here to help us with bastions this morning, to reporters -- andrew taylor with the associated press and david lightman. and he has the first question. go ahead. >> it you are a member of the conference. you are also a member of the supercommittee which failed. there have been various grand bargain talks that have failed. joe biden talks had failed. what are the chances, particularly now that republicans have given up a tax increase in january and are taking a hard line now, what are the chances of getting a bigger agreement to tackle our deficit? >> that is a very fair question. i was disappointed in the fact that the supercommittee did not achieve a positive result. in this latest round, the democrats have been trying to get to the negotiating table since march. that is when the house passed the budget and the senate democrats passed their budget. the normal courses to begin negotiations. we were blocked by republicans in the house and senate. now we're finally going to the table. here is one thing i know. talks do not guarantee success. you mentioned examples where we were not able to

andrew taylor is the ceo of tui.ylor, you have seen a pick up in the number of on searches. does that actually translate into purchases? >> there is a direct correlation. we have yet to fully figure it out. our consumers are very private in nature. they like to keep their personal finances and their investments away from anyone. anyone that is outside their family unit. but certainly, we are seeing a huge increase in the last two weeks of september leading up to golden week, which is now. and that's a 66% increase in searches, mainly through the uk, u.s., australia and interesting countries such as greece, portugal, spain, malaysia and singapore. in each of those markets, we're seeing a lead generation of three to six months between inquiry and purchase. so it is an interesting market transition. >> andrew, i wonder, you have here 70% of chinese buyers use cash to pay for their homes in the u.s. and the capital restriction necessary china are very close. how do they get that cash out? >> in many cases, i don't really

here to help us with bastions this morning, to reporters -- andrew taylor with the associated press and david lightman. and he has the first question. go ahead. >> it you are a member of the conference. you are also a member of the supercommittee which failed. there have been various grand bargain talks that have failed.

we are back with our reporters, andrew taylor and david lightman. what did you hear from the top democrat on the house budget committee budget committee as they go into negotiations? >> same thing i heard thursday at the press conference. they are negotiating. it is talking. isn't it great we are talking to each other. we did not expect it to say here is where we give. i was not interested in the comment about the affordable care act. they got a little bit specific on issues. areas of some discussion. no one is going to blow it apart. there is potential to talk. >> what does that mean? look at the republican conferees. they all voted no, correct? is there another fight brewing over the issues? i do not think we will see another shutdown. i do not think the debt limit is going to be as dramatic or as much of a crisis in the future. there is a lot of pressure because they do want to get rid of some or all of these across the bed -- board cuts. this is the public forum to do it. there are people more senior that will have the final say. is not a lot of

andrew taylor with the associated press in a congressional bo porter with the newspapers. >> you are member of the supercommittee which failed. there have been various grand bargain talks that have failed. joe biden talks had failed. ,hat are the chances particularly now that republicans have given up chances ofat are the getting a bigger agreement to tackle our deficit? >> that is a very fair question. i was disappointed in the fact that the supercommittee did not achieve a positive result. round, theest democrats have been trying to get to the negotiating table since march. that is when the house passed the budget and the senate democrats. we were blocked by republicans in the house and senate. now we're finally going to the table. talks does not guarantee success. he mentioned examples where we were not able to get funding accomplished. if

andrew thomas al jazeera. >> greece's parliament is preparing to vote on whether to cut state funding for the far right political party, golden dawn. for more less go to lauren taylorour news center in london. >> the vote that is heed i expen a few hours will fine their m.p.'s charges of belonging to a criminal organization. >> the resolution is a come blow compromise agreed by the conservative led government and left wing opposition. if says parliament may suspend public funding to parties in their leaders or a fifth of their m.p.'s are indicted for organized crime or terrorism. >> it's b absured for taxpayerso support a party that is engaged in criminal acts. this prosecution has been long oveoverdue and has been tolerant for years. golden dawn's leader and another five m.p.'s are accused of running a criminal o. that organ that ordered killings and beatings. a man that claimed to be a golden dawn supporter killed a musician last month. they will deny them half a million dollars this year and more next year. it's designed to star o starch a government portion. but the candidate predicts it will fail. >> we can keep going because we haven't spent all of the money