is the ceo o of federal solutio. bill good to see you again. >> good to see you again, tony. >> hopefully this is the last time we talk to you about this particular issue. how is the first day back to work going so far? >> everything is going fine. i woke up this morning with employees of shouts of joy and a few had some concern of hope if hopefully this doesn't happen again. overall everyone is ecstatic to be back to work. >> when did you get phone calls from the furloughed employees was it last night or first thing this morning. >> we got notified by the government at that time too. at 7 or 8:00 this morning. we started putting things in place and getting people back on the job as soon as possible. some went back to work as soon as 8:00 this morning. >>> do you have a rough estimate of how much money the shutdown has cost you? >> for our company we did an estimate and it was about 120,000 per week. and that was substantial for a small business to absorb if you are not prepared for it. >> your workers don't get back

very hard to work out a solutio to anythingf the parties -nvolved don't talk.lly he agreed to talk to us today. he had the democratic caucus down at the white house yesterday. he has been meeting with senars fro both sites, and he invited o ccus to come down. e speaker said we want this to be a productive meeting. and so i guess about 16 of last, the leadersnd committee chairman went down. lou: and whaa iseing proffered by t republicans seems to be a very simple deal. that is, a 6-week extension to the debt ceiling, but obviously senator reid, the senate majority leader is agitated with that prospect because it does not reinstate, if you will, a government thaa is still 90% functional. what do you tnk is going to unfold here? >> well, senatoreid was not in the room, so i do n know what he is saying. do know th the president seems to me to be very genuine in reaching out tory to come toome kind of an agreement. and the w we left it is he is going to talk some more with his people. we a talking now, angst ourselves. we have leaders and staff at the table right no

multi-lared security solutio keepour information safe, and secu. and respsive dedicated suppo meets your needs, aneases your mind. centurylink. your link to what's next. lou: sreme court announcing will hr case that challenges environmental protes against regulation of greenhouse gases, the justices will rule on whether epa restrictions involving automobile give it power to impose simar restricts on powerplants and factories. an on docket, issue of affirmative action, hearing a challenge to 2006 michigan voter initiative that bans state universitiesrom giving preferential treatnt to applicants because of the race, majority of justices signaling they will up holdhat ban. >> and back now with moody's chief economist john lonski, congressman phil roe, and dennis kucinich, to you dennis, starting with harry reid saying we're on the eve of financial destction. nancy pelo echoing his concerns. pure politics and posturing? >> well, the impcations are default are serious. but i will say something, so much of this narrative is about not just this show but e