pill in this bill. and that it would have given the federal energy regulatory commission the ability to override states when it comes to the building of transmission requires which is a big agenda for the left because they want to be able to connect renewables and if force the middle of the country that doesn't have these lines running through it to subsidize all of these renewables that are being used in blue states. this would have really changed the current situation, and been very bad in caused more unreliability in the grid. paul: yeah, that bill for those transmission lines kim, could be something by one estimate 2.4 trillion dollars

the work of senator collins and mansion, and the group of senators -- senator collins and senator manchin, and the group who worked painstakingly for months to come to an agreement on this bill and on this committee that includes senator warner, who is with us today, as well as a sense of history in his state, and we thank them for their work on the bipartisan group that drafted the bill before us. i also appreciate their support as well as senator manchin and senator collins support for the manager's amendment. finally i want to recognize our good friend senator king for his early, early leadership on this issue. he was ahead of his time as always, and drafted legislation that he and i and senator durbin introduced in february and a number of the provisions in that draft bill have stood the test of time and are included in both the senate and house versions of this effort. we are here today after months of bipartisan effort, as i noted, to find common ground on reforms to the outdated and antiquated electoral count act. i appreciate the work of my colleagues and the appropriate help from

hoeven: listened to rick talk about something, he does not know manchin.e does not know kyrsten sinema. just like he sat in the house and voted know all of the time and was never a part of accomplishing anything, he could have sat in the house and do that here. build back better passed the house. in the senate i were to kill it. sometimes it is more important to get an outcome ingested and vote no and do nothing done. we stopped build back better, that is a fact. dr. christiansen: if you want to talk about failing energy policies look no further than the keystone pipeline. trump chelated -- greenlighted the permit. [indiscernible] you had four years, and you failed. sen. hoeven: i passed it through the house and the senate. dr. christiansen: you had four years during the trump administration. sen. hoeven: that is the strangest argument i've ever heard. [indiscernible] >> rick becker, you have the last word. mr. becker: north dakota dents note that john is a big spender, he has the record and the ratings. he can say anything he wants that is acceptable soun

manchin has shown, he blocked an enormous amount of spending that a we should all be thanking him inays for inflation not being even higher. i think mark kelly, tim ryan, they would all be a part of that caucus cuts and that's why i think voters in ohio seem to be rewarding him right now. gerry: katie, these races that harold talked about, ohio, pennsylvania, nevada, arizona, they seem to be pretty close right now. you would expect in a midterm election if republicans to be well ahead especially with the9 senate split 50-50 right now. why do the republican party seem to be having such difficulty securing a senate majority in these circumstances? >> well, first of all, i would say you can't always fend on the polling. you remember in 2020 the republicans were not to be said to be even close to taking the house, and actually they won more races than predicted, and nancy pelosi has been oversee toking the slimmest majority in the house in decades. so, you know, the polling always undercuts republicans. i think you're seeing in nevada, pennsylvania a closing argument in these final weeks

why do we give so much power to utah or west virginia in the case of manchin? that's the system we have. it was set up for a reason. every state gets two votes. you would have to negotiate with him and i guess i'm tipping my hand here. but he's reasonable. remember, i want to know what you think. go to my website at smerconish.com and answer this question. which party will control the senate after the 2022 election, republican or democratic? cannot wait to see the result of that. >>> still to come, nearly eight months after putin invaded ukraine, as the battles rage on and the american economy worsens, has the support of americans begun to wane? and how to the ukrainians themselves feel? why they are keeping an eye on our midterm elections. >>> plus, will the young blood play in the basement? so read an anonymous note to a couple who had just bought this new house in new jersey. if you were upstairs, you would never hear them scream, it said. the real-life mystery became the new netflix hit series "the watcher." i'm going to talk to the reporter who first told

