self-imposed deadline for a deal and still there is no deal. some on capitol hill, some of even the president s allies are saying this is now in their view time to cut bait and stop going for this big deficit reductions package they ve been talking about and just find the easiest path forward to get the debt ceiling raised and worry about deficit reductions at another time. you know, it seemed like there was some enthusiasm and some progress yesterday. but if the two sides are even further dug in, even further apart so to speak, why is the president still pushing for something big? reporter: well, there s the overt politics of it. he seems to be nominally winning. the republicans in public polls are doing less well and are getting more blame than the president, in part because he s going for something big. but there s also just the simple fact that they have to figure out a way to get votes in the house of representatives to raise the debt ceiling. and they can t get thos
becoming an abnormal crisis. what happened today? reporter: well, there was a lot of process, sanjay. and a lot of discussion and still no break through is the bottom line. we are less than two days away from the president s self-imposed july 22nd deadline for a deal. and still there is no deal. and now some on capitol hill, some of even the president s allies are saying this is now in their view time to cut bait and stop going for the big deficit reductions package they ve been talk about and find the easiest path forward to get the debt ceiling raised and worry about deficit reductions at another time. it seem like there was some enthusiasm and progress yesterday. but if the two sides are even further dug in, even further apart so to speak, why is the president still pushing for something big? reporter: well, there s the overt politics of it. he seems to be nominally winning. the republicans and public polls are doing less well and are getting more blame than the pres
of space shuttles. stay tuned. lit take as you little while. we are still working on it but keep watching. we will be launching again. we will stay in the business, as they said, the united states is not out space business. absolutely. we have proven for 30 years that we know how to get to lower orbit. we built this fantastic international space station. lit keep operating at least through 2020, conducting research in this incredible laboratory with the micro gravity environment of space we cannot replicate here on earth. we are going to still explore and research there but we have proven we know how to get to lower orr. it next step is we need to go on. absolutely. that s going to be the challenge for you and the rest of the folks at nasa. as we see atlantis sitting on the edge of the runway, it is, in fact, over for the space shuttle program. that s right. thank you for that. we want to get the take of what it is like in haas ton at mission control where i