wife. a bizarre criminal case just ahead. first up, crunch time on capitol hill. senate leaders from both parties are working this sunday to break the impasse and avoid the first default in u.s. history. yesterday, with senator mcconnell. we re in conversation today. i m confident the governments will extend the ability of this country to pay its bills. and i m going to do everything that i can throughout the day to accomplish just this. it s important we do this. we must do this. it s the height of hi pock ra si to not pay our bills. senate ma sdwrorty leader talks for about a half hour