OUTRAGE FOR MANY OF HIS OWN
PARTY AND REPUBLICANS.
BILL CASSIDY IS STANDING BY TO
WEIGH IN BUT FIRST WE HAVE FOX
TEAM COVERAGE AND HOW
LAWMAKERS ARE REACTING AND WE
BEGIN WITH MARK NUMBER ONE --
MUTED THE MOMENT UNTIL MY --
WILMINGTON DELAWARE THE
PRESIDENT IS SPENDING THE
WEEKEND.
>> GOOD EVENING AWARE AFFORDS
RAISING UP BETWEEN THE WHITE
HOUSE AND A FELLOW DEMOCRAT
WEST VIRGINIA SENATOR
MENTIONED WHO TOLD FOX EARLIER
TODAY HE WILL NOT BE
SUPPORTING THE SOCIAL AND
CLIMATE BILL THAT ARE KNOWN AS
BUILD BACK BETTER TELLING FOX
HE BELIEVES IS NOT ONLY TOO
EXPENSIVE BUT SIMPLY GOES TOO
FAR.
>> I HAVE ALWAYS THEN IF I
CANNOT GO HOME AND EXPLAIN IT
TO THE PEOPLE OF WEST VIRGINIA
I CANNOT MOVE FORWARD AND I
CANNOT VOTE TO CONTINUE WITH
THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
I JUST CAN’T.
I HAVE TRIED POSSIBLE I CANNOT
GET THERE.
>> YOU ARE DONE.
THIS IS A NO?
THIS IS A NO.
>> UP UNTIL THIS WEEKEND THE
WHITE HOUSE MADE IT SEEM LIKE IT WAS LIKELY THEY COULD REACH
IT WAS LIKELY THEY COULD REACH
A DEAL WAS SENATOR MANCHIN NOW
IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT BUT
THE GLOVES HAVE COME OFF.
THE WHITE HOUSE IS READY TO
FIGHT HIM PUBLICLY IN A
STATEMENT RELEASED TODAY BY
THE PRESS SECRETARY JEN PSAKI
RIGHT SENATOR MANCHIN’S
COMMENTS THIS MORNING AT FOX
ARE AT ODDS WITH HIS
DISCUSSIONS THIS WEEK WITH THE PRESIDENT, WHITE HOUSE STAFF
PRESIDENT, WHITE HOUSE STAFF
AND HIS OWN PUBLIC.
JUST AS THE SENATOR REVERSED
HIS POSITION ON BUILD BACK
BETTER THIS MORNING, WE WILL
CONTINUE TO PRESS TO SEE IF HE
WILL REVERSE HIS POSITION
AGAIN TO HONOR HIS PRIOR
COMMITMENT TO BE TRUE TO HIS
WORD.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM MY HOUSE
STAFF BUT NOT YET FROM THE
PRESIDENT ON CAMERA.
HE HELD NO PUBLIC EVENTS
TODAY.
HE GOES BACK TO DC TOMORROW.
I IMAGINE MANY REPORTERS WILL
SHOUT AT HIM TO GET A
REACTION.
THE ADMINISTRATION IS DEALING
WITH COVID, THE PANDEMIC
IMPACTING CITIES AND STATES
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE PRESIDENT WILL BE
DELIVERING AN ADDRESS ON
TUESDAY.
WE DON’T KNOW WHAT TIME
TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT CAN DO TO HELP
THOSE PLACES THAT ARE
STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH
WHAT IS GOING ON.
MOLLY: AS SHORTAGE OF THINGS
TO FOCUS ON AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
NOW THE ANNOUNCEMENT RESULTS
IN ANGER ON THE LEFT AND THE
LIGHT ON THE RIGHT. WE HAVE MORE FROM WASHINGTON
WE HAVE MORE FROM WASHINGTON
ON REACTION.
>> LAWMAKER REACTION RANGES
FROM RELIEF ON THE RIGHT TO
THE LEFT TO STILL SOMETHING HE
COULD BE SWAYED AND ON THE FAR
LEFT HIS DECISION IS BEING TAKEN AS PETER BETRAYAL.
TAKEN AS PETER BETRAYAL.
>> WE ALL KNEW THAT SENATOR
MANCHIN CANNOT BE TRACED ON --
TRUSTED.
I THINK HIS EXCUSES ARE - .
>> ONCE IT WAS DECOUPLED FROM
THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AOC
TWEETED MAYBE THEY WILL
BELIEVE US NEXT TIME.
CONGRESSWOMAN CORI BUSH.
>> HAVING THOSE COUPLED
TOGETHER WAS THE ONLY LEVERAGE
WE HAD.
THE CAUCUS TOSSED IT.
REPORTER: THE DISPUTE
CONTINUES THAT REPUBLICANS ARE
EXPRESSING THAT -- GRATITUDE
THAT THE CBO DETERMINED WOULD
COST FOUR.$5 TRILLION.
SENATOR GRAHAM SAID I VERY
MUCH APPRECIATE SENATOR
MANCHIN DECISION NOT TO
SUPPORT BUILD BACK BETTER
WHICH STEMS FROM THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CBO
UNDERSTANDING OF THE CBO
ANALYSIS OF THE BILL.
>> THE REALITY IS THE
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
CONGRESS KNOWS THAT THIS BILL
IS CRAZY EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE
SIX OR SEVEN SAY THAT IN PRIVATE WET SENATOR SINEMA
PRIVATE WET SENATOR SINEMA
ALSO SAYS IN PUBLIC.
REPORTER: THEY WANT TO SEE
VOTE TAKE PLACE EVEN WITHOUT
HIS SUPPORT.
>> IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN I
HOPE WE WILL BRING A STRONG
BILL TO THE FLOOR OF THE
SENATE AS SOON AS WE CAN AND
LET SENATOR MANCHIN EXPLAINED
TO THE PEOPLE OF WEST VIRGINIA
WHY HE DOESN’T HAVE THE GUTS
TO STAND UP TO POWERFUL