clark in the coming weeks. my sources told me over the weekend that he has been in talks with capitol hill about a potential interview. back to you. >> thanks for that report. joining me now is a professor of government at the university of essex. thank you for talking with us. >> thanks for having me. >> so not to cover, but first, the senatery reconvenes at noon today, with a vote set for early tuesday. how significant is it that republicans are poised to help joe biden pass his massive infrastructure bill? and what might this mean politically? >> this is definitely significant, because the u.s. senators have been very much in line with president trump on most things. this is an opportunity for them to break with him, and we think there will be about 20 senators