molly: they just have to meet joe manchin? sen. manchin: whether it is me or somebody. when you have a poll that is 60% or something that don't want joe biden or donald trump? they don't know what they want. i really don't know. the system should be more competitive. you better figure out the root problem, the root problem while we are divided is 380 to 390 congressional districts are already determined. basically there's not much of a contest. maybe you change it to majority wins, you don't get 51%, you continue until you get 51%. that might be the easiest way to change to get more diversity. they can't predetermine and the two-party system can't say they own you. molly: as someone who has been critical of the two-party system -- sen. manchin: i'm not critical of it, just think about it, is the biggest business in town. the 2016 election was a $6 billion race and 2020 was $20 billion. it's profitable. i don't expect them to change. molly: why did you stay a democrat all these years, why not be an independent? sen. manchin: you think i'm going to vote any different? mol

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manchin, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. vote: the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the presiding officer: the nomination is confirmed -- the nomination is confirmed. the yeas are 50, the nays are 17. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 444, sara e. hill, of oklahoma, to be united states district judge for the northern di

so, joe manchin knows how to do things for joe manchin. think this may be more about setting himself up after his political career or maybe even as a potential vice president choice. i don't see americans voting for joe manchin the way maybe west virginians have held their nose and a party affiliation and voted. >> griff: maybe joe manchin is taking a political opportunity. politics and eggs is a really big deal in new hampshire. it's kind of the kick-off for the political season. joe biden, president joe biden dissed new hampshire. right? he has put all his eggs. >> carley: is he not going to be on the ballot. >> griff: in south carolina. and 9 grant staters don't take kindly to being snubbed like that. islands don't and they don't. by the way, let me show you the calendar. >> carley: so much is hang so soon. >> griff: coming up in just days january 4th. crunch time in colorado. january 8th debate in iowa. closing arguments begin in trump's civil fraud trial january 11th. january 15th. decision day iowa caucuses. january 23rd new hampshir

manchin, no. ms. murkowski, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 47, the nays are 53, the motion to table is not agreed to. the senator from new mexico. a senator: mr. president, i rise in support of senator hawley's motion to table. mr. lujan: mr. president, i speak today on behalf of annie and henry and rosemary, tina, louisa, francisco, laura, wilbert, charles, and the thousands upon thousands of people who endured the suffering brought on by the nuclear weapon testing in new mexico and across the country. in july of 1945, annie was in her kitchen with her family when suddenly they heard -- and the next second they were on the floor. holding on to one another. trying to comfort each other. because around them windows were shattering and walls were crumbling. when they went outside they thought that it started to snow, but it was ash falling from the sky. some families that were away from the community later that night returned only to find clothing that they were hanging on a drying line full of this ash. they

some democrats are saying -- will: so they go manchin.i mean, i agree the majority of it goes against biden, but it's going to cut both ways, and it really does depend on the personality on that ticket. another big portion of what we're fight over is our nation's history and our culture and our heroes and our story, and now, of course, not just our anthem, but the guy who wrote our national anthem, francis scott key. remember? he was a prisoner. it was, it was as the harbor in baltimore was being bombed, he was seeing that the flag was still there, bombs bursting in air and our flag is still there. he wrote an anthem on it, and about a century later it becomes the official anthem of the united states. so francis scott key, what was the name of the fort again? my wife's going to kill me because she's from baltimore. i know it. if it wasn't sumter. i know it. we've got a paining of it in the husband. anyway, there's a middle school in maryland that wants to e name francis scott is key middle school because he owned slaves. francis scott key

it joe manchin might be appealing. >> ainsley: does this mean a third party run.under no party labels. >> brian: he hates to lose. >> steve: joe manchin is all about joe manchin. >> brian: i never lose an election. >> steve: in the "wall street journal" poll where nikki haley is the better republican in the general election where she would beat joe biden by 17 point. they also took a look at how the two candidates would do against a third party candidate. in that, if a bunch of third parties come in, donald trump would lead by 6. he would actually beat joe biden. do you know who takes the most support from trump? it is r.f.k. jr. when it's just them. and then there are a bunch of others. there are four other candidates taking some others. so r.f.k. jr. actually, if he gets in. >> ainsley: i don't believe that. >> steve: i'm telling you what the poll says. he draws more support from trump people than biden people. >> ainsley: do you believe that poll? r.f.k. is a democrat. you might agree with some things. he is going to get the democratic voter. some independents,

