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Gives you a worst deadline as matt indicated with more leverage for democrats come december. while it makes december less frantic, it actually creates more problems. the problem is trust. i happened to be in a republican senators office while this was happening and we did not know it had happened yet. we were talking about the lack of trust. how do you work with trump? is there a strategy now? is there a long-term plan? no. we take it day by day. were in reactive mode. we have no way forward. we...

That was bernie sanders all the way over to trump is the forgotten man going to get a tax break, are the s copper, small businesses going to get a tax rate. we dont know those fundamental pieces yet. thats the negotiating posture. most of us are looking at that one as the end goal. >> are you going to vote for this deal tomorrow, this temporary three month? its harvey aid. its a bunch of must pass stuff. are you going to vote for this. >> if its attached to a clean debt ceiling increase. the onl...

If you look at the devastation to peoples homes, to the infrastructure of the cities and towns, to the businesses there, that it will probably be over $100 billion. >> what about tieing -- its going to go to the senate. then it comes back. what about tieing it to the debt ceiling? theres some conversation that is what some of the administration want, democratic leaders schumer and pelosi say they would support it if its tied to a three-month debt ceiling increase. do you like a three-month incre...

The storm at this point appears to skirt the eastern side of florida so potentially a landfall near eastern areas of florida if this forecast verifies or taking it up to the east of florida and into the carolinas. weve seen changes going from the western side of florida and this is expected as we approach the next couple of days. >> it can be either the east coast, the west coast of florida and that can make all the difference for those who live in miami or those in fort myers. thank you very mu...

In texas, they want to play politics with the debt ceiling at this moment when we have fellow americans in need so we do not strand them. >> call it what you will, the internal republican politics, the point the speaker was making, and forgive me, america, this is a washington process conversation, but its one of the complications, you would think $8 billion in whharvey ai. be congress does have to raise the debt ceiling, if we attach harvey aid to the votes bill. what the democrats are saying, ...

Chris lu is here. assistant to president obama. its great to have you as well. lets just start right there with harvey funding. congressman, if the funding is needed desperately, obviously, these are two things that are -- theres a good argument both need to pass and need to pass quickly, a debt ceiling increase and emergency aid for harvey victims. do you think tieing them together is smart? >> i dont think its necessary. i dont think its a deal killer either. i think they out to quickly get th...

Another cliff in december which could be a bigger fight and theres going to be even more money thats going to be spent to help with texas, potentially on an emergency relief package that comes out after the damage that we may see from hurricane irma so theres a lot of consternation about all the spending thats going to happen because remember, it was republicans who, for years, had railed against raising the debt ceili ceiling without any cuts at all, wanting some reforms but right now, theyre g...

>> what if it comes back from the senate with -- tied to an increase to the debt ceiling? will you be able to sign on to that? >> depends on when the -- how long the increase in the debt ceiling is set for. if they set it so that its open ended, it wouldnt be favorable to that. if its a short-term increase, we know -- >> how about three months? thats what democrats are proposing. >> i would be fine with three months. >> even though paul ryan called that ridiculous? >> i didnt know that. i dont k...

The storm and at this point they would love to pass a budget with the house and senate in order to get reconciliation for tax reform, they dont think they will. theyd love to get the daca grenade off the table. were not sure they can even keep the government funded and open without threat of a shutdown let alone get the debt ceiling increase. all these things must be done and everyone wants them to be done and already they have no idea about a path forward, what is a must pass vehicle that would...

>> well, the -- in the months ahead, republicans will demonstrate that we can walk and chew gum because there are a lot of things as was pointed out by the leader and the whip that we have to deal with here in the senate including relief for harvey as well as a debt ceiling increase, funding the government, passing defense authorization, a whole range of issues we have to deal with. but were also going to be very focused in the weeks and months ahead on an issue that i think is critically import...