ashley: we are back with a fox news exclusive, donald trump says senator joe manchin is saving biden from himself i opposing the social spending agenda. benjamin: biden claims there is still hope for his built back better plan. reporter: president biden saying he s not ready to give up his social spending plan because moderate democrats senator joe manchin declared himself the know. haven t given up on this. haven t given up on it. i want to get as much as i can possibly get done. i still think we will be able to get a significant amount of what we need to get done done. reporter: in an exclusive interview this week donald trump told me manchin may have done biden a favor saying he thinks manchin is helping biden from
the fox interview sunday but when biden officials tried to get in touch with the senator directly a source familiar tells me manchin declined the call and, kate, on tuesday the president will be giving an address to the nation on the omicron spike. all right, monica. thank you. still ahead the new report on shipping companies. super emma just about sleeps in her cape. but when we realized she was battling sensitive skin, we switched to tide hygienic clean free. it s gentle on her skin, and out cleans our old free detergent. tide hygienic clean free.
punch bowl news jake sherman msnbc political contributor. jake, good morning. always good to see you. i don t think that there s a ton of surprise that manchin holds this position that he does on this bill. but i certainly heard from sources who were pretty angry about how he made it known in this op-ed and now of course you heard some of those emotional reactions from fellow democrats. the one challenge seems to me manchin makes 50. if they push him away too hard, there s a lot at stake there. what s your report on how this is going to play out? that s right, kasie. i mean, i don t think he s at risk of becoming a republican. i don t think that s what s at risk here, but i mean, i m a little, as you sound, seem to be too, befuddled here. manchin is not going to blow up the filibuster hard stop. and all of this angst, all of this hand wringing and anger, legitimate anger, i m not suggesting that clyburn or bowman or any of those people who are speaking out against