kirsten sinema used to represent this area in politics. when you see kirsten sinema do what she's doing, what do you think about it? >> it's one thing to go against your party, but you need to let people know why. >> transparency has not been a constant theme. sinema says she's motivated by being an independent voice and supports a bipartisan approach. sinema was elected by a thin margin of just over two percentage points. emily kirkland was part of an army of progressive activists who worked to get sinema elected. sinema said she knocked on doors it turn out voters for the future senator. >> where are you now with the senator? >> incredibly frustrated. just so angry and disappointed. in part because it feels like she's just doing what corporate donors want and she's not listening to voters. >> reporter: kirkland points to what happened in march, when sinema walked into the senate chamber, and with an emphatically expressive thumbs down voted against a bill to create a $15 an hour minimum wage. sinema said she supported past minimum wage i

kyrsten sinema looks rocksolid to me. frankly i'm working for other blue dog democrats in the house and senate especially those running for reelection in trump districts and states to come out of the woodwork and supporting joe manchin kyrsten sinema, there the new reality. as a reminder to mrs. sanders who said two senators are holding up his bill, it's actually two plus 50 which is 52 because i know today's washington is aromatic lead challenge. last night senator marsha blackburn said there could be others. a vote today on the reconciliation bill could be 54 - 46. this afternoon president biden has apparently gone up to capitol hill it will try to persuade house democratic conference to vote for trillion dollar infrastructure bill and maybe save some face for his domestic program. that program along with the catastrophe of the southern border in the catastrophe in afghanistan is already dooming his presidency. nancy pelosi is 022 for the infrastructure bills and tennis that would be a double fault but were working towa

kyrsten sinema used to represent this area in politics. when you see kyrsten sinema do what she's doing, what do you think about it? >> it's one thing to go against your party, but you need to let people know why. >> transparency has not been a constant theme. sinema says she's motivated by being an independent voice and supports a bipartisan approach. sinema was elected by a thin margin of just over two percentage points. emily kirkland was part of an army of progressive activists who worked to get sinema elected. sinema said she knocked on doors it turn out voters for the future senator. >> where are you now with the senator? >> incredibly frustrated. just so angry and disappointed. in part because it feels like she's just doing what corporate donors want and she's not listening to voters. >> reporter: kirkland points to what happened in march, when sinema walked into the senate chamber, and with an emphatically expressive thumbs down voted against a bill to create a $15 an hour minimum wage. sinema said she supported past minimum wage i

kristen sinema is big on the climate part. she thinks it's the most important part of this bill. joe manchin is still struggling with some of the details. when you've only got 50 as the president said, everybody has power. it's frustrating for everyone, but that's why elections matter, and why margins of majorities that are. i want to remind everyone you don't build greater majorities from bright blue places. you build majorities from places like wisconsin and ohio, and pennsylvania, and north carolina, and georgia, and arizona, and nevada were both democrats and republicans can't get elected. that used to be the case in my state. my state is now firmly read. and all those states, that's how we get more democrats elected. that's how we remove this incredible power both manchin and sinema have at this moment. >> and as we go forward, do you think from your sources, today. we heard what jon tester had to say. do you think it's possible there could be some kind of announcement of a general agreement tomorrow? >> i doubt it. i think it's slips to next week. i think terry mcauliffe is

sinema's childhood was especially tough. she grew up door and at times her family was even homeless but she overcame the obstacles. she got an advanced degree, and became a lawyer, social worker and activist. the kind of story they turn into an inspiring movie you wear you will watch and never do. she was the kind of person you hope would run for office and then that's exactly what she did. >> sinema started out far left of center as a green party activist, entering politics in arizona as a ralph nader supporter, organizations antiwar prosties protests after the september 11 attacks. >> the state are the lab of democracy and my state is the meth lab of democracy. >> she spoke out about mass incarceration, fought to include gender identity and antidiscrimination laws, led a successful effort to kill a ban on affirmative action and strongly opposed abortion restrictions. >> tea party is the same thing, crazy. >> kyrsten sinema invited a coven of feminine witches to protest the iraq war in 2003. >> trevor: that's right, she onc

manchin and sinema met about 45 minutes. you saw white house aides on capitol hill for several hours in schumer's office and nancy pelosi's office. the question tomorrow is whether or not they covered enough ground to get to a vote. >> very well stated. i lucked out having both of you here for this. i just happened to be in the middle of an interview with brian and kaitlan got up in front of the camera and helped us out with the breaking news. we're going to reset, everyone. thank you very much. we're going to reset and get to the top of the hour. we don't know what's going on because there could be more information that comes out whrks they're going to vote on it, if it's going to be tomorrow, what the president does next, what nancy pelosi or chuck schumer or joe manchin or kiersten sinema, we have no idea. more breaking news, no vote tonight. we'll be right back. tonight, i'll be eating a buffalo chicken panini with extra hot sauce. tonight, i'll be eating salmon sushi with a japanese jiggly cheesecake. (doorbell rings) j