maybe manchin comes to mind. mike: all right, terry, jonathan. today on fox news sunday shannon bream speaks to white house council economic adviser jerry bernstein and interview with steve scalise of louisiana. you can catch it right here at the top of the hour and don't miss the big midterm show hosted by dana perino tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel. closing arguments a for igor danchenko and four counts to the fbi can come after that. alexandria hoff. alex: originally 5 counts but one tossed out by the judge on friday over technicality and that was late blow to special counsel john durham who has been working on the case for 3 years. he had alleged that igor danchenko lied to the fbi speaking about the steele dossier which was aimed at destroying then candidate donald trump. since the exchange was by e-mail and not verbal, the charge was too weak and the judge agreed. faces 4 felony counts for providing false statements to the fbi. the prosecution has expressed if he had been truthful about motivations of source

west virginia senator joe manchin today's announcement from opec+ confirms why the united states must be energy independent and energy secure so we cannot be intimidated by foreign adversaries. we have been blessed with abundance of domestic energy resources, which we can produce cleaner than elsewhere in the world. with that, we have the ability to ensure independence and security for ourselves and our allies. white house press secretary karine jean-pierre says the saudis are creating the real problem. >> what does this do for the u.s. relations with saudi arabia? >> shortsighted decision. it is on its own purported self interest out opec+ made the decision. so what is clear opec+ is aligning with russia with today's announcement. >> t>> there you have it after 0 days of declining at the pump, president biden has a real dilemma. they can shift energy policies at home or face the wrath of voters just a few weeks from now is the midterms loom. >> carley: absolutely pure direction on capitol hill was so interesting. this proves we need to be energy independent and every democrat outside

president biden assign bills and he proposed for community colleges and joe manchin the senator from west virginia which is a state where people could incredibly benefit from a community college system. he blocked that in 2021. absolutely it would give people an option of free or low-cost those first two years and for many students it could be a stepping stone and complete their degree of four-year college and also plugging into the needs ofof the community in terms of what are the job needs in theco local community and wht of the local industries and what did do they need. absolutely and i agree with you that it should be a bigger part of the conversation. >> mathurin portland oregon please go ahead with your question or comment for will bunch. >> hello. glad to join the conversation. i'm college educated in debt but they like to ask yourd thoughts about what you studied in school at oregonht state university abt the u.s. world a a news report where they do their annual ranking of universities and how that scarred the race for prestige universities. portland state does that and anot

joe manchin, the senator from west virginia, which is a state where people could incredibly benefit from a free community college system blocked that proposal in 2021. and absolutely, to give people an option of free or low-cost those first two years, and for many students it could be a stepping stone and they can complete their degree at a four year college. and also community services are plugged into the needs of the community in terms of what are the job needs in a local community, the local industries and what do they need. so absolutely, and i would agree. it frustrates me that it is not a bigger part of the conversation. >> matthew, portland, oregon, please go ahead with your question or comment. >> hello, mr. bunch. i am enjoying the conversation. i am college educated and in debt. i would like your thoughts -- i studied this in school at portland university about the effect of u.s. world and news report when they start doing their annual ranking of universities, and somehow that scar the race for prestige adversities, portland state does that, and another thing, all of the fees

we spoke to the republican candidate there joe o'dea, he's called himself the republican joe manchin former president trump. are you concerned that he'll buck the party if he wins. >> well, i support joe o'dea. i support people who believe if in the republican principles. he cares about reducing inflation, cares about getting crime down, he wants a secure border. i'm going to continue to support joe o'dea. the election's going to be about inflation and the border and crime. he's on the right side of that. michael bennet is on the wrong side of that. i think joe o'dea has every opportunity to win this election in colorado. >> if republicans take control of both the house and the senate, what will the next two years look like? investigations, undoing what joe biden has done. what do you see? >> well, what you'd hope we figure out how to get inflation down, that means we have to live within our means, we get a secure border we can get some immigration reform down, you hope that we start supporting our law enforcement. republicans do. i hope democrats start doing this. i think democrats

