ten sinema of arizona and west virginia's manchin who rejected a larger price tag and certain climate proposals in the bill. >> it is just the language of it but it will not offend shall we say the concern that senator manchin has. >> reporter: the president is eager to have a commitment before thursday when he departs for two major economic and climate summits, hoping to tout legislative progress on his agenda on the world stage. >> monica is with me now. i know we just got details of what happened in that meeting today with senator manchin. >> reporter: the white house says it was a productive discussion with continued progress and they'll keep working on the president's multi trillion dollars plans in the coming days before he heads overseas. kate? >> all right. monica, thank you. we have two pieces of good news on the covid front tonight. infection rates are down. a whopping 50% since their peak in september. just days from now a covid vaccine could be approved for kids ages 5 to 11.