kyrsten sinema is big on the climate part. she really thinks that's the most important part of this bill. joe manchin is still struggling with some of the details, and when you only got 50 as the president said, everybody has power, and i know it's frustrating for everyone, but that's why elections really matter and why margins of majorities matter. and i want to remind everyone that you don't build greater majorities from bright blue places. you build bigger majorities from places like wisconsin and ohio and pennsylvania and north carolina, and georgia and arizona, and nevada where both democrats and republicans can get elected. that used to be the case in my state, my state is now firmly red, but in all those states, that's how we get more democrats elected, and that's how we remove this incredible power that both manchin and sinema have at this very moment. >> yeah, and as we go forward, do you think from your sources today we heard what jon tester had to say, do you think it is possible that there could be some kind of ann

sinema held her cards closer to the vest. tweeting that in august, she had shared her detailed concerns and priorities, including dollar figures, with president biden and senate majority leader chuck schumer. here's an indication of her importance. this week, biden and his aides met with sinema four times in one day. for their attempts to grapple with the actual numbers and cost, both sinema and manchin incurred the wrath of the party's more progressive elements. but manchin and sinema are deserving of our praise, not our criticism. their refusal to simply fall in line and instead exhibit some independence is both a rarity in washington and a reflection of their diverse constituencies. consider that sinema's arizona constituents, pretty evenly divide between rs and ds and is. in manchin's case he represents a state that donald trump won by nearly 39 points and where rs outnumber the ds and independents are about one fifth of the population. plus, who wouldn't want what's in the so-called build back better plan? two free years

in march he wrote an in-depth profile on senator kyrsten sinema for jacobin headlined "how kyrsten sinema went from lefty activist to proud neoliberal democrat." he's also the author of "yesterday's man: the case against joe biden." you certainly cover a lot. let's start with kyrsten sinema. she was a campaign manager for ralph nader in arizona. talk about what is happening now. you have all of the advisors quitting saying that she is putting the profits of donor over people. talk about what she stands for. branko: i mean, sinema has really sho to stand for the interests of the corporate sector, the wealthy. this is not a new development. in the house she was one of the lawmakers who tried and did repeal fancial reform laws. she went after obamacare. trng to repeal taxes on medical technology makers. she tried to get rid of individual mandates anvarious other de-regulatory actions. it is all because she is trying to, i think, trying to appeal to these interests because they fund her campaign and she has been lavishly rewarded. she is one of the few democrats who gets the chamber of commer

sinema voted against a $15 minimum wage. john mccain did defy his party by killing an exceedingly popular program in obamacare. sinema is no john mccain. she's the idealogue blocking her party. she's scheduled to attend a donor's retreat for her political action committee. earlier this week she attended a fund-raiser with lobbying groups that fiercely opposed the reconciliation bill. maybe it's time for senator sinema to take a ride on john mccain's express and let the rest of us know what is motivating her decisions, at least her constituents if you don't want to tell the rest of the country. let's dig into this with our panelists. christina greer have a professor of political science at fordham university and author of "black ethnics" and will is an author of the book "how lucky." great to have all three of you with us this evening. christina, let me start with you. progressives could be forgiven for presuming that sinema, 45, the first openly bisexual member of congress who's easy to spot in her trademark sleeveless dress

and talking about the difficulty of getting senator sinema onboard. she said she has told him, period, she's opposed to doing that. they also talked about paid leave which they initially wanted 12 weeks, he did concede tonight it's going to be closer to 4 weeks. and one part he made a lot of news on is medicare expansion, the expansion of those benefits, which has been something the budget chairman senator bernie sanders has been pushing incredibly hard for, the presidented tonight it's going to be a reach to get it as far as they wanted to do. so he said they're talking about this idea of having an $800 voucher for dental. he said he's still negotiating the vision of that. that was incredibly significant not only talking about what's going to be in it, the size and scope but also the difficulty coming up to maintain what they've said so much. it seems to say corporate tax rate increase is not going to be included in the final framework. >> i think it was a funny exchange there when anderson said why 4 weeks, and he said we couldn't get 12 weeks. >> v

two of them are sinema and manchin in the senate. and because they only have 50 seats in the senate, they have outside sway. but even the most vulnerable democratic incumbents that have to run in very purple districts in 2022 want to pass the most robust version. >> i want you both to standby and bring you back on the other side of the break. because kaitlan i want to know from you now what from the president as you're standing there at the house. our breaking news, we're being told there will be no vote tonight on the infrastructure bill. no votes tonight and back tomorrow. we'll have kaitlan and brian on the other side of this break. more on our breaking news. . . # go with simparica trio it's triple protection made simple! simparica trio is the first and only monthly chewable that covers heartworm disease, ticks and fleas, round and hookworms. dogs get triple protection in just one simparica trio! this drug class has been associated with neurologic adverse reactions, including seizures. use with caution in dogs with a history of t