and with that, i will yield to senator manchin. mr. manchin: i yield back to senator barrasso. mr. barrasso: as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 1042 which was received from the house. further, that the bill be considered read a third time and passed, and then the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there objection? brown brownie reserve -- mr. brown: i reserve the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: i agree with senator barrasso and senator risch. we need energy independence whether its wyoming coal or whatever you do in idaho. it means stopping russian uranium imports into the united states. it means expanding our domestic enrichment capabilities. we need to do both. it's a matter of national security, a matter of economic security. there are ohioans doing important work with companies like centrist in southern ohio. industries like this they need to support and get off the ground. if we do this right it will

but were also talking about manchin in west virginia, senator manchin had this to say. molly: the inflation reduction act clearly states the consumer vehicles are ineligible for tax credits if the applicable critical minerals in the battery come from china or other foreign adversaries after 2024 but this administration is yet again trying to find the workarounds and delays that leave the door wide open for china to benefit off the backs of american taxpayers. >> yes, senator manchin is probably going to be president manchin because he launched like governor newsom a successful shadow campaign for the presidency. he is right the regulations of unintended consequences and oddly enough maybe it's not coincidental if you read the e-mails on hunter biden's laptop that somebody of the environmental regulations directly benefit china it's the weirdest coincidence. i do agree with him. >> do you miss him already? >> i feel like you might be right we might be seeing more of joe manchin soon we should see. >> a quick point on this, even the industry does not agree with itself, th

what about joe manchin. he has floated the idea of being a third party candidate and he did not rule it out. he reiterated that this morning. listen to what he said. >> is there time to mount a third party bid? >> the time is now to mount basically people wanting to come back to the middle. let's talk out and speak out. >> would you run to be a spoiler? >> i would never run to be a spoiler. if i'm running, i'm winning. >> so then, it is going to be hard, a third party. >> everything is hard. >> almost impossible to win as a third party. >> let's say hard. we have never had a situation like we've had right now, with people upset. so we'll see. >> you've covered joe manchin for a long time. is he really serious about this or just looking -- >> i don't think so. i think joe manchin likes one thing on capitol hill, to be relevant. and i think this is helping keep him relevant. but he didn't run in the senate race because he was probably going to lose in that current environment. he doesn't want to run for presid

because at this juncture we now know joe manchin of west virginia is not running again.he faced an acrylic task even if he was running, but essentially that's a c that is been ceded to republicans now. when he announced we moved it into the solid republican category so that is a surefire pick up. so now even if the going, if republicans only flip that seat and the wind white house they will have won the senate. it will be a 50-50 tie. if democrats are able to hold onto the white house, then they have to hold onto essential all of their incumbents. >> which races in particular? you mentioned some but has anything changed recently? where are you watching intently? >> this week we're changing one race rating and that is when moving jon tester for now with joe manchin out of the picture is a democrat running of the toughest seat on paper who again he has won three times against some weaker republican candidates. tester is probably the strongest and, democrats have. his approval rates are still at 60% and there is a looming republican primary there that could be very conseque

antelope, what if joe manchin wins a couple of states? well, you know what happens, it goes to the house of representatives to vote. if joe manchin wins two states and nobody gets to 270, the house of representatives votes for the president. and by the way, it is not like, okay, the democrats have the majority, so biden wins. it votes by state. whoever has the most in the state, that state both that way. republicans controlled 26 delegations, democrats controlled 24.' that was the whole plan on generally six, by the way, is to trigger the constitution to get the house to vote for the president and trump would have won '24 point. that's why it joe manchin can doing this if he is actually successful. >> well, with that -- thank you, congressman. >> thanks, everybody, thank you. >> thank you all for coming. like the book is fantastic, you're going to love the book.

