HES GOING TO BE CONFRONTING
PRESIDENT PUTIN IN GENEVA ON
WEDNESDAY.
WELL BRING IT TO YOU LIVE THE
SECOND IT BEGINS.
>> DEMOCRATS ARE INCREASING
THEIR PRESSURE CAMPAIGN ON
SENATOR JOE MANCHIN OF WEST
VIRGINIA.
NANCY PELOSI SAYS SHES NOT
GIVING UP ON MANCHIN TO BACK THE
FOR THE PEOPLE ACT, WHICH GIVES
VOTING RIGHTS THE WAY THE
DEMOCRATS SEE IT.
THEY CONTINUE WORKING WITH HIM
TO A BID TO GET HIS SUPPORT.
>>> YOU HAVE BARBER LEADING A
MORAL MARCH TO THE DOOR OF THE
SENATORS OFFICE.
TALKING ABOUT THIS AND MORE,
CORRESPONDENT ALI VITALE IN WEST
VIRGINIA AND LEIGH ANN CALDWELL.
GOOD AFTERNOON TO BOTH OF YOU.
ALI, LETS START WITH YOU AND
SOME OF THIS ORGANIZING THAT IS
REALLY STARTING IN THE
GRASSROOTS IN WEST VIRGINIA,
RIGHT?
TALK ABOUT THE MESSAGE THEYRE
TRYING TO SEND, AND PERHAPS MORE
IMPORTANT, ALI, HOW MUCH JOE
MANCHIN IS WILLING TO RECEIVE
THAT MESSAGE.
>> Reporter: WELL, THE ACTIVISTS
HERE ON THE GROUND ARE HOPEFUL
THAT MANCHIN IS GOING TO LISTEN
TO THEIR MESSAGE, BUT THEYRE
ALSO PREPARED TO KEEP PUSHING IF
NECESSARY UNTIL THEIR MESSAGE IS
HEARD.
REALLY, WHAT THIS DOMZ DOWN TO,C
HALLIE, IS PRESSURING HIM NOT
JUST ON SPECIFIC POLICY ITEMS,
LIKE THE 15 THERE ARE MINIMUM
WAGE AND THE RIGHT TO EQUALITY,
BUT REALLY THIS IS A PUSH TO GET
THOSE ITEMS VOTED ON IN THE
SENATE.
MANCHIN IS ONE OF THE KEY
SENATORS ON THE HILL WHO STANDS
IN THE WAY OF REFORMING THE
FILIBUSTER OR GETTING RID OF IT
ALTOGETHER.
BY GETTING RID OF IT, THAT WOULD
PUT ON THE TABLE A WHOLE SLEW OF
DEMOCRATIC PRIORITIES TO BE ABLE
TO BE PASSED BY A SIMPLE
MAJORITY, A MUCH MORE TALL ORDER
THAN THE WAY THINGS STAND RIGHT
NOW.
THEY ARE MAKING A MORAL CASE FOR
A LOT OF THESE ISSUES.
I WANT TO READ TO YOU PART OF A
LETTER THEYLL UNVEIL HERE
TODAY.
IN THIS LETTER THESE LEADERS
SAY, WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE,
SPEAKING TO MANCHIN, THE ABILITY
TO DO TREMENDOUS GOOD NOT ONLY
FOR PEOPLE IN WEST VIRGINIA BUT
ALSO FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
AS A PUBLIC SERVANT WHO
PROFESSES A FAITH GUIDED BY
LOVE, JUSTICE AND MERCY AND WHO
HAS SWORN A PUBLIC OATH TO
SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE
CONSTITUTION, YOUR PUBLIC
STATEMENTS WILL THE FILIBUSTER
ARE A MORAL CONTRADICTION.
THE FILIBUSTER AS IT IS
CURRENTLY BEING USED IS NOT JUST
BAD POLICY.
IT IS SINFUL.
THESE PEOPLE WILL MARCH ABOUT A
MILE UNTIL THEY GET TO MANCHINS
OFFICE.
THERE IS THIS MARCH TODAY BUT
THERE IS ALSO A PLAN FOR NEXT
WEEK TO MARCH IN WASHINGTON,
D.C. WITH KENTUCKY AND WEST
VIRGINIA VOTERS LOBBYING NOT
JUST MANCHIN BUT ALSO SENATOR
MITCH McCONNELL AS WELL.
GUYS?
>> THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING TO
SEE, HALLIE AND ALI, BECAUSE A
COUPLE YEARS AGO -- I GUESS
SEVERAL YEARS AGO I COVERED THE
MORAL MONDAYS THAT REVEREND
BARBER AND THE POOR PEOPLES
CAMPAIGN CONDUCTED IN HKNORTH
CAROLINA, AND IT WAS AIMED AT
NORTH CAROLINAS LEADERSHIP.
ITS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IT
HAS BALLOONED FROM THAT TO WHAT
IT IS TODAY.
HALLIE, THE HOUSE SPEAKER SAYS
SHES NOT COUNTING OUT JOE
MANCHIN ABOUT THE POLITICAL
OFFICE OF WHAT CAN AND CANT GET
THROUGH THE SENATE.
BUT YOU HAD SOME REPORTING ON IT
TODAY, AND YOU MADE CLEAR IT IS
NOT JUST JOE MANCHIN WHO
CONTINUES TO BE AN OBSTACLE FOR
THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT DEMOCRATS
HOPE TO GET CLEARED THROUGH THE
UPPER CHAIN.
>> THATS RIGHT, GEOFF, AND ALL
THE ATTENTION GOES TO SENATOR
JOE MANCHIN, BUT THERE ARE A LOT
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPOSED TO
THINGS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN
D.C. CONCERNING THE AGENDA,
MAINLY KYRSTEN SINEMA OF
ARIZONA.
SHE IS START TO GO GET AING TO G
ATTENTION AS WELL.
SHE IS TRYING TO COME UP WITH AN
INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN WITH
REPUBLICANS TO PASS THROUGH THE
SENATE.
NOW, REPRESENTATIVE
OCASIO-CORTEZ AND MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS ARE GETTING VERY
FRUSTRATED WITH THE BIPARTISAN
TALKS AND BLAMING DEMOCRATS,
SAYING THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE
BLOCKING THE BIDEN AGENDA.
NOW, THE PROGRESSIVES, THEY WANT
A MASSIVE $4 TRILLION
INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE PASSED AT
ONE TIME.
THEY THINK THAT BIPARTISAN TALKS
ARE A WASTE OF TIME, BUT THIS
ISNT JUST PALACE INTRIGUE.
WHAT THIS IS, THIS HAS REAL LIFE
CONSEQUENCES BECAUSE THE REALITY
IS DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP NEEDS
BOTH THE PROGRESSIVES AND BHOETO
THE MODERATES LIKE KYRSTEN
SINEMA AND JOE MANCHIN TO PASS
ANY LEGISLATION UP HERE ON