ohio said it's not boehner's fault. it's actually the tea party members' fault. let's listen. >> i don't know what the number is, but say the number is 40 out of 240. that's not a repute on his leadership. that's chuckle heads that all year starting with hr 1, the entire congress screwed this place up and so -- and he has done everything in his power to make nice to them, to bring them along, to make them feel included. but it hasn't mattered and so i don't fault him. he's done his best. >> brian: just to know what happened yesterday. essentially john boehner and the president have spoken maybe face-to-face about four times in the last dates and a lot of people thought they were close to an agreement. but it was hitting an impasse. they said since we have 11 days, let's come up with plan b. the president said let's keep tax the same for everyone, up until a million dollars, then put the tax rate higher and do some spending cuts in between. and the president said, i looked at your plan b and i don't like