no. always have good lunches, good discussions. martha: good lunch, good discussion. there s joe manchin. meanwhile, from cnn to the new york times, there s open discussion about who would do better in the white house. all along, the polls on this build back better bill, which is what they re looking at manchin for have told the white house this same thing for months and months. 74% of voters say that bbb would push inflation higher or wouldn t make a difference. katie pavlich is standing by. first, david asman. great to have you with us. makes you wonder why they haven t switched gears here. we re going to talk about a way that they re trying to switch gears right now. look at the polls. they ve been consistent four or five months in the way the public views the bill and what kind of positive impact they may have. remember, they said there wasn t any inflation. it s kind of like crime. at first they tried to see don t believe your own lying eyes. they tried to get aw
Wear patches of those that died in the tornadoes. coach calipari had a telethon racing $3 million. john: if you d like to help, go to redcross.org. fox news media donated $1 million to the cause. so much more is needed. sandra: great to have you back, john. i m sandra smith. john: and i m john roberts. the story with martha starts right now. martha: thank you both. good afternoon, everybody. i m martha maccallum in new york. so president biden is having a really tough week. it looks like those that do not want to build back better for christmas, they re the ones that look like get their wish. the word that senator manchin is not pledging. the president is frustrated with this. here s joe manchin moments after the lunch with democrats. watch. what was the temperature in the room at the luncheon? it was good. always good. your colleagues ask you for an early christmas present?