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>> yeah. i understand the point, and ive answered the question. >> okay. >> okay. the problem here is not that senator mike lee wanted to keep his paycheck. whatever floats your boat, sir. the problem here is that he had to pretend he did not say what he actually said. and that kind of thing keeps happening because republicans in congress do not seem to be sure of why they are doing what they are doing anymore or how to explain it. take also north carolina congressman mark meadows. hes the guy f...

Plus, a new twist in the fight over the government shutdown. speaker john boehner says he wont let the country default on the debt, even if he has to rely on democrats for support. a hot mic moment between mitch mcconnell and rand paul. we pulled back the curtain on their shutdown strategy and new video from the world war ii memorial in washington. a park ranger is confronted by a congressman who blames her for the park closing. john, eugene, harold, david ahead with us on "morning joe." brian, ...

My quote to young politicians always was they never stop you when youre going 90 miles an hour. i think boehner showed strength here, some interesting things could happen. >> well, the reason hes kept the moderates from splintering so far is that hes promised them this on the debt ceiling he isnt going to push the envelope, that he isnt going to let the smaller tea party conference dictate the strategy on debt ceilinging and thats how hes gotten them to sort of stick the moderates to stick with ...

>> no, im saying you ask, just because its the law does that mean it has to stay the law forever and the answer to that question historically is no. >> your republican colleague from california has been critical of the shutdown strategy and i want to play what he had to say just last night. >> now that we have made the jump, set ourselves on fire and made the jump zee to -- we are now in the valley of death. we decided to go into the valley. we have to run together. we have to stay together in o...

>> we will not go to conference with a gun to our head. >> this is ridiculous. >> i think its a disgrace. >> this is nuts. >> now, president obama phoned top congressional leaders last night urging them to pass a budget. >> i talked to the president earlier tonight. im not going to negotiate. im not going to negotiate. im not going to do this. well, i would say to the president, this is not about me. and its not about republicans here in congress. its about fairness for the american people. >> y...

Tomorrow, which means the website healthcare.gov where people can go to sign up will be working. our call centers will be working. it should have minimal impact on the rollout. its a huge undertaking. this is a six-moment long process were starting. tomorrow is just the first day. we think probably the first few months of this project will be people learning about the different plans. you dont actually -- its not until january 1 you have the insurance available to you. so we think there will be ...

Would not affect social security check, medicare checks, post offices and active military duty would stay on the job. >> what are lawmakers saying about the actual impact of a shutdown? what is their perspective? >> republicans are talking too much about the specific impacts. theyre only saying its democrats who seem to want that shutdown while democrats are pointing out some possible effect. >> 800,000 federal workers will be the victims of this republican shutdown strategy. it hurts our econom...

House leadership and many influential house and senate republicans was they didnt want to shut down over obama care, they were actively cautioning against it, but there was such a revolt from the tea party wing, from the conservative grassroots led by people like senator ted cruz, that they really felt no option but to go along with the most conservative wing of their members. and yesterday on the hill, when i was talking to even the more moderate republicans, like michael grimm and tom cole, wh...

Nations 401 national parks would be shut down, you wont be able to apply for a passport, excuse me, and applications already in the works could be delays, and first time home buyers would find they cant apply for a mortgage or the process would be delayed. the shutdown would not affect certain other things. social security and medicare checks would continue to go out on time. post offices would continue operating, and active duty military would continue on their jobs. democrats are using this th...

So these are ideas being floated, some of them have some traction, some of them do not. but they give us sort of a glimpse of what the story is going to be as it unfolds in days to come. so john boehner is not talking specific shutdown strategy now because he wants the senate to actually pass the bill, and theyre talking about it today as weve talked about the rules. they are debating it on the floor. theres been speech after speech. no ted cruz marathons but lots of senators are talking about t...