u.s. remains those still refusing to get their first shots. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. the politics lead. new concerns about the state of american democracy. today on cnn, the homeland security department whistleblower who once analyzed intelligence for the trump administration, a self-described conservative republican, who had voted for trump, admitted that he had been ordered to lie. specifically to manipulate intelligence, to downplay the threat of russian election interference and the white supremacist threat in the u.s. and why? because homeland security department leaders and white house officials thought those facts would make then-president trump look bad. they were topics that the president, i presumed, did not want to be addressed. did not want to hear about and didn t want anyone else to hear about. trump blocking facts then and pushing lies now. this past weekend at a rally in georgia, mr. trump not only continuing to push that state to start ye
absolutely. reporter: but manchin cast doubt when asked by cnn on sunday about the problems of a thursday deal. that s a heavy lift. a lot to do. a lot to talk about. there s a lot in that bill, the $3.5 billion reconciliation bill. tax code, social reforms. there s a lot. and people need to know what s in it. it s going to take awhile. reporter: the larger safety social net plan. an expansion of medicare, measures to deal with climate change, extension of the child tax credit and tax hikes on corporations and high earners to pay for it. this hour pelosi convening a closed door meeting where she ll try to get them in line and make the case her party must stay united or risk seeing everything collapse. failure is not an option. d for democrats is deliver. and we re all going to have to come together. reporter: all this as a potential economic catastrophe also awaits. senate republicans plan to block a bill this hour to keep the government open past thursday becau