make progress. >> reporter: president biden working behind closed doors to close the deal. >> the president is basing this approach on five decades of washington is a good guide for how to get things done. >> reporter: his domestic agenda hanging in the balance, biden launching into a week designed to break the logjam. >> politics of the art of the possible and president biden is someone who understands how to bring people together. >> reporter: monday calls with joe manchin, as well as democratic leaders. >> last night i continued my discussions with speaker pelosi and president biden as we worked to an agreement on legislation we can bring to the floor. >> reporter: today, separate morning oval office meetings with manchin and kyrsten sinema. two moderate holdouts. afternoon meetings split by ideological leanings. nine progressives who urged biden to go big on his signature economic and climate bill focused by moderates focused on