nick -- nicole killion has more on the debt. >> president obama says he believes progress is within sight, but lawmakers still need to work out their differences. >> the fireworks are still flying in congress over whether to raise the nation's $14 trillion debt limit. >> it is impossible to negotiate. this week, we will debate this crisis with republicans, like it or not. >> the only way we will do it is if democrats agree to change their ways. >> instead of tackling the debt dilemma they took up a rival it -- a resolution on the back instead. >> on a week that the country has told them to focus on the big problems, they are not going to. >> the stalemate in testifies. >> -- intensifies. >> the two sides are deepening divisions and in trenching along those lines. >> the democrats say any deficit reduction plan must close loopholes for the wealthy. republicans equate that to a tax hike and will not accepted. >> right now, we have a unique opportunity to do something big, to tackle our deficit in a way that forces the government to live within its means, that with our economy on a path to a