, a little bit at west virginia university medicine. if the cart -- it seems as if the cross-section is around $17 to $18 an hour. that's about an average. amy: i want to bring katherine eban into this conversation. the piece you wrote in vanity fair, “we can't reach him: joe manchin is ghosting the west virginia union workers whose jobs his daughter helped outsource." can you give us the big picture here? we are talking about one of the largest generic drug many factoring plants in the united states, closing this week. the biden administration has declared made in america week this week. you have a president in tennessee, of a similar plant that the biden administration has stopped from closing. can you explain the history here? katherine: absolutely and good to be with you, amy and juan. this is pure insanity. we have seen five years of congressional reports, policy reports, and bipartisan agreements that we need to make as many of our own pharmaceuticals as possible. we know from data, reporting, that the drugs that are made overseas

there's a lot of folks in west virginia who could probably use that. you have more liberal democrat saying look, i don't want to go on board with this bipartisan plan unless i know i'm going to get a big chunk over here of the stuff joe biden ran on and most of the democrats ran on. things like paid family leave. there are so many things that they want. it is probably good for him to be seen blocking some things. it is not great for him to show up at the end of the day and not have anything. host: many of those democratic colleagues saying eliminating the filibuster would be a way to move some of that. joe manchin, not on board. guest: he's not on board. that basically killed the minimum wage increase. you have republicans who don't want one by and large. if they do, they have some other things that they want. he has talked about trying to come up with a bipartisan minimum wage deal closer to $11 or $12 an hour instead of $15. we will see if that goes anywhere. so far it has not. host: this is gary waiting on our line for democrats. caller: morning, it

party. >> i'm here because of west virginia. i'm here because of every person in west virginia. i love my state as much as anything in the world. not quite as much of my family, but not far behind but i would do anything for my state of west virginia it's been so good to me, the opportunities, i had a chance to serve as governor for two terms, secretary of state before that, i know this process very well. these are good people in the bottom line is they have changed. i told the democratic party what had happened to people like west virginians or people that come from rural areas, all of a sudden find themselves not good enough, not clean enough, not green enough and not smart enough. well, i'm sorry, these are the same good west virginians and independent republicans that we've always been. they just started voting differently for that reason, and they still send me back to represent them and i do the best i possibly can. i know them. they don't know me as the democrat -- joe the democrat, they know me as joe. >> bret: you've be

what the voters of west virginia are going to get.re should be no more bipartisan talk on anything. it was so embarrassing to see how romney and company were snookered in that so-called infrastructure do. they so enjoyed immediate adulation they got they didn't see where this was going, they didn't see that they were being used as props to set up the main act which is unfolding right now. somewhere tonight bernie sanders is smiling. that is all you need to know and that is the angle. three senators under the most intense spotlight is $3.5 trillion travesty as i mentioned manchin, cinema and kelly. do west virginia and want a war on energy, do arizonans on the border want mass amnesty, we thought we would ask a few leaders from those states which only is the west virginia attorney general patrick morrissey and arizona attorney general mark brenda fitch. general morrissey, manchin has positioned himself as this kingmaker, the most important man in washington, they described him as. what message should he be hearing from west virginia is

there's a lot there you can do for west virginia.s sort of a real opportunity for manchin and the democrats. they really don't want to mess this up. there's a lot of momentum to do something, but, you know, right now is when negotiations are really starting to hit the road. the next month is going to determine whether joe biden's, you know, presidency is big and bold or whether it is going to be sort of, you know, a trillion here, not a radical change in american government. >> we are days away from knowing. steven dennis, eugene robinson, thank you both for joining us tonight. >> great to be here. >> thank you. >>> and after the biggest protests against the government in cuba in the last 60 years, occurred this weekend, republicans are cheering on their support of cubans standing up for freedom and democracy. democracy is, of course, the form of government that republicans are now opposed to in this country. that's next. with dupixent i can du more... yardwork... teamwork... long walks.... that's how you du more, with dupixent, whic

i myself went to west virginia. about two weeks ago, to participate in the voting rights rally, where the freedom ride landing in west virginia and heard from these constituents that they had hope and they were working with their senate and encouraging them to do his part so that west virginia could be as human passing voting rights legislation. of course i'm talking about the for the people act. the john lewis voting rights. as you know, in 1965 there was a texas president, lyndon johnson and he was a champion and ultimately succeeded and having i passed. and here we are, 50 plus years later fighting for the same rights and again but to washington for help. texas has now become a leader in this fight because our voters are being targeted. the west virginia also stepped up and lead in this federal fight with voting rights legislation. >> we might be losing your signal, i guess it's okay. one more question. the texas governor greg abbott issued a statement today saying as they fly across the country on cushy private

