Joe Manchin: “Do we as the United States defend any of them when they've been attacked?”

We’re trying to build a true independent network.

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.

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

My observation, and recommendation from observation, would be, John, trust me, set yourself free and become an independent.