Joe Manchin: “Continue to work with the Republicans exhaust all options before we go this other route.”

I will make a decision in January -- at the end of this year.

We’re trying to build a true independent network.

We’re trying to get a person who can be committed to — and totally committed to – being an independent with an independent voice.

When you like both people and both sides, you can sit down with both sides, you can agree to disagree, you can try to find compromise and make things happen.