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Countrys belt if they simply go ahead and raise the debt ceiling. theyre using this as leverage even though you probably believe john boehner agrees with you it would be a disaster for the economy, could throw the economy into another recession if the debt ceiling is not raised. >> whats so frustrating about this is that this could be fixed tomorrow. i think the votes are there in the house to raise the debt ceiling tomorrow. so its really a matter of a choice that needs to be made by republican...

So we can all produce energy more safely. our commitment has never been stronger. the government may be shutting down, but eventually members of congress will have to reach an agreement over how to fund it, an agreement thats likely to include billions of dollars in indiscriminate spending cuts known as the sequester, which by the way, republicans should see as a victory. when the sequestration cuts went into place in march, the idea was that they would be so objectionable congress would negot...

I know that theres -- im seeing what its doing to an awful lot of not just federal employees but other businesses and others who rely upon a functioning economy. its hard for me to look them in the eye and say any of us are doing our job at this point. >> and speaking of not doing your job, and im not speaking of you personally, the sequester. thats the kind of blunt instrument which was devised specifically because it was too horrible to -- >> sequestration was supposed to be so stupid that no ...

Angry at president obama and the democrats, angry at the house republicans, depending on their point of view. and, of course, there are many politicians from both major parties here. but generally speaking the anger was on the sidelines and whenever people started yelling, others said let the veterans have their moment. dont ruin this for them. and people generally respected that. >> jake tapper there in d.c. thanks, jake. well see more from you you at 4:00 p.m. >> notice they said vets did thei...

Right now we have a suicide crisis with our veterans, 21 of our veterans taken their lives every single day. 15% of our veterans are homeless. the programs to do something about that were decimated in the ryan budget. why are suddenly now republicans concerned about honoring or vet advance when they werent as concerned before? >> the republicans have always been the party of national security, so its absolutely not true that it -- >> it is true. >> i will say i completely agree that ptsd is an e...

Changes, and the war in iraq is over and the war in afghanistan will end next year, and we are moving off of war footing, and yes, our military will be leaner, and as a nation we face difficult budget choices going forward, but here is what i want you to know. i will keep fighting to get rid of those across the board budget cuts, the sequester, which are hurting our military and economy. we need a responsible approach that deals with the fiscal challenges and keeps our military and economy stron...

Them. >> christine romans shows us what is at stake, why all the uncertainty. it is a rather scary situation and people are responding to fear. especially this time of year. >> a month before this -- >> trick or treat. >> reporter: these children are brewing up a scary reality in washington. call it budget helloween. heres a guide to the horror unfolding in washington, the sequester, forced budget cuts have been squeezing agency budgets and sending home some federal workers all year. its also be...

>> the sequester, the sky was supposed to fall on the sequester and most americans look around and say i dont see the pain, the blood in the streets that i expected. is this going to be one of those, a lot of sound and fury that ultimately signifies nothing? >> certainly down there on the border i had a lot of meetings were border patrol saying they were worried about furloughs, long lines at the bridges, worried about not being paid from the u.s. attorneys office, from the probation officers. t...

Questions are really bad and are damaging. this is one of the handful being misused and misread. that number is not right. it was a bad question. >> i looked at three other polls yesterday and they said the opposite, as high as 8% said we dont want to shutdown the government. >> what john described and what doug described, this is a delusion. im living in a delusional world. any evidence i can that feed mid self-delusion, and you take yourself over the cliff. russian roulette with five bullets. ...

All the senate has to do is act on the legislation. they will receive anytime plenty of time. they can send it back to us with or without the defunding provision in it. then we have to respond. but the idea that somehow simply because we sent it over there means that theyll acquiesce, again we hope they will. we think some of our senators want a opportunity. they certainly have been talk about it. lets give them that opportunity and see what they do. at the end of the day the senate will send us...