I dont know, im busy right now. I havent thought a lot about it. Thats today, wednesday, october 16th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Remember 24 hours ago when it seemed we might get a deal. There was optimism in the senate but that was so yesterday. Overnight everything came to a screeching halt. And the deadline is looming ever closer. Thats right. This race to end the shutdown is todays top story. Lets get right to Peter Alexander at the white house. Peter, what can you tell us . Reporter good morning to you. Most americans are asking themselves is it over yet . I just spoke to a Top Republican senate aide that said optimism abounds. But this is crunch time for congress now facing intense pressure to come up with a senate deal and get it appro
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Australia and then they wake up one morning and burma has flipped on them. It was eternal in terms of their faithful allies. These things caused a lot of consternation. So the old fear of diagnostically speaking in china is to fear with sand and travel without. These things happening around them excite them. How much does it add to that anxiety is that all . Is the most problematic relationship now in japan and this is not good. I have to say i think japan probably hasnt played this as well as it might have, but i think on the other hand it would be fair to say also that it serves chinas purposes to have something happening outside his orders which can rally people at home. Theres a lot of complex things going on in each of these reactions to foreign movements outside. Which makes your job complicated. I wonder if you go back to the news last week with the North Koreans surprisingly, given reports of their technical difficulties but the longrange missile tests seem to fully back or not