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But now were willing to compromise on this, i think were going to -- i think -- i know we dont want to be here. but were going to win this. >> you still think youre going to win this? and what does winning this look like? >> you know the interesting thing about that conversation is i was on cnn about three minutes before that and i said exactly the same thing on television. not exactly in the same words. pretty dloclose. ive been saying we dont want to be here. we dont want to be in a shutdown. ...

I have to get this without any conditions, which is sort of him saying unconditional surrender which is not negotiation. so really in 2011 we added the sequester. that was a good thing. we need to add more controls and restraint to government spending, and this is precisely the time to do it. hes unlikely to negotiate when he doesnt have a deadline. >> i want to show our viewers a recent nbc news/"wall street journal" poll which asked people if they had a positive opinion of the democratic party...

Holiday shopping season. they dont want that. its a critical time for the economy. what you heard from the white house today is the presidents position is basically the same. he wants clean bills to open up the government, clean bill to raise the nations debt ceiling. theyre not even using the word "negotiate" at this point, anderson. theyre saying theyre talking and theyre listening. thats an indication i think at this point this white house feels it has the upper hand theyre not looking for wh...

Other tonight. >> so the conditions for dealing with the cr would be part of the six-week debt bill is that what you are saying? >> well -- let me stay away from those things at the moment. >> but is the resolution trying to resolve both of these, use in some fashion? >> both issues. >> the shutdown and the debt ceiling? >> yeah. >> would this be a short term solution or are you guys talking about a long term solution? >> i found if there is a way to quickly settle the -- the cr questions. so th...

The holiday shopping season is getting started. so this sounded pretty gloomy when you compare it to all the optimism that we were sort of feeling and hearing from administration officials and from some of the lawmakers up on capitol hill who were expressing perhaps guarded cautious optimism. i would say at this point, its a whole lot gloomier this evening. the white house is not really looking for that white puff of smoke out of the hill right now. its almost as if theyre looking for the white ...

>> both issues. >> the shutdown and the debt ceiling? >> yeah. >> would this be a short term solution or are you guys talking about a long term solution? >> i found if there is a way to quickly settle the -- the cr questions. so that we can pass the cr and -- and stop the showdown. >> why the sudden change? the complete surrender by republicans president? nbc news "wall street journal" poll finds that 70%, yes, thats 7-0% disapprove of the job republicans are doing in congress. and the favorabil...

Surrender by republicans, he will sit down and talk to us. thats not the way our government works. >> if im not getting 100% of my way, i dont say well, im going to shut down the government. >> how can we tax people for not buying a product from a website that doesnt work? >> the building behind me serves as a moral compass, not only for the country but the world and over my dead body are we going to let this deteriorate. >> we hope this makes clear that those members of al qaeda and the other t...

Rachel, just around the corner from me, staffers, hill staffers, republicans, are apparently figuring out a way to move forward on extending the debt limit, as well as possibly funding the government with their counterparts at the white house. so when we woke up this morning, we were still under the idea that if the government was funded without any concessions, that was unconditional surrender, as the speaker said, the president said he would not negotiate. so apparently theyve backed off of th...

Talked to each other. >> we did. but you had a premise -- >> let me cut in here, guys. on that point, ive just been looking at our banners. the last one said republican surrender governor, the president is negotiating. hes been in that room a numtsds now in the past two days. the hill today called him an aloof buyer, showing up 20 minutes late comparison shopping for the best deal. this sounds like a negotiation to me, something he promised he wouldnt do. do you think hes been an effective leade...

Point that circulated through the members who left that congress is that they had constructive talks, that they were moving in a positive direction. that tonight, now as we speak, rachel, just around the corner from me, staffers, hill staffers, republicans, are apparently figuring out a way to move forward on extending the debt limit, as well as possibly funding the government with their counterparts at the white house. so when we woke up this morning, we were still under the idea that if the go...