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. >> what does senator manchin say about the pressure he is getting from the left? >> reporter: he is aware of it. you heard it here. i pressed him on this point as it regards voting rights bills. he said, they have to keep fighting. he is representing west virginia. he says virginians don't want him to change his position on the filibuster and on the voting rights issues. we will find out whether he ever faces a serious primary challenge. it's a very red state. manchin is attuned to the criticism. he is aware of it. he hears it. so far, he is not moved by it. >> mike, again, just as garrett p...

Do we know what the president is doing behind closed doors to make sure he has backing from members of his own party who don't always see eye to eye with senator manchin? >> reporter: the pressure from the left not just on senator manchin but on the president. we saw a demonstration this morning as well from a leading progressive group worried that as he is having conversations with senator capito, he is indicating a willingness beyond where they are comfortable to give too much to the republicans to move into their direction. i was with the president earlier this week in tulsa when we remembe...

>> i represent the state of west virginia. that's who hired me. i represent the best possible fashion i can. i'm not going to get in a situation where i'm placating to different people that want different things. it's my state. it's the people who know me. i haven't changed. i'm not changing. >> reporter: are you ready to go it alone with democrats if they are not? >> i don't think you should. >> reporter: at all? >> i don't think right now. we need to be bipartisan. >> reporter: that feeling about not going it alone, craig, extends to manchin's feelings about the voting rights bills that the ...

Central to this bill's future. how does this jobs report shape movement around that on the hill? or does it? >> reporter: i think mike referenced it. it's going to increase the pressure or the desire for democrats to try to push the jobs plan through sooner rather than later. the president has made itagenda. almost no matter which way this jobs report fell, you could kind of predict that the white house would say, if the numbers were bad, we need the jobs plan more. if the numbers were good, think how much the jobs plan will help. that's going to make the phone call between the president and s...