and i call tyler mathisen. deal on the debt may not be enough to prevent america from a credit downgrade, but treasury secretary tim geithner says another issue is at stake. >> the economy is absolutely slower than we thought, really than anybody thought and that's happening around the world. the united states' confidence was damaged by this spectacle they have seen in washington of a significant number of elected officials in this country threatening default, really damaging the confidence. >> yeah, boy. more cheerful stuff. hold on tight. we're going to get a check on business with cnbc's managing editor, tyler mathisen. he's live on capitol hill and already i feel like things are a little better. the news so bad. what's going on, tyler? >> you know, joe and mika, the truth is what this debt deal does is now let us turn back and concentrate on the really hard part, and that is getting growth going again in america. and that is the real nub of the issue here. we're really not going to solve our debt problems,