finally be in sight. have to emphasize those words. vice president joe biden for one was mum. is there a deal? but he looked very cool in but senator reid and mitch mcconnell made their feelings very clear. i m very optimistic. i share his optimism. i think the thing to hone in on is the word share. it would create a december 13th deadline for a budget deal and raise the debt ceiling until february 15th. there are lots of problems with those dates. but we ll get to that in a minute. but i want to get to dana bash now. the first question is, a few days ago we thought we were close to a deal and then there was no deal. can you tell how close to done this deal is? reporter: just like you, i m very reluctant to predict anything, but it seems a lot closer, a lot more real than we ve gotten, primarily because you are talking about the democratic leader and the republican leader in the senate. the numbers you put up on the screen were with regard to has given what. aft
0 right now 39% of you say yes. 61% say no. the debate continues online at cnn.com/crossfire. from the left, i m stephanie cutter. from the right, i m newt gingrich. join us tomorrow for another edition of crossfire. erin burnett out front starts right now. out front next, on the verge of a deal. but is the president on board? plus patient dumping for years considered an urban legend. and a teenage girl raped by a high school football player. she says the community turned against her and her mother. let s go out front. and good evening, everyone. out front tonight. deal or no deal? tonight it appears, appears that a deal on the debt ceiling and the government shutdown may finally be in sight. have to emphasize those words. vice president joe biden for one was mum. is there a deal? but he looked very cool in but senator reid and mitch mcconnell made their feelings very clear. i m very optimistic. i share his optimism. i think the thing to hone in on is the word shar