republicans or more likely to be an independent? i would say joe manchin, we would welcome him with open arms in our party, a lot of democrats across the country over the years from states like west virginia that recognized they re not leaving the democratic party. the democratic party left them. you ve seen that the last two days. joe manchin has been candid and up front. he s like the can you hear me now guy from the cell phone commercials. he s worried about inflation, about trillions of new debt, about giving amnesty to illegal immigrants or discouraging people from going out and working and the democrats thought he would roll over in the end. now they re criticizing him for not being a good democrat. i think it s rich when bernie sanders who wasn t a democrat at all until six years ago was criticizing joe manchin. so maybe it s time for senator manchin to come over and we well would welcome him with open
a bleak outlook according to where the u.s. is headed according to our fox news poll. 50% of voters say they re not hopeful about the country s future. 43% say they are. our republican pollster that works with a democrat on the survey says the numbers are unusual because american are more optimistic about the future. edward lawrence live with this. edward, sounds like a glum report before christmas. yeah, polster s know this. the while house knows the numbers are dipping. that s why we just heard about the president talking about vaccine mandates. he says he knows they re up popular but he tried to justify them. the speech was heavy on test. people have had issues with the long lines and getting tested and that plays in to the
there s no money out of pocket and no up front fees. the newday two and a quarter refi. at these rates, you may never need to refinance again. i support joe manchin 120%. i do have mixed feelings. but he have west virginias in mind. nothing in that bill would help west virginiians. i m praising him. that s what some west virginiians are saying about their senator, democrat joe manchin coming out against the president s $2 trillion social spending plan. some progressives say it s time for the president to take executive action. but moments ago, he said he s not giving up on the bill. did senator manchin break his commitment to you? senator manchin and i will
else. there is testing at the border under certain circumstances as you know. steve: those certain circumstances he made it sound like the federal government is doing it the federal government is not testing people at the southern border. as we have detailed for months on this program, the federal government has asked nongovernment organizations like catholic charities and things like that to do the testing on their behalf if they want to. if they can. and in many cases people don t take the test. ainsley: a lot of people crossing over the border that are not caught they are not tested. just walking into the country. steve: the disease does not know whether you came in on an airplane or came across a river. brian: he is playing politics. i mean, one indication that anthony fauci wasn t a democrat, when he was with this new administration, the first thing he says rachel maddow is my gave rid of the show, right? that told you where he stood. know he knows it s politically damaging he s
so either that or i wouldn t life be easier for you to do that? it would be much easier. is that the purpose of being involved in public service because it s easy? are you thinking about doing it? no. i never thought what i m telling you now is who i am. do you think by having a d, an i or an r would change who i am? i don t think the r s would be happier than the d s are right now. i don t know where the hell i belong. jim jordan switched parties, but of course if joe manchin wasn t a democrat, he wouldn t have all the power that he does. now let s switch to virginia where early voting is under way in the virginia governor s race. this morning the state is actually looking like a nail biter. terry mcauliffe and republican glenn youngkin are in a dead heat right now. the election could give an early