journeyman i was the west virginia attorney general and the arizona attorney general. manchin has positioned himself as the kingmaker, the most important man in washington they described him as. what message should he be hearing from west virginians over this monstrosity of a bill we do not need. >> thank you very much for having me on. when i'm looking at what's happening with this $3.5 trillion travesty, one of the things i'm most focused on is this new so-called clean electricity standard. if that goes into effect, that will devastate the west virginia economy. we'll go into free fall because we still rely on coal for 90% of our electricity and power needs and natural gas. the whole goal behind this big bill and the biden climate agenda is literally to wipe out the use of those fossil fuels. if he votes for this, this would be catastrophic. i'm rooting him on, i'm hopeful he will do the right thing. you may remember back in 2010 when senator manchin first ran, he put a rifle, shot the rifle through the cap and trade bill. what we are talking about here is the cap and

and in west virginia alone, over 350,000 people less than a living wage. so he voted against his own constituency, so 900,000 people in west virginia who are poor, the majority happened to be white. now you have him and kyrsten sinema, and there may >> want all of this segment online. we leave this discussion and take you a gush take you a discussion about giving visas to afghan allies. >> thank you all for joining us today. today's discussion is visas for afghan partners. what does the united states always afghan allies? -- alw

rallies for the west virginia teacher strike. teachers assembled on these steps, filling all the space on the ground. there were speakers on the ground, speaking to the crowd. this was a strike over health insurance pei a benefits. p -- teachers were striking for a raise. their premiums were going up so high that even if they received some kind of increase for living expenses, they were getting a decrease in their pay because their health insurance premium. this was something the state had proposed where they would have to wear these apps that would be tracking their steps. they were very upset about that. they were already ranked very low. there were very upset about that. i think there was unrest over the way they were being treated by some of the legislators. disrespected. there were these insults bandied about that they were babysitters or maybe glorified babysitters. there was this disrespect for the profession that began with many of the teachers that were striking. they were inciting the mine wars history. those southern c

robert was from west virginia, west virginia broke away from virginia during our around the civil warause most of the west virginians cash west virginia supporting the union. robert was a grand kriebel found a movement within west virginia for the client. he was a klansman nonetheless the democrat party consulted to make him their leader. republicans don't do this and joe biden was one of his biggest supporters and he took a liking to joe biden. in fact, joe biden said during his memorial service when byrd died in louisville, kentucky, he recalled he acted as a mentor went biden joined the senate stood by him through times of personal tragic. among other things biden said, we lost the team of the u.s. senate but also the state of west virginia lost its most fierce advocate and as i said, i lost a dear friend. a dear friend. now joe biden, president of the united states is using race again. republican legislations are trying to take back the electoral systems and democrat lawyers and judges, democrat governors and democrat secretaries of state sees during the course of the last electio

for a senator like joe manchin, west virginia, i have not checked the stats, but there is not that many nature -- major cities which are bearing the brunt of this type of increase in violence, it's a rural state so i'm sure he is under less pressure to put in more background check laws and try to take illegal guns off the street. i'm sure that reconciliation package will have more funding for cops and making sure that they reform as well, because you don't want the repeat of where african americans in our country feel like the police are targeting them with george floyd and countless other instances over the years. they are trying to figure out exactly what's in that infrastructure package and how much money they should spend on childcare and other soft infrastructure because they have not finished that infrastructure framework for the overall package. they are trying to have the two things move it once even though biden has said that he wanted to sign just the hard infrastructure and having not tided as closely to the reconciliation act. host: i know you have a busy day and week ahead,

more field, west virginia, is the heart of the area. down in petersburg west virginia. the loss river valley towards wardens ville. just over the mountains from the shenandoah valley. so in april of 1781 to colonel, the commanding colonel of the militia out in hampshire county, writes a letter to the governor thomas jefferson. and it is going to describe, basically, the panic sweeping across this area in the early part of 1781. we are actually talking, quote, a dangerous insurrection as lately arisen in this county. and occasion by the execution of the late acts of assembly for recruiting the states quota of troops to serve in the continental army. they act for supplying the army with close provisions. in consequence of which the collector of the tax under the former act has been opposed in the execution of his duty. it's been obliged to assist from and then for the proceedings. so there's a lot going on here and what he is referring to is this new tax that has been passed to help support the war effort. the war has been going on for six years at this point. virginia as