. >> -- he wanted to continue, only manchin stopped him, expired.the reason also the deficit went down is because the trump tax cuts spurred a bunch of economic growth at the lower tax rates leading to more productivity that led to 600 billion more in tax revenue. so he wants to cut them. he wants to go back to the higher tax rates. think about the irony of this. he wanted the deficit spending to continue. it was manchin and the republicans who stopped him, and the trump tax cuts spurred growth in the economy that led to higher tax rates. he wants to enboth of those things, and he's taking crept for it. do you realize, a i'm not joking. you have to be, like, a level 10 imbecile to believe anything in the guy says. if you are an educated voter, i don't mean like a ph.d., i mean like you just read basic stuff, you have to understand this guy is always lying to you. it is almost like a sociopathic level of lying. not just about his corn pop with the razor and i got the chain and the rub my legs. not just his life story that he's full of crap, he's full

i think joe manchin was trying to do the right thing, he was trying to push us along there. whether what you care about is the oil and gas stuff, that joe is so passionate about, or the transition to an energy economy where we are reducing prices, creating energy independence for this country, and enhancing our national security and driving emissions down, which i believe is so important. we won't be able to do that with the permitting schemes we have today. it is too expensive and we have to preserve the values of our environment while we do it, for sure. we certainly can do it more quickly than we are doing it now. this is a place where i think the two of us degree. -- agree. mr. o'dea: we have been moving on a lot of work here in colorado, over to a billion dollars. well you have been creating dependency, i have been creating opportunity, moving my company forward. i have guys there right now. they are making one hell of a [indiscernible]. they are doing a great job. >> when you think about the financial pressures, the discussion usually goes to the topics like student lo

. >> and joe manchin has given a lot of headaches to the democratic party.g of the line and do you think the democratic party is staying back and maybe not donating as much to his campaign, and do you think they will come to regret it? >> tim ryan was telling the truth on that "morning joe" clip. he was a bit of a voter where he wanted to address more of the midwestern democratic part of the party, and joe manchin really has withheld his vote and been more of an an tag northwest rather, he's a loyal democrat, tim ryan is, but he's a democrat that you typically don't see as a national leading voice of the party today. that is why democrats should be investing heavily in the race to see tim ryan get across the finish line ahead of j.d. vance. >> abortion was a top issue last night and vance came across as softer on the issue than he has in the past. here's a moment. >> i always believed in reasonable exceptions, but some minimum national standard is totally fine with me. >> has he gotten more clear on what exceptions he would support? >> yeah, so we have been

bill gates personally lobbied for this bill up joe manchin. and then it turns bill gates as enterprises be benefiting. i want to say it was more and a half, hundreds of hundreds of millions or something just to go and a few bill gates enterprises. so i expect a lot of corruption in this but you know corruption washington never really faze me. i always said spending i long ago quit about how much they spend even republican to push things like carbon capture and all that i'm not going to really fight that in sense that it's i think it's an ugly waste of money research that for the future but they keep pouring money into especially renewables. i don't that stuff you are going expect out of washington that's expected but what's really changed in my point with the last two and a half years is they are now able to just dictate things which was unthinkable and that's where they covered emergency powers open up their eyes. and i think that's where biden's with with the climate emergency powers and you actually have publications like the uk guardian sa

joe manchin other people were negotiating. this is not a democratic issue. the salt deduction is opposed by bernie sanders, arc. not finding the people, to find the common ground reduced spending, change the tax codes and affordable for new jersey. kevin mccarthy was here. i told him that restoring salt deduction was my top priority and making sure they get project was fully funded. that is what i said. and david on that day. moderator: congressman allman to give to respond. mr. malinowski: i never said i would vote against reconciliation. that would be stupid. i said i would never vote against reconciliation bill that would raise our tax rates. i am not going to vote against alluring prescription drug prices for seniors when presented. for republicans to attack me on this, it is like a bank robber attacking the police for not having arrested him yet. kevin mccarthy is the most anti-salt deduction member of the house. you are not going to get him to change on this. that is ridiculous. he will not help you. what is worse, is if there is a republican majority,

and hiset wife jill is a community college professor, and he proposed free community college, joe manchin as a senator from west virginia which is a state where people could incredibly benefit from a free community college system, block that proposal in 2021. absolutely, to get people at option of free or low-cost, those first two years and then for many students they could be a stepping stone and they could go complete their degree in a four-year college. and also community services are plugged in to the needs of the community in terms of what are the job needs in a local community, what are the local industries and what do they need. so absolutely and i agree with you.ag it frustrates me it's not a bigger part ofst the conversati. it really should be. >> host:no matthew, portland, oregon, please go ahead with your question or comment for willll bunch, hello, mr. bunch. i'm enjoying the conversation. i am college education action educated and indent. i would ask your thoughts about the effect of u.s. world and news report when they start doing their annual ranking of universities and so

