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Breaking news -- with people across the country and war zones around the world getting ready to go without paychecks or tax refunds, more emergency white house negotiations, aimed at heading off a government shutdown have just come and gone and there is no deal. president obama, harry reid, house speaker john boehner and others wrapped up talks for the night and president obama spoke briefly. >> i want to report again to the american people that we made some additional progress this evening. i think the staffs of both the house and the senate, as well as the white house staff, have been workin...

Been at the center of the talks. >> what issues in particular? >> reporter: let's give you the two biggies. first of all, clean air. the house republicans were pushing a measure inside their bill that said that the epa can't regulate greenhouse gases. well, republicans argue that's a jobs issue because they say that doing that hurts jobs. >> here's the president. let's listen in. >> i just completed another meeting with speaker boehner and leader reid. i want to report to the american people that we made additional progress this evening. i think the staffs of both the house and senate as well ...

Additional progress this evening. i think the staffs of both the house and the senate, as well as the white house staff has been working very hard to try to narrow the differences. we made some progress today. those differences have been narrowed and so once again the staff is going to be working tonight around the clock in order to see if we can finally close a deal. but there's still a few issues that are outstanding. they're difficult issues, they're important to both side, and so i'm not yet prepared to express wild optimism. but i think we are further along today than we were yesterday. i...

Limits on highways there to 85 miles per hour. >> i'm sure a lot of people would agree with that. no doubt about that. and the weight loss plan that has become an internet sensation. a look at the 17-day diet and its amazing results. >> oh, yet another diet plan. we'll look into that. but first we want to bring you up with the latest on tense budget talks. congress is working around the clock to reach a budget agreement before the government shuts down at midnight. >> but after president obama summoned congressional leaders to the white house again last night there was still no deal. >> i ...

Boehner and with senate majority leader harry reid. they met as well last night. that meeting went later last night than it did tonight. last night we heard from the president and from mr. reid and mr. boehner. tonight, we will at least hear from the president. here he is. >> i just completed another meeting with speaker boehner. and leader reid. and i want to report again to the american people that we made some additional progress this evening. i think the staffs of both the house and the senate as well as the white house staff have been working very hard to try to narrow the differences. we...