but who is joe manchin? and more importantly, why is joe manchin? well, let's find out in our brand-new segment "please allow me to introduce yourself." ♪♪♪ >> trevor: joe manchin first rose to prominence as the governor of west virginia. before getting elected to the senate in 2010. and while all senators talk about reaching across the aisle, manchin has made it a personal mission. >> joe manchin believes in working across the aisle and has relationships. >> he wants to focus on trying to get, you know, democrats and republicans to work in the same room. he has been part of bipartisan groups that have been trying to come up with legislation that can get support in the senate from both parties. >> republican senator susan collins of maine and democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia, they are the newly announced honorary co-chairs of no labels, a group advocating bipartisan solutions in washington. >> everything no labels does is in a bipartisan way. it's not from one side ideologically or another. we're in the radical middle. >> trevor

steve: joe manchin is anchored there. josh: and it is for him, as he says very openly sometimes, having the left wing of his party coming after him is good for him in west virginia. even though some of them don't realize it, no one is ever going to have a primary against him. he is the one who paradoxically it is good for whom may be a mark warner, it is not great for them. steve: let me get a quick snapshot on the role and meaning of senator joe manchin. liz: i think that generally, people tend to sort of step into this role if there is a void. a couple of years ago, we certainly would not have thought that senator mitt romney potentially being like the swing vote on anything in the senate. he would have been considered a mainstream conservative. but fast forward, and here we are. when you have a void, people do tend to step into it and fill it. joe manchin is a fascinating political character and i agree with a lot of what josh said. when you look at everything that surrounds minimum wage, there was this discussion abou

go ahead. >> well, it's one of the things that gives joe manchin an exit ramp off of this. there you go. you thought you were the only one who could do infrastructure metaphors? >> every time i think i have one, you guys crush me. >> we get you. we get you, john berman. but in all seriousness, i have actually spoken to senator manchin over the past week about his feelings on this notion of using so-called budget reconciliation, which is a lot to swallow at 8:00 eastern in the morning, but, you know, for people who have not been totally focused on process in the u.s. senate, it is a way to get around the filibuster. and the democrats, the biden administration, they got approval from the senate parliamentarian to potentially put through the very large infrastructure proposal that the president put forward without republican votes, except they need all democrats and joe manchin in this op-ed is saying, not so fast. here's the key graph you and i both really thought was important. i simply do not believe budget reconciliation should replace regular order in the senate. how is t

how far is joe manchin willing to go here? is he willing, do you think, to stand in the way, to be the one who says no to the white house infrastructure plan? >> well, he's acting as if he is. it really raises the question whether the white house went through the proper process of the care and feeding of joe manchin. he says he's not doing this because he has a big ego. he says he's doing this because as you just reported he wanted to return to regular order. at the same time, these are people you're talking about, politicians. in the end, what does joe manchin concretely want? right now it doesn't look like he wants a $2 trillion infrastructure bill or live commentating for folks who have covered washington or politics for a long time, it seems liked a oddity. >> it does seem like an oddity. toluse, what are the ruchl blbl-- rumblingings in terms of it? this is not a secret in terms of how he feels. >> this senator has been asked more than any other senator what he feels about the filibuster, whether he would be willing to ma

'cause we are. >> joe manchin is described in virginia and the l.a. times as the democrat whom democrats most love to hate for his obstruction to president biden's agenda. virginia knows a bit more then virginia on the last phone media about the politics of west virginia, and the west virginia mother looks a lot more. joe manchin is from farmington, a town of 545 people which is not so small by west virginia standards. virginia writes, if you live in hollows and small towns tucked into nearly impassable mountains, it's still an ordeal just to get electricity and newspapers, and forget about cable, tv, wi-fi and the memes that come with those things. rural west virginians are less beholden to, and also left served by, utilities, a dominant culture and governments. this stranded in this looks dangerous to many. two others, including plenty in my family, it looks like freedom. as she watches senator joe manchin navigate his powerful position in a 50/50 senate, virginia have vernon rights, manchin is never going to look like a california democrat. but he

and we have joe manchin baddicly threatening the entire thing. it seems like president biden is ready to go it with only the democrats but i'm not sure about all 50 democrats in the senate. >> yes. you are right. it will be very hard to find 10 republican votes. republicans are saying the plan is too big. they argue a lot of the stuff isn't traditional infrastructure. on the democratic side, as you mentioned, senator did exert some last minute concessions in a deal he wanted over unemployment benefits which through the whole proceedings into doubt. infrastructure will be a big priority for west virginia but biden will have to compromise with the other important joe, the senator, and not get everything he wants. >> that's true. raising the questions even about the reconciliation process moving the goal post past the filibuster stuff we sort of already knew. grace, you've also been reporting on the story that is wild. the fundraising tactics by the trump campaign that left donors feeling swindled, a bunch of fraud claims and we are learning it may