do you know where senator sinema is? she's scheduledna to attend an donors retreat for her political action committee. earlier this week she attended a fund-raiser with lobbying groups that fiercely oppose the reconciliation bill. maybe it's time for the senator to take a ride on john mccain's famous straight talk express an what is motivating your decisions, at least your constituents if you don't want to tell the rest of the country. let's begin with our panel tonight. christina greer is an associate professor of political science at fordham university, also author of the book "black ethnics" and also a co-host of a podcast. and will leech a contributing editor to new york magazine and author ofrk the book "how lucky" great to have all three of you with us this evening. axios an interesting take on sinema thisng week. it was definitely a head scratcher. progressives could be forgiven for presuming that sinema the first openly bisexual member of congress who's easy oo spot in her famous sleeveless dresses which share th

sinema is sticking it in her face. having fundraisers the exact same people she says she doesn't want to raise taxes on. there's no shame in her game. how do you raise money? that unpaid for tax cut which you all hated? >> i have no idea. senator sinema voted against that trump tax cut and most democrats did. i don't know why she wouldn't want to repeal the worst parts of that trump tax cut today. doesn't seem to me to be very consistent. but it is impressive that president biden was not at least tonight on air visibly annoyed by that at all. i can tell you as a matter of polling the cbs poll last week, 67% of americans think it's a good idea for the rich people to pay more in corporations. >> should he have been upset? >> i bet you he was in private. no. this is the thing. don't get mad. don't get even. just get your bill passed. whatever it takes to get the bill passed. this guy has been through the fires both personally and professionally. this is not his first rodeo. man i thought every bit of that experience would

, the senior senator from sinema. mr. memoli is still with me. traveling ahead of president biden there in rome. mike, let me come back to you and get your reaction from what we just heard from senator sinema especially. it seems as if they've made a great deal of progress. what's not in that email from senator sinema, at least, is we're on board. we're all in. we support the framework. >> and that sort of hesitation there speaks to what we also heard a moment earlier from senator sanders. he's pleased with what is in the framework so far, but he made it clear he's not done fighting to get it improved. that is exactly why this situation in washington is still far from clear, because the progressives in the house, we understand from the meeting that the president had with the speaker, with the white house democratic caucus, there was cheers of vote, vote, vote, but it was likely not from the progressives who still want a greater assurance that they're not going to pass this infrastructure bill and then see the broader

they don't trust moderates or joe manchin or kyrsten sinema. if they did, they would be going along with it, they would have voted on infrastructure a long time ago. i don't see what's changed in the last 24 hours. they've said they need to see legislative language before they can vote on anything and they still don't have it. how is that an unreasonable position if they've had it all along when they say they want to see legislative language before they volt? >> you'd have to ask them that question themselves. what i can tell you from the house democratic caucus perspective is the speaker stood in front of us, she told us that we were going to have this vote. the president came. so what's changed, your question was what's changed in the last 24 hours, that's what's changed. we have an agenda to put this on the floor. the speaker asked me to consider this item. she right now is having conversations with members still, and the president came before our caucus and asked us to support this vote. he's going to get on a plane, land in europe, and we

and manchin and sinema seem open to the bill, with manchin saying he agreed on the price tag, and sinema saying she looks forward to getting it done in meeting today with caucus chair pramila jayapal. earlier today, president biden stressed how important this legislation is, telling the dramatic caucus this morning that, quote, i don't think it's hyperbole to say that the house and senate majorities and my presidency will be determined by what happens in the next week. and he made it clear to the country what a bfd this plan is. >> after months of tough and thoughtful negotiations, i think we have an historic -- i know we have an historic economic framework. it's a framework that will create millions of jobs, grow the economy, invest in our nation and our people. i ran for president saying it was time to reduce the burden on the middle class, to rebuild the backbone of this nation, working people and the middle class. i wouldn't have been any clearer from the moment i announced my candidacy. that's why i wrote these bills in the first place and took them to the people. i campaigned on th

we need is greater clarity from senators manchin and sinema. we need them to spell out their position, because if we're not aware of their position, then we're in no position to negotiate with them. so, we need greater clarity from those two senators before we'll move forward. >> let me give you some clarity, and i'm going to read, in part, a statement from kyrsten sinema that she released today. she said, arizonans and all everyday americans expect their lawmakers to consider legislation on the merits, rather than obstruct new jobs and critical infrastructure investments for no substantive reason. what americans have seen instead is an ineffective stunt to gain leverage over a separate proposal. what do you make of this statement, congressman? >> well, it's an inexplicable statement. we're committed to passing both bills by the end of october. the obstructionism is certainly not coming from the progressive democrats. the obstructionism is coming from two senators. we're committed to passing both bills by the end. let's be clear. you know, we'r

