throwing out words like betray el, scrooge, he can't be trusted and some words from omar that we can't put on tv. she had to be bleeped. some democrats are nervous. the "new york post" cover calling out dem bullies. one moderate dem telling the outlet i'm disgusted frankly with those who believe the path forward is to condemn him into submission. it is a path destined to fail and will only harden his heart and result in absolutely nothing. maybe that's why vice president kamala harris was pretty chill when asked about manchin's knock-out punch. >> do you feel that senator manchin is playing fair with you? he went on television and said no pretty definitively. >> i think the stakes are too high for this to be in any way about any specific individual. >> you don't feel betrayed. >> no, i don't have any personal feelings about this. this is about let's get the job done. >> harris: peter doocy live at the white house. >> it's been interesting to watch because officials here were talking very tough on sunday in a statement blowing up joe biden for blowing up the bbb. that was when they were behind the keyboard. for some reason in front of the camera yesterday totally different tune. >> i will say from the president's viewpoint -- i saw him this morning -- he has worked with senator manchin over the course of decades. they share fundamental values, long-time friends. that hasn't changed. >> not all democrats are ready to give manchin is pass. the progressives are accusing joe manchin of leading joe biden on and creating the false impression he was almost there on the social spending bill. >> that lack of integrity of stunning in a town where people say the only thing that you have is your word. according to the white house's statement yesterday and my own conversations with the white house yesterday, it is abundantly clear that we cannot trust what senator manchin says. >> some of manchin's colleagues can't believe their eyes and ears. it is not just joe manchin who tanked the spengd bill. it is manchin and all 50 republicans. >> i give joe a lot of credit. the amount of abuse and flak he has taken from some of his colleagues from the left wing all over america. it is pretty shocking when you think about it. >> so now there is a stalemate. sounds like white house officials are going to wait to hear from joe manchin about what he could possibly get behind, but it is not entirely clear right now if whatever manchin eventually likes will be okay with other democrats. around we go. >> harris: and around we go negotiating. it is the swamp and what i said yesterday. it is not over yet. peter doocy, thank you. we get more insight into why senator joe manchin said the white house staff did absolutely inexcusable things to him. manchin has been the target of protesting for months. you see here remember we showed you this when it was happening. kayakers confronted him on his yacht where he lives. a source told fox manchin wanted to avoid further incidents like that and other confrontations involving his family. you can understand that. he asked the white house not to single him out by putting his name in the statement on pushing negotiations into next year. but the white house did it anyway and they named him three separate times in the document. not another democrat that manchin said was also pushing back on the white house, sinema. he said don't name anybody or name us all. jen psaki talking about it. >> did the white house shared the statement with senator manchin before it was put out and what was his reaction to that? >> i won't detail private discussions or private sharing of statements in advance. >> harris: joe concha fox news contributor and media and politics columnist nor the hill. jen psaki doesn't want to repeat anything that was private. the statement was private before they took it public and they didn't listen to him and didn't care he didn't want to be mentioned. >> a bit of hypocrisy there, right? not just joe manchin and the boat and protestors coming up there where his family is. remember kyrsten sinema who gets chased into a bathroom. in a year of messaging missteps by this administration and democratic party as a whole on this, the personal and petty attacks right out of mean girl script may be the most ill advised and he grejous of all those steps. they were led by the white house press secretary. unelected official who has become increasingly condescending in press briefings. it is joe manchin, not joe biden holds the key to the president's agenda. aoc's agenda. mid-terms aren't in january, they're in november. there was time to work with manchin on items he would agree to. pass those items as smaller individual bills where the pay fors could justify them and get small wins one-by-one. instead democrats led by the face of this administration. they think going after joe manchin was a swell idea? when he becomes an independent. based on what has been said in the past 48 hours democrats have no one else to blame but themselves. >> harris: let's talk about the reporting you are picking up what happens next with senator manchin quickly. you saw reports that the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell for the republicans has already said we'll take him for republicans. i have been saying this all along. just because of the political flex that you see from manchin right now it doesn't mean he is a republican. when republicans look across the aisle and say he is one of us? no, he doesn't want to be one of them, the democrats. talk to me about the reporting on him perhaps