and talk and talk. >> i'm hopeful that something may come of it. i'm not openly optimistic we'd get republican votes to the bill but that doesn't mean we couldn't incorporate some of their good ideas, into legislation, should they put some on the table. >> reporter: president obama analogied there are a lot of republican ideas already on the table and seemed open to some but it's not clear how they'd be incorporated into legislation without starting over. keep in mind, congressional democrats have not yet even agreed to the changes the president himself proposed. also, the house and senate have major unresolved differences, between them and that is the biggest obstacle so far, getting democrats in the house and senate to agree with one another and martha, there are many rivers to cross before final legislation, much less passage of final legislation. megyn: and according to the president they have six weeks and we know you will -- guess what you are doing for the next