arizona senator kyrsten sinema. she did issue a statement today saying in part, quote, senator sinema said publicly more than two months ago before the senate passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill, she would not support a bill costing $3.5 trillion. and of course, west virginia senator joe manchin. he's been far more vocal about the fact he's not onboard, and been more specific, to his credit. today, there was this leak of a document that manchin signed in july saying he would only agree to a spending bill capped at $1.5 trillion instead of the $3.5 trillion bill that president biden wants. and manchin came out with a statement yesterday blasting the build back better bill, saying it was designed to, quote, vengefully tax for the sake of wishful spending. and that's because most of the bill would be paid for just to be clear, it's not a huge increase to the deficit. with tax increases on big corporations and the very wealthy. today, manchin told reporters he, quote, cannot accept an economy or our society moving

arizonan to arizonan here, what do you think sinema is thinking? what is her endgame? is she listening to constituents about what they want, is this part of a larger political strategy to maintain or seek higher office? >> i think she's generally looking ahead at general elections. if you look at her numbers, her approval ratings among democrats, you know, a lot lower than you generally see from a democratic senator. state wide among independents and republicans even, better than you would generally expect from a democratic senator, especially here in a red state. so i think she's, you know, the political calculus there is that, you know, having a broad-based appeal to the electorate in arizona despite the gains the democrats have made here for the past few election cycles is more or less a red state. >> yeah. did go to biden in 2020. jeremy what do we know about the super pac? the election is three years away. we had a guest on yesterday who said it is way too early to be using the threat of a primary. what do you make of that? has any candidate emerged now to potenti

i haven't personally gone through senator sinema's donor list and seen this. but he was trying to suggest these things. he has been dropping hints to the media for some time now, as his frustration continues. >> you bring this up. we have a full screen. he is saying, centrists rejecting the measures are bankrolled and beholden to the pharmaceutical industry. do you think that is an effective approach for him or might he be further alienating himself? >> when it comes to negotiations, he is probably further alienating himself with this. it's something bernie sanders supporters and his allies stand with him or stand by him with that. when it comes to negotiating with senator sinema and manchin, much more moderate democrats, they don't take well to that kind of argument. that's why i think it's been so tough to bring them together on these issues. part of the reason why senator sinema's team says she tries to not have these discussions with the media and not negotiate with the media and on a broader level but focus her negotiations more narrowly with the white ho

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i wanted to call in to let you guys know i am disappointed with kyrsten sinema. i voted for her and i was excited for her to help arizona be democratic and get the kind of government we need. i want to know why the democrats are not going harder on her. why is she not being called out for disrespecting the party? it is majority rule than most of the party wants this agenda done with president biden. guest: nicole raises an important point. there is a lot of pressure on the president, chuck schumer -- the president and chuck schumer to turn up the heat on people like senator kyrsten sinema. the problem is that the tools at their disposal don't really allow them to do that. there is not much more pressure that can be brought to bear on an individual. when lyndon johnson was majority leader and then-president, he would be able to threaten senators with think that would really scare them, like being taken off key committees or having campaign funds cut or being iced out of power in certain ways. that really does not happen in the modern senate. every senator is a kin

. >> have marnazin and sinema agreed on this? >> have you had this confirmed from senators manchin and sinema? >> shouted questions as the president of the united states leaves the east room of the white house. hello, everybody. welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king in washington, a very consequential day, 23-plus minutes, president joe biden pitching his agenda from the east room. he says he has a framework with congress and calls it truly consequential. the president says democrats are prepared to make historic investments right now in the nation. he promises it will change the lives of millions. he says this is a fundamental game-changer for working families, but the president says he has a framework but he does not have is a deal which is why what you just heard from the president of the united states, a bit of a gamble, a victory lap before he gets to the finish line. joining us to wrap up what we heard from the president in a day of remarkable developments up on capitol hill, cnn's kaitlan collins, manu raju, dana bas

one of the key progressive voices just met with sinema behind closed doors. after that meeting she said what she said going in. she would vote no tonight on the bill because she wants these two bills to move in tandem. other progressive democrats told me they want at least some public sign of support from manchin and sinema that they would back the larger bill even if it does not have a vote in the house at the same time. moments ago i caught up with joe manchin and asked him why not support this bill? the liberals say they want your support publicly. he said, if they can't take the word of the president of the united states and the speaker we are in trouble. he said we are going to work in good faith but notably would not say if he backs this bill he did indicate to me he is open to that, potentially supportive of the $1.75 trillion price tag higher than he wanted but still no sign of support. >> president biden came into office touting america is back on the world stage and has his first meetings in italy tomorrow where you are. then the climate conference

