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Because a lot of republicans simply didnt support him, wouldnt support him. there are 247 members of the house caucus, it is the largest majority really in modern history. so he is saying its time for everybody to get together. so the open question is who is going to fill that role? there was another person -- actually two others, but one of them jason chaffetz who surprised everybody by jumping into the race this weekend, he talked about how surprised he was that mccarthy dropped out. listen to...

Same place and the open question is whether the new speaker is. the white house is separating under the assumption the speaker is mccarthy and now with chaffetz it is more complicated. they think the politics for republicans and democrats favor a clean straight forward budget process not a shutdown. >> do they feel if there is a slut down or default, the republicans because of the disarake ray, take the blame? >> they would take more of the blame, they think the president and the white house wou...

Senate. >> but he is so far out of the mainstream of what is -- >> i understand. thats why i lumped in ted cruz on the republican side. let me ask you about what this might mean for republicans, first off on them. this could be a debacle. they cant agree. they move to the right, pick off moderates and all, whatever. they go down in defeat. or it could be a 1980 moment where they have a name that does represent the consensus will of the party. what do you think? >> well, i think thats open -- an ...

Watching today as crews down here are finishing it, driving the poles into the ground, rolling out the fencing. the intention is to have that complete by midnight tonight. but even before it is complete, the police have filled in the gaps and are using their manpower to create a human fence. what happens to these migrants and refugees and the tens of thousands who are behind them is very much the open question right now because it is not just hungary that is doing this. hungary is doing it. ther...

Trustworthiness, you see he will have the upper hand. i do think more so than i thought before last night that there probably is a path forward forred vice president if he and his family decide he can make this race. if he can put himself out there. >> she makes a good point. if he does get in there will it bring hillary clinton down? >> it brings a question, because there is such good will for the vice president. such respect and empathy for him and his family. but in politics, empathy and resp...

Have the upper hand. i do think more so than i thought before last night that there probably is a path forward forred vice president if he and his family decide he can make this race. if he can put himself out there. >> she makes a good point. if he does get in there will it bring hillary clinton down? >> it brings a question, because there is such good will for the vice president. such respect and empathy for him and his family. but in politics, empathy and respect, they dont always translate i...

Have the upper hand. i do think more so than i thought before last night that there probably is a path forward forred vice president if he and his family decide he can make this race. if he can put himself out there. >> she makes a good point. if he does get in there will it bring hillary clinton down? >> it brings a question, because there is such good will for the vice president. such respect and empathy for him and his family. but in politics, empathy and respect, they dont always translate i...

Trustworthiness, you see he will have the upper hand. i do think more so than i thought before last night that there probably is a path forward forred vice president if he and his family decide he can make this race. if he can put himself out there. >> she makes a good point. if he does get in there will it bring hillary clinton down? >> it brings a question, because there is such good will for the vice president. such respect and empathy for him and his family. but in politics, empathy and resp...

Assistance. the presence of the amphibious ships is an interesting indication that theres more humanitarian stuff going on here. whether turkey would be willing to block shipping or not is a more open question. and thats under the montra convention in which turkey controls the states but has -- the straits, im sorry, but it has certain obligations and we dont know yet where the lawyers will be on that. but russia is hanging out on the end of a fairly long string here. and whether, in fact, they ...

Try to own this. whether its enough to say im sorry, that this is difficult and this is confusing and i own it versus saying flat out, im sorry. this is a bad decision and i was wrong, thats the open question. i dont know if this is going to be enough. >> john, you said something interesting, republicans shouldnt put all their eggs on this basket and should be focused on solutions and positive. that made me think of, well, donald trump is looming large and theres nothing positive coming out of t...