ultimately sign on to something. in terms of what s on the line here, it s not just build back better, and all those programs, mara. there s a lot more at stake for democrats. another pr headache they don t want or need. it speaks to problems with. biden s entire legislative agenda. what does that mean for voting rights and it s significant in the midterms as well. if democrats are going into the mid terms without a big legislative win and without something that has changed and touched people s lives swiftly and tangibly, then that really is going to affect a lot of democrats that are vulnerable and when you look at joe manchin and his motivation here, i think it s really important to remember that this is the lone democratic senator from a state trump won by 40 points twice and take cues he made his announcement on fox news and he is citing in his decision concerns about things like inflation, but when you look at that logic, it really doesn t stand up to scrutiny because the
senators booker and warren seem to be mild and that seems to be a case generally, but you know, i saw a basketball game being broadcast from bowling green, kentucky, on saturday. unfortunately, my louisville cardinals lost to the western kentucky team, but it was a packed house and virtually no one had masks on. i would say 98% of them were maskless and that s an area that doesn t have a high vaccination rate so i m concerned about how people are taking this a bit cavalierly and we re in for some trouble unless people start acting more responsibly. congressman john yarmuth, appreciate your time. thanks, erica. stock futures lower this morning in the face of growing threats to the global economy. cnn chief business correspondent christine romans joins me now. the market is not happy. blame rising covid cases ahead of the holidays and the big no from senator manchin.
whether they have covid particularly in this more contagious environment of omicron. every home needs a bunch of these tests. if a child in your child s classroom is out with covid, the whole class doesn t have to quarantine, but all the kids have to test every day. that s the new sort of central element of this test to stay program but that s the same way businesses can stay open. every employee tests to stay if somebody else in the establishment is positive. this administration has been completely tone deaf on it. it was slow to boost the country and now they re slow to test the country. i want to see the president acknowledge this tomorrow. we will see what is said and what action is taken. dr. jonathan reiner, always appreciate your time. thank you. my pleasure. west virginia senator joe manchin caught the white house off guard by saying he cannot continue with the build back better legislation after months of negotiations.