manchin saying in part right now, i believe that i can best serve my state of west virginia in the united states senate. no word on what senator highcamp is deciding. let s bring in sarah flores, former fiorina deputy campaign manager, and former rnc spokesperson and les si marshall, syndicated talk show host and fox news contributor. thanks to both of you for joining us. so, leslie, it s not worth a seat at the table in influence over major issues like energy or agriculture? it s not worth that given what s going on in the senate? well, as a democrat, i breathe a sigh of relief. if in fact he goes forward remaining in the senate. and i do believe as he said that joe manchin can do more for the state of west virginia in the senate. this clearly would have been very difficult for democrats if he were to give up his seat in the midterms, democrats have 25 seats up for grabs as opposed to
i never wanted mitt romney or heidi highcamp to be part of any cabinet more so than i do today. you look back at this, you have a secretary of education who doesn t like public education. you have a hud secretary who doesn t appreciate the fair housing act. you have an attorney general who doesn t appreciate or like the voting rights act. yes, we are in dire need of good people in the cabinet. so if she happens toned up there, god bless her. god bless her. let s talk about carrier just a bit. 1,000 jobs remaining in indiana that would have left. that is to be celebrated. we all decided on that. but it is a far cry from what trump promised or i don t know if you could say threatened on the campaign trail. take a listen to this. you are going to make air conditioners now in mexico. are you going to get all of these 1400 people that are being laid off, they were laid off, they were crying, it was a very sad situation, you are going to go to mexico, you are going to
with democratic senator heidi highcamp of north dakota, a conservative democrat from a state that is now a republican state. she s sitting down with the president-elect tomorrow and manu raju, our reporter on the hill, just sent a statement from her. it says i appreciate the president-elect inviting me for a meeting. every single day my work is motivated first and foremost by how i can be most helpful to the people of north dakota. they are my driving force and have been throughout my career in public service. whatever job i do, remember those words, i hope to work with the president-elect and all of my colleagues in congress on both sides of the aisle to best support my state. she s saying whatever job i do. what do you make of this meeting tomorrow? best of luck to her. i m glad that donald trump is reaching out to good people. she s one of the best. you can t deny that. i echo the same sentiment i echo about mitt romney being secretary of state. for those of us who were praying fo
angela mccglowen. chris valholland. thank you for joining us. when you see democrats breaking from the white house, six in all. mary landrieu, heidi highcamp, angus main, a broad section of the country breaking ranks to offer this copper plan. do you think it will work? i just want to say too much, too little, too late. will it work? it probably will work. the reason they are fixing it now, self-preservation is the first law of nature. shouldn t you try to fix a law before it s enacted? good question, doug. first of all, we ve seen a lot of progress the last couple
on thursday, the white house announced that over 6 million people had signed up for health insurance using the federal and state exchanges. exceeding the administration s revised target with just three days left until the march 31st open-enrollment deadline. the number of people seeking insurance has surged in recent days with more than 1.5 million visits to healthcare.gov on wednesday alone. and coming up, democratic senator heidi highcamp on challenges in her country. who was governor the last time north dakota s legislature considered a proposal to change the state s name? the first person to tweet the correct answer to @dailyrundown will get an on-air shoutout. the answer and much more coming up on the daily rundown. stay with us. if i can impart one lesson to a