will and senator manchin has been a guest before on the bottom line but i sometimes wonder if joe manchin were not there would joe biden need to create him because you know he does create a different kind of dynamic in the party a lot of democrats are very frustrated love to get both of your you know snapshots you know on the role in presence and meaning of joe manchin in these times. well i would you know i would it's funny i would say it's possible that joe biden would need to invent him because he does allow him to sort of you know create some kind of leverage back and forth right with these different wings of the party that so far he's done a pretty good job you know kind of holding together with him the real people who would need to invent him are probably the 7 or 8 democrats who in a lot of these cases have similar qualms on issues of substance and in some cases on these kind of you know metta issues of you know filibuster bipartisanship all you know collegiality all this kind of story because it's clear i mean you have kristen cinema who to my mind at least is often just up there

this morning it might not be joe biden or zee others. how about joe manchin. he's putting himself in the middle of passing the $2 trillion bill. he indicated overnight he's opposed to passing key legislation on strict party votes, that he is alarmed by that process. and since we haven't heard any republican saying they support the white house infrastructure plan just yet, that puts it in serious, serious peril. later this morning the president will announce his first executive actions on guns in response to the latest flurry of mass shootings. >>> meanwhile the united states reporting more than 70,000 new coronavirus cases. hospitalizations climbing to their highest level in a month, and the cdc confirming that the highly contagious variant which was first identified in the united kingdom is now the most common strain of the coronavirus here in the united states. despite that, the cdc director says she believes all children will be back in classrooms by september. let's beginning with jeremy diamond who's live at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: sen

joe manchin is the most important person in this conversation. and i think what -- if you're the white house, what you're banking on is the fact that you do -- you're in negotiations, you reach out, you negotiate with manchin, make sure there's stuff in there that he likes and can sell. the biggest issue for democrats in the midterm elections is joe biden's popularity, right? are people happy with what he's been doing for the last year or so. and his success keeps democrats in control of the senate, in control of the house. if he fails, that's going to make it really hard and he'll see his approval ratings go down. >> in some ways what we're hearing from manchin is actually a little bit of what we were hearing from candidate joe biden when he was running for the presidency. take a listen to this from way back in 2019 when joe biden was running for this office. >> some of these same people are saying, biden just doesn't get it. you can't work with republicans anymore. that's not the way it works anymore. folks, i'm going to say something outrageou

we'll have to follow how much support joe manchin gives to that bill. virginia and nancy heffernan, thank you very much for joining us tonight and letting us hear the real voice of west virginia, if only for a minute. thank you very much. >> thank you, lawrence. >> thank you. >>> a programming note, you can listen to this program and any other msnbc show any time, anywhere with any device with tune in. go to tunein.com/msnbc2021, and that is "tonight's last word." "the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >>> well, good evening once again. while this was indeed day 86 of the biden administration, we are for the fifth night in a row watching the now familiar scene in

obviously that is not what joe manchin wants, but that's the other extreme here. so what i guess, the administration is proposing raising the corporate rate from 21 where republicans had it in 2017 to 28 where it was previously. i have to guess that there is a middle ground here. the white house firmly believes and i've had conversations with them about this that taxing corporations, increasing taxes on corporations is generally a popular proposition among democrats. i agree. i think what manchin is saying 21 to 28 is too much of a jump. maybe 25 is a better option. i think he even said that directly in the clip. so i think what he's saying there needs to be a middle ground. just like you said at the top, kasie this process empowers joe manchin to the extent he wasn't empowered before which i don't think anyone would say he is a shrinking violet but he is empowered even more now. >> nope. it's pretty remarkable. i'm sure he is quite enjoying his role. thank you so much, as always, my friend, for being up with us. we appreciate it. >>> still ahead here, amid talk o

