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Wouldnt be here talking about a cr. wed be under paul ryans budget. >> well, that would be terrible. now youre going to go after medicare and seniors. but the reason -- the issue was that we actually -- while we had the senate, we didnt have the 60 votes that we needed so the fact of the matter is we needed to work with republicans, and thats, as you can tell over in the senate, been a very, very difficult thing to do because of the real ideological bent thats going on. and then the house was ju...

Reid to the white house. we could see another one later today. not bearing fruit. this is obviously going down to the wire here, richard. >> mike viqueira at the white house will be watching it from there, as well ezra klein, thank you both for stopping by and giving us your perspective. lets go now straight to representative laura sanchez, a democrat from california, and congressman michael grimm. thank you both. i know its a very busy time right now. representative grimm, is half of 1% worth a...

Leadership. >> if we do have a shutdown in 13 hours, will you still take your paycheck? >> im very fortunate because i just refinanced my house so i have a cushion. but i really worry about those people, those young children and those mothers who are worried about where their next meal is going to come from. >> will you still take your paycheck. >> thats what i worry about, you know. so i financially dont have to worry about it at this point. >> will you stay take your paycheck. >> other people ...

Eliminating some tax earmarks and closing some tax loopholes. and so i think you have to have a balanced approach. you cant have all cuts. >> representative grimm, is he approaching this in a plaensed way? >> not at all. ive got to be honest with you, im very disappointed. i was really looking for the president to step up and lead. this is not the leadership that we need. heres the bottom line. were looking at over ten years, $1.1 trillion is what the president is saying were going to cut. we ha...

>> representative, thank you very much. well move on from that subject. and i want to get back to gabby giffords, if we could. susan, what if you think if she were to throw her hat in the ring? >> if jifrgiffords makes a run,t a formidable candidate. shes got a story thats captured the hearts of many of us. im sure many people in arizona as well. she would be a formidable candidate. thats a tough state for a republican running statewide, but she would definitely be someone wed love to see her in...

How many al qaeda groups, hezbollah. we could go on and on. the level of danger of getting involved now has increased over the last 72 hours at best. so again there is no easy answer here. i admit this is a very, very difficult situation. but i think the president has made it more difficult than it needed to be. i think he put us in a difficult situation. now hes passing the buck to the congress. and i dont think the congress or the american people think its the right time to strike syria. bill:...