you struck an agreement with the manchin administration to pass the landmark inflation reduction act,nflation is down to a minuscule 8%. and i've seen way fewer gofundmes for people trying to buy a gallon of milk. what turned around this administration, besides me posting a drake meme where the top says not passing bills, and the bottom says passing bills? >> i'm sure that was a big help. >> thank you. >> the reason we're excited about the inflation reduction act is it's going to lower the costs that americans are facing every day, especially in a climate where there's been a lot of inflation. so when you look at what the bill is going to do, for example, to reduce the cost of prescription drugs, allowing medicare to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies. the pharma companies fought that, but the administration was able to get that through. it's not going to happen overnight, but it's making a big difference. and one of many things that makes me proud to be part of this administration. >> well, there is one thing we know for sure, it's great that joe biden's approval rating

we have no plan to cross the manchin chasm, but we have to be honest with people. we were so bad at managing expectations around build back better, that it washed away incredibly important compliments. we are focused on what did not get done as opposed to what got done. i'm sympathetic with people frustrated that we have not done a bunch of things but we have to be more honest with voters. >> there's a lot of unhappiness and social media that pushes the obama team that would say you all did not codify roe v. wade when you had the votes and the power. what would you say to that? people who are on our side are saying that. >> so there was a two-year period from 2009 two 2011 where democrats had unified control of the house and senate. obama had pledged that if he was elected, he would try to codify roe. he said at a conference in the campaign. here's the problem and why it did not happen. this is not to say president obama and those who worked for him could not have done more to forestall where we are as americans. what i am saying is what naral said in 2010, that th

manchin got sold a bill ofl of goods. he's up there trying to stump for him. bit that's anotherds that' toug. >> hdee got too close to bad.ate chris , great to see you at nex the big board again next week. all right. democrats are desperately trying to charge trumpcharge t the crime. we know that, but they're ignoring real crimes that are terrorizing americans across the country. in fact, a fox country businessl almost stolen while a reportera wares covering wisconsin's can governor's race today, if youit can believe it. so candidatenatorial ,they were covering, tim action n michaels, he joins me with his reaction next. >>so, you' so you're forty five. that's the perfect age to see some old friends explore new worlds and to start new worlds and to start screenin yup. with cancer rising in adultsfi9 unde2%r 50 , the american cancee society recommends starting to screen earlier at age 45 .r, i'm collagen and noninvasive. i'm collagen and noninvasive. way to screen at home on your schedule. and i find 92% of cancers. i'm for people 45% average risk for colon canc

maria: will you be able to stop this spending package that he has agreed with manchin on, or will therea government shutdown next week? >> maria, certainly we're very, very, very par apart right now. i know it'll go down to the last second. we haven't seen in writing what they're wanting. all we know is they want to borrow more money, probably $40-50 billion more on top of already an inflationary number. so we'll be spending more money in ukraine than we were on -- we are on the southern border keeping families safe. i think this is a large group of us that can get to yes, maybe 10 senators on the republican side that will, but we'll be fighting them every step of the way. maria: it's interesting you mentioned that, because no new new funding for the border. in fact, there are about 15,000 border agents, but joe biden wants 166,000 irs agents. that's where his priorities are. i've got to switch gears and ask you about the letter that a you and other senators sent to visa, a mastercard and american express. you warned them not to move ahead with their plans to track gun purchases. what s

we were hearing about joe manchin and is he or is he not going to support president biden? over the summer, we moved from being completely focused on democrats to one that started to focus on the former president. we had the january 6 hearings. we had former president going and supporting republican candidate's, and stumping against many of the people that voted for impeachment. republicans who voted for impeachment. he was in the news a lot. he is also incredibly polarizing, much like the current president. and as he said, we had the dobbs decision. what you can feel was a wind that was category four category five. the wind had not lessened in the face of democrats because the intensity on the side of democrats, in terms of their interest and engagement, that started to go up as the lens and focus was on trump, abortion access, and not as much on the things that were hurting democrats. host: what are the raw numbers for the house? how may seats do republicans need to win two take control of the house, and where do you think that may stand right now? guest: republicans only

