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Washington, it cant be done. the only way this happens is if we break out of traditional washington rules. >> reporter: getting this done means killing obamacare before it fully takes effect. >> before now and september 30th we need to stand up and defund obamacare. [ applause ] >> reporter: september 30th is when funding for the government expires. cruz says that gives congressional republicans extraordinary leverage. >> the house of representatives should pass a continuing resolution that fund...

The only way this happens is if we break out of traditional washington rules. >> getting this done means killing obamacare before it fully takes effect. >> between now and september 30, we need to stand up and defund obamacare. >> september 30 is when funding for the government expires. cruz says that gives congressional republicans extraordinary leverage. >> the house of representatives should pass a continuing resolution that funds every penny of the federal government, everything in its entir...

Washington, it cant be done. the only way this happens is if we break out a traditional washington rule. >> getting this done means killing obamacare before it fully takes effect. >> between now and september 30th, we need to stand up, and defund obamacare. >> september 30th is when funding for the gofrt expires. cruz says that gives congressional republicans extraordinary leverage. >> the house of representatives should pass a continuing resolution that funds every penny of the federal governme...

Somebody that you have a chance to build a social relationship with. >> joining us to discuss, cnn political contributor donna brazil, writer for espn, elsie granderson and will cain. welcome to all of you. >> thank you. >> good morning. >> i guess my first question is, when did the white house tour become this important cultural iconic sort of thing that if you cancel the white house tours, its like oh, my god. when did that happen, will cain? >> well, its symptomatic. the point is, is it an ev...

Budget to be balanced in ten years even though paul ryan and mitt romney were campaigning, saying look, we need to restore this $716 billion in medicare. those cuts were too bad. >> you point that there is a sense, if there is a sense of a stalled momentum on the budget talks were seeing, that it could bleed into other areas like immigration and stall as your team put it, everything. >> right now were in a little bit of a kumbaya period after the tough sequester battle where both sides seem to b...

Though. we havent seen a 30,000 foot message like this since the tea party emerged. in a way this is bigger than deficit issues. they are arguing against the big government. and the constitution is on their side. i thought it was remarkable they did it with an outdated maneuver like the fill buster to get the young people engaged. but i think the timing was actually perfect, kimberly, on this one. you see president obama lost credibility. they are feeling good after they won the sequester battle...

Moment is coming soon, that has to do with the continuing resolution to fund the government the rest of the year. you, along with some of your colleagues, have written to the speaker and eric cantor and youre saying that you would like them to defund obamacare. now, spending begins in congress. what specifically could they cut and how much would that be? >> well, we do not have a clear answer for the administration of what we can address and weve asked that question for a number of years and the...

Moment is coming soon, that has to do with the continuing resolution to fund the government the rest of the year. you, along with some of your colleagues, have written to the speaker and eric cantor and youre saying that you would like them to defund obamacare. now, spending begins in congress. what specifically could they cut and how much would that be? >> well, we do not have a clear answer for the administration of what we can address and weve asked that question for a number of years and the...

Washington, something just about everyone in this city said would never happen, even though everybody knew something had to be done. if youve been following the sequester battle through the endless stream of sound bites and punditry, you might have thought was the latest washington fight and the latest crisis not resolved. its far more than that. fox followed a pitched struggle that had a point. and a messy process, beneath the mess youll see something that looks like democracy at work and in th...

Business. >> as you and i are speaking, vice president biden is speaking to the aim aipac convention you spoke to. he said, make no mistake, we will not allow iran to get a nuclear weapon. how could he be so sure? >> talk is cheap and secretary hagel, recently con as secretary of defense you recall during the confirmation hearing had a little problem saying what the policy of the u.s. government was. finally the third try said our policy was not to try to contain a nuclear weapon but to prevent ...