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Speaker boehner said if there is an extension there has to be real cuts in it. watch what boehner said. >> im not going to move any kind of short-term c.r. at current levels. when we say we are going to cut spending, read my lips, we are going to cut spending. >> chris: senator coburn, there have to to be cuts for any extension of the cr and if not are we headed for a government shutdown? >> i dont think anybody wants to that to happen and everybody reamizes we have to make significant cuts and ...

He needs to help them understand the difference between our short-term challenge, which is real, to make sure we have real economic recovery, get unemployment down and make some targeted investments. he needs to have a path forward to deal with the iceberg that could sink the ship of state. he needs to call for a compromise on the c.r. with regard to spending cuts. he needs to cup -- >> a krmplts r. is a continuing resolution which will keep the lights on in washington. the c.r. >> correct. they...

To avoid that is a week or two long extension of the current budget. >> what i hope to happen is that we will find a way to resolve this by reducing spending in a bipartisan fashion. the house members did factually what they campaigned on, the democratic house was fired because they spent too much. there will probably be a temporary cr but should have some spending cuts as a downpayment. >> and a short-term continuing resolution was also hypocrited house committee chairman paul ryan. he says he ...

Extension, there has to be real cuts in it. lets watch what he said. >> i am not going to move any kind of short-term cr, at current levels. when we say we are going to cut spending, read my lips. we are going to cut spending. >> chris: senator coburn, will there have to be cuts in any extension of the cr and if not are we headed for a government shut down? >> i dont think we are. i think, nobody wants that to happen and i think everybody realizes that we have to make some significant cuts. and,...

Major programs. and, i would just say, clair mccaskill has agreed to work on a lot of these issues when some of her colleagues havent, because she recognizes that were going to make these cuts, chris, sooner or later and can say they are extraordinary but we will make them or will be told to make them by the people that own our bonds. >> chris: what we are talking about is a measure that would extend the continuing resolution, which funds the government, which runs out on march 4th and lets look...

Social security. doesnt he need to show leadership on that issue? i mean, isnt he the one to lead the conversation there, and should that be done now? >> well, look, i think the president has shown leadership, because i mean, all of these issues are getting conflated between, weve got the cr, weve got the budget and then obviously the entitlement issues. i think the president rightly said lets put the entitlement issues -- we have to deal with them, but lets put that aside, lets focus on the bud...

Circle around a very important date. the house and senate have less than two weeks to reach a budget of shut down. lindsey graham says hell only support a stopgap measure if it slashes the bottom line. >> the only reason im suggesting is that we do a temporary cr for a week or two is because we dont have enough time. i wont support a cr unless it has some spending cuts, but im going to side with the house when it comes to getting back to 2008 spending levels. >> karen finney, robert traynham and...

Of the continuing resolution? >> were serious about making cuts and negotiating and can sit down immediately and work on that and may to amend slightly the current situation for a few days to get a compromise that works, for the 0. and, the cuts have come in a small part of the budget, give tom coburn credit, as a member of the fiscal commission, he stepped up along with democrats, durbin and conrad and said, you know, we have to look at the entire budget, not just 18% of the budget. we have to ...

>> reporter: it is up to the and the upper chamber is off and nothing official can happen until they return to town but the clock is ticking and something needs to happen by march 4th because that this is day the government runs out of money and there has begin a lot of talk about a government shut down and now, talk of a temporary resolution to fund the government, maybe for a week or two, so democraticscally controlled senate can make changes to the legislation, passed by the republican contro...

Theres a shutdown dont blame me because i told you in advance what will happen. the president and speaker are sort of like the pilot and co-pilot preparing for a crash that hasnt happened yet and blaming the other person for the catastrophe that might come about. >> lets take a look at boehner. talking about his angle here. lets listen. >> i am not going to move any kind of short-term cr at current levels. when we say were going to cut spending, read my lips. were going to cut spending. >> i don...