0 conference that will be notedly, thomas, the last news conference of his first term as president. but it s notable because it s the very same topic that you can expect he had to focus on the last couple of years he will focused on the next zell several months or years as he continues to battle with congress in terms of fiscal issues and the debt ceiling. just a matter of minutes ago actually dan pfeiffer, one of the top aides to the t president put out a note that politico breaux this morning where they said that house republicans were considering, among other things, default or possibly a government shutdown. some of the dramatic steps that the republicans of the house are considering. pfeiffer referred to that specifically today saying just another reason just one more way that house republicans could make themselves even less popular than they already are right now. we have a pretty good sense of what we re going to hear the president say when it comes to the debt ceiling and fi