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I guess i'll just start with -- i set it up there saying it looks like we're heading towards a shutdown here. i know there is a couple of days, i guess, maybe about 40 hours between now and when the deadline would be, and, beth, just is there anything we're missing here, anything that can happen between now and then that you can see that would keep us from going to a shutdown? >> at this point, i feel like the momentum is definitely headed in that direction. it felt completely different, maybe 24, 48 hours ago. it is amazing how quickly these things change. but at this point, it just seems lik...

[ male announcer ] some things are designed to draw crowds. others are designed to leave them behind. ♪ the all-new 2014 lexus is. it's your move. we just heard from congressman james lankford, republican from oklahoma. i think he speaks for a lot of the republicans who voted last night to basically put us on course for a shutdown. and secretary salazar, listening to that exchange now, curious what your thoughts are and what you heard from the congressman there. >> well, i think it is apples and oranges. i think republicans have a problem with obama care, can raise those issues, i think th...

Opening of the show, let's say nationally -- i'm not sure this is the case, but let's say this becomes a disaster nationally for the republican party if the government shuts down and the republicans are blamed and their standing is already not that strong, but it gets worse, but the average republican member of congress, we live in this era where the challenge threat is so real that someone like christine o'donnell can come in and beat someone like matt cassell. i don't know where the incentive is there for you to say we got to cater, give in -- >> the real danger for republicans and you hear ...

Satisfy owl the jamall the jame in the house of representatives? >> i think the congressman was hard pressed to address the question about what is going to happen when the government shuts down and the public starts reacting to that. once those members see the fallout there, you know, they may sort of reconsider their recent actions in the past. it is also interesting to think about the republican party as two different parties right now. there is -- it is usually talked about as sort of the establishment versus the grassroots. but you also have the folks outside washington and inside washingt...

Congressman to go to any individual in my district and tell them what to do. >> what do you expect to happen when the government shuts down? do you think the american people will rally to the side of republicans and put pressure on the white house? >> you know, i've been very interested by your dialogue earlier, not you specifically, but the whole group. it seems like there is the impression that republicans are rushing toward a shutdown as if something we're gleefully excited about. that's not intellectually honest. we're trying to deal with the real issues. >> even if you're not excited abou...