looking down the independent lane. >> he is probably not going to become a republican. he will probably go to the independent lane. >> harris: who does he caucus with? lieberman always caucused with. when you see independents they always have a side. democrat, is that what he will do? >> what does it mean anymore? if he didn't agree with the build back better bill does it matter who he caucuses with? he goes issue to issue in these situations and again his reasoning here was so pragmatic. we have inflation at a 40 year high. to flood the system with that it will make inflation worse. maybe put a pause until next year and let's see what the situation is like with inflation. but instead they tried to bully him into doing this and it did not work and the country probably if you care about inflation, particularly the low and middle class is probably better off for it. >> harris: everybody cares about inflation. bullying isn't helping us on the covid front, either. i will leave that there. with some democrats being softer on senator manchin the liberal media are going hard at him. watch. >> biden facing a duel nightmare before christmas. senator joe manchin firing back after fellow democrats and white house blasted his announcement he won't back the president's 1.7 trillion social spengd and climate bill. >> manchin questioned whether parents would use the money to buy drugs and also said americans, including his own west virginia constituents, could exploit paid family leave to go hunting during deer season. >> it is very clear to me, john, that senator manchin has engaged in negotiations from my point of view in bad faith. >> harris: what do you think about that? >> wow, it is like the cast of the view cloned itself and now that's the tenor and tone occupying other cable news networks 24/7. what sources? probably democratic sources. no one close to joe manchin in west virginia. look, the old saying is always plan for the fact that no plan ever goes according to plan, right? despite what the activists playing pundits are saying manchin has been consistent in his messaging since the beginning and his concerns over spending before. when you throw in heating costs will go up 50% this winter. that's the forecast. gas prices are still at 10-year highs. maybe just maybe democrats should have followed manchin's pragmatism and shelved the bill for a later date. political pundits can attack manchin on the personal level. the american people care about solutions not food fights and making manchin the worst guy this planet has seen since mao won't resonate. >> harris: it has to be embarrassing for the white house. a paper trail leading to this past july where he told them in writing his feelings about build back better. he told them in writing where he stood. he wouldn't be able to be part of what they were doing based on some things. he gave them an idea of what he didn't want to see. they are either tone deaf, didn't care, a little bit of both and now their backs are up against the wall. it has to be humiliating for them. >> humiliating because they panicked. in the end they see the red tsunami coming in november. they know they will lose the house. president obama in his first term despite passing obamacare lost 63 seats that year. donald trump lost in his first term 43 seats. flipping five given everything we just listed inflation, crime, gas prices, border, afghanistan, 50 to 70 will probably slip. you need one seat to be flipped in the senate if joe manchin doesn't caucus with republicans or become an independent and it goes back to mitch mcconnell and you have an 80 something joe biden at the top of your ticket for 2024. most democrats don't want him to run and harris isn't plan b. the panic was there. get this in now because we won't have power. it was too big to fail. >> harris: we got the statement out by speaker nancy pelosi and you just jared my memory about this. i've only had it for 20 minutes or so. apparently the third house democrat to retire in the last 48 hours since manchin blew up the deal announced that congress person is leaving. that's according to nancy pelosi's office. they don't want any part of 2022 or is it just a coincidence? three in 48 hours since manchin blew up the train. your thinking. >> well, there are no coincidences right, no accidents. i think it was freud who said that. you see retirement after retirement being announced. they see the roadmap and they would rather not waste the time in running when they know they will be swept out anyway and get out now. 2022 will be so ugly because it has become so personal already and the civil war within the democratic party you think it has been bad over the last 48 hours? wait until election day and all the back stabbing and front stabbing that will be happening in this party. the question is who is the leader right now? who is in control? no one including many democrats can answer that question. >> harris: don't ask kamala harris that. she gets very upse. i don't know if you caught that on camera. she wasn't happy with charlamagne tha god. thank you, president biden will address a covid-weary nation in 2 1/2, 3 hours from now. what he needs to say after his white house had some really harsh words again for people who are not vaccinated. >> first thing i would include is some honesty and not politization. be frank with the american 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health conditions. take a listen. >> we will have hospitalizations, tragically deaths like what we see now. but the evidence shows that for