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Jouvenl well see. >> thats the news. we mentioned this in the intro there-to-me has been the most extraordinary thing, a member of the u.s. senate, ted cruz allies from you that you, had been meeting and strategizeing with gin i dozens of members of the house. last night, 60 members put a bill together, an amendment together, that says we will found fund it if obamacare is delayed a year. they did it. ted cruz is functioning like as one of the whips in the house. >> boehner has lost control. >> ...

>> just now i spoke with president rouhani. i believe we can reach a comprehensive solution. >> president obama describing the ten-minute phone call he made to president has san rouhani of iran yesterday. that was the first time these two leaders had direct contact since 1979. we will talk about this more in a minute. we will talk more about the shutdown. joining us to do that right now is independent senator angus ka kane. thank you for joining us. i want to get to iran in a minute. i want to p...

Does your heart go out for what he is going through? >> look, i understand what he is going through. i would have more sympathy for him. i have more sympathy for the american economies and families feeling the impacts of what these republicans are doing. the s&p index declined for the first time last week because of john boehners inability to compromise, because of his inability to bring republicans and democrats together. this is a guy who lives to keep his hands around the gavel rather than ke...

On that is there is the possibility the house passes this woke-long extension. we could still be talking about the next saturday. you made a point that maybe boehner needs the shutdown. the republican establishment needs the shutdown to convince their members that hey, we need to back off. i guess talking about the political dynamics that we did in the last blocks im wondering, would even a shut down do that, you think? >> well see, were all trying to predict something here that feels very unpre...

Already, we are hearing from a couple dozen republicans this isnt enough of whats out there. so i dont see what john bohner can do this weekend. >> yeah, many of us dont know what he can do. i mean, one option would be and this has been some liberals are talking about this as an option that he actually allow, put the cr back on the floor, that includes if defund obamacare provision. its going to keep going back and forth between the house and the senate t. government will shutdown and maybe afte...

A national magazine reporter and a columnist at the guardian. thanks for joining us. we invited a lot of you before. all these latest developments. i hope it doesnt get too granular for this hour. >> that is the challenge to play out what is going to hatch, what could happen, what the consequences could be over the next few days. a place to start, ill start with you, it seems to me the story of this weekend is that john boehner has a dilemma and i dont see what the sort of smart political answer...

Senate. what do you think you will be voting on this weekend in the house? >> well, thank you for having me on. the fundamental problem is, nobody knows what we will be voting on, john boehner doesnt know, the republicans are fighting a civil war. they havent fixed out an exit strategy and every time they meet, they fight and every time they fight, they inflict further damage on the economy and on the country. look, i think we have a path to win 17 seats in 2014. what concerns me is what these h...

In the house of representatives to knock it all. pass a budget and move on. >> that is the president just this morning, in his weekly radio address the best of radio address for peoples radios that come with tvs, i guess. just to show the state of plays right now, this is the most recent statement from republican leadership in the house, with titles in the house, john boehner the speaker after the president spoke yesterday, he said the house will take action that reflects the fundamental fact th...

An absolute non-starter. >> the house republicans are so concerned with appeaseing the tea party theyve threatened the government shutdown or worse unless i gut or repeal the affordable care act. i said this yesterday, let me repeat it. thats not going to happen. >> we also know courtesy of john bohner office that obama and the house speaker have not actually spoken in the last week. we know a group of conservatives in the house has apparently been meeting and strategizeing with ted cruz and to ...