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Negotiating these big, big budget issues in terms of the bipartisan infrastructure plan and, of course, that expansion of the social-safety net which there is a big impasse around. so, they arent solving any problems here, lets be very clear about that. they are essentially just kicking the can down the road so that the country avoids a default. but the problems here are still going to exist. >> all right, ryan, thanks very much. back to the breaking news we reported earlier. cnn has learned t...

This negotiation looks like before democrats agree to it and before they can finally move forward with getting this legislation moved on and avoiding that calamity of the debt ceiling being eclipse the. >> so its a short-term solution. what are the next steps? >> reporter: we dont know what the next steps are, frankly, anderson. this is only a temporary fix. once they pass this and -- and get over this hump, this same exact problem that theyre dealing with right now is going to be a problem agai...

Open, but it runs out of money again in 16 days. between now and then, senators have a lot of work to do, and its going to have to be bipartisan. theyre going to have to take on big budget issues. theyre going to have to deal with immigration, on defense spending, and its not just how much. its when and how. so will they be able to do this? one person who definitely says yes is republican senator susan collins of maine. she led a bipartisan group of senators and talks to reopen the government an...

Past. its ultimately unproductive. but if you have a bipartisan group of 30 thats going to support you, we need to move forward, we still have big budget issues. >> today we open government, we got six years of government for c.h.i.p., which is deeply no reason to virginia. and we have the guarantee well take up the issue of the d.r.e.a.m.ers on the floor, which we havent had. we didnt get it friday night. there will always be critics about shutting the government who are deeply afraid of the so...

Bill: let me come back to that. here is house speaker john bainwer bill cunningham on 700 wlw cincinnati just yesterday afternoon. >> listen, weve been locked in a fight over here trying to bring government down to size, trying to do our best to stop obamacare. we fought the good fight. we just didnt win. bill: monica, pretty plainspoken there. apparently was the same message he delivered to his members day 1/2 ago. >> yeah. bill: winning the next fight, how do you do that? >> im not sure that y...

House plan would not end the shutdown. our next guest was in that white house meeting with the president last evening. washington congressman greg walden. he is chairman of the national republican congressional committee. can you bring us any good news out of that meeting, congressman? >> well, i think so. i think it was a productive meeting. both sides had the opportunity to talk about the issues. we spent more than an hour 1/2. it was good to finally sit down with the president and have face-t...

On core principles, but to find a way to get to a positive agreement? ed president has done that, and speaker boehner walked away in 2011. he offered something called chained cpi. its a compromise on the big budget issues of the day trying to reach some agreement on spending and deficit reduction. defunding obama care is not going to stop obama care. this is just a false choice. >> but dont you agree there are a number of things that could in fact could be fixed and improved in the way the curre...

He would be able to actually get things accomplished. so far, we havent seen a whole lot of being able to work with them and actually move things forward. we do have some reporting from "the washington post" and politico today about education initiatives the president is undertaking with his executive authority not having to go through congress. weve seen him taking this approach in a couple other areas as well. is that really the play for the president, sort of to give up on congress and do wha...

We have more than 2 million people incarcerated in this country. they wont go to these issues. >> you know, and obviously, your issue and my issue, we talked about the debt for a very long time, dr. sachs. you were talking about the presidents interview with us. you were surprised by some of the things he told us. >> look, the big challenge for the president is to look different than the last four years. i think his announcement in his interview is absolutely right. if he can get a grand bargain...

Deal. people in the mccain campaign told us it pushed obama over the edge. he does it again, heres john sununu on another cable network talking about why that was the case. >> colin powell decided to opt for president obama again despite apparently being a republican. is it time he left the party, do you think? >> well, im not sure how important that is. i do like the fact that colin powells boss, george herbert walker bush has endorsed mitt romney all along and, frankly, when you take a look at...