there doesn't seem to be any progress in negotiations that republicans rather than looking at the underlying fragility and financial markets right now and saying, hmm. maybe now is not the good time, the best time to be threatening this this, you know, historic default seemed to be saying, maybe now's a great time because we have more leverage. this is a very bad strategy. i think they should raise the debt limit immediately without preconditions deal with the budget stuff. as part of the budget process. that's a separate issue, but honor the existing debt obligations that the us has already made. perceived political gain powerful force here in washington. catherine rampell, thanks so much. parts of california are buried under feet of snow after being slammed by yet another winter storm, where there live with a look at the efforts to dig out and how all of this snow is actually good news for the state. what's the number one retinol brand usesed