home state. he wasn t happy with bernie sanders that went after him in an op-ed in west virginia papers. now the two senators say they re talking. watch this moment. we re talking. we re talking. you ll have an announcement by the end of the week? we re talking. martha: we re talking. let s go to peter doocy and talk to him at the white house. hi, peter. the president is having one of these meetings in the oval office right now. these are meetings that are basically about figuring out what democrats can stomach slicing out of that multi-trillion dollar progressive wish list. whatever they lose to slim the package down is sure to upset some special interests. for now officials won t say what exactly the president wants. his redline continues to be that he won t raise taxes for anybody making less than $400,000 a year.
so hard and spending so much time to try to figure out what it is that joe manchin needed to hear to support both the infrastructure plan and that multi-trillion dollar progressive wish list and manchin thought about it before deciding he is a no explaining himself in a statement that said what i made clear to the president and democratic leaders is that spending trillions more on new and expanded government programs when we can t even pay for the essential social programs like social security and medicare is the definition of fiscal insanity. manchin s vote doesn t matter today, though. even though there is bipartisan support for infrastructure, progressives are threatening to kill that bill in the house unless they get something else, 3 1/2 trillion dollars worth of a long progressive wish list. it is an all or nothing strategy that has some moderate democrats now looking for more leadership from the president. i think this is his agenda. he said that very clearly that
their only friend? the open road. i have friends. [ chuckles ] well, he may have friends, but he rides alone. that s jeremy, right there! we re literally riding together. he gets touchy when you talk about his lack of friends. can you help me out here? no matter why you ride, progressive has you covered with protection starting at $79 a year. well, we re new friends. to be fair. eh, still.
failure the american people can take. you talked about that poll. i expect it to go down and i expect it to go down in a bipartisan fashion because americans across the board are very upset with this. and frankly, i don t think a lot of people want to hear too much about a 3.5 trillion dollar progressive wish list when we are in crisis and americans are in crisis. i got a text from one of the interpreters that i supported leaving iraq. he said he is very, very disheartened. he said the americans morality is being tested and so far it is not doing so well. bill: well stated. the weakness, the trust, the morality, all questions to be answered, brad. have you been in contact with your democratic counterparts? and if so, do they feel the way you do? yes, they do. at least i can tell you that firsthand with those that have served in theater, especially