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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 made some progress today. those differences have be...

Stalemate. good evening, again, from new york trade 25 hours to go and tell the government shuts down and there is still no agreement on the spending bill. the first meeting this afternoon blasted one hour and 20 minutes. afterward the president went to the white house briefing room for the second night in a row to give an update on the status of the negotiations. >> 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 that has been working very hard. we made some progress today. those differences have been narrowed...

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 want to reiterate to people why t...

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 made some progress today. those differences have be...

Comedy "your highness." >> that will be fun. >> yes. but first, we want to talk about what's going on in the capital. democrats and republicans must agree on a new funding plan by midnight tonight or the federal government in fact shuts down. >> it's hard to believe it's come right up here to the wire. president obama summoned leaders to the white house again last night but no breakthrough. john hendren is monitoring events in washington. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, mike and peggy. with just hours to go, the deal is still no deal. president obama says it's too early for wi...