welcome back. time now nr a cnn political update. cnn political analyst glor wa borger joining me from washington, and gloria, i understand you have debate news? >> yes, we are going to vegas, baby. >> woo-hoo. >> cnn has, yep, cnn has been chosen be i the western republican leadership conference to host a republican presidential debate on october 18th. of course, we are all going to be there. it is our third debate that we are hosting so far. i i'm sure there will be more on the horizon, so we will end up in vegas, and we had some presidential debates there last time, so we are all looking forward to that. it is a big toss-up state, and it will be an interesting debate i'm sure, randi. >> yes, it sure will. let's talk about the budget fight happening in washington. feels like the ninth grade, you