protections that we in congress passed have expired. we need to make sure we re giving people the ability to stay home when they re sick, that we re giving them the support they need if they need to shut down their small business to keep people safe, and that is up to us and congress to make sure we re putting those supports and protections in place so people can make the decisions that keep all of us safe and healthy. speaking of things you ve passed in congress, if we talk about the build back better legislation, that has stalled in the senate. the washington post is reporting that senator joe manchin s $1.8 trillion spending offer, which i remind viewers he made to the white house before christmas, it now appears to be off the table because he s no longer supporting it. that is according to three people with knowledge of the matter. what is your reaction to that? given all of this, how does the congress move forward? look, i m angry and frustrated. i think the build back bette
that the story broke before the weekend, on the front page of the washington post, manchin s $1.8 trillion spending offer appears to no longer to be on the table. after the senator issued his counteroffer, it says the west virginia democrat has made clear that he does not currently support advancing even that offer following a breakdown in negotiations between manchin and the white house right before christmas. can you give us some insight into where things are on build back better and whether that framework is not part of the conversation? jonathan, i think the most important thing is what we want to accomplish within that framework. and there is a lot of agreement on things that are really important to people. starting with lowering the cost of prescription drugs, which all of our democratic colleagues support. you imagine if we re doing $35 a month cap on insulin rather than
investigation into the attack on the capitol hill. earlier today, jamie raskin giving an update on how the panel has been executing its probe as it prepares to hold public hearings in the near future. the overwhelming majority of people, both within the trump administration and outside are stepping forward to give the evidence that they ve got. overwhelmingly, people have participated. it s only a problem the closer you get to donald trump and you have a handful of people who think they re above the law, like roger stone and steve bannon and mark meadows, once he was intimidated by donald trump. but in general, we re getting terrific participation and we re really connecting all of the dots. and is build back better back to the starting line? new reporting as the washington post reports that joe manchin no longer supports advancing a $1.8 trillion spending offer that he made to the white house before christmas. that is according to three people with knowledge of the matter. earli
that can be used to protect our borders. the white house offered no specifics where the additional dollars would come from the the administration signaled it could come from the military budget though some argue the military money is already spoken for and democratic leader nancy pelosi says if the president tries to move money around he will have a fight on his hands. the senate disagree over the summer to allocate $1.6 billion for pedestrian fencing on the border but democrats say that does not mean a wall. maybe the definition of wall is changing, donald trump tweeted the democrats are saying loud and clear they do not want to build a concrete wall but we are not building a concrete wall, we are building artistically designed steel slats so that you can easily see through it but even with the white house giving in on $5 billion for a wall democrats rejected republican spending offer which means when