senate democrats has hoped to have that deal by the end of this week. one of the hold-outs, senator manchin doubted that would be possible. manchin have more to say about the report in mother jones that surfaced yesterday which said he threatened to leave the democratic party if biden s social spending bill was not trimmed. today he denied that report but then he explained what he told the president and majority leader schumer. me being a moderate centrist causes a problem, i would switch, i would still be a democrat. one more item on this thursday night and it s big news of covid booster, the cdc approved booster shots for both moderna and johnson & johnson vaccines. one day after the fda authorized it has additional shots. the cdc also endorsed the use of
that the justice department enjoys from the political maturation at the white house, they re trying to restore that pillar in our government that was so sully in the years o f the trump s presidency. this becomes a tricky political football for merrick garland to deal with. we are seeing from the biden s white house a desire to keep some distance that the justice department is going to have to make about bannon s fate. we heard some suggestions from president biden that he thinks subpoenas should be honored and enforced on capitol hill. you know we also heard from merrick garland to look at the law. he gave a vague statement, it was not a political leaning that we are used to seeing from the two attorney generals who were
it two top prosecutors to the team that s working on that very case. the prosecutors won a public corruption with an expertise and child exploitation crime. the other leader corruption unit had been working on the florida base investigation for three months. gaetz has not been charged for any crimes and denied all wrong doing. the president is signaling he s hoping to some sort of deals or reform to the filibuster. this issue was raised during a town hall on cnn. when it comes to voting rights, you would entertain the notion of do away with the filibuster on one issue? is that correct? and maybe more. the president also said he would lose at least three votes on his policy plan. biden thinks he ll get a deal.
jason miller talking to trump who was calling from the white house updating them on pence saying pence is very arrogant and he s not moving and they make a decision late at night to issue a statement saying pence is in total agreement with trump, moving the election to the white house even though pence is not. this is about trump and bannon and rudy giuliani coordinating an effort to overturn an election and prevent biden from taking office. phil rucker, i know you recall all too well the presidency of donald trump that you covered, let s say this white house and doj do not enjoy the same symbiotic relationship as if doj have moved into the west wing for a time there. how does the white house handle this going forward? well, byline, this is an administration, the biden administration that s trying to stick to the traditional norms, the traditional independence
do you do with manchin and sinema who remained amazingly democrats? it s a real problem for the biden presidency and has been for months now, the fact that divides them in multiple issues among democrats. there is no room for division when you look at a 50 plus 1 senate majority they currently have. biden has resisted coming out for the filibuster for months despite pressure from the democratic party who have felt that on a number of issues, this voting rights bill come out and get rid of the filibuster is essential for passing that legislation which they see as core and not omnivore to the democratic parties sort of values and agenda but core to the party s very survival. when you look a the tougher voting laws that have gone in and so many states in the country and run up to the 2022