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And all that, and all they talk about is tone. jeb bush said, well, mr. trumps tone is not -- well, we dont have enough time for tone. this political correctness is just absolutely killing us as a country. you cant say anything. >> meanwhile, as you know, john, the headlines in both the "washington post" and "new york times" reflect the angst over trump. is there a sense from the republican establishment that hes holding this process hostage with the independent threat looming, and how long do y...

>> well, mara, we cant forget that we had the redistricting that took place in 2010. so in 2010 we had this whole new crop of republicans come in, especially the tea party republicans, and then they went to drawing the maps in the state legislatures so they insulated a lot of these people that we think of as the extreme right, the very conservative folks who are, quote unquote, holding the process hostage. but come 2014, theyre going to be safe. i think the real people at risk here are those rep...

May try to seek an agreement? >> reporter: john, there was talk about a moderate republican revolt. which sounds funny, a moderate republican revolt. but a brewing sense on the floor last night that the house republican moderates would be able to ban together and prevent one of the bills getting to the floor that included a limitation on the presidents health care law. it didnt happen. it didnt pass. didnt come to fruition but you were seeing members of congress saying this has to stop. we have ...

Republicans that would join with house democrats to pass a clean continuing resolution. >> who? name names. >> but unfortunately theres a fraction of tea party extremists who are holding the process hostage. and if speaker boehner concedes his gavel to the tea party then we will have a government shut down come tuesday. >> who are the moderate republicans who are willing to join the dems? >> they are individuals who understand the consequences of a government shutdown. the fact that 800,000 empl...

York. good to see you, congressman. good morning. >> good morning. >> so the clock is ticking. were ten days from a possible government shutdown. what are the chances, as you see it right now, that that happens? >> look, the speaker has to step up. clearly the speaker is allowing 30 to 60 individuals to hold this whole process hostage. he needs to step to the plate and put a reasonable bill on the floor that we worked on. thats something that he knows, he absolutely knows will not pass. so thats...

Is kind of holding the whole process hostage to use a word from last term? >> im not sure its a passionate small minority. i mean, its the majority of the party. its a core principle for the gop. its one of the -- really one of the few core principles in kind of the post-cold war and post social issues kind of part of politics right now that brings them all together. its very important for them to not have high taxes. what were seeing right now is sort of, i think, and its been a conjecture, but...

It is time to do this because the moral authority of cutting is the right thing to do. >>neil: it sounds like tonight you will be a no vote on this compromise. >>guest: why want to say ahead time because i have not seen if they will make some cuts hike we said we would do but it should not be lost with regard to the democrats, you have 95 democrats vote for a spending level in july and august and now they voting, 89 of the 95 and individual, we made that deal in july and august but we are not ev...

Democrats as to what to do about that. this morning we talked with congresswoman loretta sanchez of california, democratic side. and billbrae about that. here is what he said about it. he thinks the onus needs to be put on employers to stop illegal immigration. here is what he said. >> lets concentrate on a simple system of verification and only after we have controlled illegal immigration should we be talking about any of the other stuff thats being piled in and holding the process hostage. >> ...

Comprehensive as kach word for the amnesty proposal that reflexes the mistake we made in 86 which is something that really gets people upset. if youre talking about requiring all employers use e verify and we crack down on the source of the problem, illegal employers but to hold all the process hostage for a proposal to somehow accommodate those who are illegally here before we talk about stopping illegal immigration is the one that sets people off. >> why is that such a problem? explain to me w...

>>neil: what did you think of the fact he took you on exchange and it went back and forth? >>guest: he was cordial, i dont have anything to say, really, about that, we disagree fundamentally on the direction of our country. i believe in a smaller government and he believes in one that can control your health care, that can control corporations, and really goes down the list of things that are going to be a nanny state government. >>neil: does it borrow you this notwithstanding, you have folks li...