sardinha and carl delay-magnuson. rose hirschel and andy shreeves. robert and susan rosenbaum the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening and welcome to "washington week." i'm john yang. talks on raising the debt ceiling took an unscheduled break today. in the morning republican negotiators abruptly walked away from the bargaining table only to say this evening that they were going back. they said they had paused the talks because the white house hadn't moved far enough in the recognize' direction on -- republicans' direction on spending cuts. in the days before this both house speaker kevin mccarthy and president biden sounded optimistic. president is monitoring -- 7,000 miles and 13 time zones away in japan where he's attending the g7 summit. the preside is due back at the white house late sunday night, earlier than planned and will be available to meet in person with the speer. the two sides are racing a deadline. they have to have a deal in time for congress