in order to get anything through i need joe manchin. so in that sense it might work for him but in a larger sense it's a real problem. >> listen, charlie, for the country -- people know this. voting rights, it's important for our democracy. does joe manchin really want to go down as the guy who held up the voting rights act, who restricted voting for people in this country, poor people, people of color? does he want to go down as that guy? >> well, i think, don, i think it's a bit unfair to put this all on joe manchin. i happy to agree with him on the filibuster. i witnessed when republicans were in control, listening to most extreme voices in the republican conference and the house at the time demanding mitch mcconnell eliminate the filibuster. this was always coming from the extreme voices because they wanted to jam very harsh partisan legislation that would not be sustainable or durable. and i think the democrats know in their guts this is not a good thing. the problem isn't the rules. the problem is the members who don't have the ca

and joe manchin is 1 of the 50 democratic votes and so, you know, if joe manchin hypothetically decided to cross the aisle, literally, and join the other party mitch mcconnell would be back in charge of the senate. that is just a reality that democrats have to live with. you know, he is the only democrat that can get elected in the senate. joe manchin is a definitive no on killing the filibuster. the filibuster stays. >> coming up, the new aspirations emerging from donald trump's shadow when the "the 11th hour" continues. nald trump's shadow when the "the 11th hour" continues >> earlier today former president trump officially endorsed mo brooks for next year's senate race there saying in part mo brooks is pro-life, loves our military and vets, will protect the second amendment, combat the biden open border agenda and is fighting for voter integrity like few others. brooks is one of trump's strongest supporters in congress. here is what we heard on january 6th. >> we are not going to let them continue to corrupt our elections. steal from us our god given right to control our nation's des

>> first of all, talk to joe manchin. second of all, there is a lot of work being done in order to bring the democratic caucus together. once again, we passed the most significant piece of emergency legislation, which among other things will cut childhood poverty in half. i expect that the second reconciliation bill will be very profound in creating millions of good-paying jobs and, by the way, i'm going to do everything that i can, along with others, in making sure that we do pass that $15 an hour minimum wage. >> understood. but you support internal pressure, but you support internal pressure on joe manchin, not publicly going to west virginia and calling him out? >> i have no problem going to west virginia. and i think we need a grassroots movement that makes it clear to joe manchin and everybody else in the united states senate, including republicans, that the progressive agenda is what the american people want. they want to raise that minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour. they believe health care as a human right should

>> well, i think, it's a bit unfair to put this all an joe manchin. i happen to agree with him on the filibuster. i witnessed when republicans were in control. listening to the most -- the most extreme voices in republican conference in the house, at the time, demanding that mitch mcconnell eliminate the pfilibuster. this is always coming from the extreme voices because they wanted to jam very harsh-partisan legislation that would not be sustainable or durable. and i think the democrats know, in their guts, that this is not a good thing. the problem isn't the rules. the problem is the members, who don't have the capacity for compromise. they don't see a political reward. they don't see a political reward for compromise. that's why they don't do it. with or without a filibuster. same with the -- that's -- that's the harsh reality. their political safety is tacking hard to the bases, that's why they do it. it's not about the filibuster. >> charlie, i don't disagree with you. i -- i agree with you, everything you said, except it's not about the filibuste

joe manchin seems to be saying i don't have a price on this one. i'm not going to vote to get rid of the filibuster. you're going to have to use reconciliation and do the steps ahead of time to make it okay for me in my home state and with this kind of legacy issue i have carved out around bipartisanship. you're going to have to make it work my while to do the -- essentially to be the 51st vote. like harris is already there, right? joe manchin is the tiebreaker. >> we're all becoming fluent in manchin this morning. margaret, thank you for helping us decipher what this all means. great to see you. >> thanks, john. >>> we do have details about another mass shooting in america. this time in bryant, texas. the shooter, he's believed to be an employee of a company and is being charged with murder. all of this happened hours after president biden announced the new gun control measures through executive action. >>> the medical examiner of george floyd's autopsy is expected to take the stand today. how critical is his testimony? we have a preview of what w

joe manczt manchin, his state i. a lot of people locked in the coal industry, no upward mobility beyond that. i find it hard to believe when he says he's for a bill that would change that and make they're life better. you can pass it if you're for it. there are enough democrademocra. they have to show me they believe in the bills. 65% of are all voters strongly or somewhat support the infrastructure plan helping west virginia, help arizona. 42% of republicans support it. gallup poll shows a low only 40% identified republican leaning. nine-point difference. now the republican party is extremely unpopular, but these senators are saying they only care about protecting republican senators. not republican voters. i don't know how you get through to people like that. >> i do think on the american jobs plan that joe manchin is just trying to, like, make us go through a routine. he wants to get caught trying. he complained about the reconciliation process in that op-ed, did not draw the same line in the sand on reconciliatio

