lori montgomery of the "washington post" and damien paletta of the "wall street journal."thank you two for being with us. >> thank you. >> woodruff: damien, i will start with you. did the white house see this coming. did they know it was going to happen. >> the white house knew talks were starting to hit a wall this week. but they planned as recently as last night to continue talks today an possibly even friday. so it really caught everybody by surprise when congressman cantor said this morning he was done talking and it was really up to the president and to the speaker of the house to get over the finish line. >> woodruff: and we should say that just within the last few minutes, vice president biden's office has put out a statement about all this. are we learning anything new from that? >> that's right. it's really the first we've heard from the white house today. the vice president said that he agrees there has to be, you know, top level engagement now. but that the republicans are going to have to agree to some balanced approach that includes taxes. they're not talking

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close call -- host: manhattan, damien, independent mind.ler: but the last caller said it is not realistic. i have been diagnosed since 1993. i have been self-destructive. my count went down the 160. my doctor -- new medication -- healthy as i can be. i agree that the infection rate -- chances -- host: color, you are breaking up. anything you can take from that? guest: that treating -- preaching abstinence only has been proven to be ineffective. if you just teach abstinence without teaching the other way is to avoid infection, that is when you get a serious issue. host: talking about those that were affected, what are the symptoms? what should they look for democrats call lurk -- guest: you should not worry about symptoms -- what should they look for? guest: you should not worry about symptoms, because if you wait for them, it is too late. many people need therapy even if they feel well. the earlier the to get the therapy, the better. the other advantage is if they are not infected you get them into this system on counseling them about what

close call -- host: manhattan, damien, independent mind. caller: but the last caller said it is not realistic. i have been diagnosed since 1993. i have been self-destructive. my count went down the 160. my doctor -- new medication -- healthy as i can be. i agree that the infection rate -- chances -- host: color, you are breaking up. anything you can take from that? guest: that treating -- preaching abstinence only has been proven to be ineffective. if you just teach abstinence without teaching the other way is to avoid infection, that is when you get a serious issue. host: talking about those that were affected, what are the symptoms? what should they look for democrats call lurk -- guest: you should not worry about symptoms -- what should they look for? guest: you should not worry about symptoms, because if you wait for them, it is too late. many people need therapy even if they feel well. the earlier the to get the therapy, the better. the other advantage is if they are not infected you get them into this system on counseling them about w