those vaccinated and with the booster it is much less likely. >> while existing vaccines are less effective against omicron booster shots restore lost protection according to new date why from mod eastern yeah and earlier data from pfizer. long lines forming at several testing sites around the country. robert redfeld says the federal government needs to offer more tests than what the biden administration is currently planning. >> our nation probably needs over a billion tests a month just from a public health point of view. we still have a long way to go. >> today massachusetts governor will activate up to 500 members of the national guard to provide non-clinical support services for hospitals and ambulance services facing strained resources during the covid surge. on wednesday schools in the new york suburb of mount vernon will go 100% virtual instruction. that will last through january 18. in a memo the superintendent explains i have been very reluctant to close schools. it would be risky not to do so with the rise in covid cases. schools in new york city plan to remain open with testing and other safety protocols in place. back to you. >> harris: thank you very much. and when president biden speaks today, we were just talking about these trials and tribulations of getting tested, he is expected to mention plans to distribute 500 million home tests to americans. he is following some states that are already doing that. so it will be interesting. he can jump in the game now. the white house press secretary jen psaki tweeted the address will be a stark warning to the unvaccinated and seemed to dial it back at the press briefing. >> this is not a speech about locking down the country. it is a speech outlining and being direct and clear with the american people about the benefits of being vaccinated, the steps we are going to take to increase access and increase testing, and the risks posed to unvaccinated individuals. >> harris: supreme court justice brett kavanaugh is asking the biden administration to respond to an avalanche of appeals to the federal court decision which allows biden's controversial vaccine or testing mandate for certain private businesses to move forward. in "focus" now congresswoman nancy mace, south carolina republican. member of the house oversight and veterans affairs committees. let's start with what the president should be saying this afternoon. >> well for starters he should not attack the american people. he needs to provide reassurances to our country that we'll have testing available. i am very keen on the idea of expanding testing and having the federal government provide tests to the american people. i'm worried about the number and amount we're already seeing in the northeast testing sites being overrun and people waiting hours just to get the test. but that's a good step in the right direction i would say. but we need to provide assurances to the american people and governors and states that are dealing with omicron and will in the next few weeks as it makes its way through our country on how we'll handle that. it is everything from testing to the availability of vaccinations to the availability of ppe and making sure that the american people have the right information and rather than attacking want to make sure there is growing trust, not distrust of the government. growing trust in the medical community and doctors rather than sewing seeds of distrust. i hope to hear that message this afternoon. >> harris: quickly and we'll move to the next thing. you are with your voters in south carolina and you are talking and listening to people. what has been something that this white house misstepped on the most with regard to covid. we now have more people dying. we have less access to testing. in some ways we've gone backwards. >> right. it has been a lot of the misinformation. sometimes misleading information also the vax mandates enormous pushback in my community and state of south carolina to allow families and businesses to make these decisions. the decisions should be made at the state, local and personal level. enormous pushback on the mandates and the attacking people who are vaccinated or not vaccinated. it goes both ways. attacking others during this time. covid is not solely in the united states. it is everywhere around the world. we really truly have to work together. it has been politicized. we continue to politicize it. that's i think made this getting through this thing even tougher. omicron is going to be more prevalent than ever. it sounds like it is less deadly >> harris: as far as we know. >> there is more breakthrough cases and we want to make sure people have the right information to make the best decision else for themselves. >> harris: you just mentioned something that is so important. it is everywhere, not just in the united states. i haven't heard the president or his team at the white house taking down the unvaccinated in countries where they don't have access to the vaccines. if you want an even playing field wouldn't they be according to the white house the enemies, if you will, with regard to covid? i do want to get to this from congressman andy biggs of the great state of arizona. we're on this topic. here is what he tweeted in terms of his response. this is sick. biden and his crew want to fear monger their way into dictating your private healthcare decisions. we're not falling for it. your reaction, congresswoman. >> i would agree. i think the vast majority of americans would agree, too. the kind of mandates scaring people during