and in west virginia alone, over 350,000 people less than a living wage. so he voted against his own constituency, so 900,000 people in west virginia who are poor, the majority happened to be white. now you have him and kyrsten sinema, and there may be other people, who decided they are going to support the u.s. chamber of commerce who is for the filibuster and against the voter people's act and living wage, rather than u.s. constitution, and that is why we went to west virginia. we marched with some 800 people. the majority were white. we call it from the hollers to the hood, these were white minors who said, how can this happened in west virginia, one of the poorest states, unlocking voting rights? the voting issue is not just a black issue but a moral and constitutional issue and one for the entire democracy. we are going to arizona and people are protesting. we have to challenge all people. i do not care if you are republican or democrat. if you are standing on the side of the nonconstitutional filibuster, and blocking us from passing constitutional vo

but west virginia senator shelley moore capito says the government can ignore the needs of the landlords.

west virginia. but if your testimony you mentioned for resiliency the importance of backup power generators. so is that a-- that a frequent thing for first responders in the wish part of the united states where people have backup generators for first response to keep their systems up and running? >> thank you. excuse me. thank you, senator. it is a frequent issue in the west. it's been exacerbated by power shutoff, deenergizing the grids to avoid starting fires. when you take down the power grid intentionally to avoid starting a fire it's only a matter of time until the towers, the facilities, the backup power expires. we're working with the legislature to speed the process by which we get permits and get backup tower generation to these towers. that's what retains our wireless connectivity. >> and brought this up about the permitting. i know that some of these-- well, i look at permitting major lines in west virginia, you have to go under streams or you try to get the right of way or you want to wo

in west virginia those cases have quadrupled in the last few days. the governor tells me he's scared to death. >> do you think those people who aren't vaccinated, who you said are maybe more conservative, maybe don't want anybody in their business, are really ever going to get vaccinated? what could put them over the edge to want it at this point? >> martha, i hate to say this but what would put them over the edge is an awful lot of people die. the only way it's going to happen is a catastrophe none of us want. we have to just try. >> reporter: 20-year-old ali was reluctant to get the shot. but while we were there she walked into her local drugstore and finally did it. >> i'm here to get the vaccine. >> what changed your mind? >> a lot of my friends started to get it. my parents are vaccinated. i felt more comfortable with it. i researched on my own. i felt it was time for me to get it. i was ready. i'm ready to move past covid and get on with life back to normal. >> despite falling short of president biden's goal to vaccinate 70% of adults by july 4

warfield, west virginia, is the heart of this area. petersburg, west virginia. the lost river valley towards wardensville. so, just over the mountains from the shenandoah valley. so, in april of 1781, colonel garrett van meter the commanding colonel of the militia in hampshire county writes a letter to governor thomas jefferson. in it, he is going to describe basically the panic that is sweeping across this area in the early part of 1781. so, we are talking a, oops. "a dangerous insurrection has lately arisen in this county. occasioned by the execution of the late acts of assembly for recruiting the states quota of troops to serve in the continental army, and the act for supplying the army with clothes, provision, and wagons. in consequence of which, the collector of the tax under the former act has been opposing the -- has been opposed in the execution of his duty and has been obliged to desist from any further proceedings therein." so, there is a lot going on here. and what he is referring to is this new tax that has been passed to help support the war effort.

i'm from west virginia. we have some of the lowest broadband deployment in the we also are subject to flooding, flash flooding in particular. actually, i think about today on a day tomorrow will be the five-year anniversary of a devastating flood we had in southern and middle west virginia. i want to ask chief johnson this question about first net. i was able to go to kingwood, west virginia, where we dedicated a first net facility and tower sites built in west virginia. but in your testimony you mentioned that for resiliency the importance of backup power generators. is that a frequent thing for first responders in the western part of the united states where people have backup generators for first response to keep their systems up and running? >> thank you. it is a frequent issue in the west. it has been exacerbated by public safety power shutoffs which are deenergizing the electrical grid to avoid starting fires. so when you take down the power grid intentionally to avoid starting a fire, it is only a matt

at least two states, washington and west virginia, have already signaled they will not sign on to the settlement. as part of the agreement, the companies do not have to acknowledge wrongdoing for their role in the crisis, which has killed over 500,000 people since 1999. the pentagon has confirmed four of the colombian mercenaries accused of assassinating haitian president jovenel moÏse once received u.s. military training at fort benning in georgia while they were members of the colombian armed forces. formerly known as the school of the americas, the western hemisphere institute for security cooperation at fort benning has been used for decades to train latin american soldiers in combat, counterinsurgency, and counternarcotics. critics have long described the training center as the school of the assassins. the u.s. military bombed somalia tuesday in the first drone strike in the east african nation since president biden took power. the airstrike targeted militants with al-shabab who were fighting a u.s.-trained somali commando force. meanwhile, the biden administration is urging a fe