manchin, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. mr. vance, no. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the presiding officer: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 87, the nays are 13, and the conference report is agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the cloture motions filed during monday's session ripen at 12 noon tomorrow, thursday, december 14. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 430. the

we've been trying to get an answer out of joe manchin?ey will have a voice next fall that he's not thrilled about, and i think he'll vote for president biden and it's a matter of how public he is about that and whether he'll avoid that question a few more times between now and then. by the way, not just mitt romney, the pre-trump gop figures in this count reeshgs george w. bush, liz cheney, they're not thrilleded about joe biden, but that's going to be the option they have and i think there will be a challenge especially if president trump keeps talking in an autocratic fashion of, you don't wanted by know's policies, but do you want this as an alternative, maybe someone else will, merge because they're desperate to not have the biden-trump option, but that increasingly seems like that's where we'll go right now, but they'll have to pick. >> lahnee chen, you were policy director for mitt romney when he was running for president. a lot of people want to compare this moment to 2012 and say hey, remember when former president obama was locke

and look, what if joe manchin wins? a couple of states. you know what happens, he doesn't -- it goes to the house of representatives to vote. if joe manchin wins two states and nobody gets to 270, the house of representatives votes for the president and by the way, it is not like the democrats have the majority so e biden wins. it votes by state. whoever has the most in the state, that state votes that way. republicans controlled 26 delegations, democrats control 24. that was the whole play on january 6 by the way. to get away to trigger the constitution to get the house to vote for the president and trump would win 26-24. that is what joe manchin can do in this if he's successful. >> with that, -- >> [ laughter ] >> thank you, congressman. >> thank you, everybody. >> think you all for coming. >> read the book, the book is fantastic. you are going to love the book. >>> if you are enjoying book tv, sign-up for our newsletter using the qr code on the screen to receive the schedule of upcoming programs, discussions, book festivals and more. "

joining us to discuss is joe manchin. thank you so much for joining us.o senators are still here in washington. >> thanks for having me, jake. >> to try to strike an agreement on foreign aid and immigration. you've been part of this. how close is the senate to any sort of deal on the border that would then also allow israel and ukraine funding to pass? >> well, let me just is a this, that i've been communicating with the negotiators, my colleagues and friends on the democrat and republican side. also with the white house, too, and i'm very encouraged and optimistic, they're moving in a positive way. they understand that the border is broken and we've got to stop this dangerous immigration that we have coming to our country from all over the world, jake. numbers that we've never seen like this. the whole world is in flux and they're taking advantage of a system that truly is broken. this is not immigration reform. this is just securing the border. it must be done and shut down. >> so you mentioned the biden administration being involved in the negotiations

big reveal here that's manchin's age. bret?bret: just 76 is how old manchin is and he is saying 77 is too old? >> a little tongue in cheek, i think, yeah. >> bret: okay. rich, thanks. today, lawyers for two georgia election workers played audio recordings of graphic and racist threats the women received after rudy giuliani falsely accused them of fraud. >> that trial is underway to determine how much the former trump attorney might have to pay those two women. he has already been found libel in the defamation lawsuit. let's bring in fox news chief political analyst brit hume. brit, good evening. we have just been talking about the former president, his legal issues. and, you know, you look at this calendar versus the calendar of voting, and it is going to come together in all of these different dates. and now you have the supreme court possibly weighing in or at least considering whether to take the case of fast tracking the appeals process. >> brit: yeah, it's been quite a year already, bret. next year is going to be even more

joe manchin was the west virginia democratic party and ere is no bench. the front runner had been governor jim justice, very popur. wealthy coal magnate. there are questis about his business finances and money that he owes. you already have mcconnell and national republicans get behind him. now this takes less pressure off of it so congressman alex mooney , starting to spend healthily -- heavily there. there is some conservative distrust although trump has endorsed justice and i think that matters in a state like west virginia. this is a primary that still could be interesting but i think the importance of it, republicans aren't just worried about it because whoever wins the nomination is going to be the clear front runner to be the sender from west virginia. >> what are the republicans chances in arizona? >> i think it is just so interesting. we still don't know what kyrsten sinema is going to be doing. the other partner in the senate of the centrist caucus. she actually left the democratic party a year ago to become an independent. so she faces a really

