republicans in the senate to find common ground on a plan they can get support that can get support from both parties in the house, a plan that i can sign by tuesday. the time for compromise on behalf of the american people is now. and i m confident that we can solve this problem. i m confident that we will solve this problem. that was in the last hour. now, the president could possibly address the debt crisis once again. here he is speaking on fuel efficiency in washington. we re going to monitor that, see if anything comes up. but nbc s mike viqueira live for us at the white house, also luke russert is following every twist and turn on capitol hill. luke, i want to start with you, because i know it s been a long night, early morning for you and today is another critical test of leadership for speaker john boehner. he is toast, if he can t secure this deal, how long does he have? reporter: well, news that just came out of the house gop conference, thomas, was the bil
any solution to avoid default must be bipartisan. today i urge democrats and republicans in the senate to find common ground on a plan they can get support that can get support from both parties in the house, a plan that i can sign by tuesday. the time for compromise on behalf of the american people is now. and i m confident that we can solve this problem. i m confident that we will solve this problem. that was in the last hour. now, the president could possibly address the debt crisis once again. here he is speaking on fuel efficiency in washington. we re going to monitor that, see if anything comes up. but nbc s mike viqueira live for us at the white house, also luke russert is following every twist and turn on capitol hill. luke, i want to start with you, because i know it s been a long night, early morning for you and today is another critical test of leadership for speaker john boehner. he is toast, if he can t secure this deal, how long does he have? reporter: