and so a lot of questions at this point. but it really is striking, the fact that there are not discussions going on at this point. senator harry reid seems to feel like whatever, you know, they re offering, if they go anywhere near the health care law, it is no deal whatsoever. there seeps to be some low hanging fruit, but every suggestion that the house sends over, we talked to reid s aides, and they say dead on arrival, including this latest one about the individual mandate. and also about the exemptions for parts of washington. they don t want any part of it. they feel like they have the strength. they ll try to teach republicans a lesson with this. we ll see what the impact is, assuming that continues to be the thinking going forward into this evening. amazing. thank you very much. if you could just stick around there, just let you know what s happening. the mrpresident s running behin the schedule here. he was supposed to address the nation for a brief statement where he stan