[laughter] so i hitchhiked there were so few black people in eastern west virginia i grew up halfwayrgh and washington and the allegheny mountains my family have lived there 200 years with all branches of my family. you don't think of that as the hotbed of african culture but we had one minister for two churches. one in the county seat. they would have their service on saturday afternoon and then sunday morning service was in piedmont. so i hitchhiked. i didn't think about being hurt. that is how innocent life was i hitchhiked the 5 miles and i go to the service and there were 15 people they were out 80 and then there was me. but then at one point in the service if anybody wants to give their life to christ the call to the altar and he said to me, skippy, the bathroom is back there. he thought i had to go to the bathroom. [laughter] he said what? it was very moving. >> and there were five questions and i said yes and i answered in the affirmative everyone cried and i cried i hitchhiked back home and in those days there were three channels. we were watching gunsmoke and at 830, 9:00 o

[captioning made possible by fremantle media] steve: come on, west virginia, yeah.me to the show, folks. thank y'all. thank y'all. thank you, everybody. appreciate y'all. thanks. well, welcome to "family feud," everybody. i'm your man steve harvey. [cheering and applause] got a good one for you today. returning for their third day with a total of $20,000, from the great state of west virginia, its capital charleston, it's my homies, it's the champs, it's the thomas family. [cheering and applause] and from newnan, georgia, it's the basma family. [cheering and applause] everybody's here trying to win theyself a lot of cash and somebody might have a shot driving out of here in that

our enemies will use this evacuation of afghanistan as a sign of weakness. >> that is sam and west virginia. michael before i let you jump in and i want to play at president biden's talking about the u.s. withdrawal. president biden specifically addressing those who favor continuing to keep troops in afghanistan for this is what the president said just a week or two ago. >> how many more, how many thousands more american's daughters, sons are you willing to risk? how long would you have them stay? already we have members of our military whose parents foughtan in afghanistan 20 years ago. would you send their children and their grandchildren as well? would you send your own son or daughter? after 20 years a trillion dollars spent training hundreds of thousands of afghan security and defense forces. 2448 americans killed. 20722 more wounded and untold thousands coming home unseen trauma to their mental health. i will not send another generation to the war in afghanistan with no reasonable expectation of achieving a different outcome. >> that was president biden last week. michael o'hanlon to

left out of anita's good report is west virginia. west virginia is wide open school choice. the backpack of the child and he can take it wherever he wants. supreme court is already cleared the way, anita vogel mentioned the montana case, espinosa v. montana. the supreme court said you cannot keep funds from parochial schools. the unions are arguing public money for public schools. the argument should be public money for the public, wherever the kids go to school. by the way, we do this, you get a pell grant, you can take to it catholic university or notre dame. you know about notre dame. or you can take it to ucla. doesn't matter. it doesn't matter al the elementary and secondary level. let's just add this. i think this is the next thing that happens in the critical race theory debate, loudoun county school board. people are going to say, what about more school choice? what about giving us opportunity to send our kids elsewhere? that's the next front in this big battle. >> martha: i agree. all of this just sends a chill up the spine of the teacher's union. they have fought c

they were methodist in piedmont, west virginia 25 miles away. do you know why so many black episcopal churches are called saint phillips? filipino yeah, when philip the evangelists meets the ethiopian unique who is representing the queen of marroway, right? he was a real queen and her title was the candy key and he was a eunuch. he was the treasurer and he is there runs in he's reading the book of isaiah right into philip the evangelists. so since there's no other black figure in the new testament the black episcopalians seized on this year this poor ethiopian unity, and so if you see that there's a saint phillips episcopal church. it's a black if you are other big one is saint cyprian. yes, that's true. it's all so one. yeah, he was he helped jesus with the cross, right? it was a simon of cyrene. oh, that's right simulator that i read. sometimes we get that any of the north africans. oh, yeah, we sort of claim them. yeah, that's true. so let me let's let's stay with the with politics and the quest for social justice. you write in the book. i re

