the debt crisis and the shutdown made for some serious headaches but also some hilarious moments if nothing else to laugh to keep from crying. >> poster boy ted cruz headed for -- wait a minute, the microphone is back there. about face. not much saving face, as uncle sam turned around the boat before it went over the falls. say good-bye to all those shutdown jokes. >> our congress today, in case you haven't heard, continued to play our least favorite game show "deal or no deal." >> it's time for let's make a deal. >> there's not a deal until there's a deal. >> get this pip like stevie wonder once said, signed, sealed and delivered. >> lord, we see a faint light at the end of a long, dark tunnel. >> amen. now that the shutdown and possible default are behind us,