signs of slowing in the latest jobs report. >> i know people were looking, and i was hoping for a higher number. >> reporter: the u.s. adding 235,000 jobs in august, a major drop-off from the more than 1 million in july, driven in large part by hospitality, services and retail industries sharply affected by the pandemic. >> there's no question the delta variant is why today's job report isn't stronger. >> reporter: all as millions face the loss of pandemic emergency unemployment benefits. >> we have more unfilled jobs in this country than at any time on the record of measuring unfilled jobs. so we think the jobs are there, and we think the states have the resources they need to move people from unemployment to employment. >> reporter: as president biden ramps up his aggressive approach on the pandemic, expect a parallel effort, white house officials say, in ramping up their pressure to get the president's domestic agenda passed through congress. over the course of the last several weeks, white house officials, their counter-parts on capitol hill have been working feverishly to draft the