let's go to jim on our renters line in clarksburg, west virginia. >> caller: good morning. >> morning. >> caller: i'm in section 8 housing and there's no jobs here where i'm at. senator manchin doesn't want to do anything and he's the district republican. that's about all i've got. i'm disgusted. >> just a look there for our caller west virginia is 50th, the highest housing wage $14.83 per hour required to afford a two bedroom home. 68 work hours needed at minimum wage to afford a two bedroom home. >> jim is certainly not alone. there are millions of people in america who also are struggling to afford the rent. jim is one who was able to receive federal housing subsidies, and i'm glad that he was, and we are working towards getting more people to be able to access that assistance when they need it. we have a tremendous opportunity to advance some of these solutions right now. it really is a once in a generation -- maybe a once in a lifetime opportunity with congress and the white house negotiating a multi-trillion dollar spending package that is about infrastructure, and certainly hou

at the same time, the west virginia democrat said he would pose proposals to curb fossil fuels.s going to play a part, west virginia still weighs heavily on those fuels. but still good news for democrats that he has not come out swinging at this particular piece of legislation. let's go to michigan where a republican party leader has resigned after saying the 2020 election was not stolen and blaming president trump for husband own loss. according to the detroit free press jason roe stepped down wz he declined to provide a reason, he faced months of push back for his outspoken criticism. it comes at a time when michigan republican lawmakers and party officials have faced pressure to investigate the results of the 2020 election. this was in response to a quote that he gave to tim alberta one of the few -- i guess he's one of several republicans who have been willing to tell the truth about the election and all of them have faced difficult personal consequences in the their own lives. devastating. >>> the daily beast is reporting on an excerpt from the i alone book we covered earli

, from a union shop in west virginia. so the supply chain, beyond the specific projects, i think present great opportunities. and i should say that the offshore wind farm that we are building, that we have announced that we are going to do with project labor agreements for all the components of it that we think are possible to do, and we've been in conversations with liz and her colleagues on that. so fundamentally, whether that shape is infrastructure or not, it is jobs. there's no doubt about that. it's going to enable quite a bit of infrastructure up and down the east coast. so we think that's a great opportunity for clean energy, it is a great opportunity for the american economy. >> yes. absolutely. i would agree 100% with what bob said. it's a big deal that dominion is first to commission a compliant ship. but i would say it's not surprising, because dominion is the one who stepped up, because they have always had good labor relations. and they can see the value of what this would mean to the industry. i just want t

you recently visited west virginia to talk to people who are hesitant about the vaccine. what did you learn there? >> reporter: dan, it was interesting. west virginia was a model for getting the vaccine distributed. they had a high vaccination rate. now it's plateaued. we talked to a lot of young people. it's the young people who aren't getting it. they're saying i'm not going to get that sick. i don't think i need it. young person after young person said the same thing. we went to a vaccination clinic. they were mobbed in february. when we went in there, there was no one there. absolutely no one there. the doctor told us, when i said do you think people will start getting the vaccination, people like on the poll you just mentioned, she said i don't think they will. >> discouraging signs out of west virginia. >>> let's go overseas for a moment. american troops are pulling out of afghanistan on the orders of president biden. you made a trip to that country. there have been reports of rising violence with news the taliban seized more territory overnight. what did you see on

the one senator they're targeting over and over is senator joe manchin of west virginia, the most powerful player in this debate. he has welcomed them into the office and they have felt good about their conversations with him and felt he's been receptive. but then at the end of the week, this is sort of the coe da of all ofhe friend si and excitement, we learn joe manchin atnded a fundraise for the houston, texas, where most co-hosts were republicans, who have given to the governor, the speaker, who are the arch nem cease ofhe democrats. sahil: manchin will take all the meetings, listen to everyone but at the end of the day he refuses to budge on the filibuster. that's where the voting rights advocates have ahallenge. yamiche: i want to circle back, before we go to the coup news, because obviously we have to get there the vice president, you cover her closely. it's part of the reason we wanted you on tonight, you are sort of a kamala harris whisperer. tell me what's going on in her office. there's reports of dysfunction. how does that connect to her ability to get something done on voting

west virginia, it's a lot easier to vote in west virginia than it is to vote in texas, and honestly the senators seemingly has this opinion that that's pretty much a about their. these are basic things that people should have as a former secretary of state. so in the state of texas -- what people don't understand is you have to look at the full texas. it's already the hardest state to vote in. so us imposing even more restrictions just makes it unbelievable, right? we can't vote, we can't register online. that has nothing to do with fraud. none of this has anything to do with fraud to be perfectly honest. that's sound bite they like to give. but we can't even register online. we have multiple members that actually filed legislation saying, hey, can we just have online voter registration? they wouldn't even give us a hearing on that. they wouldn't even listen to testimony on that. you know, so in this bill they keep saying you guys should negotiate. it's like, dude, it's already too bad. even that, there has to be provisions for expansion. one of the other terrible things about this, esp