we'll bring you an interview with senator joe manchin as the west virginia democrat settles into his new role as a power broker during the biden administration. let's begin with our coverage of what's happening in minneapolis right now. cnn's omar jimenez is on the scene for us. today's expert witness clearly made a very significant impact on the jury with his medical analysis. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. we always knew the medical part of witness testimony would be important, but i don't think we realized how quickly that would become apparent. by all accounts, this was the most engaged the jury has been in some days now. this came as we shifted to that all-important topic of george floyd's cause of death. the first doctor who testified today says was because of a low level of oxygen, causing damage in his brain. >> do you swear or affirm under the penalty of perjury the testimony you're about to give will be the truth and nothing but the truth? >> i do. >> functioned almost like a class in medical school. >> all my research is related basically to breathing. >> reporter: dr. m

that's probably what's happening with joe manchin. if he's able to force through some kind of a bipartisan deal which we haven't gotten yet in the biden presidency, that'll be smart policy that benefits the country, good politics for him back home when he can go back to very conservative, very republican west virginia and say, look, i was able to improve this bill. i was able to work with democrats and republicans to get through a stimulus bill, an infrastructure bill that we need as opposed to just doing what the democrats want. but there's a problem here as well. this isn't necessarily just about getting through a better bill, it may be that you cause a problem, you throw a went wrench in the works, as you said, and you're always slowing things down just to improve things a little bit. if you're always doing that, that comes with a real risk. eric: you said the republican party should not only be the party of no, and he talk thed about the basic tenets and foundations of the greatest deliberative body on earth, how the senate should

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so joe manchin, make here you hold that side accountable because we cannot go on this way. you're right. so, the reality of the situation, as i said, something needs to be done. what's on table now is the voting rights act, which the fact is will never, ever happen if republicans have their way. just look at the evidence of what they are doing right now. they want the big lie that led to the insurrection to live on. that is happening on a devastating day, in the murder trial of the officer who kneeled on george floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. devastating to listen to. and potentially devastating to the defense's case. anybody who watched that video of derek chauvin kneeling on george floyd's neck knows what they saw. a man having the life squeezed right out of him while he cried out over and over and over, i can't breathe. today an award-winning expert on exactly that. on breathing, had jurors on the edge of their seats, hanging on to every word as he described in chilling detail what happened in george floyd's last moments. >> at the beginning you can see he is

you mentioned joe manchin. how much of a problem for you and your agenda are swing senators like joe manchin, like kirsten sinema? he endorsed lisa murkowski and sinema posted a picture of herself wearing a ring that said "f off." i don't know who that was aimed toward, whether it was you or the media. does that bring about the kind of behavior you support or condemn? >> what brings about unity, i try to show every one of my members respect when i agree or disagree with them. but i'm not shy at telling them why i disagree with them when i do and trying to make the arguments about why it's important to come together on the kind of agenda you and i have been talking about. and that method has worked thus far. and hopefully, it will continue to work. we need every member. if any one, as you pointed out, our majority is 50. it's fragile. it's fragile if, god forbid, someone would become incapacitated or worse. it's also fragile if anybody defects and says they won't go along. we have to work it. i work it in a very

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what what do you say to what we just heard from joe manchin? he is not sold on -- definitely not on the pricetag. he's not sold on the scope of what joe biden laid out last night either. biden needs the vote. >> well, here's what i have to say. i'm actually very excited. i believe that this is a once in a generation time of opportunity. we've all been through a horrific year with covid-19. it you shined light on fractures in our society. if you look at this country in the last 100 years, the great depression did that. we had seniors living on the street that were dying because they couldn't eat. they didn't have a place to live. and we passed a program known as social security. then world war ii came. the great war. we did the gi bill. now we're up side down again. we see fractures in our society. we need to create jobs. we have roads in bad shape. we have lead still in pipes. broadband -- schoolchildren have not been able to learn. these are programs we need to fix. and create jobs and we take care of our communities. but we also need to look

we talked a little bit about joe manchin and the senate, right? but joe manchin is one of maybe ten senators on the democratic side who have concerns about different things maybe don'tbo want to go in the house like you say is just a few vote margin. different members from regions or republicans win and then she has some of the most liberal members of course l people know congresswoman alexandra cortez. having to keep everyone together and in agreement is enormously difficult for both speaker pelosi and leader schumer. that's what they're counting on they will not be able to keep this unruly coalition together. democrats sort of show i know in the private conversation that president biden has had with democrats he has urged them to sort of remember what they can do if they all hold together and don't start splintering valid personal believes. month long process here zero different -- i'm sorry, three in the house and zero in the senate. i've written before democrats are cooperating on their own time. not only because of the election around the cor

