did we talk about a shutdown for six months? of course we were blamed because we were talking about it. republicans not talking about it, democrats bringing up the specter of it much more regularly. but i think what will happen on march 4th, there will be a small compromise, they ll keep the government open and continue the negotiations. the president knows he ll have to cut something. his deficit numbers in the polling data are the weakest of any numbers he has in the whole polling matrix and senate democrats will hold as long as they can, but they ll have to move. are they going to move the whole 61 billion? of course not. that s one thing the republican freshman in the house talking about what they understand tand don t understand about washington assumed. go for the biggest number now because we re going to have to retreat. article can be read in the national journal. major, great to have you. thanks, chris. an update now on the horrifying mourd of 10 year aeld zahra baker. h
north carolina police are hoping 10-year-old zahra baker s killer is one step closer to justice. prosecutors have arrested her stepmom, elisa baker in what is a horrifying story of the abuse of a little disabled girl. zahra disappeared more than four months ago and investigators have only been able to find pieces of her body. they believe her stepmother dismembered her, desecrating the remains to cover up the killing. here s state police announcing the arrest. the indictment of second-degree murder on elisa baker today is a milestone of holding someone accountable that members of team zahra have been working towards since the first words spoken on that 911 call made october 9, 2010. susan is an msnbc senior legal analyst.