[indiscernible] >> joined us on the phone is lindsay mcpherson from cq roll call. congress has a midnight deadline a shutdowno avert and they need to come up with some kind of deal. what's the status? >> well, it's an impasse at the moment. they don't seem to be there quite yet.

>> joined us on the phone is lindsay mcpherson from cq roll call. congress has a midnight deadline a shutdowno avert and they need to come up with some kind of deal. what's the status? >> well, it's an impasse at the moment. they don't seem to be there quite yet. they have a four-week stopgap is some funding for chip for six years. is within the house republican conference chair. atense hawks are frustrated the prospect of this being the fourth stopgaps in september. and the effect that has on defense funding. they're looking at potentially asking for money on the fence, whether that be a four-year bill or defense anomalies. negotiation continue around that. as of right now, there are no plans to change the bill that could change as negotiations are fluid. >> you have a headline today saying that paul ryan is caught between the freedom caucus and democrats. what do you mean by that? the reason he is caught between them is he needs one of their votes to get the cr through. if the push on this defense stuff doesn't work out, the freedom caucus specifi

joining us on the phone is lindsay mcpherson, the house leadership reporter. congress has a midnight deadline on friday. two overt a shutdown, they need to come up with some kind of deal. moment.n impasse at the -- it is an impasse at the moment. four-week stopgap with funding for chip and the delay of some help your taxes. the problem in the house republican conference are defense hawks frustrated about on defenset spending. they are looking at potentially do forfor money -- to money on the offense or defense anomalies. negotiations continue around that. there are no plans to change the bill, but that could change. negotiations are fluid. corks you have a headline in your article that paul ryan is stuck between the freedom caucus and the democrats. corks right. he needs one of their votes to get the cr through. the defense stuff, if it doesn't work out, the freedom caucus has three options beavoid -- one would defending defense at higher levels until the end of the year for nondefense agencies. plan b is just some defense anomalies, like raising [indiscernibl