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joe manchin is doing just that. when i talked to him earlier today, i asked him about his concerns, if he had any, about the role of the government that joe biden laid out and he made clear he is concerned. >> are you concerned about this push for a more expansive government? >> oh, most certainly, yeah, i am. i want to see the details, as we talked about. let's look at what we're doing that can have long-lasting effects. the tax reforms, i think we need to have tax reform. i thought 2017 was the wrong direction to go. but we can't overreach to the point to where we stymie investments, we stymie basically growth for 2022, '23, '24 and on. >> so she's sharing a lot of the same concerns republicans have. he's concerned about the level of spending and that there has been so much already pumped into the economy. he said we should talk with republicans, work with republicans so a lot has to be done to win over democrats like him, let alone winning over republicans and getting it ultimately on his desk, chris. >> let's un

all eyes on senator joe manchin. instead of fixating on eliminating the filibuster or shortcutting the process through budget reconciliation, it is time we do our jobs, manchin wrote. white house officials for now taking manchin's position in stride and making clear they're only in the nascent stages of what they plan to be extensive outreach. >> president biden wants to have an open dialogue. he wants to hear concerns. he wants to hear ideas. he knows this process is going to be a little bit longer. >> reporter: as biden himself as made clear, his plan is but the first step. >> debate is welcome, compromise is inevitable, changes are certain. >> reporter: and wolf, the president made clear he expects to take more executive actions related to guns. he's instructed the justice department to come up with concrete actions he can take, but the reality white house officials acknowledge is that for tangible steps related to gun violence, they need legislation and right now there is no clear path forward in the u.s. senate

many are asking, is senator joe manchin the savior of the republic. he might be the only thing to start this bait and switch presidency. all that and more on "making money". ♪. charles: so the market mostly continues to meander while the bias is of course returned to the upside. it is clear something is bothering, gnawing at investors. bond yields, they have settled down. in fact they pulled back nicely. a new source of anxiety has emerged. according to a survey by rbc capital. the biggest worry are higher taxes, folks. in fact this debate is taking a toll on investor confidence for the next four years under president biden. i want you to take a look. those who viewed this period, next four years postively slipped to 29% from 41% back in december. those who view it negatively has now surged up to 53% from 21%. traditional business organizations, even democratic lawmakers voiced concerns over higher taxes as well. the question is, what would be palatable to investors so we can move on to the next worry. let's bring in slate stone wealth chief market

saying, joe manchin just made mitch mcconnell president. because now, nothing can get done unless mitch mcconnell wants to cough up ten votes. but on the questions of guns and voting and infrastructure. i think it's very unlikely that his strategy's going to pay off. >> a pushback that will be proof of why you're so much more popular than i am. i think that manchin has been put in a bad spot by the democrats because here -- here -- here is why. there is no attempt to work with republicans, because you know that mitch mcconnell keeps bating and switching. you don't have schumer meeting with mcconnell. you don't have democrats wanting to even put bills in the senate, into committee. they want to go right to reconciliation and play power politics. but in doing that -- i'm not criticizing the move because i believe the compromise has passed and the filibuster was born from an unholy place, to begin with. but joe manchin, who believes in working across the aisle, and has relationships, democrats aren't giving him anything to work with. they are

i mean, i want joe manchin to be right. i just don't think he is. and you know, part of the challenge is that the filibuster has generally been used to hold back anything that was progressive, especially civil rights over those many, many years. and they're holding back right now on things like the child care tax credit on building new bridges, on covid relief. and a big part of the problem is that because we have two senators in small red states like north dakota and south dakota and large blue states like new york and california, there's a disproportionate power already in the senate that is older and more conservative and more rural. so, the filibuster just doubles down on that and makes it really difficult to do anything together. >> democratic congressman don beyer of virginia, thank you, congressman, appreciate you joining us this afternoon. >>> i want to bring in my panel now, tim miller, writer at large for the bulwark, and former communications director for jeb bush 2016. peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the "new york times"

what's the pitch to joe manchin to get him to buy off on this big package? >> because so much of this package will help not just west virginia, but the states like west virginia that have been historically mining fossil fuels, extracting fossil fuels. republicans and democrats agree on the importance of not leaving communities behind where the market has moved in a different direction like in coal, and so this will help to train people who are in that industry to move to these new technologies that are not a whole lot different from the skills that they may be using in mine and coal. it will help to make sure that these industries are able to remove carbon from their emissions. so there's a lot in there that helps these states move to the future in addition to roads and bridges and in rural states, broadband. and transmission. so much in here to love. >> you say in addition to roads and bridges. you heard chris christie there saying that the president is not being fully truthful about what infrastructure actually is. >> yeah. this -- i mean, what is infrastr

