chriss angel, showing us how to get out of a straight jacket. and again, from john mccain, he said from the beginning of this, the americans will blame the gop for the shutdown and things are no better with the debt deadline looming next week. senator mccain, it has been more than a week with the shutdown, and many are asking when is washington going to get its act together and get this sorted. do you know the answer? >> i don't not, piers, but we may reach the point where the markets tell us to come to an agreement, and that would be, of course, when we start to default on our debts. i hope that is not the case. because i think the markets will react. and obviously, that will be bad for almost all americans who have stocks in the stock market. but right now, it is one of the problems -- it is no longer republican versus democrat sit down and negotiate. there is a third element here, as you know, and that is a significant number in the house of representatives who believe that we should have no negotiations until there is an agreement to de-fund

us. >> i have been shut down by chriss angel, look out for him, we don't know what day and time, it ng stunt when it happens, and you can also catch chriss's amazing show at the luxor in las vegas, thank you very much chriss. >> thank you, i'll leave you be. >> that is all for us tonight, "ac360" later starts right now. >>> good evening, everyone, tonight how the government shutdown could very easily and critically become an economic meltdown. >>> later, we all remember the happy ending, the american sailors rescued from the somalia pirates. tom hanks is playing in the movie that is sure to be a huge blockbuster. and also, my interview with the remarkable elizabeth smart, telling for the first time her whole story of the kidnapping and captivity. >>> i really didn't know what the definition of fear was u