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Bargained as hard as he can to pull a majority together to pass the darned thing and that is probably what will ham. >> chris: some tea party members of the house are saying, 33 billion, the number the democrats are offering, and $161 billion, they say it isnt enough and, on the other hand, you got the sense -- from both paul ryan and marco rubio, we are talking about billions here in the debt limit and the 2012 budget, ryan budget, talking about trillions. maybe we should declare victory and mo...

Government shut down just five days away unless congress agrees on a budget. msnbc political analyst and former director for the dnc, karen joins us. >> good morning. >> the president made calls to harry reid and john boehner encouraging them to avoid a shut down. boehner tells the president, no deal. what are the chances you think well see compromise in next five days before friday at midnight? >> i think both parties despite the spin are aware that a shut down is politically risky. it goes to ...

Collective bargaining rights for public employees and for unions. this is going to be one of those things where the messaging is going to make all the difference. if this is about whether government employee benefits have gotten out of control, then the governor out there has a chance to win but i dont think -- >> all i know is as a political junkie junkie, come on, we all kind of want to see this election. its going to be a big fight. >> dont bet against john kasich. >> todd harris and steve mc...

I dont want to confuse them or get them together. we have budget cuts and how people feel about them and the language being used to describe be them. on the other we have the shutdown of the government. to some that is a separate issue. i believe there is a poll just out which says i think 57% of the people, voters, they would, yes, have the shutdown. 57% say yes, shut it down. that is an extraordinary number, frank. >> but you have to go through and give the details. we have to approach all of ...

Hour, congressman cantor shot down that number to cnbcs larry kudlow. >> nobody is rallying around that 33. that number is not a number that i ascribe to. >> the tea party members of the republican caucus literally did rally today, and it was a rally around a number. >> 61.5 billion. thats where the fight came down on hr 1. the first cr. all right. so lets fight on that, then. thats ground weve taken. lets hold it. >> this is a defining moment for the new majority in congress. not that $61 billi...

You guys dont even leave litter afterwards. >> michele bachmann thinks that half of massachusetts is in new hampshire. >> and donald trump cant even get taken seriously by bill oreilly. >> if he wasnt born in this country, its one of the great scams ever -- >> absolutely. but i dont think thats the case. >> why doesnt he issue his birth certificate? >> he did. >> he did. >> good evening from new york. tomorrow the republicans in the house are expected to vote on a lie. they are expected to vote ...

Get taken seriously by bill the scams ever -- >> absolutely. but i dont think thats the case. >> why doesnt he issue his birth certificate? >> he did. >> he did. >> good evening from new york. tomorrow the republicans in the house are expected to vote on a lie. they are expected to vote on the government shutdown prevention act as foreshadowed by house majority leader eric cantor. >> on friday we will bring to the floor the government prevention of -- excuse me, the prevention of government shut...

>> he did. he also warned this could be an astalemate. he said it costed as of monday $550 million. he said each month here on out would be an estimated $40 million. he also reminded congress that there are 18,000 u.s. service members helping out in japan right now. >> we are in serious budget trouble. the ongoing cr and significant budget cuts at a time when we are asked to do so much i think brings this issue home. and, frankly, i need help from the congress, the department of defense needs he...

The federal government. and today, the number two republican in the house, majority leader eric cantor shocked the world by admitting he has no idea how to solve the budget problem because he has no idea how a bill becomes law. >> on friday, we will bring to the floor the government prevention -- excuse me, prevention of government shut down act, and that will say to the american people the senates got to act prior to the expiration of cr. if it does not act, hr 1 becomes the law of the land. >>...

These talks from all reports pretty reasonable. he recognizes that he has a balancing act to do. he must get support from some republicans, but in the end, this deal is likely to be like the tax deal they passed during the lame duck session and like the last cr was. this is likely to be a deal that gets passed only because it gets sufficient votes from both republicans and democrats, the kind of bipartisan compromise that the president said he would put through on a range of issues as president....