issues the president has laid out. jen psaki didn t back away from the pretty intense statement the white house put out yesterday in response to senator manchin saying he was likely going to effectively pull the plug, that he was a no on the build back better act. there s been back and forth on that today. there have been cryptic comments made by senator manchin, mike, as we talked about at the beginning of the show, and the press secretary said she didn t know what he meant. she said, i don t know what he means when he says this is a staff issue. sajwe, maybe i should take that to you. what did he mean, do you know? it s quite unclear what senator manchin was talking about. i read that as more of an advance to psaki s statement yesterday. he thinks that was more put out by frustrated and upset white house staffers than the president himself. you saw psaki there. she used the phrase work like hell at least three times when talking about the next steps for build back better.
certainly we continue to believe that based on science that the boosters can protect people, can prevent hospitalization and death, and that s why we are going to continue to echo that out to the public. you have been listening to white house press secretary jen psaki take questions on a number of topics, most notably given today s news on the build back better act, a key piece of the president s agenda as well as the covid spike that is happening right now in many places across the country, laying out what the president may say tomorrow on his address to the nation. i want to bring back mike, sajwe and nicholas, let s talk first about the build back better and then we ll talk about the covid