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The funding gets into a shutdown debate by we historically have never won. i think most our certain seasons want legitimate serious ambassadors going to foreign countries. we want good cabinet level officials. bill: what about the piece by piece strategy. border security in one bill, visas for highly skills workers in another. >> we passed four bills and homeland security passed another. i had a bill which provide intern security which is important. i continue to believe that is the right route ...

Point do you concede that you have so poorly executed a law that was controversial to begin with, at what point do you make a broader concession and say as the overwhelming majority of americans and the majority of democrats all agree that a delay is what is needed? this is chaotic, and you cannot proceed this way. at what point do you bow to reality and the will of the public and delay this law? martha: yeah. i mean, i would expect -- and we certainly hope that ed henry would get one of those e...

Their states and saying, this is something that i need to be on the right side of. and you look at the pictures there, theres a growing number. martha: yeah, indeed there is. it raises this question as well, bret, about the credibility of the president on this issue and how carefully he has overseen this process when you do have democrats saying, essentially what some republicans were saying during the shutdown debate, look, take our time, lets extend, push deadlines, some going as far as you sa...

Continue to fund death benefits for military families. this after president obama signed a bill on a issue that had become a flash point in the shutdown debate. before the measure passed, the white house had finalized a plan for a private charity to cover the costs during the shutdown. edward snowden reportedly raised red flags at the sigh cia as far back as 2009. according to the "the new york times," they expected snowden was trying to break into classified computer files while he was workin...

That in a time -- >> this is the only shutdown where this has occurred. it is the only time in all of these 20 years. >> arthel: tammy, alan, i think people are able to hear what you both said. >> thank you. they know. >> arthel: how to end the government shutdown will be a major topic tomorrow on fox news sunday. sitting down with chris wallace, republican congressman tom grace, tom king, jack lew will join in discussing the looming debt ceiling deadline and how its factoring into the shutdown ...

Way to spin shutting down the government over the affordable care act. kentuckys governor says opponents should get over it. its going to help poor people. steve bashir joins us next. well, it just happened here near washington, d.c. finally, sleeping on the job. heres congressman george holding on the house floor yesterday. maybe he was worn out by the shutdown debate and had heard enough of the speech of louie gohmert. i dont blame him a bit having to listen to that stuff. this is "hardball," ...

Reached the top. he was in beijing for a concert on sunday. someone needs to rein that guy in. we have the first look this morning at the lnew memoir, let me off at the top, my classy life and other musings coming to a bookstore near you on november 19. the book will share personal stories about the many women in his life, his dog baxter and of course the channel 4 news team. this of course has nothing to do with the sequel to anchorman. hits theaters later this year. mika, weve unfortunately ru...

Because hes trying to bring in that sarah palin wing of the party to create his own base of support. >> i think youre bringing up up a really interesting point. usually senator paul and senator cruz are cast as tea party favorites, but rand paul has handled this shutdown debate in a very different way. senator paul has found a way to elevate himself beyond a process player, hes known as someone with fresh ideas, with you throwing a lot of cold water on top of senator cruzs effort at the same tim...

Something that is good for not just our party but for this country. >> oh, reince, ive used that talking that point myself. joining me now is christina. thank you for being with me today. >> nice to join you. >> robert, you had a piece and you went behind the scenes looking at this shutdown debate among republicans in congress and on the one hand the leadership is acknowledging that its a losing strategy but at the same time they are having to thread the political needle. heres something you wro...

Their taxes go up if congress doesnt act. my response to them is just do the right thing. >> you know, its interesting. the shutdown debate, debt ceiling debate. there are gulfs between the two parties. i have so say, theres not a lot here between where congressional republicans are now today for instance versus where they were two weeks ago and where democrats are. theres a lot of rhetoric on both sides. we know the deals going to get done. the question is how many republican face savers have t...