and lastly somebody asks joe manchin and it's just a question mark. well, on the republican, i mean, i think there's three people left really. and that is there's there's nikki haley and there's chris christie. and each of them represent, a certain part of the party obviously trump has trump. haley represents kind of the estab the old establishment lane, but it's like the the ones that went along with trump never liked him, but kind of went along with to save the party. and then chris christie is like my guy, right? the that are just like, okay, we've had enough my you know, we're going to drop grenade. so i think those three are the ones that are left and i actually want to tell you folks, i think, you know, i implied that i think donald trump to jail. i think there's a good possibility that this spring, the most player on the january six committee was mark meadows, because he gave us some text messages and then quit cooperating. so we only got a fraction them. but those text messages gave us the entire roadmap for the rest of the investigation. he's

and lastly somebody asks joe manchin and it's just a question mark. well, on the republican, i mean, i think there's three people left really. and that is there's there's nikki haley and there's chris christie. and each of them represent, a certain part of the party obviously trump has trump. haley represents kind of the estab the old establishment lane, but it's like the the ones that went along with trump never liked him, but kind of went along with to save the party. and then chris christie is like my guy, right? the that are just like, okay, we've had enough my you know, we're going to drop grenade. so i think those three are the ones that are left and i actually want to tell you folks, i think, you know, i implied that i think donald trump to jail. i think there's a good possibility that this spring, the most player on the january six committee was mark meadows, because he gave us some text messages and then quit cooperating. so we only got a fraction them. but those text messages gave us the entire roadmap for the rest of the investigation. he's

here's what they want to give joe manchin a 17-inch calls culture in the shape of west virginia for be doing, is i'll be traveling the country is speaking out, to see if there is an interesting trading movement to mobilize the middle and bring americans together. >> okay, so quickly that i think ideas that he said he doesn't want to be a spoiler year olds he could be a spoiler so is when hit coal in his sucking it will anchor the green energy and was supposed to find the middle that will propel him to presidency not much of a get back to desantis for a second being - of the table being 5-foot 9 inches tall we can to be 5-foot 11 inches also not sure what he went on the road but it makes sense for west virginia. >> please what you think of if he does run when you spoil eventually deserve cold. lisa: while you know, i mean, well he did cave on the inflation reduction act which was basically just a green spending which was a total lie because of like will yes inflation will just kidding is actually just a green new deal so yes you know what, joe manchin, sorry to inform you buddy. you

>> joe manchin. >> you think manchin is coming in. >> maybe larry hogan.e the former utah governor -- actually i heard romney's name but i'm speaking of huntsman and the congresswoman from hawaii, tulsi gabbard. >> we had paul rn here yesterday. we asked him about that too. joe manchin potentially running. he said no labels ll ever do that because they are too concerned about what happens if they enter a third parrott into the race. >> that is not true. i love paul ryan but he's completely wrong. this is absolutely viable. it does not necessarily help or hurt biden, depends on who the candidates are. joe manchin takes as many votes away from donald trump as he does from joe biden because he's a conservative democrat, and there are a lot of democrats who are angry at him for standing up to joe biden so they won't vote for him yet manchin has the ability to attract republican voters that ev some independent republicans will not pport. ryan was pushing the idea that nikki haley is a plausibl candate fothe republican prog progress, americans for prosperity, so

someone closer to 76, that's manchin's age. all this about a month ahead of the iowa caucuses.ines register poll shows 51% of likely caucus goers would pick trump as the first choice, ron desantis 19%, nikki haley at 16. 49% in the poll say minds are made up, 46% could be persuaded to support another candidate. still, a commanding lead for the former president. >> sandra: very interesting. thank you. john. >> john: kevin walling, former biden campaign surrogate, and matt, former senior adviser to tim scott. thoughts on where we are on the election in a second, but this breaking news that jack smith, special counsel is going to the supreme court to immediately, by december 18th, get an opinion on whether donald trump is immune from prosecution in the january 6th case. >> seems unprecedented to be this tight of a timeline to compress it, in reality, aim for a conviction before the election, certainly before most of next year takes place. what i would caution democrats and anybody else from a political lens, if you want to make 2024 about january 6th, about 2020, you do so at your

