let s start with senator manchin. he went two weeks without his name in the headlines. couldn t have that. here we are potentially signaling a restart to the negotiations. where you do think things stand? good morning and happy new year. new year, new beginnings. remember, the counteroffer he d made a few days before pulling the plug was to do a sort of swap on the child care provisions, in other words, take the tax credit out, remember that, and pivot instead to universal pre-kindergarten as sort of an alternative. we re sort of back to the drawing board. where that leaves us is potentially doing a smaller version of this bill. i think there is potential there. the biden people have been open to that. remember what they talked about at the time was manchin s