>> a suit on. hair is all brushed. >> you look great. nice new tie. >> i would have taken the lump sum, by the way. >> we wouldn't have had you here. >> that's totally true. >> carl hulse, we'll be checking in with you a lot. "new york times" congressional correspondent. let's do our trivia. who was john boehner's high school football coach in the natti? >> this is a fun one? the answer is jerry foust who would later become the head coach of the university of notre dame. he went directly from high school to notre dame. not high school to any other college coach. high school to notre dame. foust. and it was an unceremonious and a rough five years for that football coach. all right, up next, republicans warn senate democrats, don't touch the filibuster. with the showdown set to kick off the new session today. we're going to get the latest from republican senator lamar alexander. >> but first, the white house soup of the day. gosh, it's just made for a chuck pun. but butternut squash.