all-out public relations asalt on each other. could there be a ray of hope from within the gop itself? 31 hours now into the mix, we head to washington where brianna keilar has the latest. reporter: good morning. the shutdown is affecting president obama s foreign travel. he was supposed to go to asia next week for four stops. well, last night he called the leaders of the philippines as well as malaysia to let them know he would not be making those two stops. his visit to this point to indonesia and brunei where he is planning to attend summits, still on, at least right now as the showdown over the shutdown continues. the impasse in congress is no closer to being resolved this morning. the motion to table is agreed to. reporter: with nearly 800,000 federal employees off their jobs for a second day, president obama is blaming tea party republicans for shutting down the government over their