things along quickly. libby casey with us. are there negotiations happening right now? >> reporter: no, they're not. they're not happening in front of the cameras. there are no meetings behind the scenes, now, there are two things in play, richelle, one is this issue of the government funding. we hit the end of the fiscal year in just a few days, october 1st of the new fiscal year begins. and the republicans say they're going to fund that going forward, but there are strings attached. defunding obama healthcare. that's a deal breaker. and in october the treasury said that the u.s. will max out on its debt limit, and then there will be another big fight over there. >> now the president said i'm not going to negotiate. well, i'm sorry, it just doesn't work that way. we're not going to ignore