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Only 15 minutes or so away from the president of the united states getting ready to go into the white house briefing room, make a statement on the government shutdown, and then answer reporters' questions. we will have complete live coverage here on cnn. short of the deal with republicans to raise the nation's debt ceiling, is there another way to either raise the debt ceiling or keep paying the nation's bills? back in 2011, the former president bill clinton suggested the 14th amendment to the constitution potentially could be used to avoid a government default and here is why. part of the a...

Washington. we want to welcome our viewers here in united states and around the world. this is cnn's special coverage of what could be a major moment in the standoff in this shutdown crisis with congress. any moment now the president will speak live. he will make a statement and then answer reporters' questions at the white house briefing room. you're looking at live pictures on this day eight of the partial government shutdown and with the debt ceiling only nine days away. both sides are still saying it's the other guys' shutdown, the other guys' fault. john boehner saying today he got a phon...

Untenable position. and frankly, by refusing to negotiate, harry reid and the president are putting our country on a pretty dangerous path. there's never been a president in our history that did not negotiate over the debt limit. never. >> the speaker of the house of representatives is still sitting on the one bill that can re-open the government. speaker boehner insist that the senate passed bill in the shutdown can't pass the house. well, i'm not the first to issue this challenge. it's been issued all weekend and yesterday. and that is, prove it. bring it up for a vote. if he really believes...

Dangerous path. listen, there's never been a president in our history that did not negotiate over the debt limit. never. >> the white house says that is not how this call went down. apparently the president told boehner he is willing to negotiate, just not under the threat of the government shutdown and the debt ceiling. now consider this. this whole thing could be over today if a clean spending bilked pass the house of representatives without any conditions attached. the speaker says there just aren't enough votes for that kind of legislation to pass. the president insists there are enough vo...