was wrong. the fed wasn't going to be that aggressive on interest rates. the highwire act republicans are dealing with right now. it only takes two or three to sink this plan, and it only takes one to create real problems right now. if one senator has deficit problems and gets a coupp el of his colleagues to come with him. mitch mcconnell has a math problem. i think there's a lot of issues here, and the most interesting element may be over the last month or so, republicans have been able to brush off what they would view as negative analysis. something that paul was talking about. and they've still gotten to this point, yet they're not quite there yet. they have more work to do, and the reality of that is, that work is going to come tonight, largely tomorrow, and then they're going to vote to pass this, and it's going to move forward. >> when we return, significant breaking news on the president,