compromise. they have staff in the room. the tables are set up in a rectangular fashion. the members of congress, administration officials, including mike pence, priebus, price, mare trying to hammer ou a way forward. staff are in the room. there's no question about it, going into this meeting you heard from what the speaker had to say. this was a conceptual stage. i can tell you, there's a lot of skepticism they can close the deal. which raises even important question, was this real or was this just trying to be an effort to act like they didn't give up on this? i'm told it's the former than the latter. but it's worth noting. mike pence has put himself out here on this. he has made clear he wants to try and close this deal. if the day is any indication, he is a long way away from that. they're pinning a lot of hopes on this meeting tonight. >> phil, thanks. more ahead tonight. more on the breaking news about