things to move forward but the reality is this. nobody is totally sure whether senator manchin is willing to move forward. in part it s not just a policy discussion right now. there are very real emotional considerations based on what we ve seen over the course of the last 24 hours. as one democratic senator told me what are the next steps here? he said take a breath. the emotional considerations. such a good point. i imagine they ll take a breath before they restart those talks. phil mattingly at the white house, thank you so much. joining me live to discuss is democratic congressman ro khanna of california. deputy whip of the house progressive caucus. so senator manchin effectively slammed the door on the build back better. do you feel betrayed by him right now? parges i m not interested in assigning blame, and i m frankly not interested in how i feel or my colleagues or politicians feel. i m concerned how we deliver for the american public, get child
are you surprised how long it s taken with these investigations both at the state level and the district attorney level? it s been going on for quite awhile. yeah, i m not surprised because i spent a lot of my life investigating white collar crime. and other very complex white collar matters. so these investigations often take years. on the defense side, i now represent people on the defense side. it certainly takes long from that perspective state or federal and so i would urge the public to be patient, and i think that people being careful when investigating a former president and his business is a good thing. we shouldn t be reading into it? exactly right. all right. ronato, thank you very much. thank you. and in our national lead, a minnesota jury is deliberating in the manslaughter case against a white former police officer accused of killing an unarmed black man during a traffic stop. after mistaking her taser for
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credit, i want to hear what those concerns are. my understanding from his own words is he said i understand the importance of the child tax credit. that benefits a lot of working families. i understand the importance of giving kids a fair start at life. i d want to see what do we need do to get his support? he was fine with the $1.75 trillion and how do we craft it? and let s have that conversation. but i believe we can get there. if he wants additional compromises and the president says we need to have additional compromises, what i m saying is we have to be open. we have to be constructive and name calling each other is not going to help do anything to advance the ball for the american public. your colleague pramila jayapal said it s time for president biden to start using executive action to start passing some of these priorities. alexandria ocasio-cortez had a similar suggestion on msnbc this morning. let s listen. i think right now that leadership democratic leadership has a
senator joe manchin, the west virginia democrat and critical holdout on biden s $1.75 trillion economic and climate package. i have a problem. reporter: making clear again on monday his stunning announcement is firm and deep rooted. we re in a 50/50 senate. you all are approaching legislation as if you have 55 or 60 senators that are democrats. and you can do whatever you want. reporter: and now in a war of words with biden s team, after white house press secretary jen psaki released a scathing statement calling it a, quote, breach of his commitments to the president. manchin responding with this. this is bad. they drew up some things and put some things out that were inexcusable. they know what it is. and that s it. reporter: the white house attempting to take down the temperature. he considers senator manchin a longtime friend and our focus is on moving forward and getting this done. reporter: as democrats seek a pathway to bring things back on track. chuck schumer pl