is when you want to do something quickly, you can. all you need is unanimous consent to actually move forward. things can move fast in the senate. i know it seems like it's not remotely possible. thinks can move quickly if something is there. i think the big question right now is, is there anything there? by shortening, say, the funding bill from four weeks to three weeks, does that do anything to address the very real concerns the democrats have had up to this point? and that's just a hypothetical at this point right now. if they need or want to move fast, if there is a potential deal on the table, they can move quickly. but right if that vote fails, they would, as you point out, anderson, need to move very quickly. again, when you talk to democrats involved in this process right now, a lot of them are pointing to the fact there's not a lot of time. there's very little time, and things are almost certainly going to end up in a shutdown at midnight. but talks are still ongoing. options are still being put on the table. right now it's just a matter of where democrats end up after that closed door meeting. >> phil, thanks. i want to check in with jim acosta at the white house. jim, the president 's teem