i got the sense he didn t, but didn t want to go that far on camera and say that he wasn t negotiating in good faith. certainly it is something that they are continuing to pursue. the possibility of a diplomatic path because above everything else, the ukrainian leader wants this fighting to end. he wants the destruction that we ve just seen from dan rivers report, the cities of ukraine to stop as well. and so he does still appear willing to give you know, talks of diplomacy at least some kind of chance. take a listen to what he told me earlier today from his bunker in central kyiv. you sent your delegation to meet the russians for talks. did anything substantial come out of that? is there any hope as the world watches for diplomacy? they decided, they decided to
Do it in a way the economy continues to function. at the center of all of this is vaccination. breaking news moments ago. moderna said a third dose of its covid-19 vaccine increased immune responses against the omicron variant compared with two doses in lab tests. pfizer had similar results recently. we re going to follow that all day. again, we re learning new information all the time as we learn how to live in a covid economy, covid health care. dr. carlos del rio, emory university school of medicine. the president s build back better plan dealt a fatal blow by joe manchin. now the white house suggests he wasn t negotiating in good faith.
Is to have negotiations. that doesn t take place. it appears that he was doing yet another just effort to show that he was doing something because we were going to take up a bill tomorrow that was going to give the senate exactly what they had just passed. so i think, unfortunately, what we saw here today is that the president wasn t negotiating. it s time for him to negotiate. it s time are us to negotiate and there is a path forward. i just think he s unwilling to go there yet. so for the 800,000 people who we already know are not going to be getting their paychecks for some additional ones apparently from the epa today who are also told that they don t have any money anymore, what do you say to them? well, what i say to them is that it s shameful that we aren t doing our job in government. it s about high time for members to lose their pay when we shut down the government. and that will instill, i think, a degree of necessity and
Anyone talked about for days. it led every newscast, big speeches, rallies, primetime addresses, a sense across the country that something major was happening. remember when newt seemed to suggest he wasn t negotiating because clinton had ignored him on air force one. one of the all-time political gifts the public sided decisively with clinton and against the republicans. less than a year later, clinton cruised to re-election, running against the gingrich congress. that, he said, had shut down the government. more recently there was obama versus the tea party in 2013. remember that one? ted cruz told republicans to close the government down and not to blink until obamacare was defunded. they held out for 16 days, but that was it. obamacare survived. although cruz s star with the republican base did rise. this shutdown is very real to the federal workers affected. but on capitol hill, around the country, this one is different, so far. it s a partial shutdown, only a quarter of the gover
Speeches, rallies, primetime addresses, a sense across the country that something major was happening. remember when newt seemed to suggest he wasn t negotiating because clinton had ignored him on air force one. one of the all-time political gifts the public sided decisively with clinton and against the republicans, less than a year later clinton cruised to reelection, running against the gingrich congress. that, he said, had shut down the government. more recently there was obama versus the tea party in 2013. remember that one? ted cruz told republicans to close the government down and not to blink until obamacare was defunded. they held out for 16 days, but that was it. obamacare survived. although cruz s star with the republican base did rise. this shutdown is very real to the federal workers affected. but on capitol hill, around the country, this one is different, so far. it s a partial shutdown, only a quarter of the government, and also happening during the holidays. these are de