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Economic shutdown. lets drop the gimmicks and put aside whats good for any particular party and lets focus on whats good for the american people because they know weve got a lot of work to do. with that, let me take a couple of questions and ill start with julie of ap. >> obviously if congress does pass a clean cr those may just be short term measures. if that happens, does injure offer to negotiate with them on issues like health care and spending still stand in the intervening weeks they pass ...

Just vote. let every member of congress vote their conscience. they can determine whether or not they want to shut the government down. >> were back. that was a confident president obama today at fema headquarters in washington. as we enter week two of the government shutdown, were watching an emboldened president obama. the president stuck to his guns and refused to yield any wiggle room to the republicans over the affordable care act. and one reason the presidents so confident, democrats in co...

Republicans on both the continuing cr and on debt ceiling. >> thats where the convergence seems to be headed. >> well, thats where it seems to be headed, yes. >> yes. >> and the markets are shaky, theyre getting nervous. they dont like whats going on. they dont like the uncertainty. and theyre putting this country in possible economic crisis. simply leading up to the debt ceiling discussion. >> congresswoman maxine waters. thank you for your time. >> youre welcome. >> coming up, we hear all abou...

Several months of who said this explicitly. and so for them now to say it wouldnt be a big deal if it happens, thats not how theyve been acting over the last couple of months. if its not a big deal, why would i give concessions now to avoid it? it is a big deal and nobody should be getting concessions for making sure that the full faith and credit of the united states is retained. sam stein. >> thank you, mr. president. what assurances can you give to those affected by the shutdown who are conce...

He says he cannot get to 217. lets help him count. over the weekend. 195 democrats signed a letter asking john boehner to schedule a vote. we know. they would sign their names. 195 votes to start with, crumb democrats for a clean budget. need 217. start at 195. so, were going to count this up for the speaker in case it is helpful. start with 195. we have 195 democratic votes. a bunch of republicans in the past few days would vote with the democrats to end the shutdown and pass a clean budget. st...

>> like the memorials werent shut down during the last shutdown. the open air ones you can access with your feet or your wheelchair werent shut down. now they are. >> did you say close the oceans? >> he closed the oceans. >> said that already today. >> dana, back me up. he closed the ocean for a while. >> you missed it when bolling said that. >> i have been on ma american ti leave. have they changed the ocean? >> are they trying to inflict pain or is it just the government getting it wrong? a li...

Annihalists. >> i dont know what the democratic equivalent would be. the liberal equivalent would be. i guess it would be like hey listen, if we do nothing, if the government remains in this state, then just billions and billions and billions of dollars of new federal spending are going to be spent every day. and were going to keep spending and were going to keep spending and were going to keep spending and create new programs, were going to build new bureaucracy -- you know, think about it. if ...

Harry reid runs -- first of all, went four or five years without passing a budget. and this year with a democratic president, and democratic chairman and chairwomen has passed a grand total of zero appropriation bills. >> they have a chance to pass a clean cr at republican spending levels right now. >> a cr, though, is a failure in and of itself. that means that you werent able to get regular order. that means that you couldnt run your institution, the u.s. senate or the u.s. house, without goin...

That as well. congressman, mike fitzpatrick. said i was sent to washington to solve problems. not shut it down. up to 199. remember these are all republicans in the house who would vote with democrats to pass a clean budget. lou barletta of pennsylvania told his local paper he would support a clean bill. 200 already. peter king told national review he would not vote for anything but a clean budget bill. 201. congressman charlie dent told the huffington post he was prepared to vote for of a clean...

Exist of getting 20 signatures you need? >> well, obviously there is a growing number of republicans who want to bring a clean cr to the floor. i think they are trying to be patient with their speaker. but increasingly, the noise its getting louder. they dont like what theyre -- what theyre seeing happening. and so -- im any just hopeful that they will be able to convince the speaker that he has got to back away from being led by the most conservative element in the republican caucus. and i hope...