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They wont break with their house leadership to force a vote on it? are the votes there. >>? >> we had a california republican here last week. he wants a clean spending bill for the government. hes not going to buck the leadership. brianna has a point. >> they are saying they want a clean cr. >> they have the votes but they dont have the votes. >> the speaker says on national television he doesnt have the votes. put it up for a vote. lets see. they had the votes on the farm bill but couldnt get t...

Lets avert an economic shutdown. lets drop the gimmicks, 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. all right? so with that, let me take a couple questions and ill start with julie pace of ap. >> thank you, mr. president. obviously, if congress does pass a clean cr and a clean debt ceiling bill, those may be short-term measures. if that happens, does your offer to negotiate with them on issue...

You can keep your doctor. you can keep your plan. do you think its right for anybody to go out there and make promises that they know are not going to be kept? >> do you think its right, amy, for american families who have lost loved ones fighting overseas for our freedom in afghanistan dont get their benefits because of the government shutdown, cant pay for the funeral, cant fly to beat the coffin. >> thats horrific. thats horrific, chris. and i believe -- >> its a result of this decision. >> c...

The backbone of middle class americans. >> the tea party wants to shut down the government. thats on the front page of the "new york times" yesterday. thats the plan, to shut down the government. >> and the american people dont want the government shut down. >> neither do we. >> they dont like what republicans are doing. so are you saying that you will never vote to reopen the government unless obama care is attached? >> what im willing to say is -- right now the question is what can we get 218 ...

Their district, given the fact now nine days until october 17th when we hit the debt ceiling. lets bring in our washington contingent julianna goldman. where is the white house sitting on this right now? obviously john boehner has said youre not getting a clean cr. thats not coming your way. on the other side, obama said were not negotiating. were not using all of these moments whether its the debt ceiling or anything else as leverage points for you to get something you want. so what breaks this...

An american thing? and that is what im hearing from people across the political spectrum. you make it sound like its a big concession to for the speaker to allow democratic casey to work its will. thats not a concession. they actually changed the rule to prevent individual members of congress from calling up a vote on the clean cr, on the one that would immediately open the government. they changed the rules on october 1st to prevent that from happening. saying that only they could call for a vo...

You know the positions of both sides, the speakers position, the presidents position. how do you fix this? >> well, how do you fix it? im here nine months. i promise you im working as hard as i can. i think the adults need to come to the table here. every time you hear the president say that hes not going to negotiate, not going to talk, im sorry, but this is democracy. republicans are a small part of this picture. the democrats are in the senate and the white house. democracy works through comp...

Have another sequester type trigger. i want to scream and put my hair out. weve seen this before. what gives us any confidence that six weeks down the road were not going to be faced with another totally unnecessary crisis? >> sure, you can see politically that why obama has to say he would agree to 6 to 8 week clean cr. he said he doesnt want cuts. he wont agree to cuts. now looking at a way to avoid default without cuts even for short term he has to say yes. by the same token, still refusing t...

There are 200 democrats. there are three vacant house seats. altogether we have 432 representatives in the house. so, the math. 432 divided by 2, carry the 1, 216. in order for something to pass the house it need one more than 216 votes. it need 216 plus 1 which is 217. it need 217 votes. 217 a majority in the house. what you need to reopen the government. president obama says the clean version of the budget has that majority. he is arguing that all the democrats would vote for it and republican...

Days from now. >> the latest poll shows 51% of americans disapprove of the presidents handling of budget talks. 61% disapprove of democrats and even more pointing fingers at the republicans. abcs jonathan karl has more. >> reporter: president obama placed blame for the shutdown entirely on speaker of the house john boehner. >> the reason that speaker boehner hasnt called a vote on it is because he doesnt apparently want to see the government shutdown end at the moment. >> reporter: speaker boehn...