and childcare ever. just before jetting off to europe, president biden made one last dash to capitol hill, part celebration, part pep talk. i think we re going to be in good shape. reporter: he said he s confident he now has the votes to pass a $1.75 trillion plan that would drive down childcare covpses for most low costs for most low and middle income families and establish universals pre-k for more than 6 million three-year-olds and four years old, would boost affordable housing, increase pel grants and close a medicaid gap to cover 4 million more people. it is probably the most consequential bill since the 1960s. reporter: t this new deal after two weeks of talith two modersera who stoppedus srtf embracing the bill today. i look fornuwa ing in fth. reporter: president biden has dropped progressive
on the issues with the letter s, the difference between having a parent and parents. and i think that has also contributed to why people have really connected with this because the theme itself is very universals to loss. i was extremely moved by her story. reporter: 5,000 miles away in brazil, anna pratt lost her dad two months ago. wanting to come to the u.s. for college, she had been uncertain what to write about. not any more. and it made it okay for you to write about your dad? yes, yes. that s the most important thing i got from it. i don t seek out sadness, so s must stay on the sidelines. reporter: what do you think your mom would be making of all this? funny, i get the question a lot, oh, do you think your mom would be proud of you since you re going to harvard? i think she would be proud of the way people felt comfortable to reach out to me to share their own stories. i think that is what she would be the most proud of. here we are, harvard. reporter: as