today on inside politics, the democratic nightmare before christmas. joe manchin says he s retiring from the senate, leaving a blue seat open in a very red state, and leaving a the lot of people wondering what does the future hold for manchin? does it include a run for president? plus the maid, the wood worker, exclusive reporting on who saw what at mar-a-lago and how worried should donald trump be about what his employees wosay on the stand. and the house is a mess, that s how one congressman s summed up the new speaker s strategy to avoid a government shutdown. so what s mike johnson going to do with one week to go until the country can t pay its bills? i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we begin today with a one-man political earthquake. joe manchin has shaken up the political world by announcing hen won t seek reelection. republicans are rejoicing now that they are all but assured to pick up his seat in the senate, which takes them