stalls, he says option a is the same as b, get her done. >> thank you so much. more now on why leader nancy pelosi and chuck schumer decided not to meet as planned. they backed out as president tweeted this earlier, quote, meeting with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer about keeping government open. the problem is they want to substantially raise taxes. i don't see a deal. so that came in from the president this morning. here now is senator chuck schumer speaking. actually, live pictures. saying anything? let's go quickly, let's pivot. let's go to jim acosta, our soi senior correspondent at the white house. obviously the wheel and the deal is on. >> yeah, i was tying to read lips there as well, brooke,