Intense negotiations have continued late last evening, then  resumed again at 9:30 a.m., ... The current talks are intense.

We think their behavior is outrageous for normal business commerce. Essentially they have refused to negotiate with us.

We will certainly continue to negotiate with anybody who's here. We have no interest in walking away from talks.

I honestly believe we are in a situation where this could come together in a matter of hours if people agree that it's time to do that, but we haven't been able to get that kind of an agreement from the unions. Frankly, we think we're there. Obviously there's not complete agreement on this.

We believe we reached a good general framework for obtaining a contract, but right now we're down to the wire. I'm still optimistic that we'll get it done in a few days but I'm not sure we'll get it done today.

We have been talking with the unions since late yesterday afternoon, ... non-stop intense talks with all sides fully engaged. It remains impossible not predict when these talks will end in a contract and get people back to their jobs.