Its good to have you with us. Lawmakers keep saying they are willing to talk. Both democrats and republicans are speaking to the public, but apparently not to each other. In an interview with the Associated Press, the president said its the republicans who are being too insistent on getting what they want. We can vote to open the government today. We know that there are enough members of the house of representatives, democrats and republicans, who are prepared to vote to reopen the government today. The president was supposed to be at a summit in asia today. The white house says the shutdown forced the trips cancellation. Secretary of state john kerry is filling in for the president. To all of our friends and foes watching around the world, let me be Crystal Clear do not mistake it momentary episode in american politics as anything less than a moment in politics or anything more than a moment in politics. Kerry also said the shut down can be seen as an example of how robust the u. S. P