to pay my mortgage for a month or two. >> reporter: at his second news conference of the day, boehner insisted the president's words were not enough. >> what the president said today was if there's unconditional sur ep derby republicans, he'll sit down and talk to us. that's not the way our government works. >> reporter: the duelling news conferences is a reminder that the government is in full crisis mode. >> we've got to stop repeating this pattern. i know the american people are tired of it. and to all the american people, i apologize that you have to go through this stuff every three months it seems like. and lord knows, i'm tired of it. >> reporter: now the white house did issue a veto threat saying the president would not sign off on a republican version of a budget super committee. but the biggest surprise of the day, the president was not asked about some of the problems with obama care. so not only has the government