WBAL Today April 8, 2011
and welcome to "today" on this friday morning. i'm meredith vieira. >> i'm david gregory in for matt this morning. the clock is ticking for lawmakers who want to avoid a government shutdown by midnight tonight. not a lot of progress overnight. still a little bit better than 50/50. this is going down to the wire. >> as you said, some lawmakers said a deal is within reach but following late night talks at the white house, president obama said he's not wildly optimistic. we'll go to nbc's savannah guthrie at the white house for us. good morning. >> good morning, meredith. we are hours a...