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Infuriated democrats on the hill. at this point the democrats on the hill and the white house are really on the same page here. they believe that once the shutdown happens, presuming that it does, that the public blame will fall disproportionately on the republicans. and at that point boehner will have to come back and pass something to keep the government operating at least until mid-november. now, that, of course, theres a question about whether or not the white house and the democrats will ha...

Some months ago hopefully with a new iranian negotiating position and one that is consistent with the message that president rouhani delivered across new york this week, which is that they sense a degree of urgency to resolving this and they are indeed committed to doing so at the negotiating table and that they only seek nuclear power for peaceful purposes. obviously we and others in the international community have every reason to be skeptical of that and we need to test it and any agreement m...

Committed to continue the diplomacy this month -- next month, rather, in mid october in geneva, where the negotiations will begin in earnest and the sides will have an opportunity to pick up where they left off some months ago, hopefully with a new iranian negotiating position and one that is consistent with the message that president rowhani delivered across new york this week, in that they sensed a degree of urgency resolving this, that they are deeply committed doing so at the negotiating tab...

States government will be unable to fund itself going forward. the new date estimated by treasury is october 17th. they say, if we have insufficient cash on hand, it would be impossible for the united states of america to meet all of its obligations for the first time in our history. >> the stakes are set and for the u.s. economy, they could not be higher. house republicans have to vote to increase the debt limit to avert a historic default. and today, speaker boehner announced his negotiating p...

Care or incorporating that in some way, shape or form into legislation -- it doesnt have a chance to go anywhere. when it gets to the senate, senator reid has already said its dead on arrival. so this is really a pointless kind of exercise. >> and, matt, to angelas point, we essentially know that the senate is going to strip that language from what theyre getting, strip the whole obama care funding association. why are they doing this? >> because theres a civil war within the republican party an...

Higher levels. they have a real incentive to get a deal, and they are saying and telling us they do not believe in using nuclear weapons and theyve certainly cooperated in controlling syrias chemical weapons. >> bill, do you buy that? do you believe there is something new happening there? >> no. i think theres a charm offensive, but ill be the knee jerk negativist here [ laughter ] >> thats why we asked you here tonight. >> appreciate being here. no really if they say they havent been pursuing n...

As well. >> thats exactly right. when i speak to conservative house members, i say how do you really see this unfolding. tell me what your end game is here. they say look, we dont think were going to get a shut down, but if we push hard enough on the debt limit, the argument is maybe we dont defund obama care, but we could delay the individual mandate, other provisions in the law. thats their hope. >> ezra, is there any chance that what ends up happening if you get this kind of c confrontation a...

The u.n. general assembly meets in new york at the end of the month. stretching the meetings out at least 15 more days. state department officials say they are aware of the possibility of diplomacy is worth it. >> are we naive about the fact these may not go anywhere? no. but the progress weve seen just in 72 hours is such a stark contrast to where we were just a week or two ago. >> reporter: the growing timeline shows the immense challenges facing the obama administration as it attempts to bala...

The problem, some of our colleagues on the senate side cant do that they are trying to use the house to accomplish their own ends. i dont think thats particularly productive. >> thats just sort of how it works. thats sort of the passage of legislation. seems like some members in the house dont understand theres no way defunding obama care is going to get through the senate. do you have conversations trying to explain that to them? >> certainly theres always a pretty vigorous exchange of views in...

What they are. unions are trying to increase their members, absolutely. $15 an hour, thats not necessarily a realistic expectation on their part but its a negotiating position. your other guests will understand what a preliminary negotiating position means in the debate. >> john layfield you talk about profit margins, not just talking about mcdonalds, mom and pops dont have big profit margins. >> theres a difference between $8 and $15. and when youre going after the big ceo thats really a popula...