joe manchin's permitting promise, they reneged on that, and there is a banning of certain products underwayou tell us about the supply and demand situation right now? >> so right now the united states is producing about 12 million barrels of oil every single day, but that's down from record highs in 2019 of 13 million barrels of production every single day. we need to get those numbers up. and the way to do it is to get permitting reform done here in the united states as quickly as possible. but we also have to have conversations with lenders in this country. we're very concerned about efforts to limit lending to oil and gas companies. that's going to require us to produce more product here in the united states. because of our continued reliance on foreign sources for oil and gas. we can continue to be the leader in the production of both refined products, oil and natural gas if we get the policies right. and unfortunately, we have an administration right now that is instead of being focused on more production, they're focused on demonizing an industry that employs more than 11 million amer

get to infrastructure, the paid leave i was talking about the dispute between democrats, senator manchinnd the rest of the party -- >> hold on. one republican were prepared to support paid leave, we would be in a different territory. let's not let 50 republicans off the hook because we couldn't get alignment with one or two democrats. >> so it will be taken up in congress? >> i don't know what the priorities of the new congress will be. i know that it's a good policy and we'll keep fighting to get it done. >> okay. and i'll keep asking about it. i want to ask you about infrastructure. so, you started dolling out some of the allocations that would pardon more than $1 trillion infrastructure law. you have $120 billion that you personally, i guess, at the department have discretion over in awarding some of these projects. where do you prioritize it? we've had a number of mayors on this program talk about their frustration that the money is not getting to them. they know it's been promised, they've spoken to the white house but it's not getting to miami, florida, and jackson, mississippi. >>

we have no plan to cross the manchin chasm, but we have to be honest, but we were management on buildback better washed away important accomplishments, we're focused on what didn't get done with what we did get done. and i'm sympathetic with people we haven't done a whole bunch of things, but we have to be more honest with voters and conversations on front end why things may or may not happen. >> so building off that, you know, there's a big thing happening on social media among organizers pushing the obama team that you all didn't codify roe v. wade while you had the votes or power, what would you say to that. and something that people who are not-- who are on our side are saying that. >> so, there was a two-year period from 2009-2011 where democrats had unified control of the house and senate. and obama said he would try to codify roe he said that at the conference. and here is the problem. here is why it did not happen and this is not to say that president obama and those who worked for him could not have done more to forestall where we are in this america, i'm not saying that, you

while manchin cheese 3 bags were sincerely and with all our might continue to strive for a peaceful reunification, but will never promise to renounce the use of force and reserve. the possibility of taking all necessary measures against the interference of external forces and the extremely small number of proton independent separatists and their secessionist activities. although one is recognized by most countries as part of china, the us seems to support the islands independence by supplying it with arms. a visit to the island by the u. s. how speak and nancy pelosi earlier this year. also spots and angry responds from beijing, followed by massive chinese miniature drills around the disputed region. meanwhile, western media headlines are focusing on reports of a protest against the chinese presidents, which they're describing as a rare and unusually bold development for the country. however, beijing based professor benjamin charles says, such demonstrations don't reflect public opinion though a 1400000000 people in china and there were just one or 2 incidents recently or protesting against a lea

rights legislation was more important than the preservation of the t filibuster so senators cinema and manchin deserve some criticism. they voted as a block to say we areoi not going to be in favor f making changes that will make the nation more pro-democracy and we want to maintain a status quo where we have gerrymandering. the democrats want about 5 million more votes than republicans in the last election for the house of representatives and the margin of about five or six seats in the 33 seat deficit they got more votes and that kind of stuff, that kind of gerrymandering you don't want to be seen as cooperating with people on the opposing party. it can result in nothing being done thatt then results in seeig obvious problems and solutions. >> of the senate itself doesn't represent the american people there's 50 democrats and republicans in the senate and they want 40 million more votes for the same and that is fundamentally to anyone who understands anythingat about democracy. at that time the state with the most number of people if you're someone in north dakota or one of these other small

