coast. we obviously had a big show today in that. israeli prime minister visited us after that interview between the saudi crowned prince and the israeli prime minister. reacting to that and the current situation with the war. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that s it for this special report, fair, balanced and still unafraid. the ingraham angle is now. laura: good evening, everyone. i m laura ingraham and welcome to the ingraham angle from washington tonight. all right. although republicans lost some races on tuesday night, they picked up a senate seat when joe manchin announced he would not seek re-election in west virginia. manchin saw the writing on the wall he was going to lose next november and lose big. i ve made one of the toughest decisions of my life and decided that i will not be rubbing for re-election to the united states senate. but what i will be doing is traveling the country and see if there is an interest in creating a movement to
laura: good evening, i m laura ingraham on the ingraham angle. joe manchin announced he would not seek reelection in west virginia. joe manchin saw the writing on the wall, he was going to lose and lose big. i made one of the toughest decisions of my life, i will not run for reelection in the united states senate. i will be traveling the country and speaking out to see if there is interest in creating movement to mobilize the middle and bring americans together. laura: the truth is, over time, voters saw through joe manchin s mask. he couldn t play good old boy in virginia and buddy up to schumer in d.c. democrats had grown tired of him. he has not been a reliable ally to the white house or democrats, i don t know if they shift strategy that we real democrats can play. he s been more reliable than a republican would be, though. better than to not have the seat at all. that is money that can go elsewhere. laura: joe manchin s exit is a huge problem for democrat