capitol hill team is keeping an eye on the negotiations. what do americans think? they are divided on who has the better approach to the budget. 46% say president obama and the democrats have the better ideas and better plans. 45% say the republicans in congress. they are divided. i guess americans are divided. we'll see if we can get a deal done by the end of next week. brooke. >> what else do you have, president gearing up towards a re-election bid? >> reporter: fund-raiser in chief. the president is in new york city and caps off his visit to the big apple with two events for the democratic national committee. one is a fund-raiser and one is a thank you to supporters. brooke, this brings to four the number of events the president has done for the democratic national committee this month alone. you know what? yesterday we reported and confirmed that when he sets up his re-election campaign it's going to be headquartered in chicago in a skyscraper right downtown. i think we're getting pretty close, it looks like, to the president formally starting that re-election bid. you know what, brooke in the race for the white house is slowly starting to heat up. >> slowly but surely.