he understands it well. i hope the staff understands also what we're trying to do. we've got to bring our country together. ke can't continue to split and go farther apart. we just can't do that. we've got to work together and that takes a lot of time and energy. >> reporter: you know, republicans are not eager tour hand president joe biden a win on any sort of piece of his agenda. and they won't help in figure if it doesn't advance their own midterm agenda. so this is a huge factor in why republicans and democrats can't seem to negotiate a deal on infrastructure and other issues that democrats have been eager to work with republicans on and the white house has been eager to work with republicans on. the bottom line is that manchin is not done trying to emphasize working with republicans, this bipartisanship that he is so vocal about. and democrats need to listen to him, in the end, they need his vote on whatever passes through the senate. >> daniella diaz, appreciate your reporting. thank you so much for that. let's discuss now with cnn