now the citizens fight back. as we explore our new segment cnn anchor don lemon appears not to care for cnn. what is jon stewart talking about and why did stephen colbert interrupt one of my broadcasts. i m in the middle of a broadcast. who isn t, sanjay. i ll explain that and more in the news right now. good evening, i m don lemon. u.s. senators are on the job. the high stakes standoff over raising the nation s debt ceiling has lawmakers working this very hour. as of now, they don t agree with they re making any progress. tonight cnn has learned that mitch mcconnell is in direct contact with the white house and democratic leaders in congress met face to face with the president late this afternoon. but just a short time ago on the senate floor, senator harry reid insisted that claims a deal could be near are simply not true. today the speaker republican leader held a press conference to announce they re in talks with the president and that a bargain to raise the
from. now the citizens fight back. as we explore our new segment cnn anchor don lemon appears not to care for cnn. what is jon stewart talking about and why did stephen colbert interrupt one of my broadcasts. i m in the middle of a broadcast. yeah, who isn t? yeah, hold on, sanjay. i ll explain that and more in the news tonight. good ve evening, everyone, i m don lemon. u.s. senators are on the job. the high stakes standoff over raising the nation s debt ceiling has lawmakers working this very hour. as of now, they don t agree with they re making any progress. tonight cnn has learned that mitch mcconnell is in direct contact with the white house and democratic leaders in congress met face to face with the president late this afternoon. but just a short time ago on the senate floor, senator harry reid insisted that claims a deal could be near are simply not true. today the speaker republican leader held a press conference to announce they re in talks with the pre
meeting between the president and his top party leaders in congress? reporter: as far as we know, the president is meeting right now with senate majority leader harry reid and with leader pelosi from the house, the leader of the minority in the house. and we don t have details on this yet, it s a closed press meeting, meaning we didn t even get our pool cameras inside to get a glimpse of this, but we know from a white house official that they are meeting here at the white house and we re hoping to get at least a notification when that all wraps up. white house officials saying this is to update the president on around these debt negotiations and what we re really seeing, and this is part of it is a flurry of negotiations going on and this all kind of follows some cab book i can theater playing out on the bill. we saw the house vote on the boehner bill and the senate picked it up and the boehner bill failed in the senate and we saw the house vote on the senate bill t reid bi