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We got some good ideas going and common ground that helped senator reid, senator mcconnell as they reached their agreement. that was our role. we worked over the weekend. its a good model as we go forward with the long term budget issues. this agreement is essentially a few months. my husband was joking as he was giving me grief about it he said he has library books that are overdue for longer than that. but its a few months thats an incentive to get some long term budget work done which is what...

>> so does he hold to that assertion he will not negotiate when it comes to obama care on the full faith and credit of the u.s. or of the government being shutdown. >> yes, he has made clear two things, as you know. he is willing within the context of broader budget negotiations, within the context of serious-minded and earnest discussions how to improve the affordable be care act to look at any proposal that might do that going to obama care. thats true on broader budget issues. but you know, a...

Issues. >> but maria -- >> thats exactly the same position president obama and the democrats have. >> how do you get there if the president says over and over i will not negotiate? you cant get to compromise unless you get to negotiating first. >> well, i think what speaker boehner needs to do, frankly, and its so ironic that they talk about how they are listening to the american people when theyre obsessed with defunding, delaying, or getting rid of obama care, when frankly the majority of the ...

About the budget and how we move forward, and covering big issues that are important to us. we had obviously chairman camp to talk about tax reform, we had -- we also had paul ryan there, congressman ryan to talk about budget issues. so we want to talk about entitlement reform, tax reform, things to jump start the government. that was on the table along with making sure we end the shutdown of this government, and get america back to work. >> is it still a position of house republicans that the a...

House meeting was very productive. you said quote took awhile to get there but we had a good conversation. what did you mean by that? >> it was a very useful discussion, and the first time we sat down in a frank and open way with 18 republican leaders from the house with the president, the vice president and secretary of treasury, secretary lew to talk about a path forward here, and it was a good dialogue. a dialogue about the debt ceiling and making sure that the full faith and credit of the un...

Prospect of going towards default during that critical time for the nation ace economy. we may be back to the negotiating table when it comes to how far and how long that debt ceiling will have to be raised. one other thing i think should be some cause for opt missile. if you listen to all the assessments from senate republicans and from white house officials to that conversation that happened earlier today, wolf, they were talking about larger budget issues. it sounds as if the president is try...

All to make a deal. >> here you are an independent, and do you feel like youre whip sawed? this is the most partisan congress weve seen in awhile, a very partisan issue. you were spotted on the floor of the senate the other day talking to none other than ted cruz, right? your democrats made fun of you a little bit. >> you know, i went over and sat down with ted because i wanted to know can we move beyond this obama care thing. because my view is -- >> what was his answer? >> his answer was no. >...

Democrats that he would be open to a short-term extension of the debt limit and that i heard from a house republican just before the show that thats what house republicans are going to be pushing when they meet with president obama tomorrow. they are not going to be talking about reopening the government but just extending the debt ceiling a few weeks to i guess get us off our crisis footing. is that something you could support? >> well, i dont understand it, frankly. it gets us off our crisis f...

Im curious to see what jay carney says on this sensitive issue, if democrats are ready to make that specific concession in order to extend the debt ceiling. >> wolf blitzer, thank you very much. appreciate it. wolf will be taking over coverage at 1:00 to continue all of this. we want to talk about what wolf mentioned here, the democrats, potentially in a little -- in a small way blinking when it comes to the deal to negotiations. >> is that how they see it? bring in john llama from kentucky. wha...

Told would be in the legislative language. other demands would be outside. a gentlemans agreement to si down with budget conferrees and deal with the broader issues and of course as i said starting with negotiating to reopen the government. >> lets see if the administration would accept that condition of extraordinary measures being taken away from the treasury secretary, sounds like a significant concession there. gloria borger listening carefully. do you understand whats going on right now? it...