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Considering is a two-month continuing resolution so you fold it in with the debt limit. they want to use that as a massive leverage point. you talk to the white house and talk to democratic leaders, theres not a chance theyre giving anything up. they regret doing it in 2011 and at the end of the day this is congress problem, speaker boehner knows he cannot default and hes not going to let it happen. >> i feel like john boehner is like my parents when i was 4 and lets play the quiet game. finally...

It expireses on the 30th. they will use that as a leverage point to extract demands from the white house. as much as they can keep the president talking to the american people, they see it as a benefit. >> youre working on a new article about obama care, all the in fighting. and thats leading to talk about a possible government shutdown. what are you hearing? >> thats right. tea party senators in particular have sent a letter to harry reid claiming they will not support any government funding bi...

Talking about when it comes to north korea? >> reporter: well, wolf, they have the leverage, but in many ways dont want to lose it. that leverage includes cutting off fuel to north korea, food supplies, even conventional military ties, but china doesnt want to see a collapse of this regime, so im likely they are going to really take it to that step, that unprecedented rhetoric from china really hinting at the fact that chinas frustrated, had enough of kim jong-un and his leadership. pushing the ...

That leverage includes cutting off fuel to north korea, food supplies, even conventional military ties, but china doesnt want to see a collapse of this regime, so im likely they are going to really take it to that step, that unprecedented rhetoric from china really hinting at the fact that chinas frustrated, had enough of kim jong-un and his leadership. pushing the rhetoric to the breaking point. now, one thing that is also a factor, wolf, is this young leader doesnt have the relationship with c...

Possible, we stress possible conflict. there continues to be tough talk from the south korean government, and among the older generation, people who truly remember the 1950 to 1953 korean conflict, a bloody conflict that also claimed many american lives. there is concern about that possibility. but overwhelmingly, there is numbness in this city. they have seen these missile launches before. so for the place with the biggest target on it, it is praying this will also, if there is a missile launch...

Colleague, david mckenzie? david? >> thats right, kim. here in beijing, north korea has had few friends for a long time, but china has always been one of them. western diplomats believe china could hold the leverage point to solve the situation diplomatically. because china could literally cut the taps off to north korea, with fuel and food supplies. but on the chinese side, they face this balancing act, because china wants the status quo to remain. they believe the dictatorship in north korea c...

But on the chinese side, they face this balancing act, because china wants the status quo to remain. they believe the dictatorship in north korea could help them here, and provide a buffer against u.s. troops in the korean peninsula. so while china should be the leverage point, they dont want to push too hard. lets hear from moscow and phil black. >> thank you, david. the russian government said its representative and all other foreign ambassadors in pyongyang have been advised by a north korean...

Possibility. but overwhelmingly, there is numbness in this city. they have seen these missile launches before. so for the place with the biggest target on it, it is praying this will also, if there is a missile launch, only be a test. now, for the view from china, my colleague, david mckenzie? david? >> thats right, kim. here in beijing, north korea has had few friends for a long time, but china has always been one of them. western diplomats believe china could hold the leverage point to solve t...

He is not interested in the argument. he wants republicans to protect oil industry and take food out of the mouth of indigent childthat is the case o make. the fact is if you look at this in terms of the amount its a small amount of money we are talking about. last year the deficit was $1 $1.2 trillion. this is a fraction of a fraction of the deficit. >> bret: flip side, the republicans are not moving. they want entitlement reform. so they are using this as leverage point on that. >> they are ma...

Cloture to break the filibuster, but would still plan to vote against him when he would only at that point need just 50 to be confirmed, 51 to be confirmed. >> there is a lot of drama in this, andrea, and it gets complicated. it does come down to that. there are many more republicans that would beotology in the first step support ending the debate, taking the actual vote and then voting against hagel because everyone knows he already has publicly enough votes to be confirmed. were in this period...