. >> woodruff:: for more on this still developing story, we are joined by naftali bendavid, congressionalrespondent for the "wall street journal." good to you have back with us. >> thanks for having me. >> woodruff: so another impasse in the congress, another possible government shutdown, say it ain't so. what are the real prospects? >> well, the truth is that i think both parties are very well aware that the voters were absolutely disgusted by the last time this happened, by the threat of default and government shutdown before that. and you saw speaker boehner be very careful to distance himself from any possibility of a government shutdown. and i think both parties know that that would be very poorly received by voters. of course it's always possible if they can't by october 1st figure out how to resolve their differences over the spending bill, we could see the threat of a shutdown but my sense is that both of them understand how unpopular that would be, and that's going to make them work very hard to avoid it. >> woodruff: so naftali, explain for us the basis of what this fight is all

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