is like dealing with a bowl of jell-o. they refuse to get serious about cutting spending and making the tough choices that are facing our country on entitlement reform. that s the bottom line. president obama has asked them to come to the white house to tell them how he plans to avoid closing on the debt deadline. he was confident they could reach a deal, but now he said he would be at the white house tomorrow. so, is he backing off? chief white house correspondent jessica yellin joining me now. both sides putting their own spin on things. what happened today? i ll tell you from here at the white house, when the president received the call from speaker spoener saying the deal was off, i am told there was a sense of surprise, frustration, even exasperation that congress can t come to negotiate a real deal. this is now the third time what seemed directionally leading to an actual deal broke down, and this time it seems to be over the question of taxes. in this instance, the
ask them to do the tough thing but the right thing. i think it has proven difficult for speaker boehner to do that. i ve been left at the all are now a couple of times. dealing with the white house is like dealing with a bowl of jell-o. let me just say that the white house moved the goal post. they refused to get serious about cutting spending and making the tough choices that are facing our country on entitlement reform. so that s the bottom line. president obama has asked congressional leaders to come to the white house tomorrow to tell him how they plan to avoid defaulting on the nation s debt. the deadline to raise the debt ceiling is august 2nd. earlier speaker boehner said he was confident congress can reach a deal without help from the white house. but now he says he will be at the white house tomorrow. so is he backing off? chief white house correspondent jessica yellin joins me now. jessica, both sides putting their own spin on things. what exactly happene