tavis: up next, actor mark harmon, stay with us. please welcome mark harmon back to this program. he stars on "ncis," which has become one of the most watched series on television. the shower airs tuesday nights at 8:00. here now a scene from "ncis." >> i need a lead. >> oh, really? because i found our killer's blood. how is that for a case cracker. guess where. no, really, like i want you to guess. >> on the knife. >> no. guess again. >> abby -- >> i found trace amounts inside the stab wounds of our latest victims. >> d.n.a. >> i read the d.n.a. through the database. there is nothing in the system. but guess what mcgee thought? >> abby, no more guessing. credit cards, he purchased a hunting knife. >> the murder weapon. >> the point and spine of this matches the wound patterns of all five victims. tavis: you must know something that other folk on tv do not. you're in season seven. tavis: up against "american idol" no less. >> always have been. tavis: you're my man, first of all. >> you're my man. tavis: how do the heck to you survive seven seasons up against that? >> tavis, we con

committee marked up a bill the other day dealing with derivatives and other matters, as they should, the jurisdiction of that matter in their committee. we did the same in our bill. we have to harmonize on these subject matters. we're working on that, mr. president, as i'm talking to you this afternoon. so i would hope that on monday afternoon, senator shelby and i will continue working with each other. our staffs will be today and tomorrow and over the weekend to try and come to some understanding on some of these matters. but i'm not going to tell you today to count on the two of us to solve all of our problems here. we can't. but i now ask everybody to let's get to the debate. the american people cannot tolerate doing nothing. and that is waiting around to see if another crisis comes and whether or not we can respond to it. that is unacceptable, mr. president. so on monday about 5:00, we need to have the votes to go forward. and then the two of us will sit in these respective chairs, we'll present our ideas, we'll talk and discuss how these ideas can emerge, we'll invite our colleagues to come to the floor and debate and discuss and offer their ideas, and we'll try to make this ev