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QUESTIONS, HE SEEMED TO CRACK
THE DOOR OPEN JUST A BIT TO A
POTENTIAL BREAKTHROUGH.
IT WASN'T LONG AFTER PRESIDENT
OBAMA WALKED TO THE PODIUM THAT
IT SOUNDED AS IF THE STANDOFF
WAS ONCE AGAIN AT A STAND STILL.
>> LET'S STOP THE EXCUSES.
LET'S TAKE A VOTE IN THE HOUSE.
LET'S END THIS SHUT DOWN RIGHT
NOW.
LET'S PUT PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.
>> Reporter: BUT AS PRESIDENT
OBAMA MOVED HIS WAY THROUGH THE
FINAL MOMENTS OF A ONE HOW MUR
PRESS CONFERENCE, HE SAID HE
WOULD AGREE TO A SHORT-TERM DEBT
CEILING INCREASE.
BUT ONLY AFTER THE GOVERNMENT IS
REOPENED AND A DEFAULT IS
AVOIDED.
>> THEY CAN ATTACH SOME PROCESS
TO THAT.
THAT GIVES THEM SOME CERTAINTY
THAT IN FACT THINGS THEY'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT WILL BE TOPICS
OF CONSIDERATION.
>> Reporter: IT CAME A FEW HOURS
AFTER A PHONE CONVERSATION
BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND HOUSE
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER WHO
COMPLAINED EARLIER THAT THE
PRESIDENT WAS UNWILLING TO
NEGOTIATE.
>> THERE'S NEVER BEEN A
PRESIDENT IN OUR HISTORY THAT
DID NOT NEGOTIATE OVER THE DEBT
LIMIT, NEVER, NOT ONCE.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT ALSO
TRYING TO PUT DISTANCE BETWEEN
THE SPEAKER AND TEA PARTY
REPUBLICANS.
>> SO WHEN I READ PEOPLE SAYING
THIS WOULDN'T BE A BIG DEAL.
WE SHOULD TEST IT OUT, LET'S
TAKE DEFAULT OUT FOR A SPIN AND
SEE HOW IT RIDES, AND I, I SAY
IMAGINE IN YOUR PRIVATE LIFE IF
YOU DECIDED THAT I'M NOT GOING
TO PAY MY MORTGAGE FOR A MONTH
OR TWO.
>> Reporter: AT HIS SECOND NEWS
CONFERENCE OF THE DAY, BOEHNER
INSISTED THE PRESIDENT'S WORDS
WERE NOT ENOUGH.
>> WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID TODAY
WAS IF THERE'S UNCONDITIONAL SUR
EP DERBY REPUBLICANS, HE'LL SIT
DOWN AND TALK TO US.
THAT'S NOT THE WAY OUR
GOVERNMENT WORKS.
>> Reporter: THE DUELLING NEWS
CONFERENCES IS A REMINDER THAT
THE GOVERNMENT IS IN FULL CRISIS
MODE.
>> WE'VE GOT TO STOP REPEATING
THIS PATTERN.
I KNOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
TIRED OF IT.
AND TO ALL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
I APOLOGIZE THAT YOU HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THIS STUFF EVERY THREE
MONTHS IT SEEMS LIKE.
AND LORD KNOWS, I'M TIRED OF IT.
>> Reporter: NOW THE WHITE HOUSE
DID ISSUE A VETO THREAT SAYING
THE PRESIDENT WOULD NOT SIGN OFF
ON A REPUBLICAN VERSION OF A
BUDGET SUPER COMMITTEE.
BUT THE BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE
DAY, THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT ASKED
ABOUT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH