now, congresswoman michele bachmann was there on the scene and we will talk with her in our next segment. now, on to the memo. so who is going to back down? who is going to accept a compromise. that is the question this evening. and it was asked of president obama. >> thank you. >> mr. president, don't negotiate, how you can get a solution? how you can bring an end to this if you won't talk to the congressional leaders? >> now, mr. obama didn't answer the question as you saw. walked away from abc news correspondent jonathan karl. but later on he did meet with the congressional leaders and nothing was accomplished. that's because the president is in a corner. the syria deal made him look weak and can he not afford to look weak again by compromising his signature issue obama care. the republicans are in a bad place as well. another new poll out today says the americans blame the shutdown on republicans by a 34 to 45 margin. there is so much anger on the right obama care the republicans in congress can't back down or their

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