to give him politically in the future. it's not his suggestion that republicans are going to compromise with him on other issues on this is it. >> they have a lot to work out. the start treaty, the missile treaty in the senate. they also have to work out a deal on keeping the government running past the 17th or 18th of this month. none of the annual spending bills to run the government have been approved. mitch mccome, the republican leader in the senate says that he would work all he -- heed do anything he could possibly to veto or cancel out any kind of omnibus bill that gloms all these bills together. he needs to make inroads with republicans. is he getting some mixed signals from republicans on both the house and the senate side tonight. but his biggest problem right now seems to be with the democrats, and they are still in charge. >> shepard: chad pergram our house producer live in washington tonight. thank you very much. elizabeth edwards' fight against cancer has taken a turn for the worse tonight according to sources close to her family. in a statement, elizabeth