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The tension between the president of lawmakers. >> reporter: president biden landed in the us facing the future of his $1.75 trillion social spending package. before the party was asked if senator joe manchin was on board. >> i won't talk about the specifics of my conversation. he will vote for this. >> reporter: manchin did not sound as sure, more of the details outlined in the basic framework releasing what i see a shell games, budget gimmicks that make the real cost of the bill estimated to be almost twice that amount. if you extend it permanently, we haven't spoken about the economic crisi...

So, you know, they're like -- they're totally frustrated with their own party. the trust is when you have manchin saying he's playing shell games and budget gimmicks, nobody is buying anything that he's selling. nothing of what he is selling is positive or anybody wants to engage in. >> dagen: the only way he was elected is to not be president trump in style, but not substance. just in style. instead, he comes in and immediately because, again, the republicans lost in georgia and immediately started referring to l.b.j. and f.d.r. that's not what people elected him to. quite frankly would be be...

International sea lane, et cetera. we also made it clear that we have to work on dealing with things like cyber security and a whole range of other issues, but i'm not looking for, i don't anticipate there will be a need for physical conflict, as you've heard me say this before, my dad had an expression, the only conflict that's worse than one intended is one that's unintended, one that's unintended. so my meetings with him virtually coming up, haven't set the exact date yet, i want to make sure there's no misunderstanding. it's competition, not conflict, and so there's no unintended. peter. >...

Moderate, senator joe manchin, who publicly bashed it, saying it's paid for with, quote, shell games and budget gimmicks. manchin today telling abc's rachel scott the house should quit stalling and vote on a separate bipartisan bill to rebuild roads and bridges. house progressives are holding that up, demanding a vote on the president's social policy and climate plan, too. >> what do you say to democrats who say you threw the president a curveball while he was overseas on the world stage? >> not at all. not at all. i feel basically it's time to do something. >> reporter: the president tonight ...

>> i do apologize for the fact that the united states, the last administration pulled out of the paris accord and put it in sort of behind the eight ball. >> president pointed to his economic plan as proof to this country's commitment to addressing the climate emergency. that plan would also -- democrats in congress had hoped to vote on both that proposal and the 1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure bill sometime this week. it's been a moving deadline, today those hopes ran into an all too familiar roadblock. perhaps you'll recognize this next -- >> how can i am good conscious vote for a bill th...