christmas and new year's, bully them into this is not the way to go. we need to not attack the american people but provide reassure nss and give them hope and information to make good decision else for themselves and their communities and give states the availability to manage the hot spots. it will make its way through the country. we need to make sure there are reassurances to all of our governors across the country the federal government will provide access to testing that they need, ppe, etc. when this thing hits the fan everywhere else in the country. that's what we need to be hearing from everybody across the board today. >> harris: you talk about readiness. you are waging readiness. less fight among each other and more readiness. it takes leadership. i want to get to this. a lot of parents are concerned they will start putting kids back in virtual. we know the educational harm and emotional challenges that can bring for a lot of kids. washington examner op-ed reads this way. any state, city or school distlaikt is closing down schools and forcing children back into the catastrophe that is remote learning is ignoring 22 months of data. they are sacrificing children's education on behalf of the panicked segment of the population that is afraid to go outside without a mask on. no one is being protected by shutting down schools and mandating children be vaccinated, masked or constantly tested. what is your reaction to that? >> i can tell you i have seen it firsthand the struggles of virtual learning and how awful it has been for our family and how my children and other children have struggled. i've seen the struggles firsthand. we don't want to see the federal government do blanket lockdowns or anything to that nature. it should be up to parents how their kids go to school, not up to anybody else. i can tell you i have had a conversation with my kids during delta variant i sent them to schools in mask. one kid wearing a mask and one kid will take it off behind my back. when it gets to south carolina and have a prevalence of the variant you are going to school in masks because those offer greater protection than surgical or medical masks so they can be protected. i'm already having these conversations with my kids. i don't want to see them in virtual learning. i want to keep them healthy. we're talking about washing hands again and doing all the things we do and limiting big events and those sorts of things. we're making those decisions and able to as parents. we should have the ability to do that for ourselves and our kids. >> harris: just having a choice to get your household ready to send to school rather than somebody shutting it down and forcing you to become the teacher again. >> exactly. >> harris: you would be much more equipped than i. it was a struggle the first time. good to see you. >> thank you so much. >> harris: we appreciate your time and expertise today. more and more house democrats throwing in the towel now. some are calling it a retirement crisis and new numbers out. the mid-term money race. we'll take a look at it. none of it seems to be really good news for the democrats fearing a great big red wave. i told you how many had left in the last 48 hours from the house. we'll get into it more. 2021 almost over, just a few days. new fox business poll suggests the end cannot come quickly enough. when it comes to crime. high prices, inflation, all going nowhere but up. >> everything is getting so expensive. i don't know how we are going to make it. >> pretty much everything. especially paper products. toilet paper. we can't even find that. 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(crowd) business! >> at least 7 to 10 to 12% increase. >> the prices are so outrageous, i can't afford it. >> i put a lot of money in gas every week. it hurts my bo*l bottom line. >> harris: 2021 brought angst and real life problems and you were hearing to a lot of americans. inflation up, crime up, coronavirus exploding as the year comes to a close. a new fox business poll shows only 19% of voters considered it a good year. better than 2020 but only half of the number who said 2019 was a good year. the real life popper among self-identified democrats majority said this one was a bad one for the country. when it comes to their own families a third said 2021 was good. 55% say 2021 was bad for their household. power panel aaron, vice president at tag strategies and former trump 2020 director of press communications, leslie marshall fox news contributor. aaron, i come to you first and the importance of the numbers we're seeing now. >> well, it is clear that joe biden and kamala hairp are failing in the white house. they plan on a platform of a return to normal. the kicker is they didn't tell the american people the normalcy would be that of the carter administration with domestic and international crisis after crisis. we have seen that joe biden and kamala harris are in fact a crisis machine. whether it's inflation, whether it's a supply chain crisis, the crisis at the southern border, the botched withdrawal from afghanistan, or the fact that overdose deaths are increasing as a result of the coronavirus pandemic here in this country. it is devastating to see. the kicker to all this again is the fact that joe biden and kamala harris refuse to take accountability for their failure and there is a true vacuum of leadership in the white house now. >> harris: the president and vice president are a crisis machine. leslie marshall. >> i think it's interesting. there is a never a president who stood