mike barnicle, this is the opening round. john boehner will say we can t raise taxes, barack obama will say we can t balance the budget on the backs of the poor. i guess the art of the deal is getting from that starting point you say, there s no way we can come together. any attorney who s done mediations before knows they always start that way and you always start the day going this case will never be resolved. one for the red sox. finally, they debate back and forth and finally crawford s agent says, you can pay us hundreds of millions of dollars and we will strike out. the red sox goes, i like your gym. let s stick with the baseball met for. there is an old baseball expression, you play the game given to you. john boehner is playing the game given to him and he s playing it very well. so are yankees. i will actually give barnicle a hug.
reporter: can your parents pay for you to go to college? it would be hard. it would really be hard for them. but i think they could pay for it. we are very hopeful that there ll be some scholarship money available and whatever we can raise we will raise. we ll find a way. you know, by grace through faith, we ll find a way. she has to go to the school she wants to go to. it just has to happen. that s a copy for you too keep. it s going to be a tough transition for them. even forever they do get approved the reality of them being able to maintain it are difficult. they will have to not make frivolous purchases. reporter: they have downsized to one car. some mediations just don t go well. reporter: as they leave the meeting, the couple is hopefully,the attorney is cautious. it looks 50-50. thank you.
princeton, columbia, yale, harvard as well. reporter: can your parents pay for you to go to college? it would be hard. it would really be hard for them. but i think they could pay for it. we are very hopeful that there ll be some scholarship money available and whatever we can raise we will raise. we ll find a way. you know, by grace through faith, we ll find a way. she has to go to the school she wants to go to. it just has to happen. that s a copy for you too keep. it s going to be a tough transition for them. even forever they do get approved the reality of them being able to maintain it are difficult. they will have to not make frivolous purchases. reporter: they have downsized to one car. some mediations just don t go well. reporter: as they leave the meeting, the couple is hopefully,the attorney is cautious. it looks 50-50.
georgetown. princeton, columbia, yale, harvard as well. reporter: can your parents pay for you to go to college? it would be hard. it would really be hard for them. but i think that they could pay for it. we are very hopeful that there will be some scholarship money available. and whatever we can raise, we will raise. we ll find a way, you know. by grace, through faith, we ll find a way. she has to go to the school she wants to go to. it just has to happen. that s a copy for you to keep. it s going to be a tough transition for them. and even if they do get approved, the reality of them being able to maintain it are difficult. they re going to have to not make frivolous purse. reporter: they have downsized to one car. some mediations just don t go well. reporter: as they leave the meeting, the couple is hopeful.
especially bishop. reporter: now after all the accusations and claims of innocence, long and his accusers have agreed to try to keep it private with mediation instead of a public trial. according to recently-released court documents. some legal experts say cutting a deal in private mediation looks like an admission of some guilt, while others say that s not the case. almost all mediations, when the case settles, neither side gives any admission of liability or responsibility. that is pretty standard in any settlement agreement. reporter: if mediation succeeds, we may never know what really happened. joe johns, cnn, washington. so the question is why has bishop eddie long agreed to undergo mediation and what does that mean for the possible outcome in the case? earlier i spoke with senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin. i find this case fascinating, jeff, because back in september it got so much publicity and bishop eddie long made this very public statement in front of his churc