limit access to polls, they sat down with joe manchin in the capital, the state democrat from west virginian though his protection of the filibuster is preventing the passage of federal voting rights protections. apparently, the filibuster never came up. >> there shouldn't be a democrat or a republican that wouldn't or couldn't or shouldn't vote something that truly just only deals with voting and the rights of voters. >> did you have a discussion there about the filibuster? >> no there is no thing about the filibuster, forget the filibuster. >> but sir whatever the republicans will supported, which is what they have indicated they're not doing. >> you know why because they have a bill that's 100 pages long. let's get back to the basic rights of voting, for protecting voting rights. >> senator manchin is, i think, either unwilling or to accept -- comprehensive reinforcement of american democracy this. needed he thinks that there's too much in the bill, he wants to get back to basics. but anything that would actually ensure democracy, even on the basic sense, is not going to get ten republic

though his parents were from west virginia he grew up in galveston texas according to his biography his mother was college educated in the 1920s, taught school for 11 years until she was banned by west virginia law for marrying. his father attended college on a baseball scholarship in the 1920s but the depression ended his academics. he took a job in texas and they had one son in 1940. john is a bachelor's in houston university and masters in history from baylor university. although he is retired and hasn't stopped him from attending and speaking at seminars and these kind of events lecturing on podcasts and spending time. he and his wife and therefore cats live near atlanta but there's one more thing he likes to share, his love of baseball. the first game he's always 1947 between pittsburgh when jackie robinson scored the winning run. especially to boston to see the red sox. for those of us in new england, we like to hear that. we know the audience is looking forward to hearing more about the book winning independence, so let's begin again. the focus has been on the era of the revoluti

just to put it in modern context this is the area that we're talking about, so warfield, west virginia is kind of the heart of this area, down to petersburg, william westmoreland -- just over the mountains so in 187 is colonel van meter, the commanding colonel of the militia out in hampshire county writes a letter -- he's going to describe the ponic that is so we're talking a, quote, dangerous insurrection has as i rennen in this county. they act with supplying the army and the collector of the tax under the former act has been opposed in the execution of his duty and has been obliged to desist from any further proceedings therein, so there's a lot going on here, and -- and what -- is this new tax that has been helped the support effort. the -- gentleman gentleman up to this joint has been -- she's serg vinagre, supplying everything from korean romania any kind of sly -- at this time in 1771 a tax has been passed at 80% of your personal property. if you own 100 pounds of personal property you'll be taxed 80 pounds on all of that to help keep the army in the field. this is an incredibly

although his parents were from west virginia, he grew up ine texas.ording to his biography, his mother was college educated in the 1920s, taught school for 11 years until banned by west virginia law. attending college in the 1920s the depression and ofsc his academics and took a job in texas, they had one son john in 1940. john has a bachelors in history from eastern university and masters in history for baylor university. although he's retired, he hasn't stopped from speaking seminars, lecturing on podcasts and spending time writing which is his biggest passion. he and his wife andat their forecasts live near atlanta but there is one more thing john likes to share, his love of baseball. first major league game he saw was 1947 between pittsburgh and brooklyn dodgers when jackie robinson scored the winning run. john was hooked for life. like any good historian, he timed his research trip around games he wanted to see, especially boston to seek the red sox. those of us here like to hear that. we know our audience is looking forward to your most recent b

limit access to the poles, they sat down with joe manchin in the capitol, the state democrat from west virginiahough his protection of the filibuster is preventing the passage of federal voting rights protections. apparently the filibuster never game up. >> there shouldn't be a democrat or a republican that wouldn't or couldn't or shouldn't vote for something that truly just only deals with voting and the rights of voters. >> did you have a discussion about the filibuster? >> no, there is no thing about the filibuster. forget the filibuster. >> with what if no republicans support it. >> they have a bill that's 800 pages long. they have everything thrown at them. let's get back to the basic rights of voting. >> senator manchin is unwilling to accept there's either no or not enough republican support for the kind of comprehensive reinforcement of american democracy needed, he thinks there's too much in the bill, let's get back to the basics. anything that would ensure democracy in a basic sense is not going to get ten republican votes. the republican party writ large is counting on antidemocratic