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Earlier in his career. >> this is insane. this is a guy first pro life governor in new jersey since roe v wade passed. he stood up against the unions. took them down. took the democrats down on budget issues. hes been as conservative as a conservative could be in new jersey. and yet there are some nimrods out there that say hes not conservative enough. these people would scream at ronald reagan for winning 49 states. >> theres a lot of nimrods. >> it used to be we would celebrate people, like my...

Its become a national trend, mass school closings. some local officials say its because of underperforming schools. others say its because of budget issues. two of the closings are happening in chicago and philadelphia. 50 in chicago, 23 in philadelphia. tremaine lee joins us. in broad terms, what are you finding around the country right now? whats happening in terms of these school closings? >> in chicago, 50 schools. philadelphia, 23 schools. thousands of students, our most vulnerable communit...

Think its surrender, congressman, when you go into a fight knowing that youre going to lose the battle. we knew ahead of time we were going to lose a battle. >> oh, now. [ overlapping speakers ] >> congressman, you asked mark for his plan so let mark say his plan. >> okay. give me your plan. >> the plan would be to argue on the merits of what paul ryan was suggesting. we could have talked about mean testing medicare, change cbi and entitle cuts and talk about budget issues which is what republic...

Here. its a sport and its too serious for that. i think people feel -- i say the people are going to be involved in this conference understand the stakes. and to tell you the truth, theres been so much discussion about these budget issues, the pieces are all there. we could do it in a day if people were willing to put their ideological blinders aside when they walk into the room. >> thats the hardest thing. what do you think folks at home should be prepared for? what could possibly bring two sid...

Correspondent, dana bash, contributor will cain, john king and chief political analyst gloria borgee eborger. let me start with you. what do you anticipate the president will say? some of his aides are saying he is part of the no glow zone. >> thats right, no spiking the football. partially because he has to start working with democrats and republicans to start working on these budget issues. that is a requirement in the continuing resolution to reopen the government. they all have to come back ...

The threat of default. and it achieved nothing except for the harmful consequences to our economy that the president outlined. so rather than continue down that path, theres an opportunity for congress, including those lawmakers both democratic and republican, who helped forge the solution to the shutdown and the threat of default. in a way that moves the ball forward on all of these issues. theres no question theyre all difficult. given the current environment. and some of these, especially the...

Together so we can compromise on those budgets as i said since march. i hope our colleagues are now ready to do that. >> senator patty murray, the chairman of the senate budget committee, paul ryan the chairman of the house budget committee will lead these is negotiations. youll be involved, other senators, representatives will be involved, as well. heres my fear. as much as theres good intention right now, if you guys dont come up with a budget agreement acceptable to the house and the senate, ...

I think thats not in his nature. he should be magnanimous. he won, and dont forget, hes going to be back at this again. hes got a lot of budget negotiations hes got to get through. hes got an immigration bill, an agenda, remember that? there was an agenda that he wants to deal with. so i think, of course, he should be magnanimous and come out and say, look, you fought the good fight, obama care is law of the land. i dont know if he mentions obama care, actually. i just think he moves on. >> do t...

Number two -- he emma sized again, what he has -- emphasized again, what he has all along. negotiate on budget issues. the republicans have the house budget. we have our democratic budgets. what he is willing to do is hold the republicans of the faith and credit of the government hostage. to extract the outrageous demands. i think the most important thing coming out of the discussions is we will have established that principle and precedent. now, not that, not that the tea party guys will have l...

Our breaking news coverage continues. you are looking at a live picture of the senate floor. thats where votes are being cast on two crucial votes in the senate. the deal would extend the debt ceiling for the united states and the government shutdown and create a budget conference that would supposedly deal with broader budget issues. the first of two crucial votes, as i said. and there are different margins of victory needed for both but they both must pass and has notally for this to go to the...