a lack of urgency on capitol hill. the senate doesn't even convene. >> we feel it here. they feel it there, too. there is for the negotiations. >> not so much. there is no active progress towards a solution by midnight right now. no doubt there will have to be volleying, something back and forth. at some point, you need to race against the clock. >> so try attempting to be optimistic this early morning. >> i wesh i could help you. >> if there is an 11th-hour dole, if they can somehow do it, is it possible to avoid any and all negative check impact for americans? >> well, i have to say no, because if you look at the markets over the last now day, they're already jittery. markets should actually be up right now. because the federal reserve has been pouring a lot of money into the economy to try and make that happen. but we saw one day jump after the fed announced it was going to keep pouring money in. then off the back of all this worry in washington, markets got