continue working. our staffs are going to work through the night. the speaker and i will get back to the others tomorrow morning and see how they did and continue. i have confidence that we can get this done. we're not there yet, but hope lies eternal. >> we did have a productive conversation this evening. we do have some differences, but i do think we've made some progress. but i want to reiterate there's no agreement on a number and there's no agreement on the policy. but there's an intent on both sides to continue to work together to try to resolve this. no one wants the government to shut down. and we're going to continue to work throughout the night and tomorrow. thank you. >> again, just reiterating what the president said about their staffs working through the night. dana, was that the monumental joint appearance that you thought? >> i know, i know. my expectations were a lit t bit