journal. with this lead line, it says that joe manchin is rescuing the democrats with his opposition to this bill. they also write about the fact that they think this is a moment to offer president biden a chance to shift some of the deck chairs in the west wing. they point fingers directly at the chief of staff, ron klain and also adviser susan rice by name. they say they re leading him towards policy is not working and it s time to make changes. also, another huge story today. the omicron problem and the lack of available testing treatments that are available in some countries but not here raising a ton of questions. everybody is trying to get tested today in new york city. we ll be joined by dr. amos who is great at answering the questions about what the this means as we head into the holidays. we can take some of your questions. we ve been getting good ones throughout the afternoon. sends your questions to@martha maccallum on twitter. we ll look forward to receiving thos
massive social spending plan. hello and welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith in new york. good to see you. mike: great to see you. i am mike emanuel in for john roberts in washington. a tough week for a democratic leaders as they leave town for the break was no victory in hand, and dwindling hopes they can pass their goals ahead of the 2022 midterms. see eight squad members like ilhan omar and alexandria ocasio-cortez and other liberal lawmakers making things personal with manchin after his announcement on fox news sunday. we all know that senator manchin couldn t be trusted, the excuses that he just made i think our complete [bleep]. he waited until everyone was on vacation to say, no, i m not going to vote for this. let mr. manchin expand to the people of west virginia what he doesn t have the guts to stand up to powerful special interests. mike: we begin with congressional correspondent chad pergram live on capitol hill. chad, are democrats wondering if manchi
We are awaiting the briefing. this got delayed now three times, and still not happening, so we ll keep watching for psaki, and the dow down 550 points on covid jitters. mike: lots of questions to ask at the briefing. thank you so much for joining us. it s been a pleasure. sandra: great to be with you, mike. i am sandra smith. mike: martha: thank you very much, mike and sandra. good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. so the white house as you just heard is set to brief moments from now. there s been several delays. looks like people are taking their seats. we ll keep an eye on that. the big story today, senator joe manchin slamming the west wing for the handling of the build back better negotiations. it s not the president. it s the staff. they put some things out that were inexcusable. they know what it is. that s it. martha: so interesting editorial from the wall street