sinema is sticking it in their face. having fundraisers the exact same people she says she doesn't want to raise taxes on. there's no shame in her game. how do you raise money? or do you risk winding up like the republicans with that unpaid for tax cut which you all hated? >> i have no idea. senator sinema voted against that trump tax cut and most democrats did. they thought it was a terrible idea. i don't know why she wouldn't want to repeal the worst parts of that trump tax cut today. doesn't seem to me to be very consistent. but it is impressive that president biden was not at least tonight on air visibly annoyed by that at all. i can tell you as a matter of polling the cbs poll last week, 67% of americans think it's a good idea for the rich people to pay more in corporations. >> should he have been upset? >> i bet you he was in private. no. this is the thing. don't get mad. don't get even. just get your bill passed. whatever it takes to get the bill passed. who you're seeing is a guy that's been through the fire, bot

kyrsten sinema, what is this all about? well, my angle will lay it out and you won't believe what's happening. don't go away. prescribed topical pain relief ingredient. it's clinically proven, reduces inflammation and comes in original prescription strength. salonpas. it's good medicine. ♪ ♪ >> laura: the mob never sleeps. that's the focus of tonight's angle. now, what do comedian dave chappelle and senator kyrsten sinema have in common? well, for starters, both have been hailed by the left as taboo-shattering talented trailblazers. >> kyrsten sinema is one of my dear friends and i'm so excited that she's just won. >> she actually came across as very moderate, very normal, and very likable. >> the first openly bisexual person going into the senate. >> and epic performance on "saturday night live." chapelle was obviously hilarious. >> date has always had incredible political insight as an observer. >> i can't do a lot of things as well as dave chappelle. >> laura: but that was before chapelle and sinema deviated from the

and talking about the difficulty of getting senator sinema onboard. she said she has told him, period, she's opposed to doing that. they also talked about paid leave which they initially wanted 12 weeks, he did concede tonight it's going to be closer to 4 weeks. and one part he made a lot of news on is medicare expansion, the expansion of those benefits, which has been something the budget chairman senator bernie sanders has been pushing incredibly hard for, the presidented tonight it's going to be a reach to get it as far as they wanted to do. so he said they're talking about this idea of having an $800 voucher for dental. he said he's still negotiating the vision of that. that was incredibly significant not only talking about what's going to be in it, the size and scope but also the difficulty coming up to maintain what they've said so much. that this is going to be a bill that's fully paid for. it seems to say corporate tax rate increase is not going to be included in the final framework. >> i think it was a funny exchange there when anderson said

he knows sinema, manchin oppose that. did he deliberately open the door to a next step that would involve a carveout for voting rights? >> reporter: well it was a shift in the president's previous position over the filibuster. the president signaling in the most clear terms yet that he is open to, quote, fundamentally altering the filibuster, not just for voting rights, perhaps also this issue of the debt limit, but also maybe more is what the president said there. certainly opening up pandora's box, but making very clear that that process is not something that he wants to, nor can he afford to engage in right now as he tries to get senators manchin and sinema on board with this reconciliation package. and that is where the president's focus is right now. and clearly it is a priority for the president over this issue of voting rights. that is just a matter of fact here. we do know that the president kind of took us behind the curtains of the negotiations with those senators and with the differing factions of the democrati

as to have senator sinema's ear, it sounds like it is president biden. she's talking to president biden, right, who called her smart, said she supports most of the agenda, there is a disagreement on taxetaxes. if it is enough for him right now to be in the negotiations, why not you? >> we did this a few weeks ago. we came together and we decided that we were not pleased with the way this -- she was behaving and carrying on. so we wanted to give her this message and tell her how we felt about it. and i'm glad that there is some changes that seem to be happening. hopefully this has had some impact. >> you feel she might be coming around? >> i would love to hope so. i know that there was some changes yesterday in some of the things that she was saying or some leaks or whatever it was that they were talking about. i'm sorry i didn't see the whole episode. but i know that i have deep and sincere wishes that she will come to the table and really negotiate and i know she's a strong woman, and i'm hoping for the best. >> do you feel somehow that she changed or w

progressives krysten sinema complete with a cocktail reception. west virginia's joe mansion who like thirsten howl the third addressed activists from his yacht floating on the kayak. >> i agree 1,000. >> tax the rich. >> we're taxing the rich. >> we'll make the famous pay. >> he claims they're on the same page. the reality is the country is on their side. those activists and progressives in congress, if you look at the polling, they're the ones with the popular positions. a majority of american voters support the infrastructure plan and the build back better plan. both bills once progressives have been trying to pass, now it's clear progressives have it on their side, the white house on their side and now, it's time to get it done as president biden said no matter how long it takes. joining me now is don callaway, democratic strategists and founder of the national voter protection fund and author and editor of press run.run.media. one of the things that has irritated me and i suspect it sometimes irritated you is that this narrative the moderates

