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Hes not really against it, hes not really for it. so, you know, that -- if john boehner has any capital, hes going to put it towards a grand bargain. you know, thats the kind of thing he does care about. however, it doesnt look like a grand bargains ever going to be possible while boehner is speaker. and i think thats only for the next year or so. and so, at that point, youve got capital left, immigration reform on the table, it becomes a question of why not. and he might do it because of why no...

>> thank you, reverend. >> ryan, pete sessions denies the remark, but youve been working on this story all day what are you hearing and what really happened? >> so, we dont know exactly what happened in the meeting. heres what we do know. a white house official rob neighbors who was in the meeting, after that meeting went to the senate and told a group of senate leaders which included durbin and harry reid that pete sessions had this disrespectful exchange with the president. the president handl...

Further. >> some of this stuff sounds like "saturday night live." i cant believe some people are seriously saying these things. one of the things we hope we get across to people is obama care will cover people who are making rational statements. you can get help through obama care. >> im going to have to leave it there. congressman cleaver and ryan grim, thank you both for your time tonight. coming up, if you do unpopular things, you become unpopular. now a republican judge from texas says hes...

Joining me now is emanuel cleaver, former chairman, and ryan grim, reporter for the "huffington post." good to see you both. congressman, the tea party is giving ted cruz a cake. didnt they learn anything from the shutdown? >> we would hope they would learn something. the country certainly learned something. that is we have people who have been elected to office who would come to washington and put all of their energy and intellect into tearing down the united states economy. there is nothing to...

Chance of winning. so there is a chance this purging may take them too far. but on balance, youre going to find establishment republicans are going to survive these races. but when you find close races like the one that may happen in georgia, then youve got something to talk about. >> okay. so to that point, ryan, is ted cruz a stooge for jim demint, or is jim demint running the republican party? >> well, i think -- i mean, theyre both generals in this rebellion. lets call them that. but i dont ...

Republican-house member, mike simpson of idaho, who is also a club for growth target. so ryan, when people say theres a civil war in the republican party, is that what they mean? >> well, maybe its more like a rebellion. or a revolution, where theyre trying to overthrow -- overthrow the elites. what you have to remember, though, is that a lot of these folks are going to survive. like mitch mcconnell, for instance, is very likely to survive this challenge. hell be blooded and may end up costing h...

They dont want to see the debt ceiling breached. they dont want to see all of the different chaos that the tea party is bringing. so i dont think you can kind of, you know, discount the business wing of the republican party as easily as david brooks seemed to want to. yes, there is not a lot of kind of, you know, poetic ideology behind the business wing. but they do have a lot of raw power that they can bring, if they decide to. >> and they flexeded it in the past. ryan grim and goldy taylor, th...

Taken place within the republican party. >> youve seen epic disaster. >> i dont see it as a negative. >> our brand name is at the lowest ever. >> its better to have that kind of ferment and turmoil and change in the republican party. >> does ted cruz hurt your party? >> he represents the thinking of an awful lot of people. >> you made some enemies. >> the shutdown should be in our rear-view mirror as republicans, dont do this again ted. >> there are so many people funnier than i am, especially h...

Its a demographic thing, its an age thing. theres going to be gay marriage in this country. the question is whether youre on the right side or wrong side. i think republicans can hurt themselves nationwide certainly by being opposed to it. >> speaking of bad positions to take. ryan, youre a denizen of washington, d.c., so you know one of the house stenographers went batty talking about freemasons writing the u.s. constitution just as these big pieces of legislation coming to the floor. on fox & ...

Recognizing gift of the speaker or lord are out of order. it doesnt matter if it actually did come from the good lord himself or was just total insanity. you cant do this. this is not vietnam. there are rules here. >> i love youre like this is not vietnam, there are rules here. im going, further evidence that everyone in the house is basically crazy, here even including the court stenographer. thank you to ryan, eugene and ben. that is all for "now." see you sunday at noon. "andrea mitchell repo...