wow. yeah, wow. ♪ [ male announcer ] fidelity investments. turn here. one week if from now the united states government runs out of money. but tonight and for the first time senate democrats are reacting somewhat positively to a new offer from house republicans. that offer would keep the government running for two more weeks. but it comes with budget cuts and this warning from the house majority leader. >> we hope the senate is going to finally join us in these common sense cuts to keep the government running, and not continue to play chicken with government shutdown. >> with us now, cnn contributors eric ericsson in atlanta, john avlon in new york and with me in atlanta cornel belcher. one of the benefits of being married to the cnn congressional