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Of a arrive als at the capitol. the majority leader mitch mcconnell and minority leader, harry reid reid. the majority leader. here is what we heard off-camara. apparently mcconnell said he spoke with vice president joe biden at 6:30 a.m. this morning. at 12:45 last night, which is technically a.m. asked if he was going to talk with him again? he said we'll get back. he was mum on whether he had spoken to senator harry reid. if something will be on the floor today and his optimism level, really just not talking about that so far. so we'll wait and see. heather: secretary of state hillary clint...

There's no sense betting the country when we can reach such a reasonable compromise before the end of the year. >> all right. speaking of the compromise, it seems we're at sort of two book ends. the good news is there seems to be momentum not to go over the cliff. at a minimum republicans would pass the middle class tax rate extension period. and that could be the only thing they do. where is your optimism level that the deal would be better than that? >> oh, gosh, i think all you have to do is look at the atmospherics. i have not been very optimistic. we were going to be able to get a deal ba...

And, you know, what you're asking about today in terms of letters, the dueling letters is really the issue we're struggling. those who say look, we're prepared to take a balanced deal and those who are not. >> jeff greenfield, i'm optimistic, and i usually don't get optimistic, this country's going to do something. >> i hope you're right. >> what do you think? >> my optimism level is at historic lows right now. >> all right. >> joe, we're hoping to do a little better than alabama. sorry about alabama. >> oh, my god, seriously? the team with a turtle as a mascot? come on. we only fell to number...

Senate and maybe even a white house. if that happens, what is the extort of optimism level from the latino community and the activists community and immigration reform advocates, that anything will be done in the next four, six or eight years? >> that's a very good question and i got to tell you, there's deep hurt and many of the latino community are upset with the republicans for what they see as a party that's not dealing with a critical issue for the whole country. this would be a benefit for the economy. a massive i injection of money and resources. but let's say it isn't done. very clear ...