sinema's also bucked her party by voteling against raising the minimum wage, a maverick streak that sinema seemed proud to inherit from her fellow arizonan, the late republican senator john mccain. >> my personal hero john mccain. >> reporter: one reason sin ema has been so tough to figure out is that she rarely gives interviews. >> look, as a wine-drinking bisexual tri-athlete, i know what the average american wants. >> reporter: sinema is a tri-athlete and a marathoner, and is the first openly bisexual member of congress. >> could we get a spouse? just kidding. just kidding. >> reporter: she grew up in a poor family which once lived in an abandoned gas station. >> we were homeless for two years. i lived in a gas station with no running water, no electricity. >> reporter: if he start of her political career, there was no mistaking sinema's left wing credentials. she was a green party activist, campaigned for lgbtq rights, and led antiwar protests. but she's clearly shifted to the center. as evidenced by her defiance over biden's spending bill. and her current standing among fellow democra

senator kyrsten sinema has released a statement. "yesterday several individuals disrupted my class at euros on a state university. after deceptively entering a locked secure building these individuals filmed and publicly posted videos of my students without their permission, including footage taken of both my students and myself using the restroom." yesterday's behavior was not legitimate in terms of a protest. it is not acceptable for activist organizations to instruct their members to jeopardize themselves by engaging in unlawful activitiese first amendment. we know it's vital to our democracy. the activist group that engaged in yesterdays behavior is one that both of my team and i have met with several times since i was elected to the senate." i'm kind of going through things is rather lengthy. rachel. >> richard brought up the point that this happens on both sides. on and off richard is going for these activists to be treated the way those from the whitmer kidnapping in january 6th, those people are sitting in solitary confineme

if you're senator sinema, my race was real close. mark kelly won last year and some say she should be more confident about her base. richie torres says there's a intelligence which we no longer live in a democracy. we live under the tierny of senator sinema and there's a lack of clarity on where she stand, a member of her own family, tierny. >> yeah, that's a lot. you brought up mccain which is a pretty instructive example. maybe you remember john mccain from voting against unraveling obamacare, but people here at this table are also familiar with john mccain on the campaign trail when he was facing challenges from the right. can you go find it now online, build the dang fence ad. john mccain would tack sharply rightwards in the primaries, not recognizable as the john mccain inside the beltway when he did so. this is interesting because the big question is yes, she's vulnerable to a primary challenge. what is she going to sound like on the trail? i don't think it's going to be a lot of i stopped medicare from lowering drug prices and

what do comedians dave chapelle and senator kristen sinema have in common. for starters both have been hailed by the left as taboo shattering talented trailblazers. >> kristen sinema is one of my dear friends and excited she won. >> came across as very moderate, very normal and very likable the first openly bisexual person going into the senate. >> dave chapelle gave a performance on saturday night live, was obviously hilarious. >> incredible political insight can do a lot of things as dave chapelle. laura: that was before chapelle and christensen number deviated from the party line. the same left-wing forces that built them up are trying to tear them down and let's start with chapelle. in his new netflix special called the closer he defense jk rowling from the vicious lunatics on the left. a few years back the harry potter author and self-made billionaire found herself in the woke mom's crosshairs for stealing her belief that biological system is in fact exist tweeting in june of 2020 my life has been shaped by being female. i do not believe it is hateful t

mccain, and a narcissist, kyrsten sinema. so you see how this works, right? when the late john mccain bucked his party he was a maverick.bu he helped saved obamacare. that made him iconic and courageous. when kyrsten sinema bucks own party she is a reckless narcissist trying to destroy democracy or something. it is blatant hypocrisy in broad daylight. >> sean: thank you for being with us, joeoy concha. "concha versus the mob," i like it.n >> okay, we will work on this. >> sean: more "hannity" right after this. .. .. >> unfortunately, but as all the time we have left for this evening. thank you for being with us. please we hope you will save dvr so you never miss an episode and in the meantime, let not your hearts be troubled, "the ingraham angle" is up next and we will see you back here tomorrow night. >> laura: i'm laura ingraha laura: this is the ingraham angle from washington, including breaking details on lieutenant colonel stuart scheller who called out his leaders, his attorney will tell us what is up at first the zucke

it's much more difficult to think about what sinema wants and to think about making offers to sinema when she's not even saying what her parameters are. >> yeah, i mean, eugene, in all fairness, sinema's that person, you're trying to go out to dinner and they won't give a restaurant name, but they keep trying to veto everybody else's. i don't know if you have friend like this. the stakes are a bit lower, but you know, well, i'm down for like, let me hear what you guys -- how about sushi? chick-fil-a? you need that person to give you a restaurant or a cuisine. >> unfortunately, i'm that friend, typically. unsure about what i want to eat. that's exactly right. there is no understanding almost of what sinema wants and i think that is something that's been frustrating for everyone, right? trying to figure out, okay, so where do we need to go and it would seem that manchin and sinema probably are not on the same page when it comes to climate change. how much money in climate change needs to go into the reconciliation bill. that's another layer of difficulty. there's all these layers of th

