falling behind the rest of the world in math and reading skills. a detective charged with assault for being allegedly part of that biker attack. we begin tonight with the government shutdown day nine. tonight's shred of a sliver of a glimmer of possible hope for an end in sight. how's that for a sentence? people actually talking to each other on the hill. amazing. with me on the panel tonight, cnn chief international correspondent, cnn senior analyst, cnn political commentator and in the fifth chair "new york times" op ed columnist. let's start with the shred of the sliver of a glimmer of a hope to an end of this. chief congressional reporter dana bash is on the hill. >> reporter: are you sure that's not a dr. seuss book? if not maybe it should be a new one. >> we've had enough dr. seuss in this shutdown. no more "green eggs and ham" for me. >> well put. i'm having trouble reading it to my 2-year-old anymore.