and obviously that debate is going to be played out here for a while in washington. >> it's pretty amazing. everything we were covering at the end of last week seems to be the first step on what is going to be a very long road. sandra endo in washington, d.c., thanks so much for bringing us up to date on that. time for a cnn equals politics update. we're keeping an eye on all the latest headlines at the cnnpolitics.com desk. here's what's crossing right now. a conservative political action committee has launched a new tv ad campaign declaring that president obama has established a legacy of failure. that's their words. the ad blames mr. obama for high unemployment and the federal deficit. despite evidence to the contrary, donald trump won't back off his claim that president obama may have been born in a foreign country. trump, a possible republican presidential candidate, appeared today on cnn's "state of the