other members of our foreign policy team have been pressuring opec to increase production. and, in fact, a few weeks ago, they talked about doing precisely that, july and august, increasing by 50%. this very much a part of that kind of effort. let s talk about the domestic agenda and what happened this week. senator manchin backed out of negotiations on parts of that plan, climate crisis. president biden said they should pass the scaled down plan to extend obama subsidies, to allow medicare to negotiate lower drug prices, for example. i want you to listen to senator manchin about why he blocked other agenda. inflation is killing many, many people. they can t buy gasgasoline. they have a hard time buying groceries.
opec, part of the cartel. the president has been and other some of our other members of our foreign policy team have been pressuring opec to increase production. in fact, a few weeks ago they talked about doing precisely that for july and august, increasing production 50%. this is very much part of that effort. let s talk about the domestic agenda and what happened this week. senator manchin backed out of negotiations on parts of that plan. the climate crisis, corporate tax increases. president biden said that the senate should pass the scaled down plan to extend obamacare subsidies, what you were talking about, allowing medicare to negotiate lower drug prices, for example. i want you to listen to what senator manchin said about why he blocked other parts of the agenda. inflation is absolutely killing many, many people. they can t buy gasoline. they have a hard time buying groceries. everything they buy and consume for their daily lives is a hardship to them.
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what prompted this? reporter: our colleague who covers the pentagon and who has been all over this story today reports that president trump, according to her sources, was upset over this narrative that defense secretary jim mattis, the outgoing defense secretary, was seen as the last adult in the room, this notion that jim mattis was the last member of the cabinet standing who could reign in some of donald trump s more combative and isolationist impulses. this decision also follows the angry tweet from last night where he says when president obama fired jim mattis, i gave him a second chance. some thought i shouldn t. i thought i should. remember, jim mattis s resignation was seen as a clear rebuke of donald trump s world view and his actions to withdraw troops from syria and to order the pentagon to come up with a draw down plan for troops in afghanistan. so jim mattis will complete his tenure at the end of the year, the president says. stepping in is the deputy defense secretary pa
actual physical jobs that are available. reporter: yeah, they are. they are major companies involved like walmart, amazon.com, also financial services here, deutsch bank, goldman sachs, whole lot of names. thanks so much, peter alexander. really good story to report on. with that, we wrap up this hour. thanks so much for watching. see you back here tomorrow, noon eastern, 9:00 a.m. out west. every weekday evening as well. up next, andrea mitchell reports. how are you? up next, with cantor pulling out of the talks, what s next in the debt showdown? plus, on the president s troop draw-down plan, deputy national security advisor and former national security advisor joining us. all that plus president obama facing a lot of pressure on the gay marriage issue today as he gets ready to speak to gay supporters in new york city. ( rooster crows ) by 2020,