i will say this. jen psaki used the word democracy. let s lay aside the fact that they tried to ram it through with a parliamentarian and give it all in one bill. you and i won the same number of counties in west virginia that joe biden did. arizona was less than one half of a percentage point. so don t be lecturing joe manchin about democracy. reporter: jen psaki was asked about the white house losing all control of this. this is how democracy works. i know it feels foreign because there wassen much that happened over the last couple of years. but how it works is the american people elect their elected officials, the president of the united states, puts forward a bold and ambitious proposal and everybody negotiates about it. they have different points of view. that s how democracy should work. we re in the midst of it. we re not trying to paint over how messy it looks from the outside. we know that. bret: ben?
the military bases until spring. bret? bret: thank you. tonight republicans are celebrating a big win over democrats in the congressional baseball game. the gop side won by a score of 13-12. president biden was on hand. he was one of four former players inducted into the congressional baseball hall of fame. also enshrined a late president george h. w. bush. last night s contest raised $1.2 million for local charities. up next north korea s leader wants to talk with the south. they want big changes from the u.s., but is it provocative? i m not getting through the pandemic just to end up with the flu. i asked for fluzone high-dose quadrivalent. it s the #1-used flu vaccine for people 65 and older. fluzone high-dose quadrivalent is the only vaccine approved by the fda for superior flu protection in adults 65+.
kick in. based on geography alone this would go to judge sotamayor. we will continue to watch this as it develops. the senate judiciary committee is dead locked over president biden s nominee for attorney general in massachusetts. rachel rawlins is being opposed by republicans who insist she is soft on crime. senate democrats must hole a vote in the full chamber. the regional director of the international red cross is warning of a major humanitarian crisis in afghanistan because of severe financial short falls and the coming of winter. the u.s. withdrawal from that country has been a foreign policy crisis for president biden and his team. the smoke is still clearing tonight after explosive testimony this week from the president s top defense advisers on capitol hill. jennifer griffin looks at the fallout from the pentagon.
however, we have to pay attention to that just as a benchmark for the country, because when they come out, and they inevitably say oh yeah, it was the, chinese in the, aliens and the people out to get mike flynn and rig the election for trump. it s going to happen in trump world because trump voters, trump supporters, and certainly people around the president themself, they want to believe that there was something wrong with the 2020 election and whatever comes out of this garbage process in arizona, will start a new chapter of trying to salvage the company of the country and the fact that joe biden wasn t elected. having to deal with this is infuriating. also i think, prudent. this is not getting any less nuts over time. all right we, are much more to get through, stay with us. through, stay with us. strength gel for powerful arthritis pain relief. voltaren the joy of movement