you said no communication from the white house to the governor's office, the governor's manchin, whatut reverse? >> the governor has been trying to communicate with the federal government. most recently when he signed executive order to declare second cartel is a terrorist organization, would not received acknowledgment as far as with the federal government will do, if they will initiate that or go after these conversations manufacturing fentanyl but from what i understand, there's no communication. i don't get involved on that political side but based on what i know from conversations, that has not been done. arthel: all right, i get it. the governor, texas governor greg abbott influencing new policies and you don't know but policies are very important but if there's no communication both ways, it will just keep continuing to the border crisis continues. fentanyl rings smuggled at alarming rates killing our kids, parents are morning. as a leader, they are on the border, what would you like to say to those listening and watching us? >> the most important thing aside from the enforceme

joe manchin opposes the salt deduction. bernie sanders. what you need is someone who has actually written legislation and changed the tax codes, who can get down and find that common ground so in 2025 comes through, the reaction to restore the salt deduction. rep. malinowski: i've signed two bills in the house of representatives to restore the salt deduction. aoc voted against it, and i got it through. a 50-50 senate, where in order to do this, you need 10 republican senators, which we do not have because your party is 100% opposed to this. i have 97%, 98% of democrats. you are 100% opposed to it. if you understand, which you don't, if you understand how the house works, if your party is in charge of the house, they will never even put a bill to a vote in the house of representatives to restore the salt deduction, but they will put a bill to vote by 20 25 to extend the 10% cap, and don't care whether you will vote for it or not, they don't care what you think anymore than they care about what my decent republican predecessor, who tried to

lawmakers keep lobbing proposals from out of town senator joe manchin from energy rich west virginia calling on them to expedite regulatory reviews and new leases for projects so the u.s. can supplant the oil they plan to turn off senator richard blumenthal working to reduce the production cut before it kicks in in november. >> the saudis need to come to their senses they have committed a humongous blunder very much against their own economic and security interests as well as ours. the only apparent purpose of this cut in oil supplies is to help the russians and harm americans. >> reporter: in just the last year the state department has green lit several sales of defensive weapons to the kingdom. most recently $3 billion in re: thee on's surface to air back in august just following the president's visit. jake sullivan told reporters there are no such sales pending so the administration doesn't need to make a decision imminently those comments part of the delayed rollout of the president's national security strategy which sullivan unveiled in a speech at georgetown identifying china a

paints himself the joe mjjoe manchin, facing benson, could colorado swing senate for g.o.p., with meme back. >> so what do you make of this colorado senate race, no one has been talking about it. we looked at other places and races. this really has not been on the radar. >> i don't think that this wou51 seat for republicans. joe oday is a quality candidate, smarts and disminu-- running against bennett. kennedy: like a vanilla w wafer. >> so if it got to be a towering red wave this is the type of seat that could get swept away for democrats because of cot the combination of factors. is it possible that we'll see a surprise? maybe. today, steve core knacky, a smart guy he pointed out right now real clear politics average has republican up 1.8% on the generic ballot for 2022. this period that many days out of election in 2014 republicans were up 1.8%. on the je generic ballot that was a big republican night in house and senate side, there were surprises on the way, like mark warner in virginia within a whisper of losing to ed gillespie in a race no one was talking about. the question is

they are not encouraging any sort of drilling despite the fact that they got joe manchin to agree tohat inflation reduction act with the promise of more oil drilling. that is not happening. >> steve, great to see you. thank you. >>> on the issue of energy, this is breaking today. 19 republican-led state's are launching an investigation into six large u.s. banks to examine their involvement in something called the united nations net zero banking alliance. the banks served are bank of america, citigroup, goldman sachs, j.p. morgan, wells fargo and morgan stanley. leading this investigation is missouri attorney general eric schmitt who says the un's environmental social governance policies, esg, require banks to set carbon dioxide reduction in investment portfolios. that is all very subjective. joining us now is the missouri attorney general and missouri senate candidate eric schmitt. mr. attorney general, your state has already divested your state pension funds from places like black rock over these esg concerns, which is fantastic. explain how this move today represents the next step?