we can t do it without vaccines, jake, but we can do a lot more with other things, and testing, for example, both yourself and your family when you re getting ready to do something, go out into the community or have people over to your own house, and that s the reason why we re stressing and part of the president s winter plan is expanding greatly the availability of testing for people, particularly the point of care that you can do yourself and get a result in 15 minutes. okay. so it s more than one thing. it s a comprehensive approach. got it, dr. anthony fauci, thank you so much. merry christmas to you and your family and best wishes for 2022. i hope we put this pandemic behind us. thank you very much, jake. thank you for having me. do mask mandates unfairly punish those who are vaccinated? we ll talk to one republican governor who says yes, next. and some huge news today, senator joe manchin says he will
saying let s figure out who got the most votes and declare that person president. it was everybody with this new kind of scheme and trick to get around the constitution or to use a technicality of the constitution, and i think we have to sometimes step back and say i do believe there are probably some real, did we break the law questions here, but bigger than that in my mind what does that say about the future of democracy? do we truly believe in it or is it all about win at any cost? the committee released remarkable texts sent to former chief of staff mark meadows while the capitol was under siege he gave to the committee. they came from politicians, fox personalities, even the president s own son pleading with meadows to get then president trump to call off that mob. explain why these texts don t just make for dramatic reading but are materially relevant to your investigation. so it s materially relevant for a number of reasons. obviously we have a trail of
biden s request last month to trust him to get all 50 democrats to pass the bill and push forward on the infrastructure bill. joining us now democratic congresswoman ayanna pressley of massachusetts. you were right. let s get your reaction to the news joe manchin said he will not build yes on build back better. jake, to be clear, my lack of trust was about senator manchin. he s continued to move the goalpost. he s never negotiated in good faith and obstructing the president s agenda, 85% is still left on the table. in obstructing the president s agenda, he s obstructing the people s agenda. i was listening to his interview earlier today, and he said it s a mammoth bill. you re right, it s a mammoth bill to address mammoth hurt to lower the cost of elder care, childcare, prescription drug cost, the child tax credit, which is so critical in
working class and the middle class of this country. that was the fear. that fear if manchin continues along this path, turned out to be justified. senator manchin is opposed to getting rid of the filibuster, something a lot of progressives want to do, only takes 51 votes instead of 60 to pass legislation. what s your message to the millions of americans who were hoping for the enhanced child tax credit extension, new child care programs, health care subsidies, paid family leave environmental measures, et cetera, is the biden agenda dead? well, let me say this also, when you talk about getting rid of the filibuster. on top of all of that, jake, we have the issue of protecting american democracy and stop what republican governors and legislatures are doing all over this country, and that is denying people of color, people with disabilities, young people, older people the right to participate in our democracy.
investigation and by the time our report is out, we ll have a pretty good idea. we ll have on the department record what justice needs in pursuit of that. nobody, jake, is above the law, nobody. not the president, he s not a king. not former presidents, they re not former kings. nobody is above the law. if the president knowingly allowed what happened on january 6 to happen and in fact was giddy about it, and that violates a criminal statute, he should be held accountable for that. i m not ready to go there yet, but i sure tell you, i have a lot of questions about what the president was up to. so you are looking into that? yeah, we re looking here s the thing with the report, january 6th is a very important day. we will get every bit of detail we can possibly get on that. what i think that s important for the president s role. but what i think is almost more important is what led up to january 6th.