tag it s a big one. whatever decision the president makes, i m going to try to work with him. i really am. kirstjen powers is here and charlie dent as well. good evening. you just heard joe manchin. he is looking for big changes. how big of a blow is this to president biden? i think it s a bit of a blow but i don t think anybody should be surprised by this. i ve been saying for several weeks, actually months, that i hope he s shocked at this bill in any form passed before christmas. i think it s in real trouble. i think senator manchin wants to be scored fairly ap nd the cbo came out with a ten-year score and the numbers weren t pretty and i think he s concerned about the size and scope of this. he is not a progressive by any means. he s actually a fairly conservative guy. nobody should be shocked that
attacking lisa page again and tweeting about her again. joining us now cnn political analyst kirstjen powers and cnn legal and national security analyst. can you imagine the president of the united states speaking and tweeting about your personal life, your relationships, your sex life? i mean, it s so jaw dropping what she has lived with for the past two years. it s incredible, actually, that she has stayed silent for so long. yeah, i mean, i think what he s been doing is really bullying her, right? i mean, his, you know, melania, hello, do something about the bullying. it s just this nonstop attack on this woman who, you know, i ve said before i don t think the texts that they exchanged were, you know, appropriate in the sense that you always want to look like you are completely above reproach when you re in a position like that.
to be a quid pro quo the president has to spell it out and say, by the way, i ve stopped the aid, i m holding it up even though congress passed it on a bipartisan basis and you, you know, do me this thing on crowd strike and my conspiracy theory about the 2016 election, oh and by the way, biden why is he bringing up biden if it s not a favor? because the ukrainian president brought it up. oh, come on. this has been something they ve been pushing. it s also so crazy making because biden did the opposite. by the way, of all the things the brand new ukrainian president has top of his list of concerns is joe biden s son from years ago and his board seat. i mean, that s amazing to me. i m out of time. rick santorum, thank you, and kirstjen. senator, i want to get your
didn t actually hear the call, they felt this was credible and urgent and wanted congress to see it. all the details are in the the new york times report. julian barnes, thank you very. appreciate it. i want to bring in rick santorum and kirstjen powers. there was concern even among democrats they may have jumped the gun yesterday. was that concern misplaced? do you have those concerns still? i definitely don t have those concerns i don t see how any gun can be jumped in this situation. i think this is like slow motion watching democracy die. we ve been watching it and i think what we ve seen in the last couple of days is absolutely horrifying and the fact there are people defending is a horror. donald trump has admitted to doing this. we have at least a partial