at the half hour we'll hear from jim alesi who was against same-sex marriage in new york two years ago but then voted for it last month. and we'll also hear from jason mcguire an opponent of same-sex marriage. >>> the drama over the debt is intensifying. house speaker john boehner is holding a conference call with republicans in awhile. let's turn to kate baldwin who's live on capitol hill. speaker boehner has been holding negotiations with lawmakers all week long after walking away from talks with the president on friday. how will this be different? what's at the root of these negotiations? >> reporter: the talks are continuing here on capitol hill. we're hearing mainly on the staff level. but negotiations seem to be continuing as they all have an eye on the clock. there's a building anticipation as we're all watching the deadline tick closer and closer. as we heard from both party sources of the leaders that were at the table yesterday evening as we were covering the meeting said they would like to be reaching an agreement before asian markets open this evening. boehner had a confere