so that's senator manchin. as for mitch mcconnell, he's made it perfectly clear where his party stands. he says so. >> 100% of my focus is on stopping this new administration. what we have in united states senate is totally from susan collins to ted cruz, in opposition to what the new-biden administration is trying to do to this country. >> not only does thatt not soun like the beginning of a friendship. quoting now, the single-most important thing we want to achieve is for president obama to be a one-term president. joe manchin knows this, of course, and to add in, he is a democratic senator in an overwhelmingly-republican state. a state, in which nearly 70% of people voted for donald trump in the last election. joining us now is bernie sanders. independent senator from vermont. senator sanders, we heard there from -- from senator manchin. very clear, about his intention to keep the -- the infrastructure talks bipartisan.