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A lot more in the program tonight and the possible shutdown. more breaking news out of libya. apparently, upset with some of the media coverage the gadhafi regime is getting, they are planning on expelling a number of reporters from tripoli. initially 27 were identified by gadhafi officials. those 27 were told they would have to leave the country. that number was apparently cut to eight. the regime obviously not transparent and never has been. another sign of that, former gop congressman curt wheldon is still waiting to meet with gadhafi in tripoli. he said he came to urge him to give up power...

And that the two of them coming out together. the most reassuring signal we've had that an agreement will be reached before the shutdown deadline and things will go on. having said that, the big battles obviously are still ahead. we're talking about a tiny piece of the budget that's at stake here. the big battle is going to be over next year, the 2012 budget. with paul ryan throwing down the gauntlet this week, saying we want to go big, we want to go deep. that's going to -- there's an enormous rift between what the republicans are putting down there and what the democrats believe. you know, i...

Sufficient sense of urgency from all parties involved. it means that people have to recognize that a government shutdown has real consequences for real people. there was an interview that was done tonight on one of the nightly news networks. a man from kentucky named j.t. henderson, he said he's counting on his tax rebate because his family has been scraping by and he might not get it if the government shuts down. so j.t. said, if you can speak directly to all of us in washington, he would tell us that all of this political grandstanding has effects, as it trickles down to normal, everyday ame...

States has just said the least we can do is pass a budget, and we went to pennsylvania apparently to work on his campaign budget. >> the tea party just continues to pull senator -- speaker boehner further back and back and back. they say they don't want compromise. they say they relish a shutdown. >> the fact is, both republicans and democrats share plenty to blame here. let's start with the democrats. president obama first proposed a budget for the 2011 fiscal year february 1st, 2010. that's more than a year ago. five months after that, the house passed a few bills but didn't get through the ...

White house. he has been meeting for about an hour or so with john boehner. congressman boehner as well as senator harry reid. and here comes the president right now, as well as vice president biden. let's listen in. >> good evening, everybody. i'm just going to have a few quick remarks. we just had a productive meeting with speaker boehner, as well as majority leader reid. we discussed the impasse that we're firmly at with respect to the budget. and i thought the meetings were frank. they were constructive and what they did was narrow the issues and clarify the issues that are still outstandi...