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Republicans in congress were given the heads up or were they just completely blindsided? because you have paul ryan saying what he said and then it's a few hours later, it turns out, actually, no, there's a deal and it doesn't include you blindsided. >> i'm told by three republican officials at the white house and capitol hill, the republican leaders were absolutely taken aback by this. they were undercut. and not only them. the treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, was arguing for a longer-term deal and he was given assurance. the president apparently, i'm told by people familiar with the meeti...

Deal, as senator ben sasse, called it, the pelosi, schumer, trump deal and we know there were people pushing an 18-month debt limit, others floating 6 months but it was the democrats who were floating 3 months and the president just made a unilateral decision, as he can do, to say, okay, i'm going to take the deal that chuck schumer offered and i think the republicans were beyond annoyed. >> what's the matter with this, david, though, if he's just -- even if he is just kicking the can down the road for three months, what's the matter with not having this fight right now and putting it off? we'...

To hold one-on-one negotiations on the nuclear program. what do you make of this, especially being so close to the foreign policy debate. >> these are very good reporters who worked on that story, i trust that they knew what they were writing when they wrote it. the white house has not left very much wiggle room at all in that denial. i suspect that the white house does not want to be seen doing anything that would be the least bit conciliatory. i think at this point, we just don't know. >> and david, how do you think that this will impact the vote given the impact on the economy? >> the timin...

Getting a fluke clear weapon. senator george mcgovern has passed away early this morning. now for a closer look inside the nbc news political poll chuck todd breaking down the numbers on today's "meet the press." >> this is among likely voters, david, 47/47. not all tied races are equal. sitting at 48/47 is a good number for the challenger, not a good number for an incumbent. among men, romney a 10-point lead, let's go to women, this is interesting. president, an eight-point lead here, this is actually his

Smallest lead among women that he's had all year long. a few other thing inside the numbers here, david. a narrow lead but way inside the margin of error. >> speak of the battle ground, i want to go there a minute. if you look at where both campaigns think each is ahead, the south, you got to give it to romney here. they think narrowly ahead, for the president, they think nevada, looks good for him and new hampshire, so then you look where's this race getting decided? those four states, colorado, david, might be the closest in the country, but it's the midwest. that is the ticket to 270 electo...