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The president doesn't seem interested in arm twisting at the moment, but there is an impasse between nancy pelosi, between progressives, between moderates, among the caucus on the democratic side to get anything done here. what is the president doing behind the scenes to help get it done? >> behind the scenes, president biden is really spending most of his time trying to talk to these lawmakers, to try to understand what it is they want to get to yes. so to look at how urgent this is becoming, president biden was supposed to be in chicago today. he was supposed to be talking about vaccine mand...

Moderates would go back and not want to vote for the bigger package that they say is what president biden promised on the campaign trail, so there are a lot of unknowns right now in addition to what lauren just laid out and the white house is essentially racing to solve these feuds within the democratic party. >> just a quick follow to you, kate abe. obviously the president has held meetings which we reported about last week and made phone calls over the weekend, but is there any indication that it's gone beyond listening to the different factions? is it not arm-twisting to get this thing done...

Hard and obviously his legacy, potentially his whole presidency in terms of the midterms and the control of the two houses is really up at stake. >> reporter: yeah. i think that's exactly right. go ahead. >> sorry. i was just thinking about what we have heard from the meetings, that he said to the moderates, what is your top line to manchin and he wouldn't give him a top line and then he said the politics is the art of the possible. but some say this arm twisting is late but maybe not too late given how people react on the hill to dead loon pressures. >> reporter: i think you're right. as you ...

Cases and 10,000 deaths in the last week alone. with time running out to break the stalemate on his reconciliation bill, president biden is meeting with speaker pelosi and majority leader schumer on compromise options. then a lot of arm twisting in separate sessions with progressive and moderate members of congress. at stake, the entire biden domestic agenda. let's begin with the latest on the coronavirus pandemic and chief white house correspondent weekend "today" co-host, peter alexander, gabe gutierrez, dr. john torres, and dr. celine gounder. a lot of foreign and domestic issues the white ...

The afghanistan saga, and through this to the nato alliance. where do you think we are, and you think the white house understands the seriousness of the situation? i think so. relationships made at the speed _ think so. relationships made at the speed of— think so. relationships made at the speed of trust, and it is very important _ speed of trust, and it is very important to have full trust in place — important to have full trust in place. there are people back in europe — place. there are people back in europe who feel that this trust needs— europe who feel that this trust needs to â...