cassidy says the bipartisan group he's working with could reach a deal as early as monday. but will a deal worked out by both parties members appeal to their colleagues. i spoke to chrisware to find out. >> joining us now, chris coons of delaware, welcome back to "the sunday show." >> it is great to be with you, jonathan. >> from everything we hear out there, a deal is imminent, we're possibly going to see something tomorrow. are you as confident we're going to see a deal tomorrow? >> jonathan, i'm optimistic. i know this has been a long road. but this is a big deal. it is $579 billion in new infrastructure spending, and that's going to translate to something like 650,000 new high skilled, high wage jobs, good union jobs, all over the country, connecting families to the internet through expanded broadband, replacing lead pipes in homes and schools, and modernizing our roads and bridges, our tunnels, highways, and a personal favorite of mine, passenger rail. so i am optimistic that we'll close this deal, this week. we have a few issues still to work through. but i think this is the week we get the infrastructure bill to the floor. >> all right, that sounds good. howeve