they re working on the trigger mechanism. it s going to take many differentists and turns. it s looking like wednesday is the closest thing we ve heard all along in this process that a firm deadline needed to work out the compromise. luke, some exclosive issues in that mix. this is going to be a really interesting negotiation to follow. a long way to go, andrea. there s still a long way to go. next week s the real crunch time. we ll have a fun weekend. thank you, luke up up on the hill for us. senator kent conrad chairs the budget committee and is a member of the gang of six and joins me now senator, your colleagues have been exploding over the secrecy of this. you can say nothing is going to be negotiated with 51 members of the senate. so it has to be negotiated between the president and the speaker. but we heard a lot of anger from mccull ski, from feinstein