tonight, sinema. tonight, we welcome john lithgow and musical guest theo croker and wyclef jean, featuring jon batiste and "stay human." now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ( theme song playing ) >> stephen: hey! yeah! now it's a party! now it's a party! ( cheers and applause ) ( audience chanting stephen ) >> stephen: thank you! ( piano riff ) thank you very much! ( cheers and applause ) thank you. what a lovely crowd. i wish i could do two shows for you. ( cheering ) welcome to "the late show," everybody. i'm your host, stephen colbert. and -- ( cheers and applause ) -- there is -- is this in? there is big news about the government -- we still have one. because this afternoon, congress passed a government funding bill to prevent a shutdown. (clapping) no, don't clap. we must not reward them for doing the absolute minimum. you don't get in the rock 'n roll hall of fame for playing the tambourine, joe. ( laughter ) you're such

you know, i served with kyrsten sinema. she spent most of her time in the house talking with republicans. the only time she ever talked with us was to ask for money. i never really understood what she wanted. i know she has a sincere interest in helping deal with climate change, but that's the only agenda item i have heard. >> so do you have similar sentiments on sinema? what is motivating her to dig in during these negotiations? >> you know, i love john yarmuth, and i understand his frustration. i don't think anything was gained by taking pot shots at fellow democrats, especially two democrats in the senate that we need. we need to pass this. i also know kyrsten sinema. she was my colleague in the house. she comes from a really, really hard scrabble background. she experienced homelessness. she experienced poverty. and so she's not unsympathetic to the underlying values. she may have her own views about cost of programs. i don't know. i haven't talked to her directly about this bill, but i wouldn't write kyrsten sinema off

congratulations presidents sinema and president manchin. joining me now. josh johnson he's a standup comedian and writer for the daily show with trevor noah great to have all three of you with us. noah, i'll start with you and give me your take here how these negotiations are progressing. as i mentioned there's been signs of optimism from democrats on the hill. do you think they'll be able to work out a compromise and a meaningful compromise? >> yeah, i'm sure they'll work out something. it reallywo shows what a huge rk joe biden took by putting all of these programs from climate to taxing on the rich to so many others into one single bill. and, you know, biden took a huge risk knowing that he had a very closely divided senate. and now he's seeing some of the -- some of the rewards of that gamble. and so we'll see whether he can get anything out of sinema and manchin. >> molly, give me your take on what this says about the state of our sademocracy that these t senators one of whom is from west virginia, one of the small states in the country a population j

it isn't just senator sinema. it happens to house members, senate members on both sides of the aisle and it needs to come to an end. >> harris: it's interesting because when you watch that video of sinema with her mask on and it looks like ear buds in her ear and concentrating and working and this young person has come over because they are the child of so and so, and when you watch that she can't get out of the way. she can't even get to the bathroom. she can't get out of her seat because of this person. it is disturbing. politics aside, come on, representative maxine waters months ago when she said that, you do get up in their faces. i don't know how you get up in somebody's face on a plane. that's tight quarters there. big brother is watching or that's the plan. jason, i can't believe this is about to happen. could it? the biden administration is proposing that all banks report annual cash flows to the i.r.s. if you have more than $600 in your bank account. "wall street journal" editorial board writes this. as

and the same goes for senator sinema. instead of doing the bidding of the pharmaceutical industry what if she delivered great vision, hearing, and dental benefits to the millions of seniors in arizona? what if she got the federal government to pay for installation of so many solar panels in the arizona desert that everybody's electricity bill dropped to zero? that seems like the winning political move to me. that would be my message i think. >> well, i hope they're listening. we're listening tonight. we have to leave it there. you are an inspiration. we appreciate your time tonight. thank you so much. >> thanks very much. my honor. >>> this week the israeli government banned palestinian human rights groups unilaterally. why isn't the u.s. government which says it cares so much about human rights holding israel accountable? that's next. we gave new zzzquil pure zzzs restorative herbal sleep to people who were tired of being tired. i've never slept like this before. i've never woken up like this before. crafted with clinica

senator sinema was chased into a restroom. do you think those tactics are appropriate questioning >> i don't think they are appropriate but it happens to everybody. the only people that it doesn't happen to our people who have service -- secret service. it's part of the process. see you and you won't stick up for your fellow senators. i guess it's all part of the process. you getting f joe biden'd all over the country. getting videotaped in a bathroom stall. is that part of the process you support? what happened to standing up for a woman's right to privacy. what about showing up at someone's house and shouting them down where they live? that's part of the process? what if someone came to your basement in your midday nap? it's not appropriate. it's wrong. the it's unethical. you should've stuck up for both manchin and sinema. mob rule is never part of the process but that's right, you wouldn't even talk about the 534 riots in the summer of 2020. democrats only want to talk about january 6th. they don't want to talk about the r

