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When congress didn't pass that bill. as you know on the show, we have tracked your move. 802 days cynic you cut the top credit rating in large part do to what we're seeing on the screen. as you know, we've been keeping track. are you considering another downgrade? >> we have a stable outlook on the aa plus rating. we said back in june that we thought raising the debt ceiling would be acrimonious which it has been. this is in line with our thinking. we said that we would get a deal at the 11th hour. we're getting that deal now at the 11th hour. so this is baked into our aa plus rating. the reas...

I'm jake tapper live in capitol hill where the race to beat the debt ceiling clock somehow has congress right back at the starting line. the senate tonight once again wheeling and dealing to put together a bill that would reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling. they did not wrap up until a little less than an hour ago. under this latest deal, the only obama care-related issue would be income verification for people getting health care subsidies, to make sure they qualify. democrats will also try to appease republicans by nixing a plan that would delay an employee fee for unions. the ...

Agreement we made around the debt ceiling. there was all the threats about the debt ceiling when we did the budget control act that started bringing spending down. people forget we've gone from $1.4 trillion in overspending three years ago to $700 billion in overspending now. the president likes to talk about he's cut the deficit in half in his presidency. what he doesn't talk about is, that was around an agreement on a debt ceiling last time. >> are you saying they won't downgrade us? >> no. i'm saying fitch last time kept our aaa rating because of the negotiation, around the debt ceiling las...

2011 when the u.s. lost its aaa rating. the fiscal cliff of 2012. one result from that, those across the board government spending cuts calls sequestration. a lot to talk about despite the dooms day predictions if congress didn't raise the debt ceiling, there are a lot of antiobama care advocates who want to kill this deal. they are calling their reps and urging them to vote no on the deal on the table. they're contemplating a deal that would lift the debt ceiling and open the government for essentially nothing. it's basically a full surrender. joining me, mark. you see this as a full surrende...

Negative. that doesn't mean they have actually degraded this aaa rating but they put the u.s. on a watch, a negative watch list, in effect. it's a pretty serious moment and it puts a lot of pressure on these members of congress, do the right thing, extend the debt ceiling, move on, reopen the government right now, because so much is at stake. >> wolf, why is it it doesn't put a lot of pressure on the president of the united states? doesn't seem to put any pressure on barack obama. he spent all morning attacking republicans again. no negotiating, no sense of getting together, no trying to solve...