up my bad, it's on me. i don't care who it is. >> harris: what about the buck stops here? >> but the buck does stop here. the problem is any politician is not responsible for a viral pandemic which we are now seeing upticks again. would be problem my party has, we'll put this behind us, scientists, doctors, they don't know that. we know this is fluid and we need to work with that with the american people and be honest. being honest, inflation, this pandemic, democrat or republican is not the fault of the person in the white house. however, voters and americans will blame whoever is in the white house for that. that's understandable and historical and cyclical. >> harris: what could be a bad sign for democrats and president biden, the president hitting his all-time high for disapproval and an all-new npr poll. 55% of people who took this poll now disapprove of the job he is doing. 41% approve. the most alarming drop for the white house headed into the mid-term election season is biden's support among independents. 2/3 of independent voters disapprove of biden. erin, talk to me about independents and how they play a role and why it's politics curng, that number. >> you are right. that number is devastating for democrats. independence remain a key swing votes that republicans and democrats vie for in every election. we have seen historic retirement levels coming out of democrats knowing they are set to lose power in 2020. we've seen that start already. you saw a very close race in new jersey for governor. that really most political scientists didn't have on their radar. we have now seen that virginia will have a republican governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. that's just the start of the red wave. democrats are running on a doom and gloom strategy telling people they'll die if they don't get in line with their ethos right now as opposed to republicans saying they are the party of yes and optimism. yes, you can get your children back in school. yes, we can raise paychecks, yes america can be strong on the global stage. independents are drawn to that messaging because it is optimistic not the doom and gloom devastation of democratic party. >> harris: i will move to this unless you have a quick rebutteal. >> i do. i don't feel it's that way as well. doom and gloom is the headline. more death, the virus is back, we have a new mutation. >> harris: there is a president in the white house who said that he was going to get rid of the virus. you have just said nobody should be saying that. we heard you loud and clear and you are right about that. at the same time they keep saying it that they will have all the answers. look at 2:30 eastern today he will have to have some answers. i thought he ought to be flanked by scientists. newly released numbers republicans out raised the democrats. the 10.7 million is its best november in a non-election year. the big money haul comes as democrats look at defending razor thin majorities in both the house and senate in 2022. a so-called retirement crisis is plaguing the party as well. as of this morning 23 house democrats aren't seeking reelection putting their already slim majority in serious jeopardy. maybe it is just a coincidence but in the last 48 hours since joe manchin said he wouldn't vote for president biden's build back better three democrat members have announced their retirement. joe concha said there are no coincidences. what is happening? >> i don't think they are coincidences but not the motivation for every retirement. one motivation is years ago do you remember congresswoman pat schroder, i asked her why she got out of congress. this was years ago, decades ago. she said because we used to go in and argue and then walk out and have a beer together. it is so divisive. republicans are retiring too. it is difficult for those who knew what it used to be like in the more divided and the vitriol and spiteful things said. regarding the fundraising in october democrats had the highest fundraising they've ever had over republicans in decades. republicans have been outspending and out campaigning funds july, august, september we see that trend and we see it historically in mid-term elections. republicans have more voters come out and have a better game when it comes to mid-terms and every 4 to 8 years we see retirements and switches in power whether it's a democrat or republican. >> harris: you are a gifted communicator. it was a mix of the locker room halftime. here are the reasons why we won't lose and a reminder that people quit. i want to point to two things. you have people softer on going after manchin today on the hill and three house members running for the exits in 48 hours. >> democrats are completely in disarray. they want to lambaste their own party when they have control of the white house, senate and house. democrats are throwing each other under the bus. what else are they trying to do? pack the supreme court and eliminate the filibuster, take over federalize elections and stamp on the constitution. so listen, democrats will lose in november 2022. it's up to them how bad they make it for themselves. >> harris: good so see you both. now she says she is sorry for the vile tweet but maybe too late for the people of west virginia. bette midler showing just how out of touch hollywood elites really are and we'll think of joe manchin's constituents about him standing up to massive spending proposals. >> he take questions multiple times awe can. depends on what you ask. >> harris: okay. so we have to give her the questions and he gets to pick what we ask? no, what exactly is the press secretary going to do and what are the reporters supposed to ask in order to get the answers from our commander-in-chief? kat timpf is in "focus" next. ♪ limu emu... & doug ♪ ♪ superpowers from a spider bite? i could use some help showing the world how liberty mutual customizes their car insurance so they only pay for what they need. 