>> are you ready to go it alone with just democrats? >> i don't think you should. i really don't. >> at all? >> i don't think right now, basically, we need to be bipartisan. if we can't become -- i always said this, i've never seen a pothole that had a republican or democrat name on it. it will bust your tire. >> that was joe manchin of west virginia yesterday expressing his hesitancy to pass a bill as he appears to be holding out for a bipartisan infrastructure deal. joining us now juanita tolliver. what do you think? >> it shows that manchin is trying to hold his ground as pressure is going right now and we see that pressure coming from progressive organizations that are looking at biden and democrats like what is the hold up. we see that pressure growing even from biden himself where he did a call out of manchin and