>> this call for presidential intervention. you're probably smiling this morning because that's what they want to be seen as the calvary coming in at the end bringing both sides together but you got to ask, this seems like -- >> you can't be the calvary and above the fray at the same time. those are completely d lly oppo position. they have to be part of the calvary. this sounds glib. joe manchin was the canary in the coal mine. last week democrats said the white house is absent. we're not getting any air cover on this debate. we don't know what the white house bottom line is. the trajectory is moving in the republican's direction. what is the trajectory? >> the white house will argue the senate democrats come up