much. in the meantime let's go back to where there are serious new questions being raids by president obama d being raise raised -- being raised that if the debt ceiling is not raise the seniors may not get their social security checks august 3. this is the president's interview with cbs where he talked about this. >> be can you tell the folks at home no matter what happens social security checks will go south august 3. >> this is not just a matter of social security checks. these are veterans checks, folks on disability and their checks. thethere are about 70 million checks that go out. >> reporter: can you guarantee as president that those checks will go out on august 3. >> i cannot guarantee those checks go out on august 3 if we