mr. manchin and moderate democrats stepping up to the plate. i don't see legislative occurring because they won't be able to get it through both chambers. maria: deutsche bank. >> bankers are cordial, fiercely competitive but mr. campel, member of deutsche bank called u.s. banks who were getting more market share of german banks in germany. it's up 18% in the last decade. he should concentrate on deutsche bank problems where they paid tens of millions of dollars in fines versus calling out the safest most highest capitalized, most diverse banking system in the world, the united states banking system which is also a message to the biden administration. mr. biden, you have a great banking system to help the economy here. look what the germans are saying. they are afraid of our competition. you know, treasure our great banking system. don't pass more rules and regulations that hamper our ability to serve. maria: he's doing to opposite on that with the esg. james: it's got to stop. i also want to flopping to end in soccer. [laughter] maria: alex, go

mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the manchin amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to, and the amended be read a third time. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i know of no further debate on the bill. the presiding officer: is there further debate on the bill? if not, all in favor say aye. any opposed, nay. the bill as amended is passed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the amendment to the title be considered and agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the committee on energy, natural resources be discharge from further consideration of s. 3873, and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 3873, a pill to designate the -- a bill to designate the outdoor amphitheatre at the blue ridge music certain in galax, virginia, as rick balcher amphitheatre. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the

mr. herschel walker to win, probably secretly, would be joe manchin and sinema.use if they have 51 democrats, their power is diminished significantly. >> ainsley: go and vote if you live in georgia. >> steve: the polls have been opened 63 minutes so far this morning. >> ainsley: neck and neck in the polls as early voting shattered records. >> brian: the latest on this pivotal race. charles. >> good morning, guys. you mentioned it, polls are officially open across the state. voters at this polling site behind me and others are starting to get out and cast their ballots so they can make the final decision in terms of who georgia voters want to send to washington to represent them as u.s. senator, both incumbent democrat senator rafael warnock and republican herschel walker know this race is close, they are spending every minute they can out on the campaign trail. both candidates have events scheduled this morning in metro atlanta. walker is continuing his bus tour toward marietta georgia, meet and greet supporters like on monday as he tries to energize and turn out

democrats, so observation three, you've got three senators, sinema manchin, collins effectively all carving out middle of the road area while i think mr. nixon was probably right you can get hit from both sides the world has become so partisan so far to two extremes admittedly someone a middle of the road person i am glad to see this i think we've become so -- so pushed out to the edges that we in ways for got how to meet in the middle i think an important part of the in dmak process. dagen: one more thing according to chad's reporting sinema has not been a reliable vote for democrats, on many issues to start with, so, if she starts voting with the republicans, she waited until after the runoff in georgia to announce this decision. so let's say she started to caucus with republicans, 50-50 senate, then tiebreaker is vice president kamala harris. f. she caucuses with republicans if glat it is still 51-49. >> look divided government back that is for sure, gridlock seems to be the order of the day, and that will maintain likely no tax increases a stopping reckless spending maybe one piece of good news we are watching explosive revelation

mr. secretary, also, of course, it de-emphasized the influence that senator manchin, and senator sinema who have been holdouts. now they can afford to lose one or two of those. >> i'm a graduate of moor house college in atlanta, georgia. this could be reduced to a simple equation. herschel walker was an iconic football player but not qualified to be u.s. senator. i this was a cynical attempt by republicans to simply put a celebrity out there with the expectation that voters in georgia, particularly black voters in georgia were going to vote for him, and all the stories i have been reading is that walker is polling, you know, very low even among black voters in georgia. >> i think, you know, i was talking to reverend al yesterday, and it's like, a lot of black voters are thinking are you serious. i mean, come on, this is insulting. sorry, he's not qualified. we can say it over and over again, and this is not a matter of left or right. this is a matter of can he speak to the issues, does he have a grasp on the issues, would he be able to perform the job as senator of the state of georgia. are

mr. heinrich: i ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be withdrawn, the manchinsubstitute amendment, which is at the desk, be considered and agreed to, the bill as amended be considered read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. heinrich: mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: risking the safety of our communities and endangering the lives of the migrants themselves. right now we are experiencing a dangerous tipping point. the combination of an unsecured border, and overworked and under resourced border patrol and protection force, and never before seen levels of illegal immigration, asylum seekers coordinated smuggling efforts have completely ruined and already broken system. to make matters worse, title 42 the public health order that stops some migrants from entering our country may soon expire allowing thousands of migrants to enter arizona, texas,

mr. manchin: mr. president, i'm here today to speak about a very important piece of legislation we have coming before us and we have an amendment to that legislation. the legislation is the national defense authorization act. this piece of legislation is something that we do annually to protect our country and defend ourselves and maintain the superpower status that we are. part of that is what they call energy security and independence. you cannot be a superpower in the world if you do not have energy independence, and you can't be secured if you don't have energy independence. what's happened to us since the horrible war putin bestowed on the citizens of ukraine, he weaponized energy and he has doubled down and he has put europe in a tremendous biden. -- bind. we use fossil fuels. can we use them cleaner and better? absolutely. and we can use it and do more to it. we have a piece of legislation, a couple of them. we have the bipartisan infrastructure bill, we worked on across the i'll and now we hav