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Some flexibility to manage those forced budget cuts in the sequester. i talked to a senate gop source earlier this morning who said they believe theres still some time to avert a government default in the next several hours. in the words of that source, fear not. time is running out, the debt ceiling is within sight and the last best hope of avoiding a potential default once again rests with senate leaders harry reid and mitch mcconnell. who are back to working on a last-minute deal. >> john boe...

Concrete. theyre waiting to see what the senate is going to do and theyre going to react accordingly. what were not going seive see is the house pass a bunch of bills. it will be one and done. >> normally these things consist of spending cuts and increase in revenues, meaning more taxes of some kind or another, agreed to by the republicans but the second part of the equation doesnt appear to be on the table. >> the republicans will not agree to any revenue increases. what we are seeing recently ...

In the hallway as hes walking to and from it the house floor. regardless, what gloria just said is very true. ive been talking to people in these halls, just even in the past 15, 20 minutes, saying, really, is there anything going on? any quiet conversations? anything that youre just not telling us about? the answer, really, is no. its not that there arent ideas along the lines perhaps of what gloria was talking about, a way for everybody to save face, a way for the president to still say and de...

Tea party ultraconservative members say no way, we wont do that. theres a meeting of house republicans this morning. well see if theres effect of the time of this tick, tick, tick back home. at the moment theres no breakthrough in sight. >> the deadline or if the market would react violently or often the thing that gets congress having a clearer head and having cooler heads prevail, also on the side of the president, the president said i am not negotiate. has he backed himself into a corner at t...

House floor unless the president talks to me. so there has to be obviously some kind of gif here. somebodys got to give in. and perhaps the way that this is going to happen is, as john boehner said, a conversation that he could have. perhaps its as the president suggested, a conversation he could have. the question, of course, comes down to the nitty-gritty and whether that conversation will produce anything that allows the speaker to save face. maybe he could get the president to agree to maybe...

Beginning of the 20th century. the difference is, i made very clear about this, theyre not blowing up buildings and theyre not killing people but theyre throwing monkey wretches into the wheels of government. >> you understand legislating pretty much better than anybody around here. and you know in your heart of hearts that now john boehner is down this road, he accepted the idea that obama care should be attached to any kind of spending bill, the government is shut down. hes so far in. he needs...

Gets off their ass. >> reporter: and this during 2009 health care debate. >> no, we dont have time to do that. >> reporter: a democratic group released its own made for tv moment. literally. this ad comparing boehner to a cry baby demanding his way or nothing. >> speaker boehner did not get his way. >> reporter: the problem for republicans, it is no longer clear what theyre demanding from democrats to reopen the government. when asked that question, boehner said this. >> we sent four bill to the...

The government has shut down. he is so far in. he needs a life line in order to save face, to agree. youre not giving him one inch. >> how about my life line? we agreed to $980 billion, $70 billion less than what my caucus voted for, agreed to. dont talk about his life line. talk about mine. that was really hard to do with my caucus. >> it seems in my conversations with republicans, i heard it from the speaker him at the white house with the president, theyre moving away from obama care. to the ...

Pretty much better than anybody around here. nung your heart of hearts that now john boehner is down this road, he expected the idea that obama care should be attached to any kind of spending bill. the government has shut down. he is so far in. he needs a life line in order to save face, to agree. youre not giving him one inch. >> how about my life line? we agreed to $980 billion, $70 billion less than what my caucus voted for, agreed to. dont talk about his life line. talk about mine. that was ...

Get the airplane back was an apology from the united states. heres the most populous nation on the face of the earth, china. they want to save face. if the most populous nation wants to save face, i mean, everybody wants to save face. its the human condition. so when you enter into a crisis negotiation like that, the thing is you have to let the other side save face. and you have to really work toward a solution. you have to respect the other side. the president, the white house, and the senate ...