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Cnn. we applaud your ability. remarkable you have gotten into libya there. take care of yourself. taking a turn back here to the u.s. tonight's big political story is in wisconsin. where republican governor scott walker refuses to blink even after a week of gridlock and angry demonstrations by teachers and other state employees. within just the last hour, governor walker insist heed won't give up his fight against the state employees unions as he tries to force concessions to close a $137 million spending gap. cnns casey wian. no sign this will come to a peaceful close any time soon? >> absolu...

The budget battle is now in full swing, and not just over next year's spending plan. there's still no budget for this year. but house debate is under way, and republicans are swinging an ax at spending, vowing to slash $61 billion from the 2011 plan. senator rob portman of ohio is here to talk about it all. you are an expert, sir in these matters. thanks for being with us. first, isn't this a fool's errand? we're talking about the 2011 spending gap. isn't it a fool'ser rand bringing these cuts in when you know democrats won't accept them? >> i don't think so. this is happening because last yea...

Any portion of that wall. so, they've been moving forward, progressing. they believe they can get there. if they can't, they're willing to agree on a short-term measure so that friday deadline gets extended a little bit to keep hammering out that deal, but the wild card remains, does the white house demand that wall funding? if they do -- and we've heard kind of mixed messages from them on this -- if they do, that means a shutdown threat is for real. i can tell you, when you talk to senior leaders in both the senate and the house on the republican side of things, they want no part of that righ...

Republicans alike expressing scep ti similar, this time around they are very, very apart. there have been five extensions that lawmakers have given themselves up to come up with a spending gap this year and the gaps to the two proposals is huge. the republicans have passed a measure in the house that would cut $61 billion from current spending, that is a house-passed legislation that's pending in the senate and the president and the democrats came out with a counterpart, 6 1/2 billion dollars to cuts in spending, almost 1/10 of what republicans have po possess -- proposed. it's not just the ba...