agenda in terms of voting rights, gun control, other issues. and so i think they re waiting to see if they can reach a infrastructure deal. if they can t, they ll pass that to reconciliation. it give morse energy to people on the left to say this is not democratic. emily, let me read for you from the washington post talking about the filibuster and saying listen, it s not essentially that easy. and even if the democrats were to get rid of the filibuster, they would still need to have a majority. and they have some outliars, joe man chan, republicans and some democrats argue it s not that easy, and advocates of getting rid of the filibuster don t acknowledge another problematic reality for the party. seven democrats don t currently have the majority needed to pass parts of the biden agenda, even if they scrap the 60-vote threshold. a real reality for the democrats. that always becomes the argument, and it s real. but getting rid of the
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the new healthcare bill was not popular. so i think they re doing exactly what they were elect to do, which is not to make the president look good, which is not to handled over what the president demand, but what is to represent their constituents. just the last few minutes we have breaking news. democratic senator joe man chan of west virginia says he will vote to confirm neil gorsuch to be supreme court justice. probably the most conservative member of the democratic caucus. what does it mean for the confirmation process? the bigger question is whether he will vote in favor of the democratic effort to filibuster. he will not filibuster. but in terms of will he vote with republicans to change the filibuster rule or stick with the democrats and force them to walk the line. he told me he won t. i think if the democrats see the writing on the wall and neil gore stuch is going there, and
with the united states. in iran, they knew that things really wouldn t resolve themselves unless you make things okay with the world s biggest super power. iran has been america s biggest enemy for so long they could now any about embarking on a new chapter with the united states. they have common enemies in the region. but we also have to see how that plays out. people in iran the powerful they don t know how it s going to affect their future. they re going to have a big say in this over the course of the months and years. joe? all right, ali route en in tehran. it will be interesting seeing the reaction from iran. they ve been living a much more isolated existence for years. let s go back to andrea mitchell with details. on the sanctions part of this obviously a lot of people on capitol hill and across washington. what can you tell us?
remarkably historic day for the people of tehran. that s right, joe. this is a huge day for the people in iran. they ve been anticipating this for many years. in iran, since the revolution, i have to tell you that the majority of people in this country want normal relations with america. they don t have animosities with america. yes, there is a hardcore line in this country that their national line is death to america and they are backed by very powerful people. but they are in a minority. people in the country have been craving for normal relations with america. over the last few days we ve been interviewing, talking to regular iranians and they ve been waiting for this moment to happen. they want to engage with the united states and want american businesses to come here. they want relations with them. this is going to be a huge victory for president rouhani. even though in the past, they haven t said this. this is the elusive prize, the source of normalized relations