hope of passing meaningful voting rights legislation. joining me now, california senator alex pedilla. welcome back to the sunday show. lots to talk to you about. before we get to the voting rights conversation, your reaction to senator joe manchin and his reaction that he just can t vote for build back better. well, honestly, not a huge shock but i will caveat that with it s not other yet. i think as i ve said since the signing of the bipartisan infrastructure deal, look at the roller coaster that took us on. there was a bipartisan deal, then it fell apart, then there was a deal again and it fell apart. we got to the finish line and the president signed it and i predicted that would be the same case with build back better. he have been in the caucus conversations with senator manchin and all of my colleagues
through? i do get the sense yes. both he and i were former secretaries of states so we noe lekss better. build back better, details matter. california senator alex padilla, as always, thank you very, very much for coming to the sunday show. thanks, jonathan. take care. joining me now, the reverend al sharpton, host of politics nation, author of rise up. rev, there s so much news happening this morning. first, i would love to get your reaction to the news that senator manchin is not going to vote for build back better. well, i don t think anyone that has followed this is surprised. right. but i do think that anyone that was hoping that they would turn him around or that the president could persuade him being this they ve been friends for so long, i think hope has