we're asking them to take yes for an answer. we hope -- >> so these are the house democratic leaders, hoping that their overall house of representatives, as you know, a majority republican, would take the straight up or down vote from the senate bill that was just now passed to the house. but as dana bash and our colleagues on the hill have been reporting based upon intel from sources in this closed-door house republican meeting, that's not going to happen. at least not on this volley. so megan, let me go back to you, because really, this is what americans want to know when it comes to if and when this happens, if the clock strikes midnight, if there is a government shutdown, and presumably, as many people will be watching the markets tomorrow and watching it tank, do you think that the numbers on wall street will be more reactionary to the shutdown itself or to this larger looming battle that is the debt ceiling deadline 17 days down the road? >> you know, i think that the