you think joe manchin is going to run?. but there are a number of others who would be better than president biden. >> just to prove a point, you're not ruling out voting for president biden. >> i'm rule out. you have a setting where you have someone who's too old and someone else who's a little too nutty, and where are you going to vote on that basis? and, by the way, in my view, bad policy we can overcome as a country. we have in the past. >> yeah. >> bad character is something which is very difficult to overcome. >>> a line of severe storms swept across tennessee over the weekend, bringing deadly tornadoes and causing significant destruction across the region. nbc news correspondent marissa parra has more. >> reporter: shrouded in darkness, tornados twisted their way through tennessee neighborhoods. >> oh, my god! whoa! >> reporter: sparking violent explosions. >> that's a tornado because those are power lines. >> reporter: taking down power lines with it. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: he took video as the night sky lit up

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i like people like joe manchin. i think he's a centrist.ink the democratic party if they want to win in 2024 they've got to say no to the far left, the far left has taken them i think off the rails on issues like israel and anti-semitism and a whole host of other matters. i think they should move to the center with a centrist candidate and they would be a lot better off, otherwise i think they'll lose in 2024 ford jump in here. most people i know they're hanging out in the middle. they might lean to the right on economic issues, they might lean to the left on some other issues but they're hanging out had in the middle but juulan -- but julian makes a good point, the democratic party is hostage to the extreme left. >> the democrats are stuck with joe biden in 2024 because they basically passed most of the ball lotting deadlines and i think the key is, if you dive into the polls closely, you realize the younger the voter is, the more anxious the voter is about the economy and you look at younger voters, look at african-american voters, look a

manchin, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 82, the nays are 15. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: the chair lays -- the presiding officer: the chair lays before the senate the following. the clerk: the committee on conference on the disagreeing votes on the two houses on the amendment of the senate to the bill h.r. 2670 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities so forth and for other purposes, having met, have agreed that the house received from its disagreement to the amendment of the senate and agree to the same with an amendment and the senate agreed to the same. signed by a majority of the conferees on the part of both houses. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close

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talk of joe manchin running. that could be a possibility.ndily won the caucus andew hampshire primary, it looks like he will be the republican nominee. >> iowa caucus with a lot of meanin new hampshire is the one to watch. very much.okoukis, thank you great to see you. >> thanks. >>> coming up on "worldwide exchange," the latest in china and the issues they face with apple. >>> first, a few of the toll trending stories. travis kelce not just winning on the football field or with taylor swift. he is the champion of game-day advertising. appearing in 375 commercials during the nfl season. more than any other actor or athlete. including jake from state farm. >>> a scottish couple completing the first ever drive from the north to the south pole with a nissan ev. >>> and speaking of christmas, egg nog has competition. a brewery in oregon brewing blue cheese and egg nog. the founder says it was met with skepticism, but a dream come think about it.ors. "worldwide exchang back a mome. (adventurous music) ♪ ♪ ♪ be ready for any market with a liquid e

former president donald trump won in either 16 or 20, pennsylvania, arizona, montana, senator joe manchin is retiring. any chance that democrats can hold on to the senate and what do they need to do to do that? >> i think democrats only hold on if it's kind of a wave election for them nationally, if joe biden, if it's joe biden, if he wins big it's maybe hard to see that at this point but i think given as you said the map so favors republicans absent huge democratic year, i think -- i think the senate probably goes republican. it's not just that they are defending most of the seats, they are defending essentially all of the competitive seats and joe manchin's retirement in west virginia makes it even harder if you are majority leader chuck schumer thinking how do you put the math together. >> rich: heard from governor youngkin, and they did neither. >> obviously they are tied to biden, like it or not. i think they are going to run hard on the abortion issue, i think that's kind of clear. as far as the national economy, a lot of dispute about whether they want to still stick with that bide