overwhelming majority of the american people want, what the president wants. reporter: senator bernie sanders is attempting to increase pressure on senator joe manchin, publishing an op-ed in manchin s west virginia hometown paper highlighting his opposition. he said you re holding up the 52 senators who don t agree, okay, and two that want to work something out if possible. reporter: manchin has drawn several lines in the sand from the price tag to the climate provisions to even pushing a work requirement in income cap on the child tax credit. we re talking about targeting and focusing the president s proposals in some areas on people who need help the most. reporter: manchin has also told the white house he opposes the clean electricity program an essential part of biden s plan to reduce u.s. greenhouse gas emissions. we ve got to do something about it. i don t believe that joe manchin doesn t know we have to do something. reporter: president biden only offering thi