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>> long-term in washington today seems to mean before thanksgiving. so i'm not sure how long the long-term is. >> but i mean senate republicans want to have a year. they want to have a year debt ceiling increase. and they would like to have six months in the cr at least. >> again, they want that because they have something important. we're losing sight of the fact that the president two years ago made a huge historic blunder when he said propose the sequester and the republicans faced with the choice between cutting defense half the sequester and raising taxes, the republicans will accept defe...

Nbc's mike viqueira and luke russert. gentlemen, thanks for being here. our cnbc colleague john harwood is reporting that there will be no vote in the house tonight, and according to his sources, the u.s. will go over the fiscal cliff. what's your reaction to that? have you heard that -- >> we can confirm that. >> i love john harwood, but luke and i have been reporting the same thing, jonathan, so there. >> okay. so we're going over the cliff? >> apparently. that's the bad news. the good news is, the parameters of a deal are definitely there. as you described, jonathan, the sticking point rema...