the wake of senator manchin announcing that he would no longer be negotiating on this but that he could not move forward with this piece of legislation. the white house said in a statement that, quote, if his comments on fox and written statement indicate an end to that effort, meaning the effort to find common ground, they represent a sudden and inexplicable vereversal in his position and a breach of his commitments to the president and the senator s colleagues in the house and senate. the president said he was at a wit s end. the white house say they re not giving up, they ll try and find a path forward in the new year, but how exactly they move forward is very unclear at this point. kate? jeremy, thank you for that. so where does biden and the democratic agenda go from here? joining me now is catherine lucy, white house reporter for the wall street journal. thanks for being here. so the white house, jeremy read