on him and the democratic party. he kept asking where are republicans? what do they stand for? what does mitch mcconnell stand for? a preview of what s to come in the year ahead for this president. ali, on one hand you have president biden saying democrats need to tell the story of their accomplishments but hours later they get handed dual dee gets that everybody knew were coming. is there a disconnect there? reporter: chris, the disconnect didn t even come hours later, it came in some ways as the president was giving his press conference yesterday because several of us up here on the hill ended up having to listen to president biden in one ear and then an address from senator joe manchin on the senate floor on voting rights at the exact same time. again, highlighting that disconnect that even as the president talked about the need to move forward on voting rights, you had senator joe manchin once again standing at the crossroads and ultimately voting with republicans not to change