reporter: i think it s a step in the right direction in terms of reaching a compromise. the big question remains while we have heard that harry reid signed off on the deal, where do republicans the key republican negotiators in this whole deal, where do they stand on the issue? in the house as well as in the senate. well, we re still obviously looking to get guidance on that. we have heard from one top senate republican leadership aide who said at least at least right now they re not there yet saying the agreement is not done and that they re still working on it. so it seems that while harry reid, he s onboard. seems at least for the part of senate republicans, seems there needs to be a little more work to be done before to get them onboard as well. okay. a little more work. do you have any idea about the timing? or we just don t know? it happens when it happens? to be honest, i don t think anyone really knows about the timing. this story has changed from moment t