joe manchin wants a serious effort made. they're sending out the most effective communicator to argue that don't get hung up on the issue of whether the elements of our proposal fall into a traditional definition of infrastructure. there are things necessary for a prosperous economy and the american people support them. >> okay. >> we can agree to disagree on what to call it. i'm still going to ask you to vote for it. it makes no sense to say i would have been for broadband but i'm against it because it's not a bridge. i would have been for eldercare but i'm against it because it's not a highway. these are things the american people need. the president wants to see major action in congress and real progress by memorial day. >> now, of course, the challenge is that republicans object to the breadth of the propose a. they also object to the pricetag and to the amount of taxes necessary to pay for these proposals. now the administration's most willing to compromise on the level of taxes, less so on the size and scope of the pla

joe manchin, they don't have the votes to do so and don't have the votes. we are coming into the midterm election. either way it is not going to happen. they talk about things of change from the economy standpoint. and the far left trying to influence joe biden and multiple times talking about something that is not going to happen. adding 2 or 3 or 4, in regards of the economy or the senses not going to happen. it is a waste of time. there will be a strong rebuke not just for republicans but many individuals, the american people who say you can't do that. jillian: interesting to see, thanks for being with us this morning. the judge overseeing the trial a former officer derek chauvin denies a last-minute request to present new evidence. he will call a mistrial if the prosecution hinted that. they are entering data on a blood test done by george floyd but forced to rest its case. closing arguments scheduled for monday. the driver jumps of florida broad bridge as it rises we watch as he speeds through the traffic are before going airborne. police say they iden

. >> and west virginia prime minister or i mean senator, joe manchin. he made clear what he wants from the bill. >> this bill will not be in the form you see introduced or people talking about. if i don't vote to get on it, it's not going anywhere. it's more than just me, six or seven other democrats feel strongly about this. >> and while he wants republican buy-in, he warned that republicans can't just oppose everything. meantime economists at georgetown university have estimated that $1.5 trillion infrastructure investment could create roughly 15 million jobs and could put the united states on par with countries around the globe that shuttle their citizens from town to town on high-speed trains, autobahn, and wide bike lanes. some biden administration officials leading by example. pete buttigieg left a recent white house meeting on his bike, security detail in tow. joining me now. i tried riding my bike after in storage a year, you looked better than i did. i wobbled around, congrats on the biking. let's start with the democrats. joe manchin, he does

to hear from west virginia senator joe manchin. live coverage on c-span. >> thank you for joining us with senator joe manchin from west virginia, who chairs

joe manchin wants to work with the senate. with the tight majorities we have, never has it been more important for us to work together in a bipartisan way. we all agree that that is what we want to do. >> two questions? >> we will see. >> the timing of this. can you explain the timing of implementation. biden has a concept for the plan. but where do you see the introduction of real bills and voting on this and the timeline of expectations of this plan moving forward? >> that is happening as we speak. we are starting to for that right now. you saw the republican plan came out. we are working with c 20 two do something on it infrastructure only. we will take the republicans and let's say the democrat leadership takes the dewpoint 25 -- takes the dewpoint for chive -- the 2.25. trillion. i envision that the white house is receptive for them to understand that we really, truly believe we should do a conventional infrastructure bill that can be done bipartisan . they have an appetite to do something bipartisan. this is doable. we c

., senator joe manchin certainly getting a lot of attention these days. he's become one of the most powerful men in washington, especially after a new op-ed from the filibuster to infrastructure, just how could he impact the biden agenda? well, why don't you tune into the situation room at 5:00 p.m., and hear what he says when wolf asks him directly. that's ahead at 5:00 p.m. eastern. >>> still to come this hour, more on the breaking news, joel greenberg's attorney says he is likely to strike a plea deal with prosecutors in the investigation of congressman matt gaetz. what does it mean for the embattled florida congressman? that's next. lergies don't have e scary. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. psst! psst! all good priceline works with top hotels, to save you up to 60%. these are all great. and when you get a big deal... you feel like a big deal. ♪ priceline. every trip is a big deal. dignity. this thing you can neither see nor measure... ...but that demands the return of small moments illness atte