with us, nbc news special correspondent tom brokaw, former democratic governor of michigan jennifer granholm, host of cnbc's "mad money," jim cramer, and a tea party-backed freshman republican congressman from idaho, raul labrador. >>> good morning. still an unfolding story here in washington, the battle over raising the debt ceiling has entered its final hours. after weeks of negotiations, pointed political debate, some signs now that a compromise plan between congressional leaders and the white house could emerge as early as today. the senate majority leader, harry reid, postponed an overnight vote on his own debt limit measure and announced late last night that the senate would instead reconvene at noon today and hold off to the vote at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. >> there are many elements to be finalized, many elements to be finalized, and there is still a distance to go before any arrangement can be completed, but i believe we should give everyone as much room as possible to do their work. >> signs of progress also echoed by republican senate leader mitch mcconnell and speaker boehner. >>

former michigan governor jennifer granholm is one of those leaders at the event. she says businesses make decisions every day about where to locate, and if we want those jobs here in the u.s., we need to get busy. >> they're not going to places out of loyalty or staying here out of loyalty; they're going where they can maximize their profits. we have to decide, as a nation, whether we are going to partner to make conditions for them right, for them to make that kind of profit, so we have to partner in order to make it happen. >> susie: robert mccann, the head of ubs wealth management agrees. >> that kind of attitude is the attitude that we like, and i think that businessmen like and we want to be part of that. create the sandbox that we can play in and do what we do. we're the ones that create the jobs; they can create the environment from which we can create the jobs. >> susie: one idea coming out of the clinton conference-- a new micro-lending platform aimed at helping small businesses grow. it's called kiva city, a non- profit that partners with cities to finan