President Obama "Tick-tock"

A few minutes ago, in a press conference, a reporter asked the President about what had happened in the debt-ceiling talks. He responded, in part, "We'll do a tick-tock. We'll walk you through the whole process." I've not heard this expression in this country before, but we all know what he meant. His suggestion was that he had staff standing by, ready to give reporters a detailed time-line (minute by minute) of what had gone on in previous meetings.