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Come from, seriously? >> richard, after two weeks of this -- >> but better to kick that can one more times than do what republicans would have us do, which was shred it into little pieces and eat it. >> i am just amused the can is up here in new york. >> yes, and we can expect to kick the can in january, if they can just manage to do it a couple of times without shutting down the government, i think it is the best case we can go for. theyre going to come up with a grand bargain where they agree ...

So you wont see -- this date is very important, but i think that mid-january date is equally as important. so the hope would be we can take a balanced approach where we replace some of these sequestration cuts, which in mid-january youre going to see over $20 billion in additional cuts with other things. revenue. i could be on for an hour telling you ideas there as well as maybe some reform. >> what kind of revenue? what kind of taxes? >> i would throw out that you could get rid of some of the s...

>> i couldnt agree more with what he just said. the one thing i would add, as you look at the deal as its emerging, were going to get back together in december, groundhog day again, what im fearful is its not just kicking the can down the road, its going to go backwards. what is going to happen in december? my fear is were going to undo a lot of the sequestration cuts. >> so adam, why was this a good idea? >> trying to stop obama care? >> no, no, i dont want to argue the merits of obama care rig...

15th where over $20 billion more of these sequestration cuts take place. you have a group of moderate republicans that really dont want that to happen that will join forces and say lets bring our debt down. but lets do it in a balanced way. and that will be the real test. >> you dont have to make a criticism of the president. he certainly doesnt deserve criticism today of all days. hes been hit over the head saying he doesnt spend enough time working with the members of the congress. and yet, iv...

Need to be lifted but the risk is not zero. there could be no agreement. that five to 10 to 15% risk should scare some people. jon: well, nina, is this a case of lucy pulling away the football? have republicans essentially handed the football to democrats wanted and now they say they want more? >> to some extent theyre changing the goalposts. they injected question of sequestration cuts. that is definitely the case. going back to the question of what is going to happen by thursday, if you take t...

>> as you know, there was a gallup poll today that showed the favorable ratings of republicans at an all-time low, 28%, so certainly, there is more pressure on republicans. >> its not helping the president. overall, his numbers have gone down, but its certainly hurting us. >> the latest numbers are amu amusing and frightening. reportedly a six-week extex of a debt creel, but not a reopening of the government. today, it seems to be something along the lines of a short-term extension of both along...

Difficult as possible, but its just not that big a deal, as it turns out. >> nbc poll, have you or your family been affected by the shutdown? yes, have been affected, 31%. no, have not been affected, 68%. were back. james, i think one of the things thats fascinating about this poll is the amount of people that say they are being affected, was what happened in sequestration, when we kind of ran this experiment the first time, was there was a lot of coverage of the effects of it and we covered and...

Poll is the amount of people that say they are being affected, was what happened in sequestration, when we kind of ran this experiment the first time, was there was a lot of coverage of the effects of it and we covered and it affected people, it affected researchers and it affected people in head start. it affected people. but it was sort of out of sight, out of mind. it did not move public opinion. that is not the case here. >> its not. and i think what we have to kind of acknowledge here, and ...

No, have not been affected, 68%. were back. james, i think one of the things thats fascinating about this poll is the amount of people that say they are being affected, was what happened in sequestration, when we kind of ran this experiment the first time, was there was a lot of coverage of the effects of it and we covered and it affected people, it affected researchers and it affected people in head start. it affected people. but it was sort of out of sight, out of mind. it did not move public ...

Down to can you get an agreement? thats his precondition. he soemd opened to a short-term deal. john boehner came out and said thats unconditional surrender for republicans. im not sure how close heads are on negotiating to negotiate. if they were to make it no that place, where they were sitting down and talking and we didnt have the threat of the default looming over our heads and the government was reopened. the negotiations are somewhat there. paul ryan for the "wall street journal" when she...