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the press is supposed to be provides a check on the government. that check can decide what it wants to ask on behalf of the citizens, right? you don't get to pick in the questions what you talk about. that's what the whole speech is for. this completely defeats the purpose of what a question and answer is supposed to provide. >> harris: all right. so one more on that. he speaks today. we don't know what will happen after. do you see anything changing? you are in the world and talking with people. >> yeah, i certainly do when it comes to covid i see things changing. i think that it is disheartening toz. it seems as though, you know, we come out of it to come back in even harder. a lot of people are exhausted and frustrated. >> harris: maybe he will connect with people. actress and singer bette midler says she is sorry for her vicious comments about people in west virginia after manchin's no vote on biden's spending bill. he wants us all to be like his state, poor, illiterate and strung out. after getting ripped on social media bette midler walked it back tweeting i apologize to the good people of west virginia for my last outburst. i am seeing red. joe manchin and his whole family are a criminal enterprise. is he the best west virginia has to offer its own citizens? surely there is someone there who has the state's interest at heart, not his own. those terrible people agree with manchin. >> i support joe manchin 120%. >> for him not backing down to biden. west virginia is suffering from biden's choices. >> absolutely support him. >> i think it was the right thing to do. >> harris: remember how when hillary clinton called them deplorables, that's is a new terrible people. >> i'm against in general canceling anybody but i have a really hard time understanding what she wanted from this. you can disagree with someone. you can go after a public official on matter of policy but to call all these constituents saying you are poor and addicted to drugs because you disagree with me and also bette midler, guess what? she has a lot more money than i do and will ever have but i don't think it makes a difference in terms of what kind of person you are or intelligent you are capable of being. >> harris: people have gone after her a little bit. it was more like a lecture than an apology. >> not like she was joking. it completely just insulting. i don't know why. i don't know why. it shows the elitism which drives me crazy. just because you are good at singing doesn't mean you are better than anybody else. >> harris: a heckler interrupted speaker nancy pelosi with a let's go brandon chant. >> he brought to that committee his experience as a local official, as a member of the state leather. >> let's go brandon. >> so in any case marks -- >> usa, usa. usa. >> i hope he is not one of my constituents. >> harris: the man who inspired that chant is finally speeng out. nascar driver brandon brown published an op-ed. people have a right to frustration and anger. i will no longer be silent about the situation i find himself in and why millions of americans are chanting my name. i hear them even if washington does not. >> interesting. the let's go, brandon wasn't just about anti-biden, it was the whole joke of saying that and the media refusing to recognize that's what they were saying. so i think it's not just washington it would be a lot of people in the media overall and the frustration not just with maybe the way things are going under the current president but the frustration with having your frustrations going -- you feel like ignored. >> harris: the original brandon gets that. >> yeah. which i kept rereading it. really, the same brandon? that's wild. >> harris: quickly one last one for you on this one. did you see nancy pelosi's reaction to that? it's not -- this is not just about joe biden anymore. >> exactly. it is not about joe biden. it is feeling as though she represents the government only represents certain people who have to agree to do certain spifs -- specific things. she seems annoyed to deal with it. that's her job, >> harris: you know who else might be feeling that a little bit senator joe manchin. the part where he is not heard because he is not in the inner circle of the liberals on the hill? >> always hard to be an independent thinker especially in politics. >> harris: you have that going on and then the last one today i would imagine going into this holiday season is how people see their lives and their own hands and some of the changes with covid right now we're all going through. a last quick word. >> it is horrible. last year things were difficult with covid and a lot of us were separated and weren't together. everyone has been looking forward to spending time together with their families this year and now covid is everywhere. people are also frustrated and worried about locking down again. everyone is afraid right now. >> harris: well i know my earlier guest said the buck stops here couldn't remember. that's harry truman. presidents know they are ultimately responsible. kat, good to see you. 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