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Representatives on the floor. when will this vote take place? >> well, there is not enough time to take place tonight because we'd have to go to rules and move forward. but we will vote tonight on a rule that will allow us to vote tomorrow. we'll have conference a little later this evening, bring people together about where we are. we've made progress today. and it's our hope that we'd be voting tomorrow after debate. >> okay. then the obvious question is, do you feel confident that there are the votes to pass now? >> i think we need a couple more to get together. the president had made great ...

Happening in your area can you tell me what's going on in dallas right now? >> well good afternoon, alex. dallas getting hit once again with rain. this after the buckets they received yesterday which prompted about 200 swift water rescues in the area. the majority of those people had become trapped in their car from rapidly rising flood waters. now here in wimberley we're getting a break in the weather for the moment. more weather is expected today but for now the blue sunny skies and the river levels dropping a little bit giving volunteers new ground to cover. they're hoping to make a lot of ...

Their arms around it. now they're getting help from state and federal officials and we hope it gets a little more streamlined. i flew back from joplin just this morning and if you were here with us last night, you might remember that i spent some time with a couple who'sa neighbors said their son was taken away in an ambulance. >> how long is it going to be before anybody tells us anything about any of the bodies? is it going to be days before anybody knows? there's people sitting down there that whatever you guys are hiding them, their bodies are just -- >> i can assure you -- >> we wanted ...

This is about policy as much as politics. north carolina is a really critical state for the president. he won it narrowly in 2008 by less than 15,000 votes. there are 15 electoral votes in this state. and republicans are starting to see a little bit of an opening here. one of the house seats went red in 2010. so republicans are looking at this state as well. and right now, richard, the unemployment rate here in north carolina stands at 9.7%. it is higher than the national average. so this state could very much be in play in 2012. the president certainly trying to hold on to his job as well as ...

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 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 are difficult issues, they're important to both sides. and so i'm not yet prepared to expres...