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And these negotiations, these discussions with congress, the way it was explained to me, wolf, is that because mitch mcconnell has also been very silent through much of this, he is facing a primary battle back in kentucky as he is running for re-election. he is basically being primaried by the tea party in kentucky. he has a tough re-election battle. according to that source, mitch mcconnell has pulled back from the discussions. mick mcconnell and joe biden were sort of working together in that last standoff. this democratic source explains why joe biden has not been quite as visible ps as you...

microphones about an hour from. the president earlier called the house speaker john boehner but it wasn't exactly the conversation that boehner has been speaking. here is what the speaker said before he spoke to the president. >> americans expect us to work out our differences. but refuse to go negotiate is an untenable position and, frankly, by refusing to negotiate, harry reid and the president are putting our country on a pretty dangerous path. listen. there has never been a president in our history that did not negotiate over the debt limit. never. >> so what did the president sa...

0 shutdown dims hope for retail. they are worried about the economy too. the paper says a big concern is that a prolonged government shutdown could severely hurt the economy and necessarily consumer spending and, therefore, annual growth. and we got another front page from the independent and the uk that i'll mention saying it's about the budget standoff and says china's fears over the political deadlock, highlighted there. can you see that telling president obama to get a grip and mentions world markets are already jittery following the lack of progress on capitol hill. that will do it for me...

Yet? >> well, there's a host of diplomatic countries that we're looking at, treaties, trades, all sorts of issues. and i think that president obama and -- and secretary kerry and eric holder all today made clear that they view the situation as -- as really serious. >> peter, i'll give you the final word. when -- when snowden left hong kong, jay carner, white house press succeed, set, "i'm not buying. this is a technical decision by hong kong." a deliberate choice to release a fugitive despite a valid arrest warrant. as hillary points out, there all things going on behind the scenes we may not ...

0 garden. you're always family here. >> reporter: better food than on the aeroflot flight. jeanne moos, cnn. ♪ >> reporter: new york. >> the plane on the ground in havana right now. that's it for me. thank you very much for watching. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. next, edward snowden on the run. president obama pleads for the return of the nsa leaker, but is anyone listening? plus, the supreme court rules on affirmative action today. the reverend jesse jackson out front. and actor jim carrey says he won't promote his new film because it's too violent. does that add up? let's go...