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Whatever our current number is. we want every republican to get behind one person to be our speaker. but it's a process. we'll start with someone and get those numbers growing but they'll have to begin to work and make this a more workable process. >> reporter: lastly, shocking, right? >> very shocking. we sat there in disbelief. >> reporter: you heard it from congressman fleming. shocking, sat there in disbelief, no one saw this coming. mccarthy saying at 8:00 a.m. at the conference he was going to run for speaker, expected to get the number that he needed. just a short while ago, pulled out ...

Important principal to fight to delay the implementation of obamacare. and you know what, interestingly enough with this terrible rollout, this fiasco, i think the president is probably gonna delay the individual mandate anyway. i think he will be forced to, shannon. >> that's an interesting prediction. congressman, what do you think about that? we have had commissions and we have had all kinds of suggestions and meeting of the minds before, and it hasn't seemed to have produce a whole lot. >> well, i want to disagree with a -- for a moment with john. i served on the budget committee. we made ...

Consequences would be for our economy and for the world economy. i thought it would be reckless to allow the united states to default. a longer solution is obviously in order. this prevented the default and opened the government and created a process where we can hammer out our differences and adopt a budget with a long-term slowings. >> congressman fleming you voted no for many reasons, but are you confident in the structure that is now set up to try to force some kind of compromise? >> we are very happy that we are going to have the opportunity to have a senate house conference on the budget...

Sophisticated. brian, thank you very much. the tea party may have lost the government shutdown battle and the latest fight to de fund obamacare, but with new budgets and debt deadlines weeks away, another political showdown is pretty much certain. let's talk about it with two members from across the aisle, one who voted for the fiscal year and one who voted no. republican congressman john fleming is here and congressman david sisslini. >> i will start with you. you voted yes. a lot of folks says it kicks the can down the road further and we will have the battle again in january and february....

Said. >> that's a much longer conversation. how long have you lived in buffalo? >> since christmas day. it's a blood thing. it's the blood brother. >> sure. >> it's a blood brother kind of thing. >> this is already getting awkward. there are already some lawmakers that are talking about the next fight which is sadly just around the bend as republican congressman fleming put it to "the new york times." we're going to start this all over again but it does seem that congressional wisdom is lessons have been learned especially when it comes to speaker boehner. i wonder, you've been limbing this da...