from capitol hill. yesterday you tried to get senator manchin to try to explain what the issue. yes. he has some major concerns here, john. he doesn t want this bill just to allow for temporary programs to be extended. he wants the bill to actually include what could be the full breadth of the spending package. he doesn t believe that the provisions in here that could be three or five years long will only last three or five years long because he argues that americans once they get these benefits they will want them for more years and that congress will come back and extend it, so suggesting that the proposal could cost $2 drill john what the house plan costs is just simply not enough for him, john, so he wants to actually change it significantly parts of this bill to see its true cost. here s the question. does he want to deal? this has been on the table now for month, months, the big picture and then the house passed the plan. it s been back and forth. if he wanted a deal he could