running but countless americans are still getting error messages. should someone be fired? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. right now, all eyes are on that ticking clock. in less than 55 hours, the treasury will start running out of money to pay the nation s bills. with the debt ceiling deadline bringing new urgency, senate leaders are suddenly much more optimistic about a deal. but just as suddenly, the white house today postponed a meeting between the president and the congressional leadership. let s get the very latest from our chief congressional correspondent, dana bash. she s up on capitol hill. what s the current deal under consideration, dana? reporter: first, let me just say the fact that the white house meeting is not happening is actually a good thing and that comes from sources in all parties. it is because they feel that they are on the cusp of getting a deal without going to the white house, just among senate republican and democratic leader
0 washington/dallas game in prime time, the nbc announcer said the nickname is different from others like braves and chiefs and warriors and is a slur with no place in 2013. costas added that he doesn t think team owner dan snyder harbors any ill will toward native americans. snyder has insisted he will never change the name. that s it for the lead. i ll be back at 11:00 p.m. eastern, 8:00 p.m. pacific for a special on the shutdown. i now turn you over to wolf blitzer in the situation room. happening now, breaking news. with america s debt ceiling about to come crashing down on the world economy, senate leaders say they re close to a deal but the white house postpones an urgent huddle. what does that mean? is it potentially a good thing? and what would a deal look like? i ll ask the leader of the bipartisan effort in the senate to break the deadlock. republican senator susan collins will join me live. on the day the government shutdown, a key part of obama care was supposed to