we'll have more later in the hour. of but we're going to begin this hour with the very latest from if washington, d.c. joining us now, nbc news white house correspond mike memali and capitol hill correspondent leanne caldwell. much has he made a decision that has been put forward by this group of senators? how confident if at all is the white house that the president could reach a deal with this group of senators when in reality he could not come to a agreement during his talks with west virginia senator. >> well, in one of the differences in the conversations that are happening with this bigger bipartisan group versus what he was hearing from that gang was that they felt like they were moving many stems in the direction of capito and the other republicans she was working with and didn't see enough in return. especially on this issue of new money, new spending that wasn't already set to be allocated as