they're senators manchin and sinema. according to reporting from earlier this year, the worst kept secret in washington is that the two aren't alone in their opposition. as long as they hold the line, any kind of meaningful filibuster reform is off the table for now, but change is possible. i mean, just take a look at president biden. he was a senator for over three decades, has long been a supporter of the filibuster, but watch what happened this week. >> if, in fact, i get myself into at this moment the debate on the filibuster, i lose at least three votes right now to get what i have to get done on the economic side of the equation. but i also think we're going to have to move to the point where we fundamentally alter the filibuster. >> when it comes to voting rights, just so i'm clear, though, you would entertain the notion of doing away with the filibuster on that one issue, is that correct? >> and maybe more. >> all right, so that begs the question, president biden, how long can we afford to wait in this country? r

have you heard anything that surprises you about senator sinema. oh, she doesn't talk to reporters, she's pretty tight lipped. do people care where she's from about stuff like that? >> the thing that has surprised me is that people are very politically aware about the climate and climate change here in arizona and has become a priority for people here. the other thing that surprises me, i asked democrats are you going to hold this against her in five years. the answer is it depends on who she's running against. she is running against a republican i can't stand. >> cal perry live for us. thank you. >>> news from the pentagon with a dire warning that an islamic state attack on u.s. soil might be a possibility in the next year. one official talking to the senate armed services committee saying intel determined that the terror group operating in afghanistan is given more capabilities. chief foreign correspondent richard engel covering this. great to have you back on the show. that is, listen, an ominous message. it is also something that you and i had

. >> and kyrsten sinemas prefers ladies room. avoid fostering an environment honestly held policy agreements basis for vitriol raising the temperature political rhetoric and creating a permission structure for unacceptable behavior. fox news asks the president about these progressive protesters. >> do you think that those tactics are crossing a line? >> i don't think they are appropriate attacks. it happens to everybody. [laughter] the only people it doesn't happen to are people who have secret service standing around them. so it's part of the process. >> peter: part of the process and since president biden is an expert on the process, i asked his press secretary jen psaki today does that mean he has ever been chased into a restroom by activist. she didn't answer that part but did reiterate they think that behavior in the restroom with senator sinema is unacceptable. however, she reiterated the president's support for the fundamental right to protest. bret? >> bret: have senators sinema or manchin reacted to president biden's rem

they're constituents of kyrsten sinema. they are people who supported kyrsten sinema. they are people who knocked on doors for kyrsten sinema who feel betrayed and who are telling their senator their story, and why this bill is important to them. you know, i watched -- >> but isn't there a difference between that and recording it all and then having someone record you record it? so then it's not about convincing her. it's about making a video for them so that they can put a video out and show themselves as activists which is what they are. and they have every right to, you know, believe very strongly what they believe. but isn't this more about theater and video? >> i think it's about -- i think it's about making it known, their displeasure with their senator. and let's remember that this senator was -- kyrsten sinema was once a protestor, herself. >> true. >> she is on video attacking joe liebermann, attacking bill nelson for being centrists. and for not giving their vote to the democratic agenda. so that's very ironic. she was elected as a progressive firebrand. look

and it was okay to go after sinema but it's not okay if you're conservative. there is consistency because people with superior morality feel that the means are justified because they are ends are so much more noble. they are intellectual and enlightened and the rest of us, we just do what they tell us. it's a consistency and power of the left and they don't believe in the principle of consistency and they've been pretty effective about it. >> greg: and that's true because it seems to be growing. i don't know if it was krauthammer but it was, they think were wrong and we think they are evil. >> i don't think you can follow me. i might have to give you would like we've got a boot. a cameraman if you can grab that. what's going on with the feminist women who are all girl power. she's not even a republican. >> she might say, you know what, i'm done with these democrats. it's appalling that not only women won't support sinema in this case and they allow for this bullying behavior. mind you they criticize donald trump for bullying behavior but they themselves are ad

sinema does not make any sense. if you think of her like a little spoiler or like jill stein, it makes a little more sense. >> josh, side note here, how bad of a look is it for somebody like senator sinema that the white house now reportedly believes that senator manchin of all people seem to be reasonable of these two. do you think she's approaching in good faith and will the pressure campaign on her being able to work here? >> it depends on the money thing israel of people coming to her and she's looking out for donors than her constituents, if that thing is true, yeah. no, the money is still going to be there if it makes sense. i think it's also important to focus on when you think about 2022 and midterms to have more democrats everywhere. then you are not relying on just these two people. yes, maybe there does come a day where everyone does not fall in line and in step with the majority what they want to do but it won't derail everything. i live in new york, i had a situation where i can barely pay my rent and t