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So here is just simply an opportunity for the republicans, what theyre doing, to haul the government into one sense the world at edge, because of their own idealistic and individual party affiliations by basically 42 individuals who are members of the tea party. >> so heres -- congressman, heres the challenge. mitch mcconnell and harry reid are currently in discussions. there are rumors circulating that a deal is in. we could have some kind of resolution. but you sit across people in the house w...

Frauding the system. also we agreed skru to go to conference. we couldnt get them to set down a budget conference. weve done that. weve agreed to cr in the debt ceiling being extended out, thats up to the leadership. we have a template that works and agreed on the template as far as what the details are, needs to be worked out by leadership and we want to help them. >> joining us from washington is erin mcpike. good morning to you. manchin has said a template has been agreed to, the white house ...

Warning about this pattern of manufacturing crises that injury the nation. take a listen to this. >> the problem is, weve seen this brinksmanship as a strategy time and time again to try to extract extreme or partisan concessions. we dont need to inflict pain on the american people, or risk the possibility of americas full, faith and credit is damaged, just because one side is not getting its way. >> how do you give something to republicans, some kind of concession, without affirming their behav...

Extraneous provisions attached to the clean c.r. and clean debt limit provisions. we think those are the properly discussed within the budget negotiation framework but again, lets see what the senate comes up with and well go from there. >> say they come up with what dana just reported, by mid-january, they are going to continue to keep the government open until mid-january. you as the ranking member of the house budget committee, you would have to have your house senate budget committee confere...

Automatic cuts next year would kick in. and so the republicans have to be giving up the hammer in which had they pass and would they pass right now a year-long c.r., they would be the ones in control of the cuts and obama would have to be the ones who undoes them, and they are giving away the hammer, and with with the debt creeling that is the trump card, obama cannot allow it, they are extending all of the way to february, which if you make it short, you will force the president into negotiatin...

Now at the same time, if theres a growing perception on the right that speaker boehner caved or getting rolled by the senate, thats going to hurt his ability to bring anything to the floor. if the right revolts, then speaker boehner is in a tough corner. thats really his situation. >> its a little difficult though to talk about the right as one entity because its really two entities and two factions working against each other. you have the hard right, far right and tea party guys who want to tak...

Cut social security, medicare and medicaid, and if you do those things, maybe we will take the radical step, the major concession. were going to reopen the united states government and pay our debts. and now where we are right now is the republicans say, well, you know, maybe well give you something, but we want to make it really short term. well open the government for a couple of months. we can go through this insanity again. maybe well pay our bills now but only for a little while. and i thin...

The whole idea of a six week extension to simply create more time for republicans to pressure obama to break. i, of course, if i were the president play hardball. david corn and jonathan capehart, both msnbc contributors. i guess the question -- i want to start with the presidents situation. david, im really curious what you think. of all the options, a clean cr, a clean debt extension, would he go with that if its only six weeks or does that say were kicking the can down to the next block some ...

I think theres something there that we should be able to move forward on. were asking democrat counter parts to move forward. remember, theres both the cr and theyve offered to put forward a six-week debt limit agreement, which they could advance. so one way or another this looks, the optics of it. are you worried about your party? the poll says the shut down and debt limit disagreement has done some damage, real damage to republicans. >> i think we all need to govern. whether youre republican o...

Come home with broken bodies. when we come home with broken minds. when we dont come home at all, youre going to be here for our families. that contract is being broken right thousanow. i find that absolutely shameful that we cant figure out a way to put politics aside, gop, and put military families first. i mean, last week we had a debacle where bereavement benefits werent being paid after some five service